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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Weekend Sport podcast with Jason Vine

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Speaker 1: from Newstalk zed B.

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Speaker 2: Professional Victorian football club Heidelberg United meantime, have continued their

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Speaker 2: remarkable giant killing run, making the Australia Cup Final, this

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Speaker 2: time beating Auckland FC two nil for a third straight

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Speaker 2: win over a league opposition. They took the lead in

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Speaker 2: the seventy fifth and then scored a second in the

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Speaker 2: eighty fourth minute to claim a to nil victory. Auckland

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Speaker 2: FC coach Steve Curriker is with us from the airport

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Speaker 2: about to fly out. Not your night, Steve, how do

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Speaker 2: you reflect on the game last night?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, not our night.

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Speaker 4: In the two boxes, I think we couldn't break them down,

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Speaker 4: and obviously we made a couple of errors that cost goals.

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Speaker 4: So I think general play throughout the ninety minutes we

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Speaker 4: will Obviously we dominated, we had most of the ball,

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Speaker 4: we had our chances as well to take the lead,

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Speaker 4: and we didn't capitalize on our opportunities.

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Speaker 2: Are they easy fixes or certainly the attacking end Is

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Speaker 2: that something thing that's relatively straightforward to work on.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, of course, you know, some some days it goes in,

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Speaker 4: some days it doesn't you know, we created the chances defensively.

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Speaker 4: Obviously a couple of errors individual players, you know, they

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Speaker 4: can be fixed. So obviously we've got a fair bit

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Speaker 4: of work to do before the start of the season.

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Speaker 4: Still there's still plenty of time new players coming in

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Speaker 4: and adapting to the to the new style of play

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Speaker 4: and what.

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Speaker 3: We expect as well.

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Speaker 4: But overall, obviously a disappointing night to to not have

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Speaker 4: gone through into a into a final.

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Speaker 3: Was it was, you know, and then you know we

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Speaker 3: respected them.

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Speaker 4: They've obviously beat two other A League teams before before

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Speaker 4: us and we knew what was ahead, and yeah, we

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Speaker 4: couldn't get the job done.

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Speaker 2: How do they compare Heidelberg to some of the sides

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Speaker 2: you play in the A League?

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Speaker 4: To be fair, they're a very disciplined team defensively, very strong.

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Speaker 4: They're a big, big team as well, big strong team

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Speaker 4: at the back and you know that you can see

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Speaker 4: him working very very well as a team. So you know,

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Speaker 4: they haven't considered a goal in the cup and that's

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Speaker 4: a big part of the reason why they've they've gone

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Speaker 4: through similar probably similar our game to the Wanderers game.

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Speaker 4: You know, the Wanderers had a lot of the ball

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Speaker 4: on the counter and and that's similar to what happened

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Speaker 4: last night.

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Speaker 2: Goalkeeper Michael vad probably thinks he might have done better

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Speaker 2: with one or both of the goals. Do you have

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Speaker 2: to get around him today?

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Speaker 4: Well, I'm flying to Sydney today so I won't be

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Speaker 4: getting around him. So yeah, I think he'd be probably disappointed. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: he's not the only one that made mistakes for the goal,

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Speaker 4: but yeah, obviously he'd be disappointed in definitely the first goal,

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Speaker 4: I think so, But a game, you know this, this happens,

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Speaker 4: We make mistakes and it's it's how he learns from

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Speaker 4: it and how he goes in the next games after that.

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Speaker 2: You've brought Olie Sail to the club obviously as well.

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Speaker 2: Is that a very much a live conversation around who

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Speaker 2: will start for you when the A League season begins.

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Speaker 3: Well, obviously we've got two very good goalkeepers. We did.

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Speaker 3: We did last year as well.

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Speaker 4: Alex had a wonderful year and obvious he has gone

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Speaker 4: on now to think he's sign in Poland, so.

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Speaker 3: And yees this year is no different.

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Speaker 4: We brought Olie in Obviously Michael's got first choice at

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Speaker 4: the moment, and you know, obviously he's he's got to

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Speaker 4: keep playing well and obviously the mistake last night probably

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Speaker 3: It's only one mistake.

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Speaker 4: He's played really well in the first couple of games

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Speaker 4: as well and kept clean sheets. Yeah, he'll continue in goals,

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Speaker 4: but Olie's obviously they're just in case.

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Speaker 2: You've integrated a couple of outfield players and your side

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Speaker 2: as well. You alluded to it before English striker Sam

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Speaker 2: Cosgrove's coming. Australian Lockey Brook. How have they fitted into

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Speaker 3: Really good?

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Speaker 4: I think the players have made them feel really welcome,

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Speaker 4: did him really well. Obviously Sam's only been here two

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Speaker 4: it's yeah, so he hasn't seen too much of Auckland,

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Speaker 4: but Locke's fitted in really well as well. I think

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Speaker 4: one of the chances came from both of them last night.

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Speaker 4: Lockybrook played a nice little bore through for Sam and

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Speaker 4: Sam probably should have scored, I think so, and they

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Speaker 4: probably would have got us one nill up. And you

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Speaker 4: know that's how you know the games. Games can change

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Speaker 4: like that. You know that, But yeah, obviously we didn't

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Speaker 4: take our chances when when they came.

