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It is a wall past Wednesday recording the great orator Joey Tribbiani.

How you doing, John? Hear you there?

It is a stacked blanken show. It is a stacked blanken show. There is no way to phrase it. We got a lot of news to get into and we've got the things to get into as well. And like I said, plan to get into this morning. And here's the guest list. And with the guest list the way that it always rolled, it is Tyler Pilgrim. He's going to join us from a scarves in Spikes nine point fifteen as he traditionally does here for our number one

He's going to join us at nine oh five.

He's going to bat lead off and we're going to discuss everything going on with their fundraiser and their Kickstarter campaign, trying to get folks to invest in the tournament, the Outrigger Cup that is planned for August in spring deal Arkansas at John Brown University, with the Marshall Islands and

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Do they go digging Nico eluded last week into chasing after someone with the available game that they have. We'll get the update on that tomorrow, get the update on Nico Ladero and what it was like for Houston to visit Seattle last week, and we'll get all that stuff in Hour number two. Then Thursday afternoon and evening. Sorry, another visit to Perry for US Warner Robins and Perry. The double header is going to be on the network

There.

Friday, it is Glenn Crooks is going to join us at nine oh five. Glenn's gonna bat lead off and let us know what's going on in the world of NYCFC.

We've yet to have a show with the both of them.

I think that'd be kind of cool at at some point, maybe at the end of the year, you know, like the last show of the year for them, both of them come on during the holiday season.

We talked about it then.

But hopefully Beyond Goals Menering joining us at nine point thirty and then we can whip around pat and pending trademark coming center hopefully rather than later. At last hour of the week, we go through everything going on. Get you ready for the weekend in Major League Soccer. Then it is a double header for high school. Actually, well it's not a double header. It's two channels going at once.

I can't think of it. What's the Jony Foster movie?

It's not Interstellar, it's the it's the uh filmography. It's the one where she was in outer space or not? No, not no, not that no, no, Uh, where's my IMDb little help? Jody Foster filmography? Okay, so it was Jody Foster. Where's my filmography?

Uh?

Not Eligium, not Carnage, Motherhood, not Flight plan.

I don't think it was.

No, it wasn't flight plan contact and contact was where like they had the big spinning wheel and everything. So it's kind of like, uh, FIFA met contact to get the trophy. And so we know now or we now know both are both are still acceptable. I think we now know the out for the Club World Cup winner.

Smirk on his face in the green room to start Oh brother, uhh.

Yeah, this morning we find out what the payout is for the Club World Cup for a billion dollar tournament, sorry, an alleged billion dollar tournament, and it is uh it is an adventure for it to be shown on over the air television, but sure it's a billion dollars and the winner of the whole thing ends up getting five hundred and twenty.

Five million dollars.

Four hundred and seventy five million for sporting performance. This covers wins bonuses for each match, the same for every club, and so there is actually a minimum participation fee for the big guns. According to our buddy Ben Jacobs, Chelsea, Manchester City, Real, Madrid, Bayern PSG expected to receive a minimum participation fee of almost forty million bucks. Then you get the win by win, in the round by round,

I was off by a couple of bucks.

I'm just trying to figure out if I'm a player, how much am I getting?

What's in it for me?

That's that's what I want to know.

What's my payout? Yep, what's in it for me?

I'll like, if I'm one of the those European clubs, uh huh, I need a million minimum.

It's like I need a meal. It's like, so what's this worth? What's this worth? What is this worth to me?

Forget you know, winning a game and having enough money to then go to the varsity. Uh huh, I want enough money to then go and buy the varsity.

Well no, well no, but see but the thing is, though, if you end up buying the varsity, then it could be spoiled and it would not end up being the same varsity that we know and love.

That's true, So it din't change nothing.

Well, but where's the joy in that? If you're sitting there and you've got money, Like, seriously, think about it. If you're if you're like a mega owner of a club, doesn't matter what mega owner is. Just insert mega owner here. And I know that we all have mega owners in our brains that we sit there and we reference in these situations where it's like, I want all the toys.

What can I do to change the menu?

Nothing, leave it alone, nobody, No, But the menu needs to be changed. Why Well, because I'm buying it. Therefore I want to change the menu to reflect what I want. It's not about what you want.

It's about what they want those people. But I would change one thing. I'm sorry I did lie. If I if I if I win the Club World Cup or participate in it in any way, and I'll buy the Varsity. Oh, I'm making it mandatory that every person that enters that door gets a little Varsity hat.

Well true, but here here's what here's.

What I would mandate if you, if you go to the if you buy the Varsity sign on every door walking in, doesn't matter which branch office of the Varsity you're talking about. Here, here's the menu. The menu you post to the outside, you post it on the glass. So when you are about to walk in, first thing

And then yeah, they're just like what do you have? What do you have? And I know you don't know you're freaking doing. This place has been here for one hundred years.

Hurry up.

And it's like, I don't this is my first time here. What do I want? No, that's not how this works.

It's either a dog or some really greasy fries in any rings, like, there's only a couple of options here. I'll tell you what. Ask the guy that has literally worked here his entire life, and he will get you the best thing on the menu. That's all you gotta do.

Oh uh what to do? See now, I'm promoting what we're talking about here. Uh, when you buy a restaurant, and maybe some soccer, maybe maybe some Atlanta United, but that but always, I swear, there's when you walk into you and you walk into and I say this knowing full well that you know, we have been raised here and we know protocol and we know what to do.

There's like a hundred registers like just back up until you decide and then you can find one that's open. I promise, I promise.

You know.

Last year in the I think it was in the preseason, right before the season started, I I had a I'm gonna see if I can find him and I'll share them again. But I had AI create some Atlanta United Cross Varsity.

So please tell me that you created a frosted orange kit. There.

There was a frosted orange kit there. And I actually didn't tell it to do that. I got, you know, you give you know the prompt for AI, and it's you Just I wanted it to do its own thing. I didn't want to tell it exactly what to do.

You know.

It came up with some some wild ones. Really, I'll see if I can find them and share them.

I'm sure that there was probably something that's akin to the onion rings and a stack or the fries.

And yeah, there was a fry one like the.

Burned fry eyes on the edges and it ends up like it's a white jersey, except it has the burned fries on the edges and on everything.

Oh wow, A.

See now the frosted the frosted Orange Varsity kit. That's got some promise because because you've got the peach you know, we we had the Peach Kid early on in the lifespan of Atlanta United. But the frosted Orange kit, Oh, that's got a lot of promise.

It does you know? While we're talking, I'll have it. Run a frosted Orange.

You're gonna run an AI frosted Orange kid. Yeah, please post it to all of the media that is social. I know that we're supposed to talk soccer here a little bit, so I guess we should kind of steer in that direction. So that was opening Kickoff Brods by our friends, Kickoff Coffee and dot Com and the Varsity.

Well do you have so?

Uh yeah, that once again, it's just stuff that pops into our head here on a morning show when you look back at what happened with FC Cincinnati and uh wow, if you want you want AI to do a Skyline Chili kit for.

Nope, or.

Or maybe a Hughtie Delight kit. You know, well, but that's the thing. It's like, so what kind of what kind of beer? What kind of beer do you what do you what kind of.

Beer do you want? Hugh to pole Light? What do you call it up there? Yeah, Hughty Delight what?

Yeah, I could see I could definitely see a Skyline chili kit for f C Cincinnati out of AI. Uh so then what would you do for Well, for ny CFC, you could probably do a pigeon droppings kit.

