Episode 27 - The Battery's Last Stand in San Antonio! ¡Torres mete un golazo!

[00:00:03] Welcome to Cannon Crue, a weekly podcast discussing the Charleston Battery.

[00:00:21] Your host, Granite, will be joined by other defenders of the fleet from the black and yellow

[00:00:26] supporters section.

[00:00:27] And together they will help fortify and conquer.

[00:00:30] They are the Cannon Crue.

[00:00:35] Welcome to the Cannon Crue Podcast.

[00:00:37] This is Granite and I'm joined by Gunner, the super dog.

[00:00:40] Hey Gunner, what's up?

[00:00:41] How are you?

[00:00:43] Fantastic.

[00:00:45] And his partner, Patrick, how are you Patrick?

[00:00:48] What's going on everybody?

[00:00:51] And last and least, Ryan.

[00:00:56] How are you Granite?

[00:00:57] I'm doing alright but you have no beast with you.

[00:00:59] I thought this was our daily dog day.

[00:01:02] They're getting fed right now.

[00:01:04] Mine's a long ways away, both of them.

[00:01:06] They probably wish they were getting fed right now.

[00:01:08] We're here to discuss a little bit about our past match on August 31st in San Antonio.

[00:01:14] We did not get beat 7-0 like we did last time we met up with them.

[00:01:19] But it wasn't necessarily the best result we could have done.

[00:01:22] Amazon Spring Company had a good turn out there, not the best but quite a few people.

[00:01:28] Our staff was all hyped up, had their battery hats on, ready to roll and had a pretty

[00:01:34] good time.

[00:01:35] I think it was a great setup at Edmunds Oast and food's always good, beer's always good.

[00:01:42] It's a good time to be here especially with the new flavors out.

[00:01:46] Always got to get that Oktoberfest special.

[00:01:50] Didn't they have a cinnamon latte or something like that too?

[00:01:53] Apple cider donut beer.

[00:01:56] That's what it was.

[00:01:57] It was really good.

[00:01:57] I was close.

[00:01:59] Tanner was there having a good time.

[00:02:01] So it was kind of fun to sit next to him.

[00:02:04] Especially when we scored goals because he's a big guy and I thought he was going to kill

[00:02:07] me.

[00:02:08] I really thought he was.

[00:02:09] He was so excited.

[00:02:10] I think he took a couple of tables out and a couple of the staff out on the floor.

[00:02:14] But one fun bit of news I heard today, I didn't realize that after our thrashing

[00:02:20] of Orange County they dismissed their coach.

[00:02:23] So they picked up another coach.

[00:02:26] I think it happened right after the match from what I heard today.

[00:02:30] So that's kind of fun.

[00:02:31] You know, we're causing changes.

[00:02:33] That's a long, lonely flight back to California.

[00:02:36] So let's talk about what's staring us right in the face right now is Nick.

[00:02:40] Nick being transferred in January over to CD Castellon I believe.

[00:02:49] So I mean it is confirmed he'll be going in January so we still have him for the

[00:02:55] rest of the year.

[00:02:57] I think that would have been really bad business if you let the guy go in for a record.

[00:03:03] Just take off at the end of the season when you need a most.

[00:03:07] But I don't know, you guys, I feel like this move has been coming for a while before

[00:03:12] me's been in.

[00:03:14] I couldn't see anyone not putting a bit in trying to take him away.

[00:03:19] I think it's fantastic because everybody's eyes are always set on the MLS but it's

[00:03:24] pretty interesting when you're making moves and sales that eventually end up in

[00:03:27] Europe which is, you know, despite maybe Brazil and that part of the world is

[00:03:34] undisputed, that's where you need to go to make it big.

[00:03:38] No, it's actually amazing business with the battery have been able to do in

[00:03:42] the last two seasons because you look at Fidel Barajas and you look at Trey

[00:03:45] Mewes and both of them were able to make successful MLS transfers last year

[00:03:49] after the year Barajas had.

[00:03:52] And now he's got national team call-ups and he's looking for another transfer

[00:03:56] move and to back that up this year and have, you know, Nick Markanik coming

[00:04:01] through trying to break this league goalscoring record.

[00:04:05] And then now you're able to send him over to Europe as well.

[00:04:08] So a lot of different teams around the world are paying attention to the

[00:04:13] USL championship because it's not just the battery selling players over

[00:04:17] to Europe now.

[00:04:17] You got Louisville sent about two to three players as well and a few other clubs.

