WEBVTT 00:00:04.490 --> 00:00:12.189 You're listening to Raising Anchor on 990 WBOB. 00:00:17.690 --> 00:00:20.429 Welcome to the Raising Anchor Soccer Show with 00:00:20.429 --> 00:00:23.489 Matt Entrekin and Jason Carey. Your home for 00:00:23.489 --> 00:00:26.149 news, analysis, and everything Rhode Island FC. 00:00:26.969 --> 00:00:29.269 Each week, they take you inside the locker room, 00:00:29.609 --> 00:00:31.829 inside the tactics, and inside the storyline 00:00:31.829 --> 00:00:38.200 shaping RIFC. Here's Matt and Jason. Rhode Island 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:40.960 FC fall to the best team in the Eastern Conference 00:00:40.960 --> 00:00:43.960 losing 2 -0 to the Tampa Bay Rowdies. We're going 00:00:43.960 --> 00:00:46.640 to break down that match last weekend and explain 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:50.539 why that isn't even the worst RIFC news over 00:00:50.539 --> 00:00:52.820 the last 72 hours. We're going to talk about 00:00:52.820 --> 00:00:55.939 that. The J .J. Williams pending possible transfer 00:00:55.939 --> 00:00:58.340 and of course the mailbag a little later in the 00:00:58.340 --> 00:01:00.530 show. I'm your host, Matt, and you can joining 00:01:00.530 --> 00:01:03.969 me as co -host, Jason Carey. Mr. Carey, how are 00:01:03.969 --> 00:01:05.870 you doing this Monday evening? It's a show that's 00:01:05.870 --> 00:01:07.950 so important. We had to push it back to nine 00:01:07.950 --> 00:01:09.909 p .m. to make sure that we had all of the facts 00:01:09.909 --> 00:01:12.209 straight before we went and did this. How are 00:01:12.209 --> 00:01:14.450 you doing, my friend? Doing good, doing good. 00:01:15.530 --> 00:01:17.549 You said some of this news here, maybe, maybe 00:01:17.549 --> 00:01:20.230 not the best news. Is this finally where the 00:01:20.230 --> 00:01:22.510 show is no longer PG friendly because didn't 00:01:22.510 --> 00:01:25.069 didn't help that it's following up? You know, 00:01:25.230 --> 00:01:27.790 a loss. So I thought you were going to talk about 00:01:27.790 --> 00:01:30.790 Hayden Penitentiary. Yeah, just passing away 00:01:30.790 --> 00:01:33.189 because I was expecting the obituary. We all 00:01:33.189 --> 00:01:35.030 watched Heroes, right? It was such a great show. 00:01:35.090 --> 00:01:38.409 I never finished Heroes. I started it. They kind 00:01:38.409 --> 00:01:40.750 of canceled it. You know, it didn't live up to 00:01:40.750 --> 00:01:43.329 the didn't finish lost either. I'm glad I didn't. 00:01:43.450 --> 00:01:44.730 I heard that that one kind of jumped the shark. 00:01:44.769 --> 00:01:46.829 But anyways, we are not talking about TV. There 00:01:46.829 --> 00:01:49.150 are so many other important things to talk about. 00:01:49.209 --> 00:01:51.439 And let's just start. with some of what we thought 00:01:51.439 --> 00:01:53.519 was going to be the biggest news. And that is 00:01:53.519 --> 00:01:56.920 the NBA itself confirming that there has been 00:01:56.920 --> 00:01:59.959 no salary cap circumvention for Kawhi Leonard, 00:02:00.299 --> 00:02:03.000 despite some damaging reporting, not only from 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:05.819 Pablo Torre, not only from Eli Sherman and Clown 00:02:05.819 --> 00:02:08.280 Company, but also that there was kind of scathing 00:02:08.280 --> 00:02:10.879 ESPN article that came out and it kind of seemed 00:02:10.879 --> 00:02:12.979 a little interesting. I read what Tom Quinlan 00:02:12.979 --> 00:02:15.280 had to say about like ESPN is one of their biggest 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:18.159 partners when it comes to like the sports relationship 00:02:18.159 --> 00:02:21.699 for a institute. to get the reporting that inaccurate, 00:02:21.699 --> 00:02:25.000 according to the NBA, that seems like some friction 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:27.699 that didn't need to get built. But nevertheless, 00:02:28.180 --> 00:02:30.520 you know, everyone's saying now that there is 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:33.860 no correlation to Kawhi Leonard navigating some 00:02:33.860 --> 00:02:36.400 kind of cap circumvention by investing in Rhode 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:39.659 Island. I see, you know, bombers alternate sports 00:02:39.659 --> 00:02:42.240 play apparently in the world. I know that it's 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:44.319 old news and people are like, stop bringing it 00:02:44.319 --> 00:02:46.340 up. But at the same time, you see vindication 00:02:46.340 --> 00:02:47.879 like that. And it's like, hey, pay attention. 00:02:48.009 --> 00:02:50.229 It also keeps getting brought up in the news 00:02:50.229 --> 00:02:54.569 cycle. So I wonder why. Yeah. So what you're 00:02:54.569 --> 00:02:56.810 telling me is after all of these news stories 00:02:56.810 --> 00:03:00.169 that dropped, the only thing we got was seeing 00:03:00.169 --> 00:03:03.870 that Dan McKee at Clippers home opener wearing 00:03:03.870 --> 00:03:07.569 an R .A .F .C. kit. I love that. That was how 00:03:07.569 --> 00:03:09.330 it went down because when they were like, we 00:03:09.330 --> 00:03:11.449 found the tape, we spotted him in the audience. 00:03:11.509 --> 00:03:13.750 I mean, Dan McKee. is a kind of standout guy. 00:03:13.930 --> 00:03:15.870 He's a Silver Fox. You could probably spot him 00:03:15.870 --> 00:03:17.889 out of a lineup. But then when they showed the 00:03:17.889 --> 00:03:19.689 video and it's like, there he is, and he's just 00:03:19.689 --> 00:03:23.370 rocking a division two soccer kit at a home opener 00:03:23.370 --> 00:03:27.590 for an NBA team like Rhode Island FC, USL, they've 00:03:27.590 --> 00:03:29.949 made it to the top. This is pinnacle. This is 00:03:29.949 --> 00:03:31.810 peak soccer now in our country. We're massive. 00:03:33.310 --> 00:03:35.289 But yeah, so I mean, now, of course, the local 00:03:35.289 --> 00:03:37.349 media is spinning it that the receipts and the 00:03:37.349 --> 00:03:41.389 tickets are too, too elaborate, too extravagant. 00:03:41.599 --> 00:03:44.500 for a person like Makito have had questions about 00:03:44.500 --> 00:03:48.360 why he was sitting in that very exclusive area. 00:03:48.520 --> 00:03:51.379 Come on, guys. Like, let it go. Helena, folks, 00:03:51.599 --> 00:03:54.780 if that's your big play on winning the governorship, 00:03:55.120 --> 00:03:57.759 do it in another way, because don't bring RFC 00:03:57.759 --> 00:04:00.139 into the conversation unless you have something 00:04:00.139 --> 00:04:03.729 nice to say about it. We've got to talk about 00:04:03.729 --> 00:04:05.750 the biggest news and like I wanted to put this 00:04:05.750 --> 00:04:07.069 to the end of the show, you know where people 00:04:07.069 --> 00:04:09.050 had to listen to us for 30 minutes before they 00:04:09.050 --> 00:04:10.810 got into it. But I think we're just going to 00:04:10.810 --> 00:04:12.729 start things off and we're going to start talking 00:04:12.729 --> 00:04:15.270 about the news that has occupied everyone's feed 00:04:15.270 --> 00:04:18.870 over the last 24 hours. And that is JJ Williams 00:04:18.870 --> 00:04:25.149 might be joining the hearts. Yeah, parts of pine, 00:04:25.329 --> 00:04:26.730 right? Yeah, hearts of pine. Of course, it's 00:04:26.730 --> 00:04:28.550 weird that he's decided to go down a division, 00:04:28.550 --> 00:04:31.759 but you know. I appreciate that the Blazing Musket 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:35.319 wrote, no, not that parts, not Portland. Listen, 00:04:35.500 --> 00:04:38.639 Jason, if... Is it Midlothian? Hearts of Midlothian, 00:04:38.759 --> 00:04:41.100 yeah. So it's been first reported by the Heart 00:04:41.100 --> 00:04:44.800 Standard, a website that covers the Hearts of 00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:47.480 Midlothian in depth. And then also though, Edenborough 00:04:47.480 --> 00:04:50.079 News, that there has been interest from the Scottish 00:04:50.079 --> 00:04:52.970 Premier League side... to potentially recruit 00:04:52.970 --> 00:04:55.589 the services of JJ Williams. Now we're going 00:04:55.589 --> 00:04:57.170 to unpack what we know and we're going to talk 00:04:57.170 --> 00:04:59.569 about what we can share and what we don't know 00:04:59.569 --> 00:05:00.870 too. Like some of this might still be a little 00:05:00.870 --> 00:05:03.310 bit of speculation, but regardless of whatever 00:05:03.310 --> 00:05:05.069 we end up on the other side of this conversation, 00:05:05.089 --> 00:05:08.449 Jason, this couldn't have come at a better time 00:05:08.449 --> 00:05:11.370 for JJ Williams, like right where he is literally 00:05:11.370 --> 00:05:14.129 peaking and a worse time for an Island FC as 00:05:14.129 --> 00:05:16.649 a club. Oh, absolutely. Just cue Hall and Oates. 00:05:16.649 --> 00:05:20.290 He's gone. I mean, it's it's not it's not what 00:05:20.290 --> 00:05:23.579 we want to see. You know, Tom Tom Bargo out there 00:05:23.579 --> 00:05:26.240 is is, you know, when when he weighs in, you 00:05:26.240 --> 00:05:28.879 know that there's some level of credibility to 00:05:28.879 --> 00:05:32.720 it. So as soon as that happened, because we we 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:35.519 found out about this, what, 48 hours ago or something. 00:05:35.800 --> 00:05:38.660 Less than that, to be honest. And it it kind 00:05:38.660 --> 00:05:40.339 of escalated really quickly. All of a sudden, 00:05:40.459 --> 00:05:43.019 people like, is there any? I had people sending 00:05:43.019 --> 00:05:46.680 me article links, not wanting to put like fire 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:48.759 into this. Like people going, please tell me 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:52.360 this is just like. a rumor mill this is a non 00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:56.430 -serious website and it was like oh um I'm reaching 00:05:56.430 --> 00:05:58.569 out immediately to my sources and I'm not getting 00:05:58.569 --> 00:06:01.129 those normal rejections right away. We've heard 00:06:01.129 --> 00:06:03.750 some ridiculous things in the past about players 00:06:03.750 --> 00:06:06.110 in this club. We heard that Hugo was going to 00:06:06.110 --> 00:06:09.449 be back in MLS right after last season and people 00:06:09.449 --> 00:06:11.610 were asking about sources that they had heard. 00:06:11.889 --> 00:06:13.769 We'd heard the same thing when Amey Mobica had 00:06:13.769 --> 00:06:15.709 initially left. There are always these people 00:06:15.709 --> 00:06:18.610 who reach out from the woodwork and the forest 00:06:18.610 --> 00:06:20.209 and everywhere and just going, hey, this is that 00:06:20.209 --> 00:06:22.230 thing we've heard. And a lot of times we just 00:06:22.230 --> 00:06:25.480 say, well, hit it and if it bounces off our sources 00:06:25.480 --> 00:06:28.439 as ha ha ha you know scroll along then that's 00:06:28.439 --> 00:06:31.240 what it is but this time all of the sources that 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:33.379 you and i have cultivated remained radio silent 00:06:33.379 --> 00:06:36.019 at most we got someone who said that's a good 00:06:36.019 --> 00:06:38.160 question let me let me do some digging there 00:06:38.160 --> 00:06:41.220 so that's that's a difficult place to be now 00:06:41.220 --> 00:06:43.180 and you're talking to our sources beyond the 00:06:43.180 --> 00:06:46.360 credibility of this i have to say jason that 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:50.699 a lot of our sources both around the USL and 00:06:50.699 --> 00:06:53.319 the championship and Rhode Island, as well as 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:55.879 sources that are now new friends we've made across 00:06:55.879 --> 00:06:58.240 the pond. They're all kind of insinuating that 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:01.019 this deal is basically done, that there's a few 00:07:01.019 --> 00:07:03.199 particulars that need to cross the finish line, 00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:05.399 and then everyone's just kind of waiting for 00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:08.279 the ink to dry. And I really need to be clear 00:07:08.279 --> 00:07:10.660 here, reached out to Rhode Island FC officially. 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:13.540 And their answer was the very canned response 00:07:13.540 --> 00:07:16.100 that they don't comment on the comings and goings 00:07:16.100 --> 00:07:18.160 of players with this type of nature. You know, 00:07:18.259 --> 00:07:20.040 Rhode Island has never been in the spotlight 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:22.180 like this before, right? You know, you talk about 00:07:22.180 --> 00:07:24.300 the transparency of the international game, the 00:07:24.300 --> 00:07:27.319 attention it gets when players that that that 00:07:27.319 --> 00:07:30.459 potential move on, that that potential redirect 00:07:30.459 --> 00:07:32.639 or transfer comes out like in the championship. 00:07:32.740 --> 00:07:34.220 It's very cagey, right? You never know the amounts. 00:07:34.279 --> 00:07:36.720 You never know the contracts. You never know 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:38.379 what's happening. It's always kind of like a 00:07:38.379 --> 00:07:41.269 really big surprise. But when the premiership, 00:07:41.350 --> 00:07:43.110 whether it's, you know, England or in this case, 00:07:43.470 --> 00:07:45.769 the Scottish, when they suddenly say an insinuate, 00:07:45.810 --> 00:07:47.629 hey, we're looking at J .J. Williams, you can't 00:07:47.629 --> 00:07:50.310 put that under the rug anymore. Yeah, absolutely 00:07:50.310 --> 00:07:53.750 not. What do you think when they the chart and 00:07:53.750 --> 00:07:56.730 army was down here? Was there some scouting going 00:07:56.730 --> 00:07:59.189 on or something? Maybe watching some practice? 00:07:59.629 --> 00:08:01.850 You know, I mean, you know, it's funny you say 00:08:01.850 --> 00:08:05.009 that because in addition to this alleged J .J. 00:08:05.910 --> 00:08:07.790 signing Colton Swan from the Charleston battery. 