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2024-25 Serie A Season Preview - Ep. 235 · The Calcio Guys

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  Speaker 1: And we are back. Boys, couch guys, Adriano and Johnny,
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  Speaker 1: I'm Nicholas. Season seven. Uh here the coulchure, guys. City
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  Speaker 1: I preview preview a week ahead of the kickoff for
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  Speaker 1: the twenty twenty four five City A season. Guys, how's
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  Speaker 1: it going.
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  Speaker 2: I'm doing okay, not super excited for the school year
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  Speaker 2: to begin, but because every time the City OF season
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  Speaker 2: started signifies the end of the summer break, but.
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  Speaker 3: Excited for to see what happens the season, all the changes.
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  Speaker 4: How about you, Adrian, Johnny's been kicking it so he's
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  Speaker 4: living that teacher wife, so summers all right. So but no, no,
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  Speaker 4: I'm good. I'm good, happy to be back, happy to
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  Speaker 4: be back with the obviously you guys. Season seven. Man,
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  Speaker 4: it's been a hell of a ride and I can't
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  Speaker 4: believe it a season seven. We've been doing seven of
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  Speaker 4: these damn previews. We never get them right. But hopefully
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  Speaker 4: this year is there.
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  Speaker 1: We haven't, we haven't done an episode. It's it's over
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  Speaker 1: a month since Italy got eliminated in the Euros. So
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  Speaker 1: you know, we're great. Summer, Uh you know.
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  Speaker 5: We might as well.
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  Speaker 1: We might as well go ground the table and share
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  Speaker 1: because I know we pretty much all had exciting summers.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Agri you went to Italy. I myself went
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  Speaker 1: to Italy.
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  Speaker 2: Uh.
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  Speaker 1: I know Johnny didn't go anywhere, but you had.
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  Speaker 3: Some exciting early.
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  Speaker 1: You didn't go to Italy, but hey, you're still judging. Ugoh,
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  Speaker 1: you're traveling with you. I know you had exciting sem
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  Speaker 1: every time. I every time I message you, like Johnny,
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  Speaker 1: what are you doing today, and you're like, oh, I'm busy.
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  Speaker 1: So I think you had the busy summer out of
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  Speaker 1: the three of.
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  Speaker 3: Us pretty much. Yeah, I actually did not rest.
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  Speaker 2: I use my summer to do it, like I like,
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  Speaker 2: this weekend, I'm traveling again.
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  Speaker 3: So where you're off to Sacramento, I.
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  Speaker 2: Have to go work at Giovan and Sacramento. Leaving on Thursday,
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  Speaker 2: coming back Monday, Monday night essentially. So fortunately I won't
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  Speaker 2: be able to do Game one or like day one
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  Speaker 2: unless we postpone the episode.
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  Speaker 3: But we'll get there when we get there.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: No, yeah, I mean Johnny has been all over the states.
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  Speaker 4: I've been seeing here, He's even them seeing a few
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  Speaker 4: phone on Instagram. Him and his BRA brother a little
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  Speaker 4: dynamic duel with the d j MC gigs. I love
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  Speaker 4: to see it. So but yeah, for me, I mean, yeah,
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  Speaker 4: like Nick said, I think I said on the on
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  Speaker 4: on the podcast before we went on this little bit
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  Speaker 4: of a hiatus. But yes, I was in Italy as
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  Speaker 4: well for about a month just before Nick took off.
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  Speaker 4: So a bit of a busy schedule, but needed to
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  Speaker 4: get some some I guess vacation time in. And always
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  Speaker 4: it's always a good time to travel back to the
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  Speaker 4: mother one. It's it's like a good refresh so hopefully
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  Speaker 4: to you know, as years go on, hopefully hoping to
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  Speaker 4: go there more often. And uh and yeah, just kind
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  Speaker 4: of recharge the batteries, you Nick, Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I mean went to Italy too, uh for some family weddings,
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  Speaker 1: So shout out to my cousins that got married back
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  Speaker 1: to back. What you know, as much as I enjoyed
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  Speaker 1: going to the weddings, back to back weddings on two days,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know, it's it's it's an adventure, let's just
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  Speaker 1: put it that way. But it was fun. Obviously really
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  Speaker 1: hot there. Never felt the heat that bad in Rome,
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  Speaker 1: but obviously enjoyed, enjoyed all the food, went to the
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  Speaker 1: beach in Pascada, you know, so I was, I was
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  Speaker 1: the real tourist in Italy, got to really enjoy it.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, one thing I noticed, you know this
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  Speaker 1: is you know, I was there still during the euro
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  Speaker 1: During the Euro was the end of the Euros. Obviously
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  Speaker 1: Italy was eliminated, but I didn't see as much. You know,
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  Speaker 1: I guess you could say calcho culture, maybe because I
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  Speaker 1: was in more of the tourist areas. But even with family,
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  Speaker 1: no one really talked about talking. They were all enjoying
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  Speaker 1: their summers. But you know, I guess that's how it is.
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  Speaker 1: It's different than you know, when when we would need diano,
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  Speaker 1: we were immersed in the culture of Calcho, but not regardless,
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  Speaker 1: it was fun. Uh And then I know, each of
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  Speaker 1: our teams had some interesting summers, you know, regarding some moves.
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  Speaker 1: We'll go we'll go round table again, talk about each
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  Speaker 1: of our teams moves this summer, players in, players out,
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  Speaker 1: you know, for me, a coaching change for you as
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  Speaker 1: well as Giano, uh and and Jen and Jen, three
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  Speaker 1: of the four of our teams coaching change. So we're
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  Speaker 1: gonna have to talk about that. But we might as
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  Speaker 1: well start with Jenny. Since you have two teams, you
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  Speaker 1: can choose whichever team you want to start with, might
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  Speaker 1: as well start with Napoly just because they did have
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  Speaker 1: that coaching change change. Bringing Conte, I want to say,
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  Speaker 1: out of the blue, but it's surprising. You know, it's
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  Speaker 1: gonna be interesting to see how him and deal a
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  Speaker 1: Rent this work together.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean last year was a bit of a
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  Speaker 2: precursor to this move, Like originally when Napoli was going
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  Speaker 2: through their whole like ish you of finding a replacement,
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  Speaker 2: replacement coach. You know, Conte was the name that was
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  Speaker 2: thrown around a bit. And you know, people are making
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  Speaker 2: jokes and whatever and and and memes and stuff, and
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  Speaker 2: we all do it with good laughs, and I'm like,
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  Speaker 2: there's no like in my head, I'm like, Conte won't
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  Speaker 2: come to Monopoly unless they actually have a serious game
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  Speaker 2: plan and a serious idea. And with the whole mess
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  Speaker 2: of like at the start of last season, with the
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  Speaker 2: ascomn situation, you know, the array of the team, the
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  Speaker 2: core performances, rumors with about at Skellia's agent and stuff,
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  Speaker 2: Lorenzo's later on Lorenzo's like publicity stunt with threatening to
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  Speaker 2: move to uvent this. You know, you know, things getting
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  Speaker 2: changed there was no serious actions being taken. I'm like,
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  Speaker 2: there's no way Conte touches football and then lo and behold.
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  Speaker 2: I guess enough money and team now I like the idea.
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  Speaker 2: I like like, no matter where where Conte has gone,
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  Speaker 2: the team has results. Besides Toham, but Tonham themselves are
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  Speaker 2: more over there and things. That's just a mess up
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  Speaker 2: the team. I think Conte like like ever since then,
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  Speaker 2: uh that he signed with the team. Lorenzo retracted his
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  Speaker 2: statement apologize for it.
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  Speaker 3: Assine Man seems.
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  Speaker 2: To be, you know, excited to work with Conte, with
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  Speaker 2: a with a serious coach, which is a good sign
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  Speaker 2: you could still potentially leave. But and then like, let's
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  Speaker 2: tell you, like it was never really him. It was
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  Speaker 2: mostly his his agents that were just basically trying to
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  Speaker 2: more money or or you know. But I feel like
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  Speaker 2: as if, you know, having a good coach like Conte
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  Speaker 2: would get him excited to again this season, especially after
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  Speaker 2: a great hero showing. I think this anchors the team,
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  Speaker 2: which is what they needed. They needed somebody to just
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  Speaker 2: ground everybody. Uh, cool heads will prevail, especially but my
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  Speaker 2: giant is not a cool head himself, but in a
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  Speaker 2: sense where you know, like you have somebody who has
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  Speaker 2: a lem exactly. You know, he he's he's gotten league
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  Speaker 2: results no matter where he's gone, you know.
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  Speaker 3: So that's what I like, that what he brings.
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  Speaker 2: You know, he is enthusiastic to coach Napoli, which is
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  Speaker 2: very nice. I mean any like I don't I don't
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  Speaker 2: think like even if even though the amount of money
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  Speaker 2: he's probably received, I don't know the exact number, but
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  Speaker 2: even of that, I think he still likes the fact
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  Speaker 2: that he's got a very good roster of a team
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  Speaker 2: that doesn't require too too much of I guess too
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  Speaker 2: many change like they do.
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  Speaker 3: They have done some.
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  Speaker 2: Some changes, but not not too too much. I think
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  Speaker 2: still more to come because he wants more to come.
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  Speaker 2: But I like the fact that he gives the team
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  Speaker 2: direction and something that they desperately missed. Would like me
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  Speaker 2: to go on Roma's behalf or we're gonna want to
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  Speaker 2: just coaches that were.
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  Speaker 1: Changed, Uh Adri talk, we'll go, we'll come back to wrong. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: we'll talk to you and then I'll talk some and
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  Speaker 1: we'll go back for Roman. I mean Ryan Roma had
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  Speaker 1: some transfers, but didn't make an official coaching change that
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  Speaker 1: they affirmed.
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  Speaker 4: No, they anfirmed there they secured they secured their ross,
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  Speaker 4: which I think was good and you know, for Conte's sake,
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  Speaker 4: uh and not pot I mean I think it's I
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  Speaker 4: think it was important. And I think all the rumors
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  Speaker 4: that we thought might happen and didn't expect it to
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  Speaker 4: happen end up happening. So he seems eager.
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  Speaker 2: One thing I do want to say, just before you
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  Speaker 2: start off, he just started. Conte seems like the only
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  Speaker 2: coach that is willing to butt heads with the Lorentis
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  Speaker 2: on how to manage the team, like and even though
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  Speaker 2: the lorentis Is given them the paycheck, I think Conte
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  Speaker 2: would also like butt back. And I think he won't
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  Speaker 2: be a guy to uh, you know, back down or
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  Speaker 2: get it like like the Lentis is a is a
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  Speaker 2: is a pit bull.
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  Speaker 3: Conte is a pit bull.
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  Speaker 2: They're gonna like he won't be a guy where it's
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  Speaker 2: like he's going to back off or you know, like
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  Speaker 2: lower his tail if Lorente has one of his fits.
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  Speaker 4: There both no cont CONTs balls exactly.
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  Speaker 3: He's just very nice to say.
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  Speaker 4: He's shown it in the past. Uh, you know obviously
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  Speaker 4: with inter and and and and you've in the and
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  Speaker 4: you know, obviously his his success elsewhere, but was the
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  Speaker 4: first thing he said, alma fada, right, so let's go,
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  Speaker 4: let's get to work. So let's go. So uh. He
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  Speaker 4: seems eager, which I think after last season not we needs.
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  Speaker 4: So it's a positive thing. Their striker situation, I think
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  Speaker 4: is a bit of an interesting one, with us Man
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  Speaker 4: looking like he wants to leave. It might what I've
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  Speaker 4: been seeing. I know the rumors of Lucak, who's all
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  Speaker 4: still there so and you know his relationship with with Kuantes,
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  Speaker 4: so that seems like a match made in heaven doesn't happen.
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  Speaker 1: We don't know.
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  Speaker 4: There's still so much time left in the Mercato. There's
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  Speaker 4: you know, a couple of a couple of weeks, which
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  Speaker 4: is definitely still a lot of time. So we'll see.
