# World Cup Studio Reveal, Kone Interview & Real Madrid Transfer Talk | EP 114

An episode of [Box2Box Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1743312473), 8 Jun 2026, 59 min.

Audio: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5652404911.mp3

🏟️ We officially unveiled our World Cup studio.This week on the podcast, we take you behind the scenes of our setup for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and reveal the studio we'll be using throughout the tournament. We also sit down with Ismaël Koné to discuss his career, Canada’s World Cup ambitions, and life at the highest level.On top of that, we break down the latest transfer stories, including Real Madrid's summer plans, the Michael Olise discussion, and whether Andoni Iraola could be the right man for Liverpool.🎁 Patreon: \[https://www.patreon.com/Box2BoxShow\](https://www.patreon.com/Box2BoxShow)📺 Main Channel: @box2boxshow📸 Instagram: @box2box.show🎵 TikTok: @box2box.show🎙 Meet the HostsVarvar – @varvar_b2bFerms – @fermini_Pala – @luca.palazzeseMili – @amiliziano

## Transcript

[0:00] Welcome back to the Box2Box Show podcast.
[0:02] This episode 114 and the World Cup is finally here.
[0:05] And the transfer season is heating up, with Real Madrid
[0:07] making two top signings in the week.
[0:09] And we have Canadian footballer Ismaël Koné on the podcast to
[0:12] discuss how he's going to do at the World Cup.
[0:14] All that and more on the Boxer Box podcast.
[0:16] You ain't going home. Your Honor, I'm sorry.
[0:20] Your Honor, I'm sorry. And Mars are on the pitch, and
[0:24] Bangula starts our next. I'm a Drago.
[0:31] Is this drago? Oh my, that's.
[0:33] The we need some numbers over here. 49 No, that's that's.
[0:40] That's. Gentlemen, Summer officially
[0:48] started. The vibes are good.
[0:50] World Cup is around the corner. We're in a new studio.
[0:53] Life is. Life is great.
[0:54] Life is pretty great. A little changes.
[0:56] The new studio. We can thank Paula and Millie FC
[0:59] for this. I feel like we we've been
[1:00] thanked last week. Yeah, but it's eternally
[1:02] thanking. It's eternally thanking.
[1:04] I agree because Varva and Ferms of see, we kind of took like the
[1:08] backseat on this, on this project Box2Box Show wise.
[1:11] So yeah, you guys killed it. The studio is looking very nice.
[1:15] You want to point them out exactly what we have back here
[1:17] or what? So we got some IKEA belly's mom.
[1:21] So it's actually funny because the way that this all like the
[1:23] way that we conceptualize the idea was actually like we are
[1:27] just looking at like renders, like like just studio renders.
[1:30] And then we kind of found a couple that we liked, and then
[1:33] me and Millie just started building.
[1:35] We just started buying stuff, starting to build.
[1:36] And then slowly we started realizing like shit, we actually
[1:39] made it look exactly like the render without.
[1:41] It was, it was one of those things that were like that were
[1:43] just like we didn't have like an exact set like like look to the
[1:47] studio. It was kind of just like a, a, a
[1:49] concept of it. And then we built, yeah.
[1:50] Then we vibed on the way in like case you make this a dark color,
[1:53] she would make a black. She would do this.
[1:54] She would do that like even the panels on the side, like the
[1:56] hexagon panels, that's an audible that that was an
[1:59] audible. We did that on the spot.
[2:00] So it was like, yeah, the little additions to the jerseys, the
[2:04] scarves. Like we also brought some stuff
[2:06] over from the old well the past pod studio with like things in
[2:10] the back too, like I'm sure those.
[2:11] People, we have our content awards.
[2:14] Yeah, Yeah, we have. One on that side and 1:00 on
[2:15] that side. Yeah, we have our trio shoes
[2:18] somewhere. Firms of shoe is still here.
[2:19] Something from the shoe just made it, made it through every.
[2:21] Internally. The World Cup posters, we got to
[2:23] say we got the Toronto one there.
[2:24] We got my Balandor up there. Might add The Sopranos my World
[2:27] Cup. Yeah, the.
[2:28] Sopranos. Think of adding The Sopranos to.
[2:30] How do we do that? There's no right in between the
[2:33] jerseys. Yeah, we'll see.
[2:34] We'll see. Maybe that's after World.
[2:35] Cup Cup of the World Cup might be an after World Cup situation,
[2:37] but the plants are still there. Also the vibe because we're
[2:40] using this for our Youtubes. I'm sure you if you guys would
[2:42] have seen the World Cup prediction videos, but there's
[2:45] going to be more coming out. Actually, there's already going
[2:46] to be two that have came out in the studio.
[2:48] We wanted to give a similar vibe to where we were before in our
[2:51] old studio just just because that's like box of box identity,
[2:55] you know, like you create that identity.
[2:56] The the podcast a little bit more difficult because we are
[2:59] sitting in the same arrangement, but you can't make the set look
[3:02] exactly the same as the podcast 1 so and.
[3:04] I think it was nice just to like do something special for the
[3:07] World Cup, obviously once every four years.
[3:08] Like it was a labor of love. But I mean, we did it because
[3:11] like we know how big of an occasion this is.
[3:14] Kind of deserves it like especially for you guys watching
[3:16] like you guys, you guys have supported us along the way so.
[3:19] And, and I, I'm probably going to stay on the next YouTube, but
[3:21] if you guys watch the recent YouTube video and you guys were
[3:23] commenting and you guys were supporting, I appreciate all
[3:25] those comments. Like shit like that.
[3:27] When I just click on the video and I see all the comments,
[3:30] camera quality. So sick child to our, our
[3:32] producer Apple Go. And like, just just like the
[3:36] support is the, the support is it makes you feel good, makes
[3:38] you feel like all the work in the, the, the long nights like
[3:40] are worth it. So yeah, I really appreciate it.
[3:42] Just beginning because now we have a month of beautiful games
[3:45] every day. Lock in.
[3:46] Now it's a lock in. Yeah, yeah.
[3:47] Hard part. I'm sorry.
[3:48] Yeah, like Barbara's nutrients levels are kind of off today.
[3:51] We recorded 2 YouTube videos already.
[3:53] Today, but I'm I'm like full of energy, you know, like I'm like
[3:55] super hyped, you know, I'm stoked.
[3:57] What's great about this room is that you can't tell the time.
[4:00] It's like the casino. You know, I don't have a watch
[4:01] so. Yeah.
[4:02] It's like, it's like a casino situation, Yeah.
[4:04] It could be good, it's a pro. Yeah, because even in the old
[4:07] studio, once you saw the sun go down a little bit and it starts
[4:10] getting darker, like it kind of felt, yeah.
[4:13] I have no idea what time it is right now.
[4:14] I know exactly what time it is. It time to talk about football
[4:16] or what? It's almost that time.
[4:18] World Cup. It's time to talk about the
[4:19] Monaco Grand Prix first, just for a little 2nd and maybe
[4:22] Roland Garros. Just throw that in there a
[4:24] little bit. If anyone's a tennis fan, we're
[4:26] actually recording this on the Saturday before the Sunday
[4:28] Monaco race. We didn't even see it yet and
[4:31] it's not as good. So I don't know.
[4:32] Going into this weekend we thought the free practices, the
[4:34] Ferraris were like one and two or two and three.
[4:36] So like we really thought there was something special going on.
[4:38] And Leclair? As per usual, it's either hit
[4:40] the wall or win the Monaco Grand Prix.
[4:42] Paulo called it. We're watching Q3, and it was
[4:44] like, Paulo's like, yeah, either like he hits the wall or like,
[4:48] or he gets pulled. That's usually how Leclaire
[4:49] goes. And then you saw Yellow Flag and
[4:51] instantly look at Millie and me. Millie both know he's in a wall.
[4:53] So yeah. And that's exactly we'll see
[4:54] tomorrow. There's not a lot of passing on
[4:56] Monaco, but everyone watches just because it's it's.
[4:59] Monaco. It's the home of Formula One, in
[5:01] a way. Yeah.
[5:02] And listen, it's the most lavish Yeah, race of the calendar.
[5:06] So I don't know about you guys. I'm seeing some some friends of
[5:08] ours. I know, I know at the race, like
[5:09] I'm like, everyone's moving up. What the fuck?
[5:12] Moving up in the world. I see someone on a yacht in
[5:14] Monaco eating a nice supper. It's like, good for them.
[5:17] Yeah. I mean, one day it's.
[5:18] A one day situation, yeah. So one day I'll be in the bushes
[5:21] watching I'm. Monaco.
[5:23] Monaco doesn't interest me that much to go like it doesn't
[5:26] because. You're not an F1.
[5:27] But like F1, it doesn't interest me that much to go going.
[5:30] I would just like to go to Monaco but not really like but
[5:33] if. You're there, Monaco.
[5:34] And you want to go see Louisville Trace?
[5:36] But it just, it just sounds like.
[5:37] It just sounds like you're going to get rinsed so bad.
[5:41] But just for. Every time you.
[5:42] Just admit that you don't got it like that.
[5:44] Just say you don't got it like that.
[5:45] And got it. Situation, but like we're
[5:46] talking about like got it like that.
[5:48] Like, not very many people have got it like that.
[5:50] But I feel like if you do got it like that, it's an enjoyable
[5:52] place to be. Imagine being surrounded by a
[5:54] bunch of other people that got it like that.
[5:57] It's like you're in the land. You're in the land of.
[5:59] Got it. Yeah, that's like those are your
[6:00] people. Like those are the people you
[6:01] associate. With a land of dopamine maxes.
[6:04] Land of I don't know about that, yeah, maximizing shareholder
[6:07] value for the situation it's. More like equity maxing.
[6:10] Wait, so when you're a YouTube, are you, your goal is to
[6:14] maximize viewer enjoyment. So you're still in a way we are
[6:17] acting as a, as a company? Providers, yeah, we're fuse
[6:20] maxing. We're drug dealers.
[6:23] I'm I'm a I'm a dopamine dealer. We're Milky drug dealers the way
[6:27] you I'm a dope dealer. You're gonna put that on my CVS?
