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Speaker 1: It's time for the Kick Around the tickets weekly show

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Speaker 1: all about soccer.

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Speaker 2: Two hours of hso's on the clubs, leagues and tournaments

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Speaker 2: of the world's gay It doesn't matter if you're new

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Speaker 2: to the sport.

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Speaker 1: Don't worry. This is the ticket. We're just kicking it around.

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Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 2: Here's two guys who still have their moms drive them

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Speaker 2: to practice. Andy Swift and Peter Welton.

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Speaker 1: Well, Harry Wilson is marked his territory and he's had

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Speaker 1: a good Harry Wilson wins it for Fulham, way out.

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Speaker 3: Using the wind and far too much on it for

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Speaker 3: for Brogan and Futom.

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Speaker 2: Snatch it at the deck, Harry Ethan Wilson, Heidaho pe Ones,

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Speaker 2: and welcome to a very special kick around back in

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Speaker 2: our natural habitat.

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Speaker 1: Of Saturday two to four here on the Sport.

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Speaker 2: Radio ninety six to seven and thirteen ten the ticket

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Speaker 2: where you the good pe one sits around, talks the

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Speaker 2: old soccer and all that implies. Hello, I'm Peter and

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Speaker 2: to my digital left, and I think this still applies

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Speaker 2: to your right as you stare lovingly into your radio

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Speaker 2: or streaming device. It is the world's most interesting man

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Speaker 2: in his pajamas, Andy Swift.

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Speaker 3: Peter, and you're not in your pajamas.

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Speaker 1: It's just me.

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Speaker 2: I am in my pH Okay, that's what I thought.

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Speaker 1: I'm in my gr animals.

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Speaker 3: It's weird, huh.

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Speaker 2: I have my Manchester United animals on matching top and bottom.

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Speaker 3: Does your pillow your bed pillow? Is it a man

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Speaker 3: United pillow? Man United logo pillow?

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Speaker 1: I plead the fifth.

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Speaker 3: That's what I thought.

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Speaker 1: This is an interesting question.

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Speaker 2: How many things do you have in your day to

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Speaker 2: labeled with something Liverpool on it, meaning clothes or like

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Speaker 2: I have a Manchester United coffee mug.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Liverpool alone, probably not a lot, a couple, but

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Speaker 3: if you count FC Dallas Flamingo, that increases. Okay, yeah,

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Speaker 3: I've got I've got some multiple teams.

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Speaker 2: We've got some burn stuff around the house too, I

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Speaker 2: think about it, of course you do.

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Speaker 1: I've got lots of red stuff stuff.

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Speaker 2: Well, we are, like many on the radio station today,

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Speaker 2: doing this remotely due to mister winter storm, and we

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Speaker 2: will be doing our best. Lars will be joining us.

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Speaker 2: He will be none impressed by our winter situation here,

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Speaker 2: as he is in Norway, and so we'll catch up

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Speaker 2: with Lars and talk about the big shocking day in

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Speaker 2: the Premier League and also uh, this last week in

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Speaker 2: the Champions League and is the we lead into the

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Speaker 2: final week of.

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Speaker 1: The group stage and the Champions League. We'll catch up

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Speaker 1: all with that.

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Speaker 2: Will also do a little World Cup nerd and then

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Speaker 2: America's favorite soccer segment known as the Dribble. But we

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Speaker 2: will start with the most important of all the soccer segments.

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Speaker 1: It's time for soccer.

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Speaker 2: Soccer soccer. Thank you, mister voiceover man. Uh, shocking news

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Speaker 2: in the world of football. Byron Munich Andy lost their

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Speaker 2: first Bundesliga game of the season, losing today to Osberg,

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Speaker 2: who scored twice in six minutes to overcome a one

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Speaker 2: goal deficit and beat the Giants two to one.

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Speaker 3: Is that Peppi's former team?

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Speaker 1: Uh?

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Speaker 3: So is it Osburg?

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Speaker 1: Was it Osburg?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I think it was? Yeah, I think it. Look at them, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: And this is on me, but I didn't realize that

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Speaker 3: Byron was undefeated so far this year, did you? I mean,

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Speaker 2: I you know, I knew they were undefeated a bit ago,

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Speaker 2: nothing no, no real danger or anything for Bayern Munich

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Speaker 3: They wanted to repeat what what Leberkuzen did right so

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Speaker 2: By the way, do you really think they care about

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Speaker 1: Do you really think that's even just a second of

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Speaker 2: Something else we mentioned this last week and Jay, I'm

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Speaker 2: Fulham and did it again today with that last second

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Speaker 1: I guess it was Brighton today.

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Speaker 2: But we mentioned Wrexham last week. Andy's favorite other team

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Speaker 2: Wrexham got a stunning late wind day over q p R.

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Speaker 2: Let's listen to the winning goal. Boy rock Bone now

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Speaker 3: And it's a tack drops lace morn is that come back?

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Speaker 1: Get that it's hacked away rock Boom call some this

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Speaker 2: I love that man, Holy rock Boe. Not my children,

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Speaker 2: please take them such a So that's the same uh

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Speaker 3: It has to be because it's their guy, right Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Reason why this is significant is that Wrexham was down

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Speaker 2: and with the man advantage, mister Windass great classic English

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Speaker 2: wrath Bone hit a absolute dart from distance to win

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Speaker 3: Hold the wind Ass tide and wrath Bone won it.

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Speaker 2: And could you imagine what a season of welcome direcsom.

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Speaker 2: If they qualified and got promoted to the Premiership with

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Speaker 3: But just imagine, imagine the fandom, like if they make

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Speaker 2: They are still constructing their the end at the at

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Speaker 2: and so they're still reconstructing that. But the plans around

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Speaker 2: It's the Championship. It's a big jump from League One

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Speaker 2: But goodness gracious, I mean it was already undone what

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Speaker 2: they've done so far. But to get promoted four straight

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Speaker 3: Majority they'd keep a minority interest? Yeah, how many does

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Speaker 1: I'm kind of talking out of my butt. Yeah. So anyway,

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Speaker 2: drives us all nuts from MLS.

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Speaker 2: Well now it's called the Rodman rule. Uh, and I

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Speaker 2: There's a specific high high impact player rule, the hip rule,

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Speaker 2: with Washington. She will make in total two million bucks

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Speaker 3: Probably that's something I just, you know, can the league

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Speaker 2: Kind of I don't know, you know, there are a

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Speaker 2: and you really can't blame them.

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Speaker 1: No, and.

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Speaker 3: Because they can also make a decent amount of money.

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Speaker 2: Yes. And at two million bucks a year being the

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Speaker 3: Yeah, right, exactly.

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Speaker 1: Congratulations to her.

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Speaker 3: And this is this is it for me for the

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Speaker 2: ye old kicker out welcome back. As you've probably surmised

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Speaker 1: Probably way more snowy Norway.

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Speaker 2: It is your favorite Norwegian football journalist in mine, Lars

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Speaker 2: Sibbertston Howdie, Lars, Hello, got.

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Speaker 1: The same temperature as you guys. I looked it up

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Speaker 2: Andy, would you go for a sauna and a twenty

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Speaker 3: Do you even walk outside?

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Speaker 1: No? Yeah? Yeah, you go, yeah, you go outside?

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Speaker 1: We're not going to dwell on this because it's a

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Speaker 2: Shrinkage, no common, Peter, Oh sorry, okay, let's get into

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Speaker 2: the day in the Premier League. Boy, what a result

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Speaker 2: at the very last second of the last game of

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Speaker 1: Do this to you.

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Speaker 2: Liverpool two Bournemouth three. This is I believe I'm correct

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Speaker 1: I'm not not. I didn't know that, Peter. That's that's

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Speaker 1: good research.

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Speaker 2: I think that's correct.

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Speaker 1: Delighted. He looked very, very happy at the end of

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Speaker 1: that game. Ariola looked like he'd won the title or something,

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Speaker 1: and I mean it was it was richly deserved in

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Speaker 1: Arnes Slat looked low after this game, I have to say.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it was their first defeat in a while,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, uh Andy, I'm just gonna I'm gonna turn to you.

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Speaker 2: You are the resident kick around Liverpool fanboy. Liverpool are

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Speaker 2: winless in their last six They've only won two games

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Speaker 2: in League h Marseille. The rest of it has not

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Speaker 2: been good. Are you concerned about mister Slot's place as

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Speaker 3: Why are you trolling me? Why are you laughing? And

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Speaker 3: By the way, the correct way to save to say

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Speaker 3: this score is Bournemouth three Liverpool two, so that you

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Speaker 3: show that Bournemouth was at home and this was a

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Speaker 1: You know what wins.

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Speaker 3: Wasn't it breezy?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: I was, man. They're just they're just not good this year.

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Speaker 3: What do you want me to say? We've talked about

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Speaker 3: it on nauseum. Right, they are not the same team

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Speaker 3: I don't know, Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Lars, would it be unfair to say that mister van

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Speaker 2: Dyke had no small part in all three born with goals.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't a great one for Virgil von Dyke, and

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Speaker 1: it's it's a it's a difficult thing when you get

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Speaker 1: he just doesn't have that anymore. It was a really

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Speaker 1: I think about. They'd be like the crap Invincibles, basically,

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Speaker 3: You know, Sorry, Peter, but you did ask about slot,

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Speaker 3: So I do. I do feel this this ownership group

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Speaker 1: It's like in a television a long a television show

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Speaker 1: where there's like it will they won't they dynamic going

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Speaker 1: on sooner or later, it has to happen. I think

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Speaker 1: every game, like this question is going to be asked,

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Speaker 1: and it's right. It is part of you that wonderment.

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Speaker 1: Did you just kind of kiss and get it out

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Speaker 3: No, God, Lars, wash your mouth with soap, We are

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Speaker 3: not doing five seasons of this. Five more games, but

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Speaker 2: Uh yeah, because I think the the thing a lot

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Speaker 2: after the first born mouth goal and Gomez went out

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Speaker 3: Well, but he was standing on the side ready to

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Speaker 2: In, and they probably weren't at the idea of putting

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Speaker 2: Bournemouth is an interesting story because I was really worried

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Speaker 2: But now they've won two of their last three. Uh

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Speaker 1: After all, I think they're gonna be okay in the

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Speaker 1: sense that I was never I was never worried about

442
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Speaker 1: this team getting relegated. But it is because again because

443
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Speaker 1: of the departures that you mentioned, this was probably always

444
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Speaker 1: going to be a transitional season for them. Like you

445
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Speaker 1: take a hit like that in the market, you have

446
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Speaker 1: to rejig your team that much, you're probably always going

447
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Speaker 1: to struggle to punch up. But there's way too much

448
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Speaker 1: quality for them to ever get relegated. The trouble is

449
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Speaker 1: it's gonna be hard for them to convince the coach

450
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Speaker 1: to stay. And Doonirolia has done a great job. He's

451
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Speaker 1: definitely one of these upwardly mobile coaches that other big

452
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Speaker 1: clubs life. His contract expires at the end of the season,

453
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Speaker 1: and it's just in the nature of being Bournemouth is

454
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Speaker 1: that you are gonna lose your best players and you're

455
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Speaker 1: always gonna have to try to recruit and rebuild and

456
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Speaker 1: it's just an ongo. That's just life at Bournemouth. And

457
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Speaker 1: if you're Roola and Richard, teams are looking at you,

458
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Speaker 1: then it's gonna be hard for them to convince him.

459
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Speaker 2: Today Bournemouth in thirteenth on thirty points. With the win,

460
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Speaker 2: Liverpool stay and forth a mere point ahead of Manchester

461
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Speaker 2: United and two in front of Chelsea. So it's there's

462
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Speaker 2: a pretty good chance Liverpool after tomorrow, especially with Chelsea situation,

463
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Speaker 2: may end up dropping out of the automatic Champions League

464
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Speaker 2: spots for next season.

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Speaker 1: All right, Laras, it's your turn.

466
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Speaker 2: And by the way, both of you guys can pick

467
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Speaker 2: on me and United in the next segment.

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Speaker 1: We can because they haven't lost yet they're playing tomorrow. Peter,

469
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Speaker 1: you're getting away with this, okay, Lars.

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Speaker 2: This actually in the Liverpool result, as I mentioned, they

471
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Speaker 2: beat Marseille in the Champions League. And this is also

472
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Speaker 2: going to come into a conversation I want to have

473
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Speaker 2: when we talk about the Champions League a little in

474
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Speaker 2: a little bit. In a week where Tottenham beats Brush Dortman,

475
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Speaker 2: they go on the road and they draw against Burnley

476
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Speaker 2: and it takes a very very late goal just to

477
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Speaker 2: rescue the point. I would what, I don't know just where?

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Speaker 1: What is Tottenham at this point a very bad football team?

479
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Speaker 1: I guess we could start there. No, I mean you might, hey,

480
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Speaker 1: if you're a Tottenham fan, you might think this is

481
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Speaker 1: bad you're your fourteenth in the league. The XG is

482
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Speaker 1: pretty bad, like you keep not winning games. But good

483
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Speaker 1: news for you. According to Thomas Frank, they played quite

484
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Speaker 1: well today. Thomas Frank thought the performance was good. So

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Speaker 1: the second half yeah, late, Yeah, I think he called

486
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Speaker 1: it average. I think he called it average the second half, yeah,

487
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Speaker 1: Thomas Frank. I feel like it's part of a managerial

488
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Speaker 1: cycle when things are not going well. Is when you

489
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Speaker 1: get to the point where the manager is talking about

490
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Speaker 1: the game. You just watch and you go, hang on,

491
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Speaker 1: did we see the same game that that that feeld

492
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Speaker 1: that that happens occasionally. There was a lot of disgruntlement

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Speaker 1: from the away end at Tottenham, several chants that I

494
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Speaker 1: can't re quote on air, but people are unimpressed with

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Speaker 1: Thomas Frank. It's fair to say they went they played

496
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Speaker 1: three center at backs. They went three at the back

497
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Speaker 1: or five at the back, depending on how you want

498
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Speaker 1: to see that against the worst team in the league statistically,

499
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Speaker 1: Burnley and come out of there with a two two draw.

500
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Speaker 1: Not good for Thomas Frank. And honestly, I kind of

501
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Speaker 1: feel like this is a waste of breath because I

502
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Speaker 1: think I think he's kind of I think this project

503
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Speaker 1: in inversi of Commas assumed. Anyway, I don't think there's

504
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Speaker 1: a way for Thomas Frank to rescue this. I have

505
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Speaker 1: a feeling the higher ups that Tottenham are looking at

506
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Speaker 1: the fixture list ahead. They play Frankfurt in the Champions League,

507
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Speaker 1: but after that, sorry to go. I know you're the

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Speaker 1: fixtures guy, Peter. I know you like to do this,

509
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Speaker 1: but I don't drop your good. They're playing Manchester the City,

510
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:05,040
Speaker 1: then they're playing Manchester United, then they're playing Newcastle. Then

511
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Speaker 1: they've got the derby against Arsenal. They've got an awful

512
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Speaker 1: run of for a games there. So I wonder if

513
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Speaker 1: if they feel like Thomas Frank is maybe not our guy,

514
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Speaker 1: maybe we want to change something. There's really not a

515
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Speaker 1: whole lot of a point to changing it now, because

516
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Speaker 1: whoever you put in charge temporarily is just going to

517
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Speaker 1: get that fixture on thrown at them. Might as well

518
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Speaker 1: give the Danish gym teacher a couple of more weeks

519
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Speaker 1: to dig his own.

