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Speaker 1: Good luck with the most beautiful game.

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Speaker 2: Ju us proud read enough. They're running a game so

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Speaker 2: smoothe so sweet.

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Speaker 3: Mid sixteen, just glorious execution.

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Speaker 4: Guys, all I'm looking for is sixty percent effort, four

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Speaker 4: thousand percent of the time.

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Speaker 2: How shot with that shop with mind, buddy, and that's

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Speaker 2: why you see.

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Speaker 4: Your beautiful tiers.

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Speaker 2: Look at his movements. The most dangerous a.

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Speaker 3: Mountain of the planet.

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Speaker 2: Nobody, kitchen, the.

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Speaker 1: Shit shut up, I'm trying. The love is left to

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Speaker 1: one of the wide eyed, drilled bibused.

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Speaker 4: How on earth that happens?

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Speaker 5: Hello everybody, and welcome to wonderg the soccer betting podcast

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Speaker 5: from the Action Network. I am your host today BJ Cunningham.

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Speaker 5: Michael Eboff is out for another episode. In a second

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Speaker 5: I'll be joined by my friend and co host, Anthony Dubundo.

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Speaker 5: Any game get two hundred free. Before I bring Anthony in,

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Speaker 5: this episode's gonna be a little different Obviously, the Premier

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Speaker 5: League is off for the midweek and the weekend for

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Speaker 5: the FA Cup, but we're gonna have a little short

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Speaker 5: episode here talking the two EFL Cup matches. We have

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Speaker 5: the semifinals taking place this week and next week. Over

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Speaker 5: the two legs, we'll talk a little bit of Lazio

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Speaker 5: ac Milan which is taking place on Tuesday, and then

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Speaker 5: we have a full slate of midweek Bundesliga action, and

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Speaker 5: then at the very end of the episode, we have

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Speaker 5: a thirty minute interview with Eric Wunalda, who's back on

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Speaker 5: the show. Talked a little Premier League, what's wrong with Liverpool's,

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Speaker 5: be the next United States men's national team manager if

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Speaker 5: they don't retain Greg Bearhalter. That was a mouthful, Anthony.

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Speaker 5: Let's start on Tuesday, three pm Eastern Times. Southampton is

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Speaker 5: hosting Newcastle. Southampton a four at sitting at plus four

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Speaker 5: hundred Newcastle minus one thirty four road favorite, with the

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Speaker 5: draw sitting at plus two sixty. This price seems a

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Speaker 5: little high on Newcastle here. I spect going on the road,

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Speaker 5: so I'll probably be passing on this one. But do

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Speaker 5: you have anything for south this first of two semi

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I lean towards Southampton too.

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Speaker 1: I think the number on Newcastle has just gotten kind

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Speaker 1: So if you kind of look around, you can poke

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Speaker 1: Also, I think Southampton defensively has shown some promising signs

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Speaker 5: If I had to play anything, I'd probably play Southampton here.

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Speaker 5: They're literally the worst set piece team in the Premier

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Speaker 5: Forrest is sitting at plus four fifty, United sitting at

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Speaker 5: I just kept retweeting every little analytics site that I

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Speaker 1: This is a huge opportunity for them in a Cup

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Speaker 3: Now it's two and a half.

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Speaker 1: I can't bet under two and a half with United

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Speaker 3: I'm waiting. I haven't actually bet it yet.

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Speaker 1: They've been much better at home, and the United attack

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Speaker 1: either with them going home, especially given you know, coming

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Speaker 1: off of this emotional loss to Arsenal and with potential

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Speaker 1: rotation coming in the biggest problem I thought for United

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Speaker 1: today Tennok had nothing on the like there's nothing on

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Speaker 3: Depth while Marshall's out.

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Speaker 3: Better, the first trophy since Jose.

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Speaker 5: Yes, it is the first. Good thank you for mentioning that, Anthony. Yeah,

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Speaker 5: thinks they're good. They are good, They're good, They're okay, okay,

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Speaker 2: So, you know, third match in seven days for United.

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Speaker 1: This is the biggest match of the season for not

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Speaker 5: There's a really nice match on Tuesday at two forty

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Speaker 3: And they've done that for a year and a half,

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Speaker 3: So you know, this Lotzio team has owned us forever.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, the number is getting better here on ac Milan.

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Speaker 5: And the thing is is, like it's a conversation we

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Speaker 2: Shots, it's him.

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Speaker 5: He's getting about a little less than three shots per

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it's like not getting shots and they're not high.

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Speaker 1: But I still think, I mean, like, other than Leao

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Speaker 5: All right, let's move on to have a full slate

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Speaker 2: So I'll kick it to you first.

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Speaker 3: Well, uh, the Bundesliga was back.

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Speaker 1: I went one and two this weekend, one on Leipzig,

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Speaker 3: They were terrible in that match.

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Speaker 1: Did did love to see Yon looking good in goal

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Speaker 1: And then you know, Frankfurt had a fraudulent three zero win.

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Speaker 3: Weekend and I'm betting on both of them.

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Speaker 1: This weekend, Freiburg lost six nil to Wolfsburg at Wolfsburg.

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Speaker 2: I believe that that was my pick.

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Speaker 3: I believe bj had Friber somebody podcast of all time

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Speaker 3: I literally gave.

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Speaker 5: I think I literally said Wolfsburg can't turn final third

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Speaker 1: too much money on Freiburg on Saturday.

443
00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,199
Speaker 2: But all it happens.

444
00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:00,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, that being said, I'm betting Freiburg and if you've

445
00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:01,840
Speaker 1: listened to me, Like, they're not a team that I

446
00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:04,359
Speaker 1: love necessarily, like I think they generally are overrated, but

447
00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:05,680
Speaker 1: there are a few things they do really well.

448
00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:08,320
Speaker 3: One of them is set pieces.

449
00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:11,840
Speaker 1: They get a ton of production out of their set pieces,

450
00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:14,840
Speaker 1: more than anybody in the entire league pretty much on

451
00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,320
Speaker 1: a consistent basis. Grif O incredible deliver of the ball.

452
00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:19,000
Speaker 1: They're a very physical team.

453
00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:20,240
Speaker 3: They're very good in the air.

454
00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:22,800
Speaker 1: Like, there are little things that Freiberg does despite being

455
00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:25,359
Speaker 1: like a pretty small club that enables them to kind

456
00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,040
Speaker 1: of get an edge in a league where there's not

457
00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,920
Speaker 1: really any great teams outside of Byron, Like everybody's kind

458
00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:33,640
Speaker 1: of mid and so Freiberg like they're in the top four.

459
00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:36,560
Speaker 1: They're not a top four team, but they are only

460
00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:40,840
Speaker 1: marginally worse than Frankfurt in my numbers. I am still

461
00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:44,000
Speaker 1: a huge seller of Frankfurt they won three to zero.

462
00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:45,680
Speaker 3: Over the weekend, they.

463
00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:47,920
Speaker 1: Lost XG one point eight to one point two. Like

464
00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:52,040
Speaker 1: Shaka controlled large parts of that match. They had chance

465
00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,879
Speaker 1: at their chance off set pieces especially, I thought they

466
00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:58,280
Speaker 1: were looking very dangerous and just you know, you look

467
00:20:58,280 --> 00:21:01,240
Speaker 1: at like box entries and passes the penalty area and

468
00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:03,840
Speaker 1: it's kind of crazy that, you know, Shaka got the

469
00:21:03,840 --> 00:21:06,920
Speaker 1: ball in the penalty area eleven times, Frankfurt got the

470
00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:11,320
Speaker 1: ball into the area seven times. That's pretty concerning for

471
00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:13,440
Speaker 1: me when Shaka has some of the worst underline numbers

472
00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:17,440
Speaker 1: in the league, so my numbers have Frankfurt as a

473
00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:20,080
Speaker 1: pretty comparable team. They're at home, They're pick them. I

474
00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:23,600
Speaker 1: like Freiburg at home in this matchup.

475
00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:27,120
Speaker 5: I'm gonna take, you know, I feel like what I'm

476
00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:29,560
Speaker 5: doing is just an absolute sin on this podcast. But

477
00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:35,560
Speaker 5: I'm gonna take Dortmund plus one thirty against Mines. I

478
00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:38,600
Speaker 5: think the Mines that we once knew is gone and dead.