[6:29] I'm a dope dealer. I'm a dopamine dealer.
[6:30] For real. Yeah, it was a fiend.
[6:32] Yeah, for real. Don't sell dope around my corner
[6:34] bro. We got you can't.
[6:36] You can't. You can't get the what is it?
[6:38] You can't get hooked on your product.
[6:39] You can't go high on your own supply.
[6:41] Yeah. That's us watching our own box
[6:43] to box videos. Yeah, ours of theme of our
[6:46] supply, but no, it takes it takes people that consume
[6:49] content to make content. Yeah, which makes sense.
[6:52] And this is Roland Garros. I don't know if you guys saw
[6:54] what's happening, but Sinner. Sinner didn't retire, actually
[6:58] played out, played out a full match, still lost because he was
[7:01] injured. Alkares didn't make the
[7:03] tournament. Djokovic lost to Mensic.
[7:05] I think Djokovic lost to Mensic the the young Czech player and
[7:08] the now the final Zverev and Kaboli, which is a younger,
[7:12] younger born in 2002. So whatever that makes him
[7:15] Italian in the final, so we Italian.
[7:17] Product once again center down, koble up.
[7:19] There's a. Doing well everywhere but in
[7:21] there's. A semi final.
[7:22] The semi final was very of Mencic and the other one was 2
[7:25] Italians. We're just.
[7:27] Yeah, Italian guaranteed. And everything other than.
[7:29] Football. The most important one, yeah.
[7:31] It's, I don't know about you guys, Is it like an eerie, like
[7:33] is it still an eerie feeling when it's like World Cup time,
[7:36] but it's like there's no Italy I.
[7:38] Hate it, I said it before, I'm never going to let them let it
[7:40] down. It doesn't get you as hyped for
[7:42] the disgrace. I'm just pissed.
[7:44] I'm pissed because we're frustrating.
[7:46] I would love to have Italy. Like, I don't know, we we see we
[7:48] have all the jerseys, we're talking about the players like
[7:51] ripping packs, whatever. Like no, Italy, no, no, no
[7:54] mention of Italy. As if we're as if we're a mine,
[7:56] a small little minute footballing we.
[7:58] Are irrelevant now. Right now, it feels like it.
[8:01] We are bro. Like there's some, there's some
[8:03] teams you don't know half the players, you don't know 90% of
[8:05] the players. Yeah, many teams.
[8:07] But there's a lot of people, I'm sure they don't recognize like
[8:09] 80% of the Italian national team now.
[8:12] You're saying they recognize players are more than they
[8:14] recognize players? No, but Saudi.
[8:16] OK, but but I'm saying more like we we currently stand right now
[8:20] probably like the size internationally of like a
[8:23] Columbia maybe in in football. I was thinking of Columbia.
[8:26] Like exact. Yeah, I mean, I disagree.
[8:28] But I think that's a little. That's hard.
[8:31] Yeah, that's in the moment. Listen, I, I.
[8:33] We. Have we have a league?
[8:34] We have a top five league in our country.
[8:35] I was, I was like visualizing, you know, like what?
[8:37] The favorite? You can't say we don't.
[8:39] Have a top five league, it's just sure that, but top five is
[8:43] just the barometer that we've set.
[8:45] But the league is so much worse. OK, so you think the Portuguese
[8:48] league is better? Than the I don't.
[8:49] It's all compared to the Premier League, OK?
[8:51] Let's just move on because it's just, it's Barber, Barber.
[8:53] Is all on PSG? It's going to yap nothing.
[8:55] But we mentioned in the intro, obviously we will not be
[8:58] supporting Italy in this World Cup, but we will be supporting
[9:00] Canada and we have a sick guest during the pod.
[9:03] So that's going to be. Fun.
[9:04] But to clarify, it's not going to be like he's not pulling up
[9:07] here. We, we already recorded, we have
[9:09] to go to him. We, we already recorded that
[9:11] portion of it. It's going to be towards the
[9:12] end, but now we're going to get into like the regular club
[9:15] football, yeah, news and stuff. Well I mean Real Madrid decided
[9:18] to like fuck up the entire world this week and just sign.
[9:21] They signed Denzel Dumfries for 20 mil shekels, they signed
[9:25] Connate for free, and now they're trying to sign Alize for
[9:28] 150 mil. And they're just causing drama
[9:30] for no reason. Yeah.
[9:31] Meanwhile, they have a presidential race.
[9:33] But that's why it's kind of forcing him to spend money.
[9:37] Yeah, but you can't the the promises that the other guys
[9:40] making are crazy. Yeah, saying that, they already
[9:43] have. They already have Holland.
[9:44] They have Clop. Clop's going to be on the phone,
[9:47] Holland's going to be signed and Roger's going to be signed.
[9:49] But but my reason my my thinking is that if Holland agrees to to
[9:53] join Real Madrid, if he kelmies president, like why wouldn't he
[9:56] agree to join when Perez's president?
[9:57] It's because he's not. You know.
[9:59] It's empty promises. It's a lot of empty promises and
[10:02] you see with Mourinho, for example, obviously Perez wanted
[10:05] him and he Kelme is saying that's not the coach I would go
[10:08] for for but like he's signed to Real Madrid right now.
[10:10] So what do you get? You're going to.
[10:11] Double down. He's not signed.
[10:13] He's not officially signed. I think there's just an
[10:15] agreement, but it's. Depending on the the results of
[10:19] the election. I don't think it'll be close, I
[10:21] think. I think Perez will still win by
[10:22] a landslide. I really don't.
[10:23] I don't know. I.
[10:25] Also, I think Perez is going to win also, but I don't know, it
[10:27] kind of feels like he's losing his aura.
[10:29] Like if there was a time to attack his his crown, it's the
[10:32] it's now. But two years trophy list?
[10:34] You don't. You don't attack with promises
[10:36] that the world knows you won't. I don't know if the world knows
[10:39] that he won't do Earling Holland.
[10:42] And they already came out, said that.
[10:43] Yeah, that was man said he already wants to sue them.
[10:46] Yeah, but suing, whatever. If the guy, if the guy wants to
[10:48] join Real Madrid, he wants to join Real Madrid.
[10:50] Do you actually think that they had a call?
[10:51] He spoke about it. He spoke about it that he he's
[10:53] he's wants to play for Real Madrid.
[10:55] Dortmund CEO came out literally yesterday or the day before
[10:59] saying I know Holland wants to play for Real Madrid and he
[11:02] probably will in the future but maybe just not right now it.
[11:05] Just makes no sense. Like he's going to choose that
[11:08] you're gonna have Mbappe, Holland and Vinny.
[11:11] Why are you making the problem? Worse, they might sell one of
[11:13] them They. 'D have to sell one of them.
[11:15] Yeah, Fisher, I think, I think Rodri would be an easy purchase.
[11:19] To be honest, Roger, for me, I feel like that's for him to even
[11:22] just go up a level pretty much from Man City to real at that
[11:26] age. What's?
[11:26] The point of Man City selling Man City or a top club they
[11:30] can't sell but. When I said that for Bayern, but
[11:31] when I said that for Bayern, for Elise, why is it different?
[11:34] Because we'll be talking about that well.
[11:36] We can talk about it right now if.
[11:37] Firm firms. So Elise, I could tell my own
[11:40] opinion. Well, I said I was going to
[11:42] explain what? You're OK Explain what you have
[11:43] to say and then don't explain my opinion because that's my
[11:45] opinion. Well.
[11:46] Firm said if you bid 150 million a 100 million. 50 million, what
[11:50] I said, what I said is that obviously a Felice is on the
[11:53] market for 200 million. I mean 200 million is a figure
[11:57] that you consider because although Alize is a world class
[12:00] player, he he's at a top three season so far this year. 200
[12:04] million for a guy you bought for 50 million you consider it
[12:06] because even though in the. Future they replace him.
[12:09] Even if it's a level below 200 million opens up a lot of funds
[12:12] that you could buy a level below of Alizee and a midfielder that
[12:15] you might need a defender. They're buying or not.
[12:17] They're are auction. It's not like buying our need
[12:21] the cash. It's not about cash, it's about
[12:22] the project. It it when you know when you
[12:25] maximize values of players and you know when to sell them,
[12:28] That's when you're a big club that knows how to move.
[12:29] No. Yes.
[12:30] No, because Elise, Elise is a player that will be a figurehead
[12:33] of the sport for the next decade.
[12:35] That's not a player that it's best served in your club's
[12:38] interests to be that player, to be at your club.
[12:40] So in your opinion, the best players in the world are not
[12:43] sellable no matter the price? Exactly.
[12:45] I don't agree with that because there is a price for everyone.
[12:48] Except for a price. That's ridiculous. 200 mil is
[12:51] not ridiculous for at least sake. 200 mil if 2. 100 mil is
[12:54] not if if if Yandio Mande and I'm a big Yandio Mande fan.
[12:57] If Yandio Mande is being quoted 120 mil only say for 200 mil is
[13:01] not ridiculous. So, so that Neymar 200. 20
[13:03] That's what I was about to. Bring Coutinho went for 150 mil.
[13:05] That's ridiculous. Yeah, those were.
[13:07] Ridiculous because Coutinho was never considered a a
[13:09] generational player. That was everyone knew 1000
[13:12] overpay. Griezman was an overpay.
[13:14] Like the even even dumbbelly was an overpay.
[13:16] So for Barcelona, but that does that mean that that Neymar isn't
[13:20] worth 220? Million.
[13:21] But once again, you're going to you.
[13:22] You might spend 200 mil just trying to replace Elysee.
[13:25] You'll go and buy a guy for let's say 70 mil, he might flop.
[13:28] And then you're going to go spend another 70 mil on some
[13:30] guy. He might flop again.
[13:31] So differentiates a a well run club from one that you.
[13:35] Know Michael Elysee on the market right now?
[13:36] It's not about having a Michael Elysee on the market, It's about
[13:39] what you do with the money that you get.
[13:40] You maximize Elise's value. If you think that's the ceiling,
[13:44] that's up to buy into the side. If 200 million is a ceiling,
[13:47] once you do that, if you could build a squad with that 200
[13:50] million, you could invest into that.
