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Mac & Bone Show - Ashley Westwood Interview · Mac & Bone Podcast

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  Speaker 1: What a lad. Our next guest is Bone.
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  Speaker 2: He's in Austin, Texas, right, They're an hour behind us,
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  Speaker 2: so we're in.
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  Speaker 3: It's cowboy hat and his boots.
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  Speaker 2: It's and he's got one of those Texas drunk raccoon
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  Speaker 2: things that early Highland brought back from America with them apparently.
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  Speaker 2: But no, he's in Austin, Texas where they're gonna play
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  Speaker 2: a friendly, a scrimmage today against Austin in order to
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  Speaker 2: you know, get ready after the long break. They come
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  Speaker 2: back next Wednesday night Charlotte f C does at home
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  Speaker 2: against Atlanta.
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  Speaker 1: So it's six forty five.
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  Speaker 3: Bone.
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  Speaker 2: He's got to play against Austin in a few hours,
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  Speaker 2: and he wants to still be here with his boys.
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  Speaker 3: Matthew Front. That's what friends do. What an amazing lad.
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  Speaker 2: Ashley Westwood, captain of Charlotte f C is and he's
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  Speaker 2: here with us again on a westy Wednesday. Westy, how
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  Speaker 2: you feeling, man, Appreciate you coming on? What's going on?
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  Speaker 4: Good morning, fellows. We've actually got a meeting at seven,
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  Speaker 4: so I was I was getting up anyways, It's not
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  Speaker 4: just for you. Don't feel harsh.
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  Speaker 3: I bought into I thought, I thought.
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  Speaker 2: I know you could have lied, you could have made
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  Speaker 2: us feel good. All right, now it makes sense you
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  Speaker 2: were forced to be here. It does make sense now, Okay. Anyway,
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  Speaker 2: I was wondering about that, all right, all right, West, Well,
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  Speaker 2: let's talk about the big Charlotte f C news of
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  Speaker 2: the week before we get into anything else. I know,
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  Speaker 2: we got to talk about England's big game today, but
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  Speaker 2: let's start with Alan Saint Maximin aka MAXI just an
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  Speaker 2: electric player. I mean the way he dribbles with the
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  Speaker 2: ball and people at the bank are gonna get out
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  Speaker 2: of their seats, maybe even spilled their piers out of excitement.
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  Speaker 1: How much are you looking forward to playing with him? How?
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  Speaker 2: I mean that's huge considering losing Wilf on that left side, right.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah. Yeah, And he's very similar to he's very skillful.
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  Speaker 4: Well he is. Yeah, he's gonna be excited. He's gonna
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  Speaker 4: be exciting. The gas is singing. I'm on radio.
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  Speaker 1: Deanas singing. What's he singing in the background.
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  Speaker 4: He's singing, singing in England song.
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  Speaker 3: Oh man, we're England fancier now today.
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  Speaker 1: Get messy out of that. Please tell me your boys
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  Speaker 1: are going to get messy out of this tournament. Please
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  Speaker 1: tell me then, can they beat the refs and Messy?
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  Speaker 1: Can they do that?
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  Speaker 4: I think we're gonna do it. I think we're gonna
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  Speaker 4: do it.
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  Speaker 3: Cavin. We look at the these guys in the World Cup.
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  Speaker 3: Before we were interrupted with Dean smith sorring, I got
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  Speaker 3: into the moment.
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  Speaker 1: There a go ahead, go ahead.
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  Speaker 4: He's a very talented boy and I was. I played
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  Speaker 4: against Newcastle and he's a maverick. He's he's going to
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  Speaker 4: be exciting and I can't wait to watch him play.
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  Speaker 3: When we we were talking about England a second ago.
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  Speaker 3: When you look at the big names cap and in
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  Speaker 3: this World Cup we talk about Holland and Bape and
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  Speaker 3: Messy and rightfully so. But how special as Jude Bellingham
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  Speaker 3: Ben and is he up there for the Golden Ball
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  Speaker 3: maybe the m v P of this tournament if England
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  Speaker 3: keeps progressing on.
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  Speaker 4: I certainly think he's the best player so far. He's
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  Speaker 4: he tracked us through the last two games on his own.
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  Speaker 4: He's and he's thinks him twenty three, which is even
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  Speaker 4: it's even scarier. But the way the way he plays
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  Speaker 4: is an old school midfield who's box to box. He
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  Speaker 4: can do everything. I mean, the game against Mexico is
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  Speaker 4: heading balls out and then he's chasing the keeper down.
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  Speaker 4: Certain he's a throwback to what I grew up watching
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  Speaker 4: as a midfielder. So it's so so refreshing to see.
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  Speaker 1: Are you are explain to us?
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  Speaker 2: You said you think that that y'all are going to
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  Speaker 2: do it and you're going to knock out Argentina. I
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  Speaker 2: kind of agree with you. There's something about this England team.
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  Speaker 2: It's not always pretty, but man, they're fighters. But why,
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  Speaker 2: like tactically, like what's your what are your explanation for
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  Speaker 2: why you think they win this this game and take
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  Speaker 2: out the defending champs?
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  Speaker 4: Exactly what you said we can. I think we can
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  Speaker 4: do all parts of the game. We can we can defend,
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  Speaker 4: we can be hard to beat. But then we've got
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  Speaker 4: we've got two match winners, which I may. The thing
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  Speaker 4: with these boys, they won't be scared of playing mess
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  Speaker 4: in Argentina. These boys will reliship that they do it.