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  Speaker 4: I'm going to meet Milan. Yeah, another coaching change, a
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  Speaker 4: coaching change that at the end of the season last
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  Speaker 4: last year for Milan. For me, I was still on
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  Speaker 4: the fence with the OPIOI thing. I think it was,
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  Speaker 4: I guess a breath of fresh air to to change
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  Speaker 4: did I like, you know the option that we ended
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  Speaker 4: up signing in Fonseca initially know I'll be honest, seen
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  Speaker 4: the preseason, you know, kind of just seeing how the
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  Speaker 4: team is. It's kind of you know, jelling together. It
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  Speaker 4: looks like a decent move. But again we're still on
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  Speaker 4: the honeymoon stage, so it's you know, we'll really be
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  Speaker 4: able to see and and and judge and criticize, you know,
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  Speaker 4: once the said season kicks off. I think, you know,
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  Speaker 4: after that ten game mark, you know, mid season, we
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  Speaker 4: can kind of give like these these little judge judge
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  Speaker 4: judgmental calls and and see if you know, is he
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  Speaker 4: is the man or is he not? Because if people,
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  Speaker 4: if you and fans want to admit it or not. Uh,
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  Speaker 4: you know, Poli brought us a scudetto that we hadn't
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  Speaker 4: touched in a decade, brought us back into Champions League
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  Speaker 4: and progression, uh throughout the Champions League each and every year,
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  Speaker 4: get into a semi final as well, you know, and
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  Speaker 4: and and losing to ultimately into who went to the
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  Speaker 4: final who Unfortunately they lost, but you know, uh, you
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  Speaker 4: know it was it was a big show in that
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  Speaker 4: year as well. So can fund seca replicate that, Can
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  Speaker 4: the team get to those levels again? I think only
• 11:00
  Speaker 4: time will tell. I mean for me, the you know,
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  Speaker 4: the positions of need so far have been somewhat uh
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  Speaker 4: you know, touched in terms of we lose you do
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  Speaker 4: we pick up Morata, which I think is what I
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  Speaker 4: think is an interesting move. At first, I wasn't sure
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  Speaker 4: how to take it, but you know, obviously this this
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  Speaker 4: is a player that has experienced in this league, is
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  Speaker 4: coming off such a high winning the Euros with Spain,
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  Speaker 4: with with all Merit captain captaining that side, so he
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  Speaker 4: obviously is a winner. He's scored pretty much everywhere he's went.
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  Speaker 4: You know, there is a really an upgrade from you.
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  Speaker 4: I guess maybe only in the age department. He's I think,
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  Speaker 4: you know, six seven years younger than him, so it
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  Speaker 4: obviously helps him that on that aspect he still had
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  Speaker 4: he still has some juice in those legs because at
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  Speaker 4: the end we saw you do just like we saw
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  Speaker 4: with the lot and didn't have those that juice and
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  Speaker 4: that energy in those legs to really run on the
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  Speaker 4: ball and and uh you don't get into space. But
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  Speaker 4: you know, I think it's gonna help our our other attackers. Uh,
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  Speaker 4: you know, our wingers are are are taster our number ten,
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  Speaker 4: whoever that may be I know, funs like experiments Poostitch
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  Speaker 4: in that role a bit in the preseason, which was
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  Speaker 4: seemed to work because looked like he's he's in for
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  Speaker 4: a good season just by seeing his his preseason form,
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  Speaker 4: which obviously doesn't tell the whole tale, but it's a
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  Speaker 4: it's a good sign. It's going in a positive direction.
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  Speaker 4: So we'll see how they wind up. We still do
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  Speaker 4: need help, uh, throughout the roster. This is a roster
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  Speaker 4: that still has a lot of holes. We have had
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  Speaker 4: three signings so far, a lot of meal on Twitter
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  Speaker 4: and a lot of meal on social media. Just I
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  Speaker 4: don't think it's totally on board yet. I know there's
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  Speaker 4: still a lot of people criticizing the moves and and
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  Speaker 4: the lack of moves, the lack of movement. You know,
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  Speaker 4: we we need help in in certain areas, like I said,
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  Speaker 4: and it seems like it takes a while for for
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  Speaker 4: for these moves to to really ultimately come come to fruition.
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  Speaker 4: But besides Morata, they've obviously brought in Pavlovic the center back,
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  Speaker 4: which I think is which I think is good. He
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  Speaker 4: seems like a you know, a big body center back
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  Speaker 4: that can that can really you know, play physical. Uh,
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  Speaker 4: we need help. Uh in the defense. We saw last
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  Speaker 4: year leaking all kinds of goals, you know, does that
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  Speaker 4: stem from the midfield? Is that stem from the defense?
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  Speaker 4: Wherever you want to put point that finger, we were
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  Speaker 4: leaking goals. So I think some help in the defense
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  Speaker 4: definitely helps. Is it enough? I still don't think so.
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  Speaker 4: We brought in Emerson Royale today, which again is a
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  Speaker 4: move that I'm not a big fan of, but I hope,
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  Speaker 4: you know, just being an optimistic fan, I hope that he,
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  Speaker 4: you know, changes my mind and a lot of Mewant
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  Speaker 4: fans minds, because his play at Tattenham just didn't look
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  Speaker 4: like kind of something we needed. If if we really
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  Speaker 4: wanted to be if you really, if we really wanted
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  Speaker 4: to get a replacement for color that people have been
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  Speaker 4: saying we need an upgrade over Calabria. I don't think
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  Speaker 4: he's the guy, but again, the only time will tell.
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  Speaker 4: Besides that, I mean, there's there obviously me one and
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  Speaker 4: still linked to two other players, you know, the Fofana
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  Speaker 4: midfielder from Monaco. Uh has been up in the air
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  Speaker 4: since the metcat opened. Are we gonna finally pull the
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  Speaker 4: trigger on on on him?
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  Speaker 5: This window.
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  Speaker 4: Are we going to try to get him as on
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  Speaker 4: a free for the next year. I don't know, it
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  Speaker 4: seems kind of that kind of seems to be the
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  Speaker 4: news from all all media outlets currently, So we'll see
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  Speaker 4: you on that one. I think we desperately need another midfielder,
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  Speaker 4: another you know CDM Box, the box type of guy,
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  Speaker 4: which can help a lot. But again, like I said,
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  Speaker 4: we kept a good core of our players that we
• 14:46
  Speaker 4: thought going into this summer that we might lose. So far,
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  Speaker 4: so good. You know, the layals, the tails, the manuals
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  Speaker 4: of the world are still uh, you know, cornerstones of
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  Speaker 4: this team, which is good, but again, we still need
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  Speaker 4: we still need a lot of help in other areas, replacements, backups.
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  Speaker 4: You know, they all can only play so many games.
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  Speaker 4: You know, we had four endsis pointing out there when
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  Speaker 4: he was out, and now four is out pretty much
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  Speaker 4: I think for the season, if not a good chunk
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  Speaker 4: of months, uh with with a knee injury that he's
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  Speaker 4: suffered in preseason. But again, it's a it's a fresh
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  Speaker 4: start under Phone Seca. He seems to be eager. I
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  Speaker 4: think we're gonna see a lot more offensive football, which
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  Speaker 4: is good, but again we still need to show up
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  Speaker 4: the defense and uh and stuck up the midfield. So
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  Speaker 4: that's good, I think again in the positive sign, like
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  Speaker 4: I said, they went, you know, undefeated in preseason, which
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  Speaker 4: I feel like I haven't seen you know, quite quite
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  Speaker 4: some time with me one in preseason. Again, I know
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  Speaker 4: it's preseason. I know it doesn't mean everything. It doesn't
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  Speaker 4: you know, paint the whole picture. But you know, just
• 15:51
  Speaker 4: to just to start off on a fresh start in
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  Speaker 4: a positive way, I think is uh is something to note.
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  Speaker 4: We saw some young players get it some minutes too,
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  Speaker 4: especially torianiu in in in that but yeah, it's uh,
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  Speaker 4: it's an interesting one obviously with me ons uh under
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  Speaker 4: twenty two Milan futuro in in citia Chi kind of
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  Speaker 4: like the UB next gen. I think is another positive
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  Speaker 4: thing that this management might I think in the back burners,
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  Speaker 4: kind of really hoping that they they progress, that they
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  Speaker 4: do well. Maybe try to get the city it'll be
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  Speaker 4: as quick as possible, try to really develop these players.
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  Speaker 4: You know, the likes of Camarda obviously is the is
• 16:27
  Speaker 4: the biggest name, but you know, liberally zero these are
• 16:31
  Speaker 4: all young players that couldn't get minutes in the in
• 16:34
  Speaker 4: the first team. Uh you know, potentially down the line,
• 16:37
  Speaker 4: and we hope to continue to develop them, but definitely
• 16:40
  Speaker 4: need some more reinforcements on in terms of the first team.
• 16:43
  Speaker 4: Like I said, and uh yeah, I'm hoping to to
• 16:47
  Speaker 4: start off the fun like era on a positive note.
• 16:50
  Speaker 2: And just adding quickly, last time fe I was with
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: Roma and he had managed to bring into Europa League
• 16:56
  Speaker 2: semi finals. So also like they had some good recent
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: runs in the international competition, maybe he might be able
• 17:02
  Speaker 2: to continue that with A well, I hope.
• 17:05
  Speaker 4: So, like I think, I think he's obviously an experienced coach. Yes,
• 17:08
  Speaker 4: like he's he's gone around, he's he's had his experiences
• 17:11
  Speaker 4: in other leagues as well. I don't think he was
• 17:14
  Speaker 4: obviously the flashiest name. I don't think he was the
• 17:16
  Speaker 4: fan favorite name when we were trying to trying to
• 17:18
  Speaker 4: appoint a coach. It's done, he's the he's the manager.
• 17:23
  Speaker 4: We'll see how long they lasts. But again I think
• 17:27
  Speaker 4: ultimately everything everybody seems to be looking on on the
• 17:30
  Speaker 4: same page. Uh you know, first test, real test is
• 17:35
  Speaker 4: is this Saturday against Torino to really kick off the season.
• 17:39
  Speaker 4: So I'm hoping, like I said, not everything you know,
• 17:44
  Speaker 4: gets get you know, jells together. Everybody is on the
• 17:46
  Speaker 4: same page and uh, you know, his his ideas kind
• 17:49
  Speaker 4: of come to fruition and we shoot off on the
• 17:51
  Speaker 4: right foot.
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: All right, guys, how much time do I have to
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: do I have to talk about you?
• 17:57
  Speaker 4: Come on, you're already complaining. You're already complaining a good window.
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: They know, they haven't they haven't. They they're self sabotaging
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: the team by publicly announcing that they want to get
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: rid of all these players. What is it they have,
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: like basically a starting eleven of players they want to
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: get rid of Chesney Jallo, Ruganido Gonzalez, you know whatever.
• 18:21
  Speaker 4: The defense that I got those guys were on the team.
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I did, I did, I did the hiero yo
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: whatever you know. But here's McKenny. Our tour I gain
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: doesn't really count costage, Millik Kesa. It's the it's an
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: attack that you're publicly, you know, walking these players out
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: of the out of the team. What are you going
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: to do? I understand some of these are are not good,
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: not up to you equality. Some of them like Keiza,
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: he has one year left on his contract. But what happens,
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: What happens if you can't sell them. Uh, you know,
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: I understand I have no problem with you getting rid
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: of Kisa, I really don't. I just don't like how
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: they're approaching it, especially him. You know, you can make
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: the argument with costage Millick like they don't really don't
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: have market value anyways, he's too, probably doesn't have much
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: market value, maybe what ten to fifty million for him.
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: It's the wage bill that that really makes a difference.
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: And you know, you could say he could go to
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: any other team for free next season, which is true.
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: But at the same time, if you have him, you know,
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: either you play him this season or you do business
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: behind closed doors. Obviously they did get a couple of players.
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: Obviously die Gregorio coming in it makes sense that chance
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: he's on his way out, Douglas Lewis comeing in basically
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: more or less to replace Rabio as that kind of box,
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: box to box midfielder, and then to ram I guess
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: more of it more as a replacement for McKenny and
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: then want Cabal to give another player on the wings.
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: I know he's more of a right right defense back
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: versus you know, Alex Alexandra going out again. They didn't
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: play a lot last season. He was one on the
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: left side, you know. So the players coming in are fine,
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: It's just it just feels like there's so many players
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: uh leaving the team right now that there's no depth
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: and the fact that they're going back in the Champions
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: into the Champions League and they need depth is is
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: a problem. And at the same time, you know, what
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: I've seen from them in the preseason is worrying. Obviously,
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: Thiago Manta coming in, uh, and you know, first game
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: against Nuremberg three nothing. I know, it's preseason, guys, I
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: know the first team didn't play. But then they go
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: to two versus breast. Sure they beat U A next
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: Gen in their typical friendly match for nothing, and then
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: they use they lose yesterday with their with their starting
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: eleven two nothing against Athletical Madrid. For me, that's the
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: worrying game. What's gonna happen next week against Commo? Como's
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: coming up into the city after what is it the
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: first time or is the first time in a long
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: time for them? What are they not going to get
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: three points against against? If Manta fails to get three
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: points against him, you already know there's gonna be a
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: ton of reaction online because it feels like the past
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: two years, people complaining about a lag ory, this and that,
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: and you know, at the end of the day, he
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: got the job done. You know, it wasn't the prettiest
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: some times, and there were games where we should have
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: won and we didn't. But the fact that it's already
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: starting off not well under Manta, the Mata era, and
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: I understand that all these moves it's not up to him,
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: and then that's behind management, that's June totally. That's that's
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: the direction of the club. But at the end of
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: the day, he's the face of the club. He's the
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: leader of the club, the same way Legry was, so
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: the same way that people blame the legery for certain transfers.