00:08:08.060 --> 00:08:11.040 allegedly being picked up by hibs right now in 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:13.819 hibernian fc so some scotland interest in like 00:08:13.819 --> 00:08:16.019 kind of cannibalizing and going after players 00:08:16.019 --> 00:08:18.759 inside the usl from an attacking front you know 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:21.300 we always often talk about where does a league 00:08:21.300 --> 00:08:24.620 like the usl championship rate and rank in comparison 00:08:24.620 --> 00:08:28.019 to leagues across the world in no way, shape, 00:08:28.220 --> 00:08:30.379 or form by saying that we are ready to say we 00:08:30.379 --> 00:08:32.360 are as good as the Scottish Premier, but two 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:35.159 different teams in the Premiership going after 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:37.700 attacking options around USL Championship level 00:08:37.700 --> 00:08:40.559 players, that's a good place to be. I think Colton 00:08:40.559 --> 00:08:43.419 Swann's ceiling significantly higher considering 00:08:43.419 --> 00:08:46.840 his younger profile as a young US men's national 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:50.240 team player, JJ, 28 years old. But getting into 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:53.899 this, there's some timelines we have to talk 00:08:53.899 --> 00:08:55.759 about here, and I know people don't want to even 00:08:55.759 --> 00:08:58.559 have to Think about the idea that JJ Williams 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:01.480 is leaving this team, but there are some windows 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:03.320 that we need to kind of really look and stamp 00:09:03.320 --> 00:09:05.759 into. This is not something where the rumor starts 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:07.980 and then we wait weeks to find out more tidbits 00:09:07.980 --> 00:09:10.440 to see if the deal gets done. The hearts are 00:09:10.440 --> 00:09:12.799 under some really urgent deadlines here right 00:09:12.799 --> 00:09:15.980 now. First, you know, the technical Scottish 00:09:15.980 --> 00:09:18.980 FA window for the premiership that closes on 00:09:18.980 --> 00:09:21.059 September 3rd. So like if you wanted to say. 00:09:21.370 --> 00:09:24.190 They needed JJ Williams to be on this team on 00:09:24.190 --> 00:09:26.409 their books so that he can play in the league 00:09:26.409 --> 00:09:28.750 for the season. It goes all the way till September 00:09:28.750 --> 00:09:30.590 3rd. I actually think Rhode Island FC's window 00:09:30.590 --> 00:09:33.289 is about the same time within the USL Championship 00:09:33.289 --> 00:09:34.990 secondary window. It might be an extra week. 00:09:35.210 --> 00:09:37.450 Still haven't gotten that date confirmed, but 00:09:37.450 --> 00:09:40.090 the bigger one and why this deal may happen in 00:09:40.090 --> 00:09:43.710 the next 24 to 48 hours is that there is an urgent 00:09:43.710 --> 00:09:46.309 transfer deadline for them to be able to register 00:09:46.309 --> 00:09:50.009 Williams for the Conference League Cup and tournament 00:09:50.009 --> 00:09:53.240 right now. Hearts have a playoff game with Rapid 00:09:53.240 --> 00:09:55.700 Vienna in the conference league if they don't 00:09:55.700 --> 00:09:58.840 get him signed by Wednesday at 11 p .m. And I'm 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:01.799 assuming that is You know UK time. I don't think 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:04.320 that's 11 p .m. In Eastern time. So that's actually 00:10:04.320 --> 00:10:06.480 what I think the time zone difference is five 00:10:06.480 --> 00:10:09.279 hours Yeah, right. So then that's actually you 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:12.659 know closer to 6 p .m. On Wednesday If that deal 00:10:12.659 --> 00:10:14.700 isn't done and across the finish line, JJ does 00:10:14.700 --> 00:10:17.080 not officially make that move. So there's some 00:10:17.080 --> 00:10:19.480 real urgency to get this done. And who knows 00:10:19.480 --> 00:10:22.799 how that changes things like transfer fees, like 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:24.340 when there's suddenly that pressure, like, hey, 00:10:24.419 --> 00:10:27.600 I know you have something I want and I know that 00:10:27.600 --> 00:10:29.279 you know that I want it and I know you need to 00:10:29.279 --> 00:10:31.440 keep this player as well. I'm really curious 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:33.919 how that changes the window. But with that timeline 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:36.580 in place, what do we think that we should be 00:10:36.580 --> 00:10:38.419 expecting here as far as announcements like. 00:10:38.899 --> 00:10:41.019 Does it happen tomorrow then or do we go all 00:10:41.019 --> 00:10:43.340 the way till four, you know, five 59 on Wednesday 00:10:43.340 --> 00:10:45.000 and everyone's just like sweating bullets until 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:47.679 then. Uh, I mean, I think that's one of those 00:10:47.679 --> 00:10:50.279 things because of there's probably a lot of logistical 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:53.139 issues that have to kind of go through that. 00:10:53.340 --> 00:10:55.279 We probably won't see this till later announcement. 00:10:55.340 --> 00:10:57.500 It'll probably, like you said, maybe it's already 00:10:57.500 --> 00:11:00.360 behind the scenes agreed upon, but there's like 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:02.460 work visas and things like that that kind of 00:11:02.460 --> 00:11:06.159 need to be cleared. I mean, you talk about like 00:11:06.350 --> 00:11:08.590 You know a deadline here so that he can play 00:11:08.590 --> 00:11:11.029 in the conference league i mean obviously hate 00:11:11.029 --> 00:11:14.970 to see him go but. RFC have a striker playing 00:11:14.970 --> 00:11:17.639 in the conference league i mean. That's honestly 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:20.379 huge. I mean, the hearts were what? Up until 00:11:20.379 --> 00:11:22.620 the last, I think it was like the last six weeks 00:11:22.620 --> 00:11:25.440 of the season, they were in a contendership for 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:27.399 winning the entire Premier League. It's something 00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:29.240 that hasn't been done when you split it between 00:11:29.240 --> 00:11:32.480 Celtic and Rangers over the last 60 years. No 00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:34.740 other team has climbed the mountain, so to speak. 00:11:34.899 --> 00:11:36.679 Hearts were just doing it. And this is a team 00:11:36.679 --> 00:11:38.899 also that was in administration 10 years ago, 00:11:38.899 --> 00:11:41.159 right? So like it's incredible to see where the 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:42.759 hearts have gone. And now they go and look for 00:11:42.759 --> 00:11:46.919 an American striker and JJ Williams. I. Again, 00:11:46.919 --> 00:11:50.139 I talk about timing. This could not come from 00:11:50.139 --> 00:11:53.360 a worse timing perspective for an ILC than right 00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:55.139 now. You're going into the second half of the 00:11:55.139 --> 00:11:57.440 season. We've all hung our hat on. We're a second 00:11:57.440 --> 00:12:00.259 half kind of team based on the trajectory and 00:12:00.259 --> 00:12:02.759 the trends that we've set for ourselves. And 00:12:02.759 --> 00:12:04.740 now we're about to enter that most important 00:12:04.740 --> 00:12:09.600 stretch without our most informed player in the 00:12:09.600 --> 00:12:13.700 season. How does a move like this damage or impact 00:12:13.700 --> 00:12:16.970 this team when you look at it from decades of 00:12:16.970 --> 00:12:18.750 fall, like when you've seen these types of transfers, 00:12:19.009 --> 00:12:20.730 especially when it's players that go out from 00:12:20.730 --> 00:12:22.809 teams, how does a team like what I see bounce 00:12:22.809 --> 00:12:24.850 back in these kinds of moments? I think the problem 00:12:24.850 --> 00:12:26.929 here, unfortunately, is a very American one. 00:12:27.409 --> 00:12:30.309 Our leagues don't follow the same calendars as 00:12:30.309 --> 00:12:33.049 the rest of the world do. So for the rest of 00:12:33.049 --> 00:12:35.590 them, they at least not for now. Hashtag Nana 00:12:35.590 --> 00:12:38.889 LMS soccer show. We're curiously seeing how that'll 00:12:38.889 --> 00:12:42.500 pan out for them. But. For the other teams in 00:12:42.500 --> 00:12:44.240 the world This is just normal business and this 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:46.559 kind of puts us in a tricky situation here, right? 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:49.139 On one hand you're weighing the immediate success 00:12:49.139 --> 00:12:51.820 of the club, right? He's JJ has been great for 00:12:51.820 --> 00:12:55.539 us this year But at the same time you hurt your 00:12:55.539 --> 00:13:00.259 long -term success by not Allowing this to happen 00:13:00.259 --> 00:13:02.620 right so that this could be one of those situations 00:13:02.620 --> 00:13:06.320 where We've talked about this how this team can 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:09.940 be seen as a team that fosters and develop talent 00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:14.700 and then moves them on to other leagues abroad. 00:13:14.840 --> 00:13:17.639 And it can become seen as a stepping stone. And 00:13:17.639 --> 00:13:21.059 that allows us to recruit better and better talent. 00:13:21.279 --> 00:13:23.779 More and more players will want to come here. 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:27.879 And whether that be loans from Argentinian teams, 00:13:28.059 --> 00:13:30.120 I mean, maybe that can start to expand our network. 00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:32.759 I mean, hey, maybe this can even kind of bridge 00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:35.100 that gap where we've talked about, can we build 00:13:35.100 --> 00:13:38.159 some sort of Ipsitch? relationship. Well, maybe 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:40.980 this can also foster a Scottish relationship. 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:43.039 I mean, they they love to come hanging out over 00:13:43.039 --> 00:13:45.279 here in the World Cup, maybe a few of their players 00:13:45.279 --> 00:13:48.720 want to come play over here too. So if the money 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:52.759 is right here, you have to do it. It sucks because 00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:55.960 to you put yourself in a position where we also 00:13:55.960 --> 00:13:58.860 really want to see JJ be successful when he does 00:13:58.860 --> 00:14:01.399 this, right? Because then that also elevates 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:04.559 us. To a certain extent I don't want to say it 00:14:04.559 --> 00:14:06.720 shoots or it shoots us in the foot if he goes 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:09.259 abroad and it doesn't work out Because you have 00:14:09.259 --> 00:14:12.179 to take that gamble, but it kind of looked you'll 00:14:12.179 --> 00:14:14.779 look back on say well I wish we could have just 00:14:14.779 --> 00:14:17.740 kept them and maybe try to go on and win But 00:14:17.740 --> 00:14:20.580 it you you have to go for this I mean you're 00:14:20.580 --> 00:14:22.860 not wrong But at the same time it does feel like 00:14:22.860 --> 00:14:25.419 we're robbing ourselves of some immediate short 00:14:25.419 --> 00:14:28.159 -term goals and success We want to see in year 00:14:28.460 --> 00:14:32.120 for that longer -term success of becoming a club 00:14:32.120 --> 00:14:34.500 that can move players on, can be a destination. 00:14:35.019 --> 00:14:38.059 It's really hard to balance that, the money notwithstanding. 00:14:38.460 --> 00:14:40.220 You look at the money and the speculation that 00:14:40.220 --> 00:14:42.059 we've only heard from the heart side of things. 00:14:42.419 --> 00:14:44.500 I had a couple insiders within the league say 00:14:44.500 --> 00:14:47.419 that it sounded like it was a close target. Right 00:14:47.419 --> 00:14:49.279 now, though, we're being led to believe that 00:14:49.279 --> 00:14:51.980 this is going to be a transfer fee of around 00:14:51.980 --> 00:14:54.480 $100 ,000, probably a little bit more north of 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:57.740 that. you know we reported last year jj williams 00:14:57.740 --> 00:15:01.320 initially on a two plus one contract that extension 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:04.759 being set up for this season into that extension 00:15:04.759 --> 00:15:08.600 you know the the exercise plus one do we feel 00:15:08.600 --> 00:15:10.519 like this is the right amount of money for a 00:15:10.519 --> 00:15:12.860 player like this i mean jj is at the point of 00:15:12.860 --> 00:15:14.940 peaking and having he would have had the best 00:15:15.070 --> 00:15:18.409 USL championship season of his career had even 00:15:18.409 --> 00:15:20.629 able to play the rest of these games. Do we feel 00:15:20.629 --> 00:15:22.490 like this is the right amount of money to ask 00:15:22.490 --> 00:15:25.610 for a striker in Division two soccer in America 00:15:25.610 --> 00:15:27.730 with only a few months left on his contract? 00:15:28.049 --> 00:15:30.789 Or is this not about the money knowing the other 00:15:30.789 --> 00:15:32.389 kinds of success that we're going to see will 00:15:32.389 --> 00:15:36.029 get longer term? So I it's a decent chunk of 00:15:36.029 --> 00:15:38.289 change. Obviously, I think we would want to hope 00:15:38.289 --> 00:15:41.649 for more. But at this point, the USL doesn't 00:15:41.649 --> 00:15:44.929 really have a proven track record of players 00:15:44.929 --> 00:15:49.009 going on to be super successful you know that 00:15:49.009 --> 00:15:51.950 there have been some teenage phenoms who we have 00:15:51.950 --> 00:15:54.870 kind of shipped off. What a lot of times ultimately 00:15:54.870 --> 00:15:57.610 they end up coming back within a few years into 00:15:57.610 --> 00:16:00.210 the u .s. soccer system that may be not necessary 00:16:00.210 --> 00:16:04.129 with us but maybe. Can i make the jump to nls 00:16:04.129 --> 00:16:08.129 so until we can get a player who makes that jump 00:16:08.129 --> 00:16:11.730 in goes over there in is successful and starts 00:16:11.730 --> 00:16:15.179 having. Like more eyes turned to the USL. I think 00:16:15.179 --> 00:16:17.600 we're in a position where we can't demand higher 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:20.159 fees per se. It's like I said, it's that gamble 00:16:20.159 --> 00:16:23.259 that you have to take because it ultimately can 00:16:23.259 --> 00:16:26.620 bring you future success, future prospects, and 00:16:26.620 --> 00:16:29.120 then you can look at demanding higher fees in 00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:32.220 the future. If a player like JJ goes on to have 00:16:32.220 --> 00:16:35.220 a successful season in the Scottish Premiership, 00:16:35.500 --> 00:16:40.259 we know Kano resigned. OK, Vegas and Amish appear 00:16:40.259 --> 00:16:43.440 Thompson. earlier in this season. Do we think 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:45.279 that if Williams had had an extension already 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:49.059 offered that brought his contract through 2027, 00:16:49.419 --> 00:16:52.240 that we would have seen a larger price tag on 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:55.639 this deal? Possibly. I think that there there 00:16:55.639 --> 00:16:58.179 is an old there's always a price that any player 00:16:58.179 --> 00:17:04.220 can be valued at. But, you know, I at this point, 00:17:05.279 --> 00:17:07.400 it's more about the long term prospect, I think, 00:17:07.539 --> 00:17:10.019 than the money, right? Because the The long term 00:17:10.019 --> 00:17:12.339 prospects can get you more money in the future 00:17:12.339 --> 00:17:16.400 than worrying about an extra. 