WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.440 --> 00:00:02.879 Now that he is properly hydrated hanging out with us 2 00:00:02.879 --> 00:00:04.400 from Colony Square. What is up, my friend? 3 00:00:05.519 --> 00:00:06.719 Uh? Not too much, man. 4 00:00:07.040 --> 00:00:10.960 Uh A nice fun week that hopefully we can move 5 00:00:11.039 --> 00:00:14.400 quickly on from the weekend because Uh, a little fella, 6 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:16.839 I guess I'm actually accidentally. 7 00:00:16.199 --> 00:00:18.000 Wearing a little like inner Miami colors. 8 00:00:18.039 --> 00:00:22.039 That's that's just should you have alluded to that on 9 00:00:22.079 --> 00:00:22.440 the air? 10 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:24.079 Uh? 11 00:00:24.320 --> 00:00:24.600 Why not? 12 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:30.480 Okayy shirt? And that's the thing is it is? It 13 00:00:30.600 --> 00:00:33.679 is just a shirt, sir, there is I don't I 14 00:00:33.719 --> 00:00:37.280 believe that there is no immediate bearing to the team 15 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:39.520 that is coming here in the midweek Messi and friends 16 00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:42.079 and MESSI got to play on the weekend. But uh, 17 00:00:42.159 --> 00:00:46.920 I know that going into the match that obviously you're 18 00:00:46.920 --> 00:00:50.200 looking at a team in Nashville that hadn't been scoring goals, 19 00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:53.200 has been a team in transition under BJ Callahan, and 20 00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:55.280 they get to jump on it Lane United early on, 21 00:00:55.520 --> 00:00:57.759 you know, only a handful of minutes in, and so 22 00:00:57.799 --> 00:01:01.280 then you're you're fighting uphill from that moment. Rob Valentino 23 00:01:01.320 --> 00:01:03.000 after the match, and I do have some sound that 24 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:04.680 I'll probably end up playing somewhere here in the show. 25 00:01:04.760 --> 00:01:08.879 Rob Valentino said it was unacceptable, and you got a 26 00:01:09.359 --> 00:01:12.239 team that was off for two weeks and they come 27 00:01:12.319 --> 00:01:14.879 out just flat and it showed. 28 00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:15.959 Yeah. 29 00:01:16.280 --> 00:01:18.840 I mean you could tell from Rob Valentino's post game 30 00:01:18.959 --> 00:01:21.840 that this performance completely caught him off guard. 31 00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:24.640 And I think sometimes in. 32 00:01:24.680 --> 00:01:27.239 Training you might be able to get the feeling that, like, 33 00:01:27.359 --> 00:01:29.640 man like, it doesn't feel like these guys are gonna 34 00:01:29.640 --> 00:01:33.599 bring it on the weekend, And it sounded from his 35 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:36.920 comments that he didn't have any knowledge of that. He 36 00:01:36.959 --> 00:01:40.760 didn't get that feeling at all. He expected a better performance, 37 00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:43.200 and look, you would always expect a better performance, but 38 00:01:43.239 --> 00:01:45.560 I think sometimes you can kind of see it coming. 39 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:50.439 This one certainly blindsided him, and you could tell by 40 00:01:50.439 --> 00:01:52.840 the way he was reacting in the post game discussion 41 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:59.359 that he was incredibly frustrated. Kinda alluded to maybe not 42 00:01:59.519 --> 00:02:05.239 having an answer in regards to the performance. Promised it 43 00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:08.560 wouldn't happen again, but kind of kind of walked back 44 00:02:08.639 --> 00:02:12.479 that promise, because like, if you feel like everything's trending 45 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:14.960 in the right way and then they show up on 46 00:02:15.199 --> 00:02:17.879 Saturday night at home to a winnable game and then 47 00:02:18.000 --> 00:02:21.319 do throw that performance out there, Like, why would you 48 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:24.319 be able to confirm that it'll never look like that again. 49 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:30.800 And this was one that it sounded without putting anyone's 50 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:33.360 name directly out there. He wanted to put directly on 51 00:02:33.439 --> 00:02:36.840 the players, and to an extent, he did without doing 52 00:02:36.840 --> 00:02:42.360 it directly, and that's a cause for concern in regards 53 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:46.560 to the playoff chase. I mean, this was probably your 54 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:50.199 best case scenario for three points. Right, You're fully rested, 55 00:02:50.719 --> 00:02:53.120 you're at home. This is the worst team in the 56 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:56.240 Eastern Conference, at least at that time according to the 57 00:02:56.280 --> 00:03:02.639 table Nashville was. Everything was working in your favor, and 58 00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:06.319 then you throw out a performance that is essentially wholly 59 00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:10.319 non competitive, and from the start too. I mean, you 60 00:03:10.360 --> 00:03:12.759 give up a goal in the fifth minute and it's 61 00:03:12.800 --> 00:03:15.719 pretty much over from there. You didn't rebound, right, You 62 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:18.319 didn't