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: You know, this whole situation right now, I'm not saying
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: blame Mata, but he has to be responsible. He has
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: to understand that whether it's Juntoti's decisions to lock out
• 22:05
  Speaker 1: these players at the club or his decisions, he has
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: this team to work with and and he has to
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: get the results. I understand it's there's gonna be growing pains.
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: There really are gonna be growing pains, and I don't
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: think you've is winning the Scudetto this year, but we
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: need to at least be better than last year at
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: the end of the season when it comes to the
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: points total, at least some progress, and then the year
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: after you get even more points, and then and then
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: the year after maybe you win the Scudetto. So I know,
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: there's there's some time left in the transfer season, and
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: you know there's a bunch of rumors. Obviously Nico gonzale
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: Is doin Koop Maners, which they're good players, and I
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: would be I'd be very happy if you've ends up
• 22:47
  Speaker 1: with them, But when are these deals getting done or
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: August twelfth, there's one eighteen days left in the transfer season.
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: Coop Maners. It feels like it's been forever that you've
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: has been waiting for him. Obviously, the Niko Gons all
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: this stuff came up today.
• 23:01
  Speaker 3: Again.
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: I don't know how true true that is, but you know, regardless,
• 23:07
  Speaker 1: it seems that Mata has wants to play a certain
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: way and some players you know, don't meet that system,
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: like he'sa and you know what.
• 23:15
  Speaker 4: Guys, what sorry, no, no, I was gonna be just
• 23:18
  Speaker 4: because you're a kids' name. I have a hard time
• 23:20
  Speaker 4: believing that. What I can't find the spot for kids
• 23:23
  Speaker 4: on this team, Like I don't, you don't he had
• 23:26
  Speaker 4: Orceloni played the same role last season and he and
• 23:28
  Speaker 4: he had an he scored double digital goals or why
• 23:32
  Speaker 4: can't kids to do the same? Salad makers playing as well,
• 23:35
  Speaker 4: like I, I don't get it.
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: To be honest, he was playing a three five two
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: right with with Bologna. Uh yeah, and and Orsenleni was
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: playing where on the right side.
• 23:47
  Speaker 3: I thought it was like a three seven his specialized something.
• 23:51
  Speaker 4: He's I don't know, I don't know what what formation
• 23:54
  Speaker 4: it was, but he made it worse. So I don't know.
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: Guys, I said this all last season ever since his injury,
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: he wasn't the same, and that includes playing different positions.
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: He struggled as a second as a second striker under.
• 24:06
  Speaker 4: A Oh yeah, yeah, that's I give you him.
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: It's but it wasn't just kids are struggling last year.
• 24:14
  Speaker 4: No, no, no, But Nick has a point like kids is
• 24:16
  Speaker 4: not a striker, like he cannot play there like no, no,
• 24:19
  Speaker 4: we're we're tory with that. Even I just have a
• 24:23
  Speaker 4: hard time understanding when when monta first came out and
• 24:26
  Speaker 4: said and kind of like you said, uh, you know,
• 24:29
  Speaker 4: froze him out of the squad, saying that he doesn't
• 24:32
  Speaker 4: have a spot on this team, he doesn't fit the system.
• 24:34
  Speaker 4: How I was like, I don't get how that's possible,
• 24:37
  Speaker 4: Like I said, had Orsolini. Uh again, not to break
• 24:41
  Speaker 4: nick d and his heart year, but a lesser in
• 24:44
  Speaker 4: terms of quality overall than Kieza and he and he
• 24:49
  Speaker 4: performed last season, no problem Kuza. Unfortunately, I won't have
• 24:52
  Speaker 4: that opportunity. It seems like because Montha doesn't seem to
• 24:55
  Speaker 4: think that he's he's part of the part of the squad,
• 24:58
  Speaker 4: which again I don't I don't understand, but again, maybe
• 25:00
  Speaker 4: help me understand it because I don't follow you there.
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: I think if if Kay wanted him to play on
• 25:06
  Speaker 1: the right side, I don't I don't know, sorry, if
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: Monta wanted him to play on the right side, I
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: don't even think Kasa suits that role. I know he
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: plays that with the national team, but he's really he's
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: a left winger and that's it. That's his position. And
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: if Manta isn't playing a four three three, and I
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: don't even see him as like a left wing back,
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: he he doesn't track back as much as he used
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: to again pre injury Ksa. He pre injury Kasa he
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: played left wing back, right wing back under Pilo, he
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: was tracking back all over. After injury, not so much. Uh,
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: And you know what, I know, there's a whole contact
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: contract situation where he's valuing himself a lot more than
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: what he should be.
• 25:42
  Speaker 4: Guys, nobody's paying him nine.
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: Million, no, no, no one, no one is you know
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: what what were was stats like last season? Did he
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: even reach ten goals? Was it eight and eight?
• 25:54
  Speaker 4: No? Right?
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: Was it him nine so or nine goals in City
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: A one into the cop Italia Guys, he scored ten
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: goals in City HOT only once and that was with Fiorentina. Yeah,
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: you know, he said, I really enjoyed Kzo. You know,
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: is his twenty twenty twenty one season, obviously what he
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: did for the national team at the Euros. But since
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: that injury, Guys, I'm sorry, Okay, I'm not going to
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: always say his career is done, but this is not
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: the same case and people need to understand that. And
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: it's frustrating because I saw him play obviously so much
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: last season, right, and you see that decline. If you
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: watch every single game, you see the decline. He doesn't
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: even have the stamina. How how many times did he
• 26:38
  Speaker 1: play ninety minutes last year? It was not a lot,
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: you know, and it sucks. But I you know, for him,
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: for the club, maybe a fresh start, we'll do them well.
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: Maybe he goes to a team where he doesn't have
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: the pressure. I don't know. There was rumors that inter
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: wants him. If he goes there, there's no pressure. There's
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: other superstars. They're going to carry the team. He could
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: he could have another seven goals, seven ass his season
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: and no one's gonna complain. If he has a seven goal,
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: seven assist season as one of the best quote unquote
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: best players that he's supposed to be at UVE, that's
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: not good.
• 27:11
  Speaker 4: That all depends it all depends on the Yeah, I
• 27:13
  Speaker 4: get you. It all depends on the the his wages.
• 27:17
  Speaker 4: Like I said, nobody's going to pay that nine million
• 27:19
  Speaker 4: that he values himself out or whatever the rumor numbers are,
• 27:22
  Speaker 4: especially with one year left under the day on on
• 27:25
  Speaker 4: on his contract, Like you're saying, teams would be stupid
• 27:28
  Speaker 4: to to pay him that type of money now when
• 27:29
  Speaker 4: they can get him on a free and kind of
• 27:31
  Speaker 4: have to worry about a transfer fee and kind of
• 27:33
  Speaker 4: you know, negotiate the contract uh for his wages at
• 27:38
  Speaker 4: a low price. But listen, I still think there's value there.
• 27:44
  Speaker 4: Would I take him on me line? I would personally,
• 27:46
  Speaker 4: I would say yes, not but no, I wouldn't break
• 27:49
  Speaker 4: the bank on him, obviously, But again it's almost like
• 27:53
  Speaker 4: a lose lose here, because what are you gonna fucking
• 27:58
  Speaker 4: make him right on the bench for a year. That's
• 28:00
  Speaker 4: a that's a ballsy move to do if you're you
• 28:02
  Speaker 4: with a But if they want to put their foot
• 28:05
  Speaker 4: down and that's the direction they want to go, it
• 28:08
  Speaker 4: might be the it might be the option if they
• 28:09
  Speaker 4: can't find a buyer this this window or or in
• 28:12
  Speaker 4: the winter. So we'll we'll see. I mean, uh, me
• 28:17
  Speaker 4: and has had a history of losing guys for free
• 28:19
  Speaker 4: when they should have made some money off of them didn't.
• 28:22
  Speaker 4: Will be the same with Kieza Again, I don't know.
• 28:25
  Speaker 4: I think only time we'll tell for that as well.
• 28:27
  Speaker 4: But it's for me, it's an interesting one. I think
• 28:29
  Speaker 4: a lot of teams, well not publicly because it seems
• 28:33
  Speaker 4: like nobody wants him, but I think on behind closed doors.
• 28:36
  Speaker 4: I think two teams are definitely looking looking his direction,
• 28:38
  Speaker 4: but they need to try to convince him to lower
• 28:40
  Speaker 4: those that that demand on the wages, because, like I said,
• 28:44
  Speaker 4: nobody's paying him that type of money. He's gonna have
• 28:46
  Speaker 4: to buy his own bullet and accept something lower, especially
• 28:50
  Speaker 4: in Sadiya, because what teams are paying, there's only who's
• 28:54
  Speaker 4: the top guy. Who's the top a lot of I
• 28:56
  Speaker 4: think just signed his contract today until twenty twenty, and
• 28:59
  Speaker 4: I think he's making one of the most in the league.
• 29:01
  Speaker 4: If I'm not mistaken again Amoune hundred percent sure, there's
• 29:05
  Speaker 4: not very many players in the city. Yeah, even making
• 29:08
  Speaker 4: seven eight nine million a year. So Kis is going
• 29:11
  Speaker 4: to have to get off his high horse a bit
• 29:12
  Speaker 4: and come down to my B four, you know.
• 29:16
  Speaker 5: Max five.
• 29:17
  Speaker 4: If he's lucky like it's there's no chance like he
• 29:20
  Speaker 4: wants double that, I don't think it's going to happen.
• 29:22
  Speaker 4: So we'll see. But you know, I think for your
• 29:26
  Speaker 4: his sake, could just bounce off your points, Nick, if
• 29:27
  Speaker 4: I can give my two cents, I think that the
• 29:30
  Speaker 4: the the coop miners. If that happens, I think that's
• 29:33
  Speaker 4: a big plus for you guys. I mean we've been saying,
• 29:35
  Speaker 4: how many years you've raised midfield? You his midfield, you'
• 29:38
  Speaker 4: raised midfields? I think slowly, you know, they're kind of
• 29:42
  Speaker 4: you know with with the Douglas Louise deal. If they
• 29:45
  Speaker 4: bring in to coop miners, I think will be a
• 29:48
  Speaker 4: big will be a big help. Do they still have Rabbio.
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: On the team contracts.
• 29:55
  Speaker 4: Contract that he's a free agent or he's or he
• 29:57
  Speaker 4: has another.
• 29:58
  Speaker 1: Yea, no, no, the contracts.
• 30:00
  Speaker 4: They didn't resign him. Okay, so he's out the door.
• 30:03
  Speaker 4: So listen, they need pieces obviously. Still, I still think
• 30:06
  Speaker 4: they had a decent window so far. But again, I
• 30:10
  Speaker 4: think for all of our teams, I think it's uh,
• 30:15
  Speaker 4: you know, it's it's a it's a time hotel type
• 30:18
  Speaker 4: of situation, and I think it's gonna be growing pains.
• 30:20
  Speaker 4: Like you said, Nick, and I agree with that point,
• 30:22
  Speaker 4: not only for you, but I think for all our
• 30:23
  Speaker 4: teams personally, and a lot of the top teams maybe
• 30:26
  Speaker 4: besides in there, because again they say it still seem
• 30:29
  Speaker 4: to be, you know, the most well oiled machine so far,
• 30:33
  Speaker 4: adding some pieces, you know, walking down their captain uh
• 30:38
  Speaker 4: In Latar Martinez until twenty twenty nine. Today was obviously
• 30:41
  Speaker 4: a big thing for them. They finally got that done. So,
• 30:44
  Speaker 4: but I think besides them, I think it's gonna be
• 30:46
  Speaker 4: growing pains for a lot of the top teams. Even
• 30:49
  Speaker 4: though everybody has maybe high hopes for some of these teams,
• 30:52
  Speaker 4: I think it's still gonna be a lot of growing.
• 30:53
  Speaker 1: Pains before we Johannay know, you still have to talk
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: about Romo, but I'm just saying I just want to.
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: I know none of us are inter fans, but I
• 31:05
  Speaker 1: do want to mention them because I think they they.
• 31:07
  Speaker 5: Had so much better.
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: Yeah, they had better. Yeah, I think they had the best,
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: the best off season. You know, this is the champions
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: and they got better. They didn't really lose much. Sure
• 31:16
  Speaker 1: they lost Squadado and Alexis Sanchez, but that and Amisky, Yeah,
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: Joseph Martinez the backup.
• 31:29
  Speaker 4: I think they got another keeper from general.
• 31:31
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 31:32
  Speaker 1: And I think the main main names, that's pretty much it.
• 31:41
  Speaker 1: I'm just looking, yeah, under the main names, under the
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: impact players, That's that's pretty much it.
• 31:49
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 31:54
  Speaker 4: Yeah, resigning resigning their players too, I mean I think
• 31:57
  Speaker 4: it is huge.
• 32:00
  Speaker 2: The team is the team is basically staying staying afloat
• 32:04
  Speaker 2: with their game plan is they basically are just adding
• 32:07
  Speaker 2: on to what they did last year.
• 32:08
  Speaker 3: It's it's it's.
