WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:01.919 Eight Gardener's here, what is up? 2 00:00:02.200 --> 00:00:04.599 You're you got the uh, you got the the high 3 00:00:04.919 --> 00:00:07.799 Leo Franco kind of batting stance going here, you're ready 4 00:00:07.839 --> 00:00:08.080 to go? 5 00:00:09.439 --> 00:00:12.320 Man. I I used to switch batting stances up year 6 00:00:12.359 --> 00:00:15.320 by year. Uh just I mean sometimes I would go 7 00:00:15.439 --> 00:00:18.559 Ryan Klesco and I'd be wide open. Sometimes I'd close 8 00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:22.399 it up a little more. I kind of was a 9 00:00:22.399 --> 00:00:24.960 little bit like Ricky Henderson. I didn't really use my 10 00:00:25.120 --> 00:00:28.440 power a ton in in Little league and youth ball. 11 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:32.560 But I mean just know that if I was on first, 12 00:00:32.759 --> 00:00:34.640 I may as well have been on third. Like I 13 00:00:34.759 --> 00:00:37.479 was going. I mean, I was taking second, and as 14 00:00:37.479 --> 00:00:39.880 soon as you overthrow the bag, I'm taking third. So 15 00:00:40.359 --> 00:00:41.719 I was aggressive on the basis. 16 00:00:42.039 --> 00:00:43.159 M h mm. 17 00:00:45.719 --> 00:00:48.719 Color me shocked, nothing like, nothing like, yeah, yeah, I was. 18 00:00:48.759 --> 00:00:50.759 I was the same way I was, you know, lefty batter, 19 00:00:51.119 --> 00:00:52.399 and so I would be like I was the third, 20 00:00:52.399 --> 00:00:55.039 fourth or fifth in the order, and so uh, I 21 00:00:55.159 --> 00:00:58.560 was the I was the kid that actually had the foresight. 22 00:00:58.679 --> 00:01:01.880 Because I don't know if this ever happened to you, 23 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:04.000 but this is very opening kickoff you by the way. 24 00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:07.599 I don't know if when you were in Little league 25 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:11.000 there was always that team that had the overage kids, 26 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:15.719 and they like paid the league off so they could 27 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:17.879 have the overage kids so they could. 28 00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:19.280 Win the league. 29 00:01:19.319 --> 00:01:23.319 And so this was like probably you know, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen. 30 00:01:23.359 --> 00:01:26.760 You always had that team that was paying off the league, 31 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:29.000 and then you'd have like the thirteen fourteen, fifteen year 32 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:31.799 old kids that were playing in the U twelve and 33 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:34.920 they tried to win the league. So I was the 34 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:38.200 kid that would go to the super fast batting cage 35 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:40.120 knowing that that team was coming up and I was 36 00:01:40.159 --> 00:01:41.920 going to have a fifteen year old throwing at me, 37 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:44.879 and I would be the only guy on my team 38 00:01:44.920 --> 00:01:47.319 to get a hit or much less contact with the 39 00:01:47.400 --> 00:01:49.959 ball because I'm to the super fast batting cage is 40 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:52.400 in preparation. That's how hard too I was. When I 41 00:01:52.480 --> 00:01:55.359 was in middle school getting ready to play baseball. 42 00:01:56.159 --> 00:02:01.400 I spent the whole season of Little League just bunting 43 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:06.519 what like like just bunting? What like just bunting? 44 00:02:07.640 --> 00:02:10.360 Yeah, I heard, I'm like, what right down? 45 00:02:10.759 --> 00:02:14.120 Just boo right down the third baseline. I'd reach every time. 46 00:02:14.159 --> 00:02:18.199 I was incredibly fast. They would never throw me out. 47 00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:21.560 I think I batted like nine to ninety three that year. Wow, 48 00:02:22.280 --> 00:02:24.879 And like I said, like, if I'm on first, I'm 49 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:27.000 I'm I may as well be on third. And so 50 00:02:27.159 --> 00:02:29.680 I just I would just take first base on a 51 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:31.800 perfect bunt. I mean I could put it right between 52 00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:33.520 the grass and the foul line. I mean, I was, 53 00:02:33.599 --> 00:02:36.960 I was, I put it right on the path and uh, 54 00:02:37.080 --> 00:02:39.840 even when the third baseman knew it was coming, just 55 00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:41.120 too good, man, it's too good. 56 00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:42.639 Wow. 57 00:02:43.159 --> 00:02:45.560 So the speed of the picture never really was a 58 00:02:45.599 --> 00:02:47.919 problem because I was just bunting one year. So it's 59 00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:48.240 like a. 60 00:02:48.599 --> 00:02:52.400 Wow, that's that is a revelation. I mean I was. 61 00:02:52.639 --> 00:02:54.639 I was a guy that would swing and I'd probably 62 00:02:54.719 --> 00:02:56.840 hit like three ninety seven or something. I was never 63 00:02:56.919 --> 00:02:58.960 a bunter, but I would always be the first guy 64 00:02:59.000 --> 00:02:59.919 to piss folks off. 65 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:03.599 Man, always button in that baton nine ninety three. 