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Speaker 3: Laws can be so cruel. I know, there's like, what

521
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Speaker 3: had they not had they not drawn though today, maybe

522
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Speaker 3: today would have been the day? Though right?

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Speaker 1: Maybe I mean it feels like such a hospital past

524
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Speaker 1: or whoever you put in charge temporarily, and we should

525
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Speaker 1: just be just to be clear, like, I think the

526
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Speaker 1: reason Thomas Frank is essentially doomed to Tottenham isn't even

527
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Speaker 1: the results. I think it's because what he's trying to

528
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Speaker 1: do is not a good concept for this team. He's

529
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Speaker 1: he's they're not they're not even attempting to pass the

530
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Speaker 1: ball like it's long balls and set piece And this

531
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Speaker 1: is fine if you're the coach of Brentford, but you're

532
00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:04,240
Speaker 1: not the coach of Brentford anymore, all right.

533
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Speaker 2: But if you fire him and you bring in somebody different,

534
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Speaker 2: with the injury list and the missing players that Tottenham

535
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Speaker 2: has at this point, what really is somebody else going

536
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Speaker 2: to do differently with this squad and get a different

537
00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:20,040
Speaker 2: set of results. I mean he started Besuma and Connor

538
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Speaker 2: Gallagher in the midfield today.

539
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's pretty good. Connor Gallaghers is a good midfielder.

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Speaker 2: Well he just got there.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean what a different coach could be is

542
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Speaker 1: maybe tell them sometimes you should pass the ball to

543
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Speaker 1: someone wearing the same color shirt as you. I mean,

544
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Speaker 1: that's that's that's that's the thing. That should occasionally take

545
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Speaker 1: place on a football match.

546
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Speaker 2: I love.

547
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Speaker 1: It better, I mean so bad it is. You don't

548
00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:48,080
Speaker 1: always have to knock it long. You don't have to

549
00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:49,960
Speaker 1: always try to win a set piece. You know, sometimes

550
00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:52,480
Speaker 1: you should try to pass the ball. It's an exciting

551
00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:55,480
Speaker 1: new concept that should be explored by the way.

552
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Speaker 2: Uh let's see, do you realize that Spurs is first

553
00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:02,800
Speaker 2: in the Premier League league by goals scored by defenders

554
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Speaker 2: vand Ben and Romero being the two goal scorers for Spurs.

555
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Speaker 1: Today, so out of the two. Van Devenn feels kind

556
00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:12,480
Speaker 1: of random because he's scoring a lot of goals, but

557
00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:15,040
Speaker 1: they all like balls that dropped for him in the box.

558
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Speaker 1: Romero is very good in the attacking box as an

559
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,800
Speaker 1: attacking weapon for a cent or a half. The way

560
00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:24,119
Speaker 1: he attacks crosses and set piece is the sort of

561
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Speaker 1: aggression that he has to get on the end of things.

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Speaker 1: I honestly think when I would, I'd be intrigued to see, Like,

563
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Speaker 1: I mean, nothing else is working. I'm kind of interested

564
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Speaker 1: in trying Romero as a striker at some point because

565
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Speaker 1: he's such a monster in those sort of areas, Like

566
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Speaker 1: he is absolutely terrible to deal with when he gets

567
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Speaker 1: up into those areas. I'd like to see it.

568
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Speaker 2: God, that would be uh, God, you try to defend

569
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Speaker 2: Romero in the box as a striker. Goodness, that would

570
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Speaker 2: be brutal. Tottenham in fourteenth with the result, Burnley still

571
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Speaker 2: in nineteenth. By the way, Debrevka stole this game in

572
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Speaker 2: many ways from Spurs. He had at least three He

573
00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:03,560
Speaker 2: absolutely bonker saves in the course of the game. But

574
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Speaker 2: Burnley now are winless in their last fourteen games, which

575
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Speaker 2: is the first time that has happened to Burnley since

576
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Speaker 2: nineteen seventy.

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Speaker 1: Okay, all right, nobody cares. Nope, nope, nobody cares.

578
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Speaker 2: At the other games today City got a very dull

579
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Speaker 2: to nothing win over Wolves. Boy, this game was not

580
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:28,320
Speaker 2: very good. Gayhee got his start for the first time.

581
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Speaker 2: He looked very natural with City. Wolves are still in

582
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Speaker 2: very last place, fourteen points out of safety. And by

583
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Speaker 2: the way, this game featured Aaron erling Holland and Phil

584
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Speaker 2: Foden sitting on the bench the entire time.

585
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Speaker 3: A good call. They won easy.

586
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I completely agree. I was shocked that erling Holland

587
00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:51,560
Speaker 1: started against Bulleringimp this week in Norway in the Champions

588
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,400
Speaker 1: League because I thought with Buderglimp in the Champions League

589
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:56,800
Speaker 1: and then Wolves at the weekend, it was a perfect

590
00:29:56,840 --> 00:30:00,560
Speaker 1: time to tell Erling Holland, you look you look tired.

591
00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:03,160
Speaker 1: Need a way you need to break. He doesn't like

592
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Speaker 1: being rested, he hates it. He wants to play football,

593
00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,000
Speaker 1: but really the guy's been playing too much and he

594
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Speaker 1: needed to rest a little bit.

595
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Speaker 2: Today we'll talk a lot more about Manchester City and

596
00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,680
Speaker 2: the boat. A glimpt result here a little bit later

597
00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,520
Speaker 2: in the show. And to finish up today's results, Fulham

598
00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:19,959
Speaker 2: got a very sweet two to one win over Brighton.

599
00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:23,000
Speaker 2: We played the goal to open at Harry Wilson has

600
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Speaker 2: scored again seven goals in thirteen and by the way,

601
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Speaker 2: this means he now has eleven direct involvements in goals

602
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Speaker 2: seven goals for assists, which puts him behind Earling Holland

603
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Speaker 2: since November of this year in the Premier League. Pretty

604
00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:39,840
Speaker 2: good stuff from Harry Wilson, who, by the way, at

605
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Speaker 2: the end of the season is out of contract.

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Speaker 1: Nice. No nobody cares about that either, No, I do care. Listen,

607
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Speaker 1: I love that this sort of mid career, like your players,

608
00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:53,720
Speaker 1: who's player who's always been a little gifted but a

609
00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:56,040
Speaker 1: little flawed suddenly goes crazy like that's fun.

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Speaker 3: We love a little gifted but a little flawed. Man. See,

611
00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:03,800
Speaker 3: those are such cool descriptions such the word show.

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Speaker 2: By the way, just question for both you guys. Brighton

613
00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:12,400
Speaker 2: has one win in their last ten. Is mister Herzeler

614
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Speaker 2: in trouble at Brighton?

615
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:18,320
Speaker 1: Gugie Howser MD. Yeah. I think I'm the only person

616
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Speaker 1: who calls him that. The absurdly young looking head coach

617
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Speaker 1: of Brighton. I think it's a little underwhelming, isn't it.

618
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Speaker 1: I have a feeling it's not one of those you

619
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Speaker 1: don't No one is saying you need to sack him

620
00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:32,360
Speaker 1: right now, but I do think if the season ends

621
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Speaker 1: and Brighton is in twelfth, he's gonna have to really

622
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Speaker 1: bring something to the postseason conversation with the owner to

623
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Speaker 1: stay institue. That's gonna the PowerPoint has to be really

624
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Speaker 1: good in that meeting.

625
00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:45,840
Speaker 2: Andy prediction or feeling about that.

626
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Speaker 3: I think he's fine for now, honestly, because they haven't

627
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Speaker 3: been playing that terribly.

628
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Speaker 2: Brighton in twelfth and Fulham have rocketed all the way

629
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Speaker 2: up to seventh place in the Premier League, and they

630
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Speaker 2: have Manchester night.

631
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Speaker 1: It up next week.

632
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Speaker 2: Okay, we will take a break here at this point.

633
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Speaker 2: When we come back, we'll preview all of tomorrow's games,

634
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Speaker 2: including the big one arsenal Manu. Next around the Kick

635
00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:22,000
Speaker 2: Around with all the ridiculousness and controversy at the Afcon

636
00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:26,320
Speaker 2: final between Morocco and Senegal. The question came up, has

637
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:30,440
Speaker 2: anything so weird happened during the World Cup? And so

638
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:34,080
Speaker 2: Andy will answer that question during World Cup nerd here

639
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:36,640
Speaker 2: a little bit later on during the show, Welcome back

640
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Speaker 2: to the Kick Around. I'm Peter, Andy's at his house,

641
00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:42,600
Speaker 2: I'm at mine and all the way over there in

642
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:49,400
Speaker 2: Norway in his muckluck it is, hey Lars. Yeah, by

643
00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:52,880
Speaker 2: the said, real quick question. So you know, very commonly

644
00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:56,560
Speaker 2: Andy and I will giggle when somebody gets upset about

645
00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:59,239
Speaker 2: it being ninety degrees and talking about how hot it

646
00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:04,840
Speaker 2: is is twenty degrees fahrenheit slash minus six celsius cold

647
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Speaker 2: to a Norwegian.

648
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Speaker 1: No, this is kind of normal for this time of

649
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Speaker 1: year in the East, for sure. I think. I think

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Speaker 1: you when you get down to like the teens, like

651
00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:17,920
Speaker 1: under fifteen fahrenheit, then you'd start thinking, oh this is

652
00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:21,719
Speaker 1: this is a bit much. But Yeah, any anything over that,

653
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Speaker 1: it's fine and.

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Speaker 2: Do you have go ahead, Peter, I was gonna ask it,

655
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Speaker 2: do you get sleet and freezing rain in Norway or

656
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Speaker 2: is it just snow?

657
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Speaker 1: That's the thing we don't really when it gets this cold,

658
00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:34,520
Speaker 1: we don't typically Like you you in the break, you

659
00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:36,960
Speaker 1: were explaining to me this weather phenomena that you guys

660
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:39,040
Speaker 1: are expecting, and that sounded weird to me. That's not

661
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:43,200
Speaker 1: something we're familiar with. It's typically the reason. One of

662
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:44,960
Speaker 1: the reasons we don't hate it when it's this cold

663
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,880
Speaker 1: is that it's usually kind of clear, like tonight is Uh,

664
00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:51,240
Speaker 1: it's it's it's twenty twenty fahrenheit. Yeah, but it's not.

665
00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:53,600
Speaker 1: There's not windy, and it's a clear sky. It's actually

666
00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:54,560
Speaker 1: kind of nice outside.

667
00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:58,200
Speaker 3: Yeah. The snow means that it's above freezing generally, so

668
00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:00,280
Speaker 3: that's why we get the sleet and freezing rain and which,

669
00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:02,160
Speaker 3: by the way, is coming down hard here now.

670
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Speaker 1: Oh is it at my house? Yeah?

671
00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:05,800
Speaker 3: I was gonna ask you how it is over your

672
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:07,920
Speaker 3: if you can if are you able to see outside?

673
00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:09,360
Speaker 3: We're from your studio.

674
00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:13,520
Speaker 2: Uh, it's coming down a little bit andy at it's

675
00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:17,399
Speaker 2: been nice knowing you guys, I hope as being our

676
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:18,719
Speaker 2: final days here on Earth.

677
00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:21,160
Speaker 3: The road they're definitely looking untravelable right now.

678
00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:23,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, there are different kinds of cold. Writ Again, when

679
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:26,080
Speaker 1: I lived in Finland, we had like five fahrenheit. But

680
00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:29,200
Speaker 1: if it's dry and not window, yes, that that is

681
00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:32,520
Speaker 1: so much more comfortable than the sort of the sort

682
00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:35,080
Speaker 1: of forty forty fahrenheit and wind and rain that you

683
00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:37,759
Speaker 1: get in England all winter. Terrible hate that. I know.

684
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,560
Speaker 2: I'll never forget leaving my house and getting on a

685
00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:44,440
Speaker 2: flight in December when it was thirty degrees here in

686
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:47,239
Speaker 2: Dallas and it was miserable, And I got off at

687
00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:50,720
Speaker 2: the plane in Bozeman, Montana to go visit from friends

688
00:34:50,719 --> 00:34:54,319
Speaker 2: that lived there, and it was thirteen degrees and it

689
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:57,920
Speaker 2: was nowhere near as uncomfortable, and was actually quite delightful

690
00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:01,040
Speaker 2: because it was just so much more dry and crisp.

691
00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:03,920
Speaker 1: It was pretty great. Yeah, one hundred percent, Peter. So

692
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:05,600
Speaker 1: even though I am by the sea, it was much

693
00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:07,680
Speaker 1: more of that kind of weathers. It was quite nice

694
00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:09,240
Speaker 1: for me. I hope you guys are okay in the storm.

695
00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:09,840
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna know.

696
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:12,200
Speaker 2: I wouldn't call it a storm. I would just call

697
00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:13,800
Speaker 2: it more inconvenient than anything.

698
00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:15,040
Speaker 1: I'm gonna call it a storm.

699
00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:16,320
Speaker 3: Peter understand.

700
00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:20,160
Speaker 2: Hey, I wanted to ask you guys before we started

701
00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:22,600
Speaker 2: previewing the games tomorrow. One of the things that I

702
00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:25,359
Speaker 2: found interesting this week was it in the heels of

703
00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:31,080
Speaker 2: last week's Wolves Newcastle nil nil draw donuts, as I

704
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:33,520
Speaker 2: like to call it, there seemed to be this weird

705
00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:36,560
Speaker 2: obsession in the media and in the fan base over

706
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:42,160
Speaker 2: the number because that particular result meant that this season

707
00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:45,280
Speaker 2: in the Premier League there have already been more nil

708
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:49,200
Speaker 2: nil or zero zero games than in the entirety of

709
00:35:49,239 --> 00:35:52,759
Speaker 2: the previous season or the season prior to that, and

710
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:55,160
Speaker 2: there seems to be a big concern that when you

711
00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:58,440
Speaker 2: add that along with the fact that there now seems

712
00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:02,799
Speaker 2: to be a prevalent upset piece goals, that suddenly now

713
00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:05,920
Speaker 2: the Premier League has gotten boring. And I'm wondering, Andy,

714
00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:08,239
Speaker 2: do you feel there is a case to be made

715
00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:08,600
Speaker 2: for that.

716
00:36:09,080 --> 00:36:12,359
Speaker 3: Well, the first of all, you know, I wonder if

717
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:15,560
Speaker 3: it's just a one off, you know, small sample size,

718
00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:18,799
Speaker 3: or it's just crazy pattern this year that really has

719
00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:21,640
Speaker 3: nothing to do with anything but the average number of

720
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:26,040
Speaker 3: While the average number of goals is above average this

721
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:29,600
Speaker 3: season in the Premier League. The number of goals score

722
00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:33,279
Speaker 3: from open play is down, and that goes to what

723
00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:36,279
Speaker 3: you said right, that more goals have been scored from

724
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:38,920
Speaker 3: set pieces, So maybe there is something to that. And

725
00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:42,000
Speaker 3: I wonder our teams just playing more defensively are they

726
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:45,000
Speaker 3: more pragmatic? Is that a result of teams can draw

727
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:48,000
Speaker 3: and not fear for relegation thanks to Wolves and Burnley

728
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:50,600
Speaker 3: being so bad? You know, I don't know.

