WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:02.680 All right, all right, so now it is time for 2 00:00:03.640 --> 00:00:06.799 BWP to drop by. And thanks, first off for coming 3 00:00:06.839 --> 00:00:08.560 in on a Friday. I know that you're getting prepped 4 00:00:08.599 --> 00:00:10.880 for everything. What I what I wanted to do here 5 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:13.759 on SDHAM other than welcome you properly and give you 6 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:17.480 golden ticket status blocked, So to come in on any 7 00:00:17.519 --> 00:00:20.519 Friday from ten until whenever, because this is traditionally the 8 00:00:20.559 --> 00:00:23.039 hour of chaos where folks can come in and crash 9 00:00:23.120 --> 00:00:24.760 and say their piece two minutes, string minutes and they 10 00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:28.359 can go I like that. So Parky kind of took 11 00:00:28.399 --> 00:00:31.679 one of my questions, okay about you know no, but no, 12 00:00:31.800 --> 00:00:34.079 it's all good. That's what we're here for. So what's 13 00:00:34.119 --> 00:00:37.560 it like for you sitting at the table and doing 14 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:39.759 the gig that you've got now where you get to 15 00:00:39.759 --> 00:00:42.759 put up with our buddy Kevin Egan on First of all. 16 00:00:42.719 --> 00:00:46.240 Kevin or a guy I'll show three sixty. You need 17 00:00:46.280 --> 00:00:49.479 to have energy, you need a good host, and keV 18 00:00:49.640 --> 00:00:52.200 is you know, perfect. He's the perfect person for it 19 00:00:52.200 --> 00:00:54.479 because he doesn't take a moment off, does the research, 20 00:00:54.479 --> 00:00:57.640 does these homework. He's enthusiastic. I sit right next to him, 21 00:00:57.640 --> 00:00:59.719 so that energy just just fools onto me. You know, 22 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:01.600 I'm tired of moody. I want to be a bit 23 00:01:01.799 --> 00:01:03.840 you know, just relaxing. Care it's just like punching me. 24 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:05.120 You know, he's amazing. 25 00:01:05.159 --> 00:01:05.560 What a guy. 26 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:09.400 Yeah, but it's very different obviously being an analyst now 27 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:11.560 and being in the studio, because I was the guy 28 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:14.480 on the pitch, you know, trying to ignore these headlines, 29 00:01:14.519 --> 00:01:16.959 trying to ignore the media and what they thought, you know, 30 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:19.840 trying to get my head down this. The transition was tough. 31 00:01:20.200 --> 00:01:22.719 I found it hard talking about players. I knew, you don't, 32 00:01:22.799 --> 00:01:24.319 you know, you have to you have to get over 33 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:27.480 that because you don't want to offend anyone. But I 34 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:29.159 got some advice from my dad and it was just, 35 00:01:29.200 --> 00:01:32.439 you know, anything you would say to someone's face, then 36 00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:34.000 you can you can say it on TV, you know. 37 00:01:34.079 --> 00:01:37.040 And that stuck with me. And now I find it 38 00:01:37.079 --> 00:01:39.840 easier to talk. I find it easier being myself. And 39 00:01:39.879 --> 00:01:41.680 that's that's like it's obviously to the staff and then 40 00:01:41.719 --> 00:01:41.959 the crew. 41 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:44.000 I have with me two big topics that I do 42 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:46.400 want to borrow you on here this morning over the 43 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:49.159 next fifteen minutes. Basically the good, the bad, and the ugly. 44 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:50.920 Here at the quarter pole, and I do want to 45 00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:53.599 ask specifically about what you think about it, Landy, and iighted, 46 00:01:54.200 --> 00:01:56.079 what direction do you want to go? First? 47 00:01:56.760 --> 00:01:57.719 Good, the bad and the ugly? 48 00:01:57.799 --> 00:01:59.359 All right, so good, the bad, and the ugly at 49 00:01:59.400 --> 00:02:01.079 the quarter pole? Well, who's the good? 50 00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:06.400 The good are Vancouver obviously, m Yeah, Vancouver have been brilliant. 