479
00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:42,160
Speaker 5: They're just because their defense has completely fallen off.

480
00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:43,000
Speaker 2: Like out of the gates.

481
00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:45,560
Speaker 5: They were great, like they allowed under one expected goal

482
00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:48,600
Speaker 5: in their first three matches to Bocum, Augsburg and Berlin,

483
00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:50,680
Speaker 5: which those three teams have turned out to be three

484
00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:54,320
Speaker 5: of the worst offense in the Bundesliga since then, their

485
00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,520
Speaker 5: last thirteen Bundesliga matches, they've allowed one point sixty four

486
00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:00,320
Speaker 5: x G per match. And here's the big problem is

487
00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:02,720
Speaker 5: that last year we talked about them being this outstanding

488
00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:05,040
Speaker 5: pressing team that got a bunch of high turnovers that

489
00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:08,000
Speaker 5: were able to get the ball moving forward in transition.

490
00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:10,720
Speaker 5: Well now they're just not a good pressing team anymore.

491
00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:13,640
Speaker 5: The thirteenth and pass per defensive action, fourteenth and progressive

492
00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:16,200
Speaker 5: passes and dribbles allowed, and it's led them just be

493
00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:18,359
Speaker 5: very middle of the road and big scoring gens allowed,

494
00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:20,000
Speaker 5: which if you remember, they were number one in the

495
00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:23,439
Speaker 5: Bundesliga last year, so I mean, in fact, Minds has

496
00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:26,400
Speaker 5: allowed the second most goals in the Bundesliga from open play,

497
00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:29,480
Speaker 5: which is very very concerning. Dorman, on the other hand,

498
00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,800
Speaker 5: second best offense in the Bundesliga behind Bayern, averaging one

499
00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:36,080
Speaker 5: point six non penalty XG for ninety second in shots

500
00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:39,640
Speaker 5: for ninety, big scoring chances, box entries, basically any important

501
00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:41,960
Speaker 5: metric that you look at, Dorman has it. And I

502
00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:43,600
Speaker 5: think the big thing with Dorman, I don't know if

503
00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:45,800
Speaker 5: he's going to play in this match, but Sebastian hall

504
00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:48,560
Speaker 5: aras back, which is huge for their attack because no

505
00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:51,280
Speaker 5: longer is Dorman gonna have to lie on Anthony Madest

506
00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:53,240
Speaker 5: to be their out and out striker. Like we mentioned it,

507
00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:55,119
Speaker 5: I think what like ten to fifteen times on this

508
00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,959
Speaker 5: podcast that he is just not the type of striker

509
00:22:58,000 --> 00:22:58,840
Speaker 5: that Dormand needs.

510
00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:02,520
Speaker 2: They need somebody can run in behind defenders, and Modest.

511
00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:02,520
Speaker 4: Is not that.

512
00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:05,800
Speaker 5: Hilaire is definitely that type of guy. And also Gioredo's back.

513
00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:08,440
Speaker 5: He's only played four full nineties for for Dormant this season.

514
00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:12,680
Speaker 5: I had a banger to win against Augsburg, so I

515
00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,760
Speaker 5: think this is a pretty short price here, a pretty

516
00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,240
Speaker 5: good price here on Dormant against a Mines team that

517
00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:20,360
Speaker 5: just has not looked like the Mines that we saw

518
00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:23,000
Speaker 5: last season. So I like I project Dormant at minus

519
00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,720
Speaker 5: twenty eighteen. I think the talent level is much greater

520
00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:29,040
Speaker 5: for them against Mines as well, so I like Dortmann

521
00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:30,800
Speaker 5: plus one point thirty on the road. Do you what

522
00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,080
Speaker 5: is your next Bundesliga pick?

523
00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:36,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll comment on Gortman a little bit.

524
00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:38,760
Speaker 1: I mean, we hammered a lot of dortmand Unders and

525
00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:41,639
Speaker 1: I think did pretty well overall with those this season.

526
00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:43,399
Speaker 3: Makoko got the start.

527
00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:47,240
Speaker 1: He's also he's a good player and somebody in definitely

528
00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:49,479
Speaker 1: one to watch for the future. Hall Air came off

529
00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:51,960
Speaker 1: the bench twenty nine minutes. I watched the match today.

530
00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:53,600
Speaker 1: I didn't think he was particularly good, but again just

531
00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,080
Speaker 1: kind of getting your feet wet. I think hall Aire

532
00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,240
Speaker 1: makes a huge difference. It's not just him too, though,

533
00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,720
Speaker 1: Like Atiemi is finally healthy, Danielle Mallin is finally healthy,

534
00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:06,160
Speaker 1: like Dortmun's are really interesting by low after a pretty

535
00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:09,480
Speaker 1: mediocre first half of the season, especially with you know,

536
00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:12,200
Speaker 1: a midfield that we all really like with O'shawan and Bellingham.

537
00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:15,280
Speaker 1: So like, I mean, I'm intrigue also brought as healthy,

538
00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:17,400
Speaker 1: like they had a ton of injuries the first half

539
00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:19,080
Speaker 1: of the season, and then I think the World Cup

540
00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:21,239
Speaker 1: kind of let them hit the reset button here. They

541
00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:24,959
Speaker 1: still played a very dortmundy game, like they win four

542
00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,000
Speaker 1: to three against Osburg.

543
00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:27,480
Speaker 3: It was one of the wildest.

544
00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:31,439
Speaker 1: What's that they created over three expected goals, so they

545
00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:33,080
Speaker 1: were yeah, no, they played really well. I mean Osburg's

546
00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:36,359
Speaker 1: defense is terrible, but it was classic Dortmund in the

547
00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,399
Speaker 1: sense that, Okay, they concede to go down one to

548
00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:40,159
Speaker 1: tie one to one, they scored to go up two

549
00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:43,359
Speaker 1: to one. Slaughterbacks goal conceed right away again, so now

550
00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:46,639
Speaker 1: it's two two. They retake the lead in the seventy

551
00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:48,480
Speaker 1: fifth and then concede a minute later. Like there's just

552
00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:50,000
Speaker 1: something about this team. They switch off.

553
00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:50,800
Speaker 4: It's very annoying.

554
00:24:51,560 --> 00:24:56,520
Speaker 3: Edin Terzik is just annoying, but I have never liked him.

555
00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:00,960
Speaker 1: But uh, yeah, I think we'll see with Dormand, I

556
00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:02,960
Speaker 1: mean there's no like there's no value in going against Byron.

557
00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:05,200
Speaker 1: That's the problem, Like what are you betting them? Yeah,

558
00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:06,680
Speaker 1: like they're clearly gonna make top four.

559
00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:08,639
Speaker 5: I think I think the one thing to monitor with

560
00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:12,840
Speaker 5: Dormand is they played Chelsea in the Champions League, so

561
00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:17,000
Speaker 5: monitoring them and how if Chelsea shows if Chelsea continues

562
00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:19,520
Speaker 5: the way they have been going, and it's gonna be

563
00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:21,600
Speaker 5: all time hammer spot for Dortmund when we get there,

564
00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:24,200
Speaker 5: So that'll be something to watch it as we go forward.

565
00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:26,680
Speaker 5: But yeah, no, I agree with you that Dorman is

566
00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:29,120
Speaker 5: a very very interesting biolog candidate. Again, I don't really

567
00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:31,359
Speaker 5: know what to do with them in the futures market either.

568
00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:33,680
Speaker 5: I think it's because, like I don't really have any

569
00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:36,000
Speaker 5: interest in them winning the Champions League, even though they

570
00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:39,520
Speaker 5: are sitting at fifty to one. But yeah, we'll see

571
00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:41,399
Speaker 5: going forward. So Dorman plus one thirty is my pick.

572
00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:42,719
Speaker 5: Do you have another pick in the bon T'sliga?

573
00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:43,840
Speaker 4: I do.

574
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,719
Speaker 1: I have one more and it's another team that got

575
00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:49,359
Speaker 1: absolutely pasted over the weekend.

576
00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:50,679
Speaker 3: Verte Bremen went to column.

577
00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:55,239
Speaker 1: They gave up seven goals on about three expected, one

578
00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:57,399
Speaker 1: of which came from half field. Look it up if

579
00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,080
Speaker 1: you haven't seen it yet. It was awesome. Step and

580
00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:02,719
Speaker 1: Tigets a player who actually used to play pre dormant

581
00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:05,439
Speaker 1: now at Colne.