Oh that's not where I was going. I like it because why not crap on New York City.

That's what they call they call themselves the Pigeons.

Yeah, I was gonna say, like an actual skyline Well, hey, let's go with the pigeon.

Dropping So you said it's like the Yank the Yankee Stadium U twelve kid or something, and make it, like you twelve size the kit to where it's like a youth small and that's the only size that comes in as kind of a riff on NYC.

Just making a baseball jersey with the Yankee pinchin.

Yeah, well hey that would probably sell, And that probably would and you'd have to do a Mets version for when they go and play at City Field, and then you'd probably have to do a Red Bulls version for when they go play at SI.

Yeah. This is true.

So now that you've had a couple of days to digest, and I know that you and the fan base and the viewership over it to SNS have had the chance to kind of digest what happened with f C Cincinnati and thanks to our buddy own goal getting a point out of it. What are some of your big takeaways now that you've had a couple of days to think about it.

You know, this was a Going into this game, I thought it has the potential to raise more questions than answers. I really thought, you know, you had you were going to see a lot of potential changes in terms of like where players you know, did really well where maybe they didn't. I thought you had two players that absolutely needed to have a big game because it was a golden opportunity, and that was Ran Chuck and Shonda Silva. Saba getting pushed over to the right. Obviously, that's one

You had a lot of absences for both teams, whether it was for injury or international duty or what have you, And for Cincinnati it was less absences, but it was in key positions, or you didn't have den K, you didn't have Miles. Miles of status was kind of up in the air because of injury, having been pulled after thirty and then his traditional sub Teenahadibi. I don't know how Hdibi is going to be in middle age, but you know teenage of dB is on national team duty.

Fray at the back.

So there's a There are a lot of dynamics that play here for a bunch of different reasons, and it came down to those depth minutes and those depth individuals that Ronnie Daila, Chris Henderson, Garth Logerway had the trust in either coming up through the academy, Will Riley coming back as an example of that, Matt Edward's being another example of that, or then finding someone like Toga She who you come in and I don't know how many people have it, you know, compute how heads up a play that is.

We see it a lot of times overseas.

In play where okay, you know we got to do something on the rush, and so someone goes in. You're confident even if you didn't touch it. You sit there, you're confident that your's you go and make the throw and then something keeps going. So to gay She, I think did a really underrated thing that we don't see a lot of for whatever reason here in the US, and it ended up contributing.

To the goal.

Yeah. I have been on a like a one man came in Togashi hype week based on I mean I like Tokushi, I really do not. I mean not just because of what he did in this game, but I just think the energy and I've said it on here before, the energy and kind of discipline that he brings is just it's it's kind of refreshing. And I talked about it in spaces and then on Sunday after everything, like when I see a play like that, it's so simple,

Not working quickly off us as alpha set piece situation, playing it short instead of taking the thirty eight minutes to sit there and set it up in direct traffic, something like that. A quick throw being assertive in those kinds of situations, all those quick thinking things.

Yeah, yeah, And I mean, you know, Atlanta and most teams typically they're gonna have your you know, maybe a midfield or full back they could throw in. But it's it's one of those things that if the opportunity to presents itself, take the throw in, like you see. And and also I gotta give credit to him too, because I know, excuse me.

Go ahead and go ahead and hydrate, go for it.

Yeah, I'm about to the throw in. I think there were some people saying that it came off you know, came in whatever, like you don't wait, played to the freaking whistle. So there's another fundamental pick the ball up. Take the throw in because you see that Saba is making a run and you only have one guy standing in front of you. He's wide open. Can't be offside

Yeah, I mean when you have I mean, think of it like a boxing match. You know, when when you have when you're standing in the center of the ring and you hit that jab or you hit that uppercut and it causes your opponent to go back on their heels a little bit. That's not the time to sit there and go, Okay, I've got him going back into

Yeah, like it's it's it's simple things like I mean, you know, fundamentals like I'm gonna keep saying it, but it's just I think it's just refreshing because you don't always see that. And it's not just in Atlanta thing. I mean in a lot of professional sports. You know. I think sometimes players think that the talent is just what can can keep them afloat. But if you take talent and then you combine it with just sticking to your roots and sticking to the fundamentals, like those two

Wallpass Wednesday here on SDHAM and today's Walpass Wednesday is brought to you by the letters Tyler Tyler Pilgrim from SNS here in our number one and Tyler Terren's joining us at ten thirty. Dylan Butler will be joining us at the top of the hour to discuss everything as we kind of steer our discussion to Major League Soccer because of the absences that we had with Atlanta United, that meant that folks had to step up and step in. Matthew Edwards continued to step in and at right back,

I thought, honestly, from the moment the opening whistle blue, I mean we were doing our watch along at the time, so I was watching this, you know, with a handful of people, and he was the one I wanted to focus on. I mean, you always have to keep an eye on the guy that's getting his first m last minutes right. And then of course Matt Edwards, which I got a really sidebar Matt Edwards, like I thought, he actually did a really, really good job. He's gonna get dinged.

Have you done this before? Yeah?

Okay, yeah, go ahead, even though you're not supposed to be there. Technically like whatever, I'm not. I'm not mad at Matt at all. I thought he did. He did a solid job, made a mistake, got punished on it. It is what it is, Will Riley, though, I thought he just it wasn't You know. Sometimes you see players come in and their their intro, their debut, and they look good based on I think just the sheer adrenaline

And you add to that the fact that he gets a yellow card in the twenty seventh minute, in the decisional chaos that was referred to as Rassindo Mendoza in the middle twenty seventh minute, he gets a yellow and I know that there was a train of thought that, Okay, it's his first start, you know, and outside of listening to Ronnie Dila postmatch where diala where coach was like, why would I sub him off, I'm sure that there was that trepidation by folks. Okay, let's get to the

Yeah, I agree, And I think that's that's part of it too, Like I mean, should you have had the yellow in the first place, no, whatever, but you got one right, and then you got to deal with and especially you know, a defender, a midfielder having it yellow is a little probably a little more dangerous than maybe you know, a striker or a winger because you're gonna start getting picked on. And as a guy getting his

The Sign of the Times si n Yeah, Sign of the Times.

And keV c in the twitch pitch is mentioning how it is not the easiest task to keep a.

Evander in check. And you had.

Once again Tristan mulliam Baugh, who was out after forty You're having to navigate, Okay, what's the assignment, Who's going where? Who, what's the spacing? How are we doing all this? You mentioned Matt Edwards. Well, Riley is you know, right there in the heart of all of that discussion, and you have all of these folks that have been called upon, you got tapped, you're in, and I think you navigate it.

Well, let me go.

So now that we're on Evander's thought pattern here, let me let me check. And with Evander, by the way, he ended up with two goals, a nine point eight on SOFA score. I don't know, I didn't know if that was possible, but okay, nine point eight, two goals. But your XG plus x A, your your x output was only a point six eight, But you end up with a goal off a deflection on a set piece and then finding space while folks are trying to figure out, okay, do I mark, do you know? Do I push? Do

The scores are so skewed.

We so let me see here why yes they are.

Let me see because I'm curious. We you know, when we do our our postmatch like our Sunday show or reaction show.

Reaction, Yeah, I want to hear from you, we.

Use fat mob okay, for no particular reason, but we just do. They gave him a nine point two.

Okay.