729
00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:54,520
Speaker 1: I think, like you said, the goals are down. I

730
00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:58,280
Speaker 1: mean over the last three seasons now, like this season

731
00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:01,160
Speaker 1: we're averaging two point seven six goals per game less

732
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,440
Speaker 1: season it was two point nine three. In the one

733
00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:06,359
Speaker 1: before it was actually three point two eight. So there's

734
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:09,320
Speaker 1: been a steady decline over the last three seasons of goals.

735
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:12,520
Speaker 1: And there just seems to be more more teams that

736
00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:14,720
Speaker 1: are coached by dudes who don't want to take risks

737
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:17,359
Speaker 1: and are there are a little bit And the thing

738
00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:19,920
Speaker 1: about all these set pieces is not like set piece

739
00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:23,720
Speaker 1: goals are not in themselves boring, but teams taking fifteen

740
00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:25,680
Speaker 1: to twenty seconds every time they have a set piece

741
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:28,680
Speaker 1: is boring. And then the amount of time we've spent

742
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:30,799
Speaker 1: just watching teams get ready to take a throw in.

743
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:32,560
Speaker 1: Like that number has gone up by a lot. I

744
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:34,359
Speaker 1: don't have it here right now, but that number has

745
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:41,359
Speaker 1: increased sharply. Clock You know what, Yes, I think that's

746
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:43,720
Speaker 1: something people are going to start to ask for because

747
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:46,520
Speaker 1: we're spending too much time waiting for someone to like

748
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:48,480
Speaker 1: dry the ball and take a long throw it. Like

749
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:50,480
Speaker 1: that kind of stuff is not fun. There is a

750
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:53,120
Speaker 1: real sense that okay, in a competitive sense, this is

751
00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:56,760
Speaker 1: an interesting season. We have still just about a title race.

752
00:37:57,160 --> 00:38:00,000
Speaker 1: We may have a relegation battle now after west Ham

753
00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:03,880
Speaker 1: one today that there is stuff to play for, but

754
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,120
Speaker 1: there are fewer teams that I think are appointment viewing

755
00:38:07,239 --> 00:38:09,040
Speaker 1: just because of the way they play, and there is

756
00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:11,480
Speaker 1: a lot of times being sent It's being spent watching

757
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:13,480
Speaker 1: dudes dry the balls. They can throw it really far,

758
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:14,279
Speaker 1: and that's not fun.

759
00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:17,839
Speaker 2: So according to Lars, the Premier League is not only

760
00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:20,840
Speaker 2: more boring, there's too much ball drying taking place.

761
00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:24,480
Speaker 1: I mean, yes, having said that, I am grateful for

762
00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:27,279
Speaker 1: the fact that it's competitively interesting because you might remember, Peter,

763
00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:30,920
Speaker 1: last year I completely checked out because it was just

764
00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:34,399
Speaker 1: do you remember this, This was the least interested I'd

765
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:37,120
Speaker 1: ever been. It was the last spring because we knew

766
00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:39,120
Speaker 1: really early who was going to win the league, we

767
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:41,560
Speaker 1: knew really early who was going down, and there just

768
00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:43,959
Speaker 1: wasn't a lot going on. So I just around about

769
00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:46,799
Speaker 1: late February March, I was just kind of mentally out

770
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:49,239
Speaker 1: of there. That's not happening this year because that at

771
00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:51,000
Speaker 1: least we have a race and we have a number

772
00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:53,239
Speaker 1: of stuff that's going on. But I do think there

773
00:38:53,239 --> 00:38:55,680
Speaker 1: are more teams now based on how they're playing. When

774
00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:57,880
Speaker 1: I look ahead, when I look at the docket for

775
00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:00,719
Speaker 1: the weekend, I feel like there are few games that

776
00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 1: I look at and go like, ooh, I want to

777
00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:05,239
Speaker 1: see that, because there's quite a few like quite either

778
00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:08,200
Speaker 1: dysfunctional or defensive teams in the league of the moment.

779
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:11,560
Speaker 3: Or more parody. And I think that is one change

780
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:13,960
Speaker 3: that we've seen over the last few years in the

781
00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:17,880
Speaker 3: in the in the league is teams like Southampton and

782
00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:22,480
Speaker 3: I host of teams, but even just Villa's rise. Those

783
00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:25,040
Speaker 3: are teams outside of the top six, the Big six

784
00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:28,080
Speaker 3: that have been doing well and they continue to do well,

785
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:32,440
Speaker 3: and it's just I think there's there's a legit fight

786
00:39:32,600 --> 00:39:35,520
Speaker 3: now for the top four spots, and I mean if

787
00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:38,560
Speaker 3: not for the league title, but for the four five

788
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:42,200
Speaker 3: top spots. More teams are competing for those that we've

789
00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:44,000
Speaker 3: seen in a long long time, more in the last

790
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:45,280
Speaker 3: two or three years.

791
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:49,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, we do have this. Lastly, it's still just six

792
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:54,680
Speaker 1: points separating Bournemouth in thirteenth in Liverpool and fourth. It's crazy, right,

793
00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:57,839
Speaker 1: that's a little nutty for Jeffer late January. I have

794
00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:01,399
Speaker 1: to say. That's six points between thirteenth and fourth. It's

795
00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:03,320
Speaker 1: kind of interesting competitively at least.

796
00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:05,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, it will be getting it'll be even more interesting

797
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:10,919
Speaker 2: after this weekend. Tomorrow there are four games. The big

798
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:15,600
Speaker 2: one obviously is Arsenal hosting Manchester United, who I'm very

799
00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:19,000
Speaker 2: concerned about, guys, as the resident United fan, because after

800
00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:22,680
Speaker 2: beating City last week, with Michael Carrick and the new

801
00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:26,120
Speaker 2: vibe and all of that, there's way too much confidence

802
00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:29,400
Speaker 2: going into this game. There's too much confidence now, too

803
00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:32,759
Speaker 2: much confidence. Do you realize what were you gonna say, Andy.

804
00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:35,200
Speaker 3: That I have to curve I said, Southampton men Sunderland.

805
00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:38,160
Speaker 1: Sorry, okay, I was gonna mention.

806
00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:42,360
Speaker 2: So there's like everything on in in the numbers, in

807
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:45,520
Speaker 2: the stats, are all indicating that Arsenal should win this

808
00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:48,280
Speaker 2: game with ease, the fact that they have the best

809
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:52,440
Speaker 2: record at home, they're on a great streak United. By

810
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:54,440
Speaker 2: the way, did you guys know this that United have

811
00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:58,799
Speaker 2: not won a league a Premier League game at the

812
00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:01,879
Speaker 2: Emirates since twenty seventeen.

813
00:41:03,239 --> 00:41:03,600
Speaker 3: Wow.

814
00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:06,319
Speaker 2: The last time they wanted the Emirates in a league game,

815
00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:10,360
Speaker 2: Jesse Leinguard, some dude named Jesse len Guard scored twice.

816
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:12,399
Speaker 2: Paul Pogba was playing for them.

817
00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:13,919
Speaker 1: Oh wow in that game.

818
00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:17,320
Speaker 2: And I think I've added this up correctly. Since the

819
00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:20,759
Speaker 2: last time United have won a league game at the Emirates,

820
00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:28,239
Speaker 2: United have had nine different managers. Wow wow, wow, because

821
00:41:28,360 --> 00:41:30,000
Speaker 2: that includes full time and intro.

822
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,120
Speaker 1: I was gonna ask Lyn God and Pogba. That sounds like,

823
00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:35,040
Speaker 1: you know, we're gonna all shad joint, But it wasn't.

824
00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:40,000
Speaker 1: It was someone else in charge. I think it may

825
00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:40,399
Speaker 1: have been.

826
00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:45,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, So, anybody got any thoughts about Arsenal's chances against

827
00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:47,560
Speaker 2: mighty Manchester United tomorrow?

828
00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:52,600
Speaker 3: Are you for real? Just the way you ask it,

829
00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:57,359
Speaker 3: you're like already pulling the Yeah. No, of course, of

830
00:41:57,400 --> 00:41:59,920
Speaker 3: course you like Arsenal at home against you?

831
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:05,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree. I'm I'm inclined to listen you're the

832
00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:10,359
Speaker 1: better Laars Yeah, I haven't. I'm staying clear of this

833
00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:12,439
Speaker 1: game from a betting perspective, but what I can say

834
00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:18,279
Speaker 1: is this, what United did really well against City is

835
00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:20,759
Speaker 1: something that we have seen them do well on occasion

836
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:25,400
Speaker 1: during this troubled post Ferguson era, which is counter attack.

837
00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:27,920
Speaker 1: There's something they've in this period when they've not been

838
00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:31,480
Speaker 1: very good. They've always had a couple of performances. You know,

839
00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:36,360
Speaker 1: all of these guys like Maurinho, Amrimton, Haig, saw Sheriff

840
00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:40,719
Speaker 1: Anale like they've all beaten both in Manchester City and Liverpool.

841
00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:43,680
Speaker 1: I believe like they have these games United where they

842
00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:47,839
Speaker 1: counter people. The thing about Arsenal is they're really good defensively.

843
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:50,520
Speaker 1: They they don't give away dumb chant like they're really

844
00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:54,360
Speaker 1: well organized, and it makes them sometimes a little less

845
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:56,719
Speaker 1: fun to watch than you'd want the sot of champions,

846
00:42:56,840 --> 00:43:00,279
Speaker 1: like the the the Will be Champions to be. They're

847
00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:02,840
Speaker 1: so solid, they're so organized, they don't take too many

848
00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:06,399
Speaker 1: and nonsensical risks. I do think they should be able

849
00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:10,279
Speaker 1: to nullify that counter attack. But we also saw with

850
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:12,560
Speaker 1: Arsenal is that they are sometimes a little conservative. You

851
00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:14,719
Speaker 1: remember the home game against Liverpool a couple of weeks ago,

852
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:17,360
Speaker 1: against the Liverpool that were missing important players, not in

853
00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:20,040
Speaker 1: great form. They walked away with the nil nil draw

854
00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:23,680
Speaker 1: and seemed kind of happy with that. So that conservative streak.

855
00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:25,680
Speaker 1: I mean, it wouldn't shock me if United managed to

856
00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:26,640
Speaker 1: grind out a draw here.

857
00:43:27,239 --> 00:43:30,960
Speaker 3: You know that Arsenal is farther from United, or United

858
00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:33,120
Speaker 3: is farther from Arsenal, that's a better way to say

859
00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:37,680
Speaker 3: it than they are from west Ham United, even though

860
00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:40,279
Speaker 3: they're in fifth, I mean, which is crazy. It just

861
00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:41,400
Speaker 3: but I think it's show.

862
00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:42,440
Speaker 1: In terms of points.

863
00:43:42,480 --> 00:43:45,720
Speaker 2: I see, yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, there's fifteen points between

864
00:43:45,719 --> 00:43:47,040
Speaker 2: those Greek yeah yeah.

865
00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:49,640
Speaker 3: But the gold different. So I just think it's more

866
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:53,480
Speaker 3: about Arsenal and fifty points than it is United in

867
00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:55,960
Speaker 3: fifth at thirty five. But it does mean that there

868
00:43:56,000 --> 00:44:00,560
Speaker 3: is parody because if United with thirty five is an fifth,

869
00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:03,000
Speaker 3: it's just that jumbled mess.

870
00:44:04,360 --> 00:44:07,360
Speaker 1: Arsenal have conceded just fourteen goals in twenty two games

871
00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:10,640
Speaker 1: so far. Like, they are so good defensively and it's

872
00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:13,799
Speaker 1: not always a party to watch, but it's that solidity

873
00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:16,040
Speaker 1: which I think will carry them to the championship, and

874
00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:18,160
Speaker 1: it's that solidity that I think makes them a little

875
00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:20,680
Speaker 1: bit harder to catch on the counter, the way they

876
00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:23,359
Speaker 1: United managed to catch City last time out. Yeah.

877
00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:28,719
Speaker 2: Arsenal's goal differential at home is plus twenty one. Yeah,

878
00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:33,200
Speaker 2: pretty crazy, all right tomorrow the other games, an interesting

879
00:44:33,239 --> 00:44:37,520
Speaker 2: one is Aston Villa and Newcastle. Newcastle and ninth Aston

880
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:40,920
Speaker 2: Villa and third is the x G Monster catching up

881
00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:41,840
Speaker 2: to Aston Villa.

882
00:44:41,960 --> 00:44:45,239
Speaker 1: Lars Yeah, I think it might be happening. Just one

883
00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:47,840
Speaker 1: win in the last four in the league for Villa now,

884
00:44:48,320 --> 00:44:52,800
Speaker 1: and crucially Bubaker Kamara is injured and I think that

885
00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:56,719
Speaker 1: their their midfield anchor. Kamara is I would argue their

886
00:44:57,200 --> 00:45:00,600
Speaker 1: most important player, maybe after maybe Rogers the way he's

887
00:45:00,680 --> 00:45:02,640
Speaker 1: the hot streak has been on with his shooting, but

888
00:45:02,719 --> 00:45:05,520
Speaker 1: Kamara is so good in that holding midfield role. He

889
00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:08,719
Speaker 1: is now injured for a prolonged period of time. Villa

890
00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:11,400
Speaker 1: have been running hot all season in terms of converting

891
00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:15,440
Speaker 1: an unusually high number of chances. I have a feeling

892
00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:18,839
Speaker 1: this is when it starts to turn. Especially they're going

893
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:21,279
Speaker 1: away to Newcastle, who we know are a very very

894
00:45:21,280 --> 00:45:24,839
Speaker 1: strong home team, so I listen, it's a dangerous thing

895
00:45:24,840 --> 00:45:27,719
Speaker 1: to start, but Newcastle have lost only one game at

896
00:45:27,719 --> 00:45:30,560
Speaker 1: home since September. Like, they are very very strong up

897
00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:32,879
Speaker 1: in the Northeast and it just seems like things are

898
00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:34,560
Speaker 1: just about to turn for a Villa right now.

899
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:39,120
Speaker 2: And then the other two games Brentford is hosting Forrest

900
00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:42,279
Speaker 2: and Palace Man, this is the weirdest time to be

901
00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:45,440
Speaker 2: a Palace fan, guys, between all of the success they

902
00:45:45,640 --> 00:45:48,040
Speaker 2: have achieved for the first time in club history over

903
00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:50,080
Speaker 2: the course of the last year and how bad it

904
00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:52,280
Speaker 2: has turned in the last two weeks.

905
00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:54,719
Speaker 1: They host Chelsea in.

906
00:45:54,719 --> 00:45:58,120
Speaker 2: A London derby tomorrow at eight am, so or with

907
00:45:58,160 --> 00:46:00,560
Speaker 2: his chance for him to continue his win ways with

908
00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:04,879
Speaker 2: his new team, and he's weird. There's just something really

909
00:46:04,920 --> 00:46:08,760
Speaker 2: weird Lar's about that guy being the manager of Chelsea.

910
00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:11,600
Speaker 1: It just does it. It feels very unstable to me.

911
00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:15,120
Speaker 1: It's that big LinkedIn energy that he has, you know.