51 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:08.879 Sorroson has done a great job. Even if you watched 52 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:11.759 them last night in the CONKAKF Champions Cup. This is 53 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:15.280 not luck. This is a well coached team with very 54 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:18.159 good players that you know us in this league because 55 00:02:18.159 --> 00:02:21.319 they're not superstars and you know they weren't playing at 56 00:02:21.319 --> 00:02:22.280 big clubs abroad. 57 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:23.120 We almost don't. 58 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:25.360 Want to give these Brian White's and Ryan Golds and 59 00:02:26.240 --> 00:02:31.479 these players, Takahoka the keeper, Vesselinovich blackman. These guys are 60 00:02:31.520 --> 00:02:34.000 stars right now this season they are stars, and depending 61 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:36.560 how this season goes, they they should be recognized as that. 62 00:02:37.479 --> 00:02:40.840 All right. So that's good in the Western Conference, good 63 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:45.159 in the Eastern Conference. Outside of Messi and friends, I have. 64 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:48.120 To say I'm torn between three teams. 65 00:02:48.319 --> 00:02:51.879 Obviously, the three teams, but because I think Columbus, you know, 66 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:53.919 this is a team I love dearly. I only spent 67 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:55.759 a year in Columbus, but the way they treat me there, 68 00:02:55.800 --> 00:02:57.719 the football they played, it's just a great place to 69 00:02:57.719 --> 00:03:00.479 play football. And wilfriend Nanty's gone in there to Caleb 70 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:03.159 and done a great job. I just think I thought 71 00:03:03.159 --> 00:03:04.759 at the beginning of the season they would struggle a bit. 72 00:03:04.800 --> 00:03:08.240 No Coucha, you know, they lose Ramirez, that was a 73 00:03:08.240 --> 00:03:09.719 player that could come off the bench or start and 74 00:03:09.759 --> 00:03:12.080 get you goals. And I thought maybe this, you know, 75 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:14.000 maybe that last little bit that xract is going to 76 00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:16.159 be tough. But they're still up there. You know, they're 77 00:03:16.199 --> 00:03:18.240 still up there. They're still coach world. Wilfrid nunc is 78 00:03:18.240 --> 00:03:20.240 a very good coach, so I have to put him in. 79 00:03:20.280 --> 00:03:21.840 I think that's a very good season start to this 80 00:03:21.879 --> 00:03:24.719 season for him. Then Cincinnati, you know, looking at them, 81 00:03:24.759 --> 00:03:28.000 they haven't blown me away with performances. But again it's 82 00:03:28.039 --> 00:03:30.879 a team that's built on some real like defensive foundations. 83 00:03:31.080 --> 00:03:35.080 They work for each other, real team, real team like 84 00:03:35.599 --> 00:03:39.400 efic around that squad. They're getting players back now. Vanderser 85 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:44.199 is a he's a very very top player, top top player. Yeah, 86 00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:46.599 they're getting him going and with players to come back 87 00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:48.599 I just think they just get stronger and stronger. And 88 00:03:48.680 --> 00:03:50.919 then Charlotte, because Charlotte, if you ask me, I'm not 89 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:52.759 you know this early in the season. I know it's 90 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:55.240 what ten games coming up now, I'm not putting them. 91 00:03:55.360 --> 00:03:57.159 You know, where are they're in the league now? Second? 92 00:03:57.639 --> 00:04:01.719 Yeah, I mean they're they're right there part of that gaggle. 93 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:05.000 Yeah, yeah, yeah. So credit to Dean Smith and the boys. 94 00:04:05.039 --> 00:04:07.120 They still got to get Wilfrid Dhago. Imagine when he 95 00:04:07.199 --> 00:04:10.120 starts playing really well. Again, you're looking at a strong team. 96 00:04:10.479 --> 00:04:11.520 So I'd say that's the good in the. 97 00:04:11.560 --> 00:04:14.159 East, all right, So bad East or West, take your pick. 98 00:04:16.279 --> 00:04:19.120 I'll go I'll go West first. 