respond to that goal. And that's the thing we 63 00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:21.719 at least have seen in some instances where Landy United 64 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:24.319 has gone down early. I think we have sometimes seen 65 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:27.800 a response. We just didn't get that today or excuse me, 66 00:03:27.879 --> 00:03:33.960 on Saturday. And quite frankly, all the hopes of Alexi 67 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:38.039 Moronchuk being an impactful player, and I'm not gonna say 68 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:40.439 that he's not. It's a one game sample size. Right 69 00:03:41.080 --> 00:03:43.400 we're not calling for the heads of Raheem Morris. We're 70 00:03:43.400 --> 00:03:46.479 not gonna call for the head of Alexi Moroonchuk right now. 71 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:50.800 But it was a very disappointing home debut for Mornchuk 72 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:54.039 because in LA against the Galaxy, when he was on 73 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:56.439 the road, he made his first career start for Landy United. 74 00:03:56.479 --> 00:03:59.000 It did not lead directly to a goal, but I 75 00:03:59.000 --> 00:04:01.479 thought you saw how dangerous he could be and the 76 00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:03.800 vision that he's working with in some of the things. 77 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:07.719 And I do want to make this point because a 78 00:04:07.719 --> 00:04:09.479 lot of people are talking about, oh, he had all 79 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:12.639 these trainings and the chemistry with teammates is going to 80 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:16.240 be so much better than it was with the squad 81 00:04:16.240 --> 00:04:20.560 out in LA. Just remember it's not just about learning 82 00:04:20.639 --> 00:04:24.199 his teammates. It's also about learning this league and learning 83 00:04:24.279 --> 00:04:26.399 the opponents. And you have to go through it and 84 00:04:26.439 --> 00:04:30.279 see how each team defends different aspects of what you're 85 00:04:30.319 --> 00:04:32.920 trying to do, and so the learning curve may be 86 00:04:33.079 --> 00:04:36.920 a little bit steeper for Moron Chuck. Then we maybe 87 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:41.000 want to give credit to or maybe initially thought because 88 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:44.399 he's a different style of player than a guy like Almana. 89 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:48.000 It doesn't just come in the realm of takeover because 90 00:04:48.040 --> 00:04:50.399 I can beat this man one on one. It manifests 91 00:04:50.439 --> 00:04:54.319 itself differently. But it was a disappointing home debut for 92 00:04:54.360 --> 00:04:57.399 Alexi Moronchuk. Hopefully he can be a little bit more 93 00:04:57.519 --> 00:05:02.279 impactful in the midweek game. But now you've got some 94 00:05:02.319 --> 00:05:05.839 real issues because Ronald Hernandez is potentially dealing with an 95 00:05:05.879 --> 00:05:07.560 ankle injury he picked up in training. 96 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:10.639 Pedro Amador got crushed. 97 00:05:11.160 --> 00:05:14.839 And it might be sent into concussion protocol or who 98 00:05:14.920 --> 00:05:18.800 knows if he's gonna be ready, and so are You 99 00:05:18.879 --> 00:05:22.000 are short staffed a little bit on that back end now, 100 00:05:22.360 --> 00:05:27.319 which anytime you're going against Miami probably not the place 101 00:05:27.399 --> 00:05:29.199 you'd want to be a little bit short staffed. But 102 00:05:29.839 --> 00:05:33.160 the moral of the story here, John, is incredibly frustrating 103 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:37.319 to see this performance because you had the potential of 104 00:05:37.360 --> 00:05:39.759 making a move in the standings on the table and 105 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:42.160 if it was gonna happen, it felt like it was 106 00:05:42.199 --> 00:05:43.680 gonna happen in this game. 107 00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:47.639 It didn't. There's still some time, not a lot of it, 108 00:05:47.720 --> 00:05:48.839 but there's still some time. 109 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:51.720 But now you've got to find a couple of wins, 110 00:05:51.759 --> 00:05:53.480 and at least one of them is probably gonna have 111 00:05:53.519 --> 00:05:54.240 to come on the road. 112 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:55.600 One of them is probably gonna have to. 113 00:05:55.519 --> 00:05:59.519 Come against teams that are higher than you in the table, 114 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:03.040 and so you've you've got to find your way up 115 00:06:03.120 --> 00:06:06.600 another spot in the standings, and it would have been 116 00:06:06.600 --> 00:06:09.199 a lot easier to do that with three points against Nashville. 