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RANKING ALL 18 UWCL TEAMS | A Champions League Tiers Episode! · Into the Channel ⚽️ A Podcast Primarily About Women's Football

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OK, welcome to Into the channel, a podcast primarily about the UA
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for Women's Champions League. I'm your host Dina de Suspicious
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and as always, I'm joined by my Co host Mr. Grant Angle.
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What is that man? Oh, I'm feeling fantastic,
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buddy, because this is in fact, the internet's greatest UA for
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Women's Champions League podcast hosted by two Bros in America.
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And so I would say it is primarily a UEFA Women's
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Champions League podcast. And I'm happy to do something
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that's never been done on any sports talk show before.
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We're going to put these teams in this tournament into tears.
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How novel, incredible. I mean, we're just, I mean, I'm,
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I'm out here in the Bay, you know, innovation is what we're
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about out here. You know, we're just, we're
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breaking molds, just doing new stuff at every possible turn.
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So I'm absolutely with it. I think the the tournament did
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us a little bit of a favor, right?
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So they've broken down the 18 teams one through 4.
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We know from our machinations episode one through 4 gets the
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by 5 through 8 and 9 through 12. They meet up in a little sort of
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Elite 8 tournament or five through 8 is seeded 9 through 12
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is unseeded, and then 13 through 18.
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Better luck next season. So we're going to roughly follow
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those four tears for our tears episode.
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And then I'm really pumped just to see who you've got where
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where we've got agreement, where we've got disagreement and then
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just kind of talk about these teams and then kind of get
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prepped. You know, the Chamber's league
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bench day three returns next week.
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So we want to get good and ready for that for sure.
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Absolutely. Just like we are disrupting the
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podcast space with a tears episode, UEFA Women's Champions
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League decided to disrupt the the old format of the group
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stage, etcetera, etcetera. Now we got the league phase.
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But yes, all these, this ordering of the clubs, the
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standings in the league phase works out perfectly for tears.
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So I'm ready to get into it with you, but I'm also ready to get
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into a beverage because I am thirsty.
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Let's do that. I am parched and no time like
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the present. Exactly.
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Cheers to you. Cheers to the football.
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Cheers to so run Mom, Mom, Donnie, if if you're into that
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kind of thing. Getting it done.
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Damn right. You know, I told you good.
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Good is bound to triumph over evil.
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We just got to kind of stay the course.
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That's right. All right, man, we've got some
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tears. We've got some tears to, you
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know, to unteer. How do we?
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Well, what's the verb for tear? Well, well, well.
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I guess it's tear. We're going to tear some tears
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on the show. Where do you want to get
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started? Let's get started with the top
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tier, my good man. I think that's probably the most
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logical place to start. So let's think about the four
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clubs. We expect to go straight to the
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quarterfinals, earn that buy that you described.
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And I got to tell you, despite the injuries, which are kind of
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starting to mount and starting to be at least maybe a little
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concerning, I still think this team deserves the benefit of the
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doubt. And if I had to take a pick,
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even a draft, if you will, if you want more sports podcast
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disruption, I would take Barcelona in the top tier.
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I don't even with the injuries, I don't think there's any
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question about it. Yeah, I think he's still got got
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to have them number one, definitely a top tier team,
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probably still the favorite, maybe not the overwhelming
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favorite that we felt like. I think we're just starting to
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see some of the injuries catch up.
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You know, like we make the joke, it's like, Oh well, you know,
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they take out so and so and look who they can bring on, you know,
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And it's like, OK, well, I think we're starting to see the limits
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of like, OK, you know, Ava Pajor goes down with a knee injury,
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Sama Pariuello partial MCL tear. And now recently we've got
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Bathory reported a stress fracture in the scaffolding bone
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of her right foot. That could be, I think it said
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maybe a 12 week injury potentially.
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So so I mean, those are three monster talents and obviously
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you you understand how deep this team is, but not not just the
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talent you lose. You lose kind of like the
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playing style. You know, you lose like the the
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pathetic connectivity. You lose the pariuello, like you
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know, her runs and Paio. You already know what time it
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is. Like, I mean, it's it's it's
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really going to stress Bennett Romeo to try to figure out what
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to do exactly. I mean, he's got the talent, but
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now you've got to move a bunch of pieces and make a bunch of
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changes. And then we already saw a
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somewhat surprising result in League.
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Yeah, somewhat surprising to to say the least.
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They go down one nil to Rail Sociedad.
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You know, even it's in a way match, still a surprise.
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Obviously they have all those injuries, still a surprise.
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You know, it was it was a weird handball by Alejandre that led
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to the penalty and then they didn't convert on their chances.
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There's really no point in getting into the business of
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like really doubting this team. But I'll tell you, you know, one
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of the consequences of this of these unfortunate rash of
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injuries is we're going to have to get a lot more Sydney shirt
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in live minutes. And I think she's going to have
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to start taking some, some steps forward, which, you know, again,
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very unfortunate for the players who are injured, but could be
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very fortunate for us to get to watch this young budding
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superstar kind of really step into a larger role.
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Yeah, no doubt. And then a couple of the young
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players got minutes and you're already able to see, you know,
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obviously we've seen some of the flashes, but with certain lives
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specifically against Real associated that and that team's
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third in League of F. So they're not, you know, it's
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not AI mean it's still a crazy result, but you could see the
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the chemistry lacking a little bit with so much flux, you know,
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in the in the line of changes having to, you know, respond to
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those injuries. But three more teams in this top
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tier. Who else do you want to hit?
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I mean, it's got to be the record winners of this
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competition. Lyon in there eight matches this
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year between the Premier League and the UEFA Women's Champions
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League. They have a robust 31 goals, 4-5
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goals against for a nice little plus 26 goal differential.
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They have 13 total goal scorers across the two competitions.
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A10 of those players have multiple goals and they have 13
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players who have at least one assist on the squad.
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So they're they're spreading the ball around and they're getting
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it done in typically on fashion. Yeah, I think they're scoring a
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ton like you mentioned, you know, they're plus 22 in the
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Premier League, second best in league is pre FC +8.