I just think you know, we're going back to Matt Edwards as well. You know there's twenty times that he was dispossessed or whatever it was. Matt Edwards was the reason for quite a few of those. Yes, And I thought it was interesting too, you know Avander was. I mean, he's playing as your traditional you know, attacking midfielder. He's getting involved. I mean in that part he did really well. Of course, he conversed the chances great. I mean, he

What did fot Mob give Matt Edwards?

By the way, fought Mob gave him.

Because Sofa's care went harsh and gave him a six point four.

Well, Fought Mob was much harsher eight wow. Okay, he was unfortunately the lowest rated Atlanta player. The lowest rated SENSI player was Powell for obvious.

Reason six point five here on SOFA score. But uh, Pedro Amador was rated lowest on SOFA score to six point three. The back line for Atlanta United, just for comparison's sake, Amadora six to three, Derek is six point six, Matt Edwards with the yellow card dropped to a six point four, which to me means that if he didn't have the yellow he'd probably be like a six six or a six seven, and Brooks Lennon a six point five. So the lowest on the back line was Amador according to SOFA score.

Uh pop mob, I mean, of course, like I said, Matt with the five point eight and Amador at a six point one, so he's pretty low. Then Williams at a six y five, Lennon at a six six, and then Brad Guzanne getting totally shafted with a six point two.

Six point eight on soface score. So Brad four saves on the day, one punch clear, two saves from inside the box, fifty two touches, fifty six percent passing twenty five to forty five, eight of twenty six on long balls, two clearances for Brad on the day that gave him six point eight for SOFA score in the rankings. But

Yeah?

I think so and so Saba staying on the right hand side.

Highest rated player according to SOFA score with a seven point six causing all kinds of havoc on the defensive left with Angele who once again in the color of your Own Adventure h foul calling and rule book Lucas Single got an early yellow and I was saying, okay, run at him, run at Lucas Single now now now now, now, literally, I'm like you know Mickey telling Rocky to go left handed in Rocky two, now, you know, And so Saba punches a seven point six active on the attacking right

Yeah, and that that was always going to be kind of one of the keys to this game, right like for both teams, like go after the inexperienced guys or the guys that are playing at a position or whatever. I mean, no, now, yeah, you have to Saba and the entire right side I think just was lights out. I thought they were really, really good. I mean, we've thought about Kayman Tokushi when he came on. He got screwed entirely on fop mob by the way, one percent he got a six point two. I'm not happy with

And we got the news yesterday that right now it looks like Tristan is out for three weeks with a sprain and a strain.

That's not the pair that you want when you're playing. You know, when you're playing.

As an athlete, you don't you don't want that kind of a you don't want that kind of a pair when you're playing athletic poker. That's not the kind of pair that you want, a sprain and a strain. So you're looking at three weeks, which once again presents opportunity.

Ah co host, Yeah, she's leaving, so she wanted to come say by you say bye.

There you go.

You got got some voice out of her today.

There you go.

Peace out girl, Scout but I mean it's so, so what what does what does the boss think? What does the co host think about what happened with Tristan being injured, out for three weeks and now creating more opportunities.

Say, that's not good for Tristan.

Okay, you know, well that's that well I think I think I got it. That's not good for Tristan out. I thought that's what I heard.

I think, you know, it's frustrating from Tristan's perspective because he's kind of been in a resurgent, you know, a couple of games. This has been an opportunity for him, and he's he's been really solid, I think, And I mean you saw it when it happened, right like he made the tackle and then he went to go get up, and he kind of got up like at a weird angle, and you just knew when you saw it, like, oh, you know, at first I thought was his ankle.

I thought so too, because I thought he reached for a different ankle than it was, like the left ankle and the right knee.

And I was like, okay, that's not a good combination.

Yeah, yep. And then but I think, and then when you're you're sitting here watching him get carted off. It's like, that's that's never a good sign. So, I mean it's frustrating. Thankfully, this team does have midfield depth, if they've got any depth for sure, And you know, I think you've got guys that are they're coming in and you're not missing a whole lot, Like they're bringing their strengths, but they're

Yeah, I mean, you look at what we've seen when Mattea's click has been healthy with bart and his relationship with Click, and Tristan embracing what Ronnie Dila wants him to do in those positions, Jay Fortune continuing to evolve. So I mean you're looking at that group right there and you're like, yeah, okay, at one hundred percent, I'm digging that group in the midfield and what Ronnie Dila wants them to do.

Yeah, because I think, yeah, I think one of the focuses this year coming into the season. You know, and Dala, I'm not saying that. Dallas stated this I'm kind of just based on everything we saw in the preseason, everything that we did talk to Dyala about, going back to the Chattanooga game, play the ball forward, stop playing the ball backwards. I think you're seeing maybe a little bit more of some of these more attack minded midfielders being told like, hey, take a few more risks, play the

So yes, I would stipulate to that. And by the way, a note from Mike Conti. We now know the man in the middle for the match against NYC on Saturday. We know that Kyle Atkins is your var and the man in the middle for the Pigeons and the Five Stripes. However, Philip Duyitch, yes, the man in the middle.

I hope we get another one.

Oh man, my favorite.

Oh that is just that that's out there. So Philip Duyach the man in the middle at Mercedes Bens on Saturday for Atlanta United and NYC, if you would please circut the promo for me. Let me know what else is going on at Scarves and Spikes and what you guys have going on.

Yeah, there, seven o'clock tonight, we'll do the live show. We'll be talking about the diala Derby that's coming up very nice, and we.

Will have.

Tyler Herron's opposite. Kendra des Saint Auban is going to be on with us. Okay, she'll be joining live from from taking her daughter to soccer practice like she did last year with us, which was a go. But yeah, no, it's a will have a good show and then I'm I'm actually not going to be there this weekend. I'll be, you know, keeping eye on the game, but I won't be at the Bens. But yeah, we'll just we'll be

Website, what's on it? Yes, what he said.

Yes, I will have another excused absence as well on Saturday because the Boss bought an anniversary present.

Huh that requires my presence.

Because if you buy an anniversary gift on only wanting shows up, that's not really good for him.

That's yeah, that tends to not work out so well.

So yes, so we are going to have a We're gonna have date night on Saturday for anniversary because this particular event was scheduled before the MLS schedule came out and so this is like non negotiable.

Here's where it is.

It's an anniversary president, So we're gonna we're gonna have that on Saturday. So I'll be, I will be I will be doing this as well, uh, you know, at the at the venue, kind of keeping an eye on things. As we go, but uh, as always my friend. It's always great to see you. Great to spend the midweek with you and all the variety of co hosts that you have at the studio to studio to Pilgrim.

Yeah, and coming to get her two cents.

Then, hey, nothing wrong with that.

I mean she knows that it was it was bad news with uh with Tristan. So no, it's a that's good. We get that kind of insight from the costa day Pilgrim. It's always good. Good to see my friend. Will catch up soon. You know, you can crash it any time.

Appreciate it.

Man, there he goes, and so that's a Tyler. Tyler's gonna go get hig and have his coffee. He's gonna go do his thing. And uh, he's probably gonna go racing out to the driveway and sit there and wave it folks on the way out.

You know. It's like, yeah, we're good to see you, thanks for coming into the studio. That's that's and I'm gonna, you know, do my thing.

So uh, Kesey's been in and once again Kefsey had an excellent point as well, involving youngins Oh oh okay, all right, so Tyler has done a public service and now he has shared the varsity kit. Oh oh see that is fantastic. That is fantastic. Go to atl Pilgrim on the two hundred and eighty character app. Oh good lord, it's a cream sickle kit. Well it's a frosted orange kid.