[13:51] You build an even longer. Term, listen, Harry Kane, Harry
[13:53] Kane, he doesn't have like listen, he stole an elite
[13:55] player. But I do think that you have
[13:57] kind of have to consider a longer term 100 percent, 200
[14:00] million gives you enough room to figure that out 100%.
[14:05] You're just thinking about it like the issue and don't take
[14:08] this like, I'm not shooting shots at your club.
[14:10] Your clubs are broke. So you're thinking, you're
[14:12] thinking about it that that like Byron needs money.
[14:16] Byron doesn't need the money. That's all we're seeing so.
[14:18] But they could have 200 million, the bank or whatever, they're
[14:21] still going to go. If a player they deem is good
[14:23] enough, they're still going to try and buy.
[14:24] Them, I think I'm going to be both of you, you guys are
[14:25] talking about the, you're saying the same things over and over,
[14:27] but the reality is is Bayern, Bayern, if they think of
[14:31] themselves as a destination and they look for Michael Alise's,
[14:34] then you have Michael Alise. So there's no point of going out
[14:36] in the market. And but you're being
[14:39] unreasonable because you probably said 500 million and
[14:41] you're saying 200 million. I think there was a number
[14:43] that's reasonable if they actually go into negotiations if
[14:46] somebody offers. 2300 million. It's not an amount except
[14:49] someone would offer. No, but Saudi would offer
[14:52] there's. Too much risk involved, Yeah,
[14:54] For you to like. Alise is certified, but he's
[14:57] not. He's not, he's not messy.
[14:59] He's not messy or Ronaldo or Neymar.
[15:01] But like I would think about A270280, that's where I start
[15:06] thinking about selling him. Yeah, but firm Firm said firms
[15:09] brought up the case of Yamal A500 mil.
[15:13] I would reject that instantly. There is a price for Yamal too.
[15:16] Unfortunately there is. If you're a big club, you know
[15:18] how to move with money there because the issue is that you're
[15:21] considering you sell a Yamal, you sell an Aliza and there's no
[15:24] after that money goes in your pocket.
[15:25] That's what you think. But obviously 500 million opens
[15:29] up you. You're a different club without.
[15:30] I feel like Yamal is a very tough one because it's kind of
[15:33] like on the same level as as selling the best player in the.
[15:35] World but you'll make you yamal. You can move crazy but Yamal in
[15:40] clubs by piercing in club valuation will make you 500 like
[15:44] he's worth 5. 100 something else to consider yeah and maybe 500
[15:47] mil is not the right price for Yamal obviously, but there are
[15:50] numbers where you consider because there is a longer term
[15:53] plan to it. If you're a big club and you
[15:55] know how to move, I. Don't know if you have luminium
[15:56] Mal, you don't sell like it no matter the price.
[15:59] You just find but like I. Like, am I, am I saying to sell
[16:01] Yami laminium Mal? No, Yeah, I'm.
[16:03] Saying he's not on that level in my opinion.
[16:04] He's not. He's not.
[16:05] He's not. I'm sorry, Olivia.
[16:07] He was there. He's the best.
[16:08] Season wise, yes, but as an overall player, a product like
[16:11] an asset, I think he's not a Yamal asset.
[16:13] I think he is a good product though, like he has.
[16:16] He's a great product. He's marketable.
[16:17] You know he's a fantastic product.
[16:19] I think we're we're going a little bit crazy.
[16:20] Yeah, I, I, I. Think I've never dropped 280
[16:23] million on a guy that has one amazing season.
[16:26] He doesn't. He was amazing.
[16:27] He was amazing. His last year, so do.
[16:28] You think Olise for like, let's say 250 million to Real Madrid,
[16:32] would that be a good deal for Real Madrid?
[16:34] I that's a good deal for Real Madrid, yeah.
[16:37] I think that doesn't that's the. #1 transfer of all time is.
[16:41] Yeah, there's there's certain players in world football.
[16:43] If you're a top five, you're if you're a top five player, I
[16:46] would say in world football, like the price doesn't matter.
[16:49] I would say you just getting him is is is money comes and goes,
[16:52] bro. It's not money's like whatever
[16:53] it's it's it's if you get No, no, not not only says they don't
[16:59] come and go say the same thing. No they don't only say I don't
[17:02] think Inter I have seen a level of players like a lease since
[17:04] R9. What does that have to do with
[17:06] it? You bring up, you bring up
[17:07] things because it's like you're trying to you're.
[17:09] Trying to I'm not trying to attack your team, I'm.
[17:11] Saying. I'm saying it's not.
[17:13] It's rare. There's nothing to do it but
[17:15] what I want. Yeah, but I also have eyes and I
[17:16] watch others, other teams fuck. I mean, you fucking stupid or
[17:19] what? Like I really don't understand.
[17:21] The only players that I watch. Inter I watch every other
[17:23] fucking. Team what I want to understand
[17:25] what I want to understand. You bring in Elisa for 280 mil,
[17:29] pretend like that's the only transfer Real Madrid gets.
[17:32] Would you be be content with that?
[17:33] I wouldn't. Well, pretend it's not the only
[17:36] transfer that's the issue, but. 280 million is a is a pretty
[17:39] chunk, yeah, but. You're still getting Dumfries,
[17:41] they're still getting connate like.
[17:44] So you think Elisa to 20, I think.
[17:46] For a long term maybe not for next year.
[17:48] It's not a one year thing but olise for long term will be
[17:52] worth 280 mil yes. If it's the number one, fix that
[17:57] people. Freaked out about Gareth Bale
[17:58] for 100 mil back in the day. People freaked out about CR7 O
[18:02] is he going to be worth on the 100 mil that they paid Man
[18:04] United? But you see all this shit Man
[18:06] United. We sold Cristiano Ronaldo for
[18:08] 100 mil and then we tried replacing him.
[18:10] It took us hundreds of millions to replace them.
[18:12] We still haven't replaced them these.
[18:13] Guys were the cherry on top. Like Real Madrid right now needs
[18:16] somewhat of a rebuild. Bro no they don't really bro.
[18:19] The lot is so good bro. It's good, but it's not working
[18:22] right now so I think. That's not working, but doesn't
[18:24] need a change. Tear down they.
[18:25] Just signed the World Class Center back.
[18:27] Yeah, I think it's more like they need to add pieces like
[18:29] not. Necessarily that's also that's
[18:31] also different thing real. Madrid don't need a bunch of 50
[18:33] mil players. They need 200 mil players.
[18:35] They need 150 mil players. They don't need a bunch of
[18:38] fucking I'll just like Edersons and stuff like that.
[18:42] Like like they don't need what Man United's targeting.
[18:46] They have Valverde, Chua, many they had like they have world
[18:50] class players in every position. You need the right players.
[18:53] But I also don't understand without like really a sporting
[18:56] direction right now because of the elections.
[18:58] Like how? How are they?
[18:59] Settled When's the When's the election's over?
[19:01] How are they? Going into this and buying a
[19:03] Konate and and Dumphries with like, I feel like you kind of
[19:07] need to know your coach, you kind of need to know.
[19:09] The US elections, that's like the same thing.
[19:11] Like what? As they're leaving office, they
[19:13] spend the shit ton of money so that it's like you, you, you're,
[19:16] you're in power until the last day.
[19:18] You're in power bro, you can do whatever you want.
[19:20] No, but there is a board I mean. Or they won't make.
[19:23] Decisions unless they if if they think that the pairs would lose,
[19:26] they wouldn't make decisions. Yeah, but they if they deem OK
[19:29] Michael Alise is a good purchase.
[19:30] Yeah, like it's irrespective of yeah, yeah had as a OK.
[19:34] Still bringing in. It's still good.
[19:35] I feel like Alise is definitely a player that everybody would
[19:37] want, like Dumfries, Konate, like you're in the limit there.
[19:41] Like, yeah, they're good players.
[19:43] They're market opportunities, sure, but it's like like what
[19:46] if, what if? Manatee is making 300 something
[19:48] thousand a week at at Manatee. Is making ridiculous money.
[19:51] Yeah, but I mean, if you look at total package, it's still worth
[19:53] it. What's Liverpool going to do?
[19:56] Oh, Liverpool. But they're going to trust
[19:57] Leonie and Jacquet that they signed from.
[19:59] Yeah. Enjoy that.
[20:00] The French league. Jacquet's good.
[20:02] Leonie, I don't know. He's all right.
[20:03] I mean, I don't know. He he got injured.
[20:05] Yeah, he was injured half. The he had a lot of hype.
[20:08] Yeah, but he was injured, so we don't know Leonie.
[20:11] Was injured too. Like I'm, I'm saying Liverpool,
[20:16] there's kind of stupid for this whole Konate situation.
[20:19] Like how do you leave a a how do you let a guy who's worth
[20:22] probably at his peak like 807080 million leave for free?
[20:26] There must have been some sort of breakdown in talks that
[20:28] people aren't really explaining. I really don't know.
[20:30] I don't know. I don't know how they let him
[20:31] leave because I thought they agreed.
[20:33] I thought they agreed to like personal terms and not like they
[20:36] were about to sign an extension. I I didn't even think Konate
[20:39] could leave on a free. Somebody had given an
[20:42] explanation on the part. I'm trying to remember it.
[20:44] It was, it was a comment. Well, it was he kept driving up
[20:47] the price. So every time that they would
[20:48] go, he'd be like, well, no, now I want more money.
[20:51] Because as he's going down closer to the date, the game of
[20:53] chicken, as he's getting closer to the expiration date, he
[20:55] actually gains more and more negotiation power.
[20:58] Because because he's not a player that's going to end up
[21:00] down grading from Liverpool, Yeah on a free like this guy's
[21:02] going to get was going to get stamped up by yeah anyways.
[21:05] It could be like all hypothetical because I don't
[21:08] think that that it's going to happen.
[21:09] I don't think Alicia is going to Real Madrid, but aside from
[21:13] that, I mean right wingers. If they are, they are trying to
[21:14] sign a right winger because Rodrigo injuries.