2030 thousand right 00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:18.640 now, sure, but like I also think of it this way 00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:20.960 is Kano trapped by this success here because 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:23.359 a lot of people complaining that this is not 00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:25.920 the time to let JJ Williams go. I think the smart 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:29.079 individuals are saying yes, JJ needs to go and 00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:31.119 play at the highest level he can compete in and 00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:34.019 it's what's best for JJ and individually, especially 00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:36.619 as a division two team. We want to support those 00:17:36.619 --> 00:17:39.160 players on those journeys. but now it feels like 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:41.920 this is the second time in less than 30 days 00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:44.059 where we've had arguably some of our best talent 00:17:44.059 --> 00:17:47.460 ripped away. Even if the money wasn't ideal or 00:17:47.460 --> 00:17:49.940 maybe it was just like too good that you couldn't 00:17:49.940 --> 00:17:52.720 say no to it. Is this something that the club 00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:55.599 can, could the club have said no and held onto 00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:58.660 JJ with the ambition of making that playoff run, 00:17:58.759 --> 00:18:01.079 getting that home playoff berth? Is there, is 00:18:01.079 --> 00:18:03.700 there scrutiny and holding players back? Because 00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:05.660 we keep talking about building the brand, looking 00:18:05.660 --> 00:18:07.799 at the optics. Is there a path here where you 00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:09.819 see Kano just cross his arms and go, I'm not 00:18:09.819 --> 00:18:11.740 losing JJ for anything right now. And I don't 00:18:11.740 --> 00:18:13.240 we'll talk about what happens to him at the end 00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:15.500 of the season. Honestly, you really can't because 00:18:15.500 --> 00:18:17.359 they're not going to come back at the end of 00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:20.819 the season and go for him when it's the middle 00:18:20.819 --> 00:18:24.759 of it's their winter transfer window, which typically 00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:28.140 don't see a lot of expenditures. Maybe the top 00:18:28.140 --> 00:18:30.759 teams and like the prem will buy one or two players 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:33.740 to kind of tool for that second half. But the 00:18:33.740 --> 00:18:35.839 reality is you don't see the same movement most 00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:38.339 teams are kind of settled in and are just looking 00:18:38.339 --> 00:18:41.380 for one or two pieces to kind of finish their 00:18:41.380 --> 00:18:43.460 puzzle so the way the reason i bring all that 00:18:43.460 --> 00:18:46.019 up well if you hold them back then like no one 00:18:46.019 --> 00:18:48.200 could ever come from again and i agree it was 00:18:48.200 --> 00:18:51.440 this is more of a let's just call it rhetorical 00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:53.500 question but it leads into the more important 00:18:53.500 --> 00:18:55.839 question because this is coming right down the 00:18:55.839 --> 00:18:59.259 road promotion relegation It's one thing to be 00:18:59.259 --> 00:19:01.240 trying to fight for a playoff spot. It's another 00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:03.539 thing to be going for a home playoff berth There 00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:05.579 could be an implication especially if division 00:19:05.579 --> 00:19:08.119 one starts with only 12 teams. We're currently 00:19:08.119 --> 00:19:11.220 in seventh place That could easily see us potentially 00:19:11.220 --> 00:19:13.099 going and knocking on the door of getting kicked 00:19:13.099 --> 00:19:16.420 out of the Premiership ourselves Do we see moves 00:19:16.420 --> 00:19:18.920 like this happening into 2020 and beyond or do 00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:21.680 we say hey? We're mid season and we don't have 00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:23.640 the depth. We don't have the availability to 00:19:23.640 --> 00:19:25.940 do this kind of deal. Do you think the Premiership 00:19:25.940 --> 00:19:27.519 changes it? Not because we're suddenly playing 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:29.940 division one soccer, but because with pro rel 00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:32.240 and play, we can't afford to take that chance. 00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:35.519 It's really going to come down to what kind of 00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:38.440 jeopardy there is for teams going down. Just 00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:42.380 to compare it to like the Prem, you you lose 00:19:42.380 --> 00:19:44.859 a lot of money by you get parachute payments, 00:19:44.900 --> 00:19:48.579 but it's almost worth the gamble to say. I actually 00:19:48.579 --> 00:19:52.880 can hold on to this, this striker because the 00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:55.299 amount of money I can get by staying in the league, 00:19:55.920 --> 00:19:57.619 especially if he continues to have a good season, 00:19:57.940 --> 00:20:00.299 there's going to be no shortage of shooters for 00:20:00.299 --> 00:20:03.619 him at the end of the season for us in that situation, 00:20:03.619 --> 00:20:07.519 because we're always in the, like the off cycle, 00:20:07.940 --> 00:20:10.500 the summer window, unfortunately for us is when 00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:12.960 those big sales are going to happen. So we kind 00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:15.660 of just have to let them go. If we get to a situation 00:20:15.660 --> 00:20:19.000 where there is enough. Jeopardy for being dropped 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:22.599 to the championship from whatever the premier 00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:25.460 or whatever it's called Then I could see an argument 00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:28.700 where teams start to say This isn't actually 00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:31.000 worth enough money for like you're gonna have 00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:33.880 to actually come to us with some some big bucks 00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:35.759 to actually take them away Yeah, what's a hundred 00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:37.900 thousand dollars versus we don't find our way 00:20:37.900 --> 00:20:39.720 back into the premier league Yeah, ten years 00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:42.039 like if you if you all of a sudden have some 00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:44.240 sort of TV package deal That's let's just say 00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:46.650 it's worth half a million i would just say the 00:20:46.650 --> 00:20:48.789 prestige who cares the financials at that point 00:20:48.789 --> 00:20:51.430 playing in second division soccer when you have 00:20:51.430 --> 00:20:54.069 a first division flight above you that you can't 00:20:54.069 --> 00:20:56.490 crack back into because one year you went for 00:20:56.490 --> 00:20:58.289 a hundred thousand dollars it's going to change 00:20:58.289 --> 00:21:01.710 the entire landscape of how owners and and staff 00:21:01.710 --> 00:21:04.069 treat their financial model in these clubs everyone 00:21:04.069 --> 00:21:05.990 thinks it's like oh well can they afford to lose 00:21:05.990 --> 00:21:07.589 eight million dollars a year instead of five 00:21:07.589 --> 00:21:09.910 no like some of these decisions will come and 00:21:09.910 --> 00:21:11.589 it will change the very shape and nature of how 00:21:11.589 --> 00:21:13.490 these teams perform. 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Now let's 00:21:36.650 --> 00:21:39.089 get back to the Raising Anchor Soccer Show. on 00:21:39.089 --> 00:21:43.190 990 WVOB with Matt Entrickett and Jason Carey. 00:21:43.870 --> 00:21:46.309 If you're just joining us on the raising anchor 00:21:46.309 --> 00:21:50.369 soccer show big news rocking RFC this week as 00:21:50.369 --> 00:21:54.349 it has been Leaked and alluded to that forward 00:21:54.349 --> 00:21:57.410 JJ Williams is on his way to the hearts of Mithlothian 00:21:57.410 --> 00:22:00.150 in the Scottish Premier League We're being told 00:22:00.150 --> 00:22:03.049 that this deal is basically done if this is not 00:22:03.049 --> 00:22:05.630 smoke everyone This is a fire and it is a blazing 00:22:05.630 --> 00:22:08.470 inferno at this point. So Jason getting back 00:22:08.470 --> 00:22:12.700 into this conversation about JJ Where let's talk 00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:14.740 about the impact here. Let's talk about the void 00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:17.240 left in his potential absence here and who fills 00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:19.920 the gap You know, the first thing I think of 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:22.099 is is where do the goals come from now? You know, 00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:25.019 we know that he won't surpass his Tampa Bay record 00:22:25.019 --> 00:22:28.900 of 13 goals Leaving at 11 across all competitions 00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:31.299 technically just eight in regular league play 00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:34.880 But now who's stepping in to fill in for this 00:22:34.880 --> 00:22:38.440 role JJ leaving behind a massive emptiness on 00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:42.269 the top line Yeah, so When Clay left, we talked 00:22:42.269 --> 00:22:44.609 about how the midfield we felt could absorb the 00:22:44.609 --> 00:22:46.970 departure of from him when he left to Houston, 00:22:47.029 --> 00:22:51.130 right? We've seen Houston. Oh my gosh. Wow. FC 00:22:51.130 --> 00:22:53.750 Dallas fans that listen. All 12 of them are furious 00:22:53.750 --> 00:22:57.150 with you now, sir. Hashtag not an MLS podcast. 00:22:58.430 --> 00:23:00.769 If Clay's mom still listens to this show, she's 00:23:00.769 --> 00:23:04.609 equally mad at you. I've driven through a tiny 00:23:04.609 --> 00:23:06.630 corner of Texas. I don't think about them very 00:23:06.630 --> 00:23:11.779 often. I'm sorry, guys. I just don't. Anyways, 00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:15.880 so FC Dallas, um, right. We talked about how 00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:18.579 we'll go back Iraq and Amos Shapiro Thompson, 00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:21.480 like kind of really solidified that midfield. 00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:25.359 And we felt that, you know, as long as Zach Harrevo 00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:28.039 could return healthy at some point, we could 00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:30.920 maybe get another like, you know, rotation in 00:23:30.920 --> 00:23:34.400 there, which maybe we'll see in Eric Klein. We 00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:36.920 felt that as great of a player as clay could 00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:40.109 be for us. We had somewhat of a succession plan 00:23:40.109 --> 00:23:42.950 there in Ugo who kind of seemed like a, you know, 00:23:43.049 --> 00:23:46.049 just a different version of clay, if you will. 00:23:46.869 --> 00:23:49.529 But with JJ, and we've talked about this throughout 00:23:49.529 --> 00:23:53.410 the season, like with his 11 goals, all comps 00:23:53.410 --> 00:23:56.809 eight in the league. We don't have anyone that's 00:23:56.809 --> 00:23:58.809 anywhere near that. I mean, even with it, he's 00:23:58.809 --> 00:24:01.240 got four assists too. Like he's. kind of leading 00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:04.220 our team and in every all things attacking the 00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:06.319 next closest player to him is only half of that 00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:09.099 with Joe J. Quisera Yeah, what so yes, JJ is 00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:12.259 at 12 on goals and assists across all contributions 00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:15.779 and Quisera is that six six? Yeah, I mean, yeah, 00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:18.799 like this is a this is a big concern We've we've 00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:20.700 talked about at length when our when we don't 00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:22.960 have strikers striking. Where does this team 00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:25.200 go? We've talked about the how much the offense 00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:27.380 has been back online You know, what's really 00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:29.859 stupid about all this is like We've been talking 00:24:29.859 --> 00:24:32.539 all season about when will JJ get hurt because 00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:34.799 we'll have him gone for a chunk of time as we 00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:37.319 have in all three seasons. Well, now this is 00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:39.180 the biggest chunk of time and it's permanent 00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:43.819 because he's leaving us. Like, I really want 00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:45.519 to know the timeline to this. We'll talk about 00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:47.920 that in a second, but I really want to know the 00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:49.619 timeline for all of this to go down because there's 00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:51.579 been questions asked over the last few weeks 00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:54.900 that just have me thinking. So then, you know, 00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:58.200 if we're looking at who fits the gap here, then 00:24:58.849 --> 00:25:02.809 let's talk about this because, you know, from 00:25:02.809 --> 00:25:05.829 timing, from sources, we heard that Rhode Island 00:25:05.829 --> 00:25:09.190 FC was, it wasn't my words, it was what was told 00:25:09.190 --> 00:25:11.230 to me, but they were aggressively pursuing Cal 00:25:11.230 --> 00:25:13.509 Jennings. There was a moment in time, Rhode Island 00:25:13.509 --> 00:25:16.690 FC was having a very serious look on how Cal 00:25:16.690 --> 00:25:19.630 Jennings could enter into Rhode Island. We kind 00:25:19.630 --> 00:25:21.509 of brought it up a couple, like almost a month 00:25:21.509 --> 00:25:23.529 and a half ago, and then it seemed like it had 00:25:23.529 --> 00:25:25.690 cooled down, it seemed like it sparked back up, 00:25:25.789 --> 00:25:27.430 then it didn't work, and now he's playing for 00:25:27.430 --> 00:25:31.009 Sacramento. What I want to know is looking at 00:25:31.009 --> 00:25:34.369 the timing of this is Were we bringing Cal Jennings 00:25:34.369 --> 00:25:38.690 in to augment and play alongside JJ akin to that? 00:25:38.809 --> 00:25:41.150 2023 Tampa Bay season or did we already know 00:25:41.150 --> 00:25:43.009 or did we already know that maybe the hearts 00:25:43.009 --> 00:25:44.910 had come knocking and maybe that first knock 00:25:44.910 --> 00:25:47.930 was just hey Would you be interested in letting 00:25:47.930 --> 00:25:50.190 us buy JJ Williams from you and then we went 00:25:50.190 --> 00:25:52.789 well? Yeah But we need to get a backup and you 00:25:52.789 --> 00:25:54.410 could argue that the only player that you would 00:25:54.410 --> 00:25:58.380 want to go pursue is the padawan himself Do we 00:25:58.380 --> 00:26:01.000 think then that like the deals didn't fault like 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:03.920 