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  Speaker 4: We can weak out. They played the biggest teams in
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  Speaker 4: the world, so these boys will relish it. And I
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  Speaker 4: think I'm just good. We're going to be on a
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  Speaker 4: flight and miss it.
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  Speaker 3: Oh no, did did the result yesterday. Surprise you at
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  Speaker 3: all that Spain beat France or did you kind of
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  Speaker 3: think that they they could they could pull that off
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  Speaker 3: what they had before against them.
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  Speaker 4: Uh, it's a surprise. I wouldn't say it's a surprise,
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  Speaker 4: but I think that listen France, France didn't surn up.
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  Speaker 4: They were they weren't at the best, but Spain or
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  Speaker 4: Spain or a complete team the way they and they're
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  Speaker 4: so good on the ball that they're renowned for even
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  Speaker 4: through all the academies, every academy you go to in Spain,
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  Speaker 4: they they're known for being good on the ball. They
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  Speaker 4: used the ball well. So it's it's not a surprise.
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  Speaker 4: But I think if if I was to choose up
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  Speaker 4: and two teams for England, they would choose Spain to
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  Speaker 4: be in the viol and I think we can beating
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  Speaker 4: were too strong for them. So it's coming home. Let
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  Speaker 4: do you?
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  Speaker 3: Oh?
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  Speaker 1: It's coming up?
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  Speaker 3: Do you?
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  Speaker 2: And you and the gaffer want to do a live
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  Speaker 2: rendition if it's coming home right here or bad luck?
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  Speaker 4: I think he took it into his breakfast a living in.
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  Speaker 2: I can't follow him there, I can't fallow him there.
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  Speaker 2: So Westy next week you guys, well to you today.
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  Speaker 2: You're down there in Austin, and yall are playing friendlies
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  Speaker 2: because all the MLS sides are going through the same thing, right,
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  Speaker 2: like trying to get the rust off and trying to
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  Speaker 2: create game situations. You guys return with a bang man
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  Speaker 2: next Wednesday night at the Bank against the rival, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the eighty five Derby if you will against Atlanta. Are
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  Speaker 2: you going to be chomping at the bit? As much
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  Speaker 2: as you love playing the game, you got to be
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  Speaker 2: fired up to play that game. No, you know, are
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  Speaker 2: you jonesing for it?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, there's not. There's not a better way to start
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  Speaker 4: than a darby against arrival. So it's unfortunately a Wednesday
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  Speaker 4: night ideal it would have been Saturday night at the Bank,
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  Speaker 4: but no, it's it is what it is, and we're
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  Speaker 4: certainly looking forward to it. We've got we've got a
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  Speaker 4: game against Austin today, so that would be good to
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  Speaker 4: get the legs going. So it's puts us in a
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  Speaker 4: position for for next week. We've got a four week
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  Speaker 4: of training after that and listen, hopefully we can and
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  Speaker 4: we can put in a performance for the fans and
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  Speaker 4: and my bubble heads out as well, which is more important?
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  Speaker 3: Oh yeah, we are, wes We got to get some
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  Speaker 3: of those.
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  Speaker 4: Here, I hand deliverance for you.
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  Speaker 1: You were talking, Wessey.
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  Speaker 3: You get to meet and get to see next Wednesday
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  Speaker 3: at the bank one of our greatest American athletes of
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  Speaker 3: all time will be in the house. That's our hot
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  Speaker 3: dog King, Joey chessk.
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  Speaker 4: Me and me and tough at meeting him on Friday
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  Speaker 4: at training. So that should be hilarious. I think we're
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  Speaker 4: doing something with him.
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  Speaker 1: Oh honest, see Westy trying to throw down some dogs.
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  Speaker 2: Westy, is there a particular food that you could like
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  Speaker 2: eat the way he eats hot dogs?
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  Speaker 4: Like?
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  Speaker 1: Could you is it? Could you win an eating contest
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  Speaker 1: with a particular food?
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  Speaker 3: Uh?
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  Speaker 4: English candy or madella?
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  Speaker 1: I knew beer was coming up. I knew that was
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  Speaker 1: coming up.
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  Speaker 2: That's beautiful, man, Oh that is freaking hilarious. All right, brother,
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  Speaker 2: hey man, we always have fun talking to you. We
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  Speaker 2: are very excited. World Cup's been a amazing but we
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  Speaker 2: are very excited to see you guys get out there,
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  Speaker 2: especially when Maxi gets on that pitch. It's gonna be fun.
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  Speaker 2: And Zorin told us the other day, keep your eye
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  Speaker 2: out for more editions. So I think people are excited
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  Speaker 2: right now for you guys. Will you what the gaffer know.
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  Speaker 2: I'm gonna send him my soccer resume if he needs me.
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  Speaker 2: It ended, and it ended when I was twelve. But
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  Speaker 2: there's a lot there on. It's still cap I'll.
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  Speaker 4: Go, and I'll go, and thank you very much.
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  Speaker 2: Big transfer, big summer transfer. All right, brother, have a
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  Speaker 2: good one down there in Austin, Man.
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  Speaker 4: Thanks for coming on, Thank you, Bess, thanks for having me.