912
00:46:15,239 --> 00:46:18,160
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm sure everyone will have everyone will have

913
00:46:18,239 --> 00:46:21,000
Speaker 1: seen his line so far. I mean he said something

914
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:25,080
Speaker 1: about how the word manage it's actually like it's man

915
00:46:25,120 --> 00:46:27,359
Speaker 1: and age. So what you're doing is your aging men,

916
00:46:27,480 --> 00:46:33,360
Speaker 1: which is the most sort of sick that no you

917
00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:35,480
Speaker 1: know what it's not unfair because he did. He is

918
00:46:35,520 --> 00:46:37,719
Speaker 1: an adult and he said that out loud in front

919
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:39,680
Speaker 1: of a camera, and that means we get to pick

920
00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:40,320
Speaker 1: on him from.

921
00:46:40,280 --> 00:46:42,520
Speaker 3: Lars does not forgive. But Lars, after you were on

922
00:46:42,560 --> 00:46:44,840
Speaker 3: the show, I think it was last week you mentioned

923
00:46:44,880 --> 00:46:47,360
Speaker 3: this about him. I did some research. I went in

924
00:46:47,400 --> 00:46:52,640
Speaker 3: and looked at past interviews and he's a very quirky

925
00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:54,640
Speaker 3: and interesting individual for sure.

926
00:46:55,200 --> 00:46:58,000
Speaker 1: But he is I want to like him because I

927
00:46:58,040 --> 00:47:00,200
Speaker 1: think he is a he's a thinking man. He's the

928
00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:02,640
Speaker 1: guy who's got some stuff going on upstairs, more so

929
00:47:02,719 --> 00:47:04,759
Speaker 1: than a lot of people in the But that's the thing,

930
00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:07,480
Speaker 1: and also is he the right character to be the

931
00:47:07,480 --> 00:47:09,840
Speaker 1: coach of Chelsea. This is the house that Jat built.

932
00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:13,120
Speaker 1: This is the home of drug buy and Joese, Mourinho

933
00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:15,200
Speaker 1: and all these kind of people. That's the culture of

934
00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:20,120
Speaker 1: that club. This sort of young, thoughtful guy. I'm not.

935
00:47:20,760 --> 00:47:24,040
Speaker 1: It's an interesting cultural thing and I think that maybe

936
00:47:24,040 --> 00:47:25,560
Speaker 1: this is an obvious point to make, but I think

937
00:47:25,560 --> 00:47:27,640
Speaker 1: he needs to win a lot of games really quickly

938
00:47:27,719 --> 00:47:29,320
Speaker 1: to get people onside, because I think a lot of

939
00:47:29,320 --> 00:47:31,760
Speaker 1: people in the fan base and the sort of sphare

940
00:47:31,800 --> 00:47:34,799
Speaker 1: around Chelsea are in Handley A little bit skeptical of that, dude.

941
00:47:36,239 --> 00:47:37,960
Speaker 2: That game is at eight o'clock. By the way, the

942
00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:41,800
Speaker 2: Arsenal Manchester United games the ten thirty game tomorrow morning.

943
00:47:41,920 --> 00:47:45,880
Speaker 2: Everton and Leeds face off on Monday at two pm

944
00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:49,160
Speaker 2: to finish out the week in the Premier League. All right,

945
00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:52,080
Speaker 2: there you go, let's take another break. When we come back,

946
00:47:52,120 --> 00:47:55,160
Speaker 2: we'll get into this past week and the upcoming week.

947
00:47:55,239 --> 00:47:57,520
Speaker 2: In the final week of the group stage of the

948
00:47:57,600 --> 00:48:00,319
Speaker 2: Champions League. Laws will tell us all about out that

949
00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:03,680
Speaker 2: Bodo glimpt win over City next here on the kick Around,

950
00:48:05,200 --> 00:48:08,000
Speaker 2: before the end of the show. During the dribble, we

951
00:48:08,040 --> 00:48:11,920
Speaker 2: will answer the question I get pretty much three or

952
00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:15,200
Speaker 2: four times a week. Is the World Cup actually going

953
00:48:15,239 --> 00:48:19,160
Speaker 2: to happen? We'll do that before the end of the show.

954
00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:22,279
Speaker 2: Here on the kick around, Welcome back on Peter Andy's here.

955
00:48:22,280 --> 00:48:25,520
Speaker 2: We're all in our own places, including the good Lars

956
00:48:25,560 --> 00:48:28,520
Speaker 2: Silverston in his igloo in Norway.

957
00:48:29,640 --> 00:48:34,120
Speaker 1: Sorry, Laura, yes, straight in the I would love any

958
00:48:36,680 --> 00:48:41,160
Speaker 1: have you sona an iglo? Have you been in Have

959
00:48:41,239 --> 00:48:49,719
Speaker 1: you been in an iglu? Lars, No, it's not yet. Yeah,

960
00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:51,560
Speaker 1: I have been in an igloo, but really it's not

961
00:48:51,680 --> 00:48:53,560
Speaker 1: something that we make just for the fun of it.

962
00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:56,080
Speaker 1: I mean, this was definitely like it was a school

963
00:48:56,120 --> 00:48:59,480
Speaker 1: trip type of thing. I shouldn't make fun of Norway

964
00:48:59,600 --> 00:49:02,319
Speaker 1: or post. You know, you know what we don't what

965
00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:05,600
Speaker 1: you know, we don't have in this hemisphere. Penguins just

966
00:49:05,640 --> 00:49:06,399
Speaker 1: gonna leave that there.

967
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:13,200
Speaker 3: That's from where I'm from. I love that Penguins covered Lars.

968
00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:16,680
Speaker 1: Lars, Oh, Penguins, Lars with the shot.

969
00:49:16,760 --> 00:49:19,440
Speaker 2: I dig it very good, Lars.

970
00:49:19,719 --> 00:49:20,760
Speaker 1: I won't make fun.

971
00:49:20,640 --> 00:49:23,120
Speaker 2: Or poke a Norway because it's a big week for

972
00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:27,760
Speaker 2: your motherland. As Boto Glimped got one over the giants

973
00:49:27,840 --> 00:49:32,800
Speaker 2: in city in a kind of dramatic fashion, real dominating result.

974
00:49:33,040 --> 00:49:36,720
Speaker 2: Why don't you tell everybody about the Boto and the Glimpt.

975
00:49:37,640 --> 00:49:40,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, now the context for this, Let's start with money, Like,

976
00:49:40,920 --> 00:49:43,040
Speaker 1: I think that's a good place to start. Let's start

977
00:49:43,080 --> 00:49:46,640
Speaker 1: with payroll. I mean Manchester City's salary a budget. Their

978
00:49:46,680 --> 00:49:49,720
Speaker 1: payroll is about somewhere in the region of five hundred

979
00:49:49,719 --> 00:49:53,279
Speaker 1: and fifty million dollars a year. Their Champions League opponents

980
00:49:53,480 --> 00:49:57,920
Speaker 1: Bulderglimp their annual payroll is about twenty five million. So

981
00:49:58,160 --> 00:50:00,880
Speaker 1: this is the financial discrepancy at work here. This is

982
00:50:00,920 --> 00:50:03,719
Speaker 1: twenty five million versus five hundred and fifty. That's some

983
00:50:03,760 --> 00:50:07,520
Speaker 1: real moneyball stuff. Wow, So them coming to town is

984
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:12,319
Speaker 1: I love this about the Champions League. You can talk

985
00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:14,799
Speaker 1: about how you hear people say we might as well

986
00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:17,000
Speaker 1: have a European Sea Super League because it's the same

987
00:50:17,040 --> 00:50:19,319
Speaker 1: sort of eight twelve teams in the final rounds every

988
00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:22,200
Speaker 1: year anyway. But I think the fact that national champions

989
00:50:22,239 --> 00:50:25,640
Speaker 1: from smaller league have a genuine chance at qualifying, even

990
00:50:25,680 --> 00:50:27,759
Speaker 1: if they don't most of the time, and that they

991
00:50:27,760 --> 00:50:29,960
Speaker 1: do have a genuine chance of being matched up against

992
00:50:29,960 --> 00:50:32,319
Speaker 1: these giants, I think that is worthwhile. I think it's

993
00:50:32,360 --> 00:50:34,839
Speaker 1: important and I think it matters, and I think Bordaglimps

994
00:50:34,800 --> 00:50:37,239
Speaker 1: are a great example of that. Bullaglimp do not have

995
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:40,400
Speaker 1: some local billionaire funding them, or a team from a

996
00:50:40,640 --> 00:50:44,840
Speaker 1: town and has about fifty thousand inhabitants. It's in the

997
00:50:44,880 --> 00:50:48,560
Speaker 1: far North, it's inside the Arctic Circle and about sort

998
00:50:48,600 --> 00:50:50,440
Speaker 1: of eight ten years ago they were in the second

999
00:50:50,480 --> 00:50:52,760
Speaker 1: tier in Norway. They weren't even in the top division.

1000
00:50:52,800 --> 00:50:55,440
Speaker 1: They were almost bankrupt. This is the team that's made

1001
00:50:55,480 --> 00:50:58,640
Speaker 1: it to the top in their country through having good

1002
00:50:58,719 --> 00:51:02,120
Speaker 1: footballing ideas, through recruitment through good coaching, and that have

1003
00:51:02,200 --> 00:51:05,040
Speaker 1: made it into Europe where they've beaten Roma, they've beaten Porto,

1004
00:51:05,239 --> 00:51:08,840
Speaker 1: they've taken some good scalps, but now beating Manches the city.

1005
00:51:09,560 --> 00:51:13,520
Speaker 1: It's absolutely incredible. It's either the best or the second

1006
00:51:13,680 --> 00:51:16,480
Speaker 1: biggest result for a Norwegian club team ever. I mean

1007
00:51:16,480 --> 00:51:19,879
Speaker 1: the Wolsenbug beat Milan away from home to qualify from

1008
00:51:19,880 --> 00:51:22,000
Speaker 1: the group stage back in ninety six. I mean that's

1009
00:51:22,040 --> 00:51:24,360
Speaker 1: also up there, but certainly one of the greatest results

1010
00:51:24,360 --> 00:51:28,279
Speaker 1: in Norwegian club football ever. And the financial discrepancies are unbelievable,

1011
00:51:28,280 --> 00:51:30,480
Speaker 1: but I think it just kind of shows if you

1012
00:51:30,520 --> 00:51:33,440
Speaker 1: support a team from a smaller country, it shows you

1013
00:51:33,520 --> 00:51:35,920
Speaker 1: that it is still possible in European football to have

1014
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:36,799
Speaker 1: these moments.

1015
00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:41,400
Speaker 3: It is an amazing story. It's the northernmost team to

1016
00:51:41,760 --> 00:51:44,880
Speaker 3: ever compete in the Champions League, right Lars, I believe.

1017
00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:49,200
Speaker 3: And just the fact, like when they say it's inside

1018
00:51:49,239 --> 00:51:52,799
Speaker 3: the Arctic circle, Peter, it's inside the Arctic circle. It's

1019
00:51:52,920 --> 00:51:56,360
Speaker 3: like crazy, We're gonna go play a road game inside

1020
00:51:56,360 --> 00:51:57,200
Speaker 3: the Arctic circle.

1021
00:51:59,600 --> 00:52:02,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's wild, but so far north that in the

1022
00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:06,960
Speaker 1: winter the sun doesn't come up like the summer the

1023
00:52:07,000 --> 00:52:13,080
Speaker 1: sun doesn't go down. It's quite a running and and

1024
00:52:13,120 --> 00:52:15,160
Speaker 1: it's interesting to me that even now they they've had

1025
00:52:15,160 --> 00:52:18,800
Speaker 1: some European adventures, they've started making some money. By Norwegian context,

1026
00:52:19,160 --> 00:52:21,719
Speaker 1: the team are still usually mostly they haven't bought any

1027
00:52:21,719 --> 00:52:24,799
Speaker 1: big names in a Norwegian context. I mean they what

1028
00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:26,600
Speaker 1: they've spent some of the money on is bringing some

1029
00:52:26,640 --> 00:52:28,960
Speaker 1: guys back because they've had some players who have been

1030
00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:31,880
Speaker 1: successful with Buda, who have gone abroad and have not

1031
00:52:32,160 --> 00:52:34,399
Speaker 1: enjoyed their time as much abroad, and brought them back

1032
00:52:34,440 --> 00:52:37,040
Speaker 1: to to the north of Norway. Ginst Petal who scored

1033
00:52:37,080 --> 00:52:39,279
Speaker 1: that beautiful goal where he skipped past Rodriy and put

1034
00:52:39,280 --> 00:52:41,640
Speaker 1: her in the top corner. He's he's been to Milan,

1035
00:52:41,680 --> 00:52:43,759
Speaker 1: he's played for Frankfurt, but in the end he didn't

1036
00:52:43,800 --> 00:52:46,320
Speaker 1: quite like it abroad, so he's gone back north. And

1037
00:52:46,640 --> 00:52:48,719
Speaker 1: this is yeah, so it's it's it's a team of

1038
00:52:50,960 --> 00:52:53,319
Speaker 1: it's not quite like an expendable sort of rag tag

1039
00:52:53,400 --> 00:52:56,000
Speaker 1: bunch of guys, but it's a team completely without superstars,

1040
00:52:56,719 --> 00:52:58,799
Speaker 1: which is all about the collective, all about the group.

1041
00:52:58,960 --> 00:53:00,799
Speaker 1: And they're quite sort of in the did they do

1042
00:53:00,840 --> 00:53:03,520
Speaker 1: stuff like meditate. There's a lot of meditation going on.

1043
00:53:03,840 --> 00:53:06,320
Speaker 1: They have a they have a they have a retired

1044
00:53:06,360 --> 00:53:12,080
Speaker 1: fighter pilot doing mentality coaching sessions with them SaaS, Oh,

1045
00:53:12,239 --> 00:53:14,880
Speaker 1: I'm sure that they have. Yeah, they have a fighter

1046
00:53:15,040 --> 00:53:18,799
Speaker 1: pilot who actually saw active duty over Libya. Uh not

1047
00:53:18,880 --> 00:53:22,319
Speaker 1: that not that long ago doing mental coaching for them.

1048
00:53:22,320 --> 00:53:26,760
Speaker 1: So yeah, embracing various types and it's really giving them results.

1049
00:53:26,960 --> 00:53:28,839
Speaker 3: The cherry on the cake was that they just didn't

1050
00:53:28,880 --> 00:53:31,840
Speaker 3: beat any big team from Europe. They beat City in Holland.

1051
00:53:31,880 --> 00:53:35,320
Speaker 3: I think that's the crazy thing, right, is that's Holland's

1052
00:53:35,360 --> 00:53:38,080
Speaker 3: homecoming aside from national team games he plays there, but

1053
00:53:38,239 --> 00:53:40,520
Speaker 3: club homecoming and they get that big win.