the deals fell apart because of timing or? That 00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:06.200 this is only catching fire in the 11th hour because 00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:08.119 the hearts are desperate now and they need these 00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:11.759 they need a player like JJ signed I I don't know 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:13.920 what the answer is and I really hope we can find 00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:16.359 out from the club if that's if there's some sort 00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:18.579 of Correlation there, but all I do know is we 00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:20.940 have no padawan and now we won't have a Williams 00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:23.519 here very shortly That's a very difficult thing 00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:26.119 to ingest Yeah. And I guess you could also ask 00:26:26.119 --> 00:26:28.779 the same thing that like, like, where does Osman 00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:32.779 Foyo fit into this? Does he have any kind of 00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:36.500 tie to this move as well? Was he always a backup 00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:40.680 or is he actually the second coming of JJ? We 00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:42.460 just don't know how good this guy actually is. 00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:46.160 Like I. Kind of makes me wonder makes us start 00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:48.140 to get a little Pepe Silva conspiracy theory 00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:49.839 because you're right when we when we brought 00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:51.619 him in, you know, we saw his level. Everyone's 00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:54.259 like the Chelsea Academy product. We saw what 00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:56.640 we thought his level could be. We signed him 00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:59.180 to a multi year deal. So you know whether that 00:26:59.180 --> 00:27:01.420 was to get him to come across the pond in the 00:27:01.420 --> 00:27:03.180 first place. Now suddenly you start thinking, 00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:05.519 well, maybe there's more to this. Maybe this 00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:08.200 is the JJ Williams replacement that we haven't 00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:10.619 seen yet. But then in addition to that, I also 00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:12.880 think of all the turnover and chaos we've had. 00:27:13.079 --> 00:27:15.359 on the front line of this team this year. We 00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:17.279 lose Chico and Ndongo at the beginning of the 00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:19.799 season. Dorsey requests a transfer and moves 00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:21.880 to our competition who we may have to play in 00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:24.279 the championship playoffs later this season. 00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:27.000 Peters goes on a season -ending injury list and 00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:29.460 now Williams possibly gone but I mean let's be 00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:32.240 real he's leaving this team. That's a really 00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:34.559 difficult place to be put into knowing that there's 00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:37.339 been this much turnover, this much turmoil on 00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:39.420 the front line and then like you said all of 00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:41.420 the rest of our attack is coming from our wingers. 00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:44.680 Joje Quisera with five goals and Leo Afonso with 00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:46.240 three and then everyone else is just kind of 00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:48.500 a few goals here and there. Like it makes you 00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:51.180 start to wonder what exactly has Kano's plan 00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:54.079 been? I'm not throwing shade on him. I just like 00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:56.839 can any manager, can any head coach survive that 00:27:56.839 --> 00:28:01.440 much change in rotation in the front line? Like 00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:03.440 his backup plans have left this team one way 00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:05.680 or another. Now he's bringing in new backups 00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:08.200 to backups. It just kind of makes you wonder 00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:10.119 that your point is foyo the replacement then 00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:12.500 because with no Jennings online like where do 00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:15.440 we go from here? Yeah, and this is a lot of churn 00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:19.099 and burn here So there are also some other sources 00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:21.539 and outlets have kind of reached out to to let 00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:24.859 us know that There's also a potential other player 00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:27.640 looking at here some of a stopgap from MLS next 00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:31.240 Pro we do know that recently Kana was spotted 00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:36.140 at a Union to revs to game We also also know 00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:38.460 that he does he is a student of the game and 00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:40.319 he's constantly going to watching games So we 00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:42.180 don't want to read too much into it, but at the 00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:45.920 same time out But at the same time, you know 00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:48.799 Maybe maybe we're looking at another loan between 00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:51.079 one of these two teams here. I mean, let's let's 00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:53.440 let's talk about so one I think you're right 00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:56.700 finding a backfill at this point It's going to 00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:58.680 be something where the team has go squads. They 00:28:58.680 --> 00:29:00.500 have profiles of players and I think that's the 00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:03.240 most important thing is What type of profile 00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:05.660 player is out there? Because if you're going 00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:07.740 to bring a Williams esque player in, it needs 00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:10.180 to be the Williams type of attacker, right? It 00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:13.619 can't. You can't just bring a five foot eight. 00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:16.980 fast, quick, good ball movement, you know, lethal 00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:19.980 shooting range kind of striker into what they've 00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:22.640 designed around this brute force that is J .J 00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:25.200 Williams. He's a target man. He's got good hold 00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:27.779 up play. He's got good aerial strength. Like 00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:30.400 he's a fighter on that front line. You need a 00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:32.619 big bruiser like that. You know, I was looking 00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:34.160 at the profile because like when someone told 00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:35.960 us about this, like, oh, we saw Connor at the 00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:38.039 game. I was like, all right. And then and I was 00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:39.539 like, OK, would you would you bring a player 00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:42.630 on? There's no one from the Rebs Academy or from 00:29:42.630 --> 00:29:45.509 the MLS Next Pro side that fits J .J. Williams's 00:29:45.509 --> 00:29:47.910 style, but there are two players that I saw. 00:29:48.329 --> 00:29:50.029 Again, I don't know enough about Division three 00:29:50.029 --> 00:29:52.210 soccer to pretend like I'm an expert, but I did 00:29:52.210 --> 00:29:53.829 just look at the height and I looked at the type 00:29:53.829 --> 00:29:56.269 of play style. There's two players on the Philadelphia 00:29:56.269 --> 00:29:59.869 Union that could fit that profile in Stas Kozurenski 00:29:59.869 --> 00:30:03.509 and Malik Djokovic. So two names that are really 00:30:03.509 --> 00:30:06.150 hard for us to chant if they do sign or I guess 00:30:06.150 --> 00:30:09.369 loan down to to Rhode Island. But if he was there 00:30:09.369 --> 00:30:11.910 scouting, For those reasons, those would be players 00:30:11.910 --> 00:30:14.990 relatively most likely to be seen. You know, 00:30:15.009 --> 00:30:16.789 and I would say Stas is probably the more likely 00:30:16.789 --> 00:30:19.150 one. He's got nine goals on the season and seems 00:30:19.150 --> 00:30:22.190 comparable to what JJ's trajectory is. But Jason, 00:30:22.329 --> 00:30:24.150 more important everything we talked about a second 00:30:24.150 --> 00:30:26.210 ago. You know, you mentioned like, could we be 00:30:26.210 --> 00:30:28.269 getting a loan? I think alone is our only option 00:30:28.269 --> 00:30:30.410 at this point. There's two weeks left in the 00:30:30.410 --> 00:30:33.710 transfer window. We think that puts you then 00:30:33.710 --> 00:30:36.130 into free agency signings or loaned players, 00:30:36.210 --> 00:30:38.230 which are the only things you can get past that 00:30:38.230 --> 00:30:42.759 window. I don't see a world where we go and pull 00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:46.420 the emergency cord and buy a player for, you 00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:47.700 know, because it'd have to be a multi -year. 00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:49.900 If they're good enough to be a starter today, 00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:51.900 it would have to be a multi -year deal. So you're 00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:54.539 setting up your next attack because you've had 00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:57.599 two to let's go six weeks to figure something 00:30:57.599 --> 00:31:00.599 out. And like you said, it's the wrong time of 00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:03.240 window for players of certain calibers. And the 00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:04.799 championship doesn't seem interested in giving 00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:07.599 up any of its players. I feel like a loan is 00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:08.940 the only thing we have in our option at this 00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:11.220 point. Yeah, I think realistically, that's the 00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:13.420 only thing that we can go for, especially if 00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:15.579 we're looking at getting transfer money for JJ. 00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:18.099 You don't want to immediately just burn all that, 00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:20.859 right? That needs to kind of go into the assets 00:31:20.859 --> 00:31:23.519 of the team to kind of see like, hey, this is 00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:25.480 this is part of the reason why why we do this 00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:28.430 part of the. business aspect of the team to then 00:31:28.430 --> 00:31:31.049 go out and just burn it all to get a player who 00:31:31.049 --> 00:31:33.210 you don't know is actually going to kind of like 00:31:33.210 --> 00:31:35.329 work at the end of the day. Yeah. I mean, look 00:31:35.329 --> 00:31:37.470 at Eric Klein right now. We don't even have time 00:31:37.470 --> 00:31:39.849 to really like introduce him. Obviously the news 00:31:39.849 --> 00:31:41.769 came after last week's show, but everyone's already 00:31:41.769 --> 00:31:44.029 seen him now play. We'll talk about what he did 00:31:44.029 --> 00:31:46.430 in this Tampa game. but you know the reality 00:31:46.430 --> 00:31:48.670 is he's a center back that has played as both 00:31:48.670 --> 00:31:52.589 a cb and a cdm for the revs someone told me i 00:31:52.589 --> 00:31:54.410 think it was caleb pondgrass yeah it was caleb 00:31:54.410 --> 00:31:56.549 that he's the next coming of jeff lorenowicz 00:31:56.549 --> 00:31:59.269 so those of you that do know your mls would know 00:31:59.269 --> 00:32:01.490 that that is probably one of the best compliments 00:32:01.490 --> 00:32:03.829 you could ever have if you want to be a number 00:32:03.829 --> 00:32:06.460 six in this league there's like the good shoulder 00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:09.099 is Jeff Lorenawitz and the evil shoulder is Ozzy 00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:12.740 Alonzo. And like that's just where you landed. 00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:16.920 So getting compared to Jeff Lorenawitz who won, 00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:21.160 I think he won the MLS Cup with Mike Parkhurst 00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:24.400 in Atlanta. I think he did that. Just a fun little 00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:26.559 connection there. Hashtag not an MLS soccer show. 00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:29.279 But I mean, Eric Klein now joins the squad, but 00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:31.440 he's on loan. So we already have two loans in 00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:33.859 Utah. Now, Eric Klein, a third loan. Does that 00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:36.299 start to make you get a little nervous? Oops, 00:32:36.539 --> 00:32:41.200 all loans. I mean, if it works out right and 00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:44.569 we can kind of still. You know have a successful 00:32:44.569 --> 00:32:46.309 end of the season. Wait, what does that mean? 00:32:46.309 --> 00:32:48.509 What does work out mean because that's the big 00:32:48.509 --> 00:32:51.190 question What does work out for the rest of the 00:32:51.190 --> 00:32:53.210 season mean is are we still vying for a home 00:32:53.210 --> 00:32:56.269 playoff spot? Are we just hoping we make it into 00:32:56.269 --> 00:32:58.009 the playoffs at this point? I mean, what does 00:32:58.009 --> 00:33:01.430 that mean? So at this point? Like unless the 00:33:01.430 --> 00:33:04.049 team literally implodes I don't like the bottom 00:33:04.049 --> 00:33:07.730 teams are really bad So I think our AFC even 00:33:07.730 --> 00:33:11.509 without JJ Limps into the playoffs right there. 