But no, that if they did that for a while, warm up Jersey.

Oh, they could charge like nine thousand dollars and people would get that. Oh that's fantastic. Oh my god, that's great. KEVC bringing in the point about everybody else that is also getting minutes. Also the point with kefs once again for the U twenties, Luke Brennan. Knowah Cobb, DCQ all getting minutes with the us U twenty national teams in the U eighteens as well, but yeah, DCQ getting minutes,

Uh.

Also the Chu Chu Darby in the Open Cup April second, Yes, Uh, the back and forth there we mentioned Chattanoogae f C. The fact that they're playing Red Wolves at Fort Finley in the next round of the Open Cup. As we mentioned with Kaylor Hodges yesterday, that will be an adventure an absolute adventure. Chattanooga FC, Chattanooga red Wolves, next round of Open Cup. You want to talk about dividing the section of the Southeastern United States, You get that divided, all right?

Our number two and it's.

Time to bring in our traditional hour number two person, Dylan Butler hanging out with us at MLS Soccer dot com. And Dylan is lighted. You've got lights on in your set? Sound I need to hear you.

Sorry, it's literally just the sun. It's just natural lighting.

Oh literally, Okay, I thought that.

You No, I didn't bring in the special No.

Okay, I didn't know if you had a key light or a fill or anything you had you had a key over there in the studio to the Butler.

But no, that's natural lighting.

Serial natural lighting.

Okay, well, now that you are naturally lighted, yeah, uh coming up, And I'm not gonna I'm not gonna. I'm not gonna waste any time.

All right.

It's gonna be a NYC coming down here to take on at Land United next time around, and and NYC away from a home and I guess I can include both venues since they've played at both Yankee Stadium and at other places not named Yankee Stadium this year for home matches. They score at home, but they don't score on the road. Is it just as easy as sitting there and saying, okay, it's a you know, it's roadies and things like that, and it's always tougher on the road.

What's going on? Do you think? Yeah?

No, I don't, I don't. I mean, look, they went to they went to Columbus right last week, and they were under pressure for so much of the game. So credit to them to get not only a point on the road, but also a clean sheet, which I think it was their first one in fifteen matches. So you know, not that I need to tell Atlanta folks about how how important clean sheets are because uh, because they've also obviously been conceding goals. But yeah, listen, I don't, you know.

Yeah, mm hmm.

But but it sounds like to just from from from you know, I don't know. I mean you you're you're, you're, you're uh ground floor of this. But I guess you know some mixed reactions to his Atlanta to start.

I guess, well, but and I think a lot of it has to do with the uh, the pressure of expectation. I think a lot of it has to do with that, where you're going, Okay, we know what you've done. We know that the front office has spent all of the all of the denaro that they have and bringing in all of this talent. You drop twenty two in Latte lot and he's tied for third and MLS and scoring. But then you have all of the other dps that you're spending money on, you bring them to tayas click.

Uh.

Literally, the way that I've phrased it is that Landy United went to d C and was like, well we got a pack of Marlborough Reds, we have some singers, and we've got some big league chew And the front office for DC was like, yeah, okay, because they were they were over the financial barrel and pretty much had to take the sofa pizza that was being offered by Landy United's front office to take Mataya's Click off their hands. And they're still responsible for all of that, or for

Yeah, I think they're in a better you know, even though there was the results haven't been what fans would want early on. I think, uh, I think you know, I think, you know, just a little bit of patience for for for for folks in Atlanta. I think, uh, you know, considering the the roster and the investment made and and you know, I liked we talked about this before. I've liked Ronnie dila As when he was a coach at n CFC. So you know, I think, uh, I think,

What is your best Ronnie Dla's story from his time up NYC to describe the kind of individual that he is and the kind of coach he is and what he demands from his players.

Yeah, you know, I'm gonna be fair with you.

Like.

So that was, uh, that was at the tail end of like of of where I would be like going regularly to the training and and and be out at their complex every week. But if you remember, like I went, that was right at the start of COVID. So I went to they had a pre season thing in the city, like a media day where I where I got to kind of hang out and talk with them. I thought

Yeah?

And then the world shut down. So after that it was everything was virtual. Everything was zooms. So you know, he was he was unfortunately and I felt so bad for him, right because he had just moved here. He was living uh, he and his wife and child, they were living over in UH. I think they weren't hoboken across the river. Uh, and he was he just wants He's like, I can't wait, It's gonna be great New York City and then everything shuts down. So so I

It's a little thing called a yes. So from your interactions virtual and otherwise, how was he different from the predecessors there and dealing with Domain and Jason Christ and Patrick Vieira, How was he different? And how long did it take everybody do you think up there in the tri State to get adjusted to what Ronnie who Ronnie is? How he wanted to present things and philosophically, what was the level of patience from what you could gather.

Well, I mean one thing I like, one thing you know I did like about him is his honesty. Like right away, he didn't pull punches with his players, you know, so if there was something he was upset about, or a certain player he was upset about a certain way they were playing, he called it out straight away, like it wasn't you know, he wasn't concerned about egos and situations.

Like you know he was.

He was.

You know, he.

Held everybody accountable for sure, so but also like you know, in a different way like he was. You know, they all had their own things like you know, Vieira was uh, you know, just like that kind of for lack of a better word, like that, you know, sophisticated, you know, European, like you know, just we went out to uh some French restaurant, I think in Manhattan after one of the seasons he had. He had some of the some of the reporters out and stuff, and uh yeah, it was

Do you have?

You can make this right? And and uh I like yeah, of course.

Yeah.

It's like we're gonna have that you guys are gonna try this, You're gonna like it, so you know, and then you hear the stories like when he left, you know, getting buying staff like you know, watches and things like that, Like just a different kind of guy, don't domein was the was you know, drinking wine and and and listening to jazz, going to jazz clubs in the city kind

And that was the phrase that popped into my head

I one hundred pent I agree. I agree with that.

How rare is that these days where you have a manager's coaches whatever, sit there and say, first and foremost out of the blocks, all right, it's Harry Truman buck stops here and it's on my desk, and if something's wrong, I'm going to openly sit here and say it starts with me, and that's where we got to look. You know, you don't see folks.

Yeah, you hear it, well, you do hear that phrase, but it's almost like a like a tongue in cheek way they say it, you know, like I think back to you know, maybe some like Caleb Porter talk where you know, he'll say, you know, I guess, I guess I've got to do better or you know where he's not like straight up saying yes, you know, the buck stops at me. It's like, uh, you know, so you hear a roundabout way of some managers or coaches saying that, yeah, I got I have to coach better, you know, like

Result driven business.

Yeah. Yeah, So that's a dollar in the jar if ever there was. I mean all the literally, if if you reference yourself in third person, it's a fiver. If a reporter does the how does it feel without acknowledging that you're doing that, you're asking how does it feel?

Question?

Out of the blocks, and you know, because I literally will sit there and say, I know it's a dollar in the jar by asking this, but how does it feel to do blank? So because I know instead or you know, talk to me about talk to me about this.

Well, no I don't want it. I'm just waiting for that.

Like Nick saban as a as a coach, I would have well, I would have wondered that one day well, coach talk to me about Well, no, I don't want it.

I'm just waiting for that.

That's phrased by the I never ever say, talk to me about. There's a good friend of mine is like a like a legend in high school sports broadcasting up here, my quick and that was, uh, he teaches broadcast journalism and that's like his biggest pet peeve, Like don't ever ask the question with talk to me about like just you just don't do it. So like when you say that, like it's like fingers on a chalkboard and hear.