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And then Leon gets a big win versus pre FC-1 nil on off a
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late winner from Tabitha Chewinga, which I thought was
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really cool. If you saw that one kind of on a
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breakaway a little bit like a little vintage Chewinga, I think
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you LeBron was running alongside alongside her.
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But a nifty move and a nifty finish.
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Very cool to see, You know, a Chewinga finish come from like,
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you know, open play, the open field.
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The the thing I'm going to be watching for with Leone, Yonah
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Geraldes, obviously Champions League runner up 2022 Champions
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League winner 2023-2024 move goes on to, you know, lead the
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Washington spirit. And now is that Leone?
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We know what Yonah is capable of.
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We know the talent there. Is there going to be enough time
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for everything to kind of coalesce and for this team to
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make a real push? You know, because I mean, it's
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it's a lot happening at one time.
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We saw what happened with the Washington spirit wasn't wasn't
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so seamless, you know, wasn't totally plug and play, even
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though it was some similarities from the coaching handover.
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And I think Leon a little a little similar.
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Like I think we're we're seeing flashes, but we haven't quite
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seen them blow the doors off, you know, like super steeped
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competition where we're like, oh wow, the whole footballing world
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is on notice. I think we're still kind of
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waiting for that kind of performance from them.
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I think that's totally fair by you.
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They'll need to take advantage of the fact that it's a long
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season. There's time to kind of build
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that chemistry, time for them to kind of figure out her all does
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his style of play. I think he, I mean, he obviously
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has the players for it, the different competitions in
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Europe, a little different than, you know, when he came over and
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and managed that little bit of time in the NWSLI.
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Think he's back in his comfort zone.
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He's back in Europe, back at A at a super elite club like this.
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And you know, we we've talked to a lot of different people.
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I know you've talked to to him personally at the NWSL, the
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Challenge Cup match, no Challenge Cup.
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Yeah, Challenge Cup. And the dude has just incredibly
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high expectations. He demands greatness.
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He he lives up to it himself. I think if if injuries, you
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know, if the health of the roster cooperates, anything less
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than making the final is a failure.
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Wow, that's a that's a tall expectation.
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You know, obviously consider, you know, there there's other
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teams in the top 4, you know, and spoiler alert, the defending
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champions might not might not appear at that top before and
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there's just great teams littered throughout this
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tournament. I think Lyon could could could
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play really well and still not make the final.
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You know, I think it's it's getting to that point and we've
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talked about it in world football as well covered US
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professional team last couple shows, you know, during their
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couple stints. We've seen Barcelona take a Ding
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here. We we, we talk about it a lot
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like we're, you know, the, the balance is starting to shift a
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little bit. There's a little bit more
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parity, There's more really good teams.
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There's not just one or two. But now it feels like we're
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really starting to see that, you know, kind of play out, which
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leads me to the next team I want to talk about.
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I'm curious if you had them in your top 4 as well.
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My third team, Chelsea, they're coming off the two nil win over
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London City Lionesses, who are up into sixth place, which is
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very cool. They're only plus 11 in the WSL
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after seven matches played and that number is thrown out of
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whack if you consider a recent four nil win over West Ham,
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who's in 12th place. So you take that off the list
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and they'd be plus seven in six matches.
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They're actually allowed 7 1/2. They're real G allowed three.
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So they're kind of getting a little bit lucky there.
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And they're just not they're not really able to score.
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They're they're kind of like some similarities with Lyon, you
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know, coach with pedigree, tons of talent.
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We're waiting a little bit for them to kind of put it together.
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And then this Saturday they've got a big match up heading to
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north London to take on Arsenal. Yeah, definitely going to be an
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exciting one there. They're playing at the Emirates,
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so that's always, that's always a cool scene.
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You know, they have one thing that I thought was a little
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interesting. They have goals from players
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representing 8 different countries.
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I know we've talked about kind of like the real international
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feel now. Leon has goals from players
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representing 7 different countries, so it's not that much
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different. But I just, it's something that
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I always kind of keep my eye on with.
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With Chelsea. I think it was the second goal
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in that London City match where it was no, no, pardon me, this,
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the second goal was the Sam curve, just ridiculous strike
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from the side. But that first goal, it's Sandy
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Baltimore, just like hitting the hesitation move, just doing a
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little and one mix tape tour stuff, getting to the end line
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and then playing it right across.
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And and in comes a flying Ellie Carpenter who seems to be
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enjoying London very much. It looks like she's playing
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really well to your to your point, though, I don't think you
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know it's going to take some time for them to gel to.
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They're obviously not totally online with everything.
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You have some of the moving parts there.
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Alyssa Thompson comes over like late into camp and all that
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stuff into the season. And so there's there are a lot
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of things that that need to happen.
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But I mentioned the Sam Kerr overs, London City Lionesses
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death taxes, Sam Kerr scoring at Stamford Bridge.
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These are just inevitable things that are that are coming for all
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of us. I look forward to Sam Kerr
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continuing to stack up the minutes, build up her health and
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then all of a sudden they might be back into flying Death
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Machine territory. I mean, talk about a player that
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could wreck a game and you know, you could you could have a like
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it, like you mentioned, a Leon tracking well towards the final.
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Sam Kerr, absolutely a player, maybe Ali Carpenter too, maybe
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also a player Sandy Baltzburn. There was just so many great
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players that could just changed the trajectory of kind of like
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women's football history. If you think about how important
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this tournament is. I had one more team in my top 4.
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I'm curious who you had. I I I had a feel that we we
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aligned in the first 3, but I had Real Madrid as my fourth
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team. They're second in league F.
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They're coming off a four no win over Levante and A1 no win
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versus Espanol. Both those teams pretty, pretty
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low on the table. So not, not super impressive
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there. What what I'm excited about is
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in League F specifically, you've got three players that are
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getting a lot of shots, not totally cashing in just yet.
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So maybe we're in kind of calibration mode.
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You look at Athenea del Castillo, two goals on 12 shots.
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Naomi Feller, we've seen what she's on the Championship, but
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in League F1, goal off 13 shots. Albert Redondo, professional
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goal scorer, two goals off 18 shots.
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So still early Real Madrid kind of benefits from having a lot of
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players, you know, signed to the organization that had been in
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different states of injury and rehab and recovery.
