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He's a tough kid.

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All I got to say is, Portmanteca says, cheer!

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It's situating!

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It's sensational!

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It's Seattle South FC soccer!

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Welcome to Sounders Scuttlebutt.

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I'm in SoCal.

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I'm Aaron Lingley.

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I'm joined by two incredible voices in the Sounders community.

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Alliance Council Secretary Cameron Collins.

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What's up?

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And Alliance Council extraordinaire Nicholas Biela.

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What's going on, bruh?

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Bruh, what's up?

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I'm so stoked.

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You learned to skateboard?

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I'm so stoked.

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You've been surfing yet?

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I'm literally next to La Jolla Shores.

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So my uncle, who is a surfer and from SoCal, is telling me to get back on the board.

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He taught me how to surf.

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So yeah, potentially, once I get my life in order.

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But I finished the intro here.

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We're here to break down all the Sounders news, game analysis, preseason analysis at

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this point, and of course, the Scuttlebutt straight from our fans.

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And who are our fans?

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They are in our Discord.

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So good jump in there.

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Sounders has had some new members join since I last poked my head in there.

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It had a pretty distracting week, but that's exciting.

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It's growing.

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It's hopping and popping.

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And then of course, join our supporters section, Patreon.

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Actually, thank you, Pat C. He quadrupled his monthly output to support this show.

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So thank you, Pat.

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Appreciate that.

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Yeah.

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Thank you, Pat.

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And who are our others?

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We got Cedar.

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Yeah, we got Cedar.

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We got Daniel P., Alex D., James C. And of course, I mentioned Pat.

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So thank you all for that.

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That does go towards the support of the show directly.

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So rock on.

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Well, as I mentioned, I've been pretty distracted this week.

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So I'm going to hand the reins over to one of you two.

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What do you want to talk about first?

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Beer?

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Yes, I like that.

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Beer is my friend.

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I'm going to pop one open.

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Am I the only one?

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Wait, how come I'm the only one that's looking like they're popping?

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Okay, thank you.

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Thank you.

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Don't make me drink alone.

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I'm drinking whiskey.

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He's got a giant bottle of whiskey.

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I'm just going to pour it right.

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That sounds like quite the pour.

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Well, I've been saving my post-work drink for the show.

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So I have a tiny little fridge in my room, still in the hotel.

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Like a champion.

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So beer would take up pretty much.

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You've got the TBR.

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I do.

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You've been getting ready for the weekend.

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Next week.

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Next week.

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I am looking forward to my ninth straight year playing in this pond hockey tournament,

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9,000 feet up in the Rockies.

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It's a great time.

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And I am going to drink a lot of beer and going to play a lot of hockey.

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Very nice.

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Nice.

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And I am drinking Liquid Death Dr. Death.

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Whoa, it comes in 12 ounces.

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It counts though.

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Yeah, it's the new Dr. Pepper flavored Liquid Death, which is really, really good, unlike

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the root beer one, which leaves a lot lacking.

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Or whatever that phrase is.

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Haven't tried the cola yet, but the Dr. Death is fantastic.

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You know, I got to say, I'm really impressed with them.

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Of all things, the Target Seltzer water brand, whatever the name of their-

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Good and plenty.

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They have good flavors.

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Except for we're boycotting Target right now.

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So don't buy it.

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So are we?

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Am I missing some news?

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Oh, I guess that's to be-

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There's a lot of badness in the world right now, most of which is not a part of this podcast.

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Except for if we're trying to bring in players on visas, we could see delays around the league.

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And there seems to be moves everywhere.

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The latest being, although it hasn't been fully announced that Columbus' star player

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Cucho?

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Tom Bogart has reported on that and it hasn't been actually announced, but we've seen so

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many moves this off.

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I feel like this is one of the busiest off seasons we've seen in MLS history.

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I don't know how you two feel.

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Yeah, I think we are seeing MLS relax some of their roster rules and giving new mechanisms

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to transfer players, which I think is great.

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You're seeing players that ordinarily would not have been able to be transferred within

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the league due to their salaries, due to the DP nature, giving some options for that.

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I think that the U22 initiatives are starting to bear a lot of fruit as it evolves.

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So I think these things in conjunction, you're really seeing a new step in how MLS roster

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is going to move forward.

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What about you, Aaron?

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Yeah, I mean, was it, well, not the last episode because you guys snuck one in without me,

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which was smart because there was no chance I was going to be available.

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You were busy.

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But yeah, but that, I mean, we kind of ran through, but the league is done, what every

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team has kind of done.

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And yeah, I mean, it keeps going is the crazy part.

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It's still happening.

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I mean, we just got Kihei, right?

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And there's potential for Atlanta.

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Atlanta just signed Emmanuel Latailoff for 22 million from Middlesbrough.

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You know, Columbus sending Cucho away.

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Did you see that Chicago Fire signed Omar Gonzalez?

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Really?

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So that'll be interesting just because they brought in Sam Rogers as well, who I think

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at best was going to be fighting for that backup center back minutes.

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And now Omar Gonzalez there on the back line as well.

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Yeah, sporting.

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And they already had a bunch of defenders back there too, which is crazy.

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Three new strikers for sporting Kansas City, Houston, of course.

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We talked about it last episode, got Jack McGlynn from Philadelphia Union.

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Orlando brought in Marco, I can't say his last name, I apologize, Pasilic, Croatian

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International from H&K of Rijeka, and then also Faku Torres, of course, moved on.

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So we're just seeing, and I think there was just a trade, someone got traded to LA Galaxy,

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I'd have to confirm that.

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But you know, we're seeing tons of moves everywhere.

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So it's pretty cool in some ways, but all I'm saying is stop sending people to the Western

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We don't need more.

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Well, no, I think this really kind of comes into play where you're always getting this

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year in and year out.

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But I think the quality of players that are being moved are obviously getting better and

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better, which is going to ramp up the quality of the league.

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Now what really becomes interesting is the axiom in sports, which is can you get the

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pieces to play together?

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You can have a great team on paper, but it all comes down to the team has to actually

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play together.

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And that's why I think the LA Galaxy move is so key because they're getting Christian

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Ramirez from Columbus and he's from SoCal.

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So that's a new starting forward for them after losing Joel of Econovercy's name, losing

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my favorite player to sporting Kansas City.

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But that's one of the things that I think the Sounders have in their favor while others

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may not appreciate that is that consistency and that roster consistency.

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It is hard to acclimate to a new team for a lot of players.

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And when you have a team that has so much cohesion, that's part of the reason why the

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Sounders defense has been one of the top three in the league the last four or five years

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is there's been a lot of consistency there.

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And then when you add in a couple of players like Jesus Ferreira and Paul Areola, who both

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came from the same team and have familiarity with some of the players already on the roster,

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I think that's going to bode well for them and hopefully get the team running to a hot

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start right from the get go this year.

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But we'll see.

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You got to play the games instead of just talking about what's on paper.

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Well, and those two are domestic, right?

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They're not coming internationally with a different language to learn or anything like

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that.

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I mean, and they're familiar with the league.

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Yeah, exactly.

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And even the friends with friends on the play had an issue with all of that.

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You know, yeah, he just never really jelled.

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Yeah, so there's the art of roster construction and that happened in every sport.

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You can see it in baseball in particular, you know, seeing the moneyball style or...

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Baseball.

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What is this baseball you speak of?

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We don't have it in the Northwest.

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No.

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Oh, I'm sorry.

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I'm missing an adjective or a little bit in there.

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Basketball.

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Oh, yeah, of course.

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Reamer and Coop?

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Yeah.

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I'm all about them.

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I immediately think of his swing and penis whenever I remember that movie.

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I love that movie so much and their house band is Real Big Fish.

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So good.

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So good.

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But no, we don't have them.

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In fact, that's worth talking about before we get into other stuff is that Mariners...

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Suck again?

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Opening day tickets are on sale.

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That's a game that generally sells out every year.

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There's tens of thousands of seats available.

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The cheapest seat is 50 bucks in center field.

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This is a team that shouldn't be selling a single ticket in an entire stadium for less

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than 20.

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I mean, for more than 20, excuse me.

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Every ticket should be 20 or less considering the product they're putting on the field.

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And I've never seen 50 bucks for the worst tickets.

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I mean, yeah, it's insane.

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Well, it's really interesting because I've said before on multiple occasions that one

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of the things the Mariners do really well is they have their theme and community night

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specials.

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They've expanded the Filipino night, for example, from one night to two separate nights this

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year with two different items.

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And honestly, that's the thing they got to do.

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They're playing kind of the hustle game.

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Are they both good items?

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No.

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Is it a jacket in?

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The first night is a bucket hat and it's not my style.

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So it's not like a jacket and a jersey.

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That would be cool.

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The second night, though, is a hooded sweatshirt that looks like a hockey jersey.

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And I kind of like that and dig that.

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So I think I'm going to last season, I think I had 47 tickets for the Filipino night for

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the jacket.

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This year, I think I'm going to target that second date in particular.

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So I'll keep you in the loop, Cameron, if you're interested in that.

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Yeah, last year was super fun.

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Are either of you on the Mariners email or text list?

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I guess I should say.

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Yeah, someone that buys group tickets like that in the past.

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I'm on all those.

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Yeah.

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So they sent out a text yesterday or on Wednesday, excuse me, that said, hey, have you looked

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at those Mariners?

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I saw that.

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I want to get our seats for opening day.

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And then, of course, text stop to cancel the button.

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Oops, sorry, wrong person.

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But you should grab your tickets, too.

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It's March 27th, the T-Mobile, by the way.

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And it's like, thank you.

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I appreciate that.

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This is no this is no hot dogs from heaven.

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This was a major fail, especially when you click through and see how many tickets are

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available and and how expensive they are.

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Yeah, it's just wild.

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It's not great.

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It's not great.

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No, but well, maybe we'll all become Padres fans for Aaron.

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And they act the Mariners do come.

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I would love to go to Petco.

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Petco looks like a really great place to see a game.

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Yeah, that's that's the Mariners natural rival in the West, don't you know?

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That's why we play them every year.

260
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Yeah, because every other team in the West have real rivals and we don't.

261
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So that's who we get.

262
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Yeah, I think it's mid May 15, 16, 17.

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I think they play too early in the year.

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And of course, the Sounders are going to be here on April 5th.

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And I'm already planning on going to that.

266
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Yeah, that should be a fun game.

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Any other news out there in the world?

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Catch your guys eyes before we we move on to some soccer talk.

269
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No, not really.

270
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I'm kind of.

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In a daze lately, just trying to get through, get through the days until my trip.

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Some I'm just kind of.

273
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Moving forward as much as I can.

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What about your and how's everything going with the?

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I guess I guess I'm the news.

276
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Yeah, yeah.

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No, everything is gone.

278
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It's been incredibly crazy, but positive.

279
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I landed on Saturday at noon.

280
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I woke up actually in Saturday.

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As you know, I live in.

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I don't live in Everett anymore.

283
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My wife is still there by pain field, so I was able to get round trip out of pain field.

284
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Oh, that's cool.

285
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Yeah.

286
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I mean, five minutes from the house and then like I got through security half a second

287
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or whatever, but I woke up with the dog.

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I was two inches of snow like, oh shit, are you kidding me?

289
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It's been beautiful since I signed the offer for this job.

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Seattle Pacific Northwest begging me not to leave.

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Snowcat Mountains and sunny skies.

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And then I finally leave and Seattle's like, you know, fuck you.

293
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So I was worried I was going to miss not be able to get on takeoff, right?

294
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Delayed by an hour.

295
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They had to be ice it.

296
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But I got here, hit the ground running, toured seven apartments in two days, Saturday, Sunday.

297
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Got an old school mechanical typewriter over there.

298
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Yeah.

299
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Yeah.

300
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Turned it back on.

301
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You could hear it.

302
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Oh yeah.

303
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Yeah, dude.

304
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Yeah.

305
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I muted my mic.

306
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What's it going through?

307
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I'm not sure.

308
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It was very, it was pretty comical.

309
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Very rude.

310
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I was trying to tell everyone.

311
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That is quite interesting.

312
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But yeah, so.

313
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But hey, yeah.

314
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Yeah.

315
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Good news.

316
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Yeah, we got the number one apartment out of the seven I looked at on Saturday was the

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one we got it.

318
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Awesome.

319
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I get the keys tomorrow.

320
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I have to wake up, go to like the equivalent to Albertsons.

321
00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:27,840
Well, it's not quite the equivalent.

322
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I'm in La Jolla.

323
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So now are you going to Ralph's?

324
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That's called Pavilion Pavilions.

325
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I got to do a money order and then I'll be going straight to get my keys with a suitcase

326
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and a laptop bag and no furniture.

327
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So that'll be interesting.

328
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I realize the job's been amazing and excited to not live in the hotel of which.

329
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I work.

330
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So I can walk around naked.

331
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So y'all can still hear me if I talk like this?

332
00:16:55,880 --> 00:16:56,880
Yeah.

333
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Yeah, I'm fine.

334
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Okay.

335
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Is your microphone going through your keyboard or your computer for some reason?

336
00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:04,040
Yeah, it's going through my keyboard.

337
00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:05,040
That's why he was so loud.

338
00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:08,520
No, it's going through my camera up here.

339
00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:09,520
Okay.

340
00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:10,520
And it won't let me change it live.

341
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So it's okay.

342
00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:12,520
Yeah, you're good.

343
00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:16,160
It just means I'll turn you up.

344
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That's all.

345
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I mean, I'd rather be turned on than turned up, but I'll take it.

346
00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:26,600
So let's talk about those sounders.

347
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We have a bunch of questions.

348
00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:33,800
So I feel like maybe we should just hop, go into the mailbag and then take a break after

349
00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:36,960
we finish the mailbag and then just finish with our final thoughts.

350
00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:37,960
Yeah.

351
00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:38,960
Okay.

352
00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:42,040
Why don't we start with the Facebook then?

353
00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:46,480
These are not people that are on our discord, but maybe they'll join.

354
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One of them I think we've answered in the past and we'll both, but I think they're good

355
00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:51,960
questions.

356
00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:57,800
Javier Jacobo Cruz Lastra asked, new kit.

357
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You know Javier?

358
00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:00,040
Oh, Javier is great.

359
00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:04,160
I spent a lot of time with him in Mexico City for Champions League final.

360
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I sent him a few times for the annual garage sale.

361
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I will- Oh, yeah.

362
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I know who he is.

363
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Javier and I sent him a Brian Schmetzer jacket and no, Javier is one of the most legit guys.

364
00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:25,540
One of these days we're going to get him out to Seattle for a game.

365
00:18:25,540 --> 00:18:29,360
When that happens, it'll be glorious, but Javier is a real one.

366
00:18:29,360 --> 00:18:30,360
So hi Javier.

367
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Hola.

368
00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:37,360
So Javier says new kit, game versus Antigua in Guatemala.

369
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I think we know the answer to that is probably not.

370
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Traditionally correct.

371
00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:48,480
Traditionally that first game is the kit's not ready to go live yet.

372
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I can see it being the final game in the Bruce Lee kit potentially, unless we went with the

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green.

374
00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:58,000
But it will depend on what they wear, right?

375
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If they wear something where we can't wear the green, then we'd go to Bruce Lee.

376
00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:02,680
Yeah.

377
00:19:02,680 --> 00:19:03,680
Yeah.

378
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I think that's usually correct.

379
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I feel like new kit would be at home.

380
00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:06,680
Is it not?

381
00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:08,980
I don't think I recall.

382
00:19:08,980 --> 00:19:12,360
The new kit is not a regular kit.

383
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The new kit's a community kit.

384
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So we don't know when we'll wear it.

385
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We wear it in Bruce Lee at home.

386
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No, true.

387
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But it's not a primary choice.

388
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Yeah.

389
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We usually would wear the green.

390
00:19:25,120 --> 00:19:30,920
Oftentimes when we wear Bruce Lee with a few exceptions, it was because of the MLS rules

391
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on light and dark jerseys and not clashing colors.

392
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So yeah, I would expect though, I mean, I don't know.

393
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They could be released right around that time.

394
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That is traditionally when Jersey Week has been since the season moved up.

395
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Is that next week?

396
00:19:51,120 --> 00:19:53,240
So we could see it for the, is that KC?

397
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Who do we play that first home match?

398
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The RSL?

399
00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:01,440
No, no, East Coast, Carolina, Columbus.

400
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Not Columbus, CLT.

401
00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:04,720
Miami.

402
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CLT.

403
00:20:05,720 --> 00:20:08,720
That's Columbus.

404
00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:09,720
No, CLT.

405
00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:11,760
Oh, that's the Scarlett.