Him it is.

It is When we look back at the week, that was how many more questions have been added to your dossier of questions so far? Are and has anything been reinforced coming out of the week, because oh, we haven't talked about we haven't talked about what happened in Montreal with what happened with Laurent Courtois. I went on a bit of a rant about it yesterday.

Was it in French?

I wish?

I mean, if there was a French translator available to us here.

At the network, I probably would have would have welcomed it.

But you look at what's going on with Courtois, and everybody I think is pointing their finger once again at Joey Saputo, who is turning into George Steinbrenner if he hadn't already been George Steinbrenner.

And when is he just gonna go ahead and take over?

Like well, I mean to coach, well, who's gonna want that gig?

Because of what we continually see out of c F Montreal and more specifically Joey Saputo about managers and things. It's like literally, when you win your twelfth match, that's when he grows tired of you and then you're gone. Who in their right mind is going to go and coach at CF Montreal that isn't already on the staff, that wasn't let go when Laurent Curtois was was let go to go oh and five out of the out of the blocks. Kefci, you are not wrong yet, KESI,

But who's gonna want that gig?

You're oh and five your first seven are on the road because you can't play at the Big O because the umbrella's busted and you'd either have to bring in grass or you'd have to play on that nineteen seventies Welcome Matt imported from Riverfront or three River Stadium, and it's you're on the road, you're oh and five, you run out of gas in the fifty something minute and you get thumped. You're oh and five, you get impatient, you fire your manager. Who wants that gig?

Who?

I don't know. But it's unfortunate because it's such a great city, right, it's one of my uh favorite road cities in MLS.

Great crowds. Dot Suputo traditionally a really tough place to play.

Yeah, yeah, you know, you you have that that kind of club partnership with Bologna and in Italy, so you know you can you can get some loans there the.

Yeah, so you figured that that cross relationship. That was the easy part with Bologna is like Okay, I'm gonna loan you to Bologna or I'm gonna grab somebody from Bologna. I mean, it's a multi club model.

I get it. Yeah, that's gonna be there.

But you're right, it's uh the owner of that.

How much ish are you willing to put up with as a coach, knowing at the end of the day, what you may want, you're not gonna have happened because of the folks looking over your shoulder.

The dude looking over your shoulder.

Yeah, I think ultimately it's it. It's the it's the it's the MLS assistant. I guess that wants to get head coaching, you know, get get take that next step into head coaching. I suppose maybe or you know a guy that coaches youth or or academy or decon division like somewhere else that wants to. But you're right.

You know you had Tierryan Reed, you had Wilfred Nazi, and you scared both of them.

Well, you didn't scare them away.

You basically they basically were just like, yeah, I'm out, fam, I ain't playing with this. And it's just I mean, to your point, it's gonna have to be someone who is gonna sit there and see the opportunity for what it is, look at the brass ring and go, yeah, I need to I want to. I want a head coaching gig on my resume. I can put up with all the ish. So you're gonna have to have a strong personality going in, and you're gonna have to win

Oh gosh, who's the other one?

Uh? Hang on, but I but what I said was I said, if if c F Montreal wins either of those two matchups, then I will drink diet doctor. I will drink diet mountain dew.

On the air, it's Columbus.

Is the other one? Columbus? Thank you?

So it's Chicago and Columbus. If you get full points in either one of those matches to avoid going your first seven without a win, I will drink diet mountain dew in the air, and people know how repulsed I am at diet mountain dew.

I mean, considering the clubs there, I think you're in good shape.

Well from your lips. I mean, it's just you know, from your lips to on high. But it's just and you probably could barring something unforeseen. You know, when you get that run of home matches, when you're back in your building because of the snowfall that is finally being pushed off to the side and maybe dumped inside the big o' because nothing else can go on in there, you're you're right in the season off. I would think after the first seven matches, I would say, wouldn't you

I know, I mean it's a good argument. Again. You know, whenever there's teams that are trying to climb up from the bottom, I always try to ask the follow up question, which is and who's dropping down? And you're you're you're not seeing that you're seeing improvement from from teams that have been around that same area. Chicago has made improvements this year. Charlotte appears to be taking that next step forward as well, right into into probably the upper tier

Oh well, and then I mean Toronto since since we're talking about since we're talking about Canada, I think Van Vancouver to me is the stunner of the three where and for the good reason that they came out of the blocks. You dispose of Vanny Sartini, which to me was a shock. And I think Vanny's I think, just chilling right now staring at the boats going up and

Yes, he certainly is, and it's through no fault of his own, just it's it's the cards that he was dealt right, like it was, you know, here's you know, they were so top heavy on their offster with you know, multiple year deals that Yeah, it's you know, it's hard to kind of climb out of that. Yeah.

Yeah, it's just.

That you look at it and you're going, man, you've got all this, you have some talent here, there's some firepower, but it's like, I don't know, it's like make trying to make a dagwood sandwich with everything that you've got in the fridge that you're trying to make sure that you use before the expiration dates all sit there and unify on you, and you sit there and you have the sandwich, and you take the first bite of the dagwood and you're like, what did I do here? That's

Coming out of the week, well, New England didn't play, so they didn't lose.

True, And uh, the the NWSL franchise has a new name, by the way, that came out this morning.

I didn't see that.

What is Boston Legacy FC.

The Legacy o FC.

Of course, Boston.

Legacy FC, so that they are no longer a Boston Nation they are now a Boston Legacy Okay, And uh, I mean, San Jose, we kind of knew what we were getting. I think you're gonna score a lot up You're going to score a lot of goals, or you're going to give up a lot of goals. We've seen both sides of that so far with Bruce Arena.

It seems like that shine maybe came off them a little bit right it it came out, it was like it was early and people were like, hang on, you know, like who have they played.

And what do they do on the road.

Yeah, and now it's a little bit more back to reality, it seems like.

For them, Yes, just a bit.

But no, I think that if you're for fantasy, I think you go for their offensive players and you don't.

Touch their defensive player. I think that's the big thing here. Yeah.

Uh what else is going on with you and MLS Soccer dot Com and bylines and things that we all need to know about.

Yeah, no, more of the same for for MLS. You know, we're gonna have uh CCC coming up right around.

The corner Conka caf Hemispheric Extravaganza.

Yes, so that'll probably Actually I think I'm not on for those, which is a positive because I think they're like super late starts.

Okay in the week. I'm right there with you, okay.

So and actually it was funny. I was telling my wife, this is not involving anything of significance here, but well.

This is the morning show so you're all good.

Yeah. So, as you know, I'm a big Rangers fan and has not been a good season for them. So they played last night in La right ten thirty eastern start. So I'm driving home. I had my first lacrosse broadcast of the year of the of the spring last night and Hassett and Shore them waiting River. So I'm driving home listening to the first period of the game. And I get home and like, my wife's a big Islander fan. She'll stay up for those West Coast games.

About that.

Not yeah that well, you know, not me though. I just I'm like, all right, time for bed, So wake up this morning. I'm like, oh, let's see how they did. They lost three to one, and it's almost like you're like, oh, thank god, I didn't see that, right, Like I'm happy I missed that one. Like, you know, I got to sleep, which was good.

Well, as always, my friend, it's great to see you, and do not be a stranger.

Come back it.