[00:04:23] So it's actually quite nice seeing all the different diverse groups and

[00:04:28] areas coming in and trying to pick apart to USL in a way, trying to take

[00:04:32] some talent elsewhere.

[00:04:34] Yeah, it's nice not having the MLS whooping in.

[00:04:37] So I mean just looking at the top 20 trampers from the USL championship

[00:04:44] and about half of them have gone to MLS sides or MLS who sides or

[00:04:51] academies of MLS team.

[00:04:53] So it's kind of nice to break away from that and not have a player

[00:04:58] with so much promise just go into a league that the feature has been

[00:05:03] kind of a huge talking point for a lot of US pundits and a lot of us

[00:05:07] soccer fans of almost an area where players go to kill their

[00:05:12] career because there is no future opportunity.

[00:05:16] King we've seen it with a ton of MLS teams that they just hoard young talent,

[00:05:21] sign them to big deals, leave them and don't let them go on loan.

[00:05:25] Don't sell them over to Europe and then they kind of just don't develop

[00:05:28] because their youth academies and training programs aren't that up

[00:05:32] that way as much as Europe is.

[00:05:35] So I'm excited to see them go to Spain.

[00:05:38] The second division, which I think is going to be a lot easier

[00:05:41] of a fit than the first division.

[00:05:45] That's for sure because you're not going to go from USL side

[00:05:49] competition and then just be thrown in against some of the best names in the world.

[00:05:54] So hopefully he can develop over there and we can see him

[00:05:58] back state side in the future.

[00:06:01] I believe it is pronounced city Castillo

[00:06:06] and looks like to have a nice little pitch

[00:06:08] and some training pitches in that part of Spain.

[00:06:12] So some of the cool things to from us is also the Salon clauses, right?

[00:06:18] Salon clause is a quite a good deal on our end.

[00:06:21] So currently the way the market is looking at more canik

[00:06:25] he's his current market values 350,000.

[00:06:29] But what CD offered us was 175, but 10 percent of future sales.

[00:06:36] So if more canik were to sell for about five million,

[00:06:40] you could see about five hundred thousand coming our way to the battery.

[00:06:45] So that's that's excellent business because then you change that 175

[00:06:49] into almost closer to 700.

[00:06:54] We almost have a million dollar man now.

[00:06:56] That's a really cool.

[00:06:57] Yeah, which would rival Fidel going for over a mill himself

[00:07:01] so that the back to back to business by the battery

[00:07:06] creating and generating some more revenue for the club to go out

[00:07:09] and buy some more young talent and bust in them

[00:07:12] and get to see these guys shine at a USL championship level

[00:07:16] and create a name for themselves and kind of cool to be able

[00:07:20] to follow their soccer paths from here on out.

[00:07:24] And speaking of another player that's kind of going for a temporary bit.

[00:07:29] Guess who got called up to national duty?

[00:07:33] Our captain, Leland Archer.

[00:07:36] The one, the only.

[00:07:38] And a very critical part of this even to.

[00:07:42] Well, so it's not it's not like the end of the world.

[00:07:45] Right? So yes, we will lose Leland

[00:07:49] for this upcoming game against Sacramento.

[00:07:53] As Leland has international duties

[00:07:55] for a game being played on the seventh and the 10th of September.

[00:08:01] We do play our set our next game after Sacramento

[00:08:05] on the 14th in Colorado.

[00:08:07] So I'd likely not see Archer playing that one

[00:08:10] as they probably set him out, let him come back and get recouped.

[00:08:14] So sitting out two games, both against Western Conference teams.

[00:08:19] One's home, one's away.

[00:08:21] They're both toss ups, but I like Samuel Beek

[00:08:23] sliding in for that home game.

[00:08:25] And I think that Colorado is going to be a lot closer than we want it to be.

[00:08:30] Yeah, I think just the issue is

[00:08:33] and granted and I, I think can relate a little more than you, Ryan,

[00:08:37] just from our other club we have an interest in is seeing players

[00:08:42] go on on international duty and pick up an injury

[00:08:46] when they don't need to for games that are super important.

[00:08:50] And I don't want it out there in the world, but like

[00:08:54] this is the concern with players going and playing for their national teams

[00:08:57] is he's our captain, he's our biggest investment.

[00:09:00] He's our leader.

[00:09:01] He's going to be there for the playoffs.

[00:09:03] You don't need to risk injury at this point in the season with

[00:09:07] what seven games left, six games left before playoffs.