117 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:12.279 Yeah, the numbers on Alexi Mironchuk, according to our friends 118 00:06:12.279 --> 00:06:15.120 at the Sofa, Scory funched a six point nine forty 119 00:06:15.199 --> 00:06:18.519 nine touches in ninety minutes, thirty one to thirty seven, 120 00:06:18.600 --> 00:06:21.120 passing eighty four percent, had the one cross, had two 121 00:06:21.160 --> 00:06:24.160 long balls that were successful, one shot on target, one off, 122 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:27.800 was two for two on his duels, fouled once, had 123 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:30.720 a clearance, and had a tackle on the day. So 124 00:06:30.759 --> 00:06:32.959 that's what you're staring at from Alexi midon Chuk. You 125 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:37.439 mentioned the possible injuries. Obviously, Shonda's dealing with something that 126 00:06:37.480 --> 00:06:39.560 he's been dealing with for quite some time with the foot. 127 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:43.319 I'm still trying to figure out, since you mentioned Pedro Amador, 128 00:06:44.279 --> 00:06:47.560 how Sam Surage did not get a card of any 129 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:51.720 color when he cleared Amador out. When you look at 130 00:06:51.720 --> 00:06:55.839 the replay and you see Surage climb the ladder and 131 00:06:55.959 --> 00:06:58.040 take his and I know it was his right but 132 00:06:58.040 --> 00:07:01.279 I'm left handed. Where he takes his forearm and basically 133 00:07:01.399 --> 00:07:05.279 cleans Amador out on the climb up, and Amador ends 134 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:09.399 up landing face first on the turf because of getting 135 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:12.800 cleaned out by surage. No card, no foul, no nothing, 136 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:17.560 And Pemador was down for quite some time and obviously 137 00:07:17.560 --> 00:07:19.279 they had to treat a head injury and you end 138 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:21.279 up with a concussion sub I believe at the time 139 00:07:21.319 --> 00:07:25.040 as he was getting checked out. So yeah, there was 140 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:28.040 this was, you know, the opportunity I think Capital t 141 00:07:28.199 --> 00:07:30.480 capital O when it came to trying to get north 142 00:07:30.480 --> 00:07:31.439 of the playoff bar. 143 00:07:31.759 --> 00:07:32.519 And you would have been in. 144 00:07:32.839 --> 00:07:36.000 You would have been within touching distance of possibly even 145 00:07:36.040 --> 00:07:38.839 the seven depending on what Orlando would have done. But 146 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:42.920 right now, as you say, it is still outside looking in. 147 00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:46.639 It is eight wins on the board and DC is 148 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:49.639 two points ahead of you. But once again, you're getting 149 00:07:49.720 --> 00:07:53.439 chased by the uh, the the neighbor's dog if you're 150 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:56.279 the postman, because you got all the neighbors dogs that 151 00:07:56.319 --> 00:07:58.759 are chasing after you when you hit the neighborhood. Because 152 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:02.959 Atlanta's at thirty one, Philadelphia is at thirty identical record 153 00:08:02.959 --> 00:08:05.759 to Montreal, well ahead of Montreal, and this is what 154 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:09.040 may just absolutely wipe Montreal off the map with any 155 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:12.800 kind of consideration, a goal difference of minus twenty two 156 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:16.279 and Atlanta's got that coming to town in the next month. 157 00:08:16.319 --> 00:08:19.920 But Montreal at thirty points and seven wins, Chicago's seven 158 00:08:19.959 --> 00:08:23.079 wins and twenty nine points, and they are one goal 159 00:08:23.199 --> 00:08:26.319 ahead of Nashville in goal difference. And then really New 160 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:29.160 England is still not out of it completely and totally, 161 00:08:29.279 --> 00:08:31.519 but they've got twenty seven points in twenty seven matches. 162 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:34.120 So dogs are barking behind you. You're trying to take 163 00:08:34.120 --> 00:08:36.360 care of business with six to go, and you're trying 164 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:38.360 to be two points better than DC to hop into 165 00:08:38.399 --> 00:08:40.480 the playoff picture. That's what you're staring at right now. 166 00:08:40.840 --> 00:08:43.960 Well, the good news about that, in what's right behind 167 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:46.039 you is that you play both of those teams. You 168 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:50.759 play Philadelphia, you play Montreal quite frankly, and we came 169 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:54.759 close to calling Nashville a must win. I think those 170 00:08:54.799 --> 00:08:57.679 two are must win. I mean, you're just not gonna 171 00:08:57.679 --> 00:09:00.000 hold them off if they take the points from you. 172 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:03.919 And it's an opportunity against teams that are theoretically worse 173 00:09:03.960 --> 00:09:07.200 than you at least based on the current standings, to 174 00:09:07.279 --> 00:09:10.559 take all three and including one of those being at 175 00:09:10.559 --> 00:09:15.240 home that game against Montreal, So those become integral, and 176 00:09:15.240 --> 00:09:16.919 then you got to find a way to either beat 177 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:22.440 Miami Red Bulls either here or there, Orlando City in 178 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:26.799 the final game of the season. And so there's still opportunity. 