You know, we be back next time and we'll talk. Well, I want to talk Sam Rosan. I want to have a Sam Rosan discuss. At some point we got to We've got to talk about the greatest so yes, uh with with you and we'll discuss stuff about great play by play voices. So my friend, you know, you can crash it anytime. It's great to see you, and uh go get hydrated and enjoy your natural lighting there in the studio space. Yeah, cheers, all right, see you know

Gotta get into that. We'll get into Patino too. Enjoy your caffeine.

We'll see you soon, all right, say it, all right, that's a tag out all right now. In the in the beez, we always talk about the hot tag. You know, there's always the face in peril that's getting beaten up in the corner and he finds a way to sit there and duck under all of the right hands and he finally gets the summersault and he makes the big dive and he gets the tag, and you get the fresh face, you get the fresh energy coming in rock and roll. Express used to have that a lot. So

I can't even.

Remember the last time that I was on the show with you, but I'm glad to be here. I'm pumped to talk some soccer and I'm pumped to come back to the atl and too.

The Bens no doubt about it. So, like I said, it has been entirely too long. And what we what I have told the powers that are with the with the league, it's like, look, anybody that we invite in, they now have that studio link. So if they're bored in a hotel room Friday, because literally from Friday, our ten o'clock hour on Friday is mass hysteria where we preview everything. And so literally now that you have the

I love it, and I'll tell you what.

You must be reading my mind or at least you've been talking to too many MLS season past people, because getting bored Friday in the hotel room is that is way way too.

Much of an occurrence recently.

But no, I love it, and I certainly am going to take you up on that because I love just being able to pop in on these sorts of shows and really dig your show. And yeah, I'm certainly going to take you up on it.

Excellent sir, We thank you for that.

All right, So what since this is your first time here this season, let me go and we'll talk the GBU, the good, the bad, and the ugly and the different. So what so far for you in this season classifies itself as the good, the bad, the ugly. And I was talking with Dylan Butler from a soccer dot com and the ugly already is in Montreal and the difference. So take the gb UD and address if you would please, sir, what is sticking in your mind after the first month of match days.

So the good I mean, I think that you immediately gravitate towards one team in the East, one team in the West. That's Bradley Carnell in the Philadelphia Union. I don't think anybody really thought much of this group and sort of what he was going to be able to do with him. But if we know two things about Bradley Carnell is going to bring a lot of energy and he's able to operate on a tight budget, and that's what you need in order to succeed in Philadelphia.

So those are the two good. The bad, I.

Would say is a team like Toronto. I would say a team like I don't know the Portland Timbers, even though they just picked up a win over the weekend, and sort of trying to figure out exactly what they are. And then, as you mentioned, the ugly, I think two Canadian sides cea of Montreal and then Toronto as well. I saw Toronto on the road against de f C Cincinnati that was one of the worst Major League OCRA sides I've seen rolled out in a long long time.

I think you, like I said, you get to twelve wins, no matter how many matches it takes to get you to twelve wins. That seems to be the marker for Joey Saputo, which is MLS's version of Watford. Literally, that's what popped into my head. It's like, you're Watford. I get it now, and you used to be Wolves, but it's Watford. Yeah, And it's just it's mind blowing to me because it is it's a great city, it's it's

Who's going to take that gig get to.

I mean, look, you had Wilford Nanci and you had Tierry on, you had them as managers.

Now you just who's gonna take that game. But to be fair, to be fair, Tierrianrie left because of personal reasons. Said it was during COVID and a strange time in the world, and we're not gonna fault him for that. And I will for Nanci certainly saw the writing on the wall that's painted with Joey Saputo, you know whatever on it. And he ends up taking a great job in Columbus and has the backing and the resources, and that's a huge step up, even though it's in our

Literally, you look at Montreal sadly and you go bruh, Literally that is the is the poster child of BRUH Right now, when you're looking at what's going on, uh all right. Part of the reason that we have you here is to discuss what's going on with Atlanda United since we are based here. Even though we are you know, we look at ourselves as a national content. But when you look at Atlanta United, the investment, this is Garth's

I'm still trying to figure it out. I mean like when I when I saw the headlines coming across and everything like that, I sort of was like, okay, Like I don't want to say this makes sense, but you're putting some good pieces and success, some successful pieces in Major League soccer into place for what should be a banner year for Atlanta United or or you know, at

Add latte a lot coming in from Middlesbrough for twenty plus. You add that to the mix where you have an Alexi Mirunchuk, you've got Saboo Jenize, you bring in a mateas Click, and like I said, I made the joke earlier in the show that basically you go to d C United and it's like I got a pack of Marlborough Reds zingers in a packet of Big League chew and DC's like okay, you know, and that's what you end up and they still have to pay most of Mattea's Click's work.

Uh, you're getting a.

Lot of pieces assembled once again, mixing with what you got from the academy and all of the younger players that are here, and they're hitting on some pieces and I think that there's a lot of intrigue about Okay, how long is it going to take for all this stuff when healthy to get together and then what's it going to look like?

In the anticipation there is obviously huge.

It's huge, and I think that the probably the frustrating thing for Atlanta United fans is going to be there's no there's no date on this on when it's going to come good and if it's going to come good. I don't think that it's an if. I do think it's a when. And kinder d St Auburn and I, my broadcast partner, having this conversation in the middle of the Sporting Kansas City LAFC game. Because Sporting obviously are off to a bad start, I would throw them into

He said it, he said it.

I didn't. I'm just I'm just sticking with triple G here. But it's just like it, what what a frustrating you know two weeks because it's because we have no idea what the player availability is going to be for those guys who are coming from com the boll who are coming from all over the place AFCN, and it's at Afcon two weeks without some of your best players and getting punished for having international like just miss me with that whole thing.

I'm sorry, but it's just it's tired. Well.

And to your point about Miguel al Marone, there's always the self imposed pressure of returning and being the idea of the prodigal Sun, where he's someone who is as loved and as admired as he was in round number one. He goes to Newcastle, has all the success, wants to come back, and there's always that pressure on the inside about okay, I'm back.

I've got to I have to perform, I have to produce here.

And I think that to your point about playing on turf as part of it as well, but I think that just that self imposed pressure that the rail as sociodads have as well, try to keep that goal difference up. I'm sure that the pressure is there and it gives him a you know, his own little bit of odditive that he's got a work pass.

I couldn't agree more And and I don't know if that's necessarily an excuse, but more so just a reality. And I think for Miggy, you know, he left in such a strange time in terms of like the transition of Major League soccer, and like he's been gone for what four or five years, Like major League soccer has evolved into another era since he's left. So I think that getting maybe getting used to a slightly higher level

I really do.

I just have this vision now of him with the top hat sitting there and he's a wand over the top and he tops the hat. You know, to your point about Sporting Kansas City, how does you know? And I've had this conversation on the show before, where how does Peter Vermes have a conversation with Peter Vermes about Peter Urmes?

You know?

Is is it in a room with two chairs, kind of like Judge Smails and Danny Noonan where he's in both roles. Yeah, it's it's it's something along those lines.

Peter, Peter, Peter, we need to have a talk what about Yeah, Peter, we need to have a talk about you. And he just runs from one seat to the other to have the conversation. That's the only thing I can figure.

Well, there's one more voice in the room now, and that is Mike Burns, who theoretically is the sporting director. I'm not exactly sure what the hierarchy looks like. Of like if Mike technically answers to Peter, if they're on the same playing field and they both answer to the ownership group, I have no earthly idea.

I went behind the bar.

Basically, it's like, yeah, I have a talk with you, and it's like dodge, let's do yeah over here.