[21:17] Plus I don't know if Rodrigo is even that good anymore.
[21:20] It's more just because Mbappe and Vinny, they always lose the
[21:22] ball, so you need a right winger that is able to keep the ball.
[21:25] Like a bit of a workforce. All the time and at least they
[21:27] get the ball, keep the ball because he he's not the the
[21:31] issue is in the front three. If you have, if you have let's
[21:34] say, like I'm trying to think of who they, they even they had
[21:38] switched that right wing position all the time this
[21:40] season, but it was players that that weren't Michael Aleza.
[21:45] You send him the ball and it's like he you know, he's coming
[21:47] out of there with it like it doesn't matter.
[21:49] He always makes the right decision and he's either making
[21:51] an insane pass or worst case, like he's just, he's passing the
[21:55] ball backwards. But he he's able to always make
[21:58] the right decision. So that's why.
[22:00] That's why you need. You don't.
[22:01] Need perfection everywhere like there are like there's enough
[22:05] players in that team that they can figure it out.
[22:07] A right winger. I'm saying brother, they have
[22:09] glaring. Defensive that that I'm
[22:11] completely against doing nothing they need to fix.
[22:13] There's a million other things they need to fix first.
[22:15] I that's. Kind of what I was saying they
[22:16] have. No fullbacks.
[22:17] They have no center. But now.
[22:18] They did buy Dumfries and Konata so maybe that should help.
[22:21] I mean, Dumfries are 20. You're.
[22:22] Going to war with fucking Dumfries.
[22:24] Dumfries and trend for 20 million right back up.
[22:26] The value. That's amazing, right?
[22:28] Back options. It depends which game.
[22:31] If you feel like OK, this is a game where I need more of a
[22:33] passer, then you have Trent. If I need more of an athletic.
[22:35] Person doesn't feel real like Dumfries and Conatte does not
[22:39] feel Real Madrid. But Conatte, I could say yes,
[22:41] the the Dumfries one, I think that was just more of a market
[22:44] opportunity. 20 mil. 20 mil release clause like yeah, and
[22:48] and he's he was extremely reliable when he played at
[22:51] Inter. I find that last season from him
[22:53] though, like he experienced a lot of injuries this past
[22:55] season. So like, and he's on his 30,
[22:58] like he's 30 years old. So he's getting on the opposite
[23:01] side of 30, which is never really good as a player.
[23:03] And he relies on his physicality.
[23:05] He's a very physical player. He has he has some level of
[23:08] pace, but not he's not blisteringly fast, but he's a
[23:11] tough player. He's a he's a a ball winner too.
[23:13] So I I do think that it's a good, it's a very good addition.
[23:17] Definitely not a Real Madrid starter level in my opinion, but
[23:21] having Dumfries just as an option is very, very he's proven
[23:24] it on on a European level as well.
[23:25] So yeah, I'm not, I'm not against.
[23:28] The and then I don't know why. Last week we were talking on the
[23:30] pod Irreola to Milan. I don't know why we ever.
[23:33] That. Was going.
[23:33] Those are the links. Yeah, I don't know why.
[23:35] Like you rejected you I. Don't know why.
[23:38] Liverpool appoints Iriola, So what do you guys think about the
[23:42] appointment? I think it's a good appointment,
[23:45] but we also said Thomas Frank, the Spurs was a good
[23:47] appointment. Yeah.
[23:48] I think with these type of managers that do well at kind of
[23:51] mid, mid table teams in the Prem, you don't know until you
[23:55] know. You don't know if they can
[23:56] manage at the top level with the pressure that comes with it
[23:59] until they actually do it successfully.
[24:00] The good thing though is that the sporting director of when he
[24:03] came in at Bournemouth is at Liverpool, so it's Matt Hughes.
[24:07] I think his name is so yeah, he's kind of familiar already
[24:10] with the sporting team at least. So Irayola I I think it's a good
[24:14] appointment. Will it make Liverpool title
[24:15] contenders? I don't think so.
[24:17] I think it'll probably put them in like the third and 4th place
[24:19] next year. It's.
[24:20] Hard to tell because they are, they have asked, they have
[24:22] Yandy, Oman, the aspirations and they already have a stack team.
[24:25] Yeah. I think it's stopped here bro.
[24:27] Imagine TK, Esac, Yandy, Oman Day with backups.
[24:31] Well, I can TK injured. So he's he he.
[24:34] Yeah. Well, he's going to be back.
[24:35] I don't know when halfway through the year or a bit less
[24:37] than halfway through the year, but he's not.
[24:39] He's not coming back at the beginning, beginning of the
[24:41] year. There's going to be real.
[24:43] Also there's going to be real. You might make him play left and
[24:45] right. But is it optimal?
[24:47] Are you buy? Are you spending 120 million for
[24:48] a guy that's going to play out of position?
[24:50] It's not out of position. He's so 2 footed that it is.
[24:53] He's just, he's just that good. I don't.
[24:55] Know so we've never watched my right wing we we did he was left
[24:58] wing when we. Watched.
[24:58] We watched. He he played, I'm pretty sure,
[25:00] sure. I, I watched the breakdown.
[25:02] He has 50% of his minutes played at right wing and 50% of the
[25:05] left wing. Yeah.
[25:07] Also we we did kind of talk about it at Liverpool though,
[25:09] because I remember saying Idaola fits the the old Liverpool style
[25:13] of Clop, the high pressing. That's true.
[25:15] Something that Slot was not really like.
[25:17] He kind of did it for the first year and they won.
[25:19] And then the second year he kind of tried to do his own style.
[25:22] Idaola comes in with the high pressing mentality, the
[25:24] progressive football. We were looking at their XG.
[25:28] Yeah, he's the originator of the pressing structure.
[25:30] He really told us about that pressing.
[25:32] He always has to keep an eye on him.
[25:33] Top tier coach. I think it's a very good
[25:34] signing. Now we'll see if he can manage
[25:36] the Eagles. Maybe he has a lot of work to do
[25:39] with getting someone back on track like Verts Hezak.
[25:42] He almost joined Liverpool as a player also in 2013, but then he
[25:45] rejected them. He said that I want to say stick
[25:48] at Athletico Bilbao because he's, he was like a Bilbao
[25:50] legend, right. So games.
[25:51] Yeah. So he almost actually played.
[25:54] He played in the MLS, Chicago or, I don't know, New York City
[25:57] FC with CFC. Yeah, with with Pierlo, I think.
[26:01] Lamb pardon. Yeah, David via.
[26:03] With a pivot. Yeah, yeah, Iola tapped in low
[26:05] key into the football. He's.
[26:07] Well, and he's a midfielder and we, we said that midfielders are
[26:09] usually good coaches. Yeah.
[26:11] DM. Understand the game?
[26:12] Yeah. Yeah.
[26:14] But yeah, what we also since last week we spoke about
[26:18] Aleggity getting sacked from AC Milan, but now he's already
[26:21] found a job, so at Napoli. So what do we think about this
[26:25] appointment where it's like every year around this time of
[26:27] year we talk about where Aleggities going and we think,
[26:29] OK, is that good or bad? There's also a back story to it.
[26:33] Italiano Bologna was promised by de la Rentis to join Napoli and
[26:38] then when Allegri kind of had that broke off with with Milan,
[26:42] basically Allegri became an option, De la Rentis told
[26:45] Italiano, listen, let's put it on the back burner and went full
[26:49] on on Allegri. So Italiano finds himself
[26:51] unemployed, but he just signed for Besiktas.
[26:54] So a turn of events there. I think personally for a team
[26:58] like Napoli who did make Champions League who don't
[27:00] really need much saving, they have like the foundations kind
[27:04] of set. Italiano was kind of the next.
[27:06] Like you start doing a project now.
[27:08] I think if you go to Allegory like you're going back to
[27:11] someone, that's like you're gambling again, I find.
[27:14] I just think Napolis, like again, I think what was
[27:17] circulating on Twitter at that time was just like this grid of
[27:20] like all Italian coaches. Just get yeah, you're just
[27:22] fucking embarrassed. Checking the boxes like yeah, it
[27:25] is. It is.
[27:26] Crayola is 1 manager that came from a.
[27:28] You're talking about managers that did 1 jump in our league.
[27:31] It's pretty bad. Saudi's coaching fucking
[27:33] Atlanta. He coached UVA, he coached
[27:35] Lazio, which other one? Allegri coached?
[27:38] Milani coached UVA coach Napoli. Konte could have finished.
[27:42] The traffic though, Chelsea, Man United, Tottenham, you don't
[27:45] count that that's. True, that's one manager.
[27:47] Konte, Chelsea, Tottenham That's.
[27:50] Two. OK, keep going.
[27:51] That's two clubs. There's there's another one get
[27:55] it off of beneath this kid, Liverpool and Everton.
[27:58] OK, Yeah. The difference?
[28:00] Whatever, the difference here is that like, these coaches that
[28:03] are being recycled are all of the same idea.
[28:06] Like they're 7 like. It's like period, like Italian,
[28:10] Italian mindset, hard working, like all the work done in
[28:13] training. And it's just like I, I just do
[28:16] not like this I. Can guarantee.
[28:19] I don't think it'll. Work with 98% certainty allegory
[28:24] and Napoli will have a horrible season next year.
[28:25] I. Don't think it'll work. 90%
[28:27] certainty. You are a fucking hater.
[28:29] He's ass, he's ass, but look what we do with Milan now.
[28:31] We jump to a worse. I mean, look at look at where we
[28:33] are right now without him. Well, I think, I think Napoli
[28:36] right now is in the team is out of the hell.
[28:38] I'm not saying he's a safer. Brought you to bro you're
[28:41] you're. Trying everyone you're.
[28:42] Trying to blame the bus driver. That you're blaming.
[28:44] Everything. It's not a one year.
[28:46] I'm blaming everyone. I like the his tactics are
[28:50] outdated. He's a shit man.
[28:51] He's a shit manager. On the tactics.
[28:53] Champions League so he's going to have to be in multiple
[28:54] competitions. Agree.
[28:56] He is going to shit the bed and I'm so happy for it 'cause I
[28:59] hate Laurentiis and I hate I like me so.