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And now it feels like things have kind of like, you know,
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there's a big swell of just talented players and figuring
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out who's going to play where. Always great players coming off
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the bench and if they can get those scoring, you know,
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attacking, you know, players to sort things out and kind of just
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get get more return on investment there.
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This team could be really, really dangerous.
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And if Barcelona up top is, you know, entertaining the idea of a
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wobble, you know, all of a sudden, I mean, if you're in
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Real Madrid, things get are probably getting really, really
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interesting at this point. I think it's fair.
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I think it's a it's a good shout by you to to put them in the top
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four. I think after I was, you know,
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looking at it, look at everything.
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Pardon me, looking at everything.
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I mean, obviously they're sitting second in the table
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right now. What?
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They beat Roma and they beat Roma pretty handily and then
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they beat PSG 2 to one, if memory serves.
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I think it's I think they got to be 4th, honestly.
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Like I took a long, long look at your Gunners to be like, well,
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they're the holders. You know, they they have the 2
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headed monster of of Russo and Blaxtenius.
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But you know, like you, like you mentioned across these two
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competitions, you know, they're getting great production from
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Caroline Weir, who has six goals and two assists.
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And I'm talking about across league F and Champions League.
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And Redondo has five goals and two assists.
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Evan Navarro has five assists and and Linda Kaisto has four.
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Now, Kaisto, she got that hamstring injury.
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It looked, it looked like it was near the end of the Roma match.
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And then she still came back and played versus PSG, but then she
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hasn't played in in Madrid's last two league matches.
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So that bears monitoring. I think we're going to, we're
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going to take a, a close look at that.
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But they look stronger, they look threatening, more
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threatening than they have in the past couple years of this
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tournament that we've been watching.
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So I think they they rightfully sit at #4 and in the first tier.
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Love it. All right, so we've got some
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environment there. Let's move on to the second
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tier. You mentioned this team that you
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almost kind of like went back and forth with for the 4th spot.
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I actually had my Gunners in a little bit of a battle between
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5:00 and 6:00 and I'll just kind of like let you know both of
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those teams that I've got here, both the two WSL teams, Arsenal
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and 5th Manchester United and six.
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So yeah, Arsenal, you know, you look at they had a bad three
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goal, three-game stretch versus Villa, Manchester City and Lyon
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where, you know, they give up six goals.
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Their next three versus Brighton at Benfica, at Leicester, they
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only allow one goal. Different competition, but good
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to kind of see, you know, some momentum, you know, taking
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shape. We we talked about that that big
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match up on Saturday with Chelsea.
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I think Arsenal will be will be fine eventually.
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I'm not sure the top four. I don't I'm not sure they're
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going to kind of break their back to try to reach that top 4.
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You know, this team has winning DNA.
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We talked about, you know, them taking the scenic route to the
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championship last year. So I'm not sure they'll if they
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can't get past, you know, a nine through 12 squad, you know, they
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they, they don't deserve to win anyway.
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So we'll see if they're able to kind of like grab one of those
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spots. But I feel like they're playing
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a little bit of the long game. You know, they're working in
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some of those new players, Olivia Smith and you know, and
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you know, just trying to figure out who's going to be where.
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And then Manchester United. I think defensively they've just
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been really impressive. They've played 13 matchups.
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They've played thirteen matches and they've only given up goals
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in five of those 13 four times. They give up a single goal just
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one time. I think this past weekend versus
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Brighton, they gave up two goals.
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So I mean, defensively, they're locking in.
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I can't I I almost had Manchester United in fifth,
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dropping Arsenal to six, but ultimately I had Arsenal 5,
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United 6. Very curious where you had these
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two teams. Yeah, I think, I think the
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tiebreaker and I understand like, you know, this was last
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year's result, but I'm I'm fine with the tiebreaker being
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Arsenal's the title holders. I'm also going to do a little
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bit of speculation on this too, is that Mariana Caldente has one
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goal and two assists in about 550 minutes in the WSL this
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season. She has no counting stats in the
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UEFA Women's Champions League. How long do you suppose that's
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going to last? Probably not very long.
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I think she's going to start playing.
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I think she's going to start getting better.
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I think she's going to start playing better.
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And that bodes not well for for the opponents of Arsenal.
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So I did have those Red Devils from Manchester United after
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Arsenal, largely because of some of the pedigree there.
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But I'll tell you, it was a real, it was a tough decision.
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I think there might be, even though we're putting these, you
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know, this tier is another tier of four teams.
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I think there's a little bit of a drop off after Arsenal and
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United. United has has played thirteen
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matches across the the WSL and the Champions League this
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season. They are ten wins, 2 draws and
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one loss and they're only loss was in Champions League
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qualifying to the top Syrian champions, the mighty SK Braun.
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And you know United. They had, they had a little bit
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of a weird one over Brighton this weekend.
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They went, they won that match three to two, conceded late, but
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it never really felt like it was in a ton of danger.
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But they got goals from their Norwegians.
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Speaking of Braun, Liz Turland and Nelson and yeah, I just, I
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know I I've talked about it a lot with United.
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You got Ella TuneIn there playing perfect passes into
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players with good scoring touch. Jess Park looks like she is just
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fitting in really nicely in that midfield.
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Not great, don't love that, not enjoying it, but good for Jess
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Park. Happy for sort of for the most
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part. And I just think, I think
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they're going to be really dangerous and I think even with
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putting them in this tear. I think they're going to be
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fighting it out. They're going to they're going
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to have a look at that fourth spot, probably deep into this
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league phase. Very interesting yeah they
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they've got a tough last four they take on PSG, they go to
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Wolfsburg, they've got Leon and then they go at Juventus so
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little bit of a murderer's row. They're going to have to really
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probably go up a level to to really contend for that fourth
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spot. So we'll see, we'll track it.
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But they're, they're, they're playing really well.
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I mean, if, if you're United or United supporter, you got to be
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kind of really thrilled with the exceeding of the expectations so
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far. Because I think they, they've
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come through a little bit better than than, you know, kind of
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like we pegged them at the at the start, but we hit a couple
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WSL teams. I've got 2 from Bundesliga teams
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rounding up my second tier 7 and 8 give me Bayern Munich 7,
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Wolfsburg 8. So I'll hit Bayern first.