[00:09:12] You you really need to keep everyone healthy, maybe limit the number of minutes

[00:09:16] they're playing every night a little bit as opposed to

[00:09:20] let's add on another 180 minutes on international duty, plus flights

[00:09:25] coming back and then like I don't think we're going

[00:09:30] to sit on my think he'll come on and play for a game against Colorado.

[00:09:34] And so not super excited with that, just the amount of wear and tear

[00:09:38] that puts on a player.

[00:09:41] Yeah, if we rush into that Colorado game, I mean,

[00:09:44] just like how you mentioned it, that's a ton of travel time

[00:09:47] that he's going to get.

[00:09:49] I didn't think of like that, Pat.

[00:09:51] It's rest time.

[00:09:51] He's on an airplane.

[00:09:52] He's probably, you know, not in coach.

[00:09:54] So he can rest in when you're above six to once you hit six to

[00:09:58] there is no rest on a plane.

[00:09:59] I'm saying he's probably in the, you know, the business class.

[00:10:02] So he's he's good to go.

[00:10:05] Have you have you seen him?

[00:10:06] He's like six five.

[00:10:07] Trinidad doesn't matter.

[00:10:09] Tobago, not France, right?

[00:10:12] Yeah, well, well different.

[00:10:15] Have all schedules, I would think.

[00:10:18] Just a different airplane rides.

[00:10:20] Yeah.

[00:10:21] Greatest thing he's going to be flying air France.

[00:10:24] Oh, he will be.

[00:10:27] He will not be on air France flying to Trinidad.

[00:10:29] You don't know that.

[00:10:31] He's on the guarantee you probably like three lines.

[00:10:35] Maybe.

[00:10:36] Anyways, that's fantastic for Leland and whichever mode of

[00:10:41] transportation he so chooses, I'm sure he's going to he's

[00:10:44] going to turn out well with it.

[00:10:46] And one of the other things who replaces him, we talked about

[00:10:49] beak, right?

[00:10:50] That's all we got.

[00:10:52] Yeah, Samuel Beek will come in and.

[00:10:55] You have Graham Smith sitting right next to him.

[00:10:58] And they've had zero playing time.

[00:11:01] They had a couple minutes the other night a couple weeks ago.

[00:11:04] Yeah, I mean it might be nice to see a little effort from

[00:11:07] some players will maybe a little running around in the

[00:11:10] backfield on like.

[00:11:12] This last game will touch on here in a moment, but

[00:11:15] maybe a little less standing around a little more effort

[00:11:18] going at the guy's ball set of.

[00:11:21] They call him eye tackles.

[00:11:24] Regis.

[00:11:25] Did you say eye tackles?

[00:11:26] Yeah, where you just look at the guy.

[00:11:28] So the eye tackles because it seems like we were trying to do

[00:11:31] that a lot.

[00:11:32] Ryan's disagreeing.

[00:11:34] No, he's agreeing with green.

[00:11:35] The eye tackle analysis.

[00:11:39] So yeah, let's move on down.

[00:11:41] Let's talk about or starting 11.

[00:11:44] We think of Robbie coming in for Seggburs.

[00:11:47] You know, I was kind of surprised with that and not

[00:11:51] having, you know, Josh track back there.

[00:11:55] As you're outside back, like I understand, Jack, maybe

[00:11:57] just a left side defender, but still to throw him in on

[00:12:01] the right side.

[00:12:02] I would have thought that would have been a better fit,

[00:12:04] but it was great seeing Robbie back out there and

[00:12:06] getting a start up for him.

[00:12:08] And think it's a little weird, right?

[00:12:10] Because we talked earlier in the year when you

[00:12:13] have all these options and rotating them around.

[00:12:15] And now it's kind of drone accustomed to seeing

[00:12:18] us starting 11 and maybe giving one guy a break.

[00:12:23] But now it's like, we're just going to switch it up

[00:12:26] completely and put a guy just randomly in who's

[00:12:29] not as natural position to cover when you have,

[00:12:32] like you said, Ryan, Drac on the bench, ready to go.

[00:12:37] It just didn't make sense to me.

[00:12:39] Drac's a drug play.

[00:12:40] Yeah.

[00:12:41] So yeah, it doesn't make sense to me either.

[00:12:43] I mean, because it kind of kind of telling

[00:12:45] them maybe some of our players and their

[00:12:48] non-ability to play in other position.