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: Even like what with their so called losses in terms
• 32:16
  Speaker 2: of like Puadrado and stuff like, is there really such
• 32:19
  Speaker 2: heavy losses, like like it's it's not it's they they
• 32:23
  Speaker 2: they're they're starting eleven, is practically intact, their bench is
• 32:27
  Speaker 2: still solid. It's it's gonna be hard to dethrown the
• 32:30
  Speaker 2: champs this year. I would say it's extremely it's it's
• 32:34
  Speaker 2: nearly impossible. But that's just maybe in my beginning ahead
• 32:37
  Speaker 2: of myself, But I don't really see another team that's
• 32:39
  Speaker 2: strong enough to compete with that unless they have like
• 32:42
  Speaker 2: a fucking weird tire blowout like like we saw Napoli
• 32:47
  Speaker 2: have this year. We're just out of nowhere, you know,
• 32:49
  Speaker 2: like nothing's working. But then again, right, Napoli also had
• 32:52
  Speaker 2: management change and a lot of changes in the last
• 32:54
  Speaker 2: like that, they had a lot going on in there
• 32:56
  Speaker 2: has nothing going on in terms of like publicity and whatnot.
• 32:59
  Speaker 3: They'll be fine. So it's really hard to bet against them.
• 33:03
  Speaker 4: To be honest with you, I just don't think. I
• 33:04
  Speaker 4: don't think. I don't think this season. Again, maybe it's
• 33:08
  Speaker 4: just trying to be optimistic that that the race is
• 33:10
  Speaker 4: a bit tighter. But I don't think whoever wins, if
• 33:13
  Speaker 4: it's going to be inter whoever people want to say,
• 33:15
  Speaker 4: I don't think they're going to run away with it.
• 33:17
  Speaker 4: I do think it's going to be closer than the
• 33:19
  Speaker 4: last season because last year, I, let's face the guys,
• 33:21
  Speaker 4: it was a joke at the end, well was it
• 33:23
  Speaker 4: almost twenty points difference between first and second eighteen and
• 33:29
  Speaker 4: whatever was nineteen? I don't remember at the end, but
• 33:31
  Speaker 4: it was it was double digit points high, double digit
• 33:35
  Speaker 4: points difference from from one to two from nineteen nineteen, right,
• 33:39
  Speaker 4: So that's unacceptable. We saw it obviously in the in
• 33:43
  Speaker 4: the in the Napol year. We saw it again last
• 33:46
  Speaker 4: season with the in there. I think just generally, I
• 33:50
  Speaker 4: think we want to a bit of a more you know,
• 33:53
  Speaker 4: tighter race for the school. That too, something to be
• 33:56
  Speaker 4: excited about. You know, when me on one it was
• 33:58
  Speaker 4: down to the last match day. Maybe it doesn't need
• 34:01
  Speaker 4: to be that dramatic, but you know, it keeps the
• 34:04
  Speaker 4: eyeballs on the screen all the way till match day
• 34:07
  Speaker 4: thirty eight instead of you know, match day what was
• 34:10
  Speaker 4: it twenty eighth and they already almost pretty much won
• 34:12
  Speaker 4: the down things. So yeah, I think it's gonna be
• 34:16
  Speaker 4: a bit of a tighter race. I kind of even like,
• 34:19
  Speaker 4: you know, Atlanta was making, made some moves bring it
• 34:25
  Speaker 4: and that Taggi for Firstmaka that went down unfortunately with
• 34:29
  Speaker 4: with his injury. I don't know if it's enough because
• 34:31
  Speaker 4: if they lose Coop Miners, I think that's gonna hurt.
• 34:36
  Speaker 4: But I mean, listen, they were able to pull the
• 34:38
  Speaker 4: trigger fast man like Milan has been talking about Fofana
• 34:42
  Speaker 4: in the midfield for fucking weeks months coop miners, will
• 34:47
  Speaker 4: you evate weeks months? Uh Lukakunai weeks months? And you know,
• 34:55
  Speaker 4: Atlanta pulls the trigger right away, they lose, they go,
• 34:57
  Speaker 4: Skamaka goes down with his a cl ever it was
• 35:00
  Speaker 4: and the tey next day isn't like good I find
• 35:04
  Speaker 4: I found it was good business. Good business for Genera too.
• 35:07
  Speaker 4: I think he made some profit off of him off
• 35:09
  Speaker 4: a quick on a quick flip there. So Daniel coming in,
• 35:13
  Speaker 4: I think, is is any national team exactly exactly because
• 35:19
  Speaker 4: I think if there's any place for these types of players, well,
• 35:22
  Speaker 4: I think obviously was was doing pretty decent with general
• 35:26
  Speaker 4: but now.
• 35:27
  Speaker 2: It's for sure, but like but like you want to
• 35:29
  Speaker 2: play with more higher tier exactly, well disrespect to Genoa,
• 35:32
  Speaker 2: but in sense of like, I think that's that's competing
• 35:35
  Speaker 2: in the upper table more than uh than genuine.
• 35:39
  Speaker 4: Is you know, so like, yeah, I totally agree, totally.
• 35:42
  Speaker 4: I mean like step up, step up bove, you know,
• 35:45
  Speaker 4: playing in Europe. I think we'll do them well, hopefully
• 35:49
  Speaker 4: for the even national team. But again, like a player
• 35:51
  Speaker 4: like Daniel who has been off the map since his injury,
• 35:55
  Speaker 4: talking about you know, presnual preanal injury posts annual injury,
• 36:00
  Speaker 4: I think he's had a crazier decline than than a
• 36:03
  Speaker 4: guy like Kiaza, even though they both have I've had that.
• 36:07
  Speaker 4: But Daniel, I think at Atalanta and bad if there's
• 36:10
  Speaker 4: any place to kind of get his feedback on the ground,
• 36:13
  Speaker 4: I think it's it's there. Gaspardini I think has shown
• 36:17
  Speaker 4: it with with the players that have been you know,
• 36:19
  Speaker 4: thrown his way. So I mean I'm curious to see
• 36:23
  Speaker 4: how that how that plays out. You know, Scavini coming
• 36:25
  Speaker 4: back from injury too, with his injury, so you know,
• 36:29
  Speaker 4: for forrat Aalanta, So you know, I know, and I
• 36:31
  Speaker 4: think they I think they had some other moves, which
• 36:33
  Speaker 4: not off the top of my head, I can't remember,
• 36:35
  Speaker 4: but I raised those two moves that were in the
• 36:37
  Speaker 4: forefront and the news lately seem like positive things for Fortalanta.
• 36:41
  Speaker 1: And yeah, why not Kiza. Maybe maybe Atlanta could be
• 36:45
  Speaker 1: the team to save him, you know, maybe the restoration
• 36:49
  Speaker 1: project for Gaspardini.
• 36:50
  Speaker 3: I mean, every team is basically trying to get after Kiaza.
• 36:53
  Speaker 4: It's just it's I saw me one too looking for him,
• 36:56
  Speaker 4: I know, not I know now point into I think,
• 36:58
  Speaker 4: I mean it's very room were heavy now obviously with
• 37:01
  Speaker 4: but we'll see.
• 37:03
  Speaker 2: Man, I don't know, you know, you know what, you
• 37:05
  Speaker 2: know what, you know what my might just might kind
• 37:08
  Speaker 2: of random but kind of better for him. You know,
• 37:10
  Speaker 2: you should go he should go to Spain. I think
• 37:12
  Speaker 2: should go to Spain. I think as it would benefit.
• 37:15
  Speaker 4: From as Johnny has his hands behind his back.
• 37:21
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I know, I I I honestly think right now,
• 37:25
  Speaker 2: a lot of teams in city are basically, you know,
• 37:29
  Speaker 2: very what's the right word, I don't say mindful, very.
• 37:36
  Speaker 3: Suspicious, I don't Suspicious is not the right word.
• 37:40
  Speaker 2: But they're they're about situations about about kids' situation about
• 37:44
  Speaker 2: uh wanting to know if they should take the risk
• 37:46
  Speaker 2: or the gamble on a guy like Kiza, and also
• 37:49
  Speaker 2: dealing with Juventus.
• 37:50
  Speaker 3: You know, it's it's a competitor.
• 37:53
  Speaker 2: Any city, a team transferred from one player from one
• 37:55
  Speaker 2: city team to the next is a competitor, whether you're
• 37:57
  Speaker 2: transferring from the Milan or from freaking Cuomo to Juve.
• 38:02
  Speaker 2: Like it's a competitor, like you have to. I think
• 38:04
  Speaker 2: a lot of teams are very mindful of that or
• 38:08
  Speaker 2: where or where there's a word instead of my tongue.
• 38:11
  Speaker 2: And I can't figure it out, but for Kiz himself,
• 38:14
  Speaker 2: but for kids of himself, if he's like I know
• 38:16
  Speaker 2: he wants to stay in Italy, but if he sees
• 38:17
  Speaker 2: that it's like there's no team that is willing to
• 38:19
  Speaker 2: take the jump for the risk on him or willing
• 38:21
  Speaker 2: to give him the money that he offers, like like
• 38:23
  Speaker 2: that he wants like to.
• 38:24
  Speaker 3: Try somewhere else.
• 38:25
  Speaker 2: I think LaLiga is probably like like, I don't want
• 38:27
  Speaker 2: to say go to the PREM because Italians don't tend
• 38:29
  Speaker 2: to do as weird as it may be. They have
• 38:32
  Speaker 2: this like weird thing with the PREM just yeah, yeah,
• 38:37
  Speaker 2: you know, besides that, it's it's very much. It's like, eh,
• 38:40
  Speaker 2: you know, so I think I think like a change
• 38:43
  Speaker 2: of scenery might be great for him in terms of country,
• 38:45
  Speaker 2: and I think LaLiga might be might be a good
• 38:48
  Speaker 2: fit for him, you know, very technical league. It doesn't
• 38:52
  Speaker 2: have to worry about strong defense there.
• 38:53
  Speaker 3: I'm just kidding, but no.
• 38:57
  Speaker 2: But in terms of uh, you know, managerial style styles
• 39:00
  Speaker 2: and whatnot, I think it suits him a bit more.
• 39:02
  Speaker 2: I might help him find agree his groove a bit.
• 39:04
  Speaker 2: And then you know, like like look what happened to Shawati.
• 39:06
  Speaker 2: He had to leave, he left Italy, he went to
• 39:09
  Speaker 2: China and then he came back and he's it was
• 39:12
  Speaker 2: better than four Like not saying it was a drastic movement,
• 39:15
  Speaker 2: but it was.
• 39:16
  Speaker 3: It was, it was a better and then then than before.
• 39:22
  Speaker 2: I would I would personally love to see Kaza either
• 39:24
  Speaker 2: wear romo or an athlete jersey. You guys know, he's
• 39:26
  Speaker 2: always been one of my day ones. But if it's
• 39:29
  Speaker 2: not happening at that.
• 39:30
  Speaker 3: Point, just look elsewhere.
• 39:32
  Speaker 2: And it's it's it's unfortunate, especially when a guy like
• 39:36
  Speaker 2: Taga Matta says that he doesn't fit in the roster.
• 39:38
  Speaker 2: I'm like you, you you find space for Kiza, there's
• 39:41
  Speaker 2: something else if you find space for a player like that.
• 39:43
  Speaker 4: But I think I think now that we're talking about
• 39:45
  Speaker 4: it more and going back to what Nick was saying,
• 39:47
  Speaker 4: I think the whole care thing, I think he doesn't
• 39:50
  Speaker 4: fit because I think it comes down to this, It
• 39:52
  Speaker 4: comes down to the money. I think that we're talking
• 39:55
  Speaker 4: about him more, it's kind of coming to me a
• 39:56
  Speaker 4: bit for sure, Like like it's the year left of
• 40:00
  Speaker 4: the contract. They don't want to pay him that value
• 40:03
  Speaker 4: of the money for for his wages. They want to
• 40:06
  Speaker 4: try to get something, salvage something out of him because
• 40:07
  Speaker 4: they don't want to, you know, fall into losing him
• 40:09
  Speaker 4: for free, because it will happen, uh if if push
• 40:13
  Speaker 4: comes to shove. So again, I guess I didn't think
• 40:16
  Speaker 4: about look at it more on that aspect. But I
• 40:20
  Speaker 4: don't know. You lose, you lose a guy like you go,
• 40:23
  Speaker 4: you get rid of a guy like Chule. I want
• 40:26
  Speaker 4: to keep kids up, but you're going to spend for
• 40:28
  Speaker 4: for Nico Gonzalez, Like I don't know, Like listen, that's
• 40:31
  Speaker 4: their business. They do how they want. But it's it's
• 40:36
  Speaker 4: gonna be interesting how that it all all opens out.
• 40:38
  Speaker 2: I'm surprised even so it came to I think maybe
• 40:41
  Speaker 2: Dibala was more of the reason why that poll happened,
• 40:44
  Speaker 2: But uh, yeah, I was.