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Obviously they're they're leading from Bundesliga.
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This was a wild stat. They've got thirty goals in the
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league, 29 assists on those thirty goals.
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Stupid. So cool love that cloud Bull.
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I got to get a shout. Four goals for Bull tied for six
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in the front Bundesliga pretty good.
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You know top 6IN goals and then you look at her assists.
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She's got 10 assists, good for first.
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Second place is our teammate Georgia Stanley.
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He's got 6 Kyle Boo like you forget she's just 24 years old
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and just that dominant. You know, the player that
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looked, you know, like could could go to toe, could go toe to
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toe with any Barcelona player. You know, obviously there was a
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lot of talent disparity in in some of the other spots, but
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look absolutely looked like she belonged putting up monster
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numbers in front of Bundessega. And then you look at Wolfsburg.
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Wolfsburg's leading from Bundessegan goal scored.
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They've got one more than Byron this this season coming off two
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wins defensively, little wobbly. They're 5th and XG allowed and
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then and also 5th and real G allowed.
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So they're not quite locking down as well as Byron is.
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But offensively got a ton of firepower and much like Madrid,
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a lot of talent that's kind of like coalescing that you know,
22:37
has sort of haven't been able to get everybody at the same time.
22:39
And now I, I feel like from a health standpoint, they're
22:42
probably trending in the right direction and are in a good
22:46
position to maybe buy, you know, challenge Bayern in the league
22:48
and, and we'll see, maybe make some noise in the Champions
22:51
League as well. Yeah, I think so.
22:54
And then the opposite end of the spectrum.
22:56
And in terms of the health news and probably one of the shittier
22:59
developments in world football, Lena Oberdorf, who had who
23:05
already had three goals this season, suffered another ACL
23:12
injury in her right knee. I think that happened on the
23:14
20th of October. Just devastating.
23:17
I mean, she just came back from it from an ACL.
23:21
So I mean, that's that's going to be a devastating injury once
23:24
again for Bayern. Obviously we wish Helena
23:27
Hoberdorf well in her recovery, but Bayern still has that three
23:31
headed monster of of bull as you mentioned for Neil Harder and
23:36
Leia Schuler, each of them have five goals across the DFB.
23:41
Pokel found Bundesliga in the UEFA Women's Champions League.
23:44
I I also would be remiss if I didn't point out that in non
23:49
Barcelona matches this season, Bayern Munich is 35 goals for
23:54
four against for a nice little plus 31 goal differential in
23:58
those three competitions. I know they got smoked by
24:01
Barcelona, but I think that was more about Barcelona coming out
24:04
on fire than them looking looking bad.
24:08
I mentioned Obrador already had three goals.
24:12
Tonikawa and Dalman already have 3 apiece to go with, you know,
24:16
the 15 provided by Bull, Harder and Schuler.
24:19
So I think they have they have enough to continue to contend.
24:24
It's just there's just going to be a what if hanging over the
24:27
with with the Oberdorf injury, I think, yeah.
24:32
Total bummer. I mean, hated, hated to see that
24:35
news because, like Oberdorf also was kind of roaring back a
24:39
little bit just starting to like Rev up and I mean, I don't know,
24:44
real bummer. Byron was also, you know, in a
24:47
good position to just play some a lot of high stakes football.
24:50
So, you know, just wish her well, you know, as deeply and as
24:57
sincerely as we can for sure for a speedy recovery in this tier.
25:04
Did you Well? Do did you agree on the seven on
25:08
the 7-8? How do we feel about Arsenal,
25:11
Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Wolfsburg as our five
25:14
through 8? I have a team that I want to put
25:19
8th that is currently 8th on the table as we speak.
25:24
And I think judging by looking at some of your at your tears, I
25:29
believe you have them criminally low, Sir.
25:33
And that would be 1 Atletico Madrid.
25:36
OK, all right, hear me out here across League of F and and the
25:41
Champions League, Fiamma is on an absolute tear.
25:46
She has seven goals and three assists across the two
25:48
competitions. Luani has four goals and seven
25:52
assists across the 2 competitions. 29 year old
25:54
Norwegian forward senior Jensen has added four goals and an
25:58
assist. And I just think at absolute
26:03
worst, at absolute worst, this team is getting through like
26:08
they are. I think at the absolute worst
26:11
they're finishing 12th and I think they're more likely
26:13
finishing top ten. And I think, I think if player
26:17
for player, I think they have a decent case for being like the
26:21
8th or 9th best team in this tournament.
26:23
Wow, all right, so just to kind of tip my hand a little bit, I
26:28
had athlete the in 14th 14th of 18th.
26:32
So in my bottom tier, not not getting through.
26:38
I, I guess I just kind of feel like, you know, institutionally,
26:42
like, you know, haven't quite been here yet at this level, you
26:48
know, and we saw that, we saw them kind of like have a decent
26:51
performance of a less than decent performance.
26:53
So I kind of feel I kind of expect them to be a little bit
26:57
on that track, you know, like like flashes, but also like, oh
27:01
man, they really put that performance out when they
27:04
really, you know, they could have kind of closed the door on
27:06
to your point, clinching or at least crawling up into that top
27:10
8. And you know, I could I could
27:12
see them laying an egg a little bit just because it's tough to
27:14
do. And like you look at these
27:15
teams, it's 18 really it's 18 good teams.
27:19
You know, outside of maybe the very, very upper crust, anybody
27:23
could beat anybody. Like, you know, we've already
27:25
seen it even in just these two match days.
27:28
So it's kind of like no knock on, I'd let you.
27:31
But it's like, you know, I'm, I'm just scrolling the teams I
27:33
have above them and I'm like, I'm not sure that you know, I
27:36
don't know. I think I would take every team,
27:38
maybe 1 that I kind of have misplaced here, but we'll, we'll
27:43
kind of get into that. But you, it sounds like, did
27:45
you, where did you have at the at the end of it?
27:50
I I had an eighth. OK, nice.
27:52
All right. So you got them an eighth.
27:55
I'm guessing Wolfsburg didn't make your top 8.
27:58
That's right. OK.