179 00:09:27.480 --> 00:09:32.320 I mean, there's still three, maybe four wins potentially out there, 180 00:09:32.360 --> 00:09:35.879 but you just cannot look the way you did on 181 00:09:35.960 --> 00:09:40.440 Saturday night, lifeless and listless. You weren't up for the 182 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:43.080 game from the start, and that's the biggest issue. And 183 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:46.279 I would imagine Wednesday, with Miami and the top team 184 00:09:46.279 --> 00:09:48.559 in the Eastern Conference, you'll be up for it and 185 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:52.000 you'll have a little bit better performance. I would think 186 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:56.559 whether or not Messi comes and plays the crowd, you 187 00:09:56.600 --> 00:09:59.080 know who had bought tickets hoping he would be, we'll 188 00:09:59.120 --> 00:10:03.440 be there in full four and hopefully can energize the squad. 189 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:09.159 But it's still there. That's what's kind of crazy is 190 00:10:09.159 --> 00:10:12.679 you got another weekend of results that really didn't kill 191 00:10:12.720 --> 00:10:17.559 you in terms of what's ahead of you, and it's there. 192 00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:20.759 I mean, you've got the games that you need right there. 193 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:22.600 You've also got a game in hand on some of 194 00:10:22.639 --> 00:10:24.639 the teams that are directly above you in that eight 195 00:10:24.679 --> 00:10:27.399 and nine spot, so you're gonna have to put use 196 00:10:27.840 --> 00:10:30.320 of that game in hand and deal with it on 197 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:37.960 that front. But yeah, it's concerning, because let's go back 198 00:10:38.039 --> 00:10:42.799 beyond just Nashville, right You go back to that Charlotte game, 199 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:46.279 and you you put in a pretty strong effort over 200 00:10:46.320 --> 00:10:49.120 the course of ninety minutes in Charlotte, and you feel 201 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:52.960 like you're trending up. You feel like you've got something 202 00:10:53.240 --> 00:10:57.360 going there, and and then you come back home after 203 00:10:57.519 --> 00:11:00.759 rest and recovery and a game plan kind of gearing 204 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:03.480 up for this final seven game push. Now six games 205 00:11:04.919 --> 00:11:07.279 and it just wasn't there. And now the flip side 206 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:10.320 is you've also seen Charlotte and they had another poor 207 00:11:10.360 --> 00:11:13.120 performance this weekend, and you start to ask yourself how 208 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:16.279 much of that was even Atlanta trending upwards or is 209 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:17.679 it just a massive. 210 00:11:17.320 --> 00:11:19.600 Downward turn for Charlotte. 211 00:11:19.679 --> 00:11:21.559 And I think you can make your arguments for the 212 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:24.360 downward turn from Charlotte, and then you combine that with 213 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:26.440 what we saw from Atlanta United. It does give you 214 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:29.080 some concern, But you've got to find a way to 215 00:11:29.120 --> 00:11:31.840 pick up some points in games that maybe you don't 216 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:35.840 expect to and that includes Wednesday against Miami. I mean, 217 00:11:35.840 --> 00:11:40.720 at this point, you'll take anything. Even a draw at 218 00:11:40.759 --> 00:11:45.120 home would be huge based on the rest of the schedule. 219 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:48.559 And again it makes that Philly and that Montreal game, 220 00:11:48.600 --> 00:11:52.039 I mean, those are unless you plan on beating Red 221 00:11:52.039 --> 00:11:55.320 Bulls twice and taking it to Miami on Wednesday, Like, 222 00:11:55.399 --> 00:11:58.720 those two games are just absolutely must wins, like we're 223 00:11:58.759 --> 00:12:03.000 not gonna make We're not gonna kind of gloss over 224 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:05.600 it as oh, you know, the season's not over if 225 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:07.759 you don't win. No, Like those are must win games, 226 00:12:08.159 --> 00:12:09.919 like if you're gonna jump into that spot, those are 227 00:12:09.960 --> 00:12:10.759 must win games. 228 00:12:10.759 --> 00:12:13.720 But the performance is certainly concerning. 229 00:12:14.360 --> 00:12:18.039 And back to how we opened the discussion, like Rob 230 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:22.799 Valentino is not gonna have very much patience in this one. 231 00:12:23.600 --> 00:12:27.240 The dude dropped an F bomb well in the post 232 00:12:27.279 --> 00:12:29.240 game press conference. I don't know how well that went 233 00:12:29.320 --> 00:12:31.440 over on We try not. 234 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:33.399 To bring too much attention to that because it was 235 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:37.919 aired live on on the air, but yeah, the frustration 236 00:12:38.120 --> 00:12:43.360 was very clear. I mean, he blew off Jarrett for 237 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:45.840 what was supposed to be a post game discussion down 238 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:48.039 on the field, I would also blow off Jarrett. If 239 00:12:48.039 --> 00:12:50.879 we're gonna be honest, Yeah, I. 240 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:52.799 Blow him off as