[00:12:51] I just like to see what's going on that training pitch.

[00:12:55] Now it could be something on or off the training pitch

[00:12:58] that's being seen by Coach Perman on that one.

[00:13:01] But just from a fan looking at the actual sheet

[00:13:04] and what they have, you know, that just still doesn't

[00:13:05] make a ton of sense.

[00:13:08] Luckily though, we're still solid in the back

[00:13:10] and I know we're going to talk about it here shortly,

[00:13:13] but man, what a game Grini had.

[00:13:16] I think this was probably my favorite game to watch

[00:13:20] of Grini's.

[00:13:23] Everything he demonstrated in the back,

[00:13:25] there was a bit of times where there was a few confusion.

[00:13:29] He handled those situations really well and then came up

[00:13:32] with some of the most crucial saves that were so beautiful to watch.

[00:13:37] He did, you know?

[00:13:38] He saved us.

[00:13:40] We were to walk out there having no points

[00:13:42] if it wasn't for Grini.

[00:13:43] And there was the first shot, the first save he made.

[00:13:45] The ball looked like it was moving kind of slow.

[00:13:48] When I first saw the shot taken,

[00:13:50] he got his hand on it, but then realized,

[00:13:52] man, that's pretty close range and that's a lot of ground

[00:13:55] Grini had to cover just by leaping to the side

[00:13:58] to get that ball.

[00:14:00] I mean, it could have been 3-0 going into half time

[00:14:03] with the amount of saves he was making.

[00:14:06] And that one right before half two and added time

[00:14:10] is the bottom right hand corner save.

[00:14:12] That one, that one, that was a goal all day.

[00:14:15] That one should have been a goal all day long

[00:14:16] and he absolutely robbed them.

[00:14:18] But yeah, Pat, I absolutely agree with you.

[00:14:21] It easily could have been and should have been 3-0

[00:14:23] if it wasn't for Grini.

[00:14:25] And that's what like, I'm sure we'll touch on Torres,

[00:14:28] but seeing that Torres got the man of the match,

[00:14:31] I thought it was kind of a little bit of a knock

[00:14:34] because I thought Grini was my man of the match

[00:14:36] or even keeping us in it.

[00:14:38] The entire time to give us the chance to come back

[00:14:41] and tie it up.

[00:14:42] So I don't know.

[00:14:43] Huge shout out to Grini for playing off his ass again,

[00:14:47] which he always does in big moments when he has to make up

[00:14:50] for the rest of the team kind of being lackluster.

[00:14:54] Yeah, maybe we'll call him both co-men of the match

[00:14:58] because I think both of them added equally to us escaping

[00:15:02] with a point and bringing it back to Charleston.

[00:15:06] Both played massive roles

[00:15:09] and contributing to the team's success that night,

[00:15:12] but both had different roles.

[00:15:15] Absolutely.

[00:15:16] And we need both of them equally as well.

[00:15:20] You know, all night in Torres is one of my favorite players,

[00:15:23] if not my favorite player.

[00:15:24] And all night Torres was putting balls in

[00:15:27] and getting crosses in.

[00:15:28] Sometimes he's taking some shots that maybe he shouldn't take,

[00:15:32] but man, when he lines that up,

[00:15:34] those shots sometimes are rockets

[00:15:37] and get past keepers very easily.

[00:15:40] I mean, we've seen him score from more ridiculous shots

[00:15:43] than what he was taking.

[00:15:44] So, mind as well, trying to start a little fire up front.

[00:15:49] Yeah, he did from that free kick.

[00:15:53] I mean, that's kind of the range he's deadly at

[00:15:55] in trying to get keepers.

[00:15:59] I don't know if that young keeper could have stopped that

[00:16:01] no matter what, so it didn't really matter.

[00:16:04] Yeah, it was a weird spot.

[00:16:05] Front post, front post quarter going in on that.

[00:16:11] I want to take a couple of seconds to talk about Chapman

[00:16:13] because he kind of filled in that spot where Aaron is

[00:16:17] or you know, back there.

[00:16:19] But there was a couple times he was just watching.

[00:16:23] He was just ball watching instead of being that active force

[00:16:26] that Aaron is all over the pitch.

[00:16:29] Sometimes Chapman as good as he is,

[00:16:31] he's really good on the ball.

[00:16:32] He's really got an IQ about him

[00:16:34] and he can really make some great passes.

[00:16:37] But there was a couple of times where he was just like he switched off.