99 00:04:19.240 --> 00:04:24.680 Okay, I have to throw the Galaxy in there, because 100 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:28.120 they are the Galaxy, probably the biggest team, you know, 101 00:04:28.199 --> 00:04:30.319 the most famous team in the MLS, and when you 102 00:04:30.360 --> 00:04:33.360 see them in the deposition they are it's got to 103 00:04:33.399 --> 00:04:35.920 be tough for Great Valley. Obviously they've had their issues, 104 00:04:35.959 --> 00:04:39.240 but yeah, I gotta throw that in. Bad the West 105 00:04:39.279 --> 00:04:42.560 as world is. I'll just leave it with that. Actually, 106 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:45.319 bad in the East and this ain't the worst. And 107 00:04:45.519 --> 00:04:48.439 I'm with you guys, now, this is more because you 108 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:53.040 know the frustration when I want to say Atlanta, because yeah, 109 00:04:53.079 --> 00:04:55.639 when you spend the money you did, especially on the attack. 110 00:04:56.800 --> 00:04:59.240 Me as an avid football fan, I was excited to 111 00:04:59.279 --> 00:05:01.480 watch Atlanta, you know, howm an coming back. I've played 112 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:04.000 against this team. I've played against Atlanta when they are 113 00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:06.720 the top team at the bench. It is a horrible 114 00:05:06.759 --> 00:05:09.399 place to play, daunted. Honestly, if you don't get a 115 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:11.879 good start, forget about it, you're going to feel like 116 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:14.360 you're getting run over for a day and a half. 117 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:17.040 Is a very tough place to play, it is, so 118 00:05:17.319 --> 00:05:19.319 I thought those days were coming back, you know, with 119 00:05:19.480 --> 00:05:21.720 this new front line, and I've been a little bit 120 00:05:21.759 --> 00:05:24.120 disappointing because I know the talent that's there. I know 121 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:26.759 it can be put together. Just they just look a 122 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:30.279 bit indecisive. The balance is off and I'm not sure 123 00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:33.120 what they're trying to do. So for me, that's bad, 124 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:35.160 and it it's because what I expected. I wanted to 125 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:35.839 see more from that. 126 00:05:35.879 --> 00:05:38.439 Side, all right, So bookmarke Atlanta and push them to 127 00:05:38.560 --> 00:05:41.199 the back. Ugly in the East and the West. 128 00:05:42.639 --> 00:05:44.879 Oh yeah, sorry, Ugly in the East and the West. 129 00:05:45.279 --> 00:05:47.040 Ugly Montreal. 130 00:05:48.199 --> 00:05:48.839 It's tough to say. 131 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:52.639 Montreal is ugly because the fixtures, you know, the schedule 132 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:54.120 wasn't kind to the beginning of season. They have to 133 00:05:54.160 --> 00:05:56.040 play seven or eight what is it? Seven games away 134 00:05:56.040 --> 00:05:58.040 from home? Yeah, I don't know if I'm in that 135 00:05:58.120 --> 00:05:59.959 locker room if you know what I mean, if I 136 00:06:00.199 --> 00:06:02.120 enjoyed that, I don't know how, you know, you get 137 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:03.800 through a stretch like that. 138 00:06:03.920 --> 00:06:05.120 So it's it's tough to say. 139 00:06:05.519 --> 00:06:07.360 You put the roof back on the Big O and 140 00:06:07.480 --> 00:06:09.079 turn that into a functioning place. 141 00:06:09.279 --> 00:06:14.360 Probably, Yeah, it's true, it's tough for me. Have you 142 00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:15.360 got any suggestions for me? 143 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:19.639 Well, I mean I was thinking, you know, for me specifically, man, 144 00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:20.519 allergies are killed. 145 00:06:20.959 --> 00:06:24.000 Dave been kicking my eye this morning, So I. 146 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:27.560 Mean I would have said, obviously Montreal with their rough start. Yeah, 147 00:06:28.079 --> 00:06:31.000 you know, and you look at the bottom. I would 148 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:33.639 have initially said somebody like New England, but then Caleb 149 00:06:33.720 --> 00:06:37.360 Porter something found something. See, I don't know how. I 150 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:39.720 don't know how folks made it off the tarmac in 151 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:43.079 San Jose after what happened for the ride home. I really. 