much as possible the press box. 241 00:12:52.840 --> 00:12:56.600 I certainly would blow him off in the in the field, 242 00:12:56.639 --> 00:13:00.120 but no, I mean, look, he was working his way 243 00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:02.840 through it, incredibly frustrated, trying to gather his thoughts, and 244 00:13:04.799 --> 00:13:07.080 something tells me it's not going to be a fun 245 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:12.039 week or half week of sessions leading up to this 246 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:15.159 game on Wednesday, And all I can say is, and 247 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:17.240 we talked about this. Mike Connie was the one to 248 00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:20.759 pointed out really in the full time report, if there's 249 00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:24.600 anything you're holding on to the one thing that Atlanti 250 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:27.120 because I said, the one that Atlanta and iited just 251 00:13:27.200 --> 00:13:30.240 hasn't found consistency. They've never really stretched out the rags 252 00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:34.200 and hit a rhythm. And Mike Conti said, actually, they 253 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:37.000 have found consistency in one thing, and that is playing 254 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:40.039 to the level of their opponent, whether it be up 255 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:44.000 or unfortunately, whether it be down. And we've seen them 256 00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:46.519 compete with some of the best teams in the MLS. 257 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:48.360 We've also seen them drop points to some of the 258 00:13:48.360 --> 00:13:51.639 worst teams in the MLS and so if there is 259 00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:53.960 like a big glimmer of hope and it's like maybe 260 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:57.080 once again they can rise to the level of competition 261 00:13:57.200 --> 00:14:03.200 and play on evil even terms with Miami or potentially 262 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:06.120 find a winner. And so that's kind of what I'm 263 00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:09.440 holding onto at this point, because there's nothing from the 264 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:12.000 performance on Saturday that leads me to believe that they're 265 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:16.080 gonna be able to beat Miami on Wednesday. But again, 266 00:14:17.080 --> 00:14:20.000 it just hasn't seemed like one performance to the next, 267 00:14:20.279 --> 00:14:24.039 you've been able to carry over momentum, and that includes 268 00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:27.519 momentum that has gone backwards. Like it doesn't necessarily mean 269 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:29.120 they're gonna have a stinker on Wednesday. 270 00:14:29.159 --> 00:14:32.320 They might, but just because they didn't look good Saturday, 271 00:14:32.360 --> 00:14:32.720 it does not. 272 00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:35.799 Over the course of this season has not meant that 273 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:39.879 they're not gonna bring it on Wednesday. And so hope springs, 274 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:43.080 eternal optimism remains, and we'll see what they've got for 275 00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:46.559 the little guy if he's brave enough to step out 276 00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:47.679 onto the pitch. 277 00:14:48.159 --> 00:14:50.200 Well, let's see Abe Gordon nineteen nine in the game. 278 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:52.120 At Abe Gordon at nineteen nine in the game. On 279 00:14:52.200 --> 00:14:54.000 the two hundred and eighty character app, I was looking 280 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:58.399 at the minutes played from the individuals of our resident 281 00:14:58.440 --> 00:15:01.399 Philadelphia Union fan. Rich Ransom is in the timeline this 282 00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:06.080 morning and he mentions that with Messi and friends getting 283 00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:12.480 the duke, Messi played ninety minutes, Luis Suarez played ninety minutes, 284 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:16.200 Diego Gomez, who's heading to Brighton at some point, played 285 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:21.679 eighty one minutes, where Dondo in the midfield played eighty 286 00:15:21.799 --> 00:15:24.639 nine minutes. So you're getting a lot of folks that 287 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:29.919 logged a lot of minutes. Busquettes played ninety. Julian Gressel, 288 00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:32.879 as I'm scanning, he also played eighty one minutes, so 289 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:37.519 you're front seven that you're used to seeing, and the 290 00:15:37.519 --> 00:15:41.320 Gulf Stream Galacticos Jeordi Alba played ninety minutes. They all 291 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:44.120 went the distance or most of it getting ready for 292 00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:46.559 this particular matchup that we have here in the midweek. 