• 40:46
  Speaker 4: I was not expecting since we're talking about Roma, what
• 40:49
  Speaker 4: about perfect transition, perfect perfect segue. We we still have it, guys,
• 40:53
  Speaker 4: we still have it. I didn't know what the podcast before,
• 40:55
  Speaker 4: but we still got it.
• 40:57
  Speaker 2: Uh. I mean I'm excited to see, uh what they
• 41:00
  Speaker 2: do essentially with all these additions, you know, like uh
• 41:04
  Speaker 2: dove Bick being added, is you know, quite a surprise.
• 41:07
  Speaker 3: I was not expecting that to come that to happen.
• 41:10
  Speaker 3: They spent, they spent, Yeah, they spent. You know, like
• 41:12
  Speaker 3: this this is a guy I got twenty four goals?
• 41:15
  Speaker 3: Was it last year?
• 41:16
  Speaker 4: Yeah?
• 41:16
  Speaker 2: You don't Yeah, I got twenty four goals last year
• 41:19
  Speaker 2: in La Liga. You know. Uh it's which which is
• 41:24
  Speaker 2: kind of interesting because now I feel like, as if
• 41:27
  Speaker 2: you like, Lucacu's gone, right, so so basically he's a
• 41:30
  Speaker 2: Lucku replacement, but Tammy Abraham is still up in the
• 41:33
  Speaker 2: air in terms of what like he's he's healthy, but
• 41:35
  Speaker 2: they still want to use him. I have zero hatred
• 41:38
  Speaker 2: towards the guy. I'm very happy that he for what
• 41:40
  Speaker 2: he did, but all ma, but if he leaves, he leaves. Unfortunately,
• 41:43
  Speaker 2: That's that's what it is. But you know, it's it's
• 41:46
  Speaker 2: going to be interesting to see how they're going to
• 41:48
  Speaker 2: do that, you know, Like I think it's it's always
• 41:53
  Speaker 2: good to have them like a like a wealth of
• 41:57
  Speaker 2: like you know, like a wealth of riches there up front,
• 42:00
  Speaker 2: because like you could start off, let's just say, if
• 42:02
  Speaker 2: you want to start off with that guys, like if
• 42:04
  Speaker 2: you want to start off with Tammy and Debala just
• 42:06
  Speaker 2: I'm just just shooting names out right. You know, you
• 42:09
  Speaker 2: can get dolphin bick out from from the bench and
• 42:12
  Speaker 2: you know, just to just to put like you know,
• 42:13
  Speaker 2: like like the knife to the throat type of thing.
• 42:15
  Speaker 3: It's uh, even if.
• 42:17
  Speaker 2: You want to play a three manformation, now you have
• 42:19
  Speaker 2: SOULEI that can they can play a three man up front.
• 42:21
  Speaker 2: You know, DDRS is gonna have a lot of options
• 42:23
  Speaker 2: for them.
• 42:24
  Speaker 3: So I like it. I like I like what they did.
• 42:28
  Speaker 2: Like it's more additions rather than losses, which is which
• 42:31
  Speaker 2: is pretty good for the team, especially for like the
• 42:35
  Speaker 2: fact that okay, they want to get some consistency going
• 42:37
  Speaker 2: and if they want to, like, uh, build up to it.
• 42:39
  Speaker 2: People are excited for the fe the fairy. I don't
• 42:42
  Speaker 2: know if I'm excited for the fairy. Uh No, in
• 42:46
  Speaker 2: all seriousness, Uh, it's cool because it adds it adds
• 42:48
  Speaker 2: more help than AMID. Yeah, I really can't say much more.
• 42:55
  Speaker 2: I think they they're really going to build up more
• 42:56
  Speaker 2: from from the last ladder.
• 43:00
  Speaker 3: Half of the season last year and hopefully I have
• 43:03
  Speaker 3: a strong start.
• 43:05
  Speaker 2: Are they going to be competing with Inter for the
• 43:06
  Speaker 2: school don't nope, But are they going to be a
• 43:09
  Speaker 2: strong contender for the top four? Yes?
• 43:13
  Speaker 3: Last year, you know you finished out like you finished
• 43:16
  Speaker 3: in sixth.
• 43:17
  Speaker 2: If you missed you missed out on that Europe Like
• 43:20
  Speaker 2: even though we got the top five spots. Now you
• 43:22
  Speaker 2: missed it on the Champions League slot. But you can
• 43:24
  Speaker 2: easily get back in there. Europa League was looking it's
• 43:28
  Speaker 2: gonna look really fun with them to with that kind
• 43:30
  Speaker 2: of a roster. I mean, I'm more excited to see
• 43:32
  Speaker 2: what the Roma does now with all these additions than
• 43:35
  Speaker 2: I have been in a very long time. I've you know,
• 43:39
  Speaker 2: like like even when like my Joe was very excited
• 43:42
  Speaker 2: with Mourinho was added to the team. But at the time,
• 43:45
  Speaker 2: Mariinho I was excited for more, like to see what
• 43:47
  Speaker 2: Modini was going to bring to the team in terms of, okay,
• 43:50
  Speaker 2: bringing him back a better reputation. Now it just seems
• 43:52
  Speaker 2: like it's it's less of a let's just get let's
• 43:57
  Speaker 2: just get to former stars that or injury prone and
• 44:01
  Speaker 2: they you know, they they they had they come at
• 44:04
  Speaker 2: high risk versus established guys that are very promising.
• 44:08
  Speaker 4: That.
• 44:08
  Speaker 2: Okay, maybe if if these guys are like, you know,
• 44:11
  Speaker 2: like a flash of lightning in a bottle, we can
• 44:13
  Speaker 2: capture it and just go off with it, you know.
• 44:15
  Speaker 2: Uh Spinetzla leaving Roma to go to NAPOLEI, Oh no, anyways,
• 44:24
  Speaker 2: I'm I'm I'm hoping to see him do very well Napoli.
• 44:29
  Speaker 2: I think I think that's gonna be great for Fernapoli
• 44:32
  Speaker 2: to have a different option on the left side besides
• 44:35
  Speaker 2: Maru Rui and Olivia. Right, It's just it's it's it's
• 44:39
  Speaker 2: something different, and I think it's it's it's good because
• 44:41
  Speaker 2: it you know, like if the Lorenzo decides to not
• 44:45
  Speaker 2: play like he did in the Euros, then they'll be
• 44:48
  Speaker 2: back to having strong wing backs, which was one of
• 44:51
  Speaker 2: their key successes to the Scudetto two seasons ago. And
• 44:55
  Speaker 2: if Spinetzola, like I I know, it's it's very high wishes,
• 44:59
  Speaker 2: Like I like, it's a very high bar to jump over.
• 45:02
  Speaker 2: But if Piinatzola can recreate like what he did with
• 45:05
  Speaker 2: Scali on that left side, forget about it, it's gonna
• 45:07
  Speaker 2: be a very deadly left side for an Apolete.
• 45:09
  Speaker 3: If if it's a major if for people.
• 45:12
  Speaker 2: To jump down my throat h that the listeners of
• 45:14
  Speaker 2: the of the pod, If that does happen, that left
• 45:17
  Speaker 2: side will be very lethal for an Apple. If it
• 45:19
  Speaker 2: doesn't happen, it's it's it's it's expected because of Spinetla's major,
• 45:23
  Speaker 2: major injury history.
• 45:26
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 45:26
  Speaker 2: So for for Roma, I'm excited. I'm I'm really I'm
• 45:30
  Speaker 2: really excited to see where they go with the season.
• 45:32
  Speaker 2: I think they I think they uh that Ossi is
• 45:35
  Speaker 2: doing doing some good things at the club. He's making
• 45:38
  Speaker 2: Pellegrini get back into the way he used to be,
• 45:43
  Speaker 2: you know, which was very big because we missed that
• 45:44
  Speaker 2: Pellegrini during the Moni era, Like the second half, the
• 45:47
  Speaker 2: second the second to Zo point two point five half
• 45:50
  Speaker 2: of the season where he just you know, it started,
• 45:54
  Speaker 2: it started to not fit as much under his system,
• 45:57
  Speaker 2: which kind of sucked because he's your most crucial midfielder,
• 45:59
  Speaker 2: so uh and the and the captain.
• 46:02
  Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly.
• 46:03
  Speaker 2: So the team does well when he does well, the
• 46:04
  Speaker 2: team does poorly when he does poorly.
• 46:06
  Speaker 4: So and also another thing like that all see, like
• 46:09
  Speaker 4: starting the season with that Assie as the coach, like
• 46:12
  Speaker 4: from day one, I think is going to be another
• 46:14
  Speaker 4: thing for Roma. I think to to start off not
• 46:18
  Speaker 4: being limbo and hope for a save savior, uh, you
• 46:22
  Speaker 4: know halfway through the season to kind of really judge
• 46:25
  Speaker 4: the US. You know, I think him starting the season
• 46:27
  Speaker 4: kind of bringing in players that he has an input
• 46:30
  Speaker 4: on because you know, they're around playing his style of football,
• 46:35
  Speaker 4: and you know, having having to say, like I said
• 46:37
  Speaker 4: in the Lefas of the World or the doub Vis
• 46:39
  Speaker 4: of the World or Souls of the world, like these
• 46:42
  Speaker 4: are players I'm pretty sure that you know that Asi
• 46:45
  Speaker 4: had to say, and trying to get these guys to
• 46:47
  Speaker 4: come to Rome. And I think that's gonna be another
• 46:50
  Speaker 4: crucial thing for Roma season is starting the season fresh
• 46:53
  Speaker 4: with the coach that they want, that they that they
• 46:57
  Speaker 4: held on to and extended for a long time. Obviously,
• 47:00
  Speaker 4: being a club legend is obviously just a you know,
• 47:02
  Speaker 4: the cherry on top of all that. But I think
• 47:05
  Speaker 4: starting the season off with it I'll see at the
• 47:08
  Speaker 4: Helm from day one is going to be a crucial
• 47:10
  Speaker 4: thing for for Roma's success or failure however you want
• 47:14
  Speaker 4: to avoid. But I think it's gonna be a big
• 47:17
  Speaker 4: thing for for them.
• 47:22
  Speaker 1: Before we give our predictions to the season, any other
• 47:25
  Speaker 1: interesting transfers you guys thought of, because I have two
• 47:29
  Speaker 1: that I felt off the top of my head, I'm
• 47:32
  Speaker 1: not talking about had a lot of Chansferschez back to.
• 47:38
  Speaker 3: I Love.
• 47:39
  Speaker 1: That's a throwback number seven.
• 47:41
  Speaker 4: And that would be eleven eleven years.
• 47:43
  Speaker 1: Later, Man, eleven years I thought it was even longer
• 47:46
  Speaker 1: than that, to be honest. And then David deha to Fierarantina.
• 47:50
  Speaker 1: That was so random. I thought it was a joke
• 47:51
  Speaker 1: at first, you know, I saw it. I don't know.
• 47:54
  Speaker 1: I think it was cocher Toy Breuti posted it on Instagram.
• 47:57
  Speaker 1: I saw, I thought it was I thought it was
• 47:59
  Speaker 1: a meme. I thought it was like you know, sometimes
• 48:01
  Speaker 1: they post like graphics that didn't happen, like their graphic
• 48:04
  Speaker 1: designer designed something, but they didn't post, you know, so
• 48:07
  Speaker 1: like you've winning the Champions League. So I thought it
• 48:10
  Speaker 1: was that, and then it's legit. I guess he's gonna
• 48:13
  Speaker 1: be the starting keeper. I don't know. I forget how
• 48:15
  Speaker 1: old he is, but that one, that one's interesting. I
• 48:17
  Speaker 1: don't know.
• 48:19
  Speaker 2: I don't know.
• 48:20
  Speaker 1: I don't know anything about the transfer. I just know
• 48:21
  Speaker 1: that it happened, and I, you know, I guess they
• 48:24
  Speaker 1: had the money for him.
• 48:26
  Speaker 4: I don't think it's I think it's a one year
• 48:27
  Speaker 4: I think it's always a one year deal with the money.
• 48:29
  Speaker 4: I didn't I didn't see, but I'm pretty sure it's
• 48:31
  Speaker 4: a one year deal. Potentially maybe I couldn't potentially extend
• 48:34
  Speaker 4: for longer. I don't know, but I saw one year
• 48:36
  Speaker 4: deals folding her on Twitter.
• 48:38
  Speaker 3: So one thing I want to say, but that.
• 48:45
  Speaker 4: That's a big that's a big one.
• 48:46
  Speaker 2: Now we need not come to the city. No he's wait,
• 48:49
  Speaker 2: but he's no, he's not, he's not in No he's
• 48:53
  Speaker 2: not the Argentinian player.
• 48:55
  Speaker 4: But no, no, no, I don't think so.