[29:00] I think it's just a bad appointment because this is
[29:02] where Napoli could have went outside of the box and said OK,
[29:05] let's bring in someone with more.
[29:06] Ideas doesn't have new ideas. He actually, like, I find
[29:09] historically he has brought in an Ancelotti to the league like
[29:12] he's he's moved well, which is why he's always kind of hit.
[29:14] Won't even bring in an Ancelotti in the league.
[29:16] Ancelotti played in the league. Ancelotti was bro.
[29:18] Bringing Ancelotti to Napoli is huge.
[29:20] He brought in, he's only there for a year.
[29:22] Doesn't matter. The fact that actually he
[29:24] coached Napoli, Parma and he fell out, yeah.
[29:27] Yeah, they all fell out. And then I mean I can only I can
[29:29] give credit to De Laurentiis in the mid twenty 10s like Sari
[29:33] Madesari and like all like building that Napoli squad.
[29:36] But right now it just feels like I am down on Napoli not even
[29:41] trying to put bias. Well, I mean.
[29:42] Napoli, outside of Inter, are probably the most successful
[29:44] team in Italy in the last five years or seven years.
[29:47] I understand, but again, that's not saying much either.
[29:49] Like I do think that Napoli, the fact that Napoli or this has
[29:52] been this successful, even with the loss of Ossiem and Cavada,
[29:55] all those quick Kim, those players that were so integral to
[29:58] that, that insane Scudeto team by spaghetti like that was an
[30:01] insane team. But I like he's not going to
[30:02] replicate anything. Anopoli.
[30:04] I'm not, I'm not really high on it.
[30:05] There were there were so many project coaches in Italy
[30:08] especially that are coming up, like even a Fabio Grosso.
[30:10] I think this is a great time to do it because like you they you,
[30:13] they are still kind of like in a Gray area but somewhat on the
[30:16] way up I guess. Not a meal.
[30:18] I need to basically start from scratch.
[30:20] Roma kind of have something going on with Gaspedini a little
[30:23] bit, but we'll see what happens there.
[30:25] Como emerging as a as kind of a top team, but there's space
[30:29] right now for for you to kind of do something different.
[30:32] So flick like. Not, not a flick like the coach,
[30:34] but like just a little ignition, yeah.
[30:37] Not everyone's competing at the highest level right now where
[30:38] you have to keep the fucking status quo.
[30:40] Like you have to make make sure you stay at the top.
[30:42] Stay at the top, bro. You have room.
[30:44] Especially in city. Yeah, there's room everywhere.
[30:45] Yeah. So yeah, I'm not, I'm not down
[30:49] for. It and Vlowich OK, so we can go
[30:51] through this Vlowich whole situation now.
[30:54] It's not a big situation really. Just a lot of money if you.
[30:57] Wanted more money but it's also like your manager strictly asked
[31:01] for him to be resigned. Yeah, and I don't support, I
[31:04] don't support giving managers what they want.
[31:05] And what they want is stupid. But I think he wanted he wanted
[31:09] 8 mil. You're going to go and sign a
[31:11] striker, OK? I don't think Spiletti's mad.
[31:13] I really don't think he's mad. I think Spiletti's a reasonable
[31:16] manager and I think he he realized that the virtue is.
[31:19] Reasonable. I don't.
[31:20] Know what the reasonable spiletti.
[31:21] Understands. But like, let's see the
[31:22] reasonable beef. Everywhere he's been.
[31:24] It doesn't matter. I think that will not be a
[31:26] source of beef, though. Spiletti.
[31:27] The reason it would be, it would be ridiculous for Spiletti to
[31:31] expect the team to keep Blavitch's most paid player and
[31:34] said, yeah, OK, And that's what he wanted.
[31:35] That's what Blavitch wants. Let's say you go sign Soloft
[31:38] instead for 35 mil. It's gonna be Kolomani.
[31:40] I'm I'm assuming Kolomani for 40 mil.
[31:43] Yeah, let's just say Kolomani 40 mil and you give him like 150 KA
[31:46] week, OK. He's like, he's like he's going
[31:48] to get really low wages. I don't know I I go by year.
[31:51] Whatever 100 Kolomani is going to be on 150 KA week or
[31:55] whatever, something like that. So that's what that's seven mil
[31:59] or 6 mil. He's not going to be on that,
[32:00] but yeah, it's on the low end of that five mil 5.5.
[32:04] OK, whatever total package, we're going back to the total
[32:06] package that's going to be around 70 mil spent.
[32:10] Lalvich if you were 43,000,000 each year.
[32:13] Yeah, now I'm seeing he obviously I he wasn't he.
[32:17] I don't think he was expecting the same pay that he was
[32:19] getting. He wanted more than yield these.
[32:20] He wanted he wanted to be the most paid player on the team.
[32:23] Yeah, but the issue is he can count.
[32:25] He can. OK, he doesn't deserve more than
[32:27] yieldies, but he can then go and say I want more than Jonathan
[32:30] David. And John, yeah, but they get
[32:32] paid the same, yeah. Jonathan David and yieldies get
[32:34] paid the same. Exactly.
[32:35] So you can't just say you can't. You're not going to get paid
[32:37] more than yieldies when you have another shitty contract.
[32:39] I don't want a player that is he has the delusion that Cristiano
[32:43] Ronaldo has. Cristiano Ronaldo developed that
[32:46] delusion at past in past 30 and he had already conquered the
[32:49] world of football. Vlavich has that delusion and
[32:51] he's conquered nothing in the sport.
[32:53] He's nobody in in the Grand since he's come to Juventus, do
[32:57] you know? Have you seen his stats?
[32:58] Yeah, he only scored which more than 11 said he had goals one
[33:02] season. Yeah, yeah.
[33:05] He's been here for he's been here for five seasons and he's
[33:08] never scored over 20 goals. Yeah, it's insane.
[33:10] And he wants to be the most paid player in Syria, like and and he
[33:13] wasn't budging. He wasn't budging one bit.
[33:15] He wanted a massive signing bonus.
[33:16] He wanted to even go. He wanted a nowhere, nowhere.
[33:19] There's no suitors for him. He wanted a loyalty bonus.
[33:21] He wanted all these signing bullshit.
[33:23] Does he know who he is? He does he like.
[33:26] It's going to be a Turkey like he probably to compete.
[33:29] For Italiano, bring him to Basita Basita.
[33:31] Yeah, one of those. Yeah, that's a good shot,
[33:33] Millie. It's looking like a bad.
[33:35] I really lavage again. He does not know who he is, and
[33:39] he really doesn't. And I don't care next season if
[33:41] he joins the Super League and the Super League of the league.
[33:44] Super League. He joins the Super League and
[33:46] scores 35 goals and Oh yeah, you guys with.
[33:49] No, we didn't with. We had five years to do it at
[33:51] UV. You didn't do it like, I'm
[33:52] sorry, like. And his injuries are starting
[33:54] now. I do think that clubs, clubs
[33:56] like like at the the UVA Milan interstature need to kind of be
[34:00] like critical of these players can't just say like all will
[34:03] will keep him whatever. Like if a player doesn't
[34:05] perform, they need to leave like that.
[34:07] We have to, you have to think like a big club.
[34:10] I would have kept, I would have to leave.
[34:11] I would have put up with his his little attitude if.
[34:14] If he had results. If no, like I would have risked
[34:17] it because he's he is a this season when he played on this
[34:20] split. He's a good player and he fits
[34:21] his split system, but not when you not when you're asking that
[34:25] much money, not when you're asking that much money.
[34:27] It's it puts us in a bad financial position where we
[34:29] don't have that. We don't have that money to to
[34:31] splurge. I'd rather a Kolomani and I.
[34:36] Think that's going to be and I. He also, Vlavich wanted the
[34:39] future of being a captain. He wanted to be the most
[34:42] important player in the team. Like, those are not necessarily
[34:44] people you want to add to a project.
[34:46] Yeah, especially a struggling project at that.
[34:49] FIFA has come up with some new rules to add to the World Cup,
[34:53] so I wanted to go through them with you, see if you guys think
[34:56] these are good rules or bad rules.
[34:57] OK, VAR can now intervene for wrongly issued second yellow
[35:01] cards, mistaken identity incidents and situations where
[35:04] the wrong player is shown a yellow or red card.
[35:07] Great. I I like, I love that.
[35:08] I love that. Yeah, I don't.
[35:09] Understand how that wasn't implemented already.
[35:12] VAR will also be able to overturn incorrectly awarded
[35:14] corners if the review can be completely immediately.
[35:17] With can be completed immediately without delaying the
[35:20] restart. I think that's that happens a
[35:22] lot where they make the wrong calls in the corners.
[35:24] I just they say that it won't intervene, but I hope it's not a
[35:27] stoppage. It will.
[35:28] It will be a stoppage. I think there's no way of these.
[35:31] They're yeah, they're going to have to be like, but even even
[35:33] if it's just like the player, it's going to like the players
[35:37] going to start running to the corner flag and then it's going
[35:39] to be like, Oh no, now it's a goal kick.
[35:41] So now they're going to have to run back to their position.
[35:44] Yeah, it's like it's going to cause delays in the game now.
[35:46] But imagine in the 95th minute and it's like you're attacking,
[35:50] you're attacking and then the ref calls a goal kick but it's
[35:53] actually a corner. But maybe then you should only
[35:56] be able to review the corner if it ends up in a goal.
[35:59] So like if the corner ends up in a goal.
[36:03] Yeah, but it's still. It's still.
[36:04] And it wasn't correctly a reward awarded corner like.
[36:09] But Barbara, how many times do we watch and say that's a,
[36:13] that's a corner and then he calls a goal kick like we, we
[36:16] can do that instantly. So if our team can do that as
[36:18] well, that fast. Yeah, they're, they got the
[36:19] cameras there anyways, might as well.
[36:21] And they're. Already miked up so they.
[36:22] Really depends though because if not they're not able to do it
[36:24] that fast. Then you're delaying so many
[36:26] times in the game and. There's going to be growing
[36:28] pains like you're. We're going to see in the first
[36:29] couple of games how it goes because those calls will
[36:31] inevitably be called. So as the tournament goes on, I
[36:35] think it'll be a bit I. Don't think it's going to
[36:36] intervene. I don't, yeah.