66 00:03:03.639 --> 00:03:05.159 I only did it one year. I only did it 67 00:03:05.159 --> 00:03:07.159 one year. The next year, I let off the first 68 00:03:07.159 --> 00:03:09.240 game with like an over the fence home run, and 69 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:11.719 then everyone's like, why the fuck were you button last year? 70 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:12.280 Yeah? 71 00:03:12.319 --> 00:03:14.680 I mean I got on base, man, what do you 72 00:03:14.719 --> 00:03:16.080 want from me? I got on base? 73 00:03:19.800 --> 00:03:25.599 Oh wow, Oh that's fantastic. All right, So opening kickoff 74 00:03:25.680 --> 00:03:28.759 other question, how are you when it comes to Mondays? 75 00:03:29.199 --> 00:03:33.120 Because this morning, I mean I went to bed after 76 00:03:33.199 --> 00:03:36.439 watching that hyper painful American football game last night where 77 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:38.360 I finally got to see what I need in my 78 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:42.319 fantasy game tonight to try to get a win. And 79 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:45.000 then everything was fine. Watched the wrap up show. But 80 00:03:45.120 --> 00:03:47.439 then my body is like up and running at like 81 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:50.159 five five thirty just for no good reason. It's like 82 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:52.400 it's up at like one thirty, three thirty and five 83 00:03:52.520 --> 00:03:53.520 thirty and it's ready to go. 84 00:03:53.560 --> 00:03:54.000 On a Monday. 85 00:03:54.039 --> 00:03:56.759 It doesn't matter how much sleep you do or don't get. 86 00:03:57.120 --> 00:03:59.000 Bodies just like yep, all right, time to go. 87 00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:04.240 It kind of depends on the day. Now. Yesterday I 88 00:04:04.280 --> 00:04:06.479 had a headache all day from a lack of sleep 89 00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:11.439 over the weekend. So like Sunday night, last night, I 90 00:04:11.479 --> 00:04:15.840 went to bed pretty early. I took some bio emblems 91 00:04:15.879 --> 00:04:19.319 sleeping or whoever, whatever thing I got there that's got 92 00:04:19.360 --> 00:04:23.279 melotonin and magnesium and all sorts of other nonsense. So 93 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:25.720 I popped one of those and I went to bed. 94 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:29.240 I was asleep by like nine p thirty. I pretty 95 00:04:29.319 --> 00:04:32.639 much slept all the way through till till seven am. 96 00:04:32.879 --> 00:04:33.319 Wow. 97 00:04:33.560 --> 00:04:35.240 And then I kind of just laid there for ten 98 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:38.519 minutes till my alarm went off. But normally I'm I'm 99 00:04:38.600 --> 00:04:42.360 okay because and I didn't do it this morning because 100 00:04:42.360 --> 00:04:44.959 I know, I'm I'm going out for a run later today. 101 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:47.959 But normally, like the first thing I do in the 102 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:52.000 morning is like put the harness on, chipper the pump, 103 00:04:52.240 --> 00:04:55.199 and go for a run. So like, even if I 104 00:04:55.319 --> 00:04:58.040 kind of wake up struggling a little bit, like three 105 00:04:58.120 --> 00:05:00.839 miles kind of gets your body pumping a especially now 106 00:05:00.879 --> 00:05:03.759 as we get to Hey at seven am and it's 107 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:06.600 still kind of cold outside, Like that'll that'll wake you up. 108 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:11.000 So I'm pretty good in the mornings, I'm I'm. My 109 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:13.879 issue was like the mid day, Like I'm the rare 110 00:05:14.120 --> 00:05:18.800 like early bird and night owl. Wow, that like that 111 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:21.959 like chunk of time between like two thirty and like 112 00:05:22.399 --> 00:05:25.040 six thirty. Though, that's the toughest part of the day 113 00:05:25.079 --> 00:05:28.959 for me because the sports haven't really started on TV. Yet. 114 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:31.800 But uh, you know, if I'm into a show, maybe 115 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:33.879 that's that's why I spend that time. But yeah, that's 116 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:34.879 what I get in trouble. 117 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:38.120 Yeah, I mean, for me, it's usually about four thirty 118 00:05:38.199 --> 00:05:40.279 or five o'clock when I start to kind of fade 119 00:05:40.279 --> 00:05:41.959 and I've got to put either push through it or 120 00:05:41.959 --> 00:05:44.199 just sit there and not do anything because I know 121 00:05:44.279 --> 00:05:46.519 that my productivity would go in the dumper. But yeah, 122 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:49.000 I'm comparing notes on Mondays for everybody in the twitch 123 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:51.680 pitch and abe and everybody that comes by this morning. 