• 49:04
  Speaker 2: One thing but all serious is when I do want
• 49:05
  Speaker 2: to add, sorry for interrupting age. You just hold on
• 49:07
  Speaker 2: to the uh Daniel Maldini to to to Manza. That's
• 49:11
  Speaker 2: that's that's very interesting because it's a it's not alone,
• 49:15
  Speaker 2: it's a sale, and I think it's the first time,
• 49:17
  Speaker 2: like like that's like the end of the Maldini legacy
• 49:20
  Speaker 2: a meal. I'm not saying it's a tarnish thing. I'm
• 49:22
  Speaker 2: not saying it's a bad thing. I'm just saying it's
• 49:23
  Speaker 2: so crazy. How you know that's like the like after
• 49:27
  Speaker 2: three generations, it's the first Maltini to be sold from
• 49:31
  Speaker 2: from one Mealan team to another team.
• 49:33
  Speaker 3: And it's you know, it's it's a regional rival too.
• 49:36
  Speaker 2: It's like it's it's, it's it's rather fascinating. So he's
• 49:39
  Speaker 2: still technically in his I guess area. You know his
• 49:43
  Speaker 2: is you know it's basy, but you know it's it's
• 49:46
  Speaker 2: it's it's going to be interesting to see a Maldini
• 49:49
  Speaker 2: playing for another team but not owned by Melan.
• 49:51
  Speaker 3: So I don't think it's a bad thing, uh.
• 49:54
  Speaker 2: I think it's the kid needed to play somewhere else
• 49:57
  Speaker 2: that there was no pressure. But you know, to carry
• 49:59
  Speaker 2: that name, it's such a heavy weight to carry that name,
• 50:02
  Speaker 2: whether you're like like like there probably might be a
• 50:05
  Speaker 2: fifth or sixth generation Maldini player in the future that's
• 50:08
  Speaker 2: going to probably end up in Milan's academy and he's
• 50:10
  Speaker 2: still going to carry that weight of that name for
• 50:13
  Speaker 2: how much it means to Melian.
• 50:14
  Speaker 4: But it never goes away, and it will never go away,
• 50:17
  Speaker 4: right like, and it's so I don't want to say
• 50:20
  Speaker 4: it's it never happens, but you know, there's there's very
• 50:24
  Speaker 4: few players I think who had fathers will use that
• 50:29
  Speaker 4: as an example that we're talking about that reached the
• 50:32
  Speaker 4: same or exceeded there as their fault. Like I'm talking
• 50:35
  Speaker 4: about legends like, uh, you know, like it's very few
• 50:40
  Speaker 4: in all sports. Yeah, you know, Maldini's kid is not
• 50:43
  Speaker 4: going to be Maldini.
• 50:44
  Speaker 3: Uh yeah.
• 50:46
  Speaker 4: The Piero's kids del Piero unfortunately, I don't think it
• 50:51
  Speaker 4: was to be slightly potentially, but his father was a
• 50:54
  Speaker 4: good His father was a solid as a solid a
• 50:57
  Speaker 4: solid player in his day as well intern you know,
• 50:59
  Speaker 4: on the n team and and obviously for Padma and
• 51:02
  Speaker 4: and and the days.
• 51:03
  Speaker 3: But curious does. Yeah, so hard to be literally.
• 51:10
  Speaker 4: Level, the level was so high, Like it's you know,
• 51:13
  Speaker 4: it's just it's so hard to in all sports. Like,
• 51:16
  Speaker 4: you know what, Lebron James Kid is not going to
• 51:18
  Speaker 4: be Lebron James. I'm sorry, James, He's just no Brownie
• 51:22
  Speaker 4: is not going to be Lebron. Right. So it's just
• 51:25
  Speaker 4: it's really hard to do it. But again, you know,
• 51:30
  Speaker 4: wish him, wish him definitely the best. I think if
• 51:33
  Speaker 4: there's any team that to go to, uh, you know,
• 51:36
  Speaker 4: I think it's a good fit for him. He had
• 51:38
  Speaker 4: a good season last season with mons On loan, uh
• 51:41
  Speaker 4: you know, for for for his standard, you know, was
• 51:44
  Speaker 4: able to get on the score sheet, provide some assist
• 51:47
  Speaker 4: I think there's some talent there. I think cand of
• 51:50
  Speaker 4: be unlocked as is the its full potential is a
• 51:53
  Speaker 4: is a whole other topic. But uh, you know, being
• 51:56
  Speaker 4: under the guidance of of gall I think, like I said,
• 51:58
  Speaker 4: if there's nine place to go to, Monsa is the
• 52:01
  Speaker 4: place to want to want to go for for him
• 52:03
  Speaker 4: and for for me on fans, I think is you
• 52:05
  Speaker 4: can accept maybe him going there rather than going to
• 52:08
  Speaker 4: maybe a bit of a more of a direct rival.
• 52:09
  Speaker 4: So they played tomorrow I think as well in the
• 52:13
  Speaker 4: in the bro Scone Cup. Uh, you know, so we'll
• 52:17
  Speaker 4: see we'll maybe probably see him an action against me
• 52:21
  Speaker 4: on sooner rather than later. So, uh, it's gonna be
• 52:24
  Speaker 4: a big one, but another weird ones. I don't know
• 52:28
  Speaker 4: about weird ones, but like you said, I think Home
• 52:30
  Speaker 4: was having in Van like they're they're they're pulling the ones,
• 52:38
  Speaker 4: uh maybe at a higher like higher level almost you know,
• 52:42
  Speaker 4: in terms of bringing these these experienced players uh mixed
• 52:47
  Speaker 4: in with their squad that they already had. You know,
• 52:48
  Speaker 4: they had the likes of you know, other players UH
• 52:54
  Speaker 4: in in their lineup, so it's going to be interesting
• 52:56
  Speaker 4: for them. I think those are are big ones. You
• 53:00
  Speaker 4: know Lotso Lotsos has had some has had some signings.
• 53:07
  Speaker 4: Nothing crazy. I think a weird one. I don't know
• 53:11
  Speaker 4: if it's going to rejuvenate anything, but CASTROLI to toatso.
• 53:15
  Speaker 4: I don't know if it's gonna unlock something for him
• 53:17
  Speaker 4: after his decline, but maybe we'll we'll we'll have to
• 53:21
  Speaker 4: like wait and see. I think I know our boy
• 53:23
  Speaker 4: Nando was was was saying, if you know they're they're
• 53:26
  Speaker 4: linked with uh Idea and and for Runco, I saw
• 53:30
  Speaker 4: as well, if they can maybe pick up those two
• 53:32
  Speaker 4: guys like that's I step in the right direction for
• 53:35
  Speaker 4: them after they lost so much in his past, in
• 53:38
  Speaker 4: his past Medcatos with the losses of SMS now chet
• 53:43
  Speaker 4: uh Luis Albretto as.
• 53:46
  Speaker 3: Well, So.
• 53:48
  Speaker 4: It's it's a it's another refound for for Lotso we'll
• 53:51
  Speaker 4: see with a new coach as well, with Baroni, we'll
• 53:55
  Speaker 4: see if that if that pays off in any way.
• 53:57
  Speaker 4: But I also kind of like the you know, the
• 54:03
  Speaker 4: coaching change. There's been so many, just not only on
• 54:05
  Speaker 4: this show with with our teams, but you know, but
• 54:08
  Speaker 4: only a lot. So you know, Palladino going to Fiorentina,
• 54:14
  Speaker 4: Italiano going to Bologna, like these are some like interesting
• 54:18
  Speaker 4: names at places where I think that they can do,
• 54:21
  Speaker 4: you know, relatively well. I think they're gonna have to
• 54:23
  Speaker 4: obviously beef up their squads, but it's it's it's gonna
• 54:27
  Speaker 4: be interesting. Obviously the big heavy hitters of losing the
• 54:30
  Speaker 4: says out of the league, the Califiordi is out of
• 54:33
  Speaker 4: the league for Bolonia obviously hurt. But I'm curious to
• 54:36
  Speaker 4: see how Italiano does with with them. Other other deals,
• 54:41
  Speaker 4: I mean, there's been so many, it's it's it's so crazy.
• 54:44
  Speaker 4: But I think the Como Ones I think is the
• 54:45
  Speaker 4: is the cop out answer. But they've just went hard
• 54:49
  Speaker 4: with with with the fabricats as wading the wading the
• 54:55
  Speaker 4: islands there. As a coach, I think, yeah, man, they
• 54:59
  Speaker 4: can maybe Paul Monza and stick around in city after
• 55:02
  Speaker 4: a couple of years.
• 55:04
  Speaker 1: All Right, guys, uh, the most important time has come,
• 55:08
  Speaker 1: the time that we're going to look back on. Come me, uh,
• 55:12
  Speaker 1: let's just do it.
• 55:12
  Speaker 3: Let's just go for it.
• 55:13
  Speaker 1: Give me your school to give me your top four
• 55:16
  Speaker 1: and I guess top seven.
• 55:19
  Speaker 3: Top five, I guess top five.
• 55:20
  Speaker 4: I mean, is it five?
• 55:22
  Speaker 2: Is that?
• 55:23
  Speaker 1: So how it works is the the leagues. I get
• 55:28
  Speaker 1: the fifth team. It depends on their ranking in their
• 55:32
  Speaker 1: uph coefficient that season. So it's not a guarantee that
• 55:36
  Speaker 1: the fifth place team in the city other season is
• 55:37
  Speaker 1: going to play in Champions League next year. It only
• 55:40
  Speaker 1: every is every year like this renew is it changes?
• 55:44
  Speaker 5: Okay?
• 55:45
  Speaker 1: So teams their goal is still top four. You know
• 55:48
  Speaker 1: if you finish fifth, you could get a luck better
• 55:51
  Speaker 1: Champions League.
• 55:52
  Speaker 4: Beficient is high, Okay exactly, But yeah, you know what,
• 55:58
  Speaker 4: I'll take it off for me.
• 56:00
  Speaker 1: I'm just gonna go out right, say Interer scudetto back
• 56:03
  Speaker 1: to back. I think they're the best team in the league.
• 56:04
  Speaker 1: They got even better, so they're there. I think, just
• 56:09
  Speaker 1: like last year, Melan is right behind them. I'm not
• 56:12
  Speaker 1: going to say, you know, there was a nineteen point gap.
• 56:14
  Speaker 1: How much did Melan close that gap?
• 56:17
  Speaker 3: I don't know.
• 56:18
  Speaker 1: It could be closer. You know, it's hard to repeat
• 56:20
  Speaker 1: that such a big gap two years in a row.
• 56:23
  Speaker 1: But I just don't see another team as good as
• 56:27
  Speaker 1: Inter But you know, their biggest rival is their cross
• 56:29
  Speaker 1: city rival. For me right now, I do like Monopoly,
• 56:32
  Speaker 1: I do like Conte. It's tough to say, just because
• 56:37
  Speaker 1: this is a team that finished tenth with fifty three points,
• 56:40
  Speaker 1: so I know last season was kind of an exception
• 56:44
  Speaker 1: with them, and it almost was like an outlier season,
• 56:48
  Speaker 1: especially with all the coaching coaching changes this and that.
• 56:52
  Speaker 1: So from fifty three points, can they go up to
• 56:55
  Speaker 1: an extra twenty points to get into the seventies and
• 56:57
  Speaker 1: finish maybe three? It's going to be tough for Napoly,
• 57:02
  Speaker 1: But honestly, I think three, four, five, napoliju've Atlanta. How
• 57:10
  Speaker 1: exactly are they're gonna finish? Means to be seen again.
• 57:15
  Speaker 1: I said before you've a you know, I don't I
• 57:19
  Speaker 1: don't see them con being competing for the SCID though
• 57:22
  Speaker 1: hopefully they finished better than the seventy seventy one points
• 57:25
  Speaker 1: from last year. But realistically seventy points is probably their goal.
• 57:29
  Speaker 1: That should be enough to get them into the top four.
• 57:32
  Speaker 1: But you know, if I'm gonna give a final latch,
• 57:33
  Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna go Napoli, Juve, Atalanta, so you've
• 57:37
  Speaker 1: a fourth, Atlanta fifth, Maybe they'll still get into the
• 57:40
  Speaker 1: Champions League. Uh And then with Bologna, I know they
• 57:44
  Speaker 1: finished last season. I do see a big drop off
• 57:46
  Speaker 1: just because of the talent that they lost, but I
• 57:49
  Speaker 1: think they'll still, you know, battle for a top eight.
• 57:51
  Speaker 1: Uh So let's slot them in at number eight and
• 57:54
  Speaker 1: that leaves Roman last yo forever sixth and seventh battle.
• 57:58
  Speaker 1: That's how it feels like the past few seasons. I
• 58:00
  Speaker 1: know Latso main champions a few years ago, but you
• 58:02
  Speaker 1: know they finished six and seven this past season. Based
• 58:05
  Speaker 1: on transfers, you know, I kind of see them there.