582
00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:06,480
Speaker 3: So I'm excited to see that.

583
00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:13,720
Speaker 1: But I think that Bremen and is a classic, like oh,

584
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,800
Speaker 1: you know, you look at the market and you're like, Unjon,

585
00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:17,520
Speaker 1: you know, they've been one of the best teams in

586
00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:20,600
Speaker 1: the league. They're in the top four, like they're they're

587
00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:25,160
Speaker 1: a title contender until recently, like they're only a couple

588
00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,200
Speaker 1: of points off Byron, like they're such a good team.

589
00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:29,600
Speaker 1: And then you look at Bremen, who's sitting, you know,

590
00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:31,719
Speaker 1: right around tenth in the league, and you'd say, oh,

591
00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:34,959
Speaker 1: it's a pickup like this is easy money on on Unjon,

592
00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:36,879
Speaker 1: but you look under the hood and it's like this

593
00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:39,960
Speaker 1: Unon attack which is built off of absolute Houdini magic

594
00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:42,439
Speaker 1: finishing and a ton of penalties too. I mean it's

595
00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:45,320
Speaker 1: not even just like Unon has run good in the

596
00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:47,159
Speaker 1: finishing department, but there's just so much air in their

597
00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:53,000
Speaker 1: numbers because of red cards, penalties and then of course

598
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,159
Speaker 1: the finishing. Like it's kind of like they're basically Fulham,

599
00:26:55,800 --> 00:27:00,480
Speaker 1: except instead of over performance on the offensive end, which

600
00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:02,399
Speaker 1: are a defensive end, which is for Fulham, it's on

601
00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:04,960
Speaker 1: the offensive end. And so you're like, oh, this team

602
00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:06,520
Speaker 1: is just scoring a shit to my goals when they

603
00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:10,800
Speaker 1: really shouldn't be my numbers. They're an average team. We're

604
00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:14,080
Speaker 1: vert Bremen's about three tenths worse. So you factor in

605
00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:16,119
Speaker 1: home field and I actually make Bremen a favorite.

606
00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:19,000
Speaker 3: They're a dog. So I like verte Bremen Pickham at home.

607
00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:22,080
Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm gonna go back to one more match. It's

608
00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:25,520
Speaker 5: match you already talked about Freiburg and Frankfurt. I'm gonna

609
00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:29,040
Speaker 5: go over three goals at plus one twenty. Both of

610
00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:33,680
Speaker 5: these teams matches are averaging about two point eight five

611
00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:36,959
Speaker 5: xg per ninety So they're both both their matches are

612
00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:39,800
Speaker 5: essentially above what the average is here in the Bundesliga,

613
00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:43,160
Speaker 5: and we have two really outstanding offenses. And listen, I've

614
00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:46,399
Speaker 5: said a lot of bad things about Frankfurt on this

615
00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,560
Speaker 5: on this podcast, I think their offense is getting a

616
00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:50,399
Speaker 5: little better now.

617
00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:53,600
Speaker 2: Now I agree with you that like a lot of

618
00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:55,400
Speaker 2: it is just built off ball carrying.

619
00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:57,400
Speaker 5: Because like like you mentioned, like they're they're very low

620
00:27:57,480 --> 00:27:58,919
Speaker 5: in passes in the penal they are they're very low

621
00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:01,399
Speaker 5: and crosses complete in the ballet. So what's the only

622
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:03,040
Speaker 5: other way they can do that is basically carry the

623
00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:05,600
Speaker 5: ball into the penalty area. And the problem is is

624
00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,480
Speaker 5: Freiburg just really hasn't been that as good as a

625
00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,560
Speaker 5: pressing team as they've been in years past. Like that's

626
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,320
Speaker 5: how you stop this Frankfurt team. Like they're about middle

627
00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:16,360
Speaker 5: of the road in terms of high turnovers, in terms

628
00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:19,359
Speaker 5: of progressive passes and dribbles allowed and passes per defensive action.

629
00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:22,720
Speaker 5: So even though they're allowing, you know, they're actually per

630
00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:26,159
Speaker 5: shot is very very low, you know, and obviously they'rede

631
00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:29,800
Speaker 5: for some positive progression after that six nil beat. Down

632
00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:31,520
Speaker 5: at the hand of Wolfsburg this past week, and that

633
00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:33,840
Speaker 5: was a fun way to welcome me back to the Bundesliga.

634
00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:35,720
Speaker 5: But you know, on the flip side of it, you

635
00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,280
Speaker 5: know Frankfurt is you know, they're in the bottom half

636
00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:41,320
Speaker 5: of the bundesligaan big scoring chances allowed, like they're frank

637
00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:42,800
Speaker 5: Freiberg's in the top three.

638
00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:46,800
Speaker 2: So I think this is a good spot to back

639
00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:47,560
Speaker 2: an over here.

640
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:48,800
Speaker 5: I think we could get a little bit more of

641
00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:52,120
Speaker 5: a bonkers match up and down tight match. So I

642
00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:55,320
Speaker 5: do like the over project about two point nine to

643
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:57,280
Speaker 5: five goals, So over three goals of plus one twenty

644
00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:00,200
Speaker 5: is good enough for me. All right, that'll we'll do

645
00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:03,840
Speaker 5: it for the picks portion of this podcast. Next up,

646
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,600
Speaker 5: we have an interview that we did with Eric Garnalda.

647
00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:08,920
Speaker 5: We taped it last week, so if there's some Bundesliga

648
00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:12,040
Speaker 5: discussion that has already happened this, just know that we

649
00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:15,200
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Speaker 5: Bochum legend. Eric Wenalda is back on the show. He

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Speaker 5: was on a couple of weeks ago post World Cup

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Speaker 5: talking the United States men's national team. And we have

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Speaker 5: some news throughout the soccer world right now, with obviously

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Speaker 5: with Europe getting back back in the full swing of things,

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Speaker 5: Premier League back together, Eric, let's start off here. Obviously,

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Speaker 5: Christian Polosich is had injury setback at Chelsea. It looked

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Speaker 5: like he was going to potentially or at least wanted

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Speaker 5: to make a January move to some other club.

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Speaker 2: Now he's in jury staying at Chelsea. And Chelsea it

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Speaker 2: seems like they don't have a plan right now.

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Speaker 5: Like they just went and spent one hundred million on Muderick,

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Speaker 5: who was it was a really good ringer. But they

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Speaker 5: already have what seven or eight of them. They've already

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Speaker 5: dropped sixty five million on in Cuckoo coming in. They

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Speaker 5: just brought in gile Felix on loan. So my first

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Speaker 5: question is what I mean. I don't know if you

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Speaker 5: know Todd Bowley or if you know anybody at Chelsea

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Speaker 5: of you know inner workings there. What seems to be

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Speaker 5: the plan there? And I'm guessing this means Pools, which

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Speaker 5: is probably gonna be on his way out this summer.

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Speaker 4: Have you ever dropped water on top of an ant

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Speaker 4: hill and then watch what happened? That's that's Chelsea right now.

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Speaker 4: This is a bunch of people running around trying to

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Speaker 4: figure out what the hell do we do. Everybody's hurt.

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Speaker 4: We need to figure out to get out of tenth Place.

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Speaker 4: You can't really assess it because Alba Mayang is out

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Speaker 4: to lunch. Polistic is now her. Joel Felix comes in

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Speaker 4: and as well as he was playing, he gets himself

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Speaker 4: thrown out. He's going to be the most expensive player

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Speaker 4: in the history. It's like it's like a million dollars

688
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Speaker 4: a game now with Modrid coming in, which was kind

689
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Speaker 4: of the It's it just screams good business from Arsenal

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Speaker 4: to just say no, we we have a we have

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Speaker 4: a good feel in this team. Things are going extremely well.

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Speaker 4: We're not going to hit a panic button. And buy

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Speaker 4: everything about Chelsea right now, screams panic. It's and and

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Speaker 4: Midrick is as good as he is eight and a

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Speaker 4: half years, guys, eight and a half year? What is this?

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Speaker 4: Is this major League Baseball? I mean, what is this?

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Speaker 4: Alex Rodriguez the.

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Speaker 2: Way they were going to get him? I think, who'll

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Speaker 2: keep that tying?