1054
00:53:41,080 --> 00:53:43,440
Speaker 1: And what they said, what the coach said after the game, Okay,

1055
00:53:43,600 --> 00:53:45,840
Speaker 1: he didn't say that they were comfortable, because that wouldn't

1056
00:53:45,920 --> 00:53:48,640
Speaker 1: be entirely true, but he was said that City were

1057
00:53:48,719 --> 00:53:52,239
Speaker 1: not that physical. And that's an interesting thing because they

1058
00:53:52,320 --> 00:53:55,800
Speaker 1: lost to Tottenham in the Europa League last season. Tottenham

1059
00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:58,160
Speaker 1: obviously not as good a team as manches a City,

1060
00:53:58,200 --> 00:54:00,360
Speaker 1: you would say, but what they really struggled with in

1061
00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:02,920
Speaker 1: the double head against Tottenham was the physicality. All the

1062
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:05,799
Speaker 1: sort of six foot plus guys who would just bash you,

1063
00:54:05,920 --> 00:54:08,879
Speaker 1: just go straight at you and fight. Yeah, and that

1064
00:54:08,920 --> 00:54:11,200
Speaker 1: was and that was a real shock to them last year,

1065
00:54:11,320 --> 00:54:13,360
Speaker 1: and in fact, they changed the way they trained to

1066
00:54:13,440 --> 00:54:16,440
Speaker 1: emphasize the physical stuff more because they realized, Okay, to

1067
00:54:16,480 --> 00:54:17,800
Speaker 1: do well in Europe, we're gonna have to be a

1068
00:54:17,800 --> 00:54:20,200
Speaker 1: little stronger when they come up against City City. We're

1069
00:54:20,200 --> 00:54:22,399
Speaker 1: trying to do the City thing of passing them to bits.

1070
00:54:22,440 --> 00:54:23,799
Speaker 1: And they were like, now we can deal with this.

1071
00:54:24,880 --> 00:54:28,120
Speaker 1: And if City had been putting crosses into the Giant

1072
00:54:28,160 --> 00:54:29,759
Speaker 1: Hall and into the box all day, that would have

1073
00:54:29,760 --> 00:54:31,680
Speaker 1: been much harder, but City decided not to do that.

1074
00:54:32,080 --> 00:54:32,640
Speaker 1: Just to put it.

1075
00:54:32,600 --> 00:54:37,440
Speaker 2: Into perspective, their salary wage bill is essentially only like

1076
00:54:37,480 --> 00:54:40,280
Speaker 2: a million or two dollars more than the top level

1077
00:54:40,400 --> 00:54:44,279
Speaker 2: MLS team for twenty twenty six in LAFC, Just to

1078
00:54:44,320 --> 00:54:46,880
Speaker 2: kind of put that into perspective, all right, Lars. In

1079
00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:49,239
Speaker 2: the Champions League, we were approaching the final week of

1080
00:54:49,280 --> 00:54:52,319
Speaker 2: the group stage, and with all the conversation we've had

1081
00:54:52,360 --> 00:54:55,040
Speaker 2: already today about how the Premier League is kind of

1082
00:54:55,040 --> 00:54:57,480
Speaker 2: in a weird state in terms of lack of goals

1083
00:54:57,520 --> 00:55:01,719
Speaker 2: and nil nil draws and Liverpool losing today and Tottenham

1084
00:55:01,880 --> 00:55:04,480
Speaker 2: struggling to get a draw after having good weeks in

1085
00:55:04,520 --> 00:55:08,840
Speaker 2: the Champions League. Here we sit with all five Premier

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Speaker 2: League teams in the top eight of the Champions League.

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00:55:12,719 --> 00:55:15,920
Speaker 2: Obviously Arsenal is the only team that is automatically going

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00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:19,799
Speaker 2: to qualify for the knockout stage. But you could end up,

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00:55:20,400 --> 00:55:22,279
Speaker 2: you know, with a good result for City, you could

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00:55:22,320 --> 00:55:27,080
Speaker 2: end up with all six with City falling into automatic

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00:55:27,719 --> 00:55:30,120
Speaker 2: into the in the knockout rounds. And I'm not sure

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00:55:30,160 --> 00:55:32,240
Speaker 2: what that means in the scheme of things in terms

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00:55:32,239 --> 00:55:35,040
Speaker 2: of the powerhouse nature of the Premier League versus the

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00:55:35,040 --> 00:55:35,880
Speaker 2: rest of Europe.

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00:55:38,520 --> 00:55:42,160
Speaker 1: I think it means again, without being a boar hair,

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Speaker 1: I think it means the English clubs have the most money,

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00:55:44,600 --> 00:55:48,879
Speaker 1: with a couple of exceptions. I mean to get away

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00:55:48,920 --> 00:55:49,919
Speaker 1: from that, but that.

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00:55:49,840 --> 00:55:53,319
Speaker 2: Hasn't proven to be the differentiator in a while. Like

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00:55:53,640 --> 00:55:56,359
Speaker 2: you know, it's not like the English teams have dominated

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00:55:56,440 --> 00:55:58,000
Speaker 2: the Champions League of.

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00:55:58,080 --> 00:56:01,640
Speaker 1: LA No where they they have to some extent. But

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Speaker 1: I want to tie this too so that the annual

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00:56:05,040 --> 00:56:09,919
Speaker 1: football finance analysis from Deloitte came out recently. We showed

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00:56:09,920 --> 00:56:12,760
Speaker 1: that in terms of revenue, of the top ten clubs

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00:56:12,800 --> 00:56:16,360
Speaker 1: in the world in terms of annual revenue. All of

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00:56:16,400 --> 00:56:18,640
Speaker 1: the so called top six in England are there. Six

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00:56:18,680 --> 00:56:21,240
Speaker 1: of the ten are English clubs. It's Real Madrid, Barcelona

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00:56:21,320 --> 00:56:24,400
Speaker 1: Buying and PSG, and then that's Liverpool City, Arsenal United,

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00:56:24,400 --> 00:56:28,719
Speaker 1: Tottenham and Chelsea the wealthiest clubs around. And you don't

1111
00:56:28,760 --> 00:56:30,680
Speaker 1: have to look too far down the list to bump

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00:56:30,719 --> 00:56:32,839
Speaker 1: in Teston, Villa, Newcastle, West Ham and so and so on.

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00:56:33,080 --> 00:56:36,280
Speaker 1: There's a lot of money in England and money doesn't

1114
00:56:36,280 --> 00:56:38,640
Speaker 1: always equal success, but it sure helps.

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00:56:39,440 --> 00:56:41,880
Speaker 3: The money has been there for a bit now in

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00:56:41,920 --> 00:56:44,360
Speaker 3: the Premier League over the other leagues. But I think

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00:56:44,840 --> 00:56:48,160
Speaker 3: a more recent development, and maybe we're seeing the fruits

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00:56:48,160 --> 00:56:52,399
Speaker 3: of this now with this recent table, is that the

1119
00:56:52,440 --> 00:56:55,520
Speaker 3: coaching is also now all headed to the Premier League.

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00:56:56,280 --> 00:56:59,800
Speaker 3: Money went first, the players went first. Certainly good coaches

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00:56:59,840 --> 00:57:02,120
Speaker 3: were there, but I think we've seen an influx of

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00:57:02,200 --> 00:57:05,480
Speaker 3: good coaches, good managers go to the Premier League, more

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00:57:05,520 --> 00:57:07,880
Speaker 3: so in the last couple of years than we have before.

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Speaker 2: Okay, well, with the results of that, do you have

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00:57:12,280 --> 00:57:13,960
Speaker 2: an opinion why they were Well, I mean, I think

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Speaker 2: I do think it's a result of the There's two

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00:57:18,200 --> 00:57:20,400
Speaker 2: things at play here. I agree the money is becoming

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00:57:20,400 --> 00:57:22,960
Speaker 2: the bigger and bigger differentiator. But what I think is

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00:57:23,240 --> 00:57:27,080
Speaker 2: when we talk about the kind of the boring results

1130
00:57:27,120 --> 00:57:29,040
Speaker 2: of this year in the Premier League, is something that

1131
00:57:29,080 --> 00:57:31,520
Speaker 2: you mentioned Andy, that we really didn't get into, which

1132
00:57:31,560 --> 00:57:34,000
Speaker 2: is parody, which is I think is something that's going

1133
00:57:34,080 --> 00:57:36,680
Speaker 2: to become more and more common in the Premier League

1134
00:57:36,720 --> 00:57:40,920
Speaker 2: because of the fact that even the twentieth place club

1135
00:57:41,040 --> 00:57:44,200
Speaker 2: has got so much money to spend that when you

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00:57:44,240 --> 00:57:47,840
Speaker 2: put these clubs in these European competitions with all the money,

1137
00:57:47,920 --> 00:57:50,760
Speaker 2: the depth and their rosters, I think that's really starting

1138
00:57:50,800 --> 00:57:56,080
Speaker 2: to show itself in the continental tournament versus just the

1139
00:57:56,080 --> 00:57:58,080
Speaker 2: domestic league. And what it's going to mean is that

1140
00:57:58,120 --> 00:58:00,440
Speaker 2: the domestic league of the Premier League legue is going

1141
00:58:00,520 --> 00:58:04,160
Speaker 2: to become more competitive from top to bottom than I

1142
00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:07,240
Speaker 2: think it has been historically for those of us that

1143
00:58:07,280 --> 00:58:09,720
Speaker 2: have been watching it for many, many years.

1144
00:58:10,640 --> 00:58:10,880
Speaker 1: Yep.

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00:58:11,240 --> 00:58:15,720
Speaker 3: So money at the end of the day.

1146
00:58:14,120 --> 00:58:16,800
Speaker 2: Yes, uh So, we go into the final week of

1147
00:58:16,920 --> 00:58:20,000
Speaker 2: the Premier excuse me, the Champions League and with the

1148
00:58:20,040 --> 00:58:23,480
Speaker 2: fixtures and everything, anything in particular or any particular game

1149
00:58:23,520 --> 00:58:29,760
Speaker 2: that you're most looking forward to this coming week, Bulla da.

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00:58:30,000 --> 00:58:34,120
Speaker 1: Going away, They're going away to atlas Ca Madrid. I

1151
00:58:34,160 --> 00:58:37,120
Speaker 1: would like for them to to win and get something.

1152
00:58:37,800 --> 00:58:40,160
Speaker 1: I mean, not Poly are playing Chelsea, not ply are

1153
00:58:40,200 --> 00:58:43,400
Speaker 1: not guaranteed to go through. They're they're they're they're kind

1154
00:58:43,400 --> 00:58:45,920
Speaker 1: of fighting for their right to continue being in this tournament.

1155
00:58:46,000 --> 00:58:48,800
Speaker 1: They're one of the probably the biggest team that's at

1156
00:58:48,880 --> 00:58:51,880
Speaker 1: risk of going out or are in real big trouble,

1157
00:58:51,920 --> 00:58:55,280
Speaker 1: notly the reigning Italian champions. So them them going to Chelsea,

1158
00:58:55,360 --> 00:58:56,920
Speaker 1: I think is an interesting game to look out for.

1159
00:58:58,080 --> 00:59:01,880
Speaker 2: Uh, Tottenham has uh frankurt unrig Frankfurt.

1160
00:59:02,080 --> 00:59:07,160
Speaker 1: Arsenal is playing which Carabine the Horsemen?

1161
00:59:07,600 --> 00:59:08,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, we're from.

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00:59:10,280 --> 00:59:12,360
Speaker 1: Right, so they've got That's a whole political thing there

1163
00:59:12,360 --> 00:59:13,960
Speaker 1: that we don't have to get time to get into.

1164
00:59:14,080 --> 00:59:17,040
Speaker 1: But you can look up the the Carabac team if

1165
00:59:17,040 --> 00:59:18,680
Speaker 1: you want, on your own time, you should.

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00:59:19,080 --> 00:59:20,240
Speaker 3: Liverpool is playing Carabi.

1167
00:59:21,520 --> 00:59:27,800
Speaker 2: You said no, Arsenal is playing Karat alma Sorry, thank you?

1168
00:59:28,160 --> 00:59:28,360
Speaker 1: Yeah?

1169
00:59:28,400 --> 00:59:29,000
Speaker 2: Where are they from?

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00:59:29,040 --> 00:59:31,200
Speaker 1: Al Maati that's even further away, but at least they

1171
00:59:31,200 --> 00:59:33,520
Speaker 1: don't have to go there. Al Mahti is very far away.

1172
00:59:33,600 --> 00:59:35,320
Speaker 1: Carabac is also quite far away.

1173
00:59:35,880 --> 00:59:37,760
Speaker 2: Are they both Azerbaijani clubs?

1174
00:59:38,120 --> 00:59:41,479
Speaker 1: And I I Almati is in Kazakhstan, which is okay.

1175
00:59:42,240 --> 00:59:44,919
Speaker 1: So I'd say a bak Whu is about a five

1176
00:59:44,960 --> 00:59:47,840
Speaker 1: and a half hour flight, probably going on six depending

1177
00:59:47,840 --> 00:59:49,760
Speaker 1: on how it works out. Al Mahti is even further.

1178
00:59:50,680 --> 00:59:55,800
Speaker 1: These are these are long travels for European teams. European

1179
00:59:55,800 --> 00:59:58,040
Speaker 1: teams are not used to having the travel distances that

1180
00:59:58,080 --> 01:00:00,840
Speaker 1: you guys have in domestic US. They freak out a

1181
01:00:00,880 --> 01:00:03,800
Speaker 1: little when they have to fly the equivalent of across

1182
01:00:03,800 --> 01:00:04,400
Speaker 1: the continents.

1183
01:00:05,600 --> 01:00:07,280
Speaker 2: And we'll finish it up with kind of the most

1184
01:00:07,320 --> 01:00:10,880
Speaker 2: interesting of the game's interesting games involving a Premier League team.

1185
01:00:10,880 --> 01:00:16,400
Speaker 2: It's Newcastle and PSG because Newcastle is in seventh, PSG

1186
01:00:16,560 --> 01:00:18,880
Speaker 2: is in six. But they're also in a situation where

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01:00:18,920 --> 01:00:20,840
Speaker 2: if one of those two teams to lose, there's a

1188
01:00:20,880 --> 01:00:23,840
Speaker 2: pretty good chance that somebody else below them will win

1189
01:00:24,440 --> 01:00:27,360
Speaker 2: and knock them out of the automatic uh you know,

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01:00:27,480 --> 01:00:30,040
Speaker 2: automatic spots into the knockout stage and they'd have to

1191
01:00:30,080 --> 01:00:33,200
Speaker 2: go to that goofy playoff coming up, So keep an

1192
01:00:33,240 --> 01:00:37,560
Speaker 2: eye on that particular thing. Those games take place this week. Luras,

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01:00:37,560 --> 01:00:39,440
Speaker 2: We're going to say something now, just.

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Speaker 1: You say goofy playoff I think of it more as

1195
01:00:41,800 --> 01:00:44,400
Speaker 1: like not not that some of them have to play

1196
01:00:44,400 --> 01:00:47,000
Speaker 1: the goofy playoff, but the best teams get to skip it.

1197
01:00:47,000 --> 01:00:48,880
Speaker 1: It's like you get to skip around. This is how

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01:00:48,920 --> 01:00:52,440
Speaker 1: I look at it. The flight London Talamati is eight hours,

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Speaker 1: that is fairness, That is a.

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Speaker 3: Yeah for a midweek that is a trek.

1201
01:00:58,200 --> 01:00:59,960
Speaker 1: So but they are at home, so it's it's irrelevant.

1202
01:01:00,120 --> 01:01:03,240
Speaker 1: I do like the fact that we have these these outposts.

1203
01:01:03,320 --> 01:01:06,040
Speaker 1: I think that again is real enrichment to this European tournament.

1204
01:01:06,080 --> 01:01:09,000
Speaker 1: That we have, that we have a club from Kazakhstan,

1205
01:01:09,000 --> 01:01:10,640
Speaker 1: that we have a club from Zaraba, John, that we

1206
01:01:10,680 --> 01:01:12,640
Speaker 1: have a club from the Arctic Circle. That's tremendous.