27:59
Where did you have? Wolf I had them, not I had
28:00
Wolfsburg 9. OK, all right, nice.
28:03
All right, All right. So we'll see athlete, our first
28:07
big divergent. We'll we'll keep an eye on that
28:09
in 9th place on my bracket. Now we're in the third tier.
28:11
I had PSG so a little bit disappointing.
28:15
Obviously they're they're sitting in 2nd and Premier
28:17
League on 15 points. It's just pretty much funny
28:21
versus non Champions League competition this season.
28:24
They've got five wins from five matches, 12 goals for two
28:28
against right. So I remember that 12 and 2
28:32
versus the three Champions League teams they've got two
28:34
goals for and 12 against. So like the complete opposite,
28:39
good for fourteen goals for, 14 goals against.
28:41
For all our math heads out there, they did string string
28:45
together two straight wins. Another young the the PSG is an
28:49
actual young team with young players that are kind of coming
28:52
along. You know, the high ceilings, but
28:55
also a lot of it of a lot of variance we can expect.
28:59
You know, you kind of expect this team to kind of go up
29:01
against some of the more experienced teams in the
29:04
competition and look like the less experienced team.
29:08
But that's not to say that they can't explode for a big win and
29:12
give one of the big dogs some trouble or even like escape with
29:15
a win. We saw them really kind of push
29:17
around Madrid after kind of no showing their first match up.
29:20
But PSG like what what do you what are you expecting from
29:23
them? I think we've been watching this
29:24
team. We've we've liked them.
29:26
We've kind of like lost lost some steam, kind of like
29:28
following them and now it feels like a a new look PSG, which is
29:32
maybe you know, not a good thing, not a bad thing.
29:34
We'll see. I.
29:36
Don't trust them. I was going back and thinking
29:38
about it. I know they put in a pretty good
29:40
performance against Real Madrid. I think especially that first
29:42
half, they looked pretty good. But it I was chuckling while
29:47
you're reading those that goal differential and those stats,
29:51
because I did my research in another doc.
29:54
I know you you were using we were using two different
29:56
documents and I had the same thing.
29:58
Their their wins are against Lons, Nantz, Dijon, Strasburg
30:05
and Lee Havre. Like they ain't played nobody,
30:09
Paul, like they they ain't beat nobody, that's for sure.
30:14
And they got cooked by Leon and Wolfsburg and then obviously had
30:17
that pretty good match against Real Madrid.
30:21
I am really, really curious. Their next two matches in the
30:25
Champions League, they're going to go to England to play
30:26
Manchester United. A-Team, I think is flatly better
30:29
than them. And then they're going to go
30:31
back home. Kind of similar to this, you
30:34
know, to their run of playing Wolfsburg and Real Madrid.
30:37
They got a tough one away versus United like they had against
30:40
Wolfsburg. I think they might get cracked
30:42
in that one. But then they go home and they
30:44
have to play Bayern Munich just like they went home and played
30:47
close against Real Madrid. I don't know how close they'll
30:49
be able to keep it against Bayern Munich.
30:52
You know, Rome, Luke Terry is putting together a nice little
30:54
campaign. But I don't know, man.
30:56
I don't think they're going to have, I don't think they're
30:58
going to have enough. I don't think they're going to
31:00
make it out of the league phase. Wow, so you've got them.
31:06
Whoa, I had that 14th. Wow.
31:10
OK, don't trust him. That's a.
31:13
That's a big that's a big jump too.
31:16
I I just think that there's enough talent there.
31:18
But yeah, I mean, the point that I just made earlier is like the
31:22
tournament's loaded. Let me see who they who they
31:24
have and apologies if we kind of covered this, but PS GS got
31:29
yeah, United, Byron, then they got to host Louvin and then they
31:33
got to go out. That's.
31:34
Going to be easy. Yeah, there's no Gibbies in this
31:37
tournament. So yeah, I mean, I could
31:39
definitely see them in that in the bottom 6, but if I had to
31:43
bet it, I feel I feel like I would I would slot them in that
31:45
nine through 12. Let's talk about that team that
31:48
they're going to have to face down the road, that team that's
31:51
sitting in first in the Belgian Super League, 2 points ahead of
31:54
Anderlecht. Five wins, one draw.
31:57
OH, Lubin, since their huge win over FC-20, they got a one no
32:02
win over Westerlo, but that they did also lose to Club Brugge in
32:07
the Belgian Women's Cup. And then they they've got a date
32:11
looming with low club called Barcelona match day three.
32:18
But this is going to be a total house money game.
32:20
I'm kind of I'm kind of excited to see see if looming just comes
32:24
out. It's like let's try to see if we
32:25
could, you know, crack some goals and take some shots from,
32:29
you know, some crazy, crazy distances and angles.
32:32
But I don't know, this seems fun.
32:35
I would love to see them finish top 12, get another crack at it
32:40
and knock out football and I think they've I think they've
32:42
got the momentum and the spirit to kind of make it happen.
32:49
I think that's fair. I like the medal of this squad.
32:51
It's one of the first notes that I took, you know, looking back
32:54
at the Twente match and, you know, Khadiya Desuster and Jada
33:00
Koenenberg are leaving the club in goals in the Belgian Women's
33:05
Super League, but they have not yet scored in the UEFA Women's
33:08
Champions League. So obviously they're going to
33:09
look to open their accounts there.
33:11
I will say I just wanted not to be a jerk here.
33:14
I just do want to point out a little inconsistency.
33:17
You tell me Atletico Madrid doesn't have really like the
33:20
pedigree and the experience in this tournament.
33:22
That's why they're not going to make it.
33:24
We're talking about a team from the Belgian Women's Super
33:26
League, you know, making the top 12 here, and they are debutants
33:30
themselves. Well, let me let me push, let me
33:33
push back that real quick, because to me, I mean, I do
33:37
take, you know, domestic cup trophies and winning league, you
33:42
know, like that's that's tough to do, you know, and like, I
33:45
mean, Louvin specifically, I don't know how many years it was
33:48
and shout out to the company. They called it out, but it was
33:50
some crazy number of years that Andrew Lek has won the league
33:53
and Louvin just had to like really climb the mountain top,
33:57
chase this big dog for years, finally overtake them.