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Speaker 4: Well? I mean, you got to give this agent a

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Speaker 4: lot of credit because he just in forever. He's basically

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Speaker 4: hit the home run and they'll never have to work again.

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Speaker 4: But the same token, Chelsea has got to figure out

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Speaker 4: what they want to do. We're now here, and that

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Speaker 4: Sterling might be on the move, which is an interesting piece.

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Speaker 4: Newcastle has now reached out and said that Ziach might

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Speaker 4: be a good option, and Gallagher as well, So there's

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Speaker 4: a lot of moving parts there. They're basically just the

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Speaker 4: ant hill with a bunch of people running around trying

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Speaker 4: to figure out how the hell do we fix this?

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Speaker 4: And every time they build their house of cards it

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Speaker 4: falls down and then they try all over again. The

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Speaker 4: biggest problem they have, though, guys, is this is no

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Speaker 4: longer a Roman Abramovic team. It's not about win now,

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Speaker 4: it's about oh it's okay, you can figure it out

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Speaker 4: yet this week, maybe next month, maybe next year. We'll

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Speaker 4: figure this out. And the Chelsea fans are just not

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Speaker 4: buying it. They want wins, they want it now, and

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Speaker 4: Bully's figuring out that he's been off way more than

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Speaker 4: he can chew.

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Speaker 5: And here's what I don't get is that, you know,

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Speaker 5: we love Graham Potter on this podcast. We're huge Brighton

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Speaker 5: fans of what he did at Brighton, and we thought

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Speaker 5: the move of Chelsea is gonna be amazing for Chelsea

725
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Speaker 5: because he is a really good manager. But much like

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Speaker 5: with his Brighton teams, it took it with a lot

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Speaker 5: of time for him to get them to the point

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Speaker 5: where they're very good. And he brought his entire recruitment

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Speaker 5: staff over with him from Brighton, all of his coaches

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Speaker 5: and everything, and it just seems like right now all

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Speaker 5: those guys are just getting completely overruled and it's just like,

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Speaker 5: let's just spend on who the hot name is right now.

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Speaker 5: But something me and Anthony been talking about for a

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Speaker 5: long time is Chelsea's midfield just flat out is getting

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Speaker 5: overrun right now and they just clearly are not addressing it.

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Speaker 5: And now with all these injuries they have. It's Georgino

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Speaker 5: and it's Kovacic, and that's it for them right now.

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Speaker 5: They don't have anything else, and they just keep buying

739
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Speaker 5: wingers and now they have, they're just stacking them up.

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Speaker 5: So yeah, I don't really know what's happening to at

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Speaker 5: Chelsea right now. That I mean that those seem to

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Speaker 5: be the problems. I hope this doesn't mean they're gonna

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Speaker 5: sat Graham Potter, even though it is a is a

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Speaker 5: bad run, because I think that would be a big

745
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Speaker 5: time mistake. But yeah, if Poolsich was gonna move, where

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Speaker 5: do you think he'd go?

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Speaker 4: Well, I mean there was a couple of Italian rumors

748
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Speaker 4: and then Newcastle was a part of that. I believe

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Speaker 4: the Gallagher and Zieh rumors now because I was hearing

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Speaker 4: that about Newcastle with Polisic a month ago, at least

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Speaker 4: before he got hurt. I mean, when you started describing that,

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Speaker 4: you realize if you didn't say it, you could have

753
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Speaker 4: been describing Liverpool. It was the same, the same problem,

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Speaker 4: and it's it's the two teams ninth and tenth. Now

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Speaker 4: I'm going to argue with it a little bit about Potter.

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Speaker 4: Potter is a manager that is not suited for for Chelsea.

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Speaker 4: He's here's the here's the best way I can put it.

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Speaker 4: If he ever says to his players, well, he probably

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Speaker 4: will never say to his Chelsea players, hey, that's not

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Speaker 4: good enough in training because he doesn't know what good

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Speaker 4: enough looks like. He's seen a middle tier team and

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Speaker 4: he's made the most out of a Brighton which which

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Speaker 4: was starting to push. They got up to six and

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Speaker 4: it was very cool. It's a cool story. Great players

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Speaker 4: who are on on on the ascendancy. But now when

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Speaker 4: you have players at the top level, I just don't

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Speaker 4: I don't think he has the ability to manage those

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Speaker 4: guys and he doesn't know how to. He doesn't have

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Speaker 4: the personality. He's not Josie Mourinho, he's not Conte. He's

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Speaker 4: just not. He's not Encelotti and that's what Chelsea has

771
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Speaker 4: always represented. I love his story. I think it's awesome.

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Speaker 4: We all kind of were rooting for a a minds

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Speaker 4: to Dort meant to Liverpool, an English version of Jurgen Klub.

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Speaker 4: But he's not. He's not. He looks like him except

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Speaker 4: for the big bags that are Reize right now. Can't

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Speaker 4: but the fact that he brought his staff that he

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Speaker 4: thought that they brought a bunch of people that were

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Speaker 4: middle tier. Is the reason why he's going to stay

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Speaker 4: middle tier until he fixes that. I I I'm sorry

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Speaker 4: if I'm I'm blowing up her.

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Speaker 2: Oh you're fine.

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Speaker 1: No, Hey, A healthy argument about criticism.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, nobody's above criticism.

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Speaker 5: And you know, again, we've loved Potter for a long

785
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Speaker 5: time because of what he's done on Brighton and obviously

786
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Speaker 5: this is the betting.

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Speaker 4: Don't get me wrong, I love him too. He's just

788
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Speaker 4: suited for Chelsea. Maybe it's not.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, you know the thing is is I

790
00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:05,640
Speaker 5: think maybe if they get through all these injuries and

791
00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:08,520
Speaker 5: especially get Reech Jans and Ben Chilwell back, maybe he

792
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Speaker 5: can start to mold his team into the Brighton teams

793
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Speaker 5: that we saw for I hope.

794
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Speaker 4: So. But if if it turns into Manchester United three

795
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Speaker 4: years ago with gut and then then I'll just remind

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Speaker 4: you that I was right.

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Speaker 2: That's fine.

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Speaker 1: You know, we talked about midfielders and kind of the problems.

799
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Speaker 1: You know, Liverpool is short on midfield right now. They're

800
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Speaker 1: looking old. Chelsea is everybody's injured. The one smart sign

801
00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:34,279
Speaker 1: and they did make seemingly with Zachariah, and then now

802
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Speaker 1: he's injured. All these teams, whether it's you know, Man

803
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Speaker 1: United lacking depth, Spurs, even midfield has come into question

804
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Speaker 1: and under fire lately. One you know, Tyler Adams is

805
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Speaker 1: having a great season at LEADS and he followed up

806
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:48,880
Speaker 1: the Great World Cup. Adams was the US mensas Team.

807
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Speaker 3: Player of the Year.

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Speaker 1: Is there like a realistic possibility that Adams is moving

809
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Speaker 1: up beyond Leads anytime soon?

810
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Speaker 4: Like?

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Speaker 3: What are you hearing about him?

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Speaker 1: And how has he kind of taken the US men's

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Speaker 1: national team to be his own in a way, whereas

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Speaker 1: you know in the past it was always pull a sixteen.

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Speaker 1: Now do you think it's kind of Adams as the

816
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Speaker 1: as the leader?

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Speaker 4: I actually think he won us all over with that

818
00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:12,600
Speaker 4: around press conference, to be honest with you, when he

819
00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:14,759
Speaker 4: when he and he took some loaded questions and he

820
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:18,120
Speaker 4: turned it around and he showed what a leader looks like.

821
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Speaker 4: But his on the field stuff has been pretty good.

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Speaker 4: It's not that's not we'd be remiss if we didn't say, Hey,

823
00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:26,880
Speaker 4: he's already won the German Cup with Leipzig. That was

824
00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:28,799
Speaker 4: a big deal. People don't realize that's a big deal.

825
00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:32,080
Speaker 4: It's a very big deal. Leipzig actually has Byron this

826
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Speaker 4: week and I'm going to be watching that one as well.

827
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Speaker 4: But his pathway to where he is now is it

828
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Speaker 4: doesn't surprise the people that have been paying attention. The

829
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Speaker 4: tab Ramos is the world that that coached him at

830
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:47,120
Speaker 4: the U twenties and people that have known him. He's

831
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Speaker 4: been breaking records as far as the metrics and all

832
00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:54,680
Speaker 4: the studies and the science for a good eight years straight.