406
00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:15,880
My brain is not there right now.

407
00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:21,480
And I wanted to keep it kid friendly and not get the explicit list.

408
00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:22,480
So I had this.

409
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We're always on the explicit list.

410
00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:24,480
I've already dropped the F-bomb.

411
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You're fine.

412
00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:26,480
Yeah.

413
00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:27,480
We're always on the explicit list.

414
00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:34,880
Well, you know, the Charlotte CLT, all I can think of is Jay and Silent Bob.

415
00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:36,680
Who's looking for the CLT?

416
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I am the CLT commander.

417
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Jesus Christ.

418
00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:49,360
So the other question we had come in from Brandon Rupert was who's most likely to be

419
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loaned out?

420
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Realistically, potentially, potentially Stuart Hawkins.

421
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I mean, right now, he is our number three defender.

422
00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:09,520
So I would be surprised.

423
00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:16,000
But if he doesn't play like that, then yes, we definitely could see that.

424
00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:21,080
There was someone else that I was thinking of the other day that was a candidate for

425
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that.

426
00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,120
And I'm just trying to rack my brain to remember.

427
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Leo, Leo Burney, for sure.

428
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Down to defiance.

429
00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:33,720
I mean, I think the question is, I think the idea being not to defiance.

430
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I think that's the...

431
00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:41,000
Oh, I would not expect anyone to get loaned out then unless they're not performing and

432
00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:42,520
we need them to get minutes.

433
00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:46,520
Maybe Cody Baker.

434
00:21:46,520 --> 00:21:48,880
He still seems like too much of a death piece.

435
00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:54,080
It would have to be someone who is no longer on our plans and so akin to what we did with

436
00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:55,080
Danny Leyva.

437
00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:58,840
So I could see Danny Leyva again, that happening too.

438
00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:02,680
Yeah, maybe, but maybe not.

439
00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:05,400
I think, well, I mean, we'll find out.

440
00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:06,400
Maybe no one.

441
00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:13,800
But then again, we may still have a couple of signings for those final roster pieces.

442
00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:17,880
You know, we've got some players that have really excelled in preseason that I think

443
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have earned the potential for a first team call up.

444
00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:28,400
But the real question there is not so much, oh, well, why sign them if we're not going

445
00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:31,400
to use them on the first team?

446
00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:34,720
But there are legitimate reasons.

447
00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:40,200
One of them will be related to a question that will come up in the mailbag shortly.

448
00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:47,200
But for example, one of our recent sales was sold by Tacoma because they weren't under

449
00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:48,920
a first team contract.

450
00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:54,800
So it does have benefits when those roster spaces don't really impact the cap.

451
00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:58,320
They're kind of off cap roster spots.

452
00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:00,280
Yeah, for sure.

453
00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,400
Yeah, I have a hard time wrapping my head around a name.

454
00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:14,440
But I think also with a new emphasis on, you know, getting goals in the net and fairly

455
00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:17,440
new, I mean, some new key pieces to the starting lineup.

456
00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:22,720
I think we're going to see who's not getting minutes after four or five, six games.

457
00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:25,120
And I think that might start changing the conversation.

458
00:23:25,120 --> 00:23:29,440
But I can't think of a name off the top of my head that we would loan out now.

459
00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:30,440
Correct.

460
00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:37,800
Yeah, and it would have to be someone that's a depth piece that was expected to play a

461
00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,840
little more and then isn't getting those minutes.

462
00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:41,840
Exactly.

463
00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:47,640
I do think we're going to see Kalani Kosa-Ranzee get signed to the first team.

464
00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:53,800
I also think Snyder Brunel has earned that look as well.

465
00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:56,800
Snyder Brunel.

466
00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:57,800
For sure.

467
00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:03,600
Which leads us nicely into Tim Hamilton's question, which you just alluded to.

468
00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:08,880
If Tacoma sells a player, does that money stay in the MLS Next Pro team?

469
00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:10,960
And we discussed this, was that last episode?

470
00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:12,560
Yeah, a little bit.

471
00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:20,640
Basically, any money that Tacoma gets, the Tacoma roster rules are going to be a little

472
00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,880
different than MLS roster rules.

473
00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:30,280
But for the true purpose, that million dollars that we received for the, was it Castro?

474
00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:34,960
Who do we just send to the Mexico, the MX team?

475
00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:39,520
It was a U17 player.

476
00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:41,320
Alex something.

477
00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:42,320
I forget.

478
00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:43,520
It's too long ago now.

479
00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:45,640
That was at least six, seven days ago.

480
00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:46,640
I know.

481
00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:48,280
It's been a little crazy.

482
00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:54,320
But in the end, that $1 million, basically where that's going to go into is through admin

483
00:24:54,320 --> 00:25:00,640
and just business with operations.

484
00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:05,880
It's not going to come into roster using.

485
00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:12,920
There is no salary cap in MLS Next Pro, which is a very interesting thing.

486
00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:21,040
Well, yeah, because no one's going to use MLS Next Pro to try and win MLS Next Pro.

487
00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:29,040
That's not the purpose of that, which is why MLS Next Pro separated from the USL championship.

488
00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:36,000
Well, also, you don't want 16 and 17 year olds have to play against 30 year olds every

489
00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:37,000
single game.

490
00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:38,000
Yes and no.

491
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:46,240
I mean, it's a little different, but ultimately you have the USL championship teams like Sacramento

492
00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:53,600
Republic, like Louis Vile, whatever their name is, racing Louis Vile.

493
00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:54,600
Louisville?

494
00:25:54,600 --> 00:26:00,000
No, no, I think you're pronouncing that wrong.

495
00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:03,200
You're putting the wrong emphasis on the syllable.

496
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:04,200
It's Louis Vile.

497
00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:05,200
Vile-ly?

498
00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:08,720
Oh, wait, the team I'm going to see play next week?

499
00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:09,720
Yeah, that's the one.

500
00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:12,080
Oh, did that officially come through?

501
00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:18,640
Anyway, that's an off-topic.

502
00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:24,560
But with that in mind, in the end, it doesn't really make sense for MLS Next Pro to be competing

503
00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:30,160
at the USL championship because they have different definitions of success.

504
00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:33,280
No, yeah, and they're what?

505
00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:38,080
In between USL 1 and USL 2, if you're talking about talent?

506
00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:46,760
I mean, technically on the pyramid, they're the third tier of the US pyramid, but yeah,

507
00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:48,240
I think somewhere in there.

508
00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:51,560
So I put them with USL 1, but I think USL 1 is a better…

509
00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:52,560
Well, I mean, the baseball…

510
00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,880
They have rosters together to win, right?

511
00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:58,040
It's the same with what you're talking about.

512
00:26:58,040 --> 00:26:59,800
Our rosters are not put together to win matches.

513
00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:02,200
They're put together to develop players.

514
00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:06,840
And that's kind of the baseball analogy is sometimes the best players in the minor leagues

515
00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:10,040
on a baseball teams organization is not in AAA.

516
00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:11,040
It's in double.

517
00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:12,400
They're always in double, yeah.

518
00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:17,280
Yeah, and so it's kind of interesting how that works out sometimes and the mindset behind

519
00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:18,280
that.

520
00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:23,320
And by the way, just so you know, Cameron, I know this is an audio podcast, spoiler alert,

521
00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:27,080
we're talking about eventually moving to video.

522
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:31,680
That blonde doll in the background is creepy as fuck.

523
00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:32,680
It's a bride.

524
00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:34,960
Yeah, it's a bride of Chucky.

525
00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:36,320
I get that.

526
00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:37,320
It's creepy.

527
00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:41,060
Meanwhile, people are like, wait, what blonde doll does he have?

528
00:27:41,060 --> 00:27:42,320
What does Cameron have in the back?

529
00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:44,320
Does he have a sex doll?

530
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:45,320
No.

531
00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:46,320
Chucky, look at us.

532
00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:49,320
Don't you see?

533
00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:51,320
We belong, kid.

534
00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:52,320
Goodbye, darling.

535
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:55,320
See, she says stuff from the movie.

536
00:27:55,320 --> 00:28:00,680
God, I hope that turns on at random times automatically like a Furby used to.

537
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:04,160
No, I actually had to turn her on to make her talk.

538
00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:05,160
Chucky talks too.

539
00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:08,920
Hey, I don't need to hear how you turn on your dolls.

540
00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:09,920
No, no.

541
00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:13,160
It's, no, no, we're moving on.

542
00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:17,880
Meanwhile, in preseason, says Alex Diaz, we scored a total of 12 goals.

543
00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:21,340
Should we take this with a grain of salt or should we expect to score many more goals

544
00:28:21,340 --> 00:28:22,340
this year?

545
00:28:22,340 --> 00:28:23,340
Aaron?

546
00:28:23,340 --> 00:28:24,960
Coaching staff seems to be very thrilled with this.

547
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:29,440
Aaron, what do you think?

548
00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:32,440
Yes and no.

549
00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:40,380
I think when you have as many players rotating in and out through a game, it's not indicative

550
00:28:40,380 --> 00:28:46,440
of what we're going to see week one.

551
00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:53,720
But I think it is promising that because they haven't been playing together very long and

552
00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:57,600
they're still going out there in the first three preseason games and scoring multiple

553
00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:03,760
goals, I think just if you take a 30,000 foot look at that, that is positive.

554
00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:10,040
I'd be concerned, the inverse, I'd be concerned if we weren't scoring goals right now.

555
00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:11,080
I think you're right.

556
00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:13,560
I think it's the way we're scoring goals right now.

557
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:19,400
I think we're making very creative, dangerous looking passes and opportunities.

558
00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:24,880
And I think that is not by accident.

559
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:28,340
I think that is a repeatable thing.

560
00:29:28,340 --> 00:29:33,400
We are forcing defenses into making some really difficult decisions.

561
00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:38,760
When you have Jordan Morris making these dangerous runs, like, okay, well, we're going to mark

562
00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:39,760
that run.

563
00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:44,640
Maybe you have Jesus for opening up some space or Pedro, who's looked really good in this

564
00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:49,360
preseason, creating opportunities.

565
00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:53,680
How repeatable is that against teams that have more familiarity with us?

566
00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:55,560
We'll find out.

567
00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:57,940
But it's very, very encouraging.

568
00:29:57,940 --> 00:30:05,420
And for a preseason, I would rather see reasons for excitement than squeaking out one-nothing

569
00:30:05,420 --> 00:30:14,360
victories or two-one victories where there's just not a lot of creativity.

570
00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:17,900
And I think that's not the case in this preseason.

571
00:30:17,900 --> 00:30:19,240
We're seeing a lot of creativity.

572
00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:21,080
We're seeing a lot of energy.

573
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:22,600
And I'm very encouraged personally.

574
00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:26,080
I'm excited personally.

575
00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:30,000
But I do caution, just be careful about coming out of the gate.

576
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:34,820
Because our first game will be on the road in another country for Champions League, expect

577
00:30:34,820 --> 00:30:38,080
us to be playing for a 0-0 type of draw.

578
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:42,380
That's what we've done historically in these early group stage games.

579
00:30:42,380 --> 00:30:46,200
Sometimes those fields can be a little tricky to navigate.

580
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:53,840
So eking out one goal, two goals, keeping it really close and tight has been the historical

581
00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:56,800
context of what we've done down there.

582
00:30:56,800 --> 00:30:58,920
Cameron, what about you?

583
00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:04,480
Yeah, I mean, the teams we're playing aren't the best, right?

584
00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:10,200
We have the, we just tied Hammer B22, their second, probably second best team in Sweden.

585
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:15,640
But you look at their roster, it has a total market value of 28 million.

586
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:20,040
I mean, that's significantly below us.

587
00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:24,440
And if we had had the offseason they had, our fans would be revolting right now.

588
00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:28,800
Because you go down and you look at, they just sold off a player for 10 million, a player

589
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:35,360
for 5.7 million, a player for 4.5 million, and a player for 3.5 million, and the best

590
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:37,880
player they brought in is worth 1.3 million.

591
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:41,000
So they just sold off nearly 20 million.

592
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,160
And a free transfer from Minnesota.

593
00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:44,160
Yeah.

594
00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:49,320
So are you saying that they are basically FC Dallas?

595
00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:51,280
They're kind of FC Dallas-ing it.

596
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:52,280
Yeah.

597
00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:58,720
And so, you know, I think that is something we need to consider.

598
00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:04,360
Like you said, we can't just look at these matches and go, oh, this is a one for one.

599
00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:07,640
Like, this is how we're going to do this season.

600
00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:09,760
You know, these clubs also play a different style than we do.

601
00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:11,880
If we go look at the other team we played.

602
00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:12,880
Wait, wait, wait.

603
00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:15,080
I'm sorry, real quick.

604
00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:17,000
Hit the back button real quick.

605
00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:24,320
The player they brought in, the player that they brought in, scroll down, Warner Han.

606
00:32:24,320 --> 00:32:27,680
I saw him in Japan earlier this year.

607
00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:29,440
That's Kyoto's goalkeeper.

608
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:30,960
Yeah, there he is.

609
00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:31,960
Kyoto Sanges goalkeeper.

610
00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:32,960
Transfer fee question mark.

611
00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:33,960
Yeah, they don't.

612
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:34,960
He's 32, probably not a lot.

613
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:35,960
Oh, that's cool.

614
00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:48,960
We played Nor Koping, who I believe was at a 2-1 win, if I recall correctly.

615
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:55,240
And their entire team value is 12 million.

616
00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:58,080
So they don't have.

617
00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:03,920
What do they rate Seattle's just for context of apples to apples?

618
00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:06,880
What are they calling Seattle's transfer market?

619
00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:10,320
Yeah, I mean, so this will be.

620
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:15,440
Aaron, do you have any predictions before it pulls up?

621
00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:19,000
Damn it, saw it.

622
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,000
I would have said 60 probably.

623
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:22,000
53 million.

624
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:29,240
But that's looking at the value of a player, some of the players that are right now on

625
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:37,600
a down that we're taking flyers on, like a Jesus Ferreira who is getting valued only

626
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:43,280
at 5 million, but last year would have been more like 10 to 12 million.

627
00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:44,280
And this is yours.

628
00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:49,120
Yeah, and what's really interesting about this is if you scroll up to the roster there,

629
00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:52,400
some of that seems very.

630
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:57,600
I mean, you know, it's trying to do the best it can with limited information.

631
00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:05,040
But when you see some players a little higher up, I had to laugh because I saw Georgie,

632
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:11,800
for example, if you scroll up a little bit, you know, it had.

633
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:17,700
Yeah, Georgie's value at 400k euro right now, which seems about right.

634
00:34:17,700 --> 00:34:20,440
Last year he was at 200k, so he's doubled his value.

635
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:23,320
And if he proves himself, he'll keep skyrocketing.

636
00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:26,040
Yeah, it's interesting.

637
00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:35,920
But it also, you know, 800k for Paul Rothrock, which is which is interesting.

638
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:43,200
Severely seems to undervalue Obed Vargas 3.5 million based on the number of like puts out

639
00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:45,200
on the same pace as Albert Rusnak.

640
00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:48,040
But that's about the offers we're getting for him right now.

641
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:54,360
This is how much you would get in value for him, not how much you want for him.

642
00:34:54,360 --> 00:35:01,520
Well, I know we're asking for 10, but I feel like we've heard we've heard reports of six

643
00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:06,520
to six to eight in in previous reports.

644
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:10,720
I feel like it was more three to four is what people are trying to give us.

645
00:35:10,720 --> 00:35:18,920
And you know, Pedro being valued at six million euros when he was at his peak before he blew

646
00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:21,280
at his knee at 10 million.

647
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:24,920
So you see, since he's come to Seattle, he's dropped a little bit.

648
00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:25,920
Yeah.

649
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:31,240
So these things are interesting and take them with a grain of salt, you know.

650
00:35:31,240 --> 00:35:34,080
It's much like the gambling betting lines.

651
00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:42,040
MLS is always going to be an opportunity for picking and beating Vegas because the odds

652
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:47,860
makers don't always have the same dial in on MLS as some other sports.

653
00:35:47,860 --> 00:35:53,120
So it's just kind of, you know, trying not to see it as gospel, in my opinion.

654
00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:55,680
No, I think it's just a good idea.

655
00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:59,760
And also remember, you've got to take all those values and multiply them by 1.5 because

656
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:02,760
this is a euro, it's not dollars.

657
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:04,440
All the money.

658
00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:05,780
And hey, look at that.

659
00:36:05,780 --> 00:36:07,200
What do you got right there?

660
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:09,720
Or do we do have a mailbag question about that?

661
00:36:09,720 --> 00:36:10,720
I think we do.