293 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:49.879 So the palace intrigue does exist as to how many 294 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:54.559 minutes if any, those individuals will play in the midweek 295 00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:56.120 going up against Atlanta United. 296 00:15:56.679 --> 00:15:59.799 Yeah, the thing that's been kind of crazy about my 297 00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:03.720 is it doesn't seem to matter who's in there, like 298 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:08.039 like they have produced and obviously Messi returned this past week. 299 00:16:08.159 --> 00:16:11.919 Uh oh, look who's joining uh Messi. Messi returned this 300 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:14.799 past week. Now, he obviously didn't have to knock the 301 00:16:14.840 --> 00:16:17.279 rust off. It didn't take long. Two goals and an 302 00:16:17.279 --> 00:16:21.320 assist for him. But even without him in the time 303 00:16:21.320 --> 00:16:24.679 that he's missed an injury, like, they've just been cruising along. 304 00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:28.080 They've already clinched a playoff spot. They're still cruising along 305 00:16:28.159 --> 00:16:31.399 and uh, it just hasn't seemed to matter that. That's 306 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:36.120 what's honestly been most impressive is everyone who when Messi 307 00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:39.600 came to the MLS. Everyone was like, all right, we 308 00:16:39.679 --> 00:16:42.519 know he's not gonna play forty five games this season 309 00:16:42.799 --> 00:16:46.120 or whatever the number may be. How many points do 310 00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:49.240 they drop in the games that he's not playing. It 311 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:52.639 has not been much. Uh, they are just cruising along. 312 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:54.840 I mean, what was it a three to one victory? 313 00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:57.919 I think over this past weekend, they're still scoring goals 314 00:16:57.960 --> 00:17:01.240 without him, and it's not just him at Jordi Alba 315 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:04.680 and Suarez and SCT like they're they're still doing damage 316 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:06.839 even when he's not the maestro on the field there. 317 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:11.200 So it's really really impressive to see what they've been 318 00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:14.480 able to do without Messi, and then quite frankly a 319 00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:17.200 little bit scary to see what they can do with him. 320 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:20.599 But again, this is a Landy United squad that has 321 00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:24.160 already dealt with them one time this season and come 322 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:27.200 out victorious and one of the more surprising results in 323 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:31.759 the moment, And so hopefully they can they can rise 324 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:33.799 to that occasion and do it again on Wednesday. 325 00:17:34.319 --> 00:17:37.279 Jared, I will give you the last question for Abe 326 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:41.000 Gordon and his weekly Monday visit. Except when the Falcons 327 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:42.200 come to come to town. 328 00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:47.920 Oh god, without knowing what you guys have discussed already. 329 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:48.880 Oh that's good. 330 00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:52.880 Yeah, I know, that's always the best. The disappointment not 331 00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:57.680 was standing from that from Saturday night. Uh, Rob Valentino's words, 332 00:17:57.720 --> 00:18:02.759 clearly doing a lot of lifting. What change you look 333 00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:05.759 at it? What changes would you make going into Wednesday night? 334 00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:09.759 And would he even be Hey, I'm for me personally 335 00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:12.079 it is a I need people who are willing to fight, 336 00:18:12.680 --> 00:18:14.920 and I didn't always get that sense Saturday night. So 337 00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:19.039 any changes you're making for Wednesday, Well, there's a. 338 00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:24.359 Couple things with the limitations I expect limitations on Hernandez 339 00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:25.240 and Amador. 340 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:27.400 Potentially I would say likely. 341 00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:31.680 Out I would go back to the whether you want 342 00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:33.640 to call it three center backs or five in the back, 343 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:35.599 whatever you did, this is what you did the first 344 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:40.200 time in Miami. Maybe not by choice now but by personnel. 