833
00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:59,920
Speaker 4: Because the sport has become so metrics centric right now

834
00:38:00,160 --> 00:38:02,160
Speaker 4: when you look at the real numbers and the people

835
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Speaker 4: that are assessing players these days. Like a guy like

836
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:08,239
Speaker 4: Robertson how he got to Liverpool, if you tell that

837
00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:11,840
Speaker 4: metrics story, it's because he covers more ground than anybody

838
00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:14,160
Speaker 4: and he got forward more than anybody else and bought

839
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Speaker 4: him on that reasoning alone. It might be the same

840
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Speaker 4: thing with someone like Tyler, because is he the best

841
00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:24,120
Speaker 4: player in the world now? Does he cover more ground

842
00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:27,680
Speaker 4: than just about everybody? Yes? Is he completely ready for

843
00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:30,719
Speaker 4: a big club? Probably not. But when we get to

844
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Speaker 4: the summer and Leads stays in, if Jesse Marsh keeps

845
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Speaker 4: his job, they were great today scoring five goals against

846
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:41,680
Speaker 4: a lower division team, but there's a lot on the

847
00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:44,680
Speaker 4: bone there. I think that Tyler Adams has a wonderful future.

848
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Speaker 4: I just don't know if it's immediate. I think it

849
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Speaker 4: might be too much for him right now to make

850
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Speaker 4: that jump. Get through the end of this season and

851
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Speaker 4: let let the bidders come calling. I think McKinney also

852
00:38:57,480 --> 00:39:01,840
Speaker 4: falls into that same spot. Though. Weston McKinney is an

853
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:05,280
Speaker 4: electric guy. He's got an unbelievable personality. He loves trouble

854
00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:08,319
Speaker 4: if you haven't noticed, whether that be at Juventus, throwing

855
00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:12,520
Speaker 4: parties with Debala or getting in trouble with the US

856
00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:15,560
Speaker 4: team for inviting girls to his room. That's what happened.

857
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Speaker 4: The reality is is that he's a little bit just

858
00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:23,040
Speaker 4: a fun guy, but he's also an amazing player, and

859
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:25,840
Speaker 4: he might be right on the cotails of Tyler Adams.

860
00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:29,000
Speaker 4: Both of them. Both of them will be ready eventually

861
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Speaker 4: for a big EPL team. But who's to say Juventus

862
00:39:33,040 --> 00:39:35,120
Speaker 4: isn't one of the biggest teams or biggest clubs in

863
00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:39,160
Speaker 4: the world. So I would put McKinney also in that conversation.

864
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Speaker 5: Let's talk about the other midfielder in that trio. Unis

865
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Speaker 5: Mussa one the young player of the Year for the

866
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Speaker 5: United States men's national team. I mean his development has

867
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Speaker 5: been great obviously with the national team, and he's been

868
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Speaker 5: really really good with Valencia as well. Actually, I think

869
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Speaker 5: he's been a big part of why. You know, Gatuso

870
00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:57,840
Speaker 5: has really turned Valencia around from being a relegation type

871
00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:00,640
Speaker 5: team into back into the top having or six of

872
00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:03,960
Speaker 5: where they belong in La Liga. How have you what

873
00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:05,960
Speaker 5: have you seen from his development going forward and what

874
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:08,080
Speaker 5: he's able to do on the pitch, And also are

875
00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:10,520
Speaker 5: you hearing anything on any moves maybe he might potentially

876
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:13,760
Speaker 5: be making over to England or some other club across Europe.

877
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:17,680
Speaker 4: I'm hearing big summer move and nothing immediate. And Gatusa

878
00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:19,160
Speaker 4: is the kind of guy you just don't want to

879
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:19,680
Speaker 4: piss off.

880
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:23,360
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, anybody out there just google him and you

881
00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:24,560
Speaker 5: can figure out why.

882
00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:31,680
Speaker 4: He sees unic as a really vital component to keeping

883
00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:36,239
Speaker 4: his own job. And so in that regard, I think

884
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:40,480
Speaker 4: that Katusa would love to champion a move in the summer.

885
00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:43,560
Speaker 4: I'm hearing big clubs to really big clubs, so and

886
00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:46,880
Speaker 4: I do think England would suit him well. I think

887
00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:48,920
Speaker 4: he's one of those midfielders who has the ability to

888
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,239
Speaker 4: run it out of there and not always pass his

889
00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:54,720
Speaker 4: way out of it. He's strong, even though he's because

890
00:40:54,719 --> 00:40:58,360
Speaker 4: he's so young, maybe he might not dictate a huge number,

891
00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:03,520
Speaker 4: but he's certainly is a guy that has an immense future.

892
00:41:03,719 --> 00:41:05,800
Speaker 4: Look at our midfield. I in the US we have

893
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:10,760
Speaker 4: Adams McKinney, Mussa and Geo Rena. I mean it's eventually

894
00:41:10,840 --> 00:41:13,000
Speaker 4: when we figure out that Bholder was the wrong guy

895
00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:15,120
Speaker 4: and Geoe gets back on the field, I think our

896
00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:16,240
Speaker 4: team is going to be amazing.

897
00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:19,960
Speaker 1: You kind of mentioned analytics and kind of its increasing role.

898
00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:22,640
Speaker 1: How have you seen that, you know, being adjacent and

899
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:25,279
Speaker 1: in touch with people who run soccer teams, we use

900
00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:28,960
Speaker 1: stuff like expected goals and expected threat and progression passes

901
00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:30,759
Speaker 1: and stuff like that a lot on our show kind

902
00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:31,680
Speaker 1: of breaking down teams.

903
00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:33,760
Speaker 3: Have you seen that on the back end kind.

904
00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:36,560
Speaker 1: Of impact the sport in the last few years, you know,

905
00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:37,319
Speaker 1: maybe ten years.

906
00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:42,400
Speaker 4: Well, I think what analytics have really grown up, to

907
00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:44,600
Speaker 4: be honest, it used to be very simple. It used

908
00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:46,120
Speaker 4: to be how far do you go? How far do

909
00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:50,040
Speaker 4: you run? When did you tap out the ability for

910
00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:54,120
Speaker 4: our coaches to now have that have an idea when

911
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:56,359
Speaker 4: that red line is about to hit, so they can

912
00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:59,960
Speaker 4: they can manage their substitutions, they can manage guys through

913
00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:02,359
Speaker 4: the week. They can figure out how to keep them

914
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:06,080
Speaker 4: at an optimal level. That's more about what what what

915
00:42:06,239 --> 00:42:09,279
Speaker 4: when we deal with science is keeping the athlete at

916
00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:11,879
Speaker 4: the highest level at all times and understanding when those

917
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:15,080
Speaker 4: rest moments need to come. That in that regard, it's

918
00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:19,360
Speaker 4: been extremely helpful. Sometimes it's very misleading, you know. I

919
00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:22,839
Speaker 4: think that when we look at passes completed and all

920
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:25,279
Speaker 4: this other stuff, I mean, all that stuff that I mean,

921
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:27,720
Speaker 4: so what if you're left back and you made sixty

922
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:29,719
Speaker 4: seven passes and sixty four of them were to the

923
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:32,400
Speaker 4: center back and going backwards, that, you know, that doesn't

924
00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:34,480
Speaker 4: really help us here. We need to know who the

925
00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:38,160
Speaker 4: guys that can change games. And I think that that's

926
00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:42,480
Speaker 4: where it gets interesting, you know, And what unfortunately happens

927
00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:46,480
Speaker 4: with analytics is some coaches get too married to it,

928
00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:49,720
Speaker 4: and when they do that, they start changing the mentality

929
00:42:49,719 --> 00:42:52,399
Speaker 4: of their players. Meaning if you tell a guy, will

930
00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:55,400
Speaker 4: you lost the ball six times and we want you

931
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:57,839
Speaker 4: to lose the ball three times, or less. You're going

932
00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:00,640
Speaker 4: to stop looking for penetrating passes, You're going to stop

933
00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:04,560
Speaker 4: looking for game changing moments. And that's what I've seen.