662
00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:11,720
Yeah, we do.

663
00:36:11,720 --> 00:36:12,720
We do.

664
00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:13,720
We'll get to that.

665
00:36:13,720 --> 00:36:14,720
We'll get to that.

666
00:36:14,720 --> 00:36:18,760
Now let's talk about where Alex Diaz brought up that Nico Moreno mentioned the possibility

667
00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:23,820
of bringing back Nico Lidero to Seattle, who at the end of last season was valued at one

668
00:36:23,820 --> 00:36:24,820
million euros.

669
00:36:24,820 --> 00:36:29,620
Seems a little high for me considering his performance last year.

670
00:36:29,620 --> 00:36:34,420
When he left Seattle, he was at 1.8, no, 1.5.

671
00:36:34,420 --> 00:36:41,200
And so he's gone down, according to them, about 0.5 in value.

672
00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:43,600
But of course, he went there on a free transfer.

673
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:44,600
Yep.

674
00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:50,560
What are you all thinking about the possibility of Nico coming back?

675
00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:52,240
Not whether or not it'll happen.

676
00:36:52,240 --> 00:36:54,800
What would he do for the club and should we do it?

677
00:36:54,800 --> 00:37:00,280
I mean, I think it comes to me for, well, let's think about, obviously, he would come

678
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,040
in off the bench.

679
00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:06,000
So the question that I have for you is what can he provide off the bench?

680
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:09,580
Can he provide a spark in 20 minutes?

681
00:37:09,580 --> 00:37:14,500
Can you get some, can you get some production out of him?

682
00:37:14,500 --> 00:37:22,040
Now keep in mind, last season for Orlando, 34 games played, he started 16 of those games.

683
00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:24,960
So clearly coming off the bench a lot.

684
00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:30,040
But in 1600 minutes, that's kind of backup time right there.

685
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:36,960
In 1600, well, 1700 minutes, 1697, he had one goal and 11 assists.

686
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:43,200
So to me, that tells me you can bring him on to create some offense in the final 20

687
00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:44,200
minutes.

688
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:45,200
Yeah.

689
00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:48,800
If I can get him at a reasonable fee, yes, bring him on.

690
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:57,160
Because I think a year in Orlando, much like, you know, Brad Evans taking that year in Kansas

691
00:37:57,160 --> 00:38:01,480
City where unfortunately he didn't get to play a game because of the injury.

692
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:05,880
Brad Evans left Seattle a little angry, a little upset.

693
00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:09,640
But it was because, you know, he's competitive, he's fiery and he thought he had stuff to

694
00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:10,640
give.

695
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:15,920
Nico, who by the way, I think handled coming in off the bench at the end of his time in

696
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:18,280
Seattle pretty damn well.

697
00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:23,680
I think he's got the right mentality, the right mindset to come in if that's going to

698
00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:25,680
be the offer.

699
00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:31,240
I unfortunately don't know, is he currently a free agent?

700
00:38:31,240 --> 00:38:35,480
Was he on a one year deal with Orlando or would there be a transfer fee involved?

701
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:37,520
No, he's free to go wherever he wants.

702
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:38,520
He'd be free transfer.

703
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:41,080
So he's currently an unsigned player.

704
00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:44,960
Yeah, he's trying to return to Argentina.

705
00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:49,280
The only person I've seen report at all apparently about this is Nico Mourinho, but everyone

706
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:52,800
else, his agent has said that he's trying to get.

707
00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:55,000
No, Argentina are the teams he's trying to play for.

708
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:58,720
Oh, to go back to like, okay, the league.

709
00:38:58,720 --> 00:38:59,720
Yeah.

710
00:38:59,720 --> 00:39:00,720
No, no, no.

711
00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:06,200
So, but yeah, I mean, I feel like even total he had two goals in nine assists last year

712
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:09,120
in 2000, almost 2100 minutes.

713
00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:16,280
So including a goal and assist versus Calvary FC, the Canadian Premier League team in the

714
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:20,840
CONCACAF Champions Cup, who yesterday became the first Canadian Premier team or was that

715
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:21,840
earlier today?

716
00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:22,840
It might've been earlier today.

717
00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:28,200
First Canadian Premier League team to beat a Mexican team as they beat, was it Tigris

718
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:29,200
they beat?

719
00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:30,200
I don't know.

720
00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:31,200
Wait a minute.

721
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:34,640
No, no, no, that's not right.

722
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:40,080
He is still under contract with Orlando.

723
00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:42,760
They did not, they let him go at the end of the season.

724
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:50,600
I don't see that in their, I don't see that in their roster moves updates as of December

725
00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:51,600
5th.

726
00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:52,600
Now things may have changed.

727
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:54,480
According to his agent, he plays, he does not on their roster.

728
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:56,400
He's available to go wherever he wants.

729
00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:57,400
Okay.

730
00:39:57,400 --> 00:40:02,200
So maybe they, it might be like a Brodeer Leo Rodriguez thing where they made the decision

731
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:04,200
after the official.

732
00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:05,200
Okay.

733
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:09,840
They beat Pumas, excuse me, not Tigris.

734
00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:11,560
I knew it was a cat.

735
00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:17,880
So Calvary FC to beat Pumas in a stunning CONCACAF Champions Cup first leg, which is

736
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:24,120
pretty exciting, I've got to say.

737
00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:26,800
I'd be happy with it.

738
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:27,800
Yeah.

739
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:28,800
Yeah.

740
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:32,920
It doesn't displace anything that we currently have that I'm excited about with our current

741
00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:37,480
roster and he'd be coming off the bench.

742
00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:42,680
The stats that you just both mentioned are promising and makes my heart warm.

743
00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:46,800
Well, you know that Nico, what are, what are, what are the things you're going to get out

744
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:47,800
of him?

745
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:48,800
You're going to get running.

746
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:52,240
You're going to get someone who's moving around.

747
00:40:52,240 --> 00:40:56,120
I mean, yeah, that's an added benefit for sure.

748
00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:58,320
Would he be in every game day 18?

749
00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:02,720
No, no, he wouldn't because I think we got some, some other options that are available.

750
00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:08,920
But there'll be times where, you know, there were, there were games last season where you

751
00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:13,760
look at the bench, you're like, we have no attacking options off the bench.

752
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:17,600
We have nothing where I feel like we can generate a goal off the bench.

753
00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:23,280
As a matter of fact, for a while there, I think, I think if I'm remembering correctly,

754
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:30,240
we went a very long time where we did not have a single goal off the bench for, for

755
00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:33,920
a significant portion of the season, if I remember correctly, it might've been two years

756
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:34,920
ago though.

757
00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:38,320
My brain's a little, a little weird today.

758
00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:41,320
So give me, give me people that can create an impact.

759
00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:46,900
I will 100% take that.

760
00:41:46,900 --> 00:41:48,600
So yeah, did I answer your question, Nick?

761
00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:54,800
It looks like they call, I mean, Orlando did, they had a club option on him for this year

762
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:58,880
and they did take it, but they must be willing to let him out.

763
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:01,080
Like you said, like Bradili Rodriguez.

764
00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:02,080
Okay.

765
00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:03,080
Okay.

766
00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:08,240
And that makes sense because I would imagine that I know Orlando made some significant

767
00:42:08,240 --> 00:42:14,880
roster moves and some of those moves might make Nico's role redundant.

768
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:16,480
I'd be curious to see-

769
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:19,960
And he cost some 800,000 this year, which there's no way he would get in Seattle.

770
00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:20,960
100%.

771
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:24,880
And that's where I wonder if Orlando would use a buyout or if it'd be a situation where

772
00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:26,920
Orlando would pick up part of the salary.

773
00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:31,320
I'd be curious to see how that mechanism would actually work.

774
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:37,600
Granted, if Orlando uses one of their buyouts on him, now keep in mind teams get two buyouts

775
00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:38,600
this year.

776
00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:39,600
That's a new rule.

777
00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:43,400
If Orlando was to use one of their buyouts, that's guaranteed money.

778
00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:51,080
So then Nico coming in at a, let's say a veteran minimum, I don't know if that's the way it

779
00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:52,320
would go, but if-

780
00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:53,320
Yeah.

781
00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:55,160
I can't see that happening.

782
00:42:55,160 --> 00:43:00,800
You wouldn't waste that mechanism on Nico when you, I mean, the rosters aren't set,

783
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:01,800
right?

784
00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:03,160
You can still do whatever you want for another-

785
00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:04,160
Two weeks.

786
00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:07,480
I think the 21st-ish, I think somewhere around there.

787
00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:09,840
So as long as he's not on the roster, then they'll be fine.

788
00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:10,840
They want you to-

789
00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:16,480
But in the end, I mean, honestly, that deep dive of the capology side of it, I'm less

790
00:43:16,480 --> 00:43:21,000
interested in having that conversation because if both teams want to make it happen and they've

791
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:26,040
got the space, they either have the space for it or they don't, that's really kind of

792
00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:32,040
getting aside from the point of the conversation, which is really, would you want him back?

793
00:43:32,040 --> 00:43:34,840
My answer is, yeah, if we can afford him.

794
00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:36,320
Yeah, I'll take him.

795
00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:41,840
Yeah, for me, it's got to be league minimum and we have to give nothing to Orlando.

796
00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:43,720
I'm not giving anything for him.

797
00:43:43,720 --> 00:43:44,720
Correct.

798
00:43:44,720 --> 00:43:45,720
Correct.

799
00:43:45,720 --> 00:43:52,480
I feel comfortable with our roster, but anytime you give me an opportunity to add someone

800
00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:58,800
who's got an engine and who can create chances, yeah, coming off the bench, having someone

801
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:04,480
like him who can create assists and has, we know his vision with some of these players.

802
00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:13,120
Could you imagine Niko feeding Georgie with the pass through lines late in the game?

803
00:44:13,120 --> 00:44:15,120
Yeah, I'll take that.

804
00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:19,400
What else do we have on the mailbag?

805
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:23,960
You know what else we got?

806
00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:29,960
Are you satisfied with our off season in general, says Asian Man 1974, including transfers, tactical

807
00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:34,320
preparation, et cetera?

808
00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:36,600
First off, I love his avatar.

809
00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:42,020
It's a AS Roma's third, the wolf.

810
00:44:42,020 --> 00:44:44,160
So I do appreciate that.

811
00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:47,080
I just want to shout that out, Asian Man 1974.

812
00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:51,360
I think that's a sharp logo there.

813
00:44:51,360 --> 00:44:57,200
Isn't that one of the clubs that are not very cool?

814
00:44:57,200 --> 00:45:00,200
You know, I am biased.

815
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:07,280
I am obviously biased, but yeah, I'm pretty happy with our off season in general.

816
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:10,000
We've done a couple of things, very successful.

817
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:12,040
We've structured our signings.

818
00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:17,720
We brought in pieces to give us more tactical flexibility in formations.

819
00:45:17,720 --> 00:45:20,880
We're considering those kinds of formation changes and opportunities.

820
00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:24,600
So I think those are key pieces.

821
00:45:24,600 --> 00:45:30,600
People can disagree about whether we should assign X player or Y player, but I think we've

822
00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:32,560
set ourselves up for success.

823
00:45:32,560 --> 00:45:39,440
Now the question is, we're going to find out real soon if the pieces we brought in were

824
00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:41,320
the right pieces.

825
00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:42,320
So I'm excited.

826
00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:43,320
What about you, Aaron?

827
00:45:43,320 --> 00:45:53,440
Yeah, I think this is probably one of the more robust rosters I can remember for this

828
00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:54,440
team.

829
00:45:54,440 --> 00:46:01,880
I think there is just, I think every signing was smart, but obviously Hazy's and Paul at

830
00:46:01,880 --> 00:46:09,760
the top of the list, I think just having those two players in rotation as starting with players

831
00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:14,320
we already had last year and we performed pretty well last year.

832
00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:16,960
I think we definitely weren't the best team in the West.

833
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:18,680
We know that.

834
00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:20,760
I think we very well could be.

835
00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:22,520
I think we're going to be a really hard team to beat.

836
00:46:22,520 --> 00:46:30,520
I think we're going to score more goals, hopefully, than last year, but nothing was splashy.

837
00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:34,160
And then I get there's going to be that fan base that wants something a little more splashy.

838
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:41,440
But we've repeated this over and over again, especially you, Cameron, why Seattle cannot

839
00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:43,120
do that.

840
00:46:43,120 --> 00:46:47,800
And I think these are the right signings for this club in every aspect, both in tactics

841
00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:54,160
and locker room and for the length of this season and how many matches we're going to

842
00:46:54,160 --> 00:46:56,840
have to play.

843
00:46:56,840 --> 00:47:01,580
You know, can I say, because you touched on something that I thought was really interesting.

844
00:47:01,580 --> 00:47:07,480
You mentioned robust, and it reminded me of how I felt going into the twenty twenty two

845
00:47:07,480 --> 00:47:09,320
season when we won Champions League.

846
00:47:09,320 --> 00:47:15,120
I thought we did a really good job bringing in Albert Rusnak as our big signing kind of

847
00:47:15,120 --> 00:47:21,140
to to build this robust roster to to compete for Champions League.

848
00:47:21,140 --> 00:47:27,600
We brought in Freddie Montero as that, you know, aging signing, which which Nico could

849
00:47:27,600 --> 00:47:29,120
fill that kind of a role.

850
00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:30,120
Yes.

851
00:47:30,120 --> 00:47:35,920
Yeah, but when I look at that twenty twenty two roster and I compared to what we have

852
00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:40,000
right now and I thought that twenty twenty two roster was exactly that was built for

853
00:47:40,000 --> 00:47:41,000
depth.

854
00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:50,340
Now, unfortunately, having that major injury to Joe Palo really hurt.

855
00:47:50,340 --> 00:47:55,840
And after Champions League, we did have some injuries that that made some some problems.

856
00:47:55,840 --> 00:48:02,200
So the depth was challenged, but I look at that roster and I look at this roster and

857
00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:07,000
I think there's even more depth and I think it's kind of a more elevated version of that.

858
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:08,760
So I'm excited.

859
00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:14,040
What about you, Cameron?

860
00:48:14,040 --> 00:48:20,960
I mean, I think mine comes down to what Dan the bastard asked next in the mailbag, which

861
00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:26,200
is who's going to be more important to this team's success or failure, Jesus Ferreira

862
00:48:26,200 --> 00:48:29,360
or Pedro de la Vega?

863
00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:35,180
And I think if and I would include Jordan Morris in there, too, but I think if we do

864
00:48:35,180 --> 00:48:41,700
not see an increase in goals from both those players and we do not see an increase in goals

865
00:48:41,700 --> 00:48:45,280
from Jordan Morris, then it was all for not.

866
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:53,120
I feel like we we went the creative route by bringing in players below their value and

867
00:48:53,120 --> 00:48:55,280
getting a whole thing to get more out of them.

868
00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:59,160
And we're either going to get a home run or Schmetzer's going to be fired halfway through

869
00:48:59,160 --> 00:49:00,760
the season.

870
00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:03,100
And I don't know where it's going to be.

871
00:49:03,100 --> 00:49:08,320
And I think part of that is putting too much on Jordan Morris being a DP, which I do not

872
00:49:08,320 --> 00:49:09,320
think he is.

873
00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:13,800
I hope he proves me wrong, but he has yet to prove that he is.

874
00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:21,640
We've argued many episodes about that, but he had four goals in the final 11 games and

875
00:49:21,640 --> 00:49:24,160
only one of them was from forward position.

876
00:49:24,160 --> 00:49:28,280
So if he's playing forward, if he's not playing for that, maybe he's a different story.

877
00:49:28,280 --> 00:49:31,680
But if he's playing forward, I'm going to need him to score forward like goals.

878
00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:36,800
I mean, obviously, you and I both disagree on that that side.

879
00:49:36,800 --> 00:49:38,480
We talked about that in previous years.

880
00:49:38,480 --> 00:49:40,480
So I'm not going to hear previous episodes.

881
00:49:40,480 --> 00:49:41,760
I'm not going to hit that again.

882
00:49:41,760 --> 00:49:49,160
But I think my argument is we've gotten DP production out of a contract that was not

883
00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:51,800
DP from him.

884
00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:57,220
And this is now the, OK, well, now we've got the DP contract.

885
00:49:57,220 --> 00:50:03,240
We need you to maintain and hopefully more improve on that.

886
00:50:03,240 --> 00:50:04,240
Improve.

887
00:50:04,240 --> 00:50:05,240
Yeah.

888
00:50:05,240 --> 00:50:09,080
Because I want to see him put up number nine numbers, not winner numbers.