• 58:10
  Speaker 1: If there is a team between them two that as
• 58:16
  Speaker 1: a chance the top four, top five I think is
• 58:18
  Speaker 1: Roman more than Latio. Lazio wouldn't be surprised if they're
• 58:21
  Speaker 1: even passed by Fiorentina in the standings this season. But
• 58:24
  Speaker 1: I think they stove the players to to let's say,
• 58:28
  Speaker 1: finished seventh and have Bologne in below them. But that's
• 58:31
  Speaker 1: that's it for me. I don't know about you, guys.
• 58:35
  Speaker 4: Joh, what do you think?
• 58:37
  Speaker 2: I like Knicks predictions. I mean, like I said it before,
• 58:39
  Speaker 2: it's start. It's impossible that this is interest Scudetto to lose.
• 58:43
  Speaker 2: To be honest with you, they've they've They've drastically improved
• 58:48
  Speaker 2: the team with adding Zelenski in the midfield, like it's
• 58:51
  Speaker 2: it's it's it's a great addition to the team that's
• 58:53
  Speaker 2: already and already stacked starting eleven, you add more to that.
• 58:57
  Speaker 2: So to go against interferent winning squidetto be idiotic. I
• 59:02
  Speaker 2: think in this case, for what is happening with youve unbiasedly.
• 59:09
  Speaker 2: I don't think they get into the top four, but
• 59:10
  Speaker 2: they still finish in the fifth place spot.
• 59:12
  Speaker 3: That's basically how I'm seeing it.
• 59:14
  Speaker 2: Not because because of the whole uneasiness with Mata coming
• 59:17
  Speaker 2: into a new team, right it's a new mentality, it's
• 59:20
  Speaker 2: it's the team itself also is showing like little little
• 59:25
  Speaker 2: signs of a bit of a disarray disorganization, So I
• 59:29
  Speaker 2: think it's gonna be a rough start for them.
• 59:30
  Speaker 3: It's still leave you still have to respect them.
• 59:33
  Speaker 2: It's still a team that, uh, that will surprise you
• 59:37
  Speaker 2: when you when you think they're out, They're just gonna
• 59:39
  Speaker 2: come out of nowhere and and and surprise you when
• 59:43
  Speaker 2: when the.
• 59:43
  Speaker 3: Tough gets going gets tough.
• 59:45
  Speaker 2: So to put them, like, like respectfully in that fifth
• 59:50
  Speaker 2: place spot, like it's still a Champions League spot, but
• 59:52
  Speaker 2: I don't think they're a strong top four candidate. I
• 59:55
  Speaker 2: would say it's more of a I would say it's
• 59:57
  Speaker 2: more of a.
• 59:58
  Speaker 3: It looks more like a inter Milan the three fours
• 1:00:04
  Speaker 3: where it gets a little bit interesting because I still
• 1:00:05
  Speaker 3: respect that's the thing.
• 1:00:07
  Speaker 2: It's it's hard, it's I would say, I would say
• 1:00:10
  Speaker 2: maybe Napoli fourth. I don't think they cracked the top three.
• 1:00:13
  Speaker 2: I think Napoli fourth.
• 1:00:14
  Speaker 3: I think I.
• 1:00:15
  Speaker 2: Probably put Atalanta third and then Roma six.
• 1:00:20
  Speaker 3: But I would like to see Roma in that third spot.
• 1:00:23
  Speaker 3: But it's still it's it's still Roma, Like there's always
• 1:00:27
  Speaker 3: something that's gonna go on.
• 1:00:28
  Speaker 2: As much as enthusiastic as I am for the team,
• 1:00:30
  Speaker 2: there's always something with that roster. There's always something with
• 1:00:34
  Speaker 2: the team, uh not only the only reason why I
• 1:00:36
  Speaker 2: put them in third and and this is one of
• 1:00:38
  Speaker 2: my main arguments. They only have the league to focus
• 1:00:40
  Speaker 2: on league in Kobi Dalia.
• 1:00:41
  Speaker 3: That's it.
• 1:00:42
  Speaker 2: You know, the copy Dalia was. It was a very
• 1:00:44
  Speaker 2: terrible start, you know, penalties against uh Gas yeah, you know,
• 1:00:51
  Speaker 2: like it's come on, uh yeah, But you only have
• 1:00:55
  Speaker 2: Koby Dalia focus on, like look at look at what
• 1:00:59
  Speaker 2: happened belonging to you know, like they only had basically
• 1:01:02
  Speaker 2: that too to focus on, and what they did last
• 1:01:04
  Speaker 2: year they had, mind you as a miraculous run, but
• 1:01:07
  Speaker 2: still in theeless like a team that has a very
• 1:01:10
  Speaker 2: strong roster like that with a strong coach, that that
• 1:01:13
  Speaker 2: was only one competition to focus on, you know, more
• 1:01:17
  Speaker 2: rest more like like more in shape players compared to
• 1:01:22
  Speaker 2: inform players.
• 1:01:23
  Speaker 3: That's the word I was looking for.
• 1:01:24
  Speaker 2: That's why I would argue for them squeezing into that
• 1:01:26
  Speaker 2: third place, fourth place spot, third place Atalanta, because Gaspini
• 1:01:31
  Speaker 2: just always seems to find something with that, Like I'm
• 1:01:34
  Speaker 2: really interested to see what he does with a tegy,
• 1:01:37
  Speaker 2: if it turns him into another Duvant or like another
• 1:01:40
  Speaker 2: Skamoka situation. It's it's gonna be uh, it's gonna be
• 1:01:43
  Speaker 2: rather rather interesting and scary at the same time. But
• 1:01:47
  Speaker 2: I mean, hey, if if it like it's weird, the
• 1:01:50
  Speaker 2: third or six spot flip flops for me. But I
• 1:01:52
  Speaker 2: think fourth, fifth is more definite. And yeah, in the
• 1:01:56
  Speaker 2: seventh place spot, I didn't really think this far. I
• 1:02:01
  Speaker 2: probably just slought in Latsio. I think I would just
• 1:02:04
  Speaker 2: slot in Latsio. I don't think Fidentina is impressive enough
• 1:02:08
  Speaker 2: for me to put them back into the top seven.
• 1:02:11
  Speaker 4: Uh.
• 1:02:12
  Speaker 2: They also I think we also lose. Is Nico Gonzales
• 1:02:15
  Speaker 2: that are losing too?
• 1:02:15
  Speaker 4: Right?
• 1:02:16
  Speaker 2: Uh well potentially, Yeah, today's gonna go.
• 1:02:19
  Speaker 3: But it was to youve No.
• 1:02:21
  Speaker 2: If it goes I don't know, that's a very good
• 1:02:24
  Speaker 2: If it goes through, that's very good for.
• 1:02:25
  Speaker 1: For you, and that maybe tomorrow, maybe next week, maybe
• 1:02:28
  Speaker 1: in twenty twenty.
• 1:02:29
  Speaker 2: Five, mister Rocco could so I am never gonna sell
• 1:02:34
  Speaker 2: to you guys all seriously. If that goes through, then yeah,
• 1:02:43
  Speaker 2: even more. The reason why they they don't finish, they
• 1:02:46
  Speaker 2: lost the lot deep now is gonna be a that's
• 1:02:50
  Speaker 2: gonna be interesting, you know, just for how much go
• 1:02:52
  Speaker 2: added I would be surprised. I wouldn't be surprised to
• 1:02:54
  Speaker 2: finish top that if they finish in the top half
• 1:02:56
  Speaker 2: of the table.
• 1:02:57
  Speaker 5: Over the bottom half bold that yunny.
• 1:03:00
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I put I put on the top.
• 1:03:02
  Speaker 1: You're pretty good at predictions, so you know we're gonna
• 1:03:04
  Speaker 1: pin this.
• 1:03:05
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, hey, top ten, left side of the
• 1:03:08
  Speaker 5: table guys.
• 1:03:09
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I'm not saying they're gonna I'm not
• 1:03:12
  Speaker 2: gonna say that they're gonna be like uh like uh
• 1:03:15
  Speaker 2: like like eighth or seventh, like you know that.
• 1:03:18
  Speaker 3: I think like eight to tenth at nine ten.
• 1:03:22
  Speaker 1: For me, Jenny, can you just go over your your
• 1:03:25
  Speaker 1: your top so I could rite it down?
• 1:03:27
  Speaker 2: So you had so inter number one, that's that's that's
• 1:03:30
  Speaker 2: I think that's that's a clear and inter number one. Yeah,
• 1:03:33
  Speaker 2: number two, because I think edition is great. Even though
• 1:03:35
  Speaker 2: you lost j dude, you had a you had a
• 1:03:37
  Speaker 2: younger Marata who stills. I swear to God, this guy's
• 1:03:40
  Speaker 2: part of some kind of like money laundry eight Ski
• 1:03:43
  Speaker 2: for the Top for the Top, mind.
• 1:03:48
  Speaker 3: You, he just divorced his wife.
• 1:03:49
  Speaker 2: I don't know if he's gonna have a great show
• 1:03:51
  Speaker 2: in this season, if his mind's gonna be one focused
• 1:03:54
  Speaker 2: or not.
• 1:03:54
  Speaker 1: It's one or two wayses right, either gonna be going
• 1:03:56
  Speaker 1: an absolute terrist.
• 1:03:57
  Speaker 3: I'm not trying to drink. I'm not trying to jinx
• 1:03:59
  Speaker 3: me a lot.
• 1:04:00
  Speaker 5: There's in case.
• 1:04:01
  Speaker 2: Yeah yeah no, I'm just saying like like that's a
• 1:04:03
  Speaker 2: that's a heavy load. But anyways, uh so into number one,
• 1:04:06
  Speaker 2: Milan number two. I put at number three because I
• 1:04:09
  Speaker 2: just feel like Gasperini is just gonna find lightning to
• 1:04:11
  Speaker 2: the bottle with the tege I hope, I hope that
• 1:04:14
  Speaker 2: happens because they wanted for the national team.
• 1:04:16
  Speaker 3: Uh.
• 1:04:17
  Speaker 2: Fourth place I put Napoly because you know they only
• 1:04:19
  Speaker 2: have the league to focus on, respectfully, put you if yeah,
• 1:04:24
  Speaker 2: then you made fifth because of new management. Uh this
• 1:04:28
  Speaker 2: array with the with the formation players coming in and out,
• 1:04:32
  Speaker 2: like everything's up in the air of like what's the
• 1:04:34
  Speaker 2: final roster going to be settled at and stuff. So uh,
• 1:04:37
  Speaker 2: I think it's just a more of a retool year
• 1:04:39
  Speaker 2: for you. So I don't expect them to do like
• 1:04:42
  Speaker 2: Monopoly like last year where they finished tenth place. But
• 1:04:45
  Speaker 2: because it's still vent this but I don't think they're
• 1:04:48
  Speaker 2: this season this season only a top four like strong
• 1:04:52
  Speaker 2: competitor just just for this season, so I and then
• 1:04:55
  Speaker 2: sixth was Roma, and seventh I put lots because I
• 1:04:58
  Speaker 2: don't thinka improve it. They got significantly worse seven parts.
• 1:05:02
  Speaker 1: Yeah all right, you Adri.
• 1:05:05
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 1:05:05
  Speaker 4: So I guess, like listen, every year we do these,
• 1:05:08
  Speaker 4: I think every year I get them wrong. So I'm
• 1:05:11
  Speaker 4: gonna be I'm gonna be less boring. You know, I
• 1:05:16
  Speaker 4: don't think you know, people are saying into I'm gonna
• 1:05:20
  Speaker 4: go nap as the.
• 1:05:22
  Speaker 5: School that to a winner.
• 1:05:26
  Speaker 4: We're being bold. I get these wrong every year. We
• 1:05:29
  Speaker 4: pull them up at the end of the year on
• 1:05:31
  Speaker 4: the bloopers. I'm always the one that gets them all wrong.
• 1:05:34
  Speaker 4: So I said, fuck it, this year, I'm just gonna
• 1:05:37
  Speaker 4: go bost to the walls. We're gonna be blessed boring.
• 1:05:39
  Speaker 4: These two guys picked in there, which are the obvious favorites.
• 1:05:43
  Speaker 4: I'm gonna pick napuly Uh for for basically more two things, Antonio.
• 1:05:51
  Speaker 5: Gonte and one competition.
• 1:05:55
  Speaker 4: I'm really honing in on those two things because I
• 1:05:58
  Speaker 4: think those two things can get them over the hump.
• 1:06:02
  Speaker 4: They're definitely gonna be doing better than last season.
• 1:06:04
  Speaker 5: I think personally.