124 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:54.360 So that's opening Kickoff brought to his buy our friends 125 00:05:54.399 --> 00:05:56.959 at Kickoff Coffee and Kickoff Coffeeco dot com. All Right, 126 00:05:57.399 --> 00:05:59.759 it is the last week of the regular season and 127 00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:04.639 made Juliue Soccer and it's math. It's math down here 128 00:06:04.680 --> 00:06:07.600 basically as we get closer to Friday and Saturday where 129 00:06:07.639 --> 00:06:10.800 it Landy United goes to Middle Florida takes on the 130 00:06:10.800 --> 00:06:13.800 Purple team, and there's got to be some work there 131 00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:15.639 that's got to get done. There's some math that's got 132 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:17.920 to get figured out. If Atlanta United's going to get 133 00:06:17.959 --> 00:06:20.240 into be the nine and to go on the road, 134 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:22.519 they could be the aid if things fall a certain way. 135 00:06:23.560 --> 00:06:26.959 Where are you and the conversations that you've had outside 136 00:06:26.959 --> 00:06:30.040 of ninety two nine, just casual and otherwise on social media, 137 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:32.759 Where are you when it comes to this weekend? Where 138 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:35.800 are those that you interact with coming into this weekend 139 00:06:35.839 --> 00:06:37.560 facing the purple team in the last week of the 140 00:06:37.560 --> 00:06:38.279 regular season. 141 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:42.040 I'll be honest, I'm more worried about at Lanti United 142 00:06:42.120 --> 00:06:45.399 getting the own result that's necessary than the other teams. 143 00:06:45.439 --> 00:06:47.399 Like I think if at Landy United can get the 144 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:50.240 three points they need, it will fall to them like 145 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:54.000 they got. You know, obviously, it's it was huge that 146 00:06:54.040 --> 00:06:57.000 you're playing for two spots and not one spot, and 147 00:06:57.160 --> 00:07:00.720 so to me, it's more about Landy United and taking 148 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:03.240 care of their own business. And look, last week they 149 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:05.680 did take care of their own business, but there have 150 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:08.199 been what three or four games before that where they 151 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:11.480 had an opportunity to put themselves in better position by 152 00:07:11.519 --> 00:07:14.279 handling what was in front of them, not scoreboard watching, 153 00:07:14.959 --> 00:07:17.399 and they didn't do it. Now they looked out because 154 00:07:17.560 --> 00:07:21.800 for three straight weeks now they've had results for large 155 00:07:21.879 --> 00:07:24.319 most part go in their favor. There's been a result 156 00:07:24.399 --> 00:07:27.199 here or there that made it slightly different, but you know, 157 00:07:27.319 --> 00:07:30.000 four or five results that same weekend that kind of 158 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:36.800 played in their advantage. So it's been more about themselves 159 00:07:37.279 --> 00:07:40.240 and finding the right opportunity to get points, and they've 160 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:43.120 kind of kicked the can down the road. I know, 161 00:07:43.199 --> 00:07:45.879 I had called it point procrastination just kind of stayed 162 00:07:45.920 --> 00:07:50.639 alive in terms of their playoff hunt. But it's been 163 00:07:50.680 --> 00:07:53.879 more about them not finding their own points than about 164 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:56.560 other teams, you know, hurting them in the playoff free 165 00:07:56.680 --> 00:08:01.120 So I feel pretty good about the other games that 166 00:08:01.160 --> 00:08:04.120 we're keeping attention to, But to me, it's about Atlanti 167 00:08:04.160 --> 00:08:06.160 and iighted like they've got to find a way to 168 00:08:06.199 --> 00:08:08.959 get their three points and at that point, if they 169 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:11.600 get in, great, If they don't get in, because the 170 00:08:11.639 --> 00:08:15.120 other results don't fall away, you can't look at the 171 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:18.160 other teams and what happened. You had so many opportunities 172 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:22.959 in this last month of you know, mid September into 173 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:27.399 now here mid in late October, you had opportunities to 174 00:08:27.439 --> 00:08:30.600 get points and for whatever reason, couldn't do it. So 175 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:34.120 nobody else to blame but yourselves. And that's kind of 176 00:08:34.120 --> 00:08:37.799 the microcosmic going into this final game. You've got to 177 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:42.200 do it yourselves, you know. It's kind of, you know, 178 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:45.240 forget you, Joe, bu I'll do it myself. It's kind 179 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:47.960 of it's kind of along those lines, like it's it's 180 00:08:48.039 --> 00:08:50.440 time to just you know, face the facts, look in 181 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:54.360 the mirror, and go find three points. And you know, 182 00:08:54.399 --> 00:08:56.919 if the one thing that you were looking at, potentially 183 00:08:57.360 --> 00:08:59.960 result wise, was that there was an opportunity that all 184 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:04.120 City would not have anything to play for Nashville, who 185 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:09.080 