00:33:11.509 --> 00:33:13.480 They're not gonna like You know, we're looking 00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:16.880 at 7th, 8th spot about where we're are. We're 00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:21.319 out right now. Without JJ and unless we unless 00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:24.180 the players that come in hit the ground running. 00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:27.579 I don't know if we're looking. I don't know if 00:33:27.579 --> 00:33:29.220 we're talking about a home playoff spot anymore. 00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:32.740 I I love that in the chat, James is asking Chico's 00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:36.559 available. Matthew Jean speaking the the scariest 00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:39.359 timeline out loud. Do we go and steal Mamadou 00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:42.890 Diang from? from Minnesota United, former Hartford 00:33:42.890 --> 00:33:46.109 Athletic Terrorizer. I don't know. I don't know 00:33:46.109 --> 00:33:49.150 if we want that. I mean, Joe Brito did well for 00:33:49.150 --> 00:33:51.490 us. I mean, Joe Brito never played for Hartford, 00:33:51.569 --> 00:33:54.099 sir. He just lived in Hartford. Yeah. The two 00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:56.420 players that played for us were Connor McGlynn, 00:33:56.619 --> 00:33:58.339 who, by the way, Connor McGlynn is... Oh, and 00:33:58.339 --> 00:34:00.400 then Prince Sadie. And Prince Sadie, who we don't 00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:02.759 talk about anymore. But Connor McGlynn, did you 00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:04.640 know that he's right now in contention for the 00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:07.420 Golden Boot for USL One? That's so crazy. I don't 00:34:07.420 --> 00:34:09.280 know what Westchester's doing with him, but last 00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:12.420 time I checked, he's a six. He's at most an eight. 00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:14.860 So I don't know what is going on down in Westchester. 00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:17.239 But of course, they'd find a way to find a Golden 00:34:17.239 --> 00:34:19.219 Boot contender in their first two seasons each 00:34:19.219 --> 00:34:23.309 time. So that makes perfect sense. And then, 00:34:23.309 --> 00:34:25.110 oh, he went, he went saying he's starting for 00:34:25.110 --> 00:34:27.590 Minnesota consistently. So no mama do do for 00:34:27.590 --> 00:34:30.650 us. But like we talk about the positioning of 00:34:30.650 --> 00:34:32.989 this. Where do we think we'll end up in the table 00:34:32.989 --> 00:34:34.690 by the end of the season though? Like if you 00:34:34.690 --> 00:34:36.630 had to make a guess without knowing anything 00:34:36.630 --> 00:34:38.269 other than that, JJ Williams, we won't see him 00:34:38.269 --> 00:34:40.449 for folklore or not. He, he got out before Taylor 00:34:40.449 --> 00:34:43.670 Swift could get his hands on him. I mean, if 00:34:43.670 --> 00:34:45.969 I had to make a decision right now, not knowing 00:34:45.969 --> 00:34:48.710 what's coming in, I'm going to say like six or 00:34:48.710 --> 00:34:52.659 seven. Unfortunately, I don't do that on purpose. 00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:56.940 But of course, I just, you know, I love people's 00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:59.320 faith when it comes to the home playoff spot. 00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:04.019 I just don't have it. I don't, I don't know. 00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:06.519 Not until I, not until you show me otherwise, 00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:09.300 if we're, if we're selling our best player right 00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:12.440 now, it's hard for me to, to kind of believe, 00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:14.519 especially at this late in the season. It is 00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:16.260 hard to swallow knowing that we're selling our 00:35:16.260 --> 00:35:20.099 best player. And we just, we just fell in the 00:35:20.099 --> 00:35:22.780 table standings after this weekend's defeat to 00:35:22.780 --> 00:35:25.440 Tampa Bay. I guess that's a perfect segue to 00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:27.500 Rhode Island FC and where they now stand on the 00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:31.480 table. Yeah. So after the defeat in Al Lang stadium, 00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:35.360 uh, fell down to seventh place after a Indy 11 00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:38.619 got a win over the weekend, uh, against sporting 00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:42.159 Jacks, uh, both on a seven four and seven record, 00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:45.880 but they, you know, the USL has crazy tiebreakers 00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:48.190 and I think they have a better record against 00:35:48.190 --> 00:35:51.090 us Eastern against us. Yeah, it goes, it goes 00:35:51.090 --> 00:35:53.769 direct to the Eastern conference. Okay. Yeah. 00:35:53.769 --> 00:35:56.289 So because of that, they are ahead of us. We're 00:35:56.289 --> 00:36:00.730 both on 25 points. You know, can we still push 00:36:00.730 --> 00:36:04.010 for a home playoff spot remains to be seen? I 00:36:04.010 --> 00:36:05.650 don't know, but we have to go to break and when 00:36:05.650 --> 00:36:07.650 we return, we're going to start talking about 00:36:07.650 --> 00:36:09.829 the results against Tampa Bay Routies. Don't 00:36:09.829 --> 00:36:12.130 go anywhere. It's the raising anchor soccer show. 00:36:15.190 --> 00:36:17.829 Fans, as the weather becomes more and more unpredictable, 00:36:17.969 --> 00:36:21.309 be sure to check out 990 WBOB's weather page 00:36:21.309 --> 00:36:24.090 for all your temperature, storm, and travel info. 00:36:24.590 --> 00:36:26.690 Stay prepared for whatever Mother Nature has 00:36:26.690 --> 00:36:31.489 in store with the 990 WBOB weather page. Now, 00:36:31.489 --> 00:36:33.789 let's get back to the Raising Anchor Soccer Show 00:36:33.789 --> 00:36:39.610 on 990 WBOB with Matt Entrickett and Jason Cameron. 00:36:40.389 --> 00:36:43.210 All right, taking a look at how RAFC prepared 00:36:43.210 --> 00:36:47.090 for this match here. As always, Koke Vegas and 00:36:47.090 --> 00:36:49.610 Net with a backline here of Nick Scardina, Grant 00:36:49.610 --> 00:36:52.510 Stoneman, Frank Nodarse, and Aldair Sanchez. 00:36:52.969 --> 00:36:56.389 Your holding midfielders of AST and Hugo Baccarac. 00:36:56.809 --> 00:36:59.769 The attacking midfielders there of Joe J. Equisera, 00:37:00.050 --> 00:37:03.869 Noah Fuson, and Yutaro Sukada with JJ Williams 00:37:03.869 --> 00:37:07.449 up top. So we continue with the same lineup as 00:37:07.449 --> 00:37:10.610 before. Are we surprised or is this just kind 00:37:10.610 --> 00:37:12.750 of writing the hot hand here? I think I think 00:37:12.750 --> 00:37:16.389 it's more of the hot hand. I think Kano is usually 00:37:16.389 --> 00:37:20.070 hard pressed to be able to not justify playing 00:37:20.070 --> 00:37:22.610 the team that won the game. And you know, you 00:37:22.610 --> 00:37:24.550 could argue the contributions of the bench players 00:37:24.550 --> 00:37:27.610 once Rodriguez and Afonso joined the match against 00:37:27.610 --> 00:37:30.110 Cola Spigs. But at the same time, like a lot 00:37:30.110 --> 00:37:32.489 of the heavy lifting was done by the initial 00:37:32.489 --> 00:37:36.179 starting 11. You know, I. I do think maybe the 00:37:36.179 --> 00:37:39.119 big suspicion here was what was this going to 00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:41.860 look like with potentially new options coming 00:37:41.860 --> 00:37:45.139 off of the bench? You know, they announced that 00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:47.639 Osmond Foyo is available and then he doesn't 00:37:47.639 --> 00:37:50.039 even make the starting or he doesn't make the 00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:52.639 18 man roster. I think some confusion on that. 00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:55.039 Maybe by the time we announced him, I think it 00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:57.820 was Tuesday or Wednesday. You know, you only 00:37:57.820 --> 00:38:00.590 have one. practice session before they're traveling 00:38:00.590 --> 00:38:03.130 down because remember they leave T minus 48 hours 00:38:03.130 --> 00:38:06.010 so they're leaving Thursday at some point which 00:38:06.010 --> 00:38:08.050 means that's a travel day there's probably just 00:38:08.050 --> 00:38:11.550 like light exercise not even real training and 00:38:11.550 --> 00:38:13.849 then they're flying down so you know do you bring 00:38:13.849 --> 00:38:16.050 a player like that or do you go with the players 00:38:16.050 --> 00:38:18.710 you had Eric Klein you know I get a little suspicious 00:38:18.710 --> 00:38:20.369 that he was probably with the squad for like 00:38:20.369 --> 00:38:23.510 a week or two before the loan happened or has 00:38:23.760 --> 00:38:25.800 Ben in the orbit of these players enough times 00:38:25.800 --> 00:38:27.360 that yeah, I think a lot easier to integrate 00:38:27.360 --> 00:38:29.860 in the same, you know, vicinity. He can just 00:38:29.860 --> 00:38:32.940 kind of like drive down and just hang out. And 00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:34.940 we talked about it, you know, like what player 00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:37.420 would you have seen make the case? You couldn't 00:38:37.420 --> 00:38:39.820 pull staccato. He had gotten a goal the previous 00:38:39.820 --> 00:38:42.900 game. We know important quasar can be, especially 00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:44.800 now if we get to kind of permanently lock him 00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:46.960 down on the right wing and he gets to play as 00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:49.460 that inverted right winger and utaro stays on 00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:51.760 the left. The only position up for grabs was 00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:55.000 Fuson. So you know is the surprise that pity 00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:56.860 didn't get the start i don't know if you saw 00:38:56.860 --> 00:38:59.239 him gets an important accolade out of this game 00:38:59.239 --> 00:39:01.980 and getting his centurion uh announcement you 00:39:01.980 --> 00:39:05.280 know by the way uh beyond it just being impressive 00:39:05.280 --> 00:39:07.739 the fact that like there's only been 105 matches 00:39:07.739 --> 00:39:10.239 in clubs history and he was only five behind 00:39:10.239 --> 00:39:12.079 the total number of appearances he could have 00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:15.519 made speaks volumes to like where fuson has been 00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:18.059 i don't know if it's glue but like just always 00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:19.840 ever present the dude's never been injured in 00:39:19.840 --> 00:39:22.940 the squad Yeah, I think it comes down to his 00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:25.760 attitude, his discipline that he's, you know, 00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:27.960 even if you could argue that maybe his form is 00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:30.619 kind of up and down, I think that he always goes 00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:34.519 out there and like gives 100%. I mean, he did 00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:36.219 probably have the worst game of the night. At 00:39:36.219 --> 00:39:38.320 least I know he did from a FOP mob rating perspective. 00:39:38.719 --> 00:39:41.480 But I want to ask, you know, I feel like the 00:39:41.480 --> 00:39:42.900 entire team, like, you know, we've kind of stopped 00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:45.239 doing the heroes and zero segment. I feel like. 00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:47.579 Like every player in the squad had a really rough 00:39:47.579 --> 00:39:50.860 night outside of maybe Vegas. And I think that's 00:39:50.860 --> 00:39:53.000 only because he had to take it on the chin and 00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:55.320 let two goals go in. I think those are both well 00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:57.980 shot goals. Not a lot you can do. You could have 00:39:57.980 --> 00:40:01.460 probably shut down the attack in the 90 plus 00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:03.880 stoppage time goal where because of that whole 00:40:03.880 --> 00:40:06.659 altercation on the sideline. the players like 00:40:06.659 --> 00:40:08.159 there was a complaint in the mail bag I didn't 00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:09.380 even put it on because there's so many other 00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:11.440 questions but like did we fall asleep at the 00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:13.760 wheel on that goal and I don't think we did because 00:40:13.760 --> 00:40:15.599 everyone was moving in position no one no one 00:40:15.599 --> 00:40:18.039 got caught flat -footed it's just no one expected 00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:20.260 the ball to bounce that way everyone thought 00:40:20.260 --> 00:40:22.320 it was going out of bounds after pity had already 00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:25.340 landed on it or was it AST it was a tinier player 00:40:25.340 --> 00:40:27.960 and then it just deflected off of Rivera and 00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:30.280 stayed in for Cesarone I think everyone just 00:40:30.280 --> 00:40:32.199 means we have to stop him he's too close to the 00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:35.250 box and then we let Louis Perez just be uncontested 00:40:35.250 --> 00:40:37.030 at the top, but even then the way he struck that 00:40:37.030 --> 00:40:39.869 ball, he did it on a volley, like it's not an 00:40:39.869 --> 00:40:42.130 easy shot to take. And I think Rhode Island was 00:40:42.130 --> 00:40:44.809 in it for a lot of the period. So I think every 00:40:44.809 --> 00:40:46.489 team, I think every player on the squad probably 00:40:46.489 --> 00:40:48.750 would want a better game. I'd rather talk about 00:40:48.750 --> 00:40:50.389 the two players that are newer to this team. 00:40:50.750 --> 00:40:53.110 First and foremost, Eric Klein gets his first 00:40:53.110 --> 00:40:56.690 minutes with Rhode Island. What did we feel about 00:40:56.690 --> 00:40:58.289 his overall performance? Did you get a good enough 00:40:58.289 --> 00:41:00.429 read on his abilities? I don't think it was enough 00:41:00.429 --> 00:41:03.860 of a sample size to really judge his abilities, 00:41:03.920 --> 00:41:07.199 but I think