[36:37] I don't think it'll be as intrusive, but these are good
[36:39] rules so. Far any player who deliberately
[36:41] covers their mouth during a confrontation will be shown a
[36:43] red card. Yeah, you see.
[36:45] Yeah. Well, I think it's good.
[36:46] I think, I think that's very good, but with in contact.
[36:48] With the Prestiani situation, like, it becomes a he said, he
[36:51] said, he said, it's a he said, she said.
[36:53] But it's just. There's there's also no reason
[36:56] to to Why are you covering your mouth unless you're saying
[36:58] something he's to. Friends like like sometimes when
[37:00] they talk with. Friends, a lot of times they.
[37:01] Want to cover my mouth as. Long as the refs, as long as the
[37:03] refs like they use some context. Yeah, exactly.
[37:06] But like with teammates, like often times there's a free kick
[37:08] and they like they'll do this to A to a teammate, like talking
[37:10] about who's going to take the free kick or like, or like
[37:14] you're talking to a guy after the game.
[37:15] But like if they use logic then the rules.
[37:17] Yeah, I'd assume this is not to your teammate then maybe just
[37:19] straight like if you're doing it to someone else that you don't
[37:21] know, then obviously like changes things.
[37:23] I, I feel like this might be like there'd be a lot of
[37:26] misinterpretation with something like this, especially if like a
[37:30] lot of times you get referees that aren't necessarily the same
[37:33] nation of these two of the two nations that are playing.
[37:35] So you don't know how they might interpret something.
[37:37] I could be completely different for them.
[37:39] So yeah, we'll see. Players treated on the pitch
[37:43] must remain off the field for one minute before returning,
[37:45] with exceptions for goalkeepers, head injuries, concussions,
[37:47] fouls resulting in a booking and pen takers.
[37:51] I I've never understood this rule like I don't.
[37:53] Know if so that you don't like they don't go down for an
[37:56] because then you're you have to play for 10 men for one minute.
[37:59] So they don't, they don't want you to go and fake an injury
[38:02] just to delay. The delay Let's have a leg
[38:04] crown. Then you have to stay off the
[38:06] pitch for a minute, yeah. I'm saying the heats can be
[38:09] brutal. Why is there even?
[38:10] Why is there a limit? Like once you're good, you go
[38:12] back on the field. Because you just wasted 30.
[38:14] Seconds. Yeah, you're, you're that's time
[38:16] wasting. No, as the game is going, you're
[38:19] you're saying it's time wasting, but you're saying like I get
[38:22] hurt, I get off the field. No, like here.
[38:25] Wait a minute. Let's say, let's say Argentinas
[38:28] up one nil in the 87th minute and there's a corner and well, I
[38:33] mean Martinez, it doesn't count because the goalkeepers doesn't
[38:35] play. Let's say Defender Romero lies
[38:37] down and he puts his leg up. His boy starts stretching him
[38:40] on. The field, yeah.
[38:41] After Argentina were stuck in their box for 10 minutes.
[38:44] Because they're just defending, I'm seeing.
[38:46] OK, I thought it was when you're outside of the field, you have
[38:48] to wait a minute. You do have to wait a minute.
[38:50] But why do you have to wait? You're injured.
[38:52] You get off the pitch, you wait one minute.
[38:54] Your your team, 10 men one minute.
[38:56] For one minute, wasted a full minute of the game, and as a
[38:59] punishment he's gonna have to wait on the side for a minute.
[39:01] So choose your injuries wisely. Wisely.
[39:04] Guys, you're saying like, I just think you should keep on playing
[39:07] like like. During while he's injured.
[39:10] I mean, depends. Yeah, depends.
[39:12] No play while he's injured. Play around.
[39:14] Them depends like obviously depends on the injury.
[39:16] That's why there's there's head injuries and then there's normal
[39:18] injuries. Like that's why they.
[39:19] If if you go down every second we have to stop the game, then
[39:22] obviously, like that's annoying for everyone, right?
[39:24] Yeah, but the issue is that if you don't create a rule book
[39:26] that's like by the word, then people start creating their own
[39:30] rules. Yeah, exactly.
[39:31] Like they're not going to listen to the rules, then that's.
[39:33] Seriously. Well, this is how I read.
[39:35] A cramp like yeah, 11 pick guys, we all take a turn and we all do
[39:38] 1 cramp injury for a minute. Exactly.
[39:40] Substituted players will have 10 seconds to leave the pitch.
[39:42] If they exceed that limit, the replacement must wait until the
[39:45] next stoppage and at least one minute of play has passed.
[39:47] I don't like that. I like.
[39:49] It yeah, I like it. That's a that's a time waste.
[39:50] Again, you have 10 seconds for the pitch where it gets fucked.
[39:52] I hope again I hope they use logic in this.
[39:54] Like like, let's say it's just a.
[39:56] Fucking master class or an all the master class?
[39:57] I want them to walk as slowly off the pitch and that's also
[40:00] true. Hit this.
[40:00] And standing over. Yeah, like, but that won't,
[40:04] that's not. If they're like on the complete
[40:05] opposite side of the pitch. Like.
[40:07] You get off. You have to get off the.
[40:08] Close. Yeah, he's have to just
[40:09] completely go. It's only really bad when
[40:11] players are in the middle of the pitch.
[40:13] Yeah, a 5 second countdown will be introduced for players
[40:15] delaying restarts. Failure to restart playing time
[40:18] will result in possession being awarded to the opposition.
[40:20] If occurs during a goal kick, your posting team will be
[40:21] awarded to a corner. They had this in the Prem this
[40:23] year but they didn't really enforce it.
[40:25] I've seen it called maybe they say 5 seconds, but ends up being
[40:29] like 10 seconds. Yeah, yeah.
[40:30] Like only really the extreme cases they actually end up
[40:33] calling, which is good. Whatever.
[40:34] Yeah. Yeah, as long as there's
[40:35] something. There, yellow cards will be
[40:36] wiped after the group stage and again after the quarterfinals to
[40:39] do suspensions from accumulated. I love cumulative, yeah.
[40:42] I hate it, but there was. There was too many suspensions.
[40:44] I agree and and also it the the players that would get a yellow
[40:48] card to get to skip one game and then they would be.
[40:51] Cleared. Out.
[40:52] Yeah, that would be so, so stupid.
[40:53] Purposeful yellows to skip the right.
[40:55] Game it avoids that now, and a three minute cooling break in
[40:57] each half. It's fine.
[41:00] That's about it. Mandatory 3 minutes.
[41:01] For me it's. Not good for us, yeah.
[41:03] Yeah, because that that kind of kills the momentous. 6 minutes,
[41:06] yeah, that's The thing is it kills momentum.
[41:08] Imagine you're getting pressed, you're getting pressed, pressed,
[41:09] pressed. Like imagine there was a cooling
[41:11] break in the Arsenal CL final, but yeah, it would have changed
[41:15] momentum. Was there not a cooling break I
[41:18] remember? They're watching Well, there
[41:19] might have been a cooling break. I think there was.
[41:21] Mistaking the penalty or the extra time.
[41:25] They should just strategically put them though.
[41:27] Like, yeah, if you have like some stoppage, then you use it
[41:31] to your advantage. But do we, do they, do the
[41:33] players need cooling brakes? Well, it's going to be hot.
[41:36] Yeah, sure. It's going to be summer in in
[41:38] the United States. It's going to be insanely hot.
[41:40] But most of them are in like very, very good stadiums.
[41:43] So like a lot of these stadiums are are indoor and cooled and
[41:46] whatever so. Yeah, but when it's like 40°
[41:48] outside, it doesn't matter. You know, I should, but they got
[41:51] some industrial shit going on there.
[41:52] Yeah, that's true. It's more like in like my life
[41:55] has tech on everything. Yeah, my life has AC on the on
[41:58] the pitch level. That's sick.
[42:00] But yeah, that that those were the topics that we had written
[42:02] down. We could introduce a bit our
[42:04] guest that we have coming on. So Ishmael Kone is a center
[42:07] midfielder replaced for Sasolo and he he's killed it this year
[42:11] in City. You guys can be more of like
[42:13] he's made. A.
[42:13] He's made a name for himself this.
[42:15] Season well, he's linked he's linked to UV Milan and internal,
[42:17] all three of your. Clubs was, but then we didn't
[42:19] make Chamazi, so I don't know if we even had the money to sign
[42:21] Cone, Yeah. Free run at Inter is what I'm
[42:23] hearing. I don't know.
[42:24] Free run, but just. To tell you he scored on Milan,
[42:27] he he had a master class against Milan the first game.
[42:29] Yeah, and I, I see, I think I see him this summer potentially
[42:32] getting a transfer. But he was so he started off in
[42:36] Montreal basically say well, same city as us.
[42:38] So we we actually showed up to his debut game I believe.
[42:43] So it was it was actually funny. He scored on his debut.
[42:47] So we were there for his debut game and then we had in CF
[42:50] Montreal, we had a sick first season where he was, he was
[42:53] bossing the midfield like every single game.
[42:55] Watford was watching. They bought him.
[42:57] And then after that from Watford, he went to Marseille
[43:01] and there was a famous, famous clip with him and the Zedebee
[43:04] also involved there. And you guys probably saw that
[43:07] clip. It went like extra viral.
[43:09] But then he's found a nice home in Syria and now he's, yeah,
[43:13] fluent. That was crazy.
[43:15] Yeah, we'll see it. We'll see in the you see in the
[43:16] pod. But yeah, now let's let's cut to
[43:19] the interview. The 1st guest on the Box of Box
[43:22] podcast. E Melcone welcome our boy for
[43:26] over 100 episodes. Yeah, the first guest, but I
[43:28] wouldn't want it to be anyone else.
[43:29] Yeah, it's fitting. It's fitting because we're for
[43:32] Montreal. We Rep Montreal all the time on
[43:33] the podcast and some sometimes people, they don't understand
[43:37] the connection like that people from Montreal have to Montreal.