was eliminated, couldn't help you out and take points from NYCFC, 186 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:11.840 and so Orlando City. They've got a fight for their 187 00:09:12.000 --> 00:09:15.799 seating and their positioning in the standings, and so they're 188 00:09:15.799 --> 00:09:18.879 gonna be going after it too, and to an extent 189 00:09:18.919 --> 00:09:21.200 that might help you, right, it might open some things 190 00:09:21.279 --> 00:09:24.600 up that maybe wouldn't have been open. But obviously there's 191 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:27.799 the other side that they're looking to score and potentially 192 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:28.519 could threaten you. 193 00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:31.519 Yeah, and this could be one where since both teams 194 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:34.399 are chasing after something, you could have it where the 195 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:36.159 governor has been pulled out of the golf cart and 196 00:09:36.200 --> 00:09:38.559 you're gonna end up with ninety minutes of like you know, 197 00:09:38.679 --> 00:09:40.440 looking at the US Open and one of these kind 198 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:42.440 of things with Bolly's back and forth, the way things 199 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:44.919 stand out, everybody's up to thirty three matches. We had 200 00:09:45.279 --> 00:09:48.960 the two matches this past weekend the makeups, and in 201 00:09:49.200 --> 00:09:52.000 the Eastern Conference, Columbus pretty much just wiped the floor 202 00:09:52.039 --> 00:09:56.200 with New England four nail the final there and Maton 203 00:09:56.360 --> 00:09:58.799 had a hat trick. Jason has been very very high 204 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:03.720 on Alexandrama. So right now, Miami's locked into the one, 205 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:08.600 Columbus is locked into the two, Cincinnati's locked into the three. 206 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:11.320 So those three teams they can just kind of sit 207 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:13.039 there and do whatever the heck they want. When it 208 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:15.000 comes to the last game with the regular season, Miami 209 00:10:15.039 --> 00:10:18.000 is chasing after a points record, so their lineup might 210 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:20.399 be a little different than say Columbus or Cincinnati coming 211 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:23.200 up this weekend Orlando, as you say, right now, they 212 00:10:23.200 --> 00:10:26.879 are in the last home advantage spot. They are right 213 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:30.879 now two points clear in the four. But once again 214 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:33.559 NYC is going to be breathing down their neck because 215 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:37.720 they're at fifty. That's the situation that is staring at Orlando. 216 00:10:37.799 --> 00:10:40.879 But then you end up with that trickle down. NYC's 217 00:10:40.919 --> 00:10:44.799 at fifty, Charlotte's at forty eight, Red Bulls at forty seven. 218 00:10:44.919 --> 00:10:47.120 So Red Bulls with a win and some help, could 219 00:10:47.200 --> 00:10:49.759 get to to you know, they could get to six 220 00:10:49.799 --> 00:10:53.240 because they would lose the tiebreaker with NYC because of 221 00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:55.080 straight wins fourteen to twelve. 222 00:10:55.120 --> 00:10:58.120 At that point, Charlotte could get up to five. 223 00:10:58.320 --> 00:11:01.960 You know that math is there for that DC and 224 00:11:02.000 --> 00:11:05.879 Montreal and Toronto who is out because they're done. Philly's 225 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:08.480 at thirty seven, Atlanta's at thirty seven, DC, Montreal at 226 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:13.240 forty four, teams two spot one win, separating a boatload 227 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:15.399 of folks. Everybody else is out the door, and that's 228 00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:16.600 the Eastern Conference. 229 00:11:17.480 --> 00:11:19.440 It will be interesting watching. 230 00:11:19.480 --> 00:11:21.799 But I think to your point, this could be a 231 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:26.480 game where, you know, if Orlando plays for a point, 232 00:11:26.919 --> 00:11:29.559 then they could be boring everybody the tears. But there's 233 00:11:29.600 --> 00:11:32.039 a danger in playing for just a point because then 234 00:11:32.039 --> 00:11:34.679 that point can turn into zero points just as quickly. 