[00:16:41] I think you can go right down the middle with all of them.

[00:16:44] And this is where maybe also it's a prize he causes not starting

[00:16:49] because he is that kind of momentum boost.

[00:16:51] If you're missing Maloy, that he'll run around.

[00:16:54] He'll be the energy guy and he'll create that kind of seal

[00:16:58] for the rest of the team of like, hey,

[00:17:00] step it up a little bit.

[00:17:01] I'm putting in the effort.

[00:17:03] The rest of you start putting in a little more effort.

[00:17:06] You can say the same thing with Chapman as you can for Rodriguez.

[00:17:10] I mean, you could say for almost every midfielder out there

[00:17:14] like Torres is great to see what was offensively.

[00:17:18] Defensively, he was just walking around.

[00:17:20] He wasn't really attacking the ball to try and win it back,

[00:17:23] which is kind of what we've grown accustomed to seeing from him.

[00:17:26] But yeah, I don't know.

[00:17:28] We definitely lacked the energy for a while there.

[00:17:31] I'll say that.

[00:17:32] Speaking of lacking energy,

[00:17:34] you got anything you want to add to that, Ryan?

[00:17:37] No.

[00:17:38] I just agree with that

[00:17:40] and seeing how he's still trying to find himself

[00:17:45] into this first team and wanting to get more minutes.

[00:17:50] You're kind of surprised by it.

[00:17:52] You're given this opportunity.

[00:17:55] Yes, he went to a different team.

[00:17:58] I believe he came from Hartford on loan to us.

[00:18:02] So coming from bottom of the USL,

[00:18:04] now you're on a team who's definitely going to go into the playoffs

[00:18:08] and you're flat footed.

[00:18:10] There's no little pick me up.

[00:18:12] There's no extra energy that you're bringing in.

[00:18:14] It kind of just leaves us wondering on the sideline,

[00:18:17] why did we go out and get you?

[00:18:18] What did we get you for other than just filling in the void from Aloy right now?

[00:18:23] Because I was kind of excited to get him.

[00:18:25] I saw some clips of him playing and everything,

[00:18:27] but I hadn't seen anything from him since he's come in.

[00:18:29] I think when he's gotten an assist,

[00:18:31] but he kicked the ball across the six-year-old line,

[00:18:33] how hard is that to do?

[00:18:34] I think he's good on the ball.

[00:18:36] When he's more than that, it seems like almost the CDM role,

[00:18:41] and he's got some presence about him there.

[00:18:43] But on the defending side, he was just, I'm not going back.

[00:18:47] And I was like, well, that's kind of what your job is, right?

[00:18:50] Because him and...

[00:18:50] Yeah, it's a CDM.

[00:18:51] Yeah, him and Alan are supposed to be back to patrol

[00:18:55] in front of our two backs.

[00:18:56] And if he just stand and watching,

[00:18:58] we saw a result of that when San Antonio scored a goal on us.

[00:19:04] Did you see, taking note in the first half,

[00:19:07] we can go back and watch,

[00:19:09] but you saw a lot more defending from Nick Markanik

[00:19:14] than I have seen all season.

[00:19:18] And that came from him having to track all the way back

[00:19:21] because at times there'd be a midfielder or two

[00:19:24] higher than Nick trying to get back in time.

[00:19:27] And Nick would just fly back trying to defend.

[00:19:29] Yeah, what's up with his shoulder?

[00:19:31] He kept grabbing his shoulder and there was a couple times

[00:19:34] he'd get some medical treatment.

[00:19:37] I'm hoping it's just a knock.

[00:19:39] It's just like one of those things where it's like,

[00:19:40] you know, it's just discomfort because he looked like he played on.

[00:19:44] So it looked like it was just something to where

[00:19:45] he has to get on through the night and sleep on it.

[00:19:48] I didn't know if it's from all those, you know,

[00:19:51] left-footed volleys he was trying to put in the back.

[00:19:53] The goal kind of, you know, he picked up a pinched nerve

[00:19:56] or something like that on his shoulder.

[00:19:58] I got a stinger.

[00:19:59] Very well done, Nick.

[00:20:01] He was really trying to make the tying goal a rocket.

[00:20:04] He was and he was putting it way up in the stands,

[00:20:07] way up in the stands.

[00:20:08] One time it was kind of interesting.

[00:20:10] He had the ball in front of the goal

[00:20:11] and he had on his right foot

[00:20:13] and you tell him he ain't taking no shot

[00:20:15] with his right foot.