934
00:43:04,600 --> 00:43:07,319
Speaker 4: I've seen some guys really affected by this, coaches who

935
00:43:07,320 --> 00:43:10,239
Speaker 4: don't know how to manage it. You still, you know,

936
00:43:10,239 --> 00:43:12,360
Speaker 4: it's kind of like baseball. You know, Baseball is the

937
00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:14,560
Speaker 4: same thing. I mean, you get some of these managers

938
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:16,319
Speaker 4: who don't make a decision about who's going to bat

939
00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:18,920
Speaker 4: because all the analytics say, can't be that guy, It's

940
00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:21,720
Speaker 4: got to be this guy, and you make decisions based

941
00:43:21,760 --> 00:43:24,880
Speaker 4: on that. Soccer is going in that direction sometimes, but

942
00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:29,440
Speaker 4: it's really about trying to find and I think Club's

943
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:31,160
Speaker 4: done a good job with this is finding that that

944
00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:34,280
Speaker 4: point where you still trust your eyes, you still trust

945
00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:37,640
Speaker 4: what you see, and you don't change the mentality of

946
00:43:37,719 --> 00:43:40,440
Speaker 4: a player that's trying to change the game, not try

947
00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:41,680
Speaker 4: and just exist within it.

948
00:43:42,480 --> 00:43:45,320
Speaker 5: You spoke about Klopp in Liverpool, another team that's actually

949
00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:48,800
Speaker 5: kind of in a big time struggle right now the

950
00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:52,200
Speaker 5: way you know, I think that they have similar problems

951
00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:54,040
Speaker 5: with Chelsea. Obviously they're doing with a ton of injuries,

952
00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:55,600
Speaker 5: you know, with Van Dyke being out.

953
00:43:55,560 --> 00:43:55,640
Speaker 4: But.

954
00:43:57,719 --> 00:44:00,919
Speaker 5: Liverpool, I guess my question is, says, do you think

955
00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:04,279
Speaker 5: given the squad they have right now, obviously they just

956
00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:08,160
Speaker 5: added Gakpo here in January, did they have a squad

957
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:11,680
Speaker 5: that can potentially push back up into the top four

958
00:44:12,080 --> 00:44:14,680
Speaker 5: or is the Liverpool that we've seen from the last

959
00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:17,480
Speaker 5: two years, who's been company for early titles is it

960
00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:19,960
Speaker 5: is it kind of gone by the wayside?

961
00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:22,799
Speaker 4: Look, I mean, how did they do it? They did

962
00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:26,879
Speaker 4: it with the front three of Salah, Formino and Mane. Okay,

963
00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:30,439
Speaker 4: so for Mino is starting to get as they would say,

964
00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:33,200
Speaker 4: long in the tooth, and he's still a phenomenal player.

965
00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:36,120
Speaker 4: Of those ideas were Nunias and Dias. Those are the

966
00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:38,080
Speaker 4: two guys that were really going to fill that void.

967
00:44:38,440 --> 00:44:41,640
Speaker 4: I'm still a huge fan of Nunia's. I know he's missed.

968
00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:46,360
Speaker 4: I get it, he's missed more chances than than than everybody.

969
00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:48,880
Speaker 4: Even when he scores a great goal, they call it

970
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:51,040
Speaker 4: back because he's got a toe off side. I mean,

971
00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:53,399
Speaker 4: everything that could go wrong has gone wrong for him.

972
00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:56,759
Speaker 4: But he's still an incredible talent and I think it's

973
00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:59,680
Speaker 4: at some point he's going to come good. And I'm

974
00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:01,880
Speaker 4: kind of waiting for that because you remember When we

975
00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:03,680
Speaker 4: started the season, it was all who's gonna better and

976
00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:06,799
Speaker 4: Nunya's are all in and obviously that question has been

977
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:09,759
Speaker 4: answered in twenty twenty two. Twenty twenty three is going

978
00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:11,520
Speaker 4: to be different for Nunia's. I know he picked up

979
00:45:11,560 --> 00:45:14,560
Speaker 4: a small injury, but I think Gacko was going to

980
00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:16,759
Speaker 4: kind of save the deal. Gacko is the new for me.

981
00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:20,520
Speaker 4: That's that's what's what's happening. That's what they're trying to create.

982
00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:24,400
Speaker 4: He's not as fast, he's not quick, but he is

983
00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:27,840
Speaker 4: clever enough to be able to be flanked by Nunas

984
00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:30,440
Speaker 4: and and Sola. And let's see what that looks like.

985
00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:32,360
Speaker 4: You've got to give it time. Diaz really is the

986
00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:36,120
Speaker 4: injury that messed him off. I mean that's that. That

987
00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:38,480
Speaker 4: really was a punch in the stomach. But that midfield

988
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:41,640
Speaker 4: is aging Thiago and Henderson. It's just not what it

989
00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:43,640
Speaker 4: used to be. And relying on Elliott you're not going

990
00:45:43,719 --> 00:45:46,080
Speaker 4: to get far a great goal the other day, but

991
00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:49,279
Speaker 4: but don't don't count on that. So I think they're

992
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:52,560
Speaker 4: coming in eighth guys. I think that this is going

993
00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:55,279
Speaker 4: to be one of those really poor seasons. Yeah, and

994
00:45:55,520 --> 00:46:00,480
Speaker 4: have to go back and and unfortunately, remember that has

995
00:46:00,520 --> 00:46:03,880
Speaker 4: the seven year twitch. He had it in minds, he

996
00:46:03,960 --> 00:46:06,279
Speaker 4: had it in Dortmunt, and now it's in Liverpool. I

997
00:46:06,280 --> 00:46:08,799
Speaker 4: don't know why, guys, but every seven years he has

998
00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:11,640
Speaker 4: a blip in the screen and it just doesn't go away.

999
00:46:11,880 --> 00:46:13,640
Speaker 4: So we're right in the middle of it. Live with it,

1000
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:16,239
Speaker 4: Liverpool fans. You'll be better next year. You're just gonna

1001
00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:20,480
Speaker 4: have to deal without the Champions League money. Yeah.

1002
00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:22,080
Speaker 1: I think the biggest question is kind of do they

1003
00:46:22,120 --> 00:46:24,600
Speaker 1: get Bellium? Does that solve kind of the midfield issue?

1004
00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:26,279
Speaker 1: And I guess we'll see that in the summer, but

1005
00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:28,000
Speaker 1: they seem to be the front runner right now.

1006
00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:31,680
Speaker 4: If you're the Fenway Sports Group you're selling, why the

1007
00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:33,479
Speaker 4: hell would you somebody for one hundred million?

1008
00:46:34,120 --> 00:46:36,920
Speaker 5: Yeah, look, I'm sure I'm sure that people in Dubai

1009
00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:39,440
Speaker 5: would be happy to spend that money on billing.

1010
00:46:39,480 --> 00:46:39,840
Speaker 2: There you go.

1011
00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:42,560
Speaker 4: So, I mean, and this just speaks volumes of what

1012
00:46:42,640 --> 00:46:44,800
Speaker 4: Dortmunt does. I mean, Dortmant has been doing this for

1013
00:46:44,880 --> 00:46:47,719
Speaker 4: the last eight years. Whether it's Jaden Sancho or then

1014
00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:51,120
Speaker 4: Ballet or Pulisic or Earling Holland or it doesn't matter

1015
00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:54,040
Speaker 4: on and on and on. They do it every year

1016
00:46:54,080 --> 00:46:57,160
Speaker 4: and it doesn't surprise anybody that billing him out of

1017
00:46:57,239 --> 00:47:00,920
Speaker 4: dortmunt is the highest rated player or at least the

1018
00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:04,160
Speaker 4: most expensive player on the planet. So no, I don't think.

1019
00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:06,200
Speaker 4: I don't think he solves the problem. They've been swimming

1020
00:47:06,239 --> 00:47:09,239
Speaker 4: back whereas ever since finale them left. But I do

1021
00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:12,279
Speaker 4: think they need to figure that that position out for sure.

1022
00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:17,120
Speaker 1: You mentioned Dortmund Bundesliga's back. Very exciting to have it back. It's,

1023
00:47:17,520 --> 00:47:19,040
Speaker 1: you know, I would say outside of the prem by

1024
00:47:19,120 --> 00:47:22,200
Speaker 1: far my second favorite league to watch. Just always exciting

1025
00:47:22,239 --> 00:47:24,040
Speaker 1: and know they's goals and excitement.