235 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:39.320 Yeah, and you kind of lost to me pretty early 236 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:42.759 on in running through that, which is and that's a 237 00:11:42.799 --> 00:11:44.600 good thing and a bad thing. And I don't mean 238 00:11:44.639 --> 00:11:47.720 to disrespectfully, but like that's why I'm just focused on 239 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:50.559 this game. And like, obviously, if you're a player, if 240 00:11:50.559 --> 00:11:52.919 you're Rob Valentino, you can't even try and look at 241 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:56.159 the permittations and all that stuff. You just got to 242 00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:59.039 deal with yourselves. But you're right. The other thing about 243 00:11:59.159 --> 00:12:02.159 Orlando's in this one is it also might be like 244 00:12:02.200 --> 00:12:05.879 a modified push for points, right, Like they may try 245 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:07.200 and be like all right, let's see what we can 246 00:12:07.240 --> 00:12:09.919 get in the first forty five, maybe the first sixty, 247 00:12:10.480 --> 00:12:13.519 But we do have this other season that we need 248 00:12:13.559 --> 00:12:16.679 to approach with the right mindset. Maybe we pulled back, 249 00:12:16.759 --> 00:12:20.799 and so it also might be a situation where if 250 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:24.080 you can either have a lead into the sixtieth or 251 00:12:24.120 --> 00:12:28.320 seventieth minute, maybe even be in position for one point 252 00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:31.080 that Orlando City kind of pulls off, and they also 253 00:12:31.200 --> 00:12:34.080 will be schoolboard watching and seeing what the teams around 254 00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:36.759 them we're doing. So I don't think Atlanta United can 255 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:39.360 get caught scoreboard watching and seeing how they need to 256 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:41.840 or don't need to change their style of play. Or 257 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:44.919 Orlando City will, though, and I think there is a 258 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:48.039 situation where they they might kind of step off the 259 00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:52.480 gas the back third of this match. And if you're 260 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:56.440 in the right position situation for Atlanta United, it may 261 00:12:56.480 --> 00:12:58.879 not be to your advantage the first forty five minutes, 262 00:12:58.919 --> 00:13:02.120 the first sixty minutes with Orlando pushing, but they might 263 00:13:02.159 --> 00:13:05.840 pull off. And so there's also an opportunity that you 264 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:08.679 could play that game right where you play them even 265 00:13:08.720 --> 00:13:11.679 and then as they dial it down and prepare themselves 266 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:14.519 for their own playoff race, maybe you could take advantage 267 00:13:14.519 --> 00:13:17.000 in the last twenty thirty minutes. So it's gonna be 268 00:13:17.120 --> 00:13:20.840 very interesting from that perspective to see how Orlando City 269 00:13:21.200 --> 00:13:25.519 does choose to manage this match. There's also I mean, look, 270 00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:29.759 they've got to be incredibly careful with any soft tissue, 271 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:34.440 muscle injuries, stuff like that, So calf, groin, hamstring, quad, 272 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:38.279 anything minor that maybe you would see guys try and 273 00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:41.519 fight through that. Maybe you would risk something that Lady 274 00:13:41.600 --> 00:13:45.200 United will have to do, risk those sorts of injuries 275 00:13:45.240 --> 00:13:49.480 to get the max points. Orlando City would would certainly 276 00:13:49.519 --> 00:13:52.600 play a little bit more careful there. They'd certainly rather 277 00:13:53.200 --> 00:13:57.279 give up whatever seeding they have than to exacerbate any 278 00:13:57.320 --> 00:14:01.200 injuries ahead of the playoffs. So certainly some benefits of 279 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:07.360 this situation. But again it's just about Atlanta United finding 280 00:14:07.399 --> 00:14:10.639 the opportunities and you saw it, and this is what 281 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:13.759 maybe is exciting. But at the same time, John, we 282 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:16.720 haven't seen anything carry over game to game or any 283 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:19.840 any sort of momentum or discussion like that. But Atlanti 284 00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:23.360 United came out last time with energy right from the start, 285 00:14:23.440 --> 00:14:25.679 and they looked really good in the first half. They 286 00:14:25.720 --> 00:14:28.039 did not score in the first half, but they looked 287 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:31.519 really good, and you obviously need to get out on 288 00:14:31.559 --> 00:14:34.480 the front foot and look aggressive early, look like you're 289 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:38.159 into the game a little bit. Don't play yourselves into it, 290 00:14:38.200 --> 00:14:40.879 like be into it when the first whistle goes. I 291 00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:43.080 thought they did that very well last week. It showed 292 00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:45.559 up in the stats and eventually in the second half 293 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:46.919 showed up on the scoreboard as well. 294 00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:50.879 So then what are you looking at just a from 295 00:14:50.919 --> 00:14:54.480 a lineup perspective? I guess where are your concerns and 296 00:14:54.639 --> 00:14:57.879 or questions when it comes to the starting eleven And 297 00:14:58.000 --> 00:15:00.559 how would you if we're playing football man, how would 298 00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:01.480 you line things up? 299 00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:06.080 Well? Obviously, I think despite what Ronald Hernandez did, you 300 00:15:06.120 --> 00:15:09.039 certainly are bringing Brooks Lennon back into the starting lineup. 