152 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:47.040 D C is a good shout because while they do 153 00:06:47.199 --> 00:06:50.680 have a great goalscoring DC is, they've been tough to 154 00:06:50.720 --> 00:06:53.360 watch early in this season. You know, they've been really 155 00:06:53.399 --> 00:06:55.240 tough to watch Troyla say, and that I know spent 156 00:06:55.319 --> 00:06:57.040 a little bit of Troy when I was at Red Bull, 157 00:06:57.079 --> 00:06:59.519 and he understands the game. I know what he's trying 158 00:06:59.560 --> 00:07:01.680 to do. Wants to play a decent side of football. 159 00:07:01.759 --> 00:07:04.839 Also with that counterpress thrown in there, and it's you know, 160 00:07:05.199 --> 00:07:06.800 it hasn't looked pretty, but they did get a good 161 00:07:06.839 --> 00:07:09.879 result at Red Bull, which is not an easy place 162 00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:11.639 to go to. So I didn't put them in the 163 00:07:11.759 --> 00:07:14.879 ugly because I'm a fan of seeing teams turning around, 164 00:07:14.920 --> 00:07:16.439 turning that corner. As soon as I see a little 165 00:07:16.439 --> 00:07:18.519 demor of hope, I look out for that, you know. 166 00:07:18.680 --> 00:07:21.199 So I don't really have ugly right now. 167 00:07:21.839 --> 00:07:24.800 And then ugly in the West since you had Lag 168 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:29.079 as a bad Yeah, ugly, Yeah, I mean. 169 00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:33.639 On Kansas City. Yeah yeah, yeah, Kansas City. 170 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:37.199 Again, similar to the Galaxy, it's a team that we expect, 171 00:07:37.240 --> 00:07:40.639 you know, like to be playing a good style of football, 172 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:42.360 a team that we always expect to be competing in 173 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:44.399 the playoffs. And when you see them as low as 174 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:48.240 they are not stringing together some good results, you know, 175 00:07:49.720 --> 00:07:51.879 more often than not, yeah, you may have to put 176 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:53.360 them in that bad category, all. 177 00:07:53.319 --> 00:07:56.519 Right, so ugly Now, yeah, that's all good. The man 178 00:07:56.560 --> 00:07:59.800 who has three business cards with or actually four if 179 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:02.480 you just want to separate them all out. Analyst MLS 180 00:08:02.560 --> 00:08:05.279 counting down, Analyst MLS three sixty, Analyst MLS wrap up 181 00:08:05.319 --> 00:08:07.759 MLS Season Pass. Bradley Wright Phillips. We are now at halftime, 182 00:08:07.959 --> 00:08:10.759 turning into the second half, and I want to break 183 00:08:10.839 --> 00:08:13.040 things down with you. You mentioned it Landa United in 184 00:08:13.160 --> 00:08:18.000 the bad, So I asked Parky, I said, if you 185 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:20.639 were in that locker room, because he now does He 186 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:22.920 and Greg Garza do a lot of work with their 187 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:25.199 mentoring aspect. Now they've got I think two hundred and 188 00:08:25.279 --> 00:08:29.240 fifty the student athletes that they mentor with beyond goals mentoring. 189 00:08:29.279 --> 00:08:32.600 And I said, okay, with your history with this franchise, 190 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:36.759 and you are now mentoring currency that you have. If 191 00:08:36.799 --> 00:08:39.080 you were to wander into that locker room and talk 192 00:08:39.159 --> 00:08:41.279 to these guys, even though you weren't necessarily a talker 193 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:42.720 all the time, but you had to stand up and 194 00:08:42.759 --> 00:08:45.559 say the stuff. What would you say? And so you 195 00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:48.039 know it's like, look, it's going to turn around and 196 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:50.159 the you know, the conversation is going to be there, 197 00:08:50.200 --> 00:08:51.759 but you know, just keep pushing and pushing in the 198 00:08:51.840 --> 00:08:53.960 moments will come and then it will snowball and the 199 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:57.639 positive from there, unlike the snowballing that's been going on 200 00:08:57.879 --> 00:09:01.360 the car when you see Atlanta mentioned obviously putting them 201 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:03.440 in the bad because of the expectations. But what else 202 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:05.399 have you noticed about at Land United this year in 203 00:09:05.440 --> 00:09:06.159 twenty twenty five? 204 00:09:06.919 --> 00:09:08.080 I mentioned it a little bit earlier. 