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Speaker 2: Your preseason program was affected quite considerably by the rescheduling

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Speaker 2: of this game. It was brought forward by two weeks,

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Speaker 2: reportedly because Heidelberg had booked an end of season trip

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Speaker 2: to Vegas. How disruptive has this been for Auckland FC.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, obviously it's not ideal.

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Speaker 4: We made it very clear we didn't want to play

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Speaker 4: the game this weekend because it's supposed to be into

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Speaker 4: another two weeks time. So, you know, I've said it before,

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Speaker 4: it's poor planning from the f You know, I think

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Speaker 4: you can change the game for two or three days,

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Speaker 4: but if you're talking about three weeks or two weeks away,

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Speaker 4: it's not ideal for us, especially we've already sanctioned the

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Speaker 4: game against the wanders They knew that. Obviously it didn't

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Speaker 4: matter to them and they want to just make sure

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Speaker 4: that we played it on that weekend, so we had

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Speaker 4: no other choice, but obviously it was an ideal. We

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Speaker 4: stayed in Sydney the whole week. We didn't get to

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Speaker 4: play Wanderers either, so obviously they were not very happy

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Speaker 3: And then you know, obviously we stayed and we lost.

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Speaker 4: So if it's probably been a it hasn't been the

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Speaker 4: best of weeks.

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Speaker 2: Western Sydney can't be annoyed with you can. It's not

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Speaker 2: your decision, Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Of course not, it's not. It's not our decision.

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Speaker 4: I think after Terry explained the tool, I think they understood. So,

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Speaker 4: but you know that's you know, we we try as

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Speaker 4: a professional club to play in our pre season. It's

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Speaker 4: obviously difficult for us as well, being in Auckland, we

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Speaker 4: to go to a store, it's costly as well, so

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Speaker 4: we try to try to make the most of it

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Speaker 4: with obviously the Sydney games and then follow it up

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Speaker 4: by a wondrous game.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, it obviously didn't work out that way.

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Speaker 4: And now you know, preseason, you know, there's no Cup

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Speaker 4: games for us anymore, so we have to obviously start

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Speaker 4: planning some other other games that we can we can

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Speaker 4: sort of get now until the start of the season.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well September tomorrow. Season starts in mid October, so ideally, Steve,

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Speaker 2: what will the next sux or seven weeks look like

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Speaker 4: Well, you boys get a deserved five days break which

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Speaker 4: they were supposed to get last week. So hopefully they

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Speaker 4: come back fresh and ready to go again for pre

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Speaker 4: season and you know, we'll play obviously some local teams

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Speaker 4: and then yeah, obviously if we can get to Sydney

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Speaker 4: it would be it would be good as well to

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Speaker 4: get a couple of matches against a league opposition before

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Speaker 4: we start the season.

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Speaker 2: Well, some players don't get a like do they five

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Speaker 2: all whites and your squad, Well, they just go straight

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Speaker 2: to Canberra for Friday's game against Australia.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, they'll be flying out from from Melbourne to Canberra.

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Speaker 4: So obviously the five four Whites and also Jake Brimmers

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Speaker 4: in the Maltese national team as well, So there's six players.

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Speaker 3: That will you know, won't get a break.

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Speaker 4: Maybe they'll get one of one or two days off

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Speaker 4: when they get back, but obviously they won't get the

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Speaker 4: longer break that the boys other boys have.

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Speaker 2: It's a former soccer rue but now boss of Auckland Deaf,

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Speaker 2: So do you cheer four in this upcoming series?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's obviously I'm very pleased to have you know,

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Speaker 4: five players in the national team, but I am an

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Speaker 4: Aussie even though they didn't really treat us that well

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Speaker 4: in this match against Heiderberg. But yeah, you know, I've

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Speaker 4: represented my country and I'm very proud ofsy and you

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Speaker 4: know I will be supporting Australia, but obviously with a

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Speaker 4: keen eye on our boys making sure they do really

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Speaker 4: well if they get opportunities as well.

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Speaker 2: And not get injured. Obviously that's the other ones. Not

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Speaker 2: get injured both.

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Speaker 3: Well, that's the main thing. Yeah, I said that to

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Speaker 3: him last night.

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Speaker 4: Obviously, have all the best and you know, just come

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Speaker 4: back safe. That's that's my main concern, that these players

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Speaker 4: come back safe and and you know ready for pre

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Speaker 4: season when we get back.

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Speaker 2: Did you get a bit of verbal from the crowd

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Speaker 2: last night.

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Speaker 3: No, I'm talking about the fat gotcha.

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Speaker 2: Good to know, Good to clarify. And have you Have

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Speaker 2: you managed to binge watch the entire eight episodes of

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Speaker 2: Forever Auckland f C on Sky.

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Speaker 3: I haven't not yet.

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Speaker 1: No.

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Speaker 4: I think when I get back to Auckland I can

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Speaker 4: do that. My family is looking forward to it, but

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Speaker 4: obviously we can't get in a show at the moment,

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Speaker 4: so we'll see what when they come over on holidays

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Speaker 4: and they can watch it as well.

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Speaker 2: Well, enjoy it well and break Steve. Thanks for joining us, mate,

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Speaker 2: We'll see you back in Auckland.

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Speaker 3: Thanks Bine.

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Speaker 2: Cheers man, cheers mate. That is Steve Cricker, coach of

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Speaker 2: Auckland f C.

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