34:01
You know, they're they're first again this year after the first
34:04
six matches. So that to me, you know, and and
34:08
the next team will talk about FC Twente kind of in that same
34:10
boat. You know that that championship
34:13
experience counts for me because you really have to get it done,
34:17
you know, against different competition.
34:19
But that that I think you you got to chalk it up.
34:25
I think it's it's a great point by you.
34:27
I won't, I won't chastise you too much for that.
34:30
I was just in my feelings because I really like got Letty
34:33
and their team. And when you said it earlier, I
34:35
was like, wait a minute, this was really going to do that,
34:37
that Letty and we we got we're talking about Louvin, but I also
34:40
have Louvin in my third tier. I think they'll make it through.
34:42
I think you're right. I mean, if if they don't allow
34:45
this Barsa match to get too ugly, which is a tall order,
34:50
like just don't lose by like 7. If they can keep it to within
34:54
like four or five. And I realize we're talking
34:56
about football here, but that's just kind of the reality when
34:58
you play Barcelona. If they can keep it to within
35:01
five, I think they'll have a real chance at getting through.
35:05
I know this is dumb and probably can't happen but Barcelona a
35:09
little bit wounded. What happens if they keep it to
35:11
like one or two and they really take Barcelona to deep water?
35:17
I mean, like it seems weird, but also like it could happen.
35:22
I mean, I don't know, like, you know, this this tournament is
35:25
proven to be a little bit I don't know, it's kind of like
35:27
the full moon of tournaments. Like you just I'm not really
35:30
sure what to expect. I already teased this team that
35:33
I had an 11th FC Twente. They're coming off a tough loss
35:36
to this Louvin side, but again, championship experience.
35:40
They're tied for first with IAX in their domestic league.
35:44
Five wins in a draw coming off A5 no win over Adio Denton Hog.
35:48
This is a professional team. I definitely expect them to
35:50
bounce back after that loss. You know, I have in my top 12.
35:57
I wouldn't be shocked if they if they missed the mark on that.
36:00
There's just so much competition, but I don't know
36:04
what what what are your what's your take on?
36:06
Well, First off, 20 in your third tier or where'd you have?
36:10
This, I think this is another. This is another team I trust
36:13
more than Perry's Angerman, I'll tell you that right now.
36:16
I think they're better. I think Rothensbergen spelled
36:21
Ravensburgen, but I think the two announcers that I've heard
36:25
pronounced her name, Rothensbergen and Van Ginkle.
36:27
I think they're both strong. Both 24 years old.
36:30
Five goals and two assists for Rothensbergen, three goals for
36:33
Van Ginkle. Jill Rord chipping in with two
36:35
goals and five assists across their league play and the UEFA
36:40
Women's Champions League. You know, we've talked about it.
36:43
They're going to play a physical, they'll sit back,
36:46
they'll absorb some pressure and I think they have enough
36:51
attacking wise to probably surprise some teams.
36:55
Yeah, I think they're going to be in most games, if not every
36:59
game. Let me just check their schedge,
37:03
OK? So they're going to go at
37:04
Benfica versus Adletti at Arsenal and then they'll host
37:11
Real Madrid. So I think for them in the mix,
37:15
those those two matches in the middle at Benfica versus
37:18
Athleti, if they can cash in with a couple results there,
37:23
they'll be in prime position. Obviously, you know, 12 of 18,
37:26
you basically you want to finish in the top 2/3 to to be able to
37:28
advance. So it's still pretty live there.
37:31
I had one more tier, one more team in my third tier.
37:35
This team, after I kind of like dug into some of the numbers, I
37:38
dropped them quite a bit and that's Juventus.
37:41
They're sitting in 3rd on 7 points in Siriofa Menil, coming
37:46
off two wins versus 6th place Lazio, 12 place Der Nana.
37:51
They only have three goals in four matches played in Siriofa
37:54
Menil. They've allowed two, but a weird
37:57
start to the season there, two wins, a loss and a draw, but
38:01
again, they've won two straight. Another weird quirk for
38:04
Juventus, according to FB ref, in six Syria plus Champions
38:10
League matches, they've tried out five different formations.
38:14
So I'm not sure, I'm not sure if that's a, a trend or if if this
38:19
is a team trying to figure something out.
38:21
But, you know, you combine, you know, all those formation
38:24
switches, the lack of goal scoring, the defense still
38:28
pretty solid. But this team's going to have to
38:31
kick into, you know, maybe it, but maybe a gear higher, maybe 2
38:35
years higher to really try to stay alive because it's going to
38:39
get a little rocky. And that level of offensive
38:42
productivity as the competition gets stiffer, probably not going
38:46
to cut it. I think that's probably right.
38:50
I'm just not a huge believer. They have a hard time scoring
38:53
goals. You know, how much can you
38:57
really expect as the season goes on from a 35 year old Cristiana
39:02
Jarelli or a 34 year old Barbara Bonancia?
39:05
I like those players. They're they're obviously very
39:08
good. They were good in the EUR.
39:10
They helped carry Italy quite a way.
39:12
It's a different kind of tournament that we're talking
39:14
about than the EUR. Obviously I kind of reluctantly,
39:21
when I stacked them up against PSGI, did AI, did a couple like
39:26
sports podcaster, sports talker things here where I was just
39:29
like, am I going to do this and no Italian teams are in the top
39:34
12. That doesn't seem right to me.
39:37
And I just kind of had to decide who do I trust more between
39:41
Juventus and Roma? I think Juventus kind of edges
39:44
it out because maybe Shirelli and Bonancia can get you out of
39:49
the league phase. I don't think they're, you know,
39:53
risking causing any damage to other clubs after that.
39:57
You've just got 2 matchups that they're probably circling so the
40:02
their next matchup is at at Letti so that that one could be
40:06
kind of like a loser leaves town kind of match.
40:09
You know, we've got both of those teams kind of scratch and
40:12
clawing. If, if one of the two can grab a
40:14
big win there, that's huge. And then they also go to Zeng
40:18
Bolton. Match day five, match day four,
40:21
they host Lyon, match day six, they host Manchester United.
40:24
So at Letti and Zeng Bolton, those are two spots that you had
40:28
just probably definitely has to cash in.