he does look solid. So I think that 00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:11.179 there's something there, but I'd like to see 00:41:11.179 --> 00:41:14.699 at least a full half, not like 20 minutes at 00:41:14.699 --> 00:41:16.980 the end of the game, especially against an opponent 00:41:16.980 --> 00:41:20.860 to where like we didn't have enough to really 00:41:20.860 --> 00:41:23.639 like showcase his ability because we were kind 00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:25.300 of already down and out at that point. I mean, 00:41:25.300 --> 00:41:27.480 we did see him get a yellow card relatively quickly 00:41:27.480 --> 00:41:29.760 into getting on the pitch. So I think I think 00:41:29.760 --> 00:41:31.659 he's going to fit in really well here. for Rhode 00:41:31.659 --> 00:41:35.440 Island FC. What did you think about Utaro? Two 00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:37.840 games now, technically three if you count the 00:41:37.840 --> 00:41:40.659 few minutes he got in his debut. Are we seeing 00:41:40.659 --> 00:41:43.300 consistency yet in his play style? Obviously 00:41:43.300 --> 00:41:45.260 we can't expect a goal or an assist every game, 00:41:45.539 --> 00:41:47.159 but it was kind of like the floodgates had opened 00:41:47.159 --> 00:41:49.659 in that first game. What was your read? What 00:41:49.659 --> 00:41:52.820 was his viability in your opinion seeing him 00:41:52.820 --> 00:41:54.500 in this game, especially considering again how 00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:57.139 poor the overall team played? I think back to 00:41:57.139 --> 00:41:59.599 the first goal and I just remember seeing him 00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:03.050 sliding across the box trying to close down the 00:42:03.050 --> 00:42:05.010 shooting lane and it's like it's like that meme 00:42:05.010 --> 00:42:06.369 where you just see them and they just go past 00:42:06.369 --> 00:42:08.489 and you just start staring at them and like utaro 00:42:08.489 --> 00:42:11.190 doesn't stop he just keeps flying past on the 00:42:11.190 --> 00:42:14.349 missed opportunity to block a shot i've seen 00:42:14.349 --> 00:42:18.369 enough of him to be cautiously excited um he's 00:42:18.369 --> 00:42:21.849 very direct he likes to take people on he's got 00:42:21.849 --> 00:42:25.530 a bit of flair i i think the best is yet to come 00:42:25.530 --> 00:42:28.869 from him so i i think that as the season goes 00:42:28.869 --> 00:42:31.909 on we'll only see better for him all right well 00:42:31.909 --> 00:42:33.630 then let's talk about this biggest storylines 00:42:33.630 --> 00:42:37.250 that i saw in this game uh we played well but 00:42:37.250 --> 00:42:40.590 we still lost to the better team is this an acceptable 00:42:40.590 --> 00:42:43.309 result you know we i think we've been more worried 00:42:43.309 --> 00:42:45.849 will we continue the trend of not putting down 00:42:45.849 --> 00:42:48.730 teams that need to be put down losing to the 00:42:48.730 --> 00:42:51.610 eastern conference you know top team right now 00:42:51.610 --> 00:42:54.369 in their stadium we got a draw earlier so they 00:42:54.369 --> 00:42:56.789 don't blank us they don't sweep us in the in 00:42:56.789 --> 00:42:59.409 the series for the season is this an acceptable 00:42:59.409 --> 00:43:02.719 result Sometimes I think the opponent realistically 00:43:02.719 --> 00:43:04.739 is just better that you then despite what you 00:43:04.739 --> 00:43:06.380 if you're doing the right things you sometimes 00:43:06.380 --> 00:43:08.760 just get out class we talked last week about 00:43:08.760 --> 00:43:12.300 how they control games without the ball and honestly 00:43:12.300 --> 00:43:15.000 it just it really felt like What we thought was 00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:17.519 going to happen happened, right? They allowed 00:43:17.519 --> 00:43:19.980 our FC to have the lion's share of possession 00:43:19.980 --> 00:43:22.860 but they really force them into positions to 00:43:22.860 --> 00:43:25.619 make them uncomfortable and kind of made them 00:43:25.619 --> 00:43:28.280 play the ball a little maybe quicker than they 00:43:28.280 --> 00:43:32.289 wanted and then just to a certain extent you 00:43:32.289 --> 00:43:34.730 know counter transitioned us and we just didn't 00:43:34.730 --> 00:43:37.110 have an answer for it yeah i you know i hate 00:43:37.110 --> 00:43:39.650 seeing the two stat lines that seem to invert 00:43:39.650 --> 00:43:42.610 in games like this where we have the higher possession 00:43:42.610 --> 00:43:44.389 the lion's share of the ball and then you see 00:43:44.389 --> 00:43:47.780 the shot totals just disintegrate, like only 00:43:47.780 --> 00:43:50.440 seven shots out of a team that has been double 00:43:50.440 --> 00:43:52.699 digits for almost its entirety of the season. 00:43:53.199 --> 00:43:55.880 It just feels really weird. The scary one to 00:43:55.880 --> 00:43:58.579 me too, only 12 touches into the opposition box. 00:43:59.079 --> 00:44:01.059 We talked about Rhode Island probably wouldn't 00:44:01.059 --> 00:44:03.980 get a lot of opportunities to break down to this 00:44:03.980 --> 00:44:05.940 Tampa Bay side that they need to be clinical. 00:44:06.320 --> 00:44:10.449 Just two shots on target there. RFC didn't get 00:44:10.449 --> 00:44:12.449 dominated to your point. And again, this really 00:44:12.449 --> 00:44:15.030 was a one -nil game for a majority of the time 00:44:15.030 --> 00:44:18.829 and both goals taken very excellently. But Rhode 00:44:18.829 --> 00:44:20.550 Islanders, he had to scramble a couple of times 00:44:20.550 --> 00:44:23.670 to some emergency defending with the saves, you 00:44:23.670 --> 00:44:26.829 know, Koke poor saves on the night. But Jimmy 00:44:26.829 --> 00:44:29.309 White had three. So like it wasn't like it wasn't 00:44:29.309 --> 00:44:31.730 something where we saw both teams getting into 00:44:31.730 --> 00:44:34.750 it. I guess my question is, since RFC didn't 00:44:34.750 --> 00:44:36.869 technically get dominated, but it was still a 00:44:36.869 --> 00:44:40.730 very Sound win for Tampa. Is this Tampa exposing 00:44:40.730 --> 00:44:44.289 our IFC ceiling like Do like do we are we gonna 00:44:44.289 --> 00:44:46.010 have a real big problem in the playoffs despite 00:44:46.010 --> 00:44:49.210 wherever we land? Knowing this is that this is 00:44:49.210 --> 00:44:51.030 the toughest team in the Eastern Conference I 00:44:51.030 --> 00:44:53.250 think you make a good point there that right 00:44:53.250 --> 00:44:56.469 while they comfortably went like won the match 00:44:56.469 --> 00:44:59.710 it didn't feel like Absolute domination for the 00:44:59.710 --> 00:45:02.750 most I'd argue it, you know, it's one nil close 00:45:02.750 --> 00:45:06.900 enough loss but I don't think our FC have peaked 00:45:06.900 --> 00:45:10.219 yet, but now we talk about all, we talk about 00:45:10.219 --> 00:45:14.179 all this churn and burn. Like, can we, can we 00:45:14.179 --> 00:45:17.860 reconstruct our, our, our roster, assuming we're 00:45:17.860 --> 00:45:21.639 assuming we're losing JJ here and still get everyone 00:45:21.639 --> 00:45:25.260 gelling to make that playoff push. That remains 00:45:25.260 --> 00:45:27.460 to be seen. I mean, maybe we are pushing our 00:45:27.460 --> 00:45:29.699 peak back a little bit later. Maybe it's like, 00:45:29.699 --> 00:45:32.519 you know, we're talking about. You know, September, 00:45:32.800 --> 00:45:35.340 late September, October, we just can win four 00:45:35.340 --> 00:45:37.460 or five in a row and kind of continue that on. 00:45:38.320 --> 00:45:40.840 It's hard to tell one of the big trends that 00:45:40.840 --> 00:45:42.340 I've seen. In fact, it's a listener question, 00:45:42.340 --> 00:45:45.360 so trying to keep the answer separate here. But 00:45:45.360 --> 00:45:47.840 RFC doesn't seem like they have a plan B when 00:45:47.840 --> 00:45:51.179 they get behind in games. What does that say 00:45:51.179 --> 00:45:53.619 to? I mean, they have come from behind a couple 00:45:53.619 --> 00:45:56.519 of times and equalized in games to get a point. 00:45:57.179 --> 00:45:59.980 but it has been far and few between. It feels 00:45:59.980 --> 00:46:02.199 like this team is either on the front foot or 00:46:02.199 --> 00:46:04.199 once they start to chase, they just don't have 00:46:04.199 --> 00:46:06.820 an answer. Really interesting stat. We've only 00:46:06.820 --> 00:46:09.579 scored more than one goal when we've come from 00:46:09.579 --> 00:46:12.119 behind once this season, and that was in the 00:46:12.119 --> 00:46:15.559 4 -2 loss to Louisville. Otherwise, we're good 00:46:15.559 --> 00:46:18.019 for maybe a goal when we're behind, but we're 00:46:18.019 --> 00:46:20.820 not exactly catching up and dominating teams. 00:46:20.940 --> 00:46:23.300 Again, this is Tampa, but this is an overall 00:46:23.300 --> 00:46:25.639 trend of where... When we don't score first, 00:46:25.699 --> 00:46:28.500 we are completely out of the driver's seat. It 00:46:28.500 --> 00:46:31.239 feels like this team doesn't have a playmaker 00:46:31.239 --> 00:46:34.519 in the more traditional sense who can kind of 00:46:34.519 --> 00:46:37.480 create something out of nothing. We have a certain 00:46:37.480 --> 00:46:41.739 plan that we play. But if you like to your point, 00:46:41.820 --> 00:46:45.039 when we fall behind, it feels like the team kind 00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:48.500 of maybe loses some of that like that edge and 00:46:48.500 --> 00:46:51.110 maybe they're they're scrambling a bit. You know, 00:46:51.170 --> 00:46:54.150 not that an actual tens exist anymore in traditional 00:46:54.150 --> 00:46:56.949 sense. Everyone has to press, but sometimes it 00:46:56.949 --> 00:46:59.070 feels like when we do struggle, we could use 00:46:59.070 --> 00:47:01.929 a player like that who could find that one pass 00:47:01.929 --> 00:47:05.929 to get to the someone making a run and create 00:47:05.929 --> 00:47:07.409 something out of nothing. And it just doesn't 00:47:07.409 --> 00:47:09.250 seem like this team has something like that. 00:47:09.250 --> 00:47:10.969 What do you, what would you argue there? Because 00:47:10.969 --> 00:47:13.210 in this game, zero big chances created Rhode 00:47:13.210 --> 00:47:16.090 Island currently middle of the pack and 11th 00:47:16.090 --> 00:47:19.550 in big chances overall and also big chances missed. 00:47:20.579 --> 00:47:23.159 You know if there is no true maestro conducting 00:47:23.159 --> 00:47:25.860 the midfield and creating the attack organically 00:47:25.860 --> 00:47:27.960 then that usually tells me it's a systems attack 00:47:27.960 --> 00:47:30.679 It's a style of attack Are we getting too predictable 00:47:30.679 --> 00:47:32.940 then in that venue and like a team like Tampa 00:47:32.940 --> 00:47:35.000 that can recognize it can just kind of you know 00:47:35.000 --> 00:47:37.219 It's like this team's gonna over they're gonna 00:47:37.219 --> 00:47:38.579 combine they're gonna overload and they're gonna 00:47:38.579 --> 00:47:40.659 go for a cross or they're gonna look for a secondary 00:47:40.659 --> 00:47:43.599 runner cut back in and JJ is gonna either flick 00:47:43.599 --> 00:47:46.900 on like if we're not running I would say our 00:47:46.900 --> 00:47:49.420 creativity comes in transition. We don't seem 00:47:49.420 --> 00:47:52.599 to have as much creativity in build up play. 00:47:53.019 --> 00:47:55.039 And is that something that's suffering? And how 00:47:55.039 --> 00:47:57.280 do you fix that then? Because we got to find 00:47:57.280 --> 00:47:58.840 an ability to score goals against tough opponents 00:47:58.840 --> 00:48:03.340 like Tampa. Yeah. In that case, I'd say at this 00:48:03.340 --> 00:48:06.300 level of soccer, if you can kind of perfect your 00:48:06.300 --> 00:48:09.099 systems, you could probably beat the majority 00:48:09.099 --> 00:48:11.360 of opponents. There'll be a few who will find 00:48:11.360 --> 00:48:14.219 a way to stop you. The problem is I just don't 00:48:14.219 --> 00:48:17.179 think we've perfected this system yet. And I 00:48:17.179 --> 00:48:19.320 think that there's also maybe some conversations 00:48:19.320 --> 00:48:20.900 we'll have to have towards the end of the season 00:48:20.900 --> 00:48:23.199 about some of our players' performances in regards 00:48:23.199 --> 00:48:27.739 to, is Pity the playmaker we thought we were 00:48:27.739 --> 00:48:29.920 going to get? Or was he never that in to begin 00:48:29.920 --> 00:48:32.059 with? We always wanted a winger. And some of 00:48:32.059 --> 00:48:34.440 this is all speculation with it. Connell likes 00:48:34.440 --> 00:48:37.159 to keep a lot of his tactic cards close to his 00:48:37.159 --> 00:48:39.659 chest. So we can only take a look at what we 00:48:39.659 --> 00:48:43.199 see on the pitch. and extrapolate what we think 00:48:43.199 --> 00:48:47.619 he intends to to happen out there. It's an interesting 00:48:47.619 --> 00:48:50.099 it's an interesting time to look at that then 00:48:50.099 --> 00:48:52.619 you know again more complaints about JJ leaving 00:48:52.619 --> 00:48:55.019 than this loss I think that this I think the 00:48:55.019 --> 00:48:57.480 JJ news just kind of washed away the feelings 00:48:57.480 --> 00:48:59.980 of the result but should we read any deeper into 00:48:59.980 --> 00:49:02.400 this or is this just a game in time and it comes 00:49:02.400 --> 00:49:05.099 to an unfortunate point in the season but it's 00:49:05.099 --> 00:49:07.980 it's Tampa Bay like Where do the tea leaves read 00:49:07.980 --> 00:49:10.079 in on on this result and how it impacts the rest 00:49:10.079 --> 00:49:12.179 of the season ahead? I think we can look at this 00:49:12.179 --> 00:49:14.800 and say Tampa's the real deal, right? That doesn't 00:49:14.800 --> 00:49:17.320 maybe do a lot for us But at the same time we 00:49:17.320 --> 00:49:21.340 also can take a look at this and say well we've 00:49:21.340 --> 00:49:24.340 played against teams like Charleston in in Louisville 00:49:24.340 --> 00:49:28.880 who will Absolutely dominate regular season and 00:49:28.880 --> 00:49:31.000 we've lost to them during those regular seasons 00:49:31.000 --> 00:49:34.159 We've also gone to them in the postseason and 00:49:34.159 --> 00:49:37.289 just absolutely blacked them So I think that 00:49:37.289 --> 00:49:41.269 in this regards, we know that if we can get hot 00:49:41.269 --> 00:49:43.949 at the right time, being that there's a playoff 00:49:43.949 --> 00:49:47.789 system here in the US for how our soccer seasons 00:49:47.789 --> 00:49:50.750 work, we just have to beat them at the right 00:49:50.750 --> 00:49:54.230 time. So you can look back at this and say, if 00:49:54.230 --> 00:49:56.769 we have to make our way, like you said last time, 00:49:56.949 --> 00:49:58.909 if we have to go through our Lang state and we 00:49:58.909 --> 00:50:00.429 have to go through it and we'll have to rise 00:50:00.429 --> 00:50:02.809 to the occasion. It's looking more and more likely 00:50:02.809 --> 00:50:05.190 that that will be the outcome. We've got to go 00:50:05.190 --> 00:50:07.469 to break and when we return, it's the mailbag 00:50:07.469 --> 00:50:09.929 with all your burning questions. Don't go anywhere. 00:50:10.050 --> 00:50:12.110 It's the Raising Anchor Soccer Show. Now let's 00:50:12.110 --> 00:50:14.530 get back to the Raising Anchor Soccer Show on 00:50:14.530 --> 00:50:20.030 990 WBOB with Matt Entrickett and Jason Carey. 