[00:20:16] So he kind of laid it off to somebody else

[00:20:18] but it was kind of interesting because he was in that spot

[00:20:20] where if he was on his left foot

[00:20:22] he would have taken that but obviously,

[00:20:24] and that might be Nick's kind of, you know,

[00:20:28] his Achilles heel is that he is very, very left-footed.

[00:20:32] I think I heard somebody say

[00:20:32] 19 of his 20-some goals were all from left foot.

[00:20:37] Yeah, I mean, mentioning that, granite,

[00:20:41] he took that shot right footed that blasted over

[00:20:44] and then like a clear cut,

[00:20:46] he has the space in an even better position

[00:20:49] and he just passes it off,

[00:20:51] not in like a better spot for his teammate

[00:20:53] to take a good shot.

[00:20:54] He just passed it off

[00:20:55] and he's like, what are you doing, man?

[00:20:57] You're leading goal scorer in this league for a reason.

[00:21:00] Just hit it.

[00:21:00] No one's going to be mad if it goes wide.

[00:21:03] No, somebody take a shot

[00:21:04] because that's kind of what we've always,

[00:21:06] always kind of complaining about

[00:21:09] is that we can't score goals if we're not shooting.

[00:21:11] Well, it makes it more difficult at least.

[00:21:14] Now, the other thing, let's talk about the referee real quick.

[00:21:17] I have not been on a rant about referees,

[00:21:19] but this guy...

[00:21:20] Here we go.

[00:21:21] Lock it up, boys.

[00:21:21] Get ready.

[00:21:22] Let me tell you what.

[00:21:24] I don't know why there was not a PK

[00:21:27] called for taking out MD.

[00:21:29] For Myers just getting head slams into the knee

[00:21:33] and just being like, no ball.

[00:21:37] I don't know what the referee saw there different than...

[00:21:42] Well, the announcers eventually come around

[00:21:44] and said, yeah, that probably should have been a PK,

[00:21:46] but they were obviously slanted towards San Antonio

[00:21:50] because the one announcer saying,

[00:21:52] well, the keeper got all ball.

[00:21:54] Clearly did not get all ball.

[00:21:56] Apparently the referee thought that he got all ball

[00:21:59] because he awarded a corner kick to us.

[00:22:03] And when you watch the review

[00:22:04] and even when watching it at full speed,

[00:22:07] it's obviously come off the bottom of MD's foot.

[00:22:11] But that's kind of what I would call a foul.

[00:22:15] When you take a player out like that,

[00:22:19] no matter if you use your face, your hands,

[00:22:22] it's still a foul.

[00:22:23] He's challenging and it's kind of careless and reckless.

[00:22:27] And so I do not know why there was no PK.

[00:22:30] Any thoughts?

[00:22:32] No idea why there wasn't a PK

[00:22:34] and it's not like the ref was card shy.

[00:22:37] I mean, he handed out plenty during the match.

[00:22:43] Five yellow cards to San Antonio in the 80th minute and after.

[00:22:46] And there should have been one before.

[00:22:49] They earned every one of them.

[00:22:50] Two of those players should have been their second.

[00:22:53] I don't know how other teams get by with running their mouths

[00:22:57] of referees the way they do.

[00:22:59] So many warnings get given out in the first half

[00:23:02] to other teams and we get nothing.

[00:23:03] We're immediately shown a card

[00:23:05] and you see these other teams are their forwards like Max from Detroit

[00:23:10] and like how we just played.

[00:23:15] The team we just played.

[00:23:16] Orange County.

[00:23:17] San Antonio, they're top two strikers.

[00:23:22] Just throwing people around, shoving them out of bounds doing late hits

[00:23:25] and then they just get a talk into it with the referee.

[00:23:27] He just comes up to them, walks them backwards,

[00:23:30] has a little chat and that's it.

[00:23:32] Hernandez I think for the team, that was one.

[00:23:36] Let's see Conway is sitting on the ground and he comes up,

[00:23:38] puts a knee in his back so he causes jumps up there to his defense

[00:23:42] and kind of backs him up and then Hernandez starts grabbing his jersey

[00:23:46] and pushing them down now.

[00:23:48] It causes them to do a little acting there.

[00:23:50] He was constantly winding people up and in their face.

[00:23:54] There was another incident before that where he was all in Juan David's face

[00:24:01] and basically chest bump and I'm trying to get him out of the way

[00:24:05] and everything else and then Wander's off.