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01:01:12,680 --> 01:01:15,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that I like this format for that

1208
01:01:15,320 --> 01:01:15,880
Speaker 3: very reason.

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01:01:16,400 --> 01:01:17,000
Speaker 1: Interesting.

1210
01:01:17,120 --> 01:01:19,680
Speaker 2: I was going to ask Andy where your Swiss model

1211
01:01:19,720 --> 01:01:22,160
Speaker 2: meter was sitting at the end of the group stage,

1212
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Speaker 2: because I've heard a lot of dissension about it this week,

1213
01:01:25,160 --> 01:01:26,800
Speaker 2: and like people are thinking some of the games have

1214
01:01:26,880 --> 01:01:27,720
Speaker 2: been really boring.

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01:01:28,560 --> 01:01:31,960
Speaker 3: I just I like the opportunity that the smaller nations,

1216
01:01:31,960 --> 01:01:35,160
Speaker 3: smaller clubs get to compete against the big boys more

1217
01:01:35,200 --> 01:01:38,000
Speaker 3: than just you know, one or twice. Like the fact

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01:01:38,000 --> 01:01:40,680
Speaker 3: that they're just in the table is great because they

1219
01:01:40,680 --> 01:01:43,760
Speaker 3: wouldn't always make even the group stage in the past.

1220
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Speaker 3: But that they get to play several games like this,

1221
01:01:46,400 --> 01:01:50,120
Speaker 3: I think it's cool you get and you get matches

1222
01:01:50,160 --> 01:01:52,680
Speaker 3: like the city match in Norway where you get a

1223
01:01:52,720 --> 01:01:54,680
Speaker 3: surprise every once in a while, and I think that's

1224
01:01:54,680 --> 01:01:55,520
Speaker 3: great for the sport.

1225
01:01:56,920 --> 01:01:59,720
Speaker 1: Yeah. No, I mean I have enjoyed the football. I

1226
01:01:59,720 --> 01:02:02,760
Speaker 1: have no felt it boring. I don't. I feel like

1227
01:02:02,800 --> 01:02:05,280
Speaker 1: almost every match day there is at least one or

1228
01:02:05,280 --> 01:02:09,320
Speaker 1: two games that's like interesting. The weakness of the new

1229
01:02:09,360 --> 01:02:12,160
Speaker 1: system is that it doesn't feel like there's any genuine

1230
01:02:12,240 --> 01:02:16,560
Speaker 1: peril for the big teams. You never really worry that

1231
01:02:16,640 --> 01:02:18,240
Speaker 1: any of the big teams are going to get knocked

1232
01:02:18,280 --> 01:02:21,080
Speaker 1: out if they have one bad result or two bad results.

1233
01:02:21,840 --> 01:02:25,160
Speaker 1: But it is in terms of giving us fun games

1234
01:02:25,160 --> 01:02:27,720
Speaker 1: of soccer. I do feel like the format is delivering.

1235
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Speaker 2: Holy cow, we are running late. As I look at

1236
01:02:31,240 --> 01:02:34,360
Speaker 2: the clock. My bad. No, no, it's not your fault, Lars,

1237
01:02:34,400 --> 01:02:36,360
Speaker 2: it is my fault.

1238
01:02:36,520 --> 01:02:38,360
Speaker 1: I am I am EF and.

1239
01:02:38,400 --> 01:02:41,800
Speaker 2: This goat, So all right here we go, Lars. Thank

1240
01:02:41,880 --> 01:02:44,840
Speaker 2: you so much for your time today and your insight

1241
01:02:44,960 --> 01:02:47,320
Speaker 2: and your expertise. We love you and we're so excited

1242
01:02:47,360 --> 01:02:49,120
Speaker 2: to have you here this summer for the World.

1243
01:02:48,920 --> 01:02:52,200
Speaker 1: Cup anytime, guys, so looking forward to coming to Dallas

1244
01:02:52,240 --> 01:02:53,800
Speaker 1: doing the show. Seeing all you is going to be

1245
01:02:53,800 --> 01:02:56,400
Speaker 1: so much fun, good stuff. Andy.

1246
01:02:56,480 --> 01:02:59,520
Speaker 2: When we come back, let's do Andy's favorite new segment,

1247
01:02:59,600 --> 01:03:05,320
Speaker 2: World Cup Nerd. Next on The Kick Around, will Andy

1248
01:03:05,400 --> 01:03:11,720
Speaker 2: and I die MLS cupless chat. GPT has answered that

1249
01:03:11,840 --> 01:03:19,200
Speaker 2: question and I'll explain that yeah before the end of

1250
01:03:19,200 --> 01:03:19,520
Speaker 2: the show.

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01:03:19,560 --> 01:03:20,760
Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Kick Around.

1252
01:03:20,800 --> 01:03:24,040
Speaker 2: Thanks again to Lars for checking in and for the

1253
01:03:24,160 --> 01:03:25,080
Speaker 2: last several segments.

1254
01:03:25,120 --> 01:03:25,919
Speaker 1: That's a lot of fun.

1255
01:03:26,560 --> 01:03:29,120
Speaker 2: But that music tells us it's time for our favorite

1256
01:03:29,160 --> 01:03:32,360
Speaker 2: new weekly segment, World Cup Nerd, And I'm going to

1257
01:03:32,440 --> 01:03:37,280
Speaker 2: tie in last week's story that happened in the Afcon

1258
01:03:37,440 --> 01:03:40,919
Speaker 2: final between Senegal and Morocco. Obviously, the final was played

1259
01:03:40,960 --> 01:03:45,400
Speaker 2: in Morocco. There was lots and lots of controversy if

1260
01:03:46,040 --> 01:03:47,000
Speaker 2: if you've been living.

1261
01:03:46,800 --> 01:03:47,479
Speaker 1: Under a rock.

1262
01:03:47,680 --> 01:03:53,160
Speaker 2: Basically, Morocco lost the game at home to Senegal, who

1263
01:03:53,280 --> 01:03:57,080
Speaker 2: scored a winner in added time, but not before all

1264
01:03:57,160 --> 01:04:02,680
Speaker 2: kinds of ridiculousness took place in terms of Moroccan ball

1265
01:04:02,720 --> 01:04:08,240
Speaker 2: boys trying to steal the Senegalese goalkeeper's towel because it

1266
01:04:08,280 --> 01:04:11,240
Speaker 2: was wet and rainy, and so there was a backup

1267
01:04:11,320 --> 01:04:13,320
Speaker 2: keeper trying to keep them from that, and there was

1268
01:04:13,400 --> 01:04:15,600
Speaker 2: like some job that was just weird stuff going on

1269
01:04:15,720 --> 01:04:21,440
Speaker 2: the sideline that, unto itself, was inexcusable. But then Senegal

1270
01:04:21,520 --> 01:04:25,600
Speaker 2: had not one, but two var decisions not go their way,

1271
01:04:25,840 --> 01:04:30,360
Speaker 2: so the Senegalese fans started to riot and come out

1272
01:04:30,360 --> 01:04:34,120
Speaker 2: of the stands, which led to the Senegalese manager pulling

1273
01:04:34,160 --> 01:04:37,320
Speaker 2: his team from the field. There ended up being like

1274
01:04:37,360 --> 01:04:41,240
Speaker 2: a twenty minute delay before Saudio Mane talked his team

1275
01:04:41,280 --> 01:04:44,280
Speaker 2: to come back on the field and then the most

1276
01:04:44,400 --> 01:04:49,520
Speaker 2: ridiculously poorly taken penalty kick for Morocco took place that

1277
01:04:49,720 --> 01:04:50,960
Speaker 2: was easily saved.

1278
01:04:52,200 --> 01:04:54,320
Speaker 1: Was that don on purpose or not? I don't know.

1279
01:04:54,920 --> 01:04:58,400
Speaker 2: Ultimately Senegal hit that goal in the deep added time

1280
01:04:58,440 --> 01:05:00,840
Speaker 2: of like the twenty second minute. I've had a time

1281
01:05:01,440 --> 01:05:04,080
Speaker 2: and they are the African champions. And while that was

1282
01:05:04,120 --> 01:05:07,480
Speaker 2: all going on, I thought to ask myself this question,

1283
01:05:07,880 --> 01:05:11,640
Speaker 2: has anything, anything ever even close to this level of

1284
01:05:11,640 --> 01:05:14,920
Speaker 2: controversy ever taken place during a World Cup?

1285
01:05:15,000 --> 01:05:15,400
Speaker 1: Andy?

1286
01:05:15,480 --> 01:05:16,240
Speaker 2: Has it?

1287
01:05:16,320 --> 01:05:20,120
Speaker 3: And the answer is yes, We've gotten something pretty close

1288
01:05:20,160 --> 01:05:24,360
Speaker 3: to that. Nineteen eighty two in Spain, the World Cup

1289
01:05:24,400 --> 01:05:28,240
Speaker 3: in Spain, France and Peah. Yeah, France and Kuwait are

1290
01:05:28,280 --> 01:05:31,640
Speaker 3: playing a group stage match and France is leading three

1291
01:05:31,640 --> 01:05:35,000
Speaker 3: to one round the seventy fifth minute, and then Kuwait, though,

1292
01:05:35,080 --> 01:05:37,720
Speaker 3: is pushing for a second goal. We should note that

1293
01:05:37,800 --> 01:05:40,960
Speaker 3: Kuwait drew with the checks in the first match, so

1294
01:05:41,000 --> 01:05:43,400
Speaker 3: it's a tight group. England was part of that group

1295
01:05:43,440 --> 01:05:45,880
Speaker 3: as well. And this is the Saint France team that

1296
01:05:45,880 --> 01:05:49,280
Speaker 3: had Platini as captain that lost to Germany and PK's

1297
01:05:49,280 --> 01:05:51,920
Speaker 3: in the semi so along with Brazil, they're probably considered

1298
01:05:51,920 --> 01:05:53,919
Speaker 3: the best team of that World Cup. They just didn't

1299
01:05:53,920 --> 01:05:56,360
Speaker 3: happen to win it. Italy won that World Cup. So

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01:05:56,480 --> 01:06:00,320
Speaker 3: Kuwait is pushing for a second goal and France goes

1301
01:06:00,360 --> 01:06:05,560
Speaker 3: on a counter and scores, and it looked like some

1302
01:06:05,640 --> 01:06:09,440
Speaker 3: of the Kuwait defenders hesitated at one point and kind

1303
01:06:09,480 --> 01:06:11,720
Speaker 3: of stop for a split second because they might have

1304
01:06:11,800 --> 01:06:15,800
Speaker 3: heard something. France goes on, they don't stop. The French

1305
01:06:15,800 --> 01:06:18,480
Speaker 3: players go on, keep the ball and go on and score,

1306
01:06:18,520 --> 01:06:21,240
Speaker 3: and the referee allows the goal. Some of the Kuwait

1307
01:06:21,240 --> 01:06:23,640
Speaker 3: players start arguing that they heard a whistle, but the

1308
01:06:24,200 --> 01:06:27,320
Speaker 3: referee hadn't blown a whistle and they probably came from

1309
01:06:27,320 --> 01:06:31,480
Speaker 3: the stands. So at that point, the Kuwait players start

1310
01:06:31,600 --> 01:06:36,160
Speaker 3: walking off the field because the brother of the Emir

1311
01:06:36,280 --> 01:06:39,760
Speaker 3: of Kuwait, he was attending the game. The brother was

1312
01:06:40,480 --> 01:06:43,000
Speaker 3: he ordered the players off the field, and you see,

1313
01:06:43,040 --> 01:06:45,360
Speaker 3: like if you watch video, you can see video of

1314
01:06:45,440 --> 01:06:47,840
Speaker 3: him standing up in his seat and gesturing for the

1315
01:06:47,880 --> 01:06:51,320
Speaker 3: team to come off the field. So the brother of

1316
01:06:51,400 --> 01:06:54,040
Speaker 3: the emir of their country is telling them to walk

1317
01:06:54,080 --> 01:06:56,520
Speaker 3: off the field. They all walk off the field. Then

1318
01:06:56,560 --> 01:07:01,400
Speaker 3: you see their coach gesturing to the amir's brother. His name.

1319
01:07:01,480 --> 01:07:02,920
Speaker 3: You want me to tell you his name? His name

1320
01:07:02,960 --> 01:07:08,720
Speaker 3: in case you're wondering. Yes, it's Sheikh Fahad al Lahmed

1321
01:07:08,880 --> 01:07:10,600
Speaker 3: al Jabert al Sabah.

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01:07:10,840 --> 01:07:13,240
Speaker 1: Okay, well that sounds burdensome.

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01:07:12,720 --> 01:07:18,000
Speaker 3: But yeah, we'll just call him vy Amir's brother. Uh So,

1324
01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:20,560
Speaker 3: So the coach points to him and says, hey, can

1325
01:07:20,640 --> 01:07:23,360
Speaker 3: you come down here and just kind of sort things

1326
01:07:23,400 --> 01:07:26,919
Speaker 3: out for us, Sylvie amir decides to go downfield level.

1327
01:07:26,960 --> 01:07:29,080
Speaker 3: Now he doesn't have a credential. He just gets up

1328
01:07:29,120 --> 01:07:32,840
Speaker 3: from via his VIP tribune seat, walks down on the field.

1329
01:07:33,040 --> 01:07:37,240
Speaker 3: Security police, they all just open, open up, no resistance,

1330
01:07:37,680 --> 01:07:40,280
Speaker 3: because this is like an amir walking on the field.

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01:07:41,000 --> 01:07:44,040
Speaker 3: And he went up to the referee, who was Soviet

1332
01:07:44,080 --> 01:07:46,960
Speaker 3: by the way, just to add to the uh, the

1333
01:07:47,280 --> 01:07:52,040
Speaker 3: mystery here, he whispered in his ear and then he

1334
01:07:52,160 --> 01:07:56,160
Speaker 3: just walked off and just like that, what the referee do?

1335
01:07:56,960 --> 01:07:58,400
Speaker 3: He called for a drop ball?

1336
01:07:58,920 --> 01:07:59,480
Speaker 2: No goal?

1337
01:08:00,720 --> 01:08:07,480
Speaker 3: Whoa So after he awarded the goal, Oh no yes,

1338
01:08:08,160 --> 01:08:12,720
Speaker 3: So then the French coach, the famous Michelle ldalgo he

1339
01:08:12,880 --> 01:08:16,519
Speaker 3: just goes nuts and of course he gets a red card.

1340
01:08:16,680 --> 01:08:19,759
Speaker 3: So now the French are all up in arms. Finally

1341
01:08:19,760 --> 01:08:23,240
Speaker 3: played like players, restored kickball. France goes on and they

1342
01:08:23,280 --> 01:08:26,280
Speaker 3: score another goal. They eventually went four to one, but

1343
01:08:26,360 --> 01:08:29,000
Speaker 3: FIFA did give the referee a lifetime suspension after that.

1344
01:08:29,240 --> 01:08:32,800
Speaker 3: Really yeah, Soviet referee.

1345
01:08:32,840 --> 01:08:33,559
Speaker 1: It's interesting.

1346
01:08:33,680 --> 01:08:38,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a fantastic story. And I didn't realize that

1347
01:08:38,400 --> 01:08:41,519
Speaker 2: it happened in the World Cup before, but am watching

1348
01:08:41,600 --> 01:08:45,160
Speaker 2: this happen this last week with Senegal because I was

1349
01:08:45,200 --> 01:08:48,640
Speaker 2: frustrated that Senegal. I felt like they got away with

1350
01:08:48,680 --> 01:08:51,439
Speaker 2: something by leaving the field and going to the locker room.