[43:40] It's such a special city. So it's fitting that you that
[43:42] you are the first person to come on the podcast.
[43:45] So it's it's actually pretty interesting.
[43:48] But it feels surreal, honestly, just the conversation.
[43:51] I didn't see the conversation. We had that when I met you guys
[43:54] the first time. And now we're here today.
[43:56] Like I'm really happy for you guys, but it's also like a, like
[44:00] you said, like a full circle moment for real.
[44:02] So I'm really happy, honestly, I'm really happy to be.
[44:04] Imagine that, right Travelling, the like, travelling the world,
[44:07] playing in three different countries, and it all comes back
[44:10] to when we were talking about a story off camera.
[44:12] How he he was at our barbers right before his move to
[44:15] Watford, that was. Was that your last haircut?
[44:17] Before that was my last cut before leaving, yeah.
[44:19] And and then he met Millie and he got to sign, he got to sign
[44:23] one of our Canada shirts. And and now like we're all,
[44:25] we're meeting back up in. Toronto, he met like, we met at
[44:28] different stages in like our own paths, you know, like we, we
[44:31] were just starting out there, like just had a couple tables,
[44:34] couple of shirts and that's it. And then you were, you were
[44:36] heading over to England and then now bro, we're back here.
[44:39] Like it's, it's kind of crazy, man.
[44:41] It's it's been such a ride. Not saying whatsoever that we're
[44:44] we've had the level of success. We are not on the level.
[44:46] That Coney has had, this is a man, if you don't know,
[44:48] currently plays for Saswallow in Italy, he's played for
[44:51] Marseille, he's played at Watford.
[44:53] Man is well traveled. Ren also like very well.
[44:56] Yeah, yeah. That's.
[44:58] That's, that's, that's crazy. I mean, we, we, we make, we make
[45:01] football podcasts, but that's, that's a serious achievement.
[45:03] And he's become, he's become the face of Canada to an extent.
[45:06] Like you're, you're showcasing your skills even in Italy as
[45:09] well. Like it's cool to see Canadians
[45:11] abroad. I feel like that's that's a big
[45:13] move. Yeah, yeah, 100% especially so I
[45:16] think it's the next step for us just going out there, just prove
[45:19] that we belong, yeah, as Canadians also, like obviously
[45:22] there's going to be that tag of like, is he really able to play?
[45:25] But then now I feel like with Alfonso and Jonathan and even
[45:29] myself now, the stuff that we're able to produce that they want
[45:32] the next generation of those type of players.
[45:34] So it's so good to see when our players are abroad, they're
[45:37] doing well. Even Tejon, I forgot to mention
[45:39] Tejon, Kyle Junior. So yeah, just a multiple boys
[45:44] in. Europe and it seems like, it
[45:45] seems like every month more players are popping up, more
[45:47] Canadians from academies and here there.
[45:49] It's like Canada's Canada is we, we like to say that Canada is
[45:53] becoming like a Croatia of football.
[45:54] Smaller population. Yeah, a massive impact.
[45:56] Have you seen that kid that went from LaSalle to like Lav in
[46:00] French? No, France.
[46:01] I saw, I heard. About this, recently he was
[46:03] playing in LaSalle. I literally like a CPO and then
[46:07] you got called to like love. I don't know if you guys love
[46:08] love, but love is like. In France.
[46:10] Yeah, it's like a big. Maris, Maris, Maris.
[46:13] Came there like a lot of like a lot of talented players came
[46:16] from there. Like what's his name?
[46:17] I think it's yes or something I need to go get up.
[46:20] But like, it's a little Arab kid, OK, but it's just super
[46:23] talented. Talents coming up, man.
[46:25] Yeah, it seems like a bunch of Canadian players you had like a
[46:27] super quick rise. So like from within, like we
[46:30] can, we can speak about like you started off I playing for NDG if
[46:35] I'm not mistaken. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[46:36] So was that your? Was that your first my?
[46:38] First my first team team in Canada, Montreal first team
[46:42] NDGNDG Panthers, Yeah. You're you're one year younger
[46:46] than us. Or two years.
[46:47] We're 2425. I'm 23 now.
[46:49] Yeah, but you were. Playing two you were playing
[46:51] with a year older. And then did you know I was
[46:54] playing my age? Oh, your age?
[46:55] But then when I went to I was playing my age.
[46:56] And then the last year before I left to go to like trial in
[46:59] Belgium and stuff, I was playing with like 3 years older.
[47:01] OK, sick so. We got a friend on the podcast
[47:04] we talking about all the time because he plays in our FPL
[47:06] league, our fantasy Soccer League.
[47:08] It's it's we call him Bellini. Bellini's Blues.
[47:10] That's his team name, yeah. Blues, do you want to tell him
[47:13] about the Capitano Bellini? They don't know about Capitano.
[47:18] They don't know about it bro. They only see a different
[47:21] version like Capitano was. It was a bulldog.
[47:23] It was a dog. That's a good way to describe.
[47:26] Him, yeah, He would hunt him. He would hunt you, everyone on
[47:28] the pitch. But he was a super top guy, fun
[47:31] to play with, you know, like he would live his out his heart on
[47:33] the pitch. Yeah, but yeah, top guy,
[47:35] obviously. Really top.
[47:36] Top we play with them. Yeah, shout out to believe you.
[47:39] Shout out to. Shout out Sixer too.
[47:41] I don't know. You remember OK #60?
[47:46] 9 #69 you were 69. I left back who?
[47:50] Who does this bro? Who does?
[47:53] But you know, you know, actually like people, they'll realize, I
[47:55] swear. Like Michael was a baller.
[47:57] Like 6. That was a baller.
[48:02] What's his level now? I don't know.
[48:03] What you guys? Play.
[48:04] But bro. He's gained a couple of pounds,
[48:06] bro. Yeah, for sure, obviously.
[48:08] But back in his day, six hours, actually. 6 The Premier shifting
[48:14] with the left foot. You guys, you.
[48:16] Guys are Marco Marco to Anyo. They had good things to say
[48:19] about. It, that's what I'm saying.
[48:20] He was a he was a player, bro. Yeah.
[48:22] I don't know now. Me.
[48:23] I don't know what you're doing now, Michael.
[48:25] But he's like. In a day six, that was a player
[48:27] for sure, for sure. It's honestly like, just to see
[48:30] you, like, how close of a relationship there is, like with
[48:33] our friends and your friends. Yeah.
[48:35] And just seeing the rise that you did, too.
[48:37] Like grassroots. Yeah, Grassroots.
[48:39] He he well, you're, I don't know.
[48:41] I don't remember. I think it was your debut.
[48:43] We were actually at the game. Santos Laguna.
[48:46] Santos Laguna. You scored.
[48:47] No. Yeah.
[48:48] So 301. So Bellini texted us.
[48:50] He's like, you know, my boy's playing in the game and, like,
[48:52] might be playing in the game tonight.
[48:53] He's on the bench, like. And we were like, OK, we might
[48:56] as well buy tickets. The tickets were cheaper.
[48:57] We might as well go. So it was actually funny that we
[48:59] were there for your debut and your.
[49:00] Your we were in the away section.
[49:02] Yeah. I don't know how we got stuck in
[49:03] the await second. And bro, I bet on you to score.
[49:07] I bet on him to score. But the odds were horrible
[49:09] because they they never saw they, they just put a very safe,
[49:12] like a safe line. But you had supporters since day
[49:15] one, bro, supporters back in and I and I guess now, man, you're
[49:19] playing in the top five league, bro, you're playing instead of
[49:21] yeah, like, and the amount of changes that you've seen
[49:24] throughout your career, like how has it been adopting and
[49:26] everything, especially in a new environment?
[49:29] I'll be honest, it's been, it was, it was sometimes like crazy
[49:34] because when you go from different cultures, different
[49:36] languages. So let's say I was in England, I
[49:38] speak English and I go to France.
[49:40] Both I speak French also both of the languages are easier.
[49:42] But then you go to Italy, it's like you speak all different.
[49:46] Languages. Now, Bellini.
[49:47] Bellini actually told us he sent him a voice message in the.
[49:50] Italian. And he's like, bro, I don't
[49:52] speak Italian. Yeah.
[49:54] Yeah, no, but no, no, I actually speak it.
[50:01] So start a conversation, OK? I can't believe this.
[50:11] Back How do you say food again, Chibo?
[50:13] Chibo says it's a pacho bonjari Tutu valente.
[50:17] How do you learn so quick like? But I realized it's very similar
[50:21] to French. Yeah, very, very.
[50:22] Very, very similar. So I was like I had so last year
[50:25] I was with the Italian coach in Marseille and he always only
[50:28] speak it Italian. Really.
[50:30] Yes, only speak Italian. You had to translate with him.
[50:32] So then as he speak, I'm like I realized like the words are kind
[50:35] of similar. So then I go to Italy and I just
[50:38] started picking it up really Like I had like 4 classes and
[50:42] that's insane, yeah. The coach speaks in Italian and
[50:44] then there's a translator. There's a translator,
[50:46] everything. Yeah, like quick, funnier story
[50:48] about it when I was in Marseille.
[50:49] So he had two translators. I had an English one and a
[50:51] French 1 cause the squad, most of the squads put French.
[50:53] But then he bought like Mason Greenwood, he was speaking all
[50:56] the English. So somebody was speaking all the
[50:58] English. So like he would speak.
[51:00] It's like, let's say he speaks and then he speaks and then he
[51:02] speaks. So he like, is this a like, is
[51:05] this a show? Like, is this funny?
[51:06] Like at first meeting I was like, bro, I'm actually lost.
[51:09] Like what's going on? And the guys were like, yeah,
[51:11] it's actually a real thing. Like this is actually what going
[51:13] on. So yeah.
[51:14] How does that as a player does that like you?
[51:17] You listen to you listen to the Zebedee first.
[51:19] I listened. I look at him, but then I'm
[51:22] waiting for the French response at the same time.
[51:24] But then after, when I started, like really picking it up, it
[51:27] was like I just looked at it really.