301 00:15:09.519 --> 00:15:14.360 I think that's obvious. I'm probably keeping most Scarra right 302 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:17.000 from the start up on that left side, uh toront 303 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:21.240 with Saba and then uh if Tra is good to go, 304 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:24.000 I would I would run him out there as well, 305 00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:26.799 and and and continue. I know Rios has been very good, 306 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:31.000 but I do like the most scare Tiray dynamic up front. 307 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:34.720 Two guys who are very fast. They could both dribble 308 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:37.320 a little bit. But but the speed just has to 309 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:41.279 be contained, and so that's how I would probably start 310 00:15:41.320 --> 00:15:44.559 out there, and then you got your regular stuff, uh 311 00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:48.440 in the midfield. I mean, I guess there's maybe a 312 00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:52.399 discussion what you're doing. I would keep Moyaba on the bench. 313 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:55.679 I think Jay Fortune has been outstanding there and you 314 00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:59.000 run him with with schleish And and morn Chuck in 315 00:15:59.039 --> 00:16:01.240 the midfield and and go about it that way. But 316 00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:04.480 there's gonna come a time where you have to get 317 00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:07.399 reckless in this game, and so I think you have 318 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:12.799 to make your initial eleven man lineup set with the 319 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:16.080 idea that you might have to make these certain switches 320 00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:18.840 at some point in the game. And so could you 321 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:24.039 end up seeing Tira and Rios combined up top with 322 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:27.639 this or that? And where does everyone else play into that? 323 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:30.559 Could you eventually go to just three in the back 324 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:34.960 instead of the four man back. I mean, there's all 325 00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:38.679 sorts of considerations Valentino has to think about ahead of 326 00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:41.399 time before you get desperate in real time, and then 327 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:45.159 those adjustments have to be planned as necessary. So it 328 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:48.360 is going to be interesting to see who he has. 329 00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:51.679 Like would it surprised me if Luke Brennan and I 330 00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:54.559 don't even know if he's available after his stop with 331 00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:57.440 the youth national team, if he's going to be bad, 332 00:16:57.480 --> 00:17:00.799 But it wouldn't surprise me to see him off the 333 00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:03.799 bench and in a situation where you need a goal late, 334 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:06.000 like you just bring Brennan in, you bring Rios in, 335 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:08.960 and you just you just try and overload, and to 336 00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:11.920 the detriment of like Stea Gregorson and Derek Williams, you're like, hey, 337 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:14.000 you guys are you guys are on your own back there. 338 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:16.319 We're just gonna do what we can and put eight 339 00:17:16.400 --> 00:17:19.559 in the box here pretty much the rest of the game. So, uh, 340 00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:22.119 it will be interesting to see both from the starting eleven, 341 00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:24.880 but also from who's available, you know, off the bench, 342 00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:27.680 and and and kind of those considerations that you have 343 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:30.799 to consider ahead of time before and hope you don't 344 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:33.160 actually have to face that situation. 