205 00:09:08.080 --> 00:09:11.120 It's just that I don't know if they It's like 206 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:13.360 the defense is trying to play one way and the 207 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:16.240 attack is is doing another thing. I don't know what 208 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:19.360 they're trying to do. I can only imagine that if 209 00:09:19.399 --> 00:09:22.120 I was, you know, coaching that side, and by no 210 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:24.759 means a great coach. It just looks at me like 211 00:09:24.799 --> 00:09:27.679 it's a team that you know, they should have played, 212 00:09:27.759 --> 00:09:30.519 like Columbus or San Diego. A team that looks like 213 00:09:30.559 --> 00:09:33.320 they're suited more in transition moments. When I think of 214 00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:36.559 Saba on the right, he's great running into space, He's 215 00:09:36.559 --> 00:09:38.320 great getting on the end of the passes Latin that 216 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:42.360 has paced to Spare. I would like to see him more, 217 00:09:42.639 --> 00:09:45.559 you know, out on the run, getting onto through balls 218 00:09:45.600 --> 00:09:49.039 and being set free running in behind Alma Ron when 219 00:09:49.080 --> 00:09:51.919 he plays on the right. I don't think it's been 220 00:09:51.960 --> 00:09:54.399 as effective because I think he's lost a couple of yards. 221 00:09:54.440 --> 00:09:56.480 But I do think he can still do that central 222 00:09:56.519 --> 00:09:59.360 ten roll ways, dropping into pockets, turning and creating from there, 223 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:04.679 and Evan breaking lines. Yeah, I just don't see a 224 00:10:04.759 --> 00:10:07.240 real way of them playing. I don't see, you know, 225 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:08.879 the things that make them dangerous, the things that I 226 00:10:09.000 --> 00:10:11.000 just said. I don't see them doing that enough. So 227 00:10:11.159 --> 00:10:13.360 I think if I walked into that locker room while 228 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:16.000 I'll be trying to, you know, get the boys all 229 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:18.320 playing one way. You know, if I'm like a lot, 230 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:20.679 I'll be talking to the center back to or the midfielders. 231 00:10:21.000 --> 00:10:22.600 You know, when you see me in this place, just run, 232 00:10:23.159 --> 00:10:25.240 Just play me in behind, you know, play me behind it. 233 00:10:25.279 --> 00:10:26.720 Even if I don't get it, we're up the field 234 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:29.080 and we're attacking in their half. I think they're in 235 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:31.240 a place now where it can't just be relyed. You 236 00:10:31.279 --> 00:10:34.519 can't just rely on dialogue or obviously is his responsibility. 237 00:10:34.559 --> 00:10:36.399 But the senior players in that locker room have to 238 00:10:36.919 --> 00:10:38.840 they have to come together. I remember whenever we were 239 00:10:38.879 --> 00:10:41.919 going through hard times, especially at Red bull. We start 240 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:44.200 from the beginning again, we start from the begin the basics. 241 00:10:44.559 --> 00:10:47.519 First fifteen minutes, maybe we're playing their half, don't concede. 242 00:10:47.679 --> 00:10:49.600 Then we get to that fifty past that fifteen minutes, 243 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:51.759 it's a different task, and before you know it's halftime. 244 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:54.600 The results better than it was last weekend, and there's 245 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:56.840 something to build off. I think they have to go 246 00:10:56.919 --> 00:11:00.480 back to basics and forget talent for a minute together, 247 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:03.440 be hard to beat, and then take steps from there. 248 00:11:04.320 --> 00:11:07.480 What about somebody like an Alexi Midnchuk, who we know 249 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:11.639 his artistry and we know what he is capable of, 250 00:11:11.759 --> 00:11:14.840 almost like that point guard that you see in basketball, 251 00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:18.399 who knows where folks need the ball. But it's like 252 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:21.360 we talk about positional gravity, and it's something that you 253 00:11:21.519 --> 00:11:23.840 know a lot about, considering that when you had the ball, 254 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:26.559 you had like nine dudes just come and collapse