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01:08:51,520 --> 01:08:53,760
Speaker 3: They went to the locker room. I mean, that's nuts.

1352
01:08:53,840 --> 01:08:55,439
Speaker 3: They went all the way to the locker room.

1353
01:08:55,600 --> 01:08:58,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, the referee has the right to abandon

1354
01:08:58,360 --> 01:09:02,040
Speaker 2: a game, but it also depends on the tournament I assume, Andy,

1355
01:09:02,280 --> 01:09:05,160
Speaker 2: and the role that you play for CONKA CAF as

1356
01:09:05,200 --> 01:09:07,320
Speaker 2: a match official, I guess you come into play at

1357
01:09:07,360 --> 01:09:07,800
Speaker 2: that point.

1358
01:09:07,960 --> 01:09:12,599
Speaker 3: Yeah, and for a final, you will have the African

1359
01:09:13,560 --> 01:09:18,520
Speaker 3: African continent that their confederation officials they're making calls as well.

1360
01:09:18,160 --> 01:09:22,360
Speaker 3: There they can override the referee in a final in

1361
01:09:22,439 --> 01:09:27,040
Speaker 3: an official competition like this. But but I think FIFA

1362
01:09:27,120 --> 01:09:28,840
Speaker 3: is now looking and I don't know if they're working

1363
01:09:28,880 --> 01:09:32,679
Speaker 3: with the African Confederation, they are looking at this because

1364
01:09:32,720 --> 01:09:36,519
Speaker 3: there is a provision that says that if what you

1365
01:09:36,640 --> 01:09:40,519
Speaker 3: do from that perspective, if you walk off the field

1366
01:09:40,600 --> 01:09:43,920
Speaker 3: and delay the game by a certain amount of time,

1367
01:09:44,160 --> 01:09:48,120
Speaker 3: it can cause the opposing team harm, a sporting harm

1368
01:09:49,200 --> 01:09:53,960
Speaker 3: And and so what's what Morocco is arguing and I

1369
01:09:54,000 --> 01:09:59,000
Speaker 3: think they're they're wanting this match overturn and the result overturn.

1370
01:09:59,080 --> 01:10:03,040
Speaker 3: They're arguing that the effects of that delay, which was extensive,

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01:10:03,080 --> 01:10:07,639
Speaker 3: as you mentioned, caused them to not play well. Following

1372
01:10:07,680 --> 01:10:10,120
Speaker 3: the delay, they missed the pik and then gave up

1373
01:10:10,120 --> 01:10:12,080
Speaker 3: the winning goal. And their argument as it was all

1374
01:10:12,080 --> 01:10:12,920
Speaker 3: caused by the delay.

1375
01:10:13,240 --> 01:10:15,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I would say that that was exacerbated by

1376
01:10:15,840 --> 01:10:18,760
Speaker 2: the fact that the delay preceded a fact there was.

1377
01:10:18,720 --> 01:10:20,000
Speaker 1: Going to be a penalty kick.

1378
01:10:20,280 --> 01:10:23,920
Speaker 2: And before we go, my question to you is, did

1379
01:10:23,920 --> 01:10:26,479
Speaker 2: he miss it on purpose or was the delay the

1380
01:10:26,560 --> 01:10:28,800
Speaker 2: thing that caused him to miss it so bad? Right?

1381
01:10:28,880 --> 01:10:32,280
Speaker 3: Did they feel like? Did the Moroccan players feel like?

1382
01:10:32,560 --> 01:10:35,439
Speaker 3: Because we have to say what happened on the field.

1383
01:10:35,520 --> 01:10:41,120
Speaker 3: Senegal had scored a goal, the game winning goal, minutes

1384
01:10:41,160 --> 01:10:44,719
Speaker 3: prior and that goal was called back because of a foul.

1385
01:10:44,800 --> 01:10:48,160
Speaker 3: It was a vowel, very soft vowl. Referee blew the

1386
01:10:48,200 --> 01:10:51,000
Speaker 3: whistle before the play was even over. They didn't allow

1387
01:10:51,040 --> 01:10:54,479
Speaker 3: the play to proceed and then let Var decide. So

1388
01:10:55,120 --> 01:10:57,080
Speaker 3: that was bad. And then a few minutes later he

1389
01:10:57,160 --> 01:10:59,519
Speaker 3: calls his PK and favorite Moroccos. So there are some

1390
01:10:59,640 --> 01:11:02,439
Speaker 3: that feel, well, Morocco knew that this was all a

1391
01:11:02,520 --> 01:11:03,760
Speaker 3: joke and the fix was.

1392
01:11:03,760 --> 01:11:04,680
Speaker 1: In or whatever. I don't know.

1393
01:11:04,720 --> 01:11:06,960
Speaker 3: I don't think he missed on purpose. You saw him

1394
01:11:07,000 --> 01:11:08,960
Speaker 3: cry after the game. I think he had real emotion,

1395
01:11:10,640 --> 01:11:11,640
Speaker 3: So yeah, I don't think so.

1396
01:11:11,880 --> 01:11:14,760
Speaker 2: I saw some cases being made that could sell me

1397
01:11:14,840 --> 01:11:16,840
Speaker 2: on the idea that there had been some sort of

1398
01:11:16,960 --> 01:11:20,640
Speaker 2: agreement to miss the PK. But I also feel like

1399
01:11:21,160 --> 01:11:24,439
Speaker 2: that would be man. I don't know how you would

1400
01:11:24,439 --> 01:11:26,760
Speaker 2: answer to the rest of your teammates if that was

1401
01:11:26,800 --> 01:11:29,920
Speaker 2: the case, unless you were told to miss it or

1402
01:11:29,960 --> 01:11:32,760
Speaker 2: something like that. None of that makes a lot of sense. Well,

1403
01:11:32,800 --> 01:11:36,360
Speaker 2: it was high fine drama. I hope we don't Well

1404
01:11:36,360 --> 01:11:37,080
Speaker 2: I don't think.

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01:11:37,120 --> 01:11:37,680
Speaker 1: I hope we have.

1406
01:11:37,920 --> 01:11:40,680
Speaker 2: I think I hope we don't have something like that

1407
01:11:40,720 --> 01:11:43,519
Speaker 2: happened in the World Cup coming up this summer.

1408
01:11:43,680 --> 01:11:45,639
Speaker 3: No, it's rare. It's rare.

1409
01:11:45,920 --> 01:11:48,240
Speaker 2: Yes, Well, you know when you get so angry that

1410
01:11:48,320 --> 01:11:51,160
Speaker 2: you just huff and puff off the field, that's a

1411
01:11:51,200 --> 01:11:51,759
Speaker 2: bad sign.

1412
01:11:52,400 --> 01:11:55,120
Speaker 3: Yeah. There was one two in England in nineteen sixty

1413
01:11:55,120 --> 01:11:57,680
Speaker 3: six that worke up in England when Argentina threatened to

1414
01:11:57,720 --> 01:11:59,760
Speaker 3: walk off because they got red card and they felt

1415
01:11:59,760 --> 01:12:03,000
Speaker 3: that is home cooking because the tournament in England they

1416
01:12:03,040 --> 01:12:07,160
Speaker 3: were playing in England. Yeah, and their tournament officials, FIFA

1417
01:12:07,200 --> 01:12:09,960
Speaker 3: officials convinced them. They went downfield level and convinced them

1418
01:12:10,000 --> 01:12:12,360
Speaker 3: not to walk off and stay stand in the game

1419
01:12:12,439 --> 01:12:13,679
Speaker 3: and play resumed.

1420
01:12:13,760 --> 01:12:14,080
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1421
01:12:14,080 --> 01:12:15,560
Speaker 3: So that was then almost.

1422
01:12:15,200 --> 01:12:20,160
Speaker 2: One hotheads for sure, all right, there you go. World

1423
01:12:20,200 --> 01:12:22,880
Speaker 2: Cup NERD will take our break and when we come back,

1424
01:12:22,920 --> 01:12:25,800
Speaker 2: we'll do America's favorite segment, to dribble and answer the

1425
01:12:25,880 --> 01:12:28,599
Speaker 2: question is the World Cup actually gonna happen?

1426
01:12:28,840 --> 01:12:34,000
Speaker 1: Next to on the Kick Around? So we opened the show.

1427
01:12:35,280 --> 01:12:38,920
Speaker 2: Asking the question what was the difference between freezing rain

1428
01:12:39,200 --> 01:12:44,080
Speaker 2: and sleet? And the good Mary on the Twitter sent

1429
01:12:44,200 --> 01:12:47,800
Speaker 2: Michael Dixon and I a graphic that explains it in

1430
01:12:47,960 --> 01:12:54,680
Speaker 2: donuts Andy, freezing rain is like a glazed donut, it claims,

1431
01:12:54,920 --> 01:13:00,439
Speaker 2: liquid rain freezes on contact, and sleet is like wrinkles.

1432
01:13:01,840 --> 01:13:04,920
Speaker 2: Frozen rain drops. They bounce on impact. So that is

1433
01:13:04,960 --> 01:13:08,240
Speaker 2: the difference between phrase freezing rain and sleet. So thanks

1434
01:13:08,280 --> 01:13:10,320
Speaker 2: to Mary for edumacating us.

1435
01:13:10,240 --> 01:13:12,880
Speaker 3: And which one hurts more on the face the I

1436
01:13:12,920 --> 01:13:15,360
Speaker 3: think sleet then, right, because it's already frozen.

1437
01:13:16,160 --> 01:13:19,280
Speaker 1: Yes, probably so Yeah, when.

1438
01:13:19,120 --> 01:13:22,400
Speaker 3: I was finishing the walk with our doggie, it was

1439
01:13:22,600 --> 01:13:24,559
Speaker 3: what was hitting my face was then sleet?

1440
01:13:24,840 --> 01:13:25,240
Speaker 1: Sleet?

1441
01:13:25,560 --> 01:13:29,120
Speaker 3: Yes, sleep it's stung. It's stung as it hit my face.

1442
01:13:29,920 --> 01:13:34,040
Speaker 2: Anytime you can educate somebody about anything science or factoid

1443
01:13:34,080 --> 01:13:35,720
Speaker 2: about your nut donuts, I.

1444
01:13:35,640 --> 01:13:37,560
Speaker 3: Think you've probably.

1445
01:13:37,600 --> 01:13:39,920
Speaker 1: Yes, you've you've won the world. Right there?

1446
01:13:40,120 --> 01:13:42,519
Speaker 2: All right, before we go, a couple of things that

1447
01:13:42,560 --> 01:13:45,040
Speaker 2: I want to get out of the way. Uh. First off,

1448
01:13:45,080 --> 01:13:46,759
Speaker 2: a little bit tied to the World Cup.

1449
01:13:47,640 --> 01:13:47,840
Speaker 3: Uh.

1450
01:13:47,880 --> 01:13:50,640
Speaker 2: Infantino had some comments this week about the prices of

1451
01:13:50,680 --> 01:13:53,680
Speaker 2: World Cup tickets and seem.

1452
01:13:53,520 --> 01:13:55,320
Speaker 1: To want to put a lot of the blame on.

1453
01:13:55,280 --> 01:13:58,479
Speaker 2: The fact that people are buying tickets at face value,

1454
01:13:58,960 --> 01:14:01,360
Speaker 2: and because in here in the United States and Canada

1455
01:14:01,880 --> 01:14:04,280
Speaker 2: there are laws that allow you to resell them on

1456
01:14:04,360 --> 01:14:08,160
Speaker 2: third party platforms or resale platforms. Well that there is

1457
01:14:08,200 --> 01:14:11,040
Speaker 2: where the real price increases are coming from, not from

1458
01:14:11,280 --> 01:14:15,599
Speaker 2: the fact that they're already expensive to begin with. It's funny,

1459
01:14:15,640 --> 01:14:17,720
Speaker 2: mister Infantino. By the way, do you know that on

1460
01:14:17,760 --> 01:14:21,040
Speaker 2: the FIFA resale website, which, by the way, they did

1461
01:14:21,080 --> 01:14:26,280
Speaker 2: put up the most expensive ticket on the FIFA marketplace

1462
01:14:26,439 --> 01:14:29,599
Speaker 2: right now? Do you know the answer to this question?

1463
01:14:29,640 --> 01:14:29,920
Speaker 3: Andy?

1464
01:14:30,280 --> 01:14:30,639
Speaker 1: All right?

1465
01:14:30,640 --> 01:14:32,479
Speaker 2: Would you like to take a guess with the most

1466
01:14:32,520 --> 01:14:38,400
Speaker 2: expensive ticket prices currently on the FIFA resale market website.

1467
01:14:39,040 --> 01:14:42,360
Speaker 3: Well, it depends, it's not. These are not hospitalities tickets, No,

1468
01:14:42,439 --> 01:14:43,520
Speaker 3: these are individuals.

1469
01:14:43,520 --> 01:14:46,720
Speaker 2: This is for one individual seat and I don't know,

1470
01:14:46,800 --> 01:14:48,600
Speaker 2: but I assume it's for the final.

1471
01:14:48,360 --> 01:14:54,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, front center at the final twelve five hundred eighteen

1472
01:14:54,720 --> 01:14:56,200
Speaker 3: two hundred. No, am I wrong?

1473
01:14:58,800 --> 01:15:01,640
Speaker 2: You know what, Peyton is very close two hundred and

1474
01:15:01,680 --> 01:15:03,280
Speaker 2: thirty thousand dollars.

1475
01:15:03,439 --> 01:15:06,920
Speaker 3: Ah, that's got to be hospitality. It's got to be

1476
01:15:06,960 --> 01:15:08,920
Speaker 3: like cut club seat with you.

1477
01:15:08,920 --> 01:15:11,840
Speaker 1: Think okay, yeah, I would think so. Yeah.

1478
01:15:11,880 --> 01:15:15,479
Speaker 2: That's also the platform in which FIFA is taking thirty

1479
01:15:15,600 --> 01:15:19,120
Speaker 2: percent fifteen percent from both the seller and the buyer.

1480
01:15:19,160 --> 01:15:20,120
Speaker 1: It's pretty crazy.

1481
01:15:20,439 --> 01:15:22,599
Speaker 3: So a week after I was quoted in the paper

1482
01:15:22,800 --> 01:15:28,759
Speaker 3: saying proceed buying tickets from third party vendors with extreme

1483
01:15:28,840 --> 01:15:30,760
Speaker 3: caution or something like that, Right, I think is what

1484
01:15:30,840 --> 01:15:33,880
Speaker 3: I said, Infantino comes out and says, yeah, you can

1485
01:15:33,880 --> 01:15:35,400
Speaker 3: go ahead and buy from third party vendors.

1486
01:15:35,560 --> 01:15:36,679
Speaker 1: Well, he didn't say that.

1487
01:15:36,920 --> 01:15:39,080
Speaker 2: I think he was just saying that that's what's driving

1488
01:15:39,120 --> 01:15:41,519
Speaker 2: all the prices at now.

1489
01:15:41,560 --> 01:15:43,360
Speaker 1: The other thing that he said he was convinced.