889
00:50:09,080 --> 00:50:10,280
And I get that.

890
00:50:10,280 --> 00:50:12,200
We're going to find out.

891
00:50:12,200 --> 00:50:13,200
We're going to find out.

892
00:50:13,200 --> 00:50:14,200
And what about you?

893
00:50:14,200 --> 00:50:15,200
What about you, Aaron?

894
00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:19,080
I pretty much I agree with Cameron.

895
00:50:19,080 --> 00:50:24,440
I'm not I need to see more importantly, Jordan.

896
00:50:24,440 --> 00:50:26,200
I need to see him.

897
00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:28,240
He was just he really frustrated me last year.

898
00:50:28,240 --> 00:50:31,960
And then to see him become a DP, which I know isn't like he's a six million dollar DP or

899
00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:32,960
anything like that.

900
00:50:32,960 --> 00:50:39,520
But put up or shut up is what I want to say.

901
00:50:39,520 --> 00:50:41,520
We need a six million dollar DP on this team.

902
00:50:41,520 --> 00:50:43,880
And if he's not going to be that, then we need to go get one.

903
00:50:43,880 --> 00:50:44,880
Yeah.

904
00:50:44,880 --> 00:50:51,680
I mean, that that is the thing is, though, you you basically have.

905
00:50:51,680 --> 00:50:57,600
Albert and Jordan, who are both producing at DP numbers.

906
00:50:57,600 --> 00:50:58,600
But let's be honest.

907
00:50:58,600 --> 00:51:05,280
I'll be I'll be fair that they're more of that third DP, the traditional DP that is

908
00:51:05,280 --> 00:51:07,880
kind of on the lower end of DP.

909
00:51:07,880 --> 00:51:09,200
So you have two of those.

910
00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:17,200
So realistically, the reality is you you could get that six million dollar DP, but you would

911
00:51:17,200 --> 00:51:20,900
not have one of Albert and or Jordan.

912
00:51:20,900 --> 00:51:24,680
So Albert has I mean, I don't know the numbers.

913
00:51:24,680 --> 00:51:30,440
Albert probably has four or five more assists if Jordan scores four or five more goals last

914
00:51:30,440 --> 00:51:32,200
season, which he should have.

915
00:51:32,200 --> 00:51:35,960
I think Albert is absolutely fine in my book right now.

916
00:51:35,960 --> 00:51:37,880
He was a best player last year.

917
00:51:37,880 --> 00:51:43,960
But on some I'm getting the sense that on a lot of players or a lot of fans wish list

918
00:51:43,960 --> 00:51:48,160
on what they'd like to see with the roster construction.

919
00:51:48,160 --> 00:51:53,960
They would like to see a player like Albert be the third DP and then to quote unquote

920
00:51:53,960 --> 00:51:58,560
big time DPS, I think is the the envisioning.

921
00:51:58,560 --> 00:52:06,360
But with the way that this is laid out with Jordan's contract triggering an automatic

922
00:52:06,360 --> 00:52:13,440
DP upgrade, I think I think that's that's if I'm speaking for people, I think that's

923
00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:14,800
a concern.

924
00:52:14,800 --> 00:52:15,800
But let's see.

925
00:52:15,800 --> 00:52:16,800
Well, sure.

926
00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:19,580
Albert is your third DP if you have a six million dollar forward playing as a six million

927
00:52:19,580 --> 00:52:25,040
dollar forward and Pedro de Legas playing healthy and to expectation when we signed

928
00:52:25,040 --> 00:52:26,040
him last year.

929
00:52:26,040 --> 00:52:28,280
I mean, I think I think Albert is your third DP.

930
00:52:28,280 --> 00:52:31,720
Ferrera could be that if he develops into what he's in.

931
00:52:31,720 --> 00:52:34,840
And Pedro Pedro was worth 10 million euros at one point.

932
00:52:34,840 --> 00:52:39,680
All those players can become that player if they play the way if if Ferrera plays the

933
00:52:39,680 --> 00:52:44,840
way he did not last year, but the two years before that or same same for Pedro before

934
00:52:44,840 --> 00:52:45,840
he got hurt.

935
00:52:45,840 --> 00:52:49,640
All of those players become those players.

936
00:52:49,640 --> 00:52:51,200
Very much on the table like very much.

937
00:52:51,200 --> 00:52:52,200
Yeah.

938
00:52:52,200 --> 00:52:57,000
And then you have then you have four DPS on on a budget of three DPS.

939
00:52:57,000 --> 00:52:58,360
And then that's the thing.

940
00:52:58,360 --> 00:53:05,600
So in in the situations in which we're winning trophies and being successful, it's because

941
00:53:05,600 --> 00:53:14,160
we are maximizing our DP production, getting four DPS for the price of three.

942
00:53:14,160 --> 00:53:17,040
And Craig Weibel is executive the year or whatever.

943
00:53:17,040 --> 00:53:18,040
Yeah, yeah.

944
00:53:18,040 --> 00:53:19,200
Whatever war that is.

945
00:53:19,200 --> 00:53:26,320
If that doesn't happen, it becomes well, now we're hamstrung with these underperforming.

946
00:53:26,320 --> 00:53:28,760
Don't say hamstring.

947
00:53:28,760 --> 00:53:31,560
Oh, God.

948
00:53:31,560 --> 00:53:35,800
Did we sign that that do?

949
00:53:35,800 --> 00:53:41,040
There has been some rotation in the in in the sports health team.

950
00:53:41,040 --> 00:53:42,040
Yeah, historically.

951
00:53:42,040 --> 00:53:49,920
But yeah, so that's really kind of what it comes down to is that's the that's the risk

952
00:53:49,920 --> 00:53:53,920
reward that Craig Weibel is going for is he believes and historically it's worked for

953
00:53:53,920 --> 00:53:54,920
us.

954
00:53:54,920 --> 00:54:00,920
And we knew who on entry level contracts through a lot of our trophy runs where we you know,

955
00:54:00,920 --> 00:54:04,760
we joked around about, you know, how many new whose is he worth?

956
00:54:04,760 --> 00:54:10,440
You know, when when he was getting paid like seventy thousand dollars, you know, and getting

957
00:54:10,440 --> 00:54:14,120
production out of him at a position where other people are paying a lot more out of

958
00:54:14,120 --> 00:54:18,960
that, you're seeing that with Obed Vargas, you're seeing that with Jackson Reagan, you're

959
00:54:18,960 --> 00:54:25,280
seeing us historically getting big hits and getting great production out of out of great

960
00:54:25,280 --> 00:54:26,280
deals.

961
00:54:26,280 --> 00:54:31,160
We got that out of Christian and Jordan for so long.

962
00:54:31,160 --> 00:54:40,080
But now we're you know, now we're seeing that other side of it where now we just need

963
00:54:40,080 --> 00:54:41,780
those people to keep producing.

964
00:54:41,780 --> 00:54:48,560
And if not, that creates some really interesting questions of you think there was there was

965
00:54:48,560 --> 00:54:53,680
challenges in the in the fan base when we let go of someone like Raul or someone like

966
00:54:53,680 --> 00:54:54,680
Nico.

967
00:54:54,680 --> 00:54:59,280
Well, it happens when it comes time to say goodbye to homegrown Jordan Morris, hopefully

968
00:54:59,280 --> 00:55:02,080
many years down the road.

969
00:55:02,080 --> 00:55:04,080
But what's that conversation going to be like?

970
00:55:04,080 --> 00:55:06,160
It's going to be delicate for sure.

971
00:55:06,160 --> 00:55:09,400
I mean, him Christian, I think is another one that that conversation is going to be

972
00:55:09,400 --> 00:55:18,840
a very tough one, because for me, I feel much for me, I know Christian has never risen to

973
00:55:18,840 --> 00:55:20,480
the level of Jordan in terms of play.

974
00:55:20,480 --> 00:55:22,640
And we see that by the contracts.

975
00:55:22,640 --> 00:55:27,840
But Christian is a much more important player to this team's history than than Jordan is.

976
00:55:27,840 --> 00:55:31,600
And Steph, I mean, I love Steph, but his his time is coming to an end.

977
00:55:31,600 --> 00:55:33,360
That's not any reflection on him.

978
00:55:33,360 --> 00:55:34,680
He's just getting older.

979
00:55:34,680 --> 00:55:35,680
You know what I mean?

980
00:55:35,680 --> 00:55:37,880
Yeah, we have a replacement ready to go.

981
00:55:37,880 --> 00:55:39,160
But and I like Steph.

982
00:55:39,160 --> 00:55:43,480
He's always been very nice and gracious to me any time I've talked to him and spent time

983
00:55:43,480 --> 00:55:46,840
to sit down and and have conversations with me.

984
00:55:46,840 --> 00:55:49,200
But he's been on this team for over 10 years.

985
00:55:49,200 --> 00:55:54,560
That is nuts when like, wait, wait, what do you think about that?

986
00:55:54,560 --> 00:55:55,560
It's amazing.

987
00:55:55,560 --> 00:55:56,560
I love it.

988
00:55:56,560 --> 00:55:59,240
And we have a really special team like that.

989
00:55:59,240 --> 00:56:05,340
But eventually, we're going to start coming into that time where last year, Nico the year

990
00:56:05,340 --> 00:56:10,440
before or two years ago, Nico last year, Raul each year, we're going to start having to

991
00:56:10,440 --> 00:56:15,000
make some tough choices to some people who have been very important to this club for

992
00:56:15,000 --> 00:56:16,000
a very long time.

993
00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:18,840
That's just the nature of sports.

994
00:56:18,840 --> 00:56:24,960
Hopefully we keep restocking with with players that'll that'll make their mark.

995
00:56:24,960 --> 00:56:26,160
So we are 55 minutes in.

996
00:56:26,160 --> 00:56:30,640
Why don't we take a break now so that we can hit the rest of the mailbag when we get back?

997
00:56:30,640 --> 00:56:31,640
That sounds great.

998
00:56:31,640 --> 00:56:38,640
Let's take a breather.

999
00:56:38,640 --> 00:56:53,280
Hey, everybody, this is one of your hosts, Cameron Collins.

1000
00:56:53,280 --> 00:56:56,520
Now, I know we said this time's time for a break.

1001
00:56:56,520 --> 00:57:00,960
But really, it's a time for me to talk to you about our corporate overlords and our

1002
00:57:00,960 --> 00:57:02,960
corporate overlords are us.

1003
00:57:02,960 --> 00:57:03,960
That's right.

1004
00:57:03,960 --> 00:57:09,840
We would love it if you would head on over to Patreon.com and look for Sounders Scuttlebutt

1005
00:57:09,840 --> 00:57:10,840
podcast.

1006
00:57:10,840 --> 00:57:14,680
We will put the link here in the show and subscribe.

1007
00:57:14,680 --> 00:57:19,160
You can subscribe for as little as a dollar and 74 cents a month.

1008
00:57:19,160 --> 00:57:21,000
Now what will that get you?

1009
00:57:21,000 --> 00:57:25,720
Well guarantee you get at least one extra episode per month.

1010
00:57:25,720 --> 00:57:30,760
That'll be a cool interview or something like that, that otherwise you would not hear.

1011
00:57:30,760 --> 00:57:36,760
Now we might put out promos or other things that include that, but the whole episode intact

1012
00:57:36,760 --> 00:57:40,640
will only be available for you Patreons, at least initially.

1013
00:57:40,640 --> 00:57:44,640
Now there will be other stuff that we put in there, but this is where we're starting

1014
00:57:44,640 --> 00:57:45,640
at.

1015
00:57:45,640 --> 00:57:46,640
Why, you ask?

1016
00:57:46,640 --> 00:57:51,440
Well, we have bills to pay and we need to make sure that we can keep this show going.

1017
00:57:51,440 --> 00:57:56,320
You would not believe the going rate for PA announcers.

1018
00:57:56,320 --> 00:58:01,760
So head on over to Patreon, go to Sounders Scuttlebutt podcast and subscribe.

1019
00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:07,680
You even get a cool little downloadable membership that has our logo on it.

1020
00:58:07,680 --> 00:58:13,720
That's Sounders Scuttlebutt podcast over at Patreon.com.

1021
00:58:13,720 --> 00:58:16,240
Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

1022
00:58:16,240 --> 00:58:30,320
And we're back.

1023
00:58:30,320 --> 00:58:36,280
I don't know if anyone that's from an SNL skit with Ben Affleck and he's a radio DJ.

1024
00:58:36,280 --> 00:58:39,920
Man in the box, get back in the box.

1025
00:58:39,920 --> 00:58:40,920
Anyone?

1026
00:58:40,920 --> 00:58:41,920
No?

1027
00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:42,920
Okay.

1028
00:58:42,920 --> 00:58:43,920
No.

1029
00:58:43,920 --> 00:58:44,920
And we're back.

1030
00:58:44,920 --> 00:58:49,920
Anyway, more mailbag?

1031
00:58:49,920 --> 00:58:51,840
That's pretty much what this show is, right?

1032
00:58:51,840 --> 00:58:52,840
Just a mailbag.

1033
00:58:52,840 --> 00:58:58,080
Although now you got me thinking about Ben Affleck and mall rats.

1034
00:58:58,080 --> 00:59:02,800
And so we're just gonna let that one sit right there.

1035
00:59:02,800 --> 00:59:03,800
There you go.

1036
00:59:03,800 --> 00:59:07,600
I was trying to figure out a way to bring that reference in and I just couldn't do it

1037
00:59:07,600 --> 00:59:09,320
without going wrong.

1038
00:59:09,320 --> 00:59:11,520
All right, let's hit some more questions.

1039
00:59:11,520 --> 00:59:12,960
Cameron, you want to lead us through?

1040
00:59:12,960 --> 00:59:14,120
You've been doing that so far?

1041
00:59:14,120 --> 00:59:15,440
Sure, yeah.

1042
00:59:15,440 --> 00:59:19,920
You could argue, Alex says, you could argue that both LA teams lost very important minutes

1043
00:59:19,920 --> 00:59:21,920
and players this transfer window.

1044
00:59:21,920 --> 00:59:25,440
Their teams didn't significantly get any better from last year and the Sounders didn't lose

1045
00:59:25,440 --> 00:59:27,960
any important pieces from last season roster.

1046
00:59:27,960 --> 00:59:33,160
I'll put an asterisk on there with the potential move of Columbus's lone striker.

1047
00:59:33,160 --> 00:59:37,140
I guess they have two strikers in the roster right now, but their lone starting striker

1048
00:59:37,140 --> 00:59:39,360
being sent over there potentially.

1049
00:59:39,360 --> 00:59:44,640
Can Seattle get home wins against these teams and riskily push for the number one seed slash

1050
00:59:44,640 --> 00:59:45,720
supporter shield?

1051
00:59:45,720 --> 00:59:49,000
And I think those are two very different questions.

1052
00:59:49,000 --> 00:59:52,660
What will lead to more attendance at home games, wins or goals?

1053
00:59:52,660 --> 01:00:01,220
First off, I do not believe that Seattle and both LA teams will all finish in the top three

1054
01:00:01,220 --> 01:00:03,000
this year.

1055
01:00:03,000 --> 01:00:04,440
I'm gonna just say that right now.

1056
01:00:04,440 --> 01:00:08,640
I do think Seattle will be one of those three teams in the top three.

1057
01:00:08,640 --> 01:00:16,480
I do not think both LA teams will occupy the top three spots.

1058
01:00:16,480 --> 01:00:18,360
Just so that I'm quiet there.

1059
01:00:18,360 --> 01:00:23,760
And I believe to Alex's point, I think the Sounders are bringing back somewhere in the

1060
01:00:23,760 --> 01:00:24,760
90s.

1061
01:00:24,760 --> 01:00:31,760
I think 93% of minutes played last season are back on the roster.

1062
01:00:31,760 --> 01:00:35,040
So that's great for that team cohesion.

1063
01:00:35,040 --> 01:00:40,320
And then again, as much like we said, we've talked about every episode for the last like

1064
01:00:40,320 --> 01:00:41,920
six episodes when it comes up.

1065
01:00:41,920 --> 01:00:45,520
Paul Rothrock was your starting locked in left winger.

1066
01:00:45,520 --> 01:00:47,160
He's third on your depth chart there.

1067
01:00:47,160 --> 01:00:54,320
So you're returning these key pieces, your team, but then you've also added some great

1068
01:00:54,320 --> 01:00:57,560
pieces that I think you're gonna be able to have minutes for.

1069
01:00:57,560 --> 01:01:04,920
So I think I'm just so excited for the roster flexibility there.

1070
01:01:04,920 --> 01:01:08,080
So the question is, can Seattle get home wins against these teams?