upon you. 255 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:28.399 But that also means that eight other guys are open 256 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:31.200 at that particular moment. When you see someone like Midanchuk 257 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:34.919 with his artistry and he played a little deeper against 258 00:11:35.080 --> 00:11:37.240 NYC at times because they were trying to come back, 259 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:39.360 and you saw what he's capable of. What about somebody 260 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:40.639 like Midunchuk and yeah. 261 00:11:40.919 --> 00:11:42.200 You hit a nail on the head. 262 00:11:42.519 --> 00:11:44.639 When I look at Morantu like, there's been a couple 263 00:11:44.639 --> 00:11:46.320 of times where he's had to go in that sixth 264 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:49.120 row and build the game for Atlanta if they are 265 00:11:49.159 --> 00:11:50.840 going to build, if they do want to play that way, 266 00:11:50.960 --> 00:11:52.519 he has to be in that six role because he's 267 00:11:52.559 --> 00:11:55.039 really good on the half turn, and I think him 268 00:11:55.080 --> 00:11:57.480 playing in the six takes a lot of responsibility. I 269 00:11:57.519 --> 00:11:58.840 don't want to put you know, I don't want to 270 00:11:58.840 --> 00:12:00.960 say that he's a man that is not built for 271 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:03.639 that moment. But I think when you play him in 272 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:05.200 a ten, we will look at him and be like, okay, 273 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:07.159 make something happen. We look at him in that Evander row, 274 00:12:07.279 --> 00:12:10.240 you know, in what Almaron is coming here to do, 275 00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:11.879 and I think it's a little bit unfair on him. 276 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:13.240 So if you play him in a six, I think 277 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:15.080 he's really good, like I said, at getting on the 278 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:17.480 half tend then he can find those players. When you 279 00:12:17.519 --> 00:12:18.759 put him in the ten, I don't think he's a 280 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:21.000 man for the big moments. You know, in every game, 281 00:12:21.080 --> 00:12:22.879 I think you see more of his qualities playing deeper 282 00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:25.120 on the field. Deeper down the field and I think 283 00:12:25.159 --> 00:12:26.320 that will help at landa. 284 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:26.720 A little bit more. 285 00:12:27.279 --> 00:12:30.200 And you know, in this system that Ronnie currently has 286 00:12:30.320 --> 00:12:32.399 formationally it's a four two three one. You're dealing with 287 00:12:32.480 --> 00:12:36.120 two sixes. You have guys like Bart Slash, who he's 288 00:12:36.159 --> 00:12:37.519 got a bit of a mean streak to him. But 289 00:12:37.559 --> 00:12:40.159 you're also seeing younger players like Jay Fortune step up. 290 00:12:40.440 --> 00:12:43.159 You see him atteas Click, who was brought in from 291 00:12:43.240 --> 00:12:47.279 d C for a pack of Pall Mall's, some Hostess 292 00:12:47.279 --> 00:12:51.559 Twinkies and a box of matches. And you know, when 293 00:12:51.639 --> 00:12:53.440 he gets healthy, I know what he can bring to 294 00:12:53.480 --> 00:12:55.000 the table as well. When you look at the rest 295 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:57.200 of this roster outside of that attacking for what else 296 00:12:57.240 --> 00:12:57.679 do you see? 297 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:00.320 I see good players, especially if he get the right 298 00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:02.399 ones on the field. I see good players. I see 299 00:13:02.440 --> 00:13:04.600 a team that can play both ways. I see a 300 00:13:04.600 --> 00:13:06.159 team that could play in transition, and I see a 301 00:13:06.159 --> 00:13:07.720 team that could build if the right players in the 302 00:13:07.799 --> 00:13:09.840 right spots. This is why I put them in the 303 00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:12.360 bad because I don't get why I'm not seeing it. 304 00:13:13.320 --> 00:13:15.600 There's no excuse. It's a good roster. 