1490
01:15:43,439 --> 01:15:46,160
Speaker 2: He said that all one hundred and four matches of

1491
01:15:46,200 --> 01:15:50,280
Speaker 2: this World Cup will without question be sold out, and

1492
01:15:50,320 --> 01:15:53,320
Speaker 2: he used this stat which kind of blew me away.

1493
01:15:53,400 --> 01:15:55,920
Speaker 2: He says, quote, in almost one hundred years of the

1494
01:15:55,920 --> 01:16:00,360
Speaker 2: World Cup in its history, FIFA has sold about fifty

1495
01:16:00,520 --> 01:16:03,719
Speaker 2: million tickets in total for all of the World Cups

1496
01:16:03,720 --> 01:16:07,719
Speaker 2: combined now for this World Cup in just four weeks

1497
01:16:07,720 --> 01:16:10,960
Speaker 2: while they're on sale, we have already had request enough

1498
01:16:11,040 --> 01:16:15,160
Speaker 2: for one thousand years of World Cups at once.

1499
01:16:15,640 --> 01:16:19,519
Speaker 3: Wow. That's amazing. Big stadium, lots of game, more games,

1500
01:16:19,600 --> 01:16:23,280
Speaker 3: big stadiums. And I do think there's a chance all

1501
01:16:23,360 --> 01:16:27,599
Speaker 3: games sell out because of dynamic pricing, because those games

1502
01:16:27,600 --> 01:16:30,160
Speaker 3: that are considered duds that aren't going to be as popular.

1503
01:16:30,320 --> 01:16:32,599
Speaker 3: We don't have any here in North Texas, but there

1504
01:16:32,600 --> 01:16:37,240
Speaker 3: are some around other venues. Those those tickets will drop

1505
01:16:37,240 --> 01:16:40,559
Speaker 3: in price, yeah, because that's how dynamic pricing works. And

1506
01:16:40,920 --> 01:16:42,240
Speaker 3: you know, if you have a chance to go to

1507
01:16:42,280 --> 01:16:44,960
Speaker 3: a World Cup game for twenty five bucks, you probably

1508
01:16:45,000 --> 01:16:47,280
Speaker 3: pounce on it. So I think eventually all games will

1509
01:16:47,280 --> 01:16:47,680
Speaker 3: sell out.

1510
01:16:48,040 --> 01:16:50,920
Speaker 2: We keep talking about that. I am curious at whatever

1511
01:16:51,000 --> 01:16:53,840
Speaker 2: game somebody would consider to be a dud, what the

1512
01:16:53,880 --> 01:16:56,599
Speaker 2: tickets end up going for that are reasonable, that aren't

1513
01:16:56,600 --> 01:16:58,160
Speaker 2: the ones that are in the seats that you just

1514
01:16:58,280 --> 01:17:00,640
Speaker 2: don't want to sit in. Nobody wants to sit in

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Speaker 2: the uppermost corner at the death star, even for a

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Speaker 2: World Cup game, unless I mean, I guess you would.

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Speaker 3: Well, if I'm asking you then if the US is

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01:17:10,240 --> 01:17:13,600
Speaker 3: playing there July third, and you have a chance to

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01:17:13,680 --> 01:17:17,120
Speaker 3: buy or be in the building for that game World

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01:17:17,120 --> 01:17:21,519
Speaker 3: Cup game your country July third, knockout round game, and

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01:17:21,880 --> 01:17:24,080
Speaker 3: but but you have to sit in one of those seats.

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Speaker 3: You turn that down.

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Speaker 1: Boy, that is a sophie's choice. I probably do, Andy.

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Speaker 2: I think I'd rather sit in a television and be

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01:17:33,560 --> 01:17:34,960
Speaker 2: able to watch the game.

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Speaker 3: I just think being in the building of a World

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01:17:38,160 --> 01:17:41,160
Speaker 3: Cup game with your national team with the advancement on

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01:17:41,200 --> 01:17:44,320
Speaker 3: the line. Yeah, you know you can watch games in

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01:17:44,320 --> 01:17:45,840
Speaker 3: front of your TV anytime you want.

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01:17:46,120 --> 01:17:47,920
Speaker 2: I guess you could VR it and go back and

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01:17:47,960 --> 01:17:49,599
Speaker 2: watch it again after the fact and.

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01:17:49,560 --> 01:17:52,479
Speaker 3: Say that you're actually in the game manager at movie

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01:17:52,520 --> 01:17:56,000
Speaker 3: theaters when the sounds not normally. Yes, you can do that,

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01:17:56,080 --> 01:17:58,479
Speaker 3: but sometimes you just have to experience things in a

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01:17:58,520 --> 01:17:59,120
Speaker 3: different way.

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Speaker 1: Peter, thank you.

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01:18:00,680 --> 01:18:05,799
Speaker 2: You're right, mister, send the stake back. That's slightly overcooked, tche.

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01:18:07,840 --> 01:18:10,680
Speaker 2: The other thing is I get this question asked to me.

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01:18:10,760 --> 01:18:13,759
Speaker 2: I assume you get it asked to you all the time, too, Andy,

1540
01:18:13,880 --> 01:18:17,000
Speaker 2: which is is this World Cup going to happen? And

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01:18:17,040 --> 01:18:19,680
Speaker 2: this comes on the heels of the Vice President of

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01:18:19,720 --> 01:18:23,760
Speaker 2: the German Federation bringing up the concept that the other

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01:18:23,840 --> 01:18:27,240
Speaker 2: countries should at least have a discussion about boycotting the

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01:18:27,240 --> 01:18:30,120
Speaker 2: World Cup with all of the stuff going on between

1545
01:18:30,280 --> 01:18:35,400
Speaker 2: Trump and domestic issues and the international issues. You and

1546
01:18:35,479 --> 01:18:39,240
Speaker 2: I are very confident that this World Cup is going

1547
01:18:39,280 --> 01:18:42,280
Speaker 2: to happen and all of the countries that are already

1548
01:18:42,320 --> 01:18:45,639
Speaker 2: in the tournament and will be in the tournament will participate.

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01:18:45,080 --> 01:18:48,880
Speaker 3: Right, Yeah, I think the likelihood of a boycott is

1550
01:18:48,920 --> 01:18:52,640
Speaker 3: extremely low. We've heard this before. They talked about boycotting,

1551
01:18:52,760 --> 01:18:55,120
Speaker 3: boycotting the Qatar Cutter.

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01:18:56,120 --> 01:18:57,599
Speaker 1: Cutter, it's one of the two.

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01:18:57,600 --> 01:19:01,479
Speaker 3: Cutter, that's it. It's Cutter. I've been listening often to

1554
01:19:01,720 --> 01:19:04,519
Speaker 3: get it right. But you know, they they there was

1555
01:19:04,600 --> 01:19:08,519
Speaker 3: talk of boycotting, boycotting that that competition and it didn't happen.

1556
01:19:08,840 --> 01:19:11,800
Speaker 3: There was talk about South Africa and the fear of

1557
01:19:11,880 --> 01:19:15,360
Speaker 3: security issues and how Russia fans fans weren't going to go,

1558
01:19:15,400 --> 01:19:18,439
Speaker 3: and then Russia. It just seems, you know, every World

1559
01:19:18,479 --> 01:19:24,920
Speaker 3: Cup these days, we just get these narratives and you know, there, look,

1560
01:19:25,200 --> 01:19:28,720
Speaker 3: there are issues, and I understand why, uh, you know,

1561
01:19:28,920 --> 01:19:31,280
Speaker 3: the conversation is taking place, but no, the World Cup

1562
01:19:31,360 --> 01:19:33,960
Speaker 3: is going to take place, and it's gonna it's gonna

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01:19:33,960 --> 01:19:36,160
Speaker 3: be a it's going to be a huge event. It's

1564
01:19:36,160 --> 01:19:42,240
Speaker 3: gonna this World Cup is you know, I I don't

1565
01:19:42,240 --> 01:19:44,960
Speaker 3: want to speak ahead of things, but it it is

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01:19:45,000 --> 01:19:48,599
Speaker 3: going to be a massive, massive event. And they're saying

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01:19:48,640 --> 01:19:50,120
Speaker 3: the biggest sporting event in history.

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01:19:50,920 --> 01:19:54,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree. I mean, obviously, as wacky as our

1569
01:19:55,080 --> 01:19:58,639
Speaker 2: culture and world has been in the last recent past,

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01:19:58,920 --> 01:20:02,920
Speaker 2: anything is possible, I assume. But I always feel like

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01:20:03,080 --> 01:20:06,439
Speaker 2: every World Cup in the last couple of decades has

1572
01:20:06,520 --> 01:20:11,080
Speaker 2: always arrived with a lot of questions in controversy and

1573
01:20:11,240 --> 01:20:13,840
Speaker 2: people wondering if it's going to happen or go off well,

1574
01:20:13,840 --> 01:20:16,120
Speaker 2: and it always ends up being a big deal. And

1575
01:20:16,160 --> 01:20:17,719
Speaker 2: I assume this will be no different.

1576
01:20:18,080 --> 01:20:22,320
Speaker 3: And ultimately, if any if any federation, any country's federation

1577
01:20:22,840 --> 01:20:26,360
Speaker 3: boycotts and doesn't send their national team, they're ultimately answering

1578
01:20:26,400 --> 01:20:29,920
Speaker 3: to FIFA, and so that that is an issue for

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01:20:30,000 --> 01:20:32,680
Speaker 3: that federation because then FIFA will you know, FIFA will

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01:20:32,720 --> 01:20:38,200
Speaker 3: threaten sanctions against that. So you know, the German national

1581
01:20:38,240 --> 01:20:41,400
Speaker 3: team probably doesn't want to be suspended for the next

1582
01:20:41,400 --> 01:20:43,719
Speaker 3: two World Cups that kind of thing. And I assume

1583
01:20:43,800 --> 01:20:46,599
Speaker 3: that if anybody threatens with a real I mean, if

1584
01:20:46,600 --> 01:20:49,360
Speaker 3: the threat becomes real like that, FIFA then steps up

1585
01:20:49,400 --> 01:20:51,320
Speaker 3: and says, well if you do, which is by the way,

1586
01:20:51,880 --> 01:20:54,360
Speaker 3: they had to kind of throw some language out about

1587
01:20:54,400 --> 01:20:57,559
Speaker 3: that in the last the last cycle, the last World Cup,

1588
01:20:57,560 --> 01:20:59,519
Speaker 3: when some countries we're threatening that.

1589
01:21:00,920 --> 01:21:03,200
Speaker 2: All right, so thank you for answering that the World

1590
01:21:03,240 --> 01:21:06,800
Speaker 2: Cup shall happen. According to Andy Swift, I appreciate it great,

1591
01:21:07,320 --> 01:21:08,840
Speaker 2: real quick, before we get it on me.

1592
01:21:09,040 --> 01:21:10,720
Speaker 1: Yeah, put it on you before we go.

1593
01:21:12,040 --> 01:21:14,640
Speaker 2: I noticed this because one of the two guys that

1594
01:21:14,840 --> 01:21:19,680
Speaker 2: owns Atletico Dallas retweeted this and I'll get to his

1595
01:21:19,840 --> 01:21:23,960
Speaker 2: part in a second. But in this tweet, somebody put

1596
01:21:24,040 --> 01:21:28,839
Speaker 2: into chat GTP, who's going to win the next fifty

1597
01:21:29,200 --> 01:21:30,080
Speaker 2: MLS Cups?

1598
01:21:30,200 --> 01:21:30,639
Speaker 3: Oh my.

1599
01:21:32,520 --> 01:21:37,600
Speaker 2: Fifty fifty so through the year twenty seventy something, I

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01:21:37,640 --> 01:21:38,599
Speaker 2: think is what it was.

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01:21:39,520 --> 01:21:42,920
Speaker 3: Somebody did that for baseball. I remember, I remember seeing that. Okay,

1602
01:21:42,960 --> 01:21:45,960
Speaker 3: so then, what what does chat GPT know about MLS?

1603
01:21:46,000 --> 01:21:49,800
Speaker 2: Tell us you and I are going to die MLS cupless?

1604
01:21:49,800 --> 01:21:50,679
Speaker 3: Oh man.

1605
01:21:51,880 --> 01:21:55,720
Speaker 2: FC Dallas is not listed as a predicted winner of

1606
01:21:55,880 --> 01:21:58,120
Speaker 2: MLS Cup in the next fifty years.

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01:21:58,160 --> 01:22:00,839
Speaker 3: Ever, Yeah, now it's taking past history as.

1608
01:22:01,920 --> 01:22:05,599
Speaker 2: Here's the caveat of the value of this. They also

1609
01:22:05,720 --> 01:22:10,320
Speaker 2: did it for USL Championship and in the year twenty

1610
01:22:10,400 --> 01:22:14,360
Speaker 2: thirty five, a team that has not signed a player,

1611
01:22:14,920 --> 01:22:18,559
Speaker 2: doesn't have a coach, hasn't played a game and won't

1612
01:22:18,560 --> 01:22:22,840
Speaker 2: for eighteen months. Atletico Dallas was predicted of winning the

1613
01:22:22,960 --> 01:22:26,520
Speaker 2: USL Top Division in the year twenty thirty five. So

1614
01:22:26,600 --> 01:22:28,880
Speaker 2: take that for what it may mean to you.

1615
01:22:29,320 --> 01:22:33,440
Speaker 3: Let me read you what GPT predicted for the EPL

1616
01:22:34,720 --> 01:22:40,040
Speaker 3: table this year. Okay, had Liverpool winning it again, Chelsea

1617
01:22:40,320 --> 01:22:45,400
Speaker 3: down third, Newcastle in six, Brighton was going to be eighth,

1618
01:22:45,560 --> 01:22:48,320
Speaker 3: Crystal Palace seventh. How'd those predictions turn out?

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01:22:48,720 --> 01:22:48,920
Speaker 1: Yeah?

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01:22:49,280 --> 01:22:53,680
Speaker 2: Hey, who said, don't assume the computer knows what it's

1621
01:22:53,720 --> 01:22:56,040
Speaker 2: talking about when it comes to football.

1622
01:22:56,240 --> 01:22:59,880
Speaker 3: Right, suck? Listen to us. Wait, no, don't do that either,

1623
01:23:00,880 --> 01:23:02,840
Speaker 3: looking at our predictions. Yeah, don't do that either.

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01:23:03,240 --> 01:23:07,200
Speaker 1: Listen to Lars usually pretty yeah, you should absolutely listen

1625
01:23:07,240 --> 01:23:07,800
Speaker 1: to Wise. Yes.

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01:23:07,880 --> 01:23:09,960
Speaker 2: Thank you to Lars for checking in and helping out

1627
01:23:10,000 --> 01:23:13,080
Speaker 2: today on the show. Thank you to Dixon for doing tickers,

1628
01:23:13,120 --> 01:23:16,360
Speaker 2: and thank you to Jay King for producing, and thank

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01:23:16,400 --> 01:23:19,759
Speaker 2: you to dear sweet Connor who is Poland.

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01:23:19,800 --> 01:23:25,040
Speaker 1: Yeoman's work has been here all day while everybody else

1631
01:23:25,080 --> 01:23:25,559
Speaker 1: gets to.

1632
01:23:25,439 --> 01:23:27,840
Speaker 2: Do the show from home in their pajamas, So thank

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Speaker 2: you Connor for doing that. I do believe we'll be

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01:23:30,560 --> 01:23:33,599
Speaker 2: back again next week, so p Ones join us then

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01:23:34,560 --> 01:23:37,120
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