1071
01:01:08,080 --> 01:01:09,080
Yes, absolutely.

1072
01:01:09,080 --> 01:01:13,160
Realistically pitched for the number one seed, supporter shield, supporter shield.

1073
01:01:13,160 --> 01:01:16,560
No, no, they can't because they're in too many.

1074
01:01:16,560 --> 01:01:19,600
They're in too many competitions too good.

1075
01:01:19,600 --> 01:01:23,200
This conference is too good.

1076
01:01:23,200 --> 01:01:26,320
Someone did a deep dive.

1077
01:01:26,320 --> 01:01:36,840
And basically since 2018, almost every team except I think one who has one MLS Cup or

1078
01:01:36,840 --> 01:01:43,040
maybe one the supporter shield, I can't remember which one, basically did not make the playoffs

1079
01:01:43,040 --> 01:01:44,920
the year before.

1080
01:01:44,920 --> 01:01:49,760
So what that's basically saying is essentially that these successful teams don't have as

1081
01:01:49,760 --> 01:01:53,400
much fixture congestion as some of these other teams.

1082
01:01:53,400 --> 01:01:59,600
And I think there's a deep correlation to the number of games a team plays and how far

1083
01:01:59,600 --> 01:02:00,600
they can go.

1084
01:02:00,600 --> 01:02:02,920
I mean, that makes sense.

1085
01:02:02,920 --> 01:02:03,920
Yeah.

1086
01:02:03,920 --> 01:02:16,680
I don't think supporter shield is in the conversation, but first in the West, I wouldn't be surprised.

1087
01:02:16,680 --> 01:02:26,680
But I think we have a better shot at that than I am since maybe 2014.

1088
01:02:26,680 --> 01:02:28,520
I'm really excited about this roster.

1089
01:02:28,520 --> 01:02:29,760
I'm really excited how it was built.

1090
01:02:29,760 --> 01:02:35,800
I think it's the right pieces and we can have egg on our faces in six months.

1091
01:02:35,800 --> 01:02:44,840
But I have more confidence in this team and that 93% stat you just dropped is incredible.

1092
01:02:44,840 --> 01:02:48,960
And I think that's barring injury, obviously.

1093
01:02:48,960 --> 01:02:50,600
But that's exciting.

1094
01:02:50,600 --> 01:02:52,720
I think so.

1095
01:02:52,720 --> 01:02:56,040
I think they'll finish up on both LA teams.

1096
01:02:56,040 --> 01:02:59,600
I think you're right there.

1097
01:02:59,600 --> 01:03:05,080
By the way, that supporter shield winning team had 64 points.

1098
01:03:05,080 --> 01:03:10,960
I can see us surpassing that, but not winning the shield.

1099
01:03:10,960 --> 01:03:20,400
But I think we're going to be in that 55 to 65 point range is what I'm expecting to see

1100
01:03:20,400 --> 01:03:22,440
out of the season personally.

1101
01:03:22,440 --> 01:03:28,240
Yeah, I think a lot will depend on do the players show up.

1102
01:03:28,240 --> 01:03:37,280
And if they do, and they do what the team expects them to do, now that both LA teams

1103
01:03:37,280 --> 01:03:41,880
have dropped off a little bit, I could see us grabbing that number one seed.

1104
01:03:41,880 --> 01:03:46,680
I think our average finishes too, like we've talked about.

1105
01:03:46,680 --> 01:03:50,760
But ultimately, I think it'll come down to injuries because Adrian Hanauer has talked

1106
01:03:50,760 --> 01:03:52,800
about this with us before.

1107
01:03:52,800 --> 01:03:55,120
And it's a stat that was true then.

1108
01:03:55,120 --> 01:04:01,640
And I asked, I think it was last year, and my understanding is it's still true, is that

1109
01:04:01,640 --> 01:04:03,640
it's all based on how many minutes your starters play.

1110
01:04:03,640 --> 01:04:07,080
And if your starters play as many minutes as possible, you win more games.

1111
01:04:07,080 --> 01:04:09,320
And that's MLS wide.

1112
01:04:09,320 --> 01:04:11,160
That is not just the Sounders.

1113
01:04:11,160 --> 01:04:21,380
But yeah, that's historically the correlation of missed time and success on the field is

1114
01:04:21,380 --> 01:04:27,120
going to be huge, which is part of the reason why I'm a little hesitant to put LA Galaxy

1115
01:04:27,120 --> 01:04:32,000
in the top three because having Ricky Pooj out for most of the season and not having

1116
01:04:32,000 --> 01:04:35,760
a way to truly replace him, that's going to hamper them.

1117
01:04:35,760 --> 01:04:39,480
Now I think they'll be really dangerous on the second half of the season if he comes

1118
01:04:39,480 --> 01:04:40,480
back.

1119
01:04:40,480 --> 01:04:46,280
But at the same time, depending on when he comes back, if he comes back in September,

1120
01:04:46,280 --> 01:04:50,280
that may not be enough time to ramp up to 100% fitness and he may not be able to make

1121
01:04:50,280 --> 01:04:52,240
it a strong enough impact on them.

1122
01:04:52,240 --> 01:04:53,440
It's a long season.

1123
01:04:53,440 --> 01:04:55,440
We'll see a lot can happen.

1124
01:04:55,440 --> 01:04:56,440
Absolutely.

1125
01:04:56,440 --> 01:04:57,440
Absolutely.

1126
01:04:57,440 --> 01:04:58,440
So let's take a few...

1127
01:04:58,440 --> 01:05:03,440
Well, Aaron, do you have anything to add to that?

1128
01:05:03,440 --> 01:05:04,440
No.

1129
01:05:04,440 --> 01:05:11,520
He's not the best color around at baseball for nothing, ladies and gentlemen.

1130
01:05:11,520 --> 01:05:16,680
Oh, RIP to Bob Uecker who passed away recently.

1131
01:05:16,680 --> 01:05:19,200
Let's get a few more in here and then we can get out of here.

1132
01:05:19,200 --> 01:05:24,000
I think some of the questions we have are about preseason in a way that we can leave

1133
01:05:24,000 --> 01:05:26,400
it for next episode.

1134
01:05:26,400 --> 01:05:31,360
But we actually had a question that I missed earlier that I think we should have talked

1135
01:05:31,360 --> 01:05:36,320
about before because we weren't talking sounder stuff, but who's winning the Super Bowl and

1136
01:05:36,320 --> 01:05:40,320
who are you guys rooting for?

1137
01:05:40,320 --> 01:05:42,480
Kendrick Lamar is winning it, baby.

1138
01:05:42,480 --> 01:05:43,480
That's all I'm talking about.

1139
01:05:43,480 --> 01:05:44,480
Aaron, why don't you start us off on those?

1140
01:05:44,480 --> 01:05:45,480
That might be all who I'm rooting for too.

1141
01:05:45,480 --> 01:05:49,040
I mean, I'm going to watch it because I like football.

1142
01:05:49,040 --> 01:05:54,720
I really wanted to see a healthy Detroit Lions and the Ravens.

1143
01:05:54,720 --> 01:05:55,720
That's what I wanted.

1144
01:05:55,720 --> 01:05:56,720
I'm sorry.

1145
01:05:56,720 --> 01:06:01,160
Did you say the healthy Detroit Lions and the Buffalo Bills?

1146
01:06:01,160 --> 01:06:03,360
Did you want to see the world end?

1147
01:06:03,360 --> 01:06:04,360
Sorry.

1148
01:06:04,360 --> 01:06:06,360
Neither team is not doing it.

1149
01:06:06,360 --> 01:06:09,160
No, I thought I like running and I like defense.

1150
01:06:09,160 --> 01:06:16,680
So anyway, but I actually I think I don't want the Chiefs to win another one, but I

1151
01:06:16,680 --> 01:06:20,320
also don't want Philly fans to have something to win.

1152
01:06:20,320 --> 01:06:21,320
To have happiness.

1153
01:06:21,320 --> 01:06:22,320
Yeah.

1154
01:06:22,320 --> 01:06:26,160
I mean, the Chiefs fans to me are so much more obnoxious than Philly fans.

1155
01:06:26,160 --> 01:06:27,600
I'm rooting for Philly 100%.

1156
01:06:27,600 --> 01:06:28,600
Like, I just cannot stand.

1157
01:06:28,600 --> 01:06:30,360
It's like the one half dozen of another man.

1158
01:06:30,360 --> 01:06:31,360
I don't.

1159
01:06:31,360 --> 01:06:33,600
I'm tired of the Chiefs.

1160
01:06:33,600 --> 01:06:39,280
I am also tired of everyone complaining about the refs because they broke it down and the

1161
01:06:39,280 --> 01:06:44,320
Chiefs actually don't benefit that much from bad calls compared to some of the other teams.

1162
01:06:44,320 --> 01:06:51,000
Like Buffalo had the most referee aided touchdown drives of any team by far this season.

1163
01:06:51,000 --> 01:06:56,440
Would you say that the because I don't know if maybe I'm just not following as much.

1164
01:06:56,440 --> 01:07:00,200
I don't really know if I find the Chiefs fans obnoxious.

1165
01:07:00,200 --> 01:07:02,480
Would you put them on Patriot fan levels?

1166
01:07:02,480 --> 01:07:05,760
You know, because is that just kind of what happens?

1167
01:07:05,760 --> 01:07:07,940
They do a racist chant all game long.

1168
01:07:07,940 --> 01:07:10,600
That alone is enough to be like, fuck you.

1169
01:07:10,600 --> 01:07:13,600
I'm not with you.

1170
01:07:13,600 --> 01:07:15,920
You have nothing else to say.

1171
01:07:15,920 --> 01:07:20,800
Also I think any fan base where you're winning that many times, you know, I mean, they're

1172
01:07:20,800 --> 01:07:21,800
come on.

1173
01:07:21,800 --> 01:07:22,800
They're they're a legacy.

1174
01:07:22,800 --> 01:07:26,120
They're as I would just call it when you're when you win all those.

1175
01:07:26,120 --> 01:07:29,360
They're what the Sounders could have been if we didn't start dropping.

1176
01:07:29,360 --> 01:07:35,480
Well, I mean, you saw the you saw, you know, what happened when Sounders were at peak success

1177
01:07:35,480 --> 01:07:40,080
as the any team, you know, the Aces all any club accepts to be fair.

1178
01:07:40,080 --> 01:07:44,000
Aces started from day one of the Sounders when we started winning.

1179
01:07:44,000 --> 01:07:50,080
Well, I think I think I think people it's to the point of when national media, it's

1180
01:07:50,080 --> 01:07:51,240
all they want to talk about.

1181
01:07:51,240 --> 01:07:54,800
And for obvious reasons, when the Sounders came into the league, it was a great story.

1182
01:07:54,800 --> 01:07:59,000
Seeing all the success in Seattle, where I was like, oh, Seattle, Seattle, Seattle.

1183
01:07:59,000 --> 01:08:01,680
So if you weren't a Seattle fan, you're like, oh, fuck off.

1184
01:08:01,680 --> 01:08:03,560
So I can I can understand that.

1185
01:08:03,560 --> 01:08:11,120
I mean, I guess what I'm getting at is I don't really have a problem with chiefs as a team.

1186
01:08:11,120 --> 01:08:12,120
I just don't.

1187
01:08:12,120 --> 01:08:13,120
You know, I'm just rooting for them.

1188
01:08:13,120 --> 01:08:14,120
They got a great defense.

1189
01:08:14,120 --> 01:08:15,120
So I like I like their head coach.

1190
01:08:15,120 --> 01:08:16,120
Yeah.

1191
01:08:16,120 --> 01:08:17,120
You know what I mean?

1192
01:08:17,120 --> 01:08:26,480
Like I think what I think Patrick Mahomes, I think Bumble Rooskidoo terrible company.

1193
01:08:26,480 --> 01:08:28,640
You know, I was rooting for them.

1194
01:08:28,640 --> 01:08:31,960
Travis Kelsey, the Kelsey brothers seem really, really good people.

1195
01:08:31,960 --> 01:08:32,960
Yeah.

1196
01:08:32,960 --> 01:08:34,440
You know, and I was rooting for Taylor Swift.

1197
01:08:34,440 --> 01:08:36,360
You know, I want her to be happy.

1198
01:08:36,360 --> 01:08:40,520
Now, Barkley is someone like Barkley.

1199
01:08:40,520 --> 01:08:42,560
I love Taylor.

1200
01:08:42,560 --> 01:08:43,560
Really, really.

1201
01:08:43,560 --> 01:08:44,560
And I love Taylor.

1202
01:08:44,560 --> 01:08:45,560
It hurts to.

1203
01:08:45,560 --> 01:08:48,040
So he was on your fantasy team.

1204
01:08:48,040 --> 01:08:49,040
Well, yeah.

1205
01:08:49,040 --> 01:08:50,040
Yeah.

1206
01:08:50,040 --> 01:08:52,440
I mean, it didn't hurt at all.

1207
01:08:52,440 --> 01:08:55,640
But I guess I guess in the end, though, this kind of a super bowl where it's like, you

1208
01:08:55,640 --> 01:08:59,280
know what, I'm not really rooting against anyone.

1209
01:08:59,280 --> 01:09:01,360
Just entertain me and whatever happens, happens.

1210
01:09:01,360 --> 01:09:03,720
I think it'll be a good game.

1211
01:09:03,720 --> 01:09:08,240
As rappers at halftime, though, they're like, we need some good old fashioned rock and roll.

1212
01:09:08,240 --> 01:09:09,240
Yeah, yeah.

1213
01:09:09,240 --> 01:09:16,360
What's the what's the over under on on the oh, we need like you said, we need old fashioned

1214
01:09:16,360 --> 01:09:17,360
rock and roll.

1215
01:09:17,360 --> 01:09:18,360
Yeah, it's never stopped.

1216
01:09:18,360 --> 01:09:22,840
But I can't imagine a single rock and roll band that would be as good as Kendrick Lamar.

1217
01:09:22,840 --> 01:09:26,160
Is there even a band that would perform in that?

1218
01:09:26,160 --> 01:09:27,160
To me, there's not.

1219
01:09:27,160 --> 01:09:28,160
I mean, you would perform.

1220
01:09:28,160 --> 01:09:29,160
That would be good.

1221
01:09:29,160 --> 01:09:36,040
Well, who's in that conversation as far as rock and roll bands in Super Bowls that have

1222
01:09:36,040 --> 01:09:37,320
not already done so?

1223
01:09:37,320 --> 01:09:39,440
Did Colton ever do one, by the way?

1224
01:09:39,440 --> 01:09:40,440
Yes.

1225
01:09:40,440 --> 01:09:41,440
OK.

1226
01:09:41,440 --> 01:09:42,440
That's right.

1227
01:09:42,440 --> 01:09:43,440
They did.

1228
01:09:43,440 --> 01:09:44,440
But but so it's got to be someone's.

1229
01:09:44,440 --> 01:09:45,440
Rolling Stones have done one.

1230
01:09:45,440 --> 01:09:46,440
Yeah.

1231
01:09:46,440 --> 01:09:51,320
Honestly, Aaron's Aaron's shirt right there, but it's not really their jam.

1232
01:09:51,320 --> 01:09:55,120
Yeah, Pearl Jam would be one of the few, I think.

1233
01:09:55,120 --> 01:10:02,440
Oh, I could do we didn't talk about this last episode in in Foo Fighters.

1234
01:10:02,440 --> 01:10:04,480
But that Nirvana reunion.

1235
01:10:04,480 --> 01:10:05,480
Yeah.

1236
01:10:05,480 --> 01:10:06,480
It was so fantastic.

1237
01:10:06,480 --> 01:10:11,800
Yeah, especially especially when audio issues with there's so clearly some audio issues

1238
01:10:11,800 --> 01:10:14,680
with the microphones, particularly on the singers.

1239
01:10:14,680 --> 01:10:18,280
But I thought that St. Vincent was just off off beat.

1240
01:10:18,280 --> 01:10:20,280
I don't know.

1241
01:10:20,280 --> 01:10:23,960
I thought I thought it was really good.

1242
01:10:23,960 --> 01:10:27,760
But but outside of bands like that, like there's no one as big as Kendrick Lamar in the world.

1243
01:10:27,760 --> 01:10:30,640
I mean, unless you're bringing in a case disappearing a little bit.

1244
01:10:30,640 --> 01:10:32,320
Now, there you go.

1245
01:10:32,320 --> 01:10:36,640
Like, could you imagine like a black pink came in?

1246
01:10:36,640 --> 01:10:38,760
Or twice twice is too old now, I think.

1247
01:10:38,760 --> 01:10:41,920
But where's BTS in the world nowadays?