• 1:06:05
  Speaker 4: The additions that they added I think are are are
• 1:06:08
  Speaker 4: good so far. I still think guys were center back
• 1:06:12
  Speaker 4: editions are key. Yeah, that marine and uh, this is
• 1:06:23
  Speaker 4: a this is a team that This is a team
• 1:06:26
  Speaker 4: that was I was speaking about me and leaking goals
• 1:06:28
  Speaker 4: last season. This is a team that was terrible, terrible, terrible,
• 1:06:31
  Speaker 4: terrible defensively last season, amongst all things. So I'm going
• 1:06:35
  Speaker 4: I'm banking on the Conte effect these guys. He's gonna
• 1:06:38
  Speaker 4: he's gonna have these guys in shape, ready to go,
• 1:06:42
  Speaker 4: prepared every week. It's only one competition. I think you
• 1:06:46
  Speaker 4: have failed to capitalize on that last season. I think
• 1:06:50
  Speaker 4: not doesn't and.
• 1:06:52
  Speaker 5: And and pulls that pulls that trigger with Conte.
• 1:06:55
  Speaker 4: I think the bonus out of all this is if
• 1:06:58
  Speaker 4: Osman leaves and he brings in his his his boyfriend Lukaku.
• 1:07:04
  Speaker 4: I think that's gonna be the cherry on the cherry
• 1:07:07
  Speaker 4: on the cake for for for Napoli fans and for
• 1:07:10
  Speaker 4: Fornapolis as a team. Because they've worked together before, they
• 1:07:13
  Speaker 4: know each other, they know the league. I think they
• 1:07:15
  Speaker 4: can only do unfortunately good things together. So I'm gonna
• 1:07:20
  Speaker 4: be bold. I'm going against what these guys are saying,
• 1:07:22
  Speaker 4: even though I should be going with the with the
• 1:07:26
  Speaker 4: favorites and Inter.
• 1:07:26
  Speaker 5: I'm gonna go knap with one.
• 1:07:30
  Speaker 4: Inter two because I think obviously if you don't pick
• 1:07:33
  Speaker 4: Inter first, then you'd be a new Strons like me.
• 1:07:36
  Speaker 4: You have to pick them as number two. So number
• 1:07:38
  Speaker 4: two is in there. I'm gonna go Milan three, even
• 1:07:42
  Speaker 4: though I'm still worried. I'm trying to be as optimistic
• 1:07:44
  Speaker 4: as possible. I was about to put you ahead of them,
• 1:07:47
  Speaker 4: but already putting into ahead of them pains me. So
• 1:07:51
  Speaker 4: I'm gonna put you me one at three. I will
• 1:07:56
  Speaker 4: put you there at four because I do think that
• 1:07:59
  Speaker 4: they squeeze in in into champions like they did last season.
• 1:08:04
  Speaker 4: I think they've added pieces in positions of need. There's
• 1:08:09
  Speaker 4: still so much to to unravel with you. Like we
• 1:08:11
  Speaker 4: spoke about at at the top of the show.
• 1:08:14
  Speaker 5: New manager, no.
• 1:08:16
  Speaker 4: More excuses, no more allegory excuses, because hey guys, he's
• 1:08:19
  Speaker 4: no longer there. So who's the who's the Who's the
• 1:08:22
  Speaker 4: target this season? I don't know, but it's not allegely
• 1:08:26
  Speaker 4: this season, So a new start with Mata. We'll see
• 1:08:28
  Speaker 4: how that goes. I think they squeeze into four. Uh
• 1:08:32
  Speaker 4: for me, five I think is Roma. Like we said earlier,
• 1:08:37
  Speaker 4: I think starting off, like I said earlier, starting off
• 1:08:39
  Speaker 4: with the also from the from the hop, from the
• 1:08:41
  Speaker 4: jump is going to be crucial hit. Adding the pieces
• 1:08:44
  Speaker 4: that they've added. What scares me still is their defense.
• 1:08:48
  Speaker 4: I don't know how you know, uh, you know, how
• 1:08:52
  Speaker 4: on board I am with their defense. I think they're
• 1:08:55
  Speaker 4: really going to attack heavy this this this season. The
• 1:08:58
  Speaker 4: Mercato has kind of shown that as well for the
• 1:09:03
  Speaker 4: most part, so I think that can be you know,
• 1:09:07
  Speaker 4: good for them, I think, really challenging for that fourth spot.
• 1:09:11
  Speaker 4: If if the five spot becomes that Champions League spot,
• 1:09:14
  Speaker 4: I think Roma finally gets back into Champions League after missing.
• 1:09:17
  Speaker 2: It for so long.
• 1:09:18
  Speaker 4: They're a club that I think after all these years,
• 1:09:21
  Speaker 4: they need it again, you know, just to progress in
• 1:09:25
  Speaker 4: this progress in this project.
• 1:09:27
  Speaker 5: You know, it's uh, you know, getting into Europa League
• 1:09:31
  Speaker 5: so many years in a row is good. Don't get
• 1:09:33
  Speaker 5: me wrong.
• 1:09:33
  Speaker 4: That money does come in for Europa League money progression
• 1:09:36
  Speaker 4: and getting far in the in the tournament, going to
• 1:09:39
  Speaker 4: the finals, whatever, winning the conferency stuff with that nature.
• 1:09:42
  Speaker 4: But this team needs to get back into into Champions League.
• 1:09:45
  Speaker 4: That I think kind of you know, go a step
• 1:09:48
  Speaker 4: further for them, So I'll put room at five. We'll
• 1:09:50
  Speaker 4: see if that becomes a Champions League spot. Like Nick
• 1:09:53
  Speaker 4: explained earlier, six, I'm gonna go at Atlanta.
• 1:10:00
  Speaker 1: Uh.
• 1:10:01
  Speaker 5: I like the moves.
• 1:10:02
  Speaker 4: Like we said earlier that Aggie Danioo Skamaka going down
• 1:10:06
  Speaker 4: hurts because he was an influential part that last season.
• 1:10:10
  Speaker 4: And for me, the biggest loss that could potentially happen
• 1:10:13
  Speaker 4: is the coop Miners, uh loss if they lose Coop Miners.
• 1:10:16
  Speaker 4: I know, Atalanta pulls players out of you know, weft
• 1:10:20
  Speaker 4: right and center out of the hat whatever and makes
• 1:10:23
  Speaker 4: them into superstars. We'll see if it happens again cool
• 1:10:27
  Speaker 4: miners leaving. If that does happen, I think it's going
• 1:10:29
  Speaker 4: to be the biggest hit for them, you know. I
• 1:10:33
  Speaker 4: think keeping Loukeman is obviously good. Scalovini coming back is
• 1:10:37
  Speaker 4: nice as well. Like I said, but uh, it's gonna
• 1:10:42
  Speaker 4: be tough uh for if they lose, if they lose
• 1:10:45
  Speaker 4: coop Miners.
• 1:10:45
  Speaker 5: For for me personally, but.
• 1:10:47
  Speaker 4: Again, like these guys were saying that four or five, six,
• 1:10:52
  Speaker 4: for me, I think can be more of a.
• 1:10:55
  Speaker 5: More of a toss up.
• 1:10:56
  Speaker 4: I'm sticking to how I said it seven in uh seven, Yeah,
• 1:11:05
  Speaker 4: that's a good when I don't know you got Johnny,
• 1:11:07
  Speaker 4: I think spotted lots of Yeah, Nick, you said, who uh,
• 1:11:12
  Speaker 4: that's been lots of as well Lotso as well. For me,
• 1:11:17
  Speaker 4: it's a it was a toss up between Lotso and
• 1:11:19
  Speaker 4: Fidentina personally. I know there's a lot of changes at Fidentina,
• 1:11:24
  Speaker 4: but again so uh, same thing with Lotso. I think
• 1:11:30
  Speaker 4: that the addition of Keene for for Fudentina is is
• 1:11:33
  Speaker 4: an interesting one. I think he can definitely get his
• 1:11:35
  Speaker 4: his feedback to on the ground and get get rolling
• 1:11:38
  Speaker 4: a bit, uh in that attack, getting some minutes, some
• 1:11:41
  Speaker 4: quality minutes for a guy who's still guys only twenty
• 1:11:43
  Speaker 4: four years old. He's still he's still young, like he
• 1:11:46
  Speaker 4: still has something to do, something to prove. We'll see
• 1:11:50
  Speaker 4: if it's at Fidentina, I think he can do well,
• 1:11:53
  Speaker 4: but I will thought lots of at seven. I think
• 1:11:57
  Speaker 4: even though they've they've lost a lot uh and so
• 1:12:02
  Speaker 4: has Fiorentina. I think the players, their core players or
• 1:12:05
  Speaker 4: players that they have kept are still superior to to
• 1:12:09
  Speaker 4: to Fierentina to an extent, because they they lost they
• 1:12:17
  Speaker 4: lost Milankovic Fiorentina after all these years at A Fiorentina,
• 1:12:22
  Speaker 4: which was a cornerstone for that defense.
• 1:12:24
  Speaker 5: They lost him, which I think is a big loss.
• 1:12:26
  Speaker 4: They lost their coach in Italiano, who was playing as
• 1:12:30
  Speaker 4: quote unquote, everybody was saying Italiano ball in Florence.
• 1:12:34
  Speaker 5: I like Palladino, but is he going to be Italiano
• 1:12:39
  Speaker 5: esque and two point zero? I don't know. We'll see.
• 1:12:42
  Speaker 4: But and if they lose Nico Gonzalez as well, even
• 1:12:45
  Speaker 4: though maybe he had a bit of a dip year
• 1:12:47
  Speaker 4: last season. If some people will say if they lose
• 1:12:50
  Speaker 4: him as well along with Milankovic, for me, that's gonna
• 1:12:52
  Speaker 4: be tough. So I'll put them. I guess I'll put
• 1:12:56
  Speaker 4: them at eight. But I guess we're gonna stop there
• 1:12:58
  Speaker 4: because I kind of don't know where else to go
• 1:13:00
  Speaker 4: after that. But I like, I like the como shout
• 1:13:05
  Speaker 4: for top ten. We'll see if that happens. I think
• 1:13:07
  Speaker 4: it's very bold. But I like their addition, so it's
• 1:13:12
  Speaker 4: it's a it's a it's an exciting project in an exciting,
• 1:13:16
  Speaker 4: uh and luxurious city, and their stadium right on the water.
• 1:13:21
  Speaker 4: It's gonna beautiful to see as well. So I'm going
• 1:13:25
  Speaker 4: to stop there at eight because nine ten I think
• 1:13:29
  Speaker 4: can battle, you know, the Totinos of the world, maybe Bologna.
• 1:13:34
  Speaker 4: I think Manza was in the around that spot last
• 1:13:37
  Speaker 4: season as well, So we'll see who kind of emerges
• 1:13:40
  Speaker 4: out of those, uh you know, right side of the
• 1:13:42
  Speaker 4: table teams trying to come to top ten.
• 1:13:44
  Speaker 5: But yeah, I'm gonna stick with with that.
• 1:13:46
  Speaker 4: I know I'm going to get them all wrong, but hey,
• 1:13:49
  Speaker 4: it's why we do these things, and I'm trying to
• 1:13:51
  Speaker 4: be against the grain tonight, so then just sparks some fun,
• 1:13:54
  Speaker 4: so I'll whist them off again, not int their meal
• 1:13:58
  Speaker 4: and Juve, Roma, Atalanta, Latzo and Fina at eight.
• 1:14:04
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I wrote these down. I finally wrote these down.
• 1:14:07
  Speaker 1: They're in our chat. I pined the message so I'm
• 1:14:11
  Speaker 1: able to save it, refer to it at any point
• 1:14:13
  Speaker 1: in the season and me we'll come back to it
• 1:14:15
  Speaker 1: and we'll get it. But guys, season starts Saturday at
• 1:14:18
  Speaker 1: twelve thirty. Genuine inter It's interesting that the defending champs
• 1:14:22
  Speaker 1: don't get the home game to start the season, but whatever,
• 1:14:25
  Speaker 1: I'll make the schedule. Parma, Fiorentina, Milan, Tono, Amplei, Manza.
• 1:14:31
  Speaker 1: Those are all on Saturday Sunday Veronaopoly Bolonia Es Calidi,
• 1:14:36
  Speaker 1: Roma Lazzio Venezia in their return to city, and then
• 1:14:39
  Speaker 1: Monday Lechi Atalanta and finishes off with Uventuscomo. So guys,
• 1:14:45
  Speaker 1: enjoy enjoy the first match today, I know Johnny are away,
• 1:14:49
  Speaker 1: but also enjoy the last few weekends of summer. It's
• 1:14:53
  Speaker 1: kind of you know, one hand, we always we always
• 1:14:55
  Speaker 1: want to watch these first few games in the city.
• 1:14:57
  Speaker 1: And on the other hand, it's like weather's nice out
• 1:15:00
  Speaker 1: for another few weeks, but you know it is, it's
• 1:15:05
  Speaker 1: getting cooler already.
• 1:15:07
  Speaker 5: Back to work, back to whatever, back to real reality.
• 1:15:10
  Speaker 1: Back to real exactly exactly. But you know, with NFL
• 1:15:13
  Speaker 1: football starting a couple of weeks, then it's easier. Then
• 1:15:15
  Speaker 1: it's you stay home on Sundays, we watch football, you
• 1:15:17
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• 1:15:21
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