[00:24:07] Referee lost control of it.

[00:24:08] When you look at the one player, not gonna butcher his name,

[00:24:12] I don't know if I can give a shit if I butcher his name.

[00:24:15] Signorus or whatever his name was.

[00:24:18] Senor?

[00:24:20] Senor, hang on.

[00:24:24] Selaatje neck, whatever his name is, five fouls.

[00:24:26] Five fouls and then he acts surprised when he gets a yellow

[00:24:29] on the fifth foul.

[00:24:31] Well, it's called, in case he doesn't know that maybe he's not that intelligent,

[00:24:35] it's called persistent offenses and Referee's hand him out

[00:24:39] when all of a sudden you've got like five or six fouls

[00:24:42] and he acts shocked in that.

[00:24:43] I don't understand why other teams get by with so much bullshit

[00:24:50] and I look back, I think it was one of our first matches

[00:24:53] and Torres kind of kicked, put the ball to the sideline

[00:24:57] and they gave him a card for time wasting

[00:25:00] and there's no inconsistency

[00:25:02] and I don't know if it's because of the regionalists of these referees.

[00:25:08] I don't know.

[00:25:09] Yeah, I mean, I think for sure we can at least agree.

[00:25:12] penalty not given, huge miss call.

[00:25:15] Luckily the battery didn't throw it away, kept sliding, came back

[00:25:18] and at least got the equalizer which I think was well deserved

[00:25:22] in the second half more than the first half of them

[00:25:26] keeping it nil nil because I really thought we played so poorly

[00:25:29] we should have been down one or two going into the break.

[00:25:32] So hopefully they don't continue this in the next few games

[00:25:36] because it's not going to be easy.

[00:25:38] Now this next game is going to be a good one.

[00:25:42] I mean, it can easily go south for us quickly if we don't lock in.

[00:25:48] So what do we need to change?

[00:25:49] What are we doing fundamentally wrong?

[00:25:51] We go in and we blow past somebody.

[00:25:53] Yeah, I think it's all energy.

[00:25:55] We're so flat footed.

[00:25:58] Like I don't know how they don't get up like we seem to save it

[00:26:02] for home games to like amp themselves up or like get it going early on.

[00:26:08] I mean you saw it with Louisville they came out so flat

[00:26:12] not even trying to play not even trying to go for a ball

[00:26:15] and just being pressed and giving up almost like 10 minutes

[00:26:20] into that game of like well hell we can't run with these guys

[00:26:23] the whole day and it's like we play the same style we press

[00:26:27] before we win the ball back high up the field.

[00:26:31] You got to bring that from the first whistle

[00:26:34] and keep it going in order to make the other team feel that pressure.

[00:26:38] Otherwise they play one long ball you have four guys like in this

[00:26:42] game against San Antonio going to tackle the ball but like

[00:26:45] kind of half hardly throwing a leg in there and the guy just dribbles out of it

[00:26:49] like we need someone to either commit in and if you don't get the ball

[00:26:54] you get the guy and it's a foul and he's not dribbling through 20 yards at a time

[00:26:59] we either need that or we need the guys to just keep that high press

[00:27:03] and just win the ball back and force the other team to create the mistakes

[00:27:07] because it's worked for us all year.

[00:27:10] Yeah counterattacks are kicking our ass and it's like we're being caught up

[00:27:14] in a forward position and especially this when we concede this goal

[00:27:18] I don't know what Leland was doing way up on the sideline about the midway line

[00:27:23] way out of position which he went to like excuse me

[00:27:28] he went to head the ball and went over him or something

[00:27:31] and just set it up for the San Antonio player to pick it up

[00:27:35] and then go in towards goal and then as we talked earlier

[00:27:39] but he's kind of watching ball watching there we have three midfielders

[00:27:43] trying to track back that aren't trying hard enough and the guy gets some miserable little topo pass

[00:27:50] and we're just standing there looking foolish.