305 00:13:15.639 --> 00:13:18.600 I'm seeing teams with If you take Austin for example, 306 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:22.559 I don't that Ross is not bad than Atlanta's, but 307 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:25.320 they they've got some kind of togetherness. They're hard to beat, 308 00:13:25.600 --> 00:13:29.039 and they're somehow right now up the table, but. 309 00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:32.279 They can't score. It's like you bringing all this hot 310 00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:36.080 you bring in all this heavyweight talent and what Basquez 311 00:13:36.120 --> 00:13:38.480 has to what it's Uh. 312 00:13:40.639 --> 00:13:41.840 Yeah, it hasn't been good enough. 313 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:43.759 You're right, that's what I'm saying for them in attacking 314 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:46.000 for it hasn't been good enough. But they can still 315 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:48.080 be at the top of the table. So for me, 316 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:51.120 why is Atlanta not doing something similar? I'm not saying 317 00:13:51.159 --> 00:13:53.519 play that style of football. I'm saying, you know, at 318 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:56.799 least putting these performances where okay, the attack's not going well, 319 00:13:57.000 --> 00:13:59.159 but you don't just come to the bends and beat us. 320 00:13:59.600 --> 00:14:01.360 You know, they is a difficult team. This should be 321 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:02.519 a difficult team to play against. 322 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:05.039 Then you dropped a whole lot of am to bring 323 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:07.279 in Robert Taylor away from Messi and friends to help 324 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:09.799 out with your offense. Three minute warning, I know I'm 325 00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:12.440 keeping you to a clock. No good, all right, So 326 00:14:12.600 --> 00:14:15.480 this weekend it is Atlanta and the Purple team in 327 00:14:15.879 --> 00:14:18.799 Central Florida. See, yeah, the thing is the only way 328 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:21.320 that we can mention. The O word here is if 329 00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:26.080 we if we sing it like Book of Mormon, literally, 330 00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:28.639 we have to say Orlando. We're going to say that. 331 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:30.039 Otherwise they're just the Purple team. 332 00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:30.480 Just good. 333 00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:32.440 I used to do that when I played for the Rebel. 334 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:34.519 I would call it the New York City the Blue Team. 335 00:14:34.559 --> 00:14:35.279 So I get it. 336 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:39.000 I get it. So Atlanta United and the Purple Team 337 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:41.440 coming up this weekend. When you see this kind of 338 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:43.679 a rivalry match like you did with Red and Blue, 339 00:14:43.799 --> 00:14:45.679 what sticks to mind in this matchup for you? 340 00:14:47.080 --> 00:14:49.200 So you talking about gameplay first of all? Yeah, I'll 341 00:14:49.200 --> 00:14:50.960 talk about gameplay first and war and I'll talk about 342 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:54.000 how I would go into those games. So I think gameplay, 343 00:14:54.240 --> 00:14:55.759 the game's there for the take you for both teams. 344 00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:58.480 Both teams not in a great place. So if I'm 345 00:14:58.519 --> 00:15:01.279 in each locker room, I'll go into that game thinking 346 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:03.600 we can win this if we just do ABC, we 347 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:04.440 can win this game. 348 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:06.360 For Orlando at the. 349 00:15:06.399 --> 00:15:09.519 Moment that that that front four that started off so 350 00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:12.039 well and not firing on all cylinders, they're struggling. That 351 00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:14.480 plays into your hands. I think if you can make 352 00:15:14.519 --> 00:15:17.519 the game difficult in the first half, first half of 353 00:15:17.600 --> 00:15:20.399 the half first half. Sorry, then you're looking at maybe 354 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:24.240 getting a good result. Yeah, but I expect to see fireworks. 