1248
01:10:41,920 --> 01:10:43,480
Like BTS is still up there.

1249
01:10:43,480 --> 01:10:46,040
They're like the grand dads.

1250
01:10:46,040 --> 01:10:47,040
But no, like like that.

1251
01:10:47,040 --> 01:10:51,720
Because that that's kind of interesting, like thinking about it in those those ways.

1252
01:10:51,720 --> 01:10:56,040
We should say our prediction so far that's and they asked for the who do you think is

1253
01:10:56,040 --> 01:10:58,040
going to win, right?

1254
01:10:58,040 --> 01:10:59,040
Oh, yeah.

1255
01:10:59,040 --> 01:11:00,440
Honestly, here's the reality.

1256
01:11:00,440 --> 01:11:03,400
It's going to be a really close game.

1257
01:11:03,400 --> 01:11:10,520
And we're never going to hear the end of the ref narrative, because now people are looking

1258
01:11:10,520 --> 01:11:14,640
for reasons and every game there's always going to be things that you can complain about

1259
01:11:14,640 --> 01:11:15,640
for a rep.

1260
01:11:15,640 --> 01:11:20,080
That's the nature of sports.

1261
01:11:20,080 --> 01:11:25,560
It's going to mar it's going to mar the result of the game.

1262
01:11:25,560 --> 01:11:31,200
So I think the Eagles got it.

1263
01:11:31,200 --> 01:11:34,240
I mean, Saquon Barkley just too good and they'll be able to finish out the game with them.

1264
01:11:34,240 --> 01:11:39,320
I think Saquon Barkley is going to come is is I mean, you could see in the last in the

1265
01:11:39,320 --> 01:11:41,040
NFC championship game.

1266
01:11:41,040 --> 01:11:45,440
Like he I have not seen that kind of the chiefs.

1267
01:11:45,440 --> 01:11:47,320
They're struggling on the run.

1268
01:11:47,320 --> 01:11:50,000
They look like in their games that they're struggling.

1269
01:11:50,000 --> 01:11:52,840
And even with the Bills, you know, they were able to make some runs.

1270
01:11:52,840 --> 01:11:55,840
So, yeah, I mean, I think that's pretty.

1271
01:11:55,840 --> 01:11:59,720
I think about the chiefs, though, I think that I don't think they had a single game

1272
01:11:59,720 --> 01:12:01,920
over 30 points all season.

1273
01:12:01,920 --> 01:12:03,920
So that tells you how good their defense actually was.

1274
01:12:03,920 --> 01:12:10,400
They just don't have the players like Philadelphia, where you have Jaylen Carter, you have two

1275
01:12:10,400 --> 01:12:17,120
rookie DBS, you have that or a conversation for rookie over there, and then you have bomb

1276
01:12:17,120 --> 01:12:19,160
the guy no one's ever heard of.

1277
01:12:19,160 --> 01:12:22,480
They sign him out of nowhere and he's defensive.

1278
01:12:22,480 --> 01:12:24,760
I don't they haven't done those awards yet, have they?

1279
01:12:24,760 --> 01:12:28,400
Yeah, and BP came out yesterday or today.

1280
01:12:28,400 --> 01:12:30,440
What about defensive player of the year was the bomb guy?

1281
01:12:30,440 --> 01:12:34,960
Because he got he was in the conversation for it, but no one knew who he was until they

1282
01:12:34,960 --> 01:12:35,960
signed him.

1283
01:12:35,960 --> 01:12:44,720
So everyone knows the Philly defense, but I think Spagnola for the chiefs is underrated

1284
01:12:44,720 --> 01:12:46,720
sounds kind of like an exaggeration.

1285
01:12:46,720 --> 01:12:52,040
But I mean, they don't they're not where they're at finishing first in the AFC without that

1286
01:12:52,040 --> 01:12:53,040
defense.

1287
01:12:53,040 --> 01:12:55,760
So it's going to be it's going to be a really good football game.

1288
01:12:55,760 --> 01:13:00,600
I have to say it's probably going to be the chiefs until they don't win a Super Bowl,

1289
01:13:00,600 --> 01:13:02,960
just because Patrick Mahomes is that good.

1290
01:13:02,960 --> 01:13:06,640
I mean, offensive player of the year was Barkley.

1291
01:13:06,640 --> 01:13:10,520
Unsurprisingly, defensive player of the year was Patrick Surtain from the Broncos.

1292
01:13:10,520 --> 01:13:11,520
Interesting.

1293
01:13:11,520 --> 01:13:18,120
Bonn was was Bonn was Bonn finished first, second, third, fourth, fifth behind Trey Hendrickson,

1294
01:13:18,120 --> 01:13:19,960
Miles Garrett and TJ Watt.

1295
01:13:19,960 --> 01:13:21,800
Still no one knew who the guy was.

1296
01:13:21,800 --> 01:13:24,800
Yeah, I think I'm leaning towards you there.

1297
01:13:24,800 --> 01:13:30,040
I do think that until someone can prove them otherwise.

1298
01:13:30,040 --> 01:13:31,040
Chiefs are going to win it.

1299
01:13:31,040 --> 01:13:33,920
If it's a close game and Mahomes has the ball, Chiefs win.

1300
01:13:33,920 --> 01:13:36,760
I do think it's going to be.

1301
01:13:36,760 --> 01:13:40,840
I think with two minutes to go.

1302
01:13:40,840 --> 01:13:42,480
It will be a one score game.

1303
01:13:42,480 --> 01:13:44,040
Does it end as a one score game?

1304
01:13:44,040 --> 01:13:48,360
I don't know, because it could be, you know, but I think I think late in the fourth quarter,

1305
01:13:48,360 --> 01:13:49,640
it will be a one score game.

1306
01:13:49,640 --> 01:13:54,880
It'll be interesting because this will be out for maybe 24 hours and then the game will

1307
01:13:54,880 --> 01:13:55,880
be over.

1308
01:13:55,880 --> 01:13:56,880
So we should move on.

1309
01:13:56,880 --> 01:13:59,640
You've been listening to Super Bowl Scuttlebutt.

1310
01:13:59,640 --> 01:14:01,240
Herb Owl.

1311
01:14:01,240 --> 01:14:08,640
Yeah, let's shift it back to Sounders with the doozy of a question from Dan the Bastard,

1312
01:14:08,640 --> 01:14:15,520
which I think is one that the front office is going to face the entire season.

1313
01:14:15,520 --> 01:14:20,320
I don't think it is a secret that there is a delta between fan expectation, particularly

1314
01:14:20,320 --> 01:14:25,800
with roster construction, and ownership slash front office willingness to spend.

1315
01:14:25,800 --> 01:14:30,480
How much can you tell us about ownership slash front offices view on fan opinion?

1316
01:14:30,480 --> 01:14:35,240
Do they think it's a vocal minority that winning will cure fan discontent, or do they just

1317
01:14:35,240 --> 01:14:36,840
not care about fan sentiment?

1318
01:14:36,840 --> 01:14:43,600
I'm going to leave this to just you two considering your connections and I'm just a guy.

1319
01:14:43,600 --> 01:14:52,320
It is very clear that they are aware.

1320
01:14:52,320 --> 01:15:02,720
I get the sense, I'm going to use my words carefully because for reasons, I get the sense

1321
01:15:02,720 --> 01:15:11,720
that and it is my opinion that there is a vocal part of the fan base that may not necessarily

1322
01:15:11,720 --> 01:15:17,680
accurately represent the actual whole of the fan base.

1323
01:15:17,680 --> 01:15:25,280
But I think it's a much larger minority than it's been in the past.

1324
01:15:25,280 --> 01:15:27,440
I think that's also correct.

1325
01:15:27,440 --> 01:15:34,240
I do think that's also correct.

1326
01:15:34,240 --> 01:15:47,200
The front office is very aware of, we'll say, internet opinion, online opinion of the club.

1327
01:15:47,200 --> 01:15:55,240
The front office also very much has their game plan on what they're trying to do and

1328
01:15:55,240 --> 01:15:59,880
they're sticking to that plan because that plan has been historically successful, in

1329
01:15:59,880 --> 01:16:05,360
my opinion.

1330
01:16:05,360 --> 01:16:14,960
Years ago when League was bringing in players like Ibrahimovic, players like David Villa,

1331
01:16:14,960 --> 01:16:21,080
we would always ask these questions about what would it take for us to bring in another

1332
01:16:21,080 --> 01:16:23,320
marquee name.

1333
01:16:23,320 --> 01:16:32,760
The front office has consistently, from the Garth era on, has consistently made it clear

1334
01:16:32,760 --> 01:16:43,680
that there is a premium that you pay when you're bringing in a name DP where you're

1335
01:16:43,680 --> 01:16:46,200
paying for the name but you may not be getting the production.

1336
01:16:46,200 --> 01:16:57,840
You see that in the Steven Girard, you see that in Pirlo, you see that in other Dos Santos

1337
01:16:57,840 --> 01:16:59,740
type of signings.

1338
01:16:59,740 --> 01:17:06,920
The front office is very united in the way that they think they should go about it and

1339
01:17:06,920 --> 01:17:11,420
they stick to their guns on that and it's been largely successful.

1340
01:17:11,420 --> 01:17:20,720
I don't think that they're willfully ignoring it or dismissing it but I think they just

1341
01:17:20,720 --> 01:17:28,080
genuinely feel that that is not necessarily the correct avenue for success.

1342
01:17:28,080 --> 01:17:35,320
They think that they are better off identifying and finding players who maybe aren't as familiar

1343
01:17:35,320 --> 01:17:43,160
to an American market and getting max value out of them.

1344
01:17:43,160 --> 01:17:47,960
You saw that in a Nico signing and a Rui Diaz signing and hopefully we'll see that in a

1345
01:17:47,960 --> 01:17:54,280
Pedro signing but to start that just hasn't happened in the first year.

1346
01:17:54,280 --> 01:17:59,440
That's my thought on that matter and I'll leave it to Cameron to add thoughts.

1347
01:17:59,440 --> 01:18:07,240
Yeah, I think I would echo similarly, I can also tell you there is no one that hates losing

1348
01:18:07,240 --> 01:18:08,480
more than Adrian Hanauer.

1349
01:18:08,480 --> 01:18:14,840
I don't care how much you think you hate losing, there's no one that hates losing more than

1350
01:18:14,840 --> 01:18:15,840
him.

1351
01:18:15,840 --> 01:18:20,880
Stories have been kind of epic and I've heard some great epic stories about that.

1352
01:18:20,880 --> 01:18:31,280
If you think that he is being cheap because he doesn't want to win, that's not it.

1353
01:18:31,280 --> 01:18:33,360
He wants nothing more to win.

1354
01:18:33,360 --> 01:18:38,360
There's a reason why we average finishing second place over our entire existence.

1355
01:18:38,360 --> 01:18:40,680
He wants to win every single year.

1356
01:18:40,680 --> 01:18:42,400
Now what are we going to prioritize this change?

1357
01:18:42,400 --> 01:18:46,520
As Garth very much said, well, you don't need to win the supporter shield because that's

1358
01:18:46,520 --> 01:18:49,200
no longer the fastest path to get to Champions League.

1359
01:18:49,200 --> 01:18:53,120
It's by winning the US Open Cup, it's by doing this, it's by doing that.

1360
01:18:53,120 --> 01:18:54,320
What is our goal?

1361
01:18:54,320 --> 01:19:04,480
I think it's MLS Cups and Champions League victories and Club World Cup performances.

1362
01:19:04,480 --> 01:19:07,160
But he does, they do have a different view on spending money.

1363
01:19:07,160 --> 01:19:11,360
Now do I think some of the criticism is valid?

1364
01:19:11,360 --> 01:19:12,560
Yes, I do.

1365
01:19:12,560 --> 01:19:17,460
I think there's plenty of criticism out there on our inability to spend money when other

1366
01:19:17,460 --> 01:19:21,800
teams are spending through the roof, especially when we're seeing what Garth is now able to

1367
01:19:21,800 --> 01:19:24,320
do in, hey, Dempsey's in the background.

1368
01:19:24,320 --> 01:19:25,320
What's up, dog?

1369
01:19:25,320 --> 01:19:33,280
He's looking at me like, hey, he's popping in and hitting his nose on my elbow.

1370
01:19:33,280 --> 01:19:36,280
Am I going to get walkies?

1371
01:19:36,280 --> 01:19:38,920
We're almost done, Demps.

1372
01:19:38,920 --> 01:19:39,920
Don't worry.

1373
01:19:39,920 --> 01:19:43,880
Demps has got a dick of deuce.

1374
01:19:43,880 --> 01:19:53,640
But I worry that eventually the gap between what we can spend for players and the talent

1375
01:19:53,640 --> 01:19:55,480
in this league may go too far.

1376
01:19:55,480 --> 01:19:57,360
That gap may become too great.

1377
01:19:57,360 --> 01:19:58,960
That's a fair criticism.

1378
01:19:58,960 --> 01:20:01,480
I don't know if we're there yet.

1379
01:20:01,480 --> 01:20:07,640
And I don't think we're there yet because I think we're going to have success this year.

1380
01:20:07,640 --> 01:20:10,600
I'm optimistic that we're going to have success for a year.

1381
01:20:10,600 --> 01:20:14,480
Just because I'm saying I need to see Jordan prove that he's a DP doesn't mean I don't

1382
01:20:14,480 --> 01:20:15,480
think he will.

1383
01:20:15,480 --> 01:20:17,080
I really, really hope he does.

1384
01:20:17,080 --> 01:20:18,080
And I think he might.

1385
01:20:18,080 --> 01:20:22,320
But for us to be successful on the level that we expect, that's the expectation that we

1386
01:20:22,320 --> 01:20:25,160
need when you sign a player to that contract.

1387
01:20:25,160 --> 01:20:26,160
Right.

1388
01:20:26,160 --> 01:20:31,280
And the Sounders have never been a team that can sign a player to one of these huge contracts

1389
01:20:31,280 --> 01:20:33,240
and then have them not perform.

1390
01:20:33,240 --> 01:20:34,640
Correct.

1391
01:20:34,640 --> 01:20:36,280
We cannot miss on a DP.

1392
01:20:36,280 --> 01:20:38,200
We are not one of the New York teams.

1393
01:20:38,200 --> 01:20:39,800
We are not Atlanta.

1394
01:20:39,800 --> 01:20:40,920
We are not Miami.

1395
01:20:40,920 --> 01:20:44,000
We're not L.A. We do not have the money to do that.

1396
01:20:44,000 --> 01:20:50,080
And how the hell did Allen Velasco get bailed?

1397
01:20:50,080 --> 01:20:52,760
Did Kansas City get bailed out of that contract?

1398
01:20:52,760 --> 01:20:55,600
How the hell did they get a league of Mx team?

1399
01:20:55,600 --> 01:21:02,280
Oh, that drives me nuts because they failed on that contract and they got bailed out.

1400
01:21:02,280 --> 01:21:05,360
So do they hear you?

1401
01:21:05,360 --> 01:21:07,880
Yes, they are very aware.

1402
01:21:07,880 --> 01:21:16,320
I do think some of the over the top rhetoric prevents them from taking it completely seriously.

1403
01:21:16,320 --> 01:21:21,240
And so you get because it's nonstop and they get no credit for anything.

1404
01:21:21,240 --> 01:21:25,640
And so if you are unhappy, you have to put your money where your mouth is.

1405
01:21:25,640 --> 01:21:29,160
Like if people keep going to Mariners games, the Mariners owners are going to keep putting

1406
01:21:29,160 --> 01:21:32,400
crap out on that field because they don't need to make the playoffs.

1407
01:21:32,400 --> 01:21:35,300
They just have to miss it by a couple of games to keep our hopes alive.

1408
01:21:35,300 --> 01:21:37,400
But that's what's happening in Seattle.

1409
01:21:37,400 --> 01:21:38,920
For the Sounders.

1410
01:21:38,920 --> 01:21:40,320
No, it's not.

1411
01:21:40,320 --> 01:21:43,640
But that is the view that the fans have right now.

1412
01:21:43,640 --> 01:21:49,040
And so if you really think that's the case, you can try and make that point.

1413
01:21:49,040 --> 01:21:53,000
But I don't think it's going to work right now because I think the average fan isn't

1414
01:21:53,000 --> 01:21:54,560
that involved.

1415
01:21:54,560 --> 01:21:55,840
They don't care that much.

1416
01:21:55,840 --> 01:21:57,640
What they want to see is wins at home.

1417
01:21:57,640 --> 01:21:59,520
They don't care about goals.

1418
01:21:59,520 --> 01:22:01,260
I know super fans do.