What I do know is that they haven't won since mid September. What I do know is that Children's Mercy Park is not nearly as full as it should be. What I do know is that there's groans from the crowd when they are running through the same pattern of play over and over and over again and not be able to break down back lines. What I do know is that this group should be playing better. And I'm not just saying because of the money that they invested in.

It's it's a delicate.

Manner if you are going to move on from him, because he has been Sporting Kansas City for so long.

He is the minister of kwan at Sporting Kansas City. All right, So I'll ask Trent Alexander Arnold to Real Madrid.

What's your gut?

Oh he's gone? What do you what do you think now that he is out the door? And uh Arnest Arnest Lutts has proven that he's okay, he's alight in the Premier League. But losing Trent Alexander Arnold, what is that? What does that do to your starting eleven per se? Or are you just going to throw more money at a problem bring somebody in.

No, I think that you start Connor Bradley.

You obviously need some death because Joe Gomez can't stay healthy for the life of him. And as long as we don't lose Verge. I'm even okay, okay losing Mo at this point in time, and I think not okay with it. I've I've come to terms with it. I've sat with it, I've meditated on it, you get it. I've cried over it, Yeah, I've. I've I've the loss of Mohammed sala already in my head, sort of like Roman from Succession. I think that I've pre grieved, but like I'm probably gonna be a mess on the day

How underrated is Selman keller Her between the sticks? Underrated?

But like I was arguing with somebody on serious six M the other day, they were like, Kellerher should be the starter for the rest of the season. I was like, don't for a second think that Allison isn't the best goalkeeper in the world. They just happen to have the best number two who would start on two thirds of Premier League teams.

Yeah. Yeah, And so I think that.

When you're on a team that is as great as the run that Liverpool is having right now, you're gonna have those dudes that when you're you got to step up because once again the expectations there and the novel the four knowledge is there that we know you're good.

I know we're up against it with you. Hit the promo for me. What's going on on your planet with you?

And by the way, Kendra d Saint Alban, that's all one word last time I checked, right, yes, the whole thing. Yes, it's not just Kendra or Kendra beat d St.

Alban. Literally it is one, yes, exactly.

Hit the promo for me, what's going on obviously on the call for Atlanta and NYCFC this weekend, I'm gonna be with kendry D Saint Auban God, bless you, thank you very much becausez intit and we will be on MLS Season pass. Uh.

I've got Cocka Cap Champions Cup coming up with Fox Sports one second week of April, doing second leg of Materrey against krus Asoul and or not not Krussool? God?

Who am I thinking of? Is it cru as well?

I don't know right, it's up right hand section of the bracket, right, sure, something like that. Yeah, I've got two weeks. I got two weeks to be able to prep for that. It'll it'll, it'll come to me at some point. My brain is still mushed with first round of US Open Cup action and those one camera shows for Portland Hearts of Pine and such. But no, you can find me at TA and Terrans on Twitter and Instagram. I don't post all that much, but if you want to go do it, go ahead.

By all means. It's probably gonna be dog content at.

This point in time, well, dog content and monopoly content on the IG the grammar of the insta or whatever the kids call it these days, but it's a Klubamedica and cruise us SOLDI.

There you go, ye, there you go in the quarters. Yeah. But anyway, Yeah, it's been awesome. John. I appreciate you.

I appreciate the show, and I am most certainly when I'm bored Friday night, maybe maybe this Friday, and when I'm in Atlanta because my one friend who I was supposed to hang out with he bailed on me to go to a wedding to.

Believe that selfish Was it his own or is it someone else.

Somebody he doesn't even care about? And he's just like, I'm going to go to this wedding. And I was like, all right, I guess I'll just hop on John Show.

Again on Friday. Hey, that's what we're here for. Uh so we need to So then we need to get you eating recommendations. I guess yes. Please. Hey, look look I have I have.

Listened and seen the broadcasts where you have gotten into discussions about food.

So I know that food is a major topic for you. Yeah, what you've heard me talk about ice cream nachos before? Is that what you've heard me talking about?

Well?

And then there's also did you hear about the s'mores nachos and Huntsville No, Huntsville City is unveiling I think twelve hundred calories worth of s'mores nachos this season in MLS Next Pro. I swear to god, it looked like one of those hot dog eating competitions where you get the sixth the six foot long hot.

Dog and you've got to eat it.

Yeah, and uh, you know, Kobeyashi and Joey Chestern are like na fam not happening. And so in Huntsville, No Lie, Huntsville City Football Club and MLS Next Pro has s'mores on nachos.

I'm frightened interesting one or the other. I'm cool together not so much, But are you are? Have you had ice cream nachos or how do you feel about that?

I can?

I can have one of the but not both. See I had the ice cream nachos. And apparently, apparently because I only got to Chicago in twenty twenty when they moved from Sea Geek to Soldier Field, supposedly, the ice cream nachos at Soldier Field are far inferior to those at Sea Geek Stadium. I've never had the ones at Seakeeke Stadium before. But I'm like, it's ice cream nachos. You take a bunch of salty tortilla chips and you throw an ice cream Sunday on top of it. How

No no no no no no no no no.

See, that's you're gonna get in trouble with stuff like that. I would never say something like that ever, because I people, people know where I live here, people know where I live here, and I can't I can't just say you can go get it in Steak and Shake. I am pro Skyline Chili. The only time that I've had it and that I enjoyed it was after a few beverages at a Cincinnati Bengals game, watching Joe Burrow and Jamar Chase link up for like three touchdowns. I think that

I mean Skyline chili and some Hutie Delight and you know, or maybe go to the Sunset Beach Club off of the UC campus and modulate.

I don't know, and meditate on Mohammed Salah potentially leaving Liverpool.

Correct. Yes, the belly full of Skyline chili.

Man, that's just like nine thousand calories staring right at me, and I would have to actually go out onto.

You see, my playing days are long gone.

I'm good at standing on sidelines and ranting and gesticulating and looking like I'm actually saying something of impact.

Are you ranting or you yelling or is that a nice way of saying that you're you're barking at officials or barking at people who you enjoy watching play.

Yeah, And there's no real rationale behind it. It's just you know, I'm cutting I'm cutting a heel promo basically on the side. You're sitting here and just like doing this kind of bit and the center reflix A mean is like bruh bang you know, shut.

Up, you know one of those kind of things. I see.

That's that's how I would be in a situation like that. I could, I could have the skyline, but you'd have to have the Hugy Delight or the whatever, and you know, work at that. Well, like I feel like I need to plan my whole week around the skyland, like the following like thirty two to forty eight hours after I

When you give off a family like patriarchal vibe, you just seem like the guy at the head of the Thanksgiving table who's gonna make a nice toast before we all dig in. You're a middler, as Larry David would say, You're somebody could sit in the middle of the table and chat with everybody.

No, this like an I am a Sternum poker if ever there was. Oh boy, I'm literally the guy that goes like this. Yeah, and just because that could be a good thing, I'm not. I'm not going fat head and it's here on the set. Doesn't mean that I'm the that I'm a middler. But I'm not saying you're like Ted Lasso Hunky Dori and everything's filled with rainbow and butterflies. I'm not saying you're that guy. But you bring a lot, You're you're a glue guy in the

I'm the glue guy in the locker room that encourages chaos. Yes, sometimes you need that guy. What what well? What happened? I don't know. They just they went off on a rant. I don't know what happened.

I was just there.

They started talking. I let them go. That's just how it was.