00:50:20.210 --> 00:50:23.329 Joe P saying total domination by Tampa in this 00:50:23.329 --> 00:50:25.809 one. At least they kept it close till injury 00:50:25.809 --> 00:50:29.780 time. Also, why did Kano sub out Sukada? He was 00:50:29.780 --> 00:50:33.500 the only bright spot offensively. I don't think 00:50:33.500 --> 00:50:38.079 Tampa dominated. I think that they outclassed 00:50:38.079 --> 00:50:40.320 us, but I think Rhode Island was just as much 00:50:40.320 --> 00:50:42.940 in that game until the second goal really buried 00:50:42.940 --> 00:50:46.800 any opportunity. Again, we weren't looking at 00:50:46.800 --> 00:50:49.199 our best, that's for sure, but I didn't see this 00:50:49.199 --> 00:50:51.760 as like a blowout. I don't know if I agree with 00:50:51.760 --> 00:50:53.699 the domination. I think they are a better team 00:50:53.699 --> 00:50:56.639 right now and they took advantage of that. As 00:50:56.639 --> 00:50:59.929 for the Cicada poll, I think at this point, you 00:50:59.929 --> 00:51:02.849 know, Kano told us in the post game that he's 00:51:02.849 --> 00:51:06.230 been making sure and tracking Yutaro's minutes 00:51:06.230 --> 00:51:08.250 and his legs because he is coming off of an injury 00:51:08.250 --> 00:51:10.489 and he hasn't exactly been playing 90 -minute 00:51:10.489 --> 00:51:12.590 games when he was still with Orlando on the senior 00:51:12.590 --> 00:51:14.989 team. So he's been asking and he did say though 00:51:14.989 --> 00:51:16.969 in the post game, he said, I asked him, you know, 00:51:17.030 --> 00:51:19.429 if I need you, you know, how many minutes can 00:51:19.429 --> 00:51:21.449 I get out of you? And Yutaro said, you can get 00:51:21.449 --> 00:51:23.230 as many minutes out of me as possible. And Kano 00:51:23.230 --> 00:51:25.210 said, I'm going to need you for 120 minutes then. 00:51:25.619 --> 00:51:27.920 Utah was like, yeah, you got me. I think there's 00:51:27.920 --> 00:51:29.579 a little bit of tongue in cheek on that little 00:51:29.579 --> 00:51:32.639 bit of hubris. Yeah, players I think will also 00:51:32.639 --> 00:51:35.440 want to play right whether or not they're physically 00:51:35.440 --> 00:51:38.699 capable of doing so. So there is maybe a balance 00:51:38.699 --> 00:51:41.500 there where Kano kind of has to do the right 00:51:41.500 --> 00:51:44.500 thing and not run him into the ground. Yeah, 00:51:44.500 --> 00:51:46.519 so I think it was it was more of that. And then 00:51:46.519 --> 00:51:49.539 I also think too, you know, you look at who he 00:51:49.539 --> 00:51:53.590 was subbed in for Dwayne Atkinson. Is supposed 00:51:53.590 --> 00:51:57.130 to be this player of the similar Play style and 00:51:57.130 --> 00:52:00.090 that left wing being quick being speedy. I don't 00:52:00.090 --> 00:52:03.090 know if he still has the best you know, points 00:52:03.090 --> 00:52:06.130 or goals per 90 because he had such a commanding 00:52:06.130 --> 00:52:08.570 stat with those substitute appearances. But like 00:52:08.570 --> 00:52:10.829 I could see a player like Dwayne suddenly causing 00:52:10.829 --> 00:52:13.429 a different type of chaos to completely different 00:52:13.429 --> 00:52:15.530 player profiles. But you've already brought you've 00:52:15.530 --> 00:52:17.309 already brought a Fonzo and I think he subbed 00:52:17.309 --> 00:52:20.369 in for Sanchez. So you've already kind of changed 00:52:20.369 --> 00:52:23.570 your back line in that sense. And then, you know, 00:52:23.570 --> 00:52:25.769 you bring in August Rodriguez to send to the 00:52:25.769 --> 00:52:28.329 central part for Noah. So, you know, I don't 00:52:28.329 --> 00:52:32.510 hate triple changing the midfield line like it's 00:52:32.510 --> 00:52:33.650 something you're gonna do it's something you're 00:52:33.650 --> 00:52:37.630 gonna do i i don't i don't disagree that he wasn't 00:52:37.630 --> 00:52:39.750 the brightest light but like at the same time 00:52:39.750 --> 00:52:42.010 dudes played for three games for us and again 00:52:42.010 --> 00:52:43.969 coming off of that injury i think that that's 00:52:43.969 --> 00:52:47.349 all there is to it uh next question here rachel 00:52:47.349 --> 00:52:50.289 m is it time to start making other plans for 00:52:50.289 --> 00:52:52.670 my weekends in november i just don't see soccer 00:52:52.670 --> 00:52:55.969 and patucket happening i mean i guess it depends 00:52:55.969 --> 00:52:59.449 on on how hopeful you are for us making those 00:52:59.449 --> 00:53:03.909 playoffs i you know i'm kind of struggling to 00:53:03.909 --> 00:53:06.989 to see it happen here but at the same time like 00:53:06.989 --> 00:53:09.690 it's not that i don't want it to it's just without 00:53:09.690 --> 00:53:14.369 you know no jj no party as uh ben as bob donald 00:53:14.369 --> 00:53:18.570 says yeah no i agree um alan p says here have 00:53:18.570 --> 00:53:22.019 we had a come from behind win this season I feel 00:53:22.019 --> 00:53:23.940 like we either blank teams or we get blanked 00:53:23.940 --> 00:53:26.219 by them. Yeah, no, I bet we talked about that 00:53:26.219 --> 00:53:28.260 in the last segment to a certain extent. And 00:53:28.260 --> 00:53:30.280 because you asked, I did the look back. No, we 00:53:30.280 --> 00:53:33.539 have not had a comeback win this season. The 00:53:33.539 --> 00:53:36.400 closest we've had is just equalizing for Tampa 00:53:36.400 --> 00:53:40.659 Bay. And that is it. So we have not. We've only 00:53:40.659 --> 00:53:42.199 had draws where we've come back and equalized 00:53:42.199 --> 00:53:45.239 for salvaging one point. We have not yet seen 00:53:45.239 --> 00:53:47.579 a match where we've come from behind. In fact, 00:53:47.699 --> 00:53:49.760 so much so, Jason, I didn't do the research, 00:53:49.800 --> 00:53:52.750 but if I were to guess. on the last time that 00:53:52.750 --> 00:53:55.650 we actually pulled that off and like it's just 00:53:55.650 --> 00:53:58.110 a guess but I feel like the last time we did 00:53:58.110 --> 00:54:01.250 was that was that maxi rodriguez penalty against 00:54:01.250 --> 00:54:05.070 North Carolina back in like the fifth game ever 00:54:05.070 --> 00:54:07.630 at center of a bank stadium last season we're 00:54:07.630 --> 00:54:10.769 not a team that like digs back in and and gets 00:54:10.769 --> 00:54:12.489 back into the game like we can equalize we can 00:54:12.489 --> 00:54:14.570 salvage a point but I can't I feel like we're 00:54:14.570 --> 00:54:18.449 either just domination or we salvage the point 00:54:18.449 --> 00:54:21.130 I just I think there's something to be said about 00:54:21.130 --> 00:54:23.789 Alan's question there. Robin S writes in, why 00:54:23.789 --> 00:54:26.710 does RFC make it so hard to be a fan of RFC? 00:54:27.670 --> 00:54:30.329 Welcome to the pain of being a soccer fan. So 00:54:30.329 --> 00:54:32.690 I don't even know if this is a reference to JJ 00:54:32.690 --> 00:54:35.429 or the loss against Tampa or both. Yeah, I'm 00:54:35.429 --> 00:54:37.690 just gonna I'm just gonna frame it as both right 00:54:37.690 --> 00:54:41.150 in the sense that we are the reality is a lower 00:54:41.150 --> 00:54:44.429 division soccer team. So we're gonna have to 00:54:44.429 --> 00:54:48.230 at times move on our best players. So enjoy them 00:54:48.230 --> 00:54:51.010 while you can. And in the same vein, this is 00:54:51.010 --> 00:54:54.190 a this league has a lot of parity. You know, 00:54:54.269 --> 00:54:56.809 we're complaining here, but we've made the last 00:54:56.809 --> 00:54:59.989 two Eastern Conference Finals. Let's just see 00:54:59.989 --> 00:55:03.210 if we can make a third at this point. Yeah. So 00:55:03.210 --> 00:55:06.010 Rich W says, Can you complain about the broadcast 00:55:06.010 --> 00:55:08.849 background noise to the league? I know fans can 00:55:08.849 --> 00:55:11.030 be rowdy, but there were children just screaming 00:55:11.030 --> 00:55:13.590 into the microphone, had to meet the broadcast 00:55:13.590 --> 00:55:16.710 in the second half. I don't know if that was 00:55:16.710 --> 00:55:20.190 intentionally punny that I know fans can be rowdy 00:55:20.190 --> 00:55:23.949 Like I know what he's talking about and I saw 00:55:23.949 --> 00:55:25.630 a reddit post about this making me wonder if 00:55:25.630 --> 00:55:29.369 this is the same person then But if you watch 00:55:29.369 --> 00:55:32.090 the I mean if you watch the game, I like to watch 00:55:32.090 --> 00:55:33.849 the game unless I know the broadcasters someone 00:55:33.849 --> 00:55:38.710 like John say Joan or Ryan Davis or Devin Kerr 00:55:38.710 --> 00:55:43.019 like I usually will listen to Tom and Nick on 00:55:43.019 --> 00:55:45.719 790 to score. But I do remember at one point, 00:55:45.760 --> 00:55:47.440 and I think it's the way the broadcast booth 00:55:47.440 --> 00:55:50.179 is because it's a baseball stadium. They the 00:55:50.179 --> 00:55:51.940 booth is right there and there were kids doing 00:55:51.940 --> 00:55:53.699 what they call the tarp off where they're just 00:55:53.699 --> 00:55:55.320 standing at the top right there with their shirts 00:55:55.320 --> 00:55:57.920 off, waving, waving them around. And they were 00:55:57.920 --> 00:56:00.199 just screaming. It was it was I don't think it 00:56:00.199 --> 00:56:03.280 was that bad, but it isn't exactly you wouldn't 00:56:03.280 --> 00:56:05.889 hear that. And I had my like. You know, when 00:56:05.889 --> 00:56:08.309 I did my rewatch yesterday, I guess I just didn't 00:56:08.309 --> 00:56:10.449 have it up. I think that's what it is. Notice 00:56:10.449 --> 00:56:11.809 that because otherwise you're just hearing Tampa 00:56:11.809 --> 00:56:13.949 Bay Rowdy's fans chanting Tampa Bay Rowdy stuff. 00:56:14.010 --> 00:56:17.150 So I'm assuming it's that part. But that I don't 00:56:17.150 --> 00:56:18.570 know. I don't know what you close the window 00:56:18.570 --> 00:56:22.289 to the broadcast. Rich, I'll I'll let them know. 00:56:22.309 --> 00:56:24.610 But I don't know how important they're going 00:56:24.610 --> 00:56:27.170 to listen to the. the other team that was competing 00:56:27.170 --> 00:56:29.449 in that games podcast telling them that, but 00:56:29.449 --> 00:56:31.210 I'll, I'll let Brett Louie know next time I have 00:56:31.210 --> 00:56:34.489 a chat with him. Uh, Stacy D is asking if we 00:56:34.489 --> 00:56:37.590 could use the JJ money to go buy any player in 00:56:37.590 --> 00:56:40.230 the championship right now, who would you buy? 00:56:40.949 --> 00:56:43.269 Hmm. Let's for the sake of this, not say Cal 00:56:43.269 --> 00:56:44.769 Jennings because I feel like I would just go 00:56:44.769 --> 00:56:46.590 get Cal Jennings right now. Yeah. And I was, 00:56:46.590 --> 00:56:49.070 I was jokingly going to say Cal Jennings. What 00:56:49.070 --> 00:56:52.150 was, um, what's that Detroit striker who scored 00:56:52.150 --> 00:56:53.909 five goals in one game? Darren Smith, Darren 00:56:53.909 --> 00:56:57.659 Smith. I mean that also we can we can in Detroit. 00:56:58.019 --> 00:57:00.019 Do you think there's enough money in this transfer 00:57:00.019 --> 00:57:02.380 fee to buy a player at that level of price? Probably 00:57:02.380 --> 00:57:04.260 not. I think we got to go a little more tactical 00:57:04.260 --> 00:57:06.179 here. I think if you're going to buy a player, 00:57:06.199 --> 00:57:08.159 it's got to be like a striker though, right? 00:57:08.380 --> 00:57:10.460 Well, yeah, you want a replacement. So I think 00:57:10.460 --> 00:57:12.460 you got to get like a secondary one. There is 00:57:12.460 --> 00:57:14.119 a player I'm thinking of as we talk this out 00:57:14.119 --> 00:57:16.440 loud. Someone who hasn't really played a lot 00:57:16.440 --> 00:57:18.699 of minutes. I think you have to McGill Berry 00:57:18.699 --> 00:57:21.579 on the Charleston battery. He's big. He's tall. 00:57:21.659 --> 00:57:24.820 He's played in MLS. I think I'd go after Miguel 00:57:24.820 --> 00:57:27.340 Berry. Or I'd go back to Logan Dorsett and go, 00:57:27.460 --> 00:57:32.599 hey, come back. Baby, come back. Ben S. saying 00:57:32.599 --> 00:57:34.920 question for the back here. Why did the team 00:57:34.920 --> 00:57:38.880 announce Foyo was here and ready then proceed 00:57:38.880 --> 00:57:41.179 to not have him for the team sheet for the game? 00:57:41.539 --> 00:57:44.980 Is he going to answer the at striker or do you 00:57:44.980 --> 00:57:48.610 see a bigger signing coming in? You're asking 00:57:48.610 --> 00:57:50.710 the question right now, Ben. Are we putting all 00:57:50.710 --> 00:57:54.269 of our chips in one basket and saying that Foyo 00:57:54.269 --> 00:57:57.710 is the future? I don't know. We're gonna have 00:57:57.710 --> 00:57:59.349 to get closer to it. We're gonna have to understand 00:57:59.349 --> 00:58:03.190 what that looks like because right now all signs 00:58:03.190 --> 00:58:06.289 point to I don't know how we get a bigger signing 00:58:06.289 --> 00:58:09.090 into this league because every other team's already 00:58:09.090 --> 00:58:10.530 getting ready to play or they're in the middle 00:58:10.530 --> 00:58:14.199 of their own pushes. So yeah, I... I don't know, 00:58:14.219 --> 00:58:16.300 maybe you find a team that's imploding that doesn't 00:58:16.300 --> 00:58:20.099 have pro rel. So like in MLS, like where, what 00:58:20.099 --> 00:58:22.139 teams are on the bottom and what strikers can 00:58:22.139 --> 00:58:25.480 they just like, um, uh, that us L could afford 00:58:25.480 --> 00:58:28.519 by the way. Yeah, I will. Okay. You, I was actually 00:58:28.519 --> 00:58:30.519 just thinking of like the bottom of us L back 00:58:30.519 --> 00:58:32.679 to that. Like doesn't loud and have some like 00:58:32.679 --> 00:58:34.900 Icelandic striker. No, he just, he literally 00:58:34.900 --> 00:58:36.820 just got like loud and has already thrown their 00:58:36.820 --> 00:58:40.920 season away. They just sold Thor Olferson. To 00:58:40.920 --> 00:58:44.239 uh a team in scandinavia, I think so. Yeah, like 00:58:44.239 --> 00:58:46.539 talk about when we play when we play loud at 00:58:46.539 --> 00:58:48.619 midweek in the end of the year That needs to 00:58:48.619 --> 00:58:52.099 be a murder game. That needs to be the the power 00:58:52.099 --> 00:58:55.239 ranger Seven nil game at this point because they 00:58:55.239 --> 00:58:58.480 got rid of queenie. Um Abdul Latif isn't really 00:58:58.480 --> 00:59:00.360 having another breakout year and they just, they 00:59:00.360 --> 00:59:02.380 just sold Thor off for like a six figure fee. 00:59:02.420 --> 00:59:05.260 So yeah, no, but, uh, it's a good question. I 00:59:05.260 --> 00:59:07.940 think right now folio is the answer until I do 00:59:07.940 --> 00:59:09.380 think there's a loan up there. I think there's 00:59:09.380 --> 00:59:12.539 an MLS next pro loan in our future. Maybe it's 00:59:12.539 --> 00:59:14.739 one of the better ones. And so I'm going to put 00:59:14.739 --> 00:59:19.380 it as Stoss from still playing target forward. 