40:31
I'm glad you mentioned that other Italian side, AS Roma
40:36
associate Siones Portiva de Roma, I had them in 13th.
40:41
They're leading the league. They're in first 12 points
40:44
perfect, four wins from 4, four chances, two straight wins,
40:50
three, one over Napoli, second place Napoli and then they just
40:54
came off a three no win versus Inter, 8th place Inter Roma.
40:59
A lot of flux with Roma. I feel like I, I kind of would
41:03
want, would have wanted to see more from them in the first
41:06
couple match days in the league phase.
41:11
But at the same time, I cannot cross this team off just because
41:14
I've, we've seen how tough they can play, but they're, they're
41:18
starting to pick up some momentum domestically and
41:21
there's still 4 matchups to go. You know, like I wouldn't put it
41:25
past Roma pulling an upset or two or maybe grabbing a draw.
41:29
You know, that should have been a loss and really making it
41:31
interesting down the stretch, not really close the door on
41:34
Roma. I think that's fair and that was
41:37
kind of why I was between them and Juventus so much.
41:40
I mean, even thinking about it again, you know, three of their
41:44
last four here or three of their next 4, It's Valarenga.
41:48
It's home for Valarenga at Louvin.
41:51
Then they are they're at Chelsea.
41:52
That's not going to go great for them, I wouldn't think.
41:54
But then they're home for STP. So I mean, that's three out of
41:58
four matches where you got to think we can get some points out
42:01
of this. I mean, the reality is after the
42:05
six two loss to Madrid, after the four nil loss to Barcelona,
42:09
they need a convincing win at home versus Volaringa in the
42:13
worst way. And you've talked about their
42:15
toughness and their metal. You know, between Corelli,
42:19
Giuliano, Dragoni, the end they need, they need to find a way to
42:24
turn it around and I think they have a tough players to do that.
42:28
Yeah, definitely. They they've Got Talent.
42:31
They've Got Talent to to break games open for sure.
42:33
It's just a matter of putting it together.
42:35
Where did you have Roma on your list?
42:38
I had I didn't, I didn't give them numbers.
42:40
So like I'm just like all over the place.
42:45
OK, I think I told you I yeah, I just broke it out into tears,
42:49
but I didn't number it. But I can do the quick math
42:51
here. I think I told you I had PSG 13.
42:54
I have PSG 14. I have Roma 13.
42:57
OK. All right.
42:58
So yeah, I had Roma 13, two at Leti 14.
43:01
You had PSG 14, so one through 14.
43:05
Are there any teams that we haven't hit or we had the same
43:09
one through 14? Yeah, we have the same one
43:13
through 14. OK, All right.
43:15
So four teams to go these these four we don't expect to get
43:19
through. I'm going to go with my fifth,
43:22
my 15 team give me per EFC, they're sitting in fourth in in
43:27
in the Premier League, coming off a 6th one win over 10th
43:31
place Marseille. And then obviously they had that
43:33
tough one nil loss at Lyon where they held up really tight.
43:38
You know, like they held up in a big way.
43:39
They had chances. They gave up a breakaway late to
43:43
Chewinga. Probably a result like like a,
43:47
not a result, but a performance that they needed to kind of like
43:51
say, all right, we, we are in the building, you know, we, we
43:55
shouldn't expect to show up and get rolled here like against any
43:58
of these Champions League teams. So I, I would really love to see
44:02
them kind of get on track and put some, some good performances
44:05
on tape because I like that team.
44:06
I like those players, but we just haven't seen it yet.
44:09
But maybe maybe that performance versus Leon could help them turn
44:13
a corner. Could it be like in the NFL and
44:17
American football, could this just be one of those weird AFC
44:21
North matches where like a crap team like Cleveland plays a good
44:26
team like Baltimore close or like, you know, you see it in
44:29
the SEC and, and American collegiate football where
44:32
sometimes one of the lower level teams just kind of bounces up
44:35
and surprises the other. You know, I I haven't been
44:38
overly impressed with anything I've seen from Perry FC.
44:41
But you know, like you said, we like Mateo Korchek.
44:46
They you know, they have, they have good players on the roster.
44:49
I don't know, I think I think they're in for a pretty tough
44:51
time. Let me just do the quick double
44:56
check here. So their next 4, it's at Real
45:02
Madrid, home for Benfica, at Valarenga, and then at home for
45:06
Barcelona. You I mean, they're pretty much
45:09
in a spot where it's like, can we scratch points out of two of
45:12
those four matches? Still won't be enough.
45:15
Yeah, yeah. I mean, it'll have to be wins in
45:19
those two, you know, and you're looking at Valeranga, maybe
45:22
Benfica, you know, at yeah, it's going to be tough, especially
45:26
for a team. You know, it's just like when
45:27
you when you stumble out the gate and you really kind of pay
45:29
for it. 16th on my list, I had Benfica, obviously a team that I
45:36
like. I think we both really like.
45:37
We saw, you know, some of these Benfica players go toe to toe
45:41
with the US over over a couple different friendlies here
45:45
recently. I don't expect Benfica to get
45:49
through. This is probably like a reload
45:51
kind of season for Benfica. They they're sitting in first
45:53
domestically, probably where their focus is going to be.
45:58
Yeah. I mean, you expect them to play
46:00
hard, but outside of that, I'm not sure.
46:04
We'll see too many more results from this side.
46:06
Again, consider the tough competition.
46:10
Sneaky, sneaky candidate for match of the day on November
46:14
12th when they're at home for with against Twente.
46:18
I think those two teams go like they're both of their styles are
46:22
going to match up. It's going to be a Little Rock
46:25
fighty, but I'm I'm eager to see it.
46:28
And you know, you'd like, you mentioned like some of those
46:30
Benfica players, they're, they're probably feeling pretty
46:33
good coming back from their time with the Portuguese national
46:36
team, notching one win over the US women's national team.
46:40
You know, spirits should be pretty high for them.
46:44
Yeah, talk about two teams that don't mind a rock fight.
46:49
We'll be locked into that one. That's going to be a super fun.
46:52
I'm not sure there's going to be a match up.