1026
00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:24,799
Speaker 5: Uh.

1027
00:47:25,719 --> 00:47:28,680
Speaker 1: Dortmund getting Sebastian Halair back after he missed the first

1028
00:47:28,719 --> 00:47:31,520
Speaker 1: half of the season with testicular cancer, back in the team,

1029
00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:34,200
Speaker 1: scored a hat trick in his first debut in the friendly.

1030
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:36,399
Speaker 3: What are you expecting from hall Air?

1031
00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:38,560
Speaker 1: And how does that you know, fix Dortmund in a

1032
00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:41,759
Speaker 1: way where they were struggling for finishing and a true

1033
00:47:41,800 --> 00:47:42,879
Speaker 1: striker in the first half.

1034
00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:46,080
Speaker 4: See Holler is is kind of where Nuniaz was last year,

1035
00:47:46,160 --> 00:47:48,560
Speaker 4: but two years ago he's that guy. I mean, he

1036
00:47:48,600 --> 00:47:50,719
Speaker 4: didn't have the best of time at West Ham. I

1037
00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:52,520
Speaker 4: remember going back to his frank for days as well.

1038
00:47:52,600 --> 00:47:54,200
Speaker 4: But he found a home in Holland and then he

1039
00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:58,000
Speaker 4: blew up. He's going to have another blow up. Medesta

1040
00:47:58,120 --> 00:48:01,040
Speaker 4: is not is not going to be the problem solver

1041
00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:06,040
Speaker 4: for for Dortmund, and I do think that this is

1042
00:48:06,160 --> 00:48:07,960
Speaker 4: going to be special. It's gonna be a great story.

1043
00:48:08,680 --> 00:48:11,320
Speaker 4: It was horrible to hear the news to secular cancer

1044
00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:16,720
Speaker 4: is something that it's actually quite common, to be honest,

1045
00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:19,480
Speaker 4: but I've heard about a bunch of times players and

1046
00:48:19,520 --> 00:48:24,120
Speaker 4: ex players and friends and whatnot. It is obviously curable.

1047
00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:25,560
Speaker 4: I mean, you can get you can get through it,

1048
00:48:25,640 --> 00:48:29,200
Speaker 4: and he has. But what an amazing soccer player this

1049
00:48:29,280 --> 00:48:31,399
Speaker 4: guy is, and he's got all the pieces around him,

1050
00:48:31,480 --> 00:48:34,880
Speaker 4: so I'm looking for a massive explosion. I think this

1051
00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:36,480
Speaker 4: guy is going to blow it up. I mean, everybody

1052
00:48:36,520 --> 00:48:37,880
Speaker 4: thought that just because he didn't have a lot of

1053
00:48:37,920 --> 00:48:40,359
Speaker 4: success in England that he was kind of found out.

1054
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:42,680
Speaker 4: That's not true. This guy just had a He's in

1055
00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:45,759
Speaker 4: the right team at the right time and a lot

1056
00:48:45,760 --> 00:48:47,960
Speaker 4: of people pulling for him and motivated for him, and

1057
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:51,200
Speaker 4: it's gonna be fun to watch. He's gonna he might

1058
00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:54,600
Speaker 4: get I think I'm gonna I'm all prognosticate seventeen in

1059
00:48:54,719 --> 00:48:57,840
Speaker 4: the what's called the vukund So I'll give him seventeen

1060
00:48:57,880 --> 00:48:59,680
Speaker 4: goals in the in the second half of the season.

1061
00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:02,680
Speaker 2: That's quite a few. And with only they have a

1062
00:49:02,760 --> 00:49:04,680
Speaker 2: chance left, that's quite a few.

1063
00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:06,920
Speaker 3: And they're a little bit too far behind.

1064
00:49:07,120 --> 00:49:09,480
Speaker 4: Guy has the potential to blow up and that's that's

1065
00:49:09,520 --> 00:49:11,719
Speaker 4: a big number, I know. But he's going to have

1066
00:49:11,760 --> 00:49:13,680
Speaker 4: a couple of hat tricks again in there, and there's

1067
00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:16,000
Speaker 4: I think they start off with Augsburg, which could be

1068
00:49:16,080 --> 00:49:17,359
Speaker 4: a good start, all right.

1069
00:49:17,480 --> 00:49:19,920
Speaker 1: They're a little too far off Byron to probably catch them,

1070
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:22,759
Speaker 1: but they got they got Chelsea couldn't make a run.

1071
00:49:23,719 --> 00:49:25,239
Speaker 2: That's why Gormand doesn't care.

1072
00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:27,560
Speaker 4: Dorman is going to sell j billing him for one

1073
00:49:27,640 --> 00:49:28,960
Speaker 4: hundred and twenty million.

1074
00:49:29,440 --> 00:49:31,600
Speaker 2: In the summer, right, We're not We're not saying January, right,

1075
00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:33,640
Speaker 2: So they will.

1076
00:49:33,480 --> 00:49:35,960
Speaker 4: Always turn a profit the way that. I don't know

1077
00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:39,800
Speaker 4: how they've managed to convince the Wall and the Dortmund

1078
00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:42,880
Speaker 4: fans that that fourth is always okay. But it is okay.

1079
00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:45,879
Speaker 4: It is okay because they continue to have the best

1080
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:50,200
Speaker 4: business in football. It started with Michelle Sork He did it.

1081
00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:52,480
Speaker 4: He did an amazing job in his time there. He's

1082
00:49:52,480 --> 00:49:55,480
Speaker 4: passed that tours to Sebastian q Uh And they are

1083
00:49:55,640 --> 00:49:58,400
Speaker 4: just very good at finding talent turning it over. And

1084
00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:02,200
Speaker 4: Jaden Sanchel was the first English guy. Shouldn't surprise anybody

1085
00:50:02,520 --> 00:50:04,880
Speaker 4: that you'd BELLI him. An English guy in a German

1086
00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:07,479
Speaker 4: setup is going to be the most expensive you watch.

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00:50:07,560 --> 00:50:09,480
Speaker 4: They'll do it again. We don't know who that player

1088
00:50:09,560 --> 00:50:11,920
Speaker 4: is yet, but he'll They're gonna find another Tumble and

1089
00:50:12,520 --> 00:50:15,440
Speaker 4: sell them for ninety million and continue to keep rolling.

1090
00:50:15,640 --> 00:50:16,959
Speaker 4: That's how they do things over there.

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Speaker 5: All right, final question, Uh, A lot of stuff has

1092
00:50:22,640 --> 00:50:25,040
Speaker 5: been going on with the United States men's national team

1093
00:50:25,239 --> 00:50:30,520
Speaker 5: since we last spoke. It seems like Greg Bartbearhalter's on

1094
00:50:30,680 --> 00:50:34,680
Speaker 5: his way out. Who do you think is going to

1095
00:50:34,800 --> 00:50:37,560
Speaker 5: be the next United States men's national team manager?

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Speaker 2: If he had to put money on it?

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00:50:38,640 --> 00:50:41,680
Speaker 4: Right now? Wow? I mean, we know that they made

1098
00:50:41,680 --> 00:50:44,080
Speaker 4: an offer or started a conversation, was the don And

1099
00:50:44,160 --> 00:50:46,279
Speaker 4: the only good news in that for American fans is

1100
00:50:46,320 --> 00:50:48,560
Speaker 4: at least we tried. It doesn't mean that the conversation

1101
00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:51,480
Speaker 4: is over. But let's go back a little bit and

1102
00:50:51,560 --> 00:50:53,400
Speaker 4: then this is where I'm I'm you know, I have

1103
00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:55,200
Speaker 4: a right to be kind of pissed off about it.

1104
00:50:56,320 --> 00:50:59,680
Speaker 4: When I put my spoon in that bowl of shit

1105
00:50:59,800 --> 00:51:02,520
Speaker 4: that was already happening, It was already at full boil.