355 00:15:24.440 --> 00:15:26.440 These are the kind of games that can that can 356 00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:29.440 turn your season. These kind of games for Atlanta. Now, 357 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:32.080 if you get a big win here and build a 358 00:15:32.159 --> 00:15:34.240 meta from this place, you can look back come you know, 359 00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:36.600 October and whatever and say, you know what, when we 360 00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:38.879 played that game, when we beat one of our rivals. 361 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:40.759 I think that's the way you can put, you know, 362 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:42.840 a stamp where the season started to change for them. 363 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:45.960 All right, last question for you. Time to cut the 364 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:49.440 promo because you are on MLS Countdown, MLS three sixty 365 00:15:49.480 --> 00:15:51.799 and MLS wrap up on MLS Season pass as MLS 366 00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:54.879 Bradley Right, Phillips. I feel like now MLS needs to 367 00:15:54.919 --> 00:15:56.919 be in front of every single aspect of your name, 368 00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:59.159 with everything that you're doing up there with Apple these days. 369 00:15:59.399 --> 00:16:01.320 What's going on this weekend? When do you go into 370 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:04.360 production meetings? When do you get to see Kevin Egan? 371 00:16:04.440 --> 00:16:06.480 What cut the promo for me? What books should expect 372 00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:06.960 this weekend? 373 00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:10.960 Okay, so I'll head up to Connecticut on Saturday morning. 374 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:14.000 I'll get to the studio maybe two thirty, sit down 375 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:15.639 gathering my thoughts, and that's when you start seeing the 376 00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:19.559 boys come in. First of all, Yeah, production meeting, Yeah, 377 00:16:19.559 --> 00:16:21.840 and we'll go on We'll go on air for the 378 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:24.639 first tundown, maybe six point thirty, you know, after all 379 00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:26.559 the prep's done for those few hours, six point thirty, 380 00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:29.600 do an hour just building up the games, building some excitement, 381 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:31.960 letting you know our opinions. And then straight after that 382 00:16:31.960 --> 00:16:34.080 won't even move from the studio three sixty and that's 383 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:36.200 when it gets hectic. And that's where your boy keV 384 00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:38.159 comes in and just gets that energy going. We've just 385 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:40.799 got a bunch of games going on, a bunch of goals, 386 00:16:40.879 --> 00:16:43.639 bunch of key plays, just a lot of fun. It's 387 00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:45.480 a long time, but that's like the most fun you 388 00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:48.279 can have in five to six hours. Honestly, it's brilliant. 389 00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:50.879 And after that, I was gonna say, what's it like 390 00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:52.480 flying without a net for six hours? 391 00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:56.000 It's crazy because you're watching so the mon it will 392 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:58.080 be to our right somewhere, so I want to focus 393 00:16:58.159 --> 00:16:59.639 on the show, but I also want to see what's 394 00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:01.120 happening in the game. So when we do go to 395 00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:03.080 that key play, I have some good feedback for you. 396 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:05.359 I have some good analysis. There's been times where you 397 00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:07.599 get pull you might miss a goal, it comes up 398 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:09.359 as a key play. We get to watch it obviously, 399 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:11.079 but I haven't seen the build up, so I don't 400 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:13.079 even know how this goals come about, you know what 401 00:17:13.119 --> 00:17:15.599