46:53
We'll see what's what else is on the site during that time, but
46:55
it's going to be tough for a match to leapfrog that one in
46:59
terms of excitement. My last couple teams kind of
47:02
round out at this this this 4th tier, we'll call it we'll call
47:06
it the 4th tier to be friendly. Volaranga 17, which puts Zeng
47:10
Poulton at 18. Quick don't on Volaranga, so top
47:13
Series A wrap for them. Congrats to Esky Braun so I can
47:16
mention the show. You know what time it is on
47:19
winning the league there. So if I don't get locked into
47:21
second, I don't think there's some fun.
47:24
I mean, the goal differential is such that I don't think they can
47:27
fall into third, but they're still competing for their
47:30
domestic cup. They've got a match versus
47:32
Rosenborg Sunday, November 23rd. But the, you know, on the flip
47:36
side, Valeria gets to kind of now focus a little bit on the
47:39
Champions League. You know, that is 1 benefit of
47:42
being a top Syrian team and kind of getting your domestic duties
47:45
wrapped up early. I'm not sure it's going to make
47:47
a big difference because you, you do get rusty, you know, as
47:51
as the calendar starts to thin out.
47:53
But Valarenga, do we, I mean, we, we expect them to be a
47:57
little feisty professional when they show up.
48:00
But you know, I don't know, can, can this team crack the top 12?
48:05
Is that realistic or what are you thinking?
48:08
Oh, it's going to be, it's going to be a rough go for them, I
48:11
think yeah. I mean, you know, you got to
48:16
give crap. I mean Olog to vent in 18 goals,
48:20
10 assists in top Serie and just a monster season.
48:25
Got to see it though in the Champions League.
48:26
Her and Shevic is like save it, you know, like they're they're
48:30
so productive. And it's like, you know, we we
48:34
haven't even really seen them slam the foot on the gas
48:39
necessarily yet in Champions League.
48:41
And I think I at least want to see that, you know, like really
48:45
push it, try to try to make a game of it.
48:48
I think they came out a little too timid so far.
48:51
And, and really maybe, maybe now is the time that they could have
48:53
turned it around and really crank up the volume.
48:57
They played United close in the in that opener, lost at one nil
49:02
in Manchester. I mean, you know, they're at
49:05
Roma, home for Saint Polton and home for Perry FC.
49:09
What what happens if they get 7 points out of that?
49:12
I mean, I don't think it's completely out of this world.
49:17
So, yeah, I, I think they, they have an outside look, but I
49:20
think you're right. They got to get they got to get
49:22
the goals and that's just looked really difficult for them in in
49:26
these Champions League matches. Yeah, and Zing Poulton obviously
49:31
rounds out the 18. Seems like a little bit of an
49:34
off year. They're already in second
49:37
domestically. They're already they're five
49:38
points behind Austria Veen 91 and one in their home league.
49:42
Usually they're kind of running out, running away with it.
49:45
So I'm not sure if it's that's an anomaly or if, you know, this
49:49
is an off off, off year for them.
49:51
But yeah, I think I think I think it's fair to kind of have
49:55
them in that spot. They haven't put put forth much
49:59
thus far in the Champions League.
50:02
We consider them old pals at this point.
50:04
This is our third Champions League covering this and they've
50:07
they've been a fixture in all three.
50:10
So yeah, I know we were, we were pretty excited to see them.
50:13
You know, they come out of the gate and just get blasted by
50:16
Atletico Madrid, which I think may maybe skewed my opinion of
50:21
at Levy a little bit. But you know, then obviously
50:25
they play Leon. You know, for what it's worth,
50:29
if we're if we're going to do the transitive property, they
50:32
lost six nil that Letty. They only lost three nil to
50:35
Leon. So I mean, I know it was a
50:37
largely rotated Lyon squad, but I think I think that that boosts
50:41
my at letty opinion a little bit.
50:44
I'm not saying they're twice as good as Lyon, but you know, I
50:46
mean, the math is the math. We can talk.
50:48
About the math is the math is the math.
50:52
But yeah, I, I we could be in a little bit of like a rebuild re
50:57
reload year for Saint Polon too. So, you know, somebody has to
51:02
finish bottom of the table in this league phase.
51:06
It's looking like it's going to be Bolton.
51:08
I mean, you know, they're going up against Chelsea next, so
51:11
that's not, I don't think that's going to do wonders for their
51:13
goal differential either. Yeah, no, we'll, we'll, we'll
51:18
keep tracking it. Still so much football to be
51:20
played though. And I think if there's one thing
51:23
that we've seen is these results kind of year over year, they
51:28
compound, you know, so the teams that kind of come, they show up
51:32
and put put together good results, you know, earn points,
51:36
you know, make, make an impact. You know what, we've seen that
51:38
kind of carry over with a couple of these clubs.
51:41
Not every club, but I think it definitely matters.
51:43
So you know what, we're going to watch every, I think every
51:47
minute probably of these remaining 4 match days.
51:51
I've already started to do the math on, you know, how few
51:54
Champions League matches we have left.
51:57
How kind of sad. I'm sort of get about it, but
51:59
we'll talk about that later. Anything else we want to hit
52:01
before we get out here? I think one thing we didn't
52:04
mention during, when we talked about your Gunners was Olivia
52:08
Smith left a match, I think they're playing Switzerland in
52:13
the international window, left with a hip pointer, which I have
52:19
never experienced any hip pain, but I have always thought a hip
52:23
pointer sounds like a deeply unpleasant injury.
52:26
I think she'll only be out for like a couple of weeks.
52:29
So, you know, I, I think that's another thing that is worth
52:33
monitoring. Yeah, we'll keep an eye on that.
52:38
Appreciate, appreciate that, that that mention, yeah,
52:41
Arsenal, but it's it's going to take them a minute to kind of
52:44
get things in order. So I'm going to see how how
52:46
Slayers plays. It wanted a quick, quick episode
52:50
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53:29
I think we've done it, my good man.
53:30
I'm psyched for the Champions League to be back.
53:32
I mean, you know, we've mentioned it a bunch of times.
53:35
That's the original Genesis. That's why this podcast even
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53:43
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54:12
What are you talking about? I mean, that's the reason why
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54:40
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54:46
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54:49
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