345 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:36.160 Yeah, No, it's a there's a there's a key to 346 00:17:36.359 --> 00:17:38.480 being in the rhythm of the game from the absolute 347 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:41.839 beginning and then getting the advantage and then trying to 348 00:17:41.880 --> 00:17:44.799 sit on it as best you can, but making sure 349 00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:49.279 that if the game turns chaotic that at least you 350 00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:52.480 can you can control your version of the chaos and 351 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:56.160 hopefully turn the other folks, uh chaos into even more 352 00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:57.440 chaos with what you can do. 353 00:17:57.680 --> 00:18:00.440 What always concerns me is the other aspect to that, 354 00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:02.960 where let's say you do score a first half goal, 355 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:05.799 and maybe you are sixty minutes in and you're like, 356 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:07.799 all right, let's go a little bit more defensive. Let's 357 00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:09.640 try and hold on to this lead. And maybe you 358 00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:12.039 bring in Dax McCarty to try and hold on, maybe 359 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:14.640 you bring in Luisa brom to try and hold on, 360 00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:17.000 and then you give up a goal, right, and then 361 00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:19.799 you can see, like, that's the one thing that's always 362 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:23.920 scared me, is making the defensive substitution. And then you 363 00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:26.799 find yourself with all these defensive guys in the game, 364 00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:29.799 but now you actually have to go find that goal again. 365 00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:34.440 And that's the one that always concerns me. So look, 366 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:36.920 you're gonna get nitpicked. However it works out, if you're 367 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:39.400 Rob Valentino and it doesn't play, I would not make 368 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:43.039 defensive substitutions if you're holding a lead. I would still, 369 00:18:43.599 --> 00:18:46.400 you know, play smart, play intelligent, but don't try and 370 00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:49.400 short up too early. I'm not saying don't make the moves, 371 00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:52.119 but don't do it in the sixty fifth minute, don't 372 00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:53.759 do it in the seventieth minute. If you want to 373 00:18:53.799 --> 00:18:56.680 make that move, maybe a little closer to eighty eighty five. 374 00:18:56.880 --> 00:18:58.960 I think you could play that game. But don't give 375 00:18:59.000 --> 00:19:01.480 yourself a situation where you've got to find a goal 376 00:19:01.559 --> 00:19:04.319 with fifteen to twenty twenty five minutes left and you 377 00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:06.839 don't have the subs available to do it. 378 00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:09.000 Because what's better than a one goalie to two goalie 379 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:09.359 last time? 380 00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:11.519 Yeah, I'll take four or five if they. 381 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:13.319 Have it right there with you, brother, all right, So 382 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:17.039 broadcast plans it's an odd kick at six o'clock apparently, Yeah, 383 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:18.680 you know the broadcast plans yet. 384 00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:21.799 Yeah, So we're going live as always an hour before 385 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:24.319 the game. It's going to be myself. I'll be with 386 00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:27.880 Joe Patrick on this one. So five o'clock starts the 387 00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:31.480 five stripes countdown, and as always, we'll have a full 388 00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:34.200 reaction to the full time report after the game. Hopefully 389 00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:37.759 we're talking about who we're matching up with in the 390 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:41.519 first round of the playoffs. But you know, if we 391 00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:45.640 have to discuss, that's it for the season. Here's why, 392 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:48.279 here's what happened, and what is this offseason going to 393 00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:51.400 look like we'll have that tough discussion as well, but 394 00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:55.799 hopefully we're we're looking towards the extension of the Atlanta 395 00:19:55.880 --> 00:19:59.440 United season. But yes, early game Decision Day, all the 396 00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:02.079 Eastern cop it's games kicking off at six o'clock Eastern, 397 00:20:02.160 --> 00:20:06.440 including the one right there at Intern Coast Stadium, terrible name. 398 00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:09.799 That's all right, but we'll have full coverage for you 399 00:20:09.880 --> 00:20:12.960 leading up to an hour before kickoff, so we'll be ready, 400 00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:16.039 and we might even sneak in a little bit of 401 00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:19.839