1419
01:22:01,260 --> 01:22:02,260
They care about wins.

1420
01:22:02,260 --> 01:22:03,440
They care about points.

1421
01:22:03,440 --> 01:22:06,800
If we win one nothing, I'm going away happy.

1422
01:22:06,800 --> 01:22:07,800
I'm not.

1423
01:22:07,800 --> 01:22:08,800
I'm an average fan.

1424
01:22:08,800 --> 01:22:17,960
I think you have a good point there where you mentioned, you know, we can't miss on

1425
01:22:17,960 --> 01:22:22,920
those DPs and I think that's really true.

1426
01:22:22,920 --> 01:22:32,800
I think the Sounders have done a great job of finding that value in their signings.

1427
01:22:32,800 --> 01:22:40,280
But I guess my question to you is I wouldn't call them the moneyball Oakland A's because

1428
01:22:40,280 --> 01:22:45,240
the Oakland A's when they were successful, yeah, they were getting the great value out

1429
01:22:45,240 --> 01:22:46,600
of their roster.

1430
01:22:46,600 --> 01:22:50,560
But the Sounders have always been a top successful team in the league.

1431
01:22:50,560 --> 01:22:56,760
So who would be that analog in sports if there is one?

1432
01:22:56,760 --> 01:23:05,800
A team that finds that isn't signing the biggest free agent, for example, but is getting value

1433
01:23:05,800 --> 01:23:06,800
and consistently.

1434
01:23:06,800 --> 01:23:10,320
Golden State Warriors when they first started on their run, when they were homegrown players

1435
01:23:10,320 --> 01:23:15,080
and then they would bring in, yeah, and they bring in maybe an outside player before they

1436
01:23:15,080 --> 01:23:17,400
started bringing in superstar free agents.

1437
01:23:17,400 --> 01:23:22,440
They would bring in role players to fill in, to go along with all of those players that

1438
01:23:22,440 --> 01:23:23,640
they had drafted and developed.

1439
01:23:23,640 --> 01:23:25,360
Look at the Eagles this year.

1440
01:23:25,360 --> 01:23:33,400
I mean, Saquon was a big signing, but running back contracts are not breaking the bank in

1441
01:23:33,400 --> 01:23:34,400
the NFL.

1442
01:23:34,400 --> 01:23:36,360
Jalen Hurts was a second round pick.

1443
01:23:36,360 --> 01:23:40,160
They have two rookies that were up for rookie of the year and I already kind of went over

1444
01:23:40,160 --> 01:23:41,160
that.

1445
01:23:41,160 --> 01:23:42,160
Jalen Carter was a draft pick.

1446
01:23:42,160 --> 01:23:48,040
AJ Brown is probably the biggest splash and even him, he's not the number one receiver

1447
01:23:48,040 --> 01:23:49,040
in the league.

1448
01:23:49,040 --> 01:23:50,040
He's not Jefferson.

1449
01:23:50,040 --> 01:23:57,360
2012, 2013, 2014 Seahawks when you have Russ on a small contract and you're bringing in,

1450
01:23:57,360 --> 01:24:04,040
you have some talent, but you have a core of youth players with talented players around

1451
01:24:04,040 --> 01:24:09,040
them and a few stars, but the superstars were homegrown.

1452
01:24:09,040 --> 01:24:15,180
And I think that's what the Sounders have largely right now, except for I think Jesus

1453
01:24:15,180 --> 01:24:16,960
Ferreira is going to be that star.

1454
01:24:16,960 --> 01:24:19,240
I think Pedro de la Vega is going to be that star.

1455
01:24:19,240 --> 01:24:21,320
I think those are going to be the faces of our team.

1456
01:24:21,320 --> 01:24:22,320
Max is in homegrown.

1457
01:24:22,320 --> 01:24:23,320
That's true.

1458
01:24:23,320 --> 01:24:26,680
No, but they've also, you also got a lot of these players that have been in the league

1459
01:24:26,680 --> 01:24:33,480
for so long, have been on the club for so long that they become, you're not seeing that.

1460
01:24:33,480 --> 01:24:35,040
Russ Nack wasn't a sexy move.

1461
01:24:35,040 --> 01:24:37,520
It was to me.

1462
01:24:37,520 --> 01:24:38,640
He was the right move.

1463
01:24:38,640 --> 01:24:44,040
And now I think that's what we've been saying about Ferreira and Areola.

1464
01:24:44,040 --> 01:24:48,400
They're not sexy moves, but they very well could be the right move.

1465
01:24:48,400 --> 01:24:53,440
And like I said before, when we talked about what a steal they were, if it works out,

1466
01:24:53,440 --> 01:24:58,000
Wyble comes out looking like a genius because how much money did he just save in putting

1467
01:24:58,000 --> 01:24:59,600
together his team of superstars?

1468
01:24:59,600 --> 01:25:04,040
Okay, that's a narrative that bugs me a little bit.

1469
01:25:04,040 --> 01:25:07,480
Now we're back about, oh, how much money did he save?

1470
01:25:07,480 --> 01:25:11,360
We are in a cap league, so every dollar matters.

1471
01:25:11,360 --> 01:25:16,560
Oh, I mean, as in like he had to save money to sign those other players.

1472
01:25:16,560 --> 01:25:17,560
I get that.

1473
01:25:17,560 --> 01:25:24,520
And it sounds like part of the reason we were able to make some of these signings this year

1474
01:25:24,520 --> 01:25:31,200
was the roster rules that came out that the Sounders got additional gam for qualifying

1475
01:25:31,200 --> 01:25:32,200
for club World Cup.

1476
01:25:32,200 --> 01:25:36,720
That's something that we haven't talked about, which I think is a good place to end the show

1477
01:25:36,720 --> 01:25:37,760
on.

1478
01:25:37,760 --> 01:25:38,760
We're not getting 50 million.

1479
01:25:38,760 --> 01:25:40,280
Guess how much we're actually getting?

1480
01:25:40,280 --> 01:25:41,640
Do you know the number, Nick?

1481
01:25:41,640 --> 01:25:42,640
Can you say it?

1482
01:25:42,640 --> 01:25:43,640
It's 750.

1483
01:25:43,640 --> 01:25:44,640
Yep, 750.

1484
01:25:44,640 --> 01:25:45,640
750,000.

1485
01:25:45,640 --> 01:25:46,640
Yeah.

1486
01:25:46,640 --> 01:25:52,080
So, not 50 million, 750,000.

1487
01:25:52,080 --> 01:25:56,680
So can we stop the conversations about going out and signing some premier league striker?

1488
01:25:56,680 --> 01:25:57,680
Or whoever.

1489
01:25:57,680 --> 01:25:59,640
It's not happening.

1490
01:25:59,640 --> 01:26:02,380
So with that in mind, let's see how we spent that money.

1491
01:26:02,380 --> 01:26:06,880
So we took that 750 extra gam that other teams didn't get.

1492
01:26:06,880 --> 01:26:07,880
We got that for club World Cup.

1493
01:26:07,880 --> 01:26:08,880
I don't think we even have it yet.

1494
01:26:08,880 --> 01:26:09,880
I don't think we have it yet.

1495
01:26:09,880 --> 01:26:11,880
I think we can still spend it.

1496
01:26:11,880 --> 01:26:22,120
Because according to a person who is in the press who I do not like, which anyone who

1497
01:26:22,120 --> 01:26:25,720
listened to the show knows, we have not spent it yet, according to him.

1498
01:26:25,720 --> 01:26:34,480
No, I believe that's referring to the ability to borrow against the next two seasons gam.

1499
01:26:34,480 --> 01:26:37,720
That was including that previous gam, though, unless it's port writing tweets, which is

1500
01:26:37,720 --> 01:26:40,160
also a possibility.

1501
01:26:40,160 --> 01:26:45,620
So it is my understanding that we received 750 gam.

1502
01:26:45,620 --> 01:26:47,040
So did Miami.

1503
01:26:47,040 --> 01:26:50,360
That was much like in other.

1504
01:26:50,360 --> 01:26:54,480
It's crazy that we get so little compared to other teams.

1505
01:26:54,480 --> 01:26:59,900
Well, other teams would get gam for qualifying for Champions League, qualifying for like,

1506
01:26:59,900 --> 01:27:01,780
you would get gams for different reasons.

1507
01:27:01,780 --> 01:27:03,720
So we got that as well.

1508
01:27:03,720 --> 01:27:08,120
So we got 750 for qualifying for club World Cup.

1509
01:27:08,120 --> 01:27:15,640
And we also receive the ability to spend an additional, I think it was 1.5 million.

1510
01:27:15,640 --> 01:27:17,080
I'd have to double check.

1511
01:27:17,080 --> 01:27:19,920
Yeah, I think it would be 750 per year.

1512
01:27:19,920 --> 01:27:24,200
So we're pulling that 750 from next year and the year after for.

1513
01:27:24,200 --> 01:27:26,200
But we have to pay that back.

1514
01:27:26,200 --> 01:27:28,080
Now I don't against the cap later.

1515
01:27:28,080 --> 01:27:29,760
I don't want us.

1516
01:27:29,760 --> 01:27:36,180
I don't want us to use that because of the club World Cup unless it makes sense.

1517
01:27:36,180 --> 01:27:40,000
And so for right now, I don't think that's there at this point.

1518
01:27:40,000 --> 01:27:47,640
But the 750 in combination with also selling off some of our international transfer spots,

1519
01:27:47,640 --> 01:27:52,960
that's how we use most of that gam to pay for the Jesus Ferreira and Pauli Riola deals

1520
01:27:52,960 --> 01:27:57,520
because we traded a lot of gam to Dallas for those players.

1521
01:27:57,520 --> 01:28:01,200
And when it happened at the time, it was like, man, that that's a lot of gam.

1522
01:28:01,200 --> 01:28:02,520
Where the hell did we get all that?

1523
01:28:02,520 --> 01:28:04,420
You know, we had that gam though.

1524
01:28:04,420 --> 01:28:06,800
When they announced how much gam we had left, that was crazy.

1525
01:28:06,800 --> 01:28:07,800
I know.

1526
01:28:07,800 --> 01:28:08,800
We were on the high end of the camp.

1527
01:28:08,800 --> 01:28:12,940
Yeah, we still needed to account for that gam for other players still.

1528
01:28:12,940 --> 01:28:17,960
So now it makes a little more a little more clarity on how how we were able to make those

1529
01:28:17,960 --> 01:28:20,440
those roster moves.

1530
01:28:20,440 --> 01:28:21,920
Also they took way less money.

1531
01:28:21,920 --> 01:28:26,260
I mean, they both of those players took less money to sign with us and we were contracts

1532
01:28:26,260 --> 01:28:31,640
that would have hurt us and made it so we couldn't sign them into favorable contracts

1533
01:28:31,640 --> 01:28:37,320
that that could only they will only hamstring us hamstrung us.

1534
01:28:37,320 --> 01:28:41,320
I'm trying to use the word use earlier and to say shout out to Reed Baker Whiting for

1535
01:28:41,320 --> 01:28:44,240
hurting his hamstring during the shit.

1536
01:28:44,240 --> 01:28:45,240
Really?

1537
01:28:45,240 --> 01:28:46,240
Yeah, yeah.

1538
01:28:46,240 --> 01:28:49,960
He's supposed to be OK, but he heard it in preseason.

1539
01:28:49,960 --> 01:28:55,760
But the only way we get hamstrung by J.F.'s contract is if he performs.

1540
01:28:55,760 --> 01:28:57,800
And then at that point, we're not complaining, right?

1541
01:28:57,800 --> 01:28:58,800
Yeah.

1542
01:28:58,800 --> 01:29:01,560
He's performing well, then cool.

1543
01:29:01,560 --> 01:29:02,560
That's awesome.

1544
01:29:02,560 --> 01:29:03,560
Yeah, we need that.

1545
01:29:03,560 --> 01:29:10,440
So so so in the end, though, but but that that's kind of the the idea is that we are

1546
01:29:10,440 --> 01:29:13,480
constantly finding ways to maximize our value.

1547
01:29:13,480 --> 01:29:15,720
It doesn't necessarily make us cheap.

1548
01:29:15,720 --> 01:29:17,680
It makes us efficient.

1549
01:29:17,680 --> 01:29:25,680
I would say we are one of the most efficient teams in spending in MLS and have been for

1550
01:29:25,680 --> 01:29:32,560
the majority of our time, especially since Garth took over, since Adrian stepped down

1551
01:29:32,560 --> 01:29:33,560
at the G.I.

1552
01:29:33,560 --> 01:29:37,780
And cutting spending in and of itself isn't always efficient.

1553
01:29:37,780 --> 01:29:38,780
It's how you cut it.

1554
01:29:38,780 --> 01:29:44,840
This is something that we are learning right now based on what's happening in the larger

1555
01:29:44,840 --> 01:29:46,520
world outside of soccer.

1556
01:29:46,520 --> 01:29:47,520
Shit.

1557
01:29:47,520 --> 01:29:48,520
Look at Portland last year.

1558
01:29:48,520 --> 01:29:56,280
Portland spent a lot of money on a lot of salary on DP or on on their on their backline.

1559
01:29:56,280 --> 01:30:00,480
And you're like, oh, well, why aren't we spending money like that on our backline?

1560
01:30:00,480 --> 01:30:01,480
Yeah.

1561
01:30:01,480 --> 01:30:03,280
Well, look at their defense.

1562
01:30:03,280 --> 01:30:05,120
It fucking blew last year.

1563
01:30:05,120 --> 01:30:06,120
Terrible.

1564
01:30:06,120 --> 01:30:08,360
And they didn't address it very well.

1565
01:30:08,360 --> 01:30:12,080
And Evander is currently on his way back to Portland because they have to either keep

1566
01:30:12,080 --> 01:30:14,520
them or trade them and they haven't figured out what they're doing yet.

1567
01:30:14,520 --> 01:30:18,280
But but ultimately, what I'm saying is spending is spend smart.

1568
01:30:18,280 --> 01:30:19,880
Put together that cohesion.

1569
01:30:19,880 --> 01:30:24,840
And just because we haven't made those big signings, I'd rather have a team that's cohesive

1570
01:30:24,840 --> 01:30:30,800
and is killing it together than a big signing that may or may not work.

1571
01:30:30,800 --> 01:30:36,620
Anyway, so just just anyway, that's just kind of where I'm breaking news.

1572
01:30:36,620 --> 01:30:38,360
Breaking news from Tom Bogert.

1573
01:30:38,360 --> 01:30:42,040
Oh, do I need to get a siren out?

1574
01:30:42,040 --> 01:30:48,160
LA Galaxy finalizing deal to sign Brazilian youth international for Mathias Nascimento

1575
01:30:48,160 --> 01:30:50,040
on loan from Botafogo.

1576
01:30:50,040 --> 01:30:51,840
He will be under the U-22 initiative.

1577
01:30:51,840 --> 01:30:58,920
He's 20 years old and has 96 first team appearances for Botafogo, 12 goals and 4,200 minutes.

1578
01:30:58,920 --> 01:30:59,920
OK.

1579
01:30:59,920 --> 01:31:00,920
OK.

1580
01:31:00,920 --> 01:31:06,720
But but again, that's the planet player I want on our team.

1581
01:31:06,720 --> 01:31:07,720
That's what I want.

1582
01:31:07,720 --> 01:31:10,840
LA Galaxy keeps doing what I want us to do.

1583
01:31:10,840 --> 01:31:13,040
That's all I'm saying.

1584
01:31:13,040 --> 01:31:17,560
OK, so.

1585
01:31:17,560 --> 01:31:18,560
We'll see.

1586
01:31:18,560 --> 01:31:20,120
Yeah, I mean, we have room.

1587
01:31:20,120 --> 01:31:21,960
We have open U-22 slots.

1588
01:31:21,960 --> 01:31:25,760
And that's a question that Patrick Das will get to next episode.

1589
01:31:25,760 --> 01:31:33,600
That basically just keep in mind, 12 goals and 4,250 minutes is is basically one goal

1590
01:31:33,600 --> 01:31:35,720
every four games.

1591
01:31:35,720 --> 01:31:38,200
So so so so so it's not.

1592
01:31:38,200 --> 01:31:44,600
I'm I'm just trying to get some some data analytics.

1593
01:31:44,600 --> 01:31:47,160
I'm just doing some back of the napkin data analytics.

1594
01:31:47,160 --> 01:31:52,640
I had all those goals in one game.

1595
01:31:52,640 --> 01:31:54,880
But also.

1596
01:31:54,880 --> 01:32:04,080
You're bringing in a 20 year old integrating to the US, integrating to MLS this this LA.