345 00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:44.160 I think you have to go back to that. Insert 346 00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:48.200 Noah cob back into the lineup and Brooks Lennon and 347 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:50.480 I don't know what you do on the left side 348 00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:54.759 right now, if we're gonna be honest at yeah, well, 349 00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:55.880 but I thought. 350 00:18:55.640 --> 00:18:56.759 He was maybe banged up. 351 00:18:56.799 --> 00:18:59.359 I thought he maybe had some some limitations too, So 352 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:03.960 we'll see what's going on there again with I know, 353 00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:06.599 in theory you could have maybe pulled most Scare back there, 354 00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:09.279 but if Sean by Silva is limited, I mean, it's 355 00:19:09.319 --> 00:19:12.160 a mess. It's kind of a maybe maybe Tyler Wolf 356 00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:15.119 goes up top and most scare. However you're going to 357 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:17.519 do it, but I would probably go back to three 358 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:22.960 center backs in this one. I think the question is fair, Uh, 359 00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:26.240 who is gonna lay it on the line? And I 360 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:29.480 just don't know who you have in the reserves that 361 00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:32.960 I would make a change for. I think maybe you 362 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:35.440 can ask more of guys that are gonna be out there. 363 00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:38.720 But I mean, quite frankly, you're in the midst of 364 00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:42.440 a final six game playoff push. It's a little late 365 00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:46.279 to be making like desperation moves because of mindset of players. 366 00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:50.000 And I think it's a fair question, by the way, Jared, like, guys, 367 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:53.880 we're not fighting. And I think the biggest like instance 368 00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:56.680 of that was, as we mentioned here, John, when when 369 00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:59.640 Pedromdor got clocked and it was like, no one's running 370 00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:03.799 through the fence except for a good Well you weren't 371 00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:05.759 on the field though, Jared, You're not. 372 00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:10.480 He was on the field. 373 00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:15.160 You were, but you somehow I didn't make it in 374 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:17.680 between the lines there. I don't think you were gonna 375 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:20.119 go I mean, look, i've seen you play. Maybe you 376 00:20:20.119 --> 00:20:23.000 were gonna go double foot inside studs up in the 377 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:23.880 surge you. 378 00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:26.240 If I went into drug double foot somebody, I'm gonna 379 00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:28.440 blow both a cls in the process. 380 00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:31.519 Well maybe you nick him at least in. 381 00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:31.559 Part of that. 382 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:35.920 No, No, but I mean all drunking aside, Like. 383 00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:38.759 It was like, dude, is no one gonna coke crack 384 00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:41.319 him the next time there's a ball in the air 385 00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:44.279 or whatever, And it just didn't happen. And no one 386 00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:48.680 was really even overly animated, except for Goose, who was 387 00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:51.799 incredibly frustrated and had the right. 388 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:52.160 To do so. 389 00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:56.319 And so I I do think what you're asking is fair, 390 00:20:56.440 --> 00:20:59.279 but it's just like, I don't know right now if 391 00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:03.000 they have them to make. I mean, you've thrown, not thrown, 392 00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:05.519 but you've had so many guys exit the club. I 393 00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:08.519 think your depth is really being tested, even more so 394 00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:12.839 by the injuries. And so I mean, what about you 395 00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:15.440 a guy that you're looking for that you would wish 396 00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:17.599 I had singled out here? Jared, that was like, I 397 00:21:17.640 --> 00:21:19.799 can't believe you didn't bring up so and so because 398 00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:21.119 I just don't know. 399 00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:23.200 You know, maybe you. 400 00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:25.680 Bring Moyam bab back into the starting lineup, but like, 401 00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:28.960