00:59:19.599 --> 00:59:21.239 I'm going to say it's Stoss from Philadelphia 00:59:21.239 --> 00:59:23.780 union. I just, I just, you and said in the chat, 00:59:23.900 --> 00:59:26.429 I like it more and more of the the longer we 00:59:26.429 --> 00:59:30.269 talk about it. Next question here to Ross writes 00:59:30.269 --> 00:59:33.449 in, is RFC good enough to make the playoffs without 00:59:33.449 --> 00:59:36.909 JJ? Yeah, I think the bigger question here is 00:59:36.909 --> 00:59:40.469 can they push to go for a whole playoff spot? 00:59:41.010 --> 00:59:44.230 I still even with JJ was weary that, you know, 00:59:44.230 --> 00:59:46.449 you look at some of the teams up there, like, 00:59:46.769 --> 00:59:48.650 you know, we've struggled against some of those 00:59:48.650 --> 00:59:50.909 teams at times and can we dethrone one of them? 00:59:51.829 --> 00:59:53.489 Looking at the teams at the bottom, especially 00:59:53.489 --> 00:59:55.730 we just talk about loud and uploading sporting 00:59:55.730 --> 00:59:59.329 jacks is abysmal. Miami is already falling. Their 00:59:59.329 --> 01:00:01.530 wheels are falling off the wagon. Like there 01:00:01.530 --> 01:00:04.230 are bad teams in this league. Birmingham has 01:00:04.230 --> 01:00:06.429 only been able to pick up points against us and 01:00:06.429 --> 01:00:10.050 they can't play us anymore this year. So like 01:00:10.050 --> 01:00:14.860 the teams below us are bad. So you know throw 01:00:14.860 --> 01:00:18.179 info yo and whoever else we may pick up maybe 01:00:18.179 --> 01:00:20.340 we won't reach the heights that we think we want 01:00:20.340 --> 01:00:22.820 but this team can still absolutely make the playoffs 01:00:22.820 --> 01:00:26.320 it's just hard to see whether or not they're 01:00:26.320 --> 01:00:29.579 going to make a home playoff spot unless these 01:00:29.579 --> 01:00:31.800 players hit the ground running you know what 01:00:31.800 --> 01:00:34.139 i just thought of because of the question prior 01:00:34.139 --> 01:00:36.460 about like what players would you buy you know 01:00:36.460 --> 01:00:38.920 who we could absolutely go and get right now 01:00:38.920 --> 01:00:42.610 wilson harris from the revolution With Jack Harrison 01:00:42.610 --> 01:00:45.150 getting signed to the revs. I don't think he's 01:00:45.150 --> 01:00:47.250 gonna fit into their roles as much He's only 01:00:47.250 --> 01:00:50.690 played five matches for them and he comes from 01:00:50.690 --> 01:00:54.630 USL city So, oh man, you know what? I like this 01:00:54.630 --> 01:00:57.130 Stoss is my rumor Wilson Harris is the one I 01:00:57.130 --> 01:01:00.230 want to start and Saturday Oh yo village from 01:01:00.230 --> 01:01:04.449 sporting KC Yo village is it's Dion yo village 01:01:04.449 --> 01:01:07.820 is a terror Is he falling off there? I think 01:01:07.820 --> 01:01:10.699 he's a DP for them. OK, so I don't know. But 01:01:10.699 --> 01:01:12.280 they're in last place in the league, so it's 01:01:12.280 --> 01:01:14.659 like, you know, hey, why not? What's the next 01:01:14.659 --> 01:01:17.440 question? Matt Jay says, how are you two doing? 01:01:17.639 --> 01:01:19.440 I hope you had a great weekend and can't wait 01:01:19.440 --> 01:01:23.059 to see you in the tailgate lot. I I actually 01:01:23.059 --> 01:01:26.280 am dealing with food poisoning that I gave to 01:01:26.280 --> 01:01:28.780 myself, so no business that I can shame other 01:01:28.780 --> 01:01:32.159 than my own cooking skills. So, yeah, no, I have 01:01:32.159 --> 01:01:34.099 not had a great weekend. I was supposed to go 01:01:34.099 --> 01:01:37.159 to the Island Roads Festival and I've just been 01:01:37.159 --> 01:01:39.199 on the struggle bus, but I cannot wait to see 01:01:39.199 --> 01:01:42.079 you at the tailgate lot this upcoming weekend 01:01:42.079 --> 01:01:45.420 as well. Mike K writes in, what do we think about 01:01:45.420 --> 01:01:48.239 the Eric Klein loan? Do you think this new talent 01:01:48.239 --> 01:01:51.139 can compensate for the loss of Clay and JJ and 01:01:51.139 --> 01:01:53.320 keep us in playoff contention? You know, I'm 01:01:53.320 --> 01:01:55.179 fine with the Klein to Clay comparison. I don't 01:01:55.179 --> 01:01:58.300 know about saying Eric Klein is going to... Suffer 01:01:58.300 --> 01:02:00.940 the band -aiding we need for JJ Williams departure. 01:02:01.400 --> 01:02:05.420 Yeah, I It's too early to say like I talked about 01:02:05.420 --> 01:02:08.679 earlier about whether or not I think he's like 01:02:08.679 --> 01:02:12.559 how good he is at this point I mean if you know 01:02:12.559 --> 01:02:15.280 Pong grants is saying that he's the You know, 01:02:15.460 --> 01:02:17.900 Jeff Lorentz region then I mean, yeah, give him 01:02:17.900 --> 01:02:21.730 a few games and like I think we'll be set But 01:02:21.730 --> 01:02:23.949 then also it's it's alone. So like of course, 01:02:23.969 --> 01:02:25.590 we'll just disappear in six games when they're 01:02:25.590 --> 01:02:27.349 like, oh this guy's good and we're injury ridden 01:02:27.349 --> 01:02:29.389 So man, that might be the darkest timeline as 01:02:29.389 --> 01:02:32.469 we have three or four loan players in regen part 01:02:32.469 --> 01:02:34.530 two And they all get they all get called back. 01:02:34.909 --> 01:02:38.909 No, I couldn't do it Chad M here says how long 01:02:38.909 --> 01:02:41.550 do we have to wait to see the effects of JJ and 01:02:41.550 --> 01:02:44.110 clay moving up? It's good for the team's prospects 01:02:44.110 --> 01:02:47.650 But is this something that had to has to simmer 01:02:47.650 --> 01:02:52.179 for years to take root? I think clay can find 01:02:52.179 --> 01:02:56.539 a journeyman spot as a substitute at a minimum 01:02:56.539 --> 01:02:59.460 within MLS. I think he has that caliber. You 01:02:59.460 --> 01:03:01.219 know, you got to look at teams like CF Montreal 01:03:01.219 --> 01:03:02.780 are always trying to do things on the cheap. 01:03:03.199 --> 01:03:05.119 And I could see a world where if Clay couldn't 01:03:05.119 --> 01:03:07.719 find another home next year, he could be a potential 01:03:07.719 --> 01:03:10.139 starting midfielder for CF Montreal. So I think 01:03:10.139 --> 01:03:12.440 Clay has already made it. He would have to have 01:03:12.440 --> 01:03:16.039 a really bad form for the remainder of the season 01:03:16.039 --> 01:03:18.960 to kind of shoot himself in the foot there. JJ? 01:03:20.039 --> 01:03:22.579 Going across to Europe of any any league in Europe 01:03:22.579 --> 01:03:25.119 is just a completely different animal Do I think 01:03:25.119 --> 01:03:27.139 that he's got the tenacity? Do I think he's got 01:03:27.139 --> 01:03:29.780 the drive? Absolutely, but can he stay healthy? 01:03:29.920 --> 01:03:31.940 What will that look like for him? You know, like 01:03:31.940 --> 01:03:36.099 those are questions where His integration beyond 01:03:36.099 --> 01:03:38.000 just what cuz remember he's like he's as Bama 01:03:38.000 --> 01:03:40.960 as it gets like he he is American -born like 01:03:40.960 --> 01:03:43.869 that can be an adjustment we talked about Amish 01:03:43.869 --> 01:03:47.090 Shapira Thompson's like it changed his life when 01:03:47.090 --> 01:03:50.550 when he was in the the Warsaw leagues so like 01:03:50.550 --> 01:03:53.269 Who knows how JJ will affect that? He's got he's 01:03:53.269 --> 01:03:55.949 got what three kids now like you know who knows 01:03:55.949 --> 01:03:58.849 how all of that could potentially affect his 01:03:58.849 --> 01:04:01.829 life, so it's hard to say but I think clay is 01:04:01.829 --> 01:04:04.769 the much closer barometer and JJ is gonna be 01:04:04.769 --> 01:04:06.750 the wait and see in the longer runway, but if 01:04:06.750 --> 01:04:09.010 JJ does succeed again to your point earlier Jason 01:04:09.010 --> 01:04:12.230 it will build that like path of pedigree of saying 01:04:12.510 --> 01:04:14.869 Rhode Island is a place that builds top talent. 01:04:16.230 --> 01:04:21.469 Next question here, from Mike M, any chance JJ 01:04:21.469 --> 01:04:23.769 finishes out his contract and then resigns again 01:04:23.769 --> 01:04:27.969 with RFC? It's possible. I think that a lot of 01:04:27.969 --> 01:04:30.869 our players would probably speak very highly 01:04:30.869 --> 01:04:34.210 of this club. And I think that as long as we 01:04:34.210 --> 01:04:37.889 continue to kind of run the way that we have, 01:04:38.150 --> 01:04:40.429 I think all players would look at it as an option. 01:04:41.500 --> 01:04:44.019 I would look at that though, too, and hope that 01:04:44.019 --> 01:04:48.019 if that was something that we see in like, let's 01:04:48.019 --> 01:04:50.940 say he has a good four or five year run and then 01:04:50.940 --> 01:04:53.639 kind of like wears out from there, I wouldn't 01:04:53.639 --> 01:04:55.559 want it to be immediately coming back because 01:04:55.559 --> 01:04:58.179 then you're like, well, that didn't work out 01:04:58.179 --> 01:05:00.800 and that hurts our chant. Like, you know, if 01:05:00.800 --> 01:05:03.000 Conno Smith is still in this club at the helm, 01:05:03.219 --> 01:05:05.559 JJ has a home. Yeah. Like there's just a couple 01:05:05.559 --> 01:05:07.940 of players in Conno's life, JJ, Zach Haraba being 01:05:07.940 --> 01:05:10.869 two of them that should. they need a spot and 01:05:10.869 --> 01:05:12.730 as long as they can still contribute and it wouldn't 01:05:12.730 --> 01:05:15.710 look bad for for kano to bring them on jj could 01:05:15.710 --> 01:05:17.369 always find a home wherever kano smith is so 01:05:17.369 --> 01:05:21.210 yeah i think that's a reality yeah um natesky 01:05:21.210 --> 01:05:23.369 says mailbag monday with 12 games left in the 01:05:23.369 --> 01:05:26.510 season can rfc get enough wins to qualify for 01:05:26.510 --> 01:05:29.110 the playoffs 10 is the magic number i haven't 01:05:29.110 --> 01:05:32.289 seen magic numbers come out yet so that is curious 01:05:32.289 --> 01:05:35.340 i did see a projection on the usl reddit that 01:05:35.340 --> 01:05:38.639 we have like a 12 % or like a 6 % chance of winning 01:05:38.639 --> 01:05:41.380 the championship, which I thought was a bit slanderous 01:05:41.380 --> 01:05:44.179 considering our track record previously proven 01:05:44.179 --> 01:05:46.739 when we've been in non home playoff berths. But 01:05:46.739 --> 01:05:48.440 you know, statistics are statistics and odds 01:05:48.440 --> 01:05:51.380 are odds. If our magic number is 10, well, then 01:05:51.380 --> 01:05:53.599 yeah, I think we can absolutely lock a playoff 01:05:53.599 --> 01:05:56.360 berth in if we just need three more wins in a 01:05:56.360 --> 01:05:59.059 draw out of out of those 12 games. Yeah, that 01:05:59.059 --> 01:06:02.099 that's That's more than believable. That's more 01:06:02.099 --> 01:06:05.039 than doable. I think on the season Jeremy C writes 01:06:05.039 --> 01:06:06.780 in and Jason I'm sorry that this is yours. I 01:06:06.780 --> 01:06:09.340 just didn't sort this right Island Rhodes Fest 01:06:09.340 --> 01:06:11.840 was a rough debut of concerts at Centerville 01:06:11.840 --> 01:06:15.099 Bank Stadium They got the sound fix but the concessions 01:06:15.099 --> 01:06:17.760 seem to be the same problem like it was at Bill 01:06:17.760 --> 01:06:20.139 Burr I don't see this problem as much at RFC 01:06:20.139 --> 01:06:22.739 games Why is it so difficult for them to get 01:06:22.739 --> 01:06:25.480 this food situation fixed? Hope this doesn't 01:06:25.480 --> 01:06:27.739 deter people from trying other events at the 01:06:27.739 --> 01:06:30.420 stadium. I these let the owners know I did see 01:06:30.420 --> 01:06:34.000 a bunch of positive things on Discord about the 01:06:34.000 --> 01:06:36.480 stadium. People did mention that the first day 01:06:36.480 --> 01:06:38.840 there was sound issues and then they got it fixed 01:06:38.840 --> 01:06:42.019 the same that next day. But I also did see a 01:06:42.019 --> 01:06:45.360 few people not necessarily complain about the 01:06:45.360 --> 01:06:49.699 food. I think this is like a growing pain for 01:06:49.699 --> 01:06:52.119 the stadium as they look at hosting different 01:06:52.119 --> 01:06:55.619 events. I think realistically, too, the fact 01:06:55.619 --> 01:07:00.170 that rfc games haven't had enough sellouts to 01:07:00.170 --> 01:07:02.829 really challenge their staffing to force them 01:07:02.829 --> 01:07:05.449 to ramp it up because from what i understand 01:07:05.449 --> 01:07:09.170 i the the bill burr and the island roads festival 01:07:09.170 --> 01:07:12.590 here kind of higher attendances especially as 01:07:12.590 --> 01:07:14.849 you can push people onto the pitch yeah there 01:07:14.849 --> 01:07:18.809 was easily 15 000 or more for the for the festival 01:07:18.809 --> 01:07:21.929 so at that point all of a sudden you're up 50 01:07:21.929 --> 01:07:25.500 capacity You're gonna need more staff and they 01:07:25.500 --> 01:07:28.659 just don't it's one of those things where How 01:07:28.659 --> 01:07:32.679 do you like? Do they compensate for that? Do 01:07:32.679 --> 01:07:36.139 you do like, you know 25 -day contracts for like 01:07:36.139 --> 01:07:38.460 concession stands like that's the thing that 01:07:38.460 --> 01:07:41.199 is tough for businesses I would just bring in 01:07:41.199 --> 01:07:44.559 more I would say if you can't staff it then let 01:07:44.559 --> 01:07:46.659 it cut into your profit by bringing more food 01:07:46.659 --> 01:07:49.880 trucks in like That that's the reality is because 01:07:49.880 --> 01:07:52.539 like i've been to the new port and jazz fest 01:07:52.539 --> 01:07:55.320 before and i've never Experienced long lines, 01:07:55.320 --> 01:07:57.420 but I have been to other events and seen terribly 01:07:57.420 --> 01:08:00.219 long lines like when we went to the Bruins game 01:08:00.219 --> 01:08:02.780 There was long lines for everything on that night 01:08:02.780 --> 01:08:04.820 because there was only like three stands And 01:08:04.820 --> 01:08:07.179 so like we would have missed 15 to 20 minutes 01:08:07.179 --> 01:08:10.679 of the game So like I I I hear and protected 01:08:10.679 --> 01:08:13.000 saying in the chat He's saying in the chat that 01:08:13.000 --> 01:08:14.800 the lines were unacceptable and they were terribly 01:08:14.800 --> 01:08:17.579 long just to get nachos so like I do think that 01:08:17.579 --> 01:08:21.319 this is something they've now ownership and stadium 01:08:21.319 --> 01:08:23.359 management has struck out twice on this I think 01:08:23.359 --> 01:08:25.399 they need to overcompensate even if it comes 01:08:25.399 --> 01:08:28.420 up taking a loss on the next one and just make 01:08:28.420 --> 01:08:29.760 sure that's not a problem because you can't have 01:08:29.760 --> 01:08:31.779 that be a continued error you're going to fight 01:08:31.779 --> 01:08:33.880 the parking that's congested and difficult to 01:08:33.880 --> 01:08:35.960 get to the stadium you're going to fight now 01:08:35.960 --> 01:08:38.560 food and then in this one case it was technical 01:08:38.560 --> 01:08:42.090 issues like you everything should be given a 01:08:42.090 --> 01:08:43.850 bit of grace because it's the first time they're 01:08:43.850 --> 01:08:46.590 doing something. I think someone fairly said 01:08:46.590 --> 01:08:49.770 it's a bit audacious for them to start their 01:08:49.770 --> 01:08:52.649 music experiences in Centerville with a two -day 01:08:52.649 --> 01:08:55.210 festival. It may have been more intelligent to 01:08:55.210 --> 01:08:58.350 have a single act, do a single show to make sure 01:08:58.350 --> 01:09:00.869 you got all the bugs out. But listen, as long 01:09:00.869 --> 01:09:03.189 as they don't give up and they learn from their 01:09:03.189 --> 01:09:05.609 failings, this is something that we should see 01:09:05.609 --> 01:09:09.630 more of. I just hope to... who was, to Jeremy's 01:09:09.630 --> 01:09:12.449 point, I hope this doesn't deter organizational 01:09:12.449 --> 01:09:14.350 planning from not trying these things in the 01:09:14.350 --> 01:09:16.649 future, because I would love to see more festivals 01:09:16.649 --> 01:09:19.770 come to Pawtucket and more music acts and more 01:09:19.770 --> 01:09:22.010 everything come. So we'll see what happens. But 01:09:22.010 --> 01:09:24.069 Jason, we are running long. This show has been 01:09:24.069 --> 01:09:27.350 fun. but we are very much over our time. So we've 01:09:27.350 --> 01:09:30.010 got to go. We'll have the preview for Monterey 01:09:30.010 --> 01:09:32.250 Bay later this week on Thursday. We'll probably 01:09:32.250 --> 01:09:34.609 move that show to nine o 'clock as well. It seems 01:09:34.609 --> 01:09:36.689 like you guys are responding really well to that 01:09:36.689 --> 01:09:39.869 change in time. 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