1597
01:32:04,080 --> 01:32:07,200
You've got other Brazilians on their team, though, too.

1598
01:32:07,200 --> 01:32:08,200
Don't forget that.

1599
01:32:08,200 --> 01:32:09,200
I get it.

1600
01:32:09,200 --> 01:32:10,200
I get it.

1601
01:32:10,200 --> 01:32:13,000
So so not all that glitters is gold.

1602
01:32:13,000 --> 01:32:17,480
Yes, it's currently valued by transfer market at nine million euros.

1603
01:32:17,480 --> 01:32:18,480
Reasons to be excited.

1604
01:32:18,480 --> 01:32:20,520
Sure, sure.

1605
01:32:20,520 --> 01:32:22,720
Does that mean it's going to be successful?

1606
01:32:22,720 --> 01:32:23,720
We'll see.

1607
01:32:23,720 --> 01:32:28,520
I guess the LA has a history of making that successful at this point.

1608
01:32:28,520 --> 01:32:39,200
Now one, we do have another UTP slot available under under 22 initiatives about available.

1609
01:32:39,200 --> 01:32:42,120
So this is the kind that this is the kind of thing you'd like to see us take a flyer

1610
01:32:42,120 --> 01:32:44,960
on something like this.

1611
01:32:44,960 --> 01:32:50,560
I don't think it's a flyer because his value would be by far the highest rated, the highest

1612
01:32:50,560 --> 01:32:52,360
valued player on our team.

1613
01:32:52,360 --> 01:32:54,520
This is the kind of player I mean, this is Gabriel Peck all over.

1614
01:32:54,520 --> 01:32:59,520
Well, in this case, it would be a flyer because they are loaning him.

1615
01:32:59,520 --> 01:33:00,720
So it would be a flyer.

1616
01:33:00,720 --> 01:33:02,440
That's why I use the word flyer in this.

1617
01:33:02,440 --> 01:33:03,440
Sure.

1618
01:33:03,440 --> 01:33:05,240
But we don't know how long it is, all that kind of stuff.

1619
01:33:05,240 --> 01:33:10,440
But yeah, I mean, this is the type of player I would want would be a player that has the

1620
01:33:10,440 --> 01:33:13,800
potential to be the best player in the MLS.

1621
01:33:13,800 --> 01:33:14,800
Okay.

1622
01:33:14,800 --> 01:33:15,800
Obviously.

1623
01:33:15,800 --> 01:33:16,800
Yeah.

1624
01:33:16,800 --> 01:33:24,200
And and and so my question is on a player like that is, okay, well, right now.

1625
01:33:24,200 --> 01:33:29,040
Where where do you get those minutes?

1626
01:33:29,040 --> 01:33:30,640
I guess it's a good problem to have.

1627
01:33:30,640 --> 01:33:31,640
Give me again.

1628
01:33:31,640 --> 01:33:32,960
It's like the Nico Lodaro situation.

1629
01:33:32,960 --> 01:33:37,600
Give me anyone offensive that's got ability to change a game.

1630
01:33:37,600 --> 01:33:44,440
And I will take that question remains to be seen whether this person is that or not.

1631
01:33:44,440 --> 01:33:49,320
So it'll be sure it'll be interesting to see.

1632
01:33:49,320 --> 01:33:50,760
Okay.

1633
01:33:50,760 --> 01:33:53,320
But I think that's probably a good stopping point.

1634
01:33:53,320 --> 01:33:54,320
Yeah.

1635
01:33:54,320 --> 01:33:55,320
Mm hmm.

1636
01:33:55,320 --> 01:33:56,320
Daddy's tired.

1637
01:33:56,320 --> 01:33:57,320
Yeah.

1638
01:33:57,320 --> 01:33:59,320
Might be this go to bed.

1639
01:33:59,320 --> 01:34:02,320
I'm drinking though.

1640
01:34:02,320 --> 01:34:07,720
Samuel Grant never heard of it.

1641
01:34:07,720 --> 01:34:14,280
Hey, all kidding aside, it's great to great to see you having some success there in San

1642
01:34:14,280 --> 01:34:15,280
Diego, Aaron.

1643
01:34:15,280 --> 01:34:16,280
Thank you.

1644
01:34:16,280 --> 01:34:17,280
Yeah.

1645
01:34:17,280 --> 01:34:23,160
When you do make it back up here, let's prioritize getting together.

1646
01:34:23,160 --> 01:34:25,800
I know $10 a bottle, Aaron.

1647
01:34:25,800 --> 01:34:28,440
They haven't paid me yet.

1648
01:34:28,440 --> 01:34:29,440
They haven't paid me yet.

1649
01:34:29,440 --> 01:34:30,440
Okay.

1650
01:34:30,440 --> 01:34:31,440
Okay.

1651
01:34:31,440 --> 01:34:34,760
But you're drinking like the bottom of the barrel whiskey.

1652
01:34:34,760 --> 01:34:37,800
Yeah, no, I know.

1653
01:34:37,800 --> 01:34:39,520
You don't you don't know me.

1654
01:34:39,520 --> 01:34:41,480
Look, look, look behind.

1655
01:34:41,480 --> 01:34:43,320
Look behind Nicholas's head there.

1656
01:34:43,320 --> 01:34:45,400
There's plenty of good alcohol.

1657
01:34:45,400 --> 01:34:47,560
What do you want, Aaron?

1658
01:34:47,560 --> 01:34:52,760
You want you want literally anything you take off that shelf will be better than what I

1659
01:34:52,760 --> 01:34:54,800
have been destroying my body with.

1660
01:34:54,800 --> 01:34:58,080
I don't think I don't even get like drunk.

1661
01:34:58,080 --> 01:35:01,120
It's just it just I feel pain.

1662
01:35:01,120 --> 01:35:02,120
I pee blood.

1663
01:35:02,120 --> 01:35:03,120
What is happening?

1664
01:35:03,120 --> 01:35:04,120
Wait, what's happening?

1665
01:35:04,120 --> 01:35:10,160
Maybe you need to go back to like February when you weren't drinking.

1666
01:35:10,160 --> 01:35:11,160
That would be January.

1667
01:35:11,160 --> 01:35:12,160
Anyway, January.

1668
01:35:12,160 --> 01:35:17,360
And I didn't that was nine days because then I got the job offer and I drank.

1669
01:35:17,360 --> 01:35:20,800
No, I just wish I had room for beers in my little my little fridge here, which will maybe

1670
01:35:20,800 --> 01:35:24,720
I'll put on the capex for now that I'm anyway, it doesn't matter.

1671
01:35:24,720 --> 01:35:25,720
Yeah, judge me.

1672
01:35:25,720 --> 01:35:32,280
I'm going to find you internet where you will be drinking and regaling us with stories of

1673
01:35:32,280 --> 01:35:37,400
your your bloody urine.

1674
01:35:37,400 --> 01:35:38,400
I was talking.

1675
01:35:38,400 --> 01:35:40,280
Did you ask where they can find me?

1676
01:35:40,280 --> 01:35:42,120
Yeah, on our discord.

1677
01:35:42,120 --> 01:35:46,120
I haven't and I and I haven't opened up X.

1678
01:35:46,120 --> 01:35:49,320
So I'm just going to probably delete it.

1679
01:35:49,320 --> 01:35:56,000
But we should probably have a main home for what should be our main home on socials for

1680
01:35:56,000 --> 01:35:58,880
Scuttlebutt.

1681
01:35:58,880 --> 01:36:00,200
Maybe that's an offline topic.

1682
01:36:00,200 --> 01:36:05,520
But I we need to transition, I think, from away from X. That's just going downhill.

1683
01:36:05,520 --> 01:36:10,960
Both users and I think that's changed since you were last on it.

1684
01:36:10,960 --> 01:36:11,960
Everyone's come back.

1685
01:36:11,960 --> 01:36:12,960
Oh, OK.

1686
01:36:12,960 --> 01:36:13,960
Well, then never mind.

1687
01:36:13,960 --> 01:36:18,280
You can if you want to talk to me, I'm on X. I won't delete anything at AARON.

1688
01:36:18,280 --> 01:36:19,640
I'm on GLEY.

1689
01:36:19,640 --> 01:36:24,120
But predominantly, I'm going to be getting back on the discord now that I get my life

1690
01:36:24,120 --> 01:36:27,560
settled here in sunny San Diego.

1691
01:36:27,560 --> 01:36:33,280
Aaron can be reached at 206 779 4432.

1692
01:36:33,280 --> 01:36:36,160
That's 206 779 4432.

1693
01:36:36,160 --> 01:36:37,160
I have no idea.

1694
01:36:37,160 --> 01:36:38,160
I have no idea.

1695
01:36:38,160 --> 01:36:39,160
Someone's going to be really pissed.

1696
01:36:39,160 --> 01:36:44,360
Supposed to be really pissed at you.

1697
01:36:44,360 --> 01:36:45,360
Spoiler alert.

1698
01:36:45,360 --> 01:36:50,240
We made up the numbers, so do not call.

1699
01:36:50,240 --> 01:36:58,720
It's a T-Mobile phone number.

1700
01:36:58,720 --> 01:37:01,560
I can tell you that much.

1701
01:37:01,560 --> 01:37:02,560
So do not call that.

1702
01:37:02,560 --> 01:37:03,560
Where can they find you?

1703
01:37:03,560 --> 01:37:04,560
Who?

1704
01:37:04,560 --> 01:37:05,560
Nick.

1705
01:37:05,560 --> 01:37:06,560
Oh, me.

1706
01:37:06,560 --> 01:37:07,560
I missed that.

1707
01:37:07,560 --> 01:37:08,560
I was listening to Aaron.

1708
01:37:08,560 --> 01:37:13,040
I was listening to Cameron there.

1709
01:37:13,040 --> 01:37:22,040
You can find me at Nikita Banana, N-I-Q-U-I-T-A-B-A-N-A-N-A on Twitter X.

1710
01:37:22,040 --> 01:37:31,000
You can find me at Cascades2C on Facebook and see what concerts I'm going up to.

1711
01:37:31,000 --> 01:37:32,000
And Instagram.

1712
01:37:32,000 --> 01:37:33,000
What I'm doing.

1713
01:37:33,000 --> 01:37:34,000
Instagram.

1714
01:37:34,000 --> 01:37:35,000
Oh yeah, that is Instagram.

1715
01:37:35,000 --> 01:37:36,000
Cascades2C.

1716
01:37:36,000 --> 01:37:37,000
What did I call it?

1717
01:37:37,000 --> 01:37:38,000
Did I call it Facebook?

1718
01:37:38,000 --> 01:37:39,000
You said Facebook.

1719
01:37:39,000 --> 01:37:40,000
No, Facebook.

1720
01:37:40,000 --> 01:37:41,640
I'm just Nicholas.

1721
01:37:41,640 --> 01:37:46,320
If you just find me at Facebook.com slash Nicholas, that's me.

1722
01:37:46,320 --> 01:37:47,320
Facebook.com.

1723
01:37:47,320 --> 01:37:48,320
Yeah.

1724
01:37:48,320 --> 01:37:55,240
And don't call that number because Sarah B, who owns it, who lives on 28th will be really

1725
01:37:55,240 --> 01:37:56,240
upset with you.

1726
01:37:56,240 --> 01:37:57,240
Oh, wow.

1727
01:37:57,240 --> 01:37:58,240
The internet's wild.

1728
01:37:58,240 --> 01:38:01,240
The things you can find out by just entering in people's phone numbers.

1729
01:38:01,240 --> 01:38:03,240
I was going to say, I'm really good at stalking.

1730
01:38:03,240 --> 01:38:04,240
All right.

1731
01:38:04,240 --> 01:38:05,840
Sarah B, I am sorry.

1732
01:38:05,840 --> 01:38:07,840
I am sorry.

1733
01:38:07,840 --> 01:38:14,880
Eagle-minded punk on all of the different various internet webs for medias of the social

1734
01:38:14,880 --> 01:38:16,880
type.

1735
01:38:16,880 --> 01:38:18,280
Come join us on Discord though.

1736
01:38:18,280 --> 01:38:19,720
It is a fun spot.

1737
01:38:19,720 --> 01:38:23,640
And this year is going to be, I think this year is going to be a great year for Discord.

1738
01:38:23,640 --> 01:38:26,480
I think we're going to have some fun.

1739
01:38:26,480 --> 01:38:29,400
We're going to have some fun threads there.

1740
01:38:29,400 --> 01:38:34,320
I think I want to bring back the game day prediction type of threads, figure out ways

1741
01:38:34,320 --> 01:38:35,680
to gamify that.

1742
01:38:35,680 --> 01:38:38,120
It's been a while since we've done that and I really love doing that.

1743
01:38:38,120 --> 01:38:42,760
By the way, I think I still owed a prize from when I won back in the day.

1744
01:38:42,760 --> 01:38:43,760
Oh.

1745
01:38:43,760 --> 01:38:45,240
Or was the prize being the host?

1746
01:38:45,240 --> 01:38:46,240
We didn't bring you the prize?

1747
01:38:46,240 --> 01:38:47,240
It was the prize being the host.

1748
01:38:47,240 --> 01:38:48,240
Being a host.

1749
01:38:48,240 --> 01:38:49,240
Yeah, there it is.

1750
01:38:49,240 --> 01:38:50,240
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1751
01:38:50,240 --> 01:38:51,240
Hey!

1752
01:38:51,240 --> 01:38:52,240
So it's you.

1753
01:38:52,240 --> 01:38:54,240
And the winner this year will replace Nicholas.

1754
01:38:54,240 --> 01:38:59,080
Let's take it out of what you owe me.

1755
01:38:59,080 --> 01:39:03,080
I also think, you know, we've been talking about pivoting the video.

1756
01:39:03,080 --> 01:39:04,620
We've been having a lot of discussion about that.

1757
01:39:04,620 --> 01:39:10,100
There might be an opportunity for some live viewing of our recordings while they're going

1758
01:39:10,100 --> 01:39:14,040
on for Discord, or excuse me, Patreon members.

1759
01:39:14,040 --> 01:39:16,120
So join the Patreon.

1760
01:39:16,120 --> 01:39:19,800
And whoa, it's getting sexy up here.

1761
01:39:19,800 --> 01:39:21,800
I'm in the Patreon.

1762
01:39:21,800 --> 01:39:25,160
Nick, you're de facto marketing genius.

1763
01:39:25,160 --> 01:39:31,920
So you will be doing the Discord fun and Cameron is our...

1764
01:39:31,920 --> 01:39:34,200
You got the clout so you can get the interviews.

1765
01:39:34,200 --> 01:39:37,840
So yeah, we got a lot of fun ones coming up.

1766
01:39:37,840 --> 01:39:38,840
All right.

1767
01:39:38,840 --> 01:39:39,840
Cool.

1768
01:39:39,840 --> 01:39:40,840
Right on.

1769
01:39:40,840 --> 01:39:41,840
Thank you so much everyone.

1770
01:39:41,840 --> 01:39:42,840
Thank you everyone.

1771
01:39:42,840 --> 01:39:46,760
Looking forward to next time where you are going to have a good old, big old fashioned

1772
01:39:46,760 --> 01:39:50,360
preseason hoot nanny where we do some preseason predictions.

1773
01:39:50,360 --> 01:39:53,440
We will do that before the first Champions League game.

1774
01:39:53,440 --> 01:39:54,440
Looking forward to that.

1775
01:39:54,440 --> 01:40:00,640
So if you have ideas on fun categories that we can all vote on and make predictions on,

1776
01:40:00,640 --> 01:40:02,440
send us those categories in the Discord page.

1777
01:40:02,440 --> 01:40:04,760
Yeah, we didn't have a game today, Nick.

1778
01:40:04,760 --> 01:40:05,760
I know.

1779
01:40:05,760 --> 01:40:06,760
We got to make one.

1780
01:40:06,760 --> 01:40:08,760
We'll get we'll get we'll make sure next time we have a game.

1781
01:40:08,760 --> 01:40:11,760
Yeah, we'll have another fun game.

1782
01:40:11,760 --> 01:40:12,760
All right, everybody.

1783
01:40:12,760 --> 01:40:16,760
James, you should take it away.

1784
01:40:16,760 --> 01:40:23,760
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1785
01:40:23,760 --> 01:40:28,960
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1786
01:40:28,960 --> 01:40:33,800
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1787
01:40:33,800 --> 01:40:38,720
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1788
01:40:38,720 --> 01:40:42,540
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1789
01:40:42,540 --> 01:40:47,760
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1790
01:40:47,760 --> 01:40:50,320
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1791
01:40:50,320 --> 01:41:05,240
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