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Speaker 1: Knows that you've been playing you know, off the ball

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Speaker 1: I'm pretty open to doing it. Just trying to let

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Speaker 1: I just wanted to ask you just you know, we've

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Speaker 1: there a little bit more on Sundays. Yeah. Well, you

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Speaker 1: just doing it in practice so that the coaches and

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Speaker 1: any beef with Isaiah and Sony about your rivalry there? Oh? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean we got you know, we talked about it.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Anfred, All right, next question, Ian Steel and we'll

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Speaker 1: I believe you actually got the start last Sunday. You

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Speaker 1: just really refocusing go out there and do my job,

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Speaker 1: because you know that that's what I worked all week,

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Speaker 1: engine every week. Thank you, Bob Associate. I see a

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Speaker 1: You know, I just try to soak it all in

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Speaker 1: why what did you see here? Or anything like that

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Speaker 1: It's no, I mean a victory phone call. Yep, thank

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Speaker 1: you for me? Thanks everyone, Yeah, appreciates all. Best