Yeah, And then the coach asked you, hey, hey, John, can you can you reel them back in now? Like, I know you did your whole bit, but can you can you bring them back to the planet.

No? No, No, it's like they're on their own boss. You know, I tried my best and they they went off and they're running. I mean, that's just how it goes, all right, So you need what probably barbecue recommendations.

Sure, uh whatever, whatever you think that I should be going to eat on a Friday night in Atlanta, just give it to me.

Yeah. Well, then we got to work on that. So okay, tell you what if you come in and crash on on the Friday morning in the ten o'clock hour, we'll go over this. So you've given the audience a couple of days to think about it. Deal, so you come back in in the ten o'clock hour. Who whatever else chaos is there, will go over all the other matches. We'll talk at Landy and night, and we'll talk about food choices and how much time you have on the table.

Look, nothing nothing heavy, nothing heavy the day of the game. We can't be doing that, John, you know, and you know why, yes I do. Even though even though the bathroom in the booth of the Benz is right is right in the booth, we just can't. We can't be having those sorts of problems if it's the Houston Dynamo at Shell Energy Stadium. Pal Okay, now we're talking. That's a wholes of a different color hell. There's a reason we call it a hell and a shell. Sir, Oh

I apologize this whole family show thing that you're talking about. I know not of what you speak sir. By the way, we have an intruder. My dog has decided, oh he's not getting enough. Intention all, we see an open door, and yes, there you go, there's John. This is not a family show. No, I don't know who misled me on that well. And also, by the way, here underneath the left hand table is the rowdy man, and he's in charge, and he is owt he is out interesting.

All good hosts have a healthy, if not debilitating version of Addabilitating is probably the worst. By the way, what is what am I seeing in the chat? Because because I think I might be headed to the airport to the ten o'clock so bomb biscuits on Highland and Fred's Dylan Butler. See, okay, you're gonna have to stop right there with the chetik notts. It's cheese steak, Fox Brothers barbecue. But I can give you other barbecue.

David.

David is giving you Fox Brothers barbecue. Can give you another couple of barbecue joints that can add. But it depends on your uber range and your travel, So that is, are you renting a car or are.

You uber now ubering? And I don't really like to go further than like ten or fifteen minutes.

I don't. I don't know why. I just like it's just the rule that I have with the hotel.

By the way, why are we recommended cheese stakes in a city other than Philadelphia Because I grew up in Jersey, my dad went to my dad went to a college and in Pennsylvania, in Philly, and like I'm a I'm a true cheese steak kind of guy.

Okay, don't say it, don't be like this is different, don't do it.

No, but we do hear in town have Woodies, which is from Philly. Woodies is a Philadelphia based, an origined cheese steak joint.

At launch, though you.

And I both know that those things don't travel. Just because the place in Cincinnati says New York Bagels, it ain't New York Bagels. And that's I'll tell you what. There's anything that I'm struggling with living in Cincinnati, it's it's the pizza and bagels.

I can't.

I can't do it, and then their best deli with their sandwiches. It's just not I can't. I can't do it. John, I'm from Jersey originally. I just need to go back where the water is pure and where and by pure I mean like what.

I was gonna say pure.

Well, I'll tell you no, but the water in New York is actually the cleanest water in the United States.

Did you know that? I was not aware of this. It comes there's the longest tunnel. Listen to this.

The longest tunnel on planet Earth is actually the pipeline that they have running from the Catskill Mountains ah running down into New York City. So it's really just one off water and it's fantastic. But anyway, Okay, so aggressing I.

Would recommend so Fox Brothers, I would say, is a part of the discussion. Fat Mats for barbecue. Okay, so fat Matt's Ribshack. Go hungry for both of those. But yeah, we can definitely get you oriented when it comes to food. And so Friday would have to be the heavier meal of the two. Saturday would have to be something brunchy, probably Martins for breakfast.

Or somewhere in there.

So okay, so we've got forty eight hours to think about it or forty fine, we'll be fine. We'll figure it out. So if you're crashing on Friday once again, that'll be the main topic. Where does the man eat?

Deal?

And so go, spend time with Go, spend time with Nala, and definitely keep an eye on things. Great to see my friend. Don't be a stranger, and we'll see you whenever you crash, and if it happens to be in forty seven hours, so.

Be it all right. Appreciate you, John, great family shown.

Yes, I look, get out Tyler. Terren's putting up with the nonsense here in the morning show. And uh so, now here's what I think.

I think. I think that Nala opened the door.

If you noticed, Tyler was in his studio space, he was in the he was in the studio to Tyler, and then all of a sudden, you see the door open. Nala has a fantastic sense of when it's time to go out, time to go your guest spot was only supposed to be twenty minutes. We went sideways with it. You were there, you're sitting there, You're over time. You went through the first ot period, the first fifteen minutes. It's time for the coaches to to recongregate after the

Literally she's like this, it's Nala time out. We gotta go.

Literally, that is how I perceive what happened at the Costa de Tyler in the studio to Tyler, so you now have forty seven hours to figure out where Tyler is going to eat, what he's going to eat. Give him as many suggestions as humanly possible. Oh oh, Frisbee time. I was not aware of this, and Tyler's in the DM chat he says, frisbee time. Okay, now I get it. Go spend go, spend time with knowledge, Go go, go Frisbee,

And yeah, so you know Fred's cheese steak.

Like I said, I would go Woodies if you're gonna go cheese steak because it is actually Philly cheese from Philly. So that's where we are. But yeah, we went off the rails in no shock. But it's good to have Tyler Beck as a part of the the cadre of folks that can come and crash it at any time. All right, So now gossip, brumerd and you Windo what to do? Athletico Madrid interested in signing Christian Romero from Spurs. Everton set to begin talks with Jared Branthwaite over a

That's your Thursday.

So once again you've got less than two days to figure out what Tyler is going to do for eating and that'll be fun to carry all of that stuff through. So once again, thanks to Tyler for dropping back in and being a stranger when it comes to anything and everything going on here on the Morning Show. Thanks to all of you folks. I'm trying to see if there's

So let's see.

There's Shooters, rant, there's KEVC. Yep, we mentioned Boston Legacy FC, so we'll see what happens once again, Shooter going off on rants and the CF Montreal dismissal. We had a thrasher's reference from Derek. You did remind me of Bob Hartley, Bob Artley, Bob Artley getting dismissed after first and full of matches. Listening to him talking was like listening to Boom Boom. Jeff Frown was so awesome. Love Bob Hartley.

Yes, Crog Street. Definitely go to crog for a Fred's Chief.

Let's see Cuban, Murphy's and Virginia Highlands up and down.

The Martl line. So there you go.

But I think Uber would also work there as well. Okay, so that's the suggestions for Tyler Terrence as he comes into town here. Coming up in two days time, kender d s Nobin is going to be joining our buddies at Scarves and Spikes thanks to the show brought to us by the letters Tyler Tyler Pilgrim or in our number one Dylan Butler Tyler Terrence.

As we went off the rails in hour number two.

Once again tomorrow Marshall Island's on the Power Hour with you Know and Nico back once again at noon to talk about everything in the High School Game.

That's a show. Catch your breath.

We'll be back in a little bit to discuss what's going on here region play Fast and Furious in the.

High School Game and the GHSA.

So once again, thanks to the Tyler's, thanks to Dylan, and thanks to you for being a part of the morning show here in this DH played safe everybody. Since it's the end of the show. That means I get to do this back at it in about forty five minutes. See you here in a bit