[51:28] It was pretty easy. And how, how was it like, 'cause
[51:30] I mean from like 2 years you went from playing like starting
[51:33] off in MLS to almost get it. Like I think it was three years
[51:36] actually to getting a transfer to Marseille that I think at
[51:38] that point, like it was one of your dream clubs to play for.
[51:40] Yeah. Like, how was that getting that?
[51:43] I don't know. How does it work?
[51:44] Like let us know transfers behind the scenes.
[51:46] Like, how does that work? How do you get a call like, oh,
[51:47] you're this is, this is what's? Happening.
[51:49] Do you have like selection? Basically, So basically, how
[51:53] does it work? They will reach out to your
[51:54] agent, obviously this is the one that represents you in front of
[51:57] the both clubs. So then Merced will come in this
[52:00] situation, they will come to watch and be like we're
[52:02] interested in this player, what's the price?
[52:04] And then they will find a price. Call my agent, they'll tell the
[52:07] price and it'll be like, yeah, like that's fine for us.
[52:09] We'll pay. So then once that like
[52:11] confirmed, like they actually want to put the money on the on
[52:13] the table, my agent will come and be like, hey, this club like
[52:16] interested. So then I was at Copa America.
[52:19] I was just having fun doing my Copa America.
[52:23] Nick, Nick, my agent calls me. He's like, you know, we have
[52:25] Marcel on the table. Like they didn't want you to
[52:27] come there. He's like who?
[52:29] Wait, what? No, Marseille.
[52:31] I was like, yeah, but it was like, yeah, Marseille is really
[52:33] interested. So there for me it was it was
[52:37] really like like, well, like if you work hard, like stuff could
[52:41] really happen for you know, like you need to keep going, you need
[52:44] to keep striving. It's not easy.
[52:46] But then if you have that passion and you really have the
[52:48] hard work, like you could really make it.
[52:50] So it was kind of like a a validation of like all the years
[52:53] of work that I put in for exactly approval.
[52:56] So yeah, this what happened. So then from there, boom boom,
[53:00] we did everything online and then after Copa America it.
[53:04] Must have been so fast. Like everything, the thing I
[53:07] realized about this world, it could go fast.
[53:10] But both ways. Oh yeah, yeah, both ways.
[53:13] Like, yes, but like super fast. Yeah.
[53:16] And that's why that's why I say like to some of the players that
[53:18] like have a difficult job, especially like in in in early
[53:22] moments, like in six months, all this you could forget about.
[53:25] Yeah, yeah. Like you don't have to dwell
[53:27] yourself or think like you're not good enough.
[53:28] Like, just go back to work. Yeah, keep your head down.
[53:31] Just go back to work and you'll be deftly fired.
[53:33] Now, now there's a good. Mentality.
[53:34] Ismaël is on a on a schedule, so maybe sometime if you're in
[53:37] Montreal, we can get some more time.
[53:38] We should. But.
[53:39] Just one final question because we do, we speak a lot about city
[53:41] on our podcast. So we just want to know like who
[53:44] has the best atmosphere and and other you can't say Sasola,
[53:47] these are right. Obviously Sasola has the best
[53:50] atmosphere. Who has the best?
[53:52] Oh, I know you guys are waiting for this.
[53:55] I'm you. You got this, Inter, AC Milan,
[53:57] you got some, you got some serious performances versus our
[54:00] teams. I'll be honest, the best
[54:05] atmosphere. Drop the master class against
[54:06] all three, by the way. By the way, you guys should
[54:09] check it out. The best crazy go sphere has to
[54:14] be Sansio. Sorry.
[54:16] OK. OK.
[54:17] Open up I I got. The honor and read the honor.
[54:20] And so that's that's why I said Sansio first, but.
[54:22] Try to play the part part I. Got half of the room.
[54:24] Outfit, but I thought he. Was getting away with that.
[54:26] The best, the best one was against Milan.
[54:30] Thank you, thank you, thank you. I did great.
[54:33] You scored. I can't.
[54:34] Believe what I. Scored scoring at the Sansito.
[54:36] They made us feel like, yo, you guys are not wanted at the
[54:40] stadium, you know, like you guys are.
[54:42] They brought the hate. You brought the hate like
[54:44] whistle every time we got the ball whistle enter like
[54:47] obviously it wasn't love for us, but like it was calmer, you
[54:50] know? Yeah.
[54:50] I just feel like with enter like did you so much use to success
[54:55] that is like? You're telling me you're playing
[55:00] against Madrich Ravio putting in a master class?
[55:03] That was that was a different, that was that was a different
[55:05] vibe. But yeah, I would say Milan.
[55:07] Yeah, anyways, thank you for coming.
[55:09] We really appreciate it bro. It's a long time coming, man,
[55:12] Long time coming. I'm really happy to to have made
[55:14] an appearance on No I'm. Not 100% if you're ever in
[55:16] Montreal. Sure, we'll do some come back.
[55:18] On longer we can get into your whole back jury and stuff like
[55:20] that. Be there, yeah.
[55:21] OK, June. I'll be the game in June.
[55:23] OK, so June something June. 100% bro.
[55:27] See you guys next year. That was the episode you should
[55:29] too. Good chow. 2T Chow.
[55:30] Peace out. I wish you had more time with
[55:32] Coney. Yeah.
[55:33] Yeah, that was that. That would have been a nice
[55:34] long. Like not going to lie, it went
[55:36] on a little bit more off camera afterwards.
[55:38] We just, we couldn't stop. We could stop asking questions
[55:40] and just like talking because when you have like, I don't
[55:42] know, I feel like I felt a little bit more personal because
[55:44] we have a couple of friends in common.
[55:46] Feel like we started around the same.
[55:47] We're both Montreal, so like, I'm glad, I'm glad to see.
[55:51] You relatable because he plays and said, yeah, so he's playing
[55:53] against our favorite teams and he's telling us the the
[55:56] underlying things that are happening on the pitch that we
[55:58] might not see. We're never going to hear the
[55:59] end of of Michael. Oh my.
[56:02] Goodness, yeah, no, I thought we cut that part off.
[56:04] And no, we didn't cut it. We're going to keep it in.
[56:06] There's going to be. That was crazy that he, he, he
[56:09] was good, bro. I I honestly, I don't think I'd
[56:11] ever live it down if someone told me I was good.
[56:13] Top player like that world, A World Cup player saying that
[56:15] like you low key had it. Yeah, but we had.
[56:18] A good week with we. We actually played.
[56:20] He was, he was playing with our Sunday league.
[56:22] That happens on Mondays. But he played well.
[56:24] He played well this week. Played well, yeah.
[56:26] That's a rare occurrence, no? Rare occurrence, Michael, if you
[56:29] listen, rare occurrence. But even Matthew, they were
[56:32] bling Blues. Yeah, yeah, Bling Blues.
[56:34] Yeah, yeah, yeah. But yeah, it was, it was
[56:36] honestly, that was our first interview that we've done on the
[56:38] channel. It was just kind of cool because
[56:41] it it was kind not, not it was someone that we were kind of
[56:45] targeting, if that makes sense. It's because it makes so much.
[56:47] Sense fits the box the box it does.
[56:49] Yeah, so it makes sense. Weird, weird weird way to say.
[56:52] Yeah. I just find like that's a player
[56:53] we always like tend to mention once in a while on the pod or
[56:56] like. I'm glad he popped our cherry.
[57:00] Man. Our podcasting, our.
[57:02] Podcasting guest Cherry? Guest cherry?
[57:03] I guess it's one way of putting it.
[57:06] Deflowered our podcasting. OK, you're you're really like
[57:09] now you're no but. They say that that's a, that's a
[57:11] you've. Floured our podcast.
[57:13] That's the first time that examination has been set in the
[57:16] human history. Deflowered, our podcast.
[57:19] Cherry, that's never been I. Didn't say I didn't add Cherry.
[57:22] You did that, you freak. Now you're getting don't get
[57:25] sexual with it. It's crazy.
[57:27] He, he was our first guest and it was a nice guest to have and
[57:30] I'm happy he came on and now hopefully in the future that we
[57:33] have Alfonso Davies more, more guests.
[57:35] And he boss, we, we just watched him play against Ireland.
[57:37] He bossed the pitch also. So he was for Canada, Canada,
[57:41] even Jesse Marsh said. He's going to be like a.
[57:43] Pillar Scoring own goals and friendlies.
[57:45] Oh yeah, O'Brien. OTP.
[57:47] Everton's best, by the way. No whatever bro, you should've.
[57:50] Went to the game, told him FPL. Yeah.
[57:52] FPL I didn't know I didn't have O'Brien this year in FPL.
[57:55] Troy, I think. Troy.
[57:56] Parrot does he play in? The championship?
[57:57] No. He plays in the Air Divisa right
[57:59] now. Troy Parrot, Yeah.
[58:01] So it's a recognizable name. Scored.
[58:03] Yeah. He played for soccer, he played
[58:04] Tottenham, played for Tottenham, was a hyped up youngster and
[58:07] this year he actually scored twenty goals in the Air Divisse.
[58:10] Ball or. Yeah, so he's going to Milan
[58:11] next. Well, potentially.
[58:14] Next up. He's actually replaced.
[58:16] He replaced Santi Santi. Santi came from PSV or AZ or
[58:20] Feynor Fainor Santi. Yeah.
[58:22] Fainorov, Trey Pirati, AZ Altmar.
[58:25] So he played with Mihailovich. I don't know.
[58:28] I think he probably joined by the time Yalovich left.
[58:30] Yeah, yeah. Yeah, anyway, that was episode
[58:34] 114, first podcast in the new studio.
[58:37] Hope you guys enjoyed and stay tuned for a lot of content.
[58:40] I think our Instagram is our best place for you guys to
[58:42] follow. Stay tuned.
[58:43] And also our Patreon. If you guys want to see more
[58:45] content just like this, we're about to go record our Patreon
[58:48] on there this week. This week, we'll see.
[58:51] Check the schedule. We'll check the schedule.
[58:53] Just see you guys on Patreon or Instagram.
[58:55] Peace out on the podcast. Take care, take care, take care.
[58:59] Take Grati.

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