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00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:05,680
Speaker 4: The people in America and our media are so naive

1107
00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:08,320
Speaker 4: about this kind of thing that they would think that

1108
00:51:08,920 --> 00:51:11,000
Speaker 4: I was the one that let the cat out of

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00:51:11,040 --> 00:51:14,759
Speaker 4: the bed that was brewing with Burholter and the reign

1110
00:51:14,840 --> 00:51:18,359
Speaker 4: of family for a long long time, and the fact

1111
00:51:18,400 --> 00:51:19,719
Speaker 4: that it had to come to a head in a

1112
00:51:19,760 --> 00:51:24,279
Speaker 4: World Cup is really quite sad empathetic. But you know

1113
00:51:24,360 --> 00:51:27,240
Speaker 4: when I the reason why I got angry is because

1114
00:51:27,280 --> 00:51:32,080
Speaker 4: people thought I called Burholter a liar, just to point

1115
00:51:32,120 --> 00:51:36,080
Speaker 4: out to your viewers. Pointing it out when someone lied

1116
00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:40,400
Speaker 4: is very different than calling someone a liar. It just is.

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00:51:41,080 --> 00:51:43,239
Speaker 4: And the way that this thing has unfolded has proven

1118
00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:46,520
Speaker 4: that Greg Burholter has no business managing the national team.

1119
00:51:46,560 --> 00:51:49,239
Speaker 4: He's lost the locker room, he threw a player under

1120
00:51:49,320 --> 00:51:52,000
Speaker 4: the bus. Forget it, it's over now. The bigger problem

1121
00:51:52,080 --> 00:51:54,839
Speaker 4: is going to be Ernie Stewart and Brian McBride are

1122
00:51:54,880 --> 00:51:56,400
Speaker 4: the two that are going to be called upon to

1123
00:51:56,440 --> 00:52:03,600
Speaker 4: fix this. I'm going to sound like a disgruntled whatever,

1124
00:52:03,880 --> 00:52:07,120
Speaker 4: But these were ex teammates of mine. I know them

1125
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:14,560
Speaker 4: very well and they are both not the competent people

1126
00:52:14,680 --> 00:52:16,520
Speaker 4: that we need to be making this decision right now.

1127
00:52:16,560 --> 00:52:18,759
Speaker 4: So when you asked me who needs to be the

1128
00:52:18,800 --> 00:52:21,000
Speaker 4: next national team coach, the first thing that needs to

1129
00:52:21,120 --> 00:52:24,759
Speaker 4: happen is Brian McBride and Ernie Stewart need to be

1130
00:52:24,880 --> 00:52:27,800
Speaker 4: removed from the decision making process because they will not

1131
00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:31,399
Speaker 4: make the appropriate decision. They have drank the kool aid

1132
00:52:31,920 --> 00:52:33,719
Speaker 4: and I don't know what color it is this month,

1133
00:52:34,440 --> 00:52:37,160
Speaker 4: and they have become a part of a big game

1134
00:52:37,239 --> 00:52:39,400
Speaker 4: of Star Wars and they are on the dark side.

1135
00:52:39,480 --> 00:52:42,719
Speaker 4: So we don't have a manager until we make an

1136
00:52:42,719 --> 00:52:46,000
Speaker 4: appropriate decision. The more things change, the more they stay

1137
00:52:46,040 --> 00:52:50,160
Speaker 4: the same. US soccer is an absolute joke, So who

1138
00:52:50,280 --> 00:52:51,560
Speaker 4: is it? If I had to put money on it,

1139
00:52:52,719 --> 00:52:55,480
Speaker 4: I would have thought maybe Roberto Martinez would have had

1140
00:52:55,520 --> 00:52:56,000
Speaker 4: a chance.

1141
00:52:57,040 --> 00:52:58,560
Speaker 2: I don't want to go anywhere near that right now,

1142
00:52:58,880 --> 00:52:59,440
Speaker 2: I know, but.

1143
00:52:59,719 --> 00:53:01,480
Speaker 4: This is These are the kind of bad decisions we make,

1144
00:53:02,040 --> 00:53:07,880
Speaker 4: So I Portugal make that decision right for me personally,

1145
00:53:08,120 --> 00:53:11,319
Speaker 4: who do I if if we win American It's easy,

1146
00:53:11,360 --> 00:53:15,440
Speaker 4: It's Jimmy Curtin. It is not Jesse Marsh. Jimmy Curtin

1147
00:53:15,480 --> 00:53:18,200
Speaker 4: would be the one that would fit within their budget

1148
00:53:18,239 --> 00:53:21,920
Speaker 4: constraints and be a wonderful higher In my opinion, that

1149
00:53:22,160 --> 00:53:24,640
Speaker 4: might make sense because Ernie Stewart used to work with

1150
00:53:24,760 --> 00:53:27,880
Speaker 4: him in Philadelphia, so let's let's stay tuned there. Union.

1151
00:53:28,400 --> 00:53:30,120
Speaker 4: But I think it will be a foreigner I do.

1152
00:53:31,239 --> 00:53:33,440
Speaker 4: I know Bielsa looks like he's on his way to Mexico.

1153
00:53:33,800 --> 00:53:38,840
Speaker 4: I think people too crazy for us to hire someone

1154
00:53:39,000 --> 00:53:41,359
Speaker 4: like that. But you know, at the end of the day,

1155
00:53:43,960 --> 00:53:48,400
Speaker 4: it's such a it's such an unbelievable big decision. Twenty

1156
00:53:48,600 --> 00:53:51,319
Speaker 4: twenty six is everything right. Got to get this right.

1157
00:53:51,400 --> 00:53:53,480
Speaker 4: And it's not four years, it's three, three and a

1158
00:53:53,520 --> 00:53:56,839
Speaker 4: couple of months, So yeah, we have to get this right.

1159
00:53:57,120 --> 00:53:59,160
Speaker 4: The guy that's coaching the team right now, Anthony Hudson,

1160
00:53:59,320 --> 00:54:04,239
Speaker 4: is is going to take these two games when they've

1161
00:54:04,360 --> 00:54:06,360
Speaker 4: already announced that list today, So it's a lot of

1162
00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:09,680
Speaker 4: guys having their first caps with the team. It is

1163
00:54:09,719 --> 00:54:11,920
Speaker 4: clearly not the answer. We know that he's just a

1164
00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:15,160
Speaker 4: guy that's that's that's just a placeholder until we figured

1165
00:54:15,200 --> 00:54:19,759
Speaker 4: this out. But unit's a soccer federation has been infamous

1166
00:54:20,160 --> 00:54:24,560
Speaker 4: for making us wait. Uh and and I I don't

1167
00:54:24,600 --> 00:54:26,279
Speaker 4: think we're I think I think we're still a month

1168
00:54:26,280 --> 00:54:29,839
Speaker 4: away from a decision. And I'm sure they're interviewing people.

1169
00:54:29,960 --> 00:54:32,040
Speaker 4: But if I'm not putting money on it. But man,

1170
00:54:32,080 --> 00:54:35,320
Speaker 4: if I have my choice, I would I would be

1171
00:54:35,360 --> 00:54:38,400
Speaker 4: all over sadon Sadan would be It would be just

1172
00:54:39,640 --> 00:54:42,160
Speaker 4: I don't want to say arrogant, but but but the

1173
00:54:42,320 --> 00:54:44,960
Speaker 4: shot in the arm that we need. No more bullshit,

1174
00:54:45,640 --> 00:54:52,480
Speaker 4: no more family ties, none of this this this ancestual.

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Speaker 1: Uh.

1176
00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:56,320
Speaker 4: You know, we hire your buddies. We just need somebody

1177
00:54:56,400 --> 00:54:59,880
Speaker 4: to evaluate our players, pick a team, pick the right players,

1178
00:55:00,800 --> 00:55:03,480
Speaker 4: because we have enough talent out there. And that's circcumbed

1179
00:55:03,520 --> 00:55:06,880
Speaker 4: to the the drama that we we just we just

1180
00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:09,400
Speaker 4: had to live through. So I would be in favor

1181
00:55:09,440 --> 00:55:13,920
Speaker 4: of someone like Zaddan. That would be for me, probably

1182
00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:18,200
Speaker 4: the best case scenario. I mean, this is a long conversation, probably,

1183
00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:22,200
Speaker 4: I mean it's still it still illuminates the idea that

1184
00:55:22,480 --> 00:55:24,279
Speaker 4: your and Kleinsman was doing a good job. By the

1185
00:55:24,280 --> 00:55:26,560
Speaker 4: way they them too quickly.

1186
00:55:26,920 --> 00:55:28,799
Speaker 2: All right, thank you very much for your time.

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Speaker 4: Eric.

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Speaker 2: That'll do it for this episode of wonder goal. Thank

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Speaker 2: you everybody for listening.

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