[00:27:54] It's another situation you can look back on

[00:27:57] some of the guys that we let go this season like Gutierrez

[00:28:03] as much as he is kind of similar to Torres and you can't really please everyone

[00:28:09] he is a guy that you can sub on or at least have Torres be like

[00:28:12] hey you got to keep working man defensively as well as offensively

[00:28:16] because we'll put another player on in the next game or you'll come off at the 60 minute mark

[00:28:23] which we used to see for the entire first half of the season

[00:28:27] another one with who's the guy we just gave to San Antonio

[00:28:32] Blacapa like huge energy guy these are the guys right now that our injuries have stacked up

[00:28:39] to some of our more high energy players

[00:28:42] that we really could use this off the bench to like drive the team and like create a sense of urgency

[00:28:50] and you just kind of see it every other game just kind of lackluster fallback

[00:28:54] it's almost like they're only playing for the playoffs like it doesn't matter

[00:28:58] we'll make it and who cares what we get seated who cares what our form is

[00:29:02] like you can't go into this stretch of the season thinking that way

[00:29:07] you're going to get humiliated in the first round by a team that's way less talented than you know

[00:29:14] if you just aren't putting in that energy every game

[00:29:17] I think teams have our number in that they know counterattack

[00:29:22] if you look at we generally a possession team and when we lose it's generally through counterattacks

[00:29:29] they come back and we're not being able to deal with those counterattacks effectively

[00:29:34] and we're not scoring goals we score goals we score a lot of them

[00:29:37] but when it's a decent opponent and has a decent defense we're scoring one or none

[00:29:43] and unfortunately like I've been saying all season

[00:29:46] Nick's done a fantastic job but he's not the one to win in these 1-0 matches or 1-1 matches

[00:29:52] well let's just hope they turn it on for our next two home games because Sacramento and Tampa Bay are

[00:30:00] still beyond big for our team and our sense of pride in who we are

[00:30:06] and kind of like getting the guys to think like hey this will be our year

[00:30:11] because they've been hearing it all year you have the best goal scorer but you can't just have one guy doing

[00:30:16] all the goals for your team and we're just getting in there because he's getting a hat trick in certain games

[00:30:22] maybe one goal here that's the winner like we need everyone to start contributing a little bit more

[00:30:28] yeah the MDs doing a great job and Ryan you should be smiling when I say that because I think both him and Nick's

[00:30:36] combined total is greater than any other two players in the USL

[00:30:43] and I said they were going to hit 30 this year combined and they're well past that

[00:30:49] what does Nick sitting out need one or two more

[00:30:54] he needs one to tie so you said it 24

[00:30:56] that's one to tie the USL

[00:31:00] yep

[00:31:01] and then was he has to get 27 to

[00:31:05] pre-file time at the weeks

[00:31:07] something like that

[00:31:08] that's the battery record but that's also including playoffs

[00:31:12] yeah that's included play if that's what it was

[00:31:14] okay because he's already set the battery record for single season

[00:31:19] well hopefully he turns it on Saturday night

[00:31:22] hopefully we see a fantastic story barrage led by the left foot of Nick maybe his forehead

[00:31:29] his right foot whatever he needs to do to get those bicycle some scissors maybe a scorpion

[00:31:36] let's throw in a scorpion

[00:31:37] did they have scorpions in Spain maybe that's how he shows off there

[00:31:41] he says you know shows you can do that

[00:31:42] and speaking of Nick's I know this will probably come out tomorrow or the day after

[00:31:48] but he's doing an interview on CVS sports glazzo today at like just 545 540

[00:31:58] so I'm sure there'll be some replays of that where you can catch it maybe hear from him a little bit about his move

[00:32:03] and maybe a little more about the playoffs coming up in his current run of form which is incredible

[00:32:08] so check that out and hopefully he gets us that record tying goal against Sacramento on Saturday

[00:32:19] maybe I don't know this is pie in the sky maybe just some investors start looking at a real stadium

[00:32:25] up until you know I started seeing all these other stadiums that are just phenomenal based off of where USL championship level

[00:32:33] and going man are the batteries deserving of that level of you know stadium

[00:32:40] and maybe some somebody will build it and we will come

[00:32:45] me you put this team in any other city they have it but Charles the real estate if you can put an apartment complex there

[00:32:53] that's what's going there

[00:32:56] let's talk about Saturday night kickoff 730 against the Sacramento Republic

[00:33:04] hopefully our battery can beat up on those bears I don't know if they have a bear in their little California several

[00:33:13] it's only our third time ever playing them

[00:33:16] and what's our record against them

[00:33:19] so the first time we played against them we lost 4 to 0 and then when we faced them last year in Sacramento we tied 1 to 1 to open the season

[00:33:28] so predictions it's time for predictions

[00:33:33] Ryan

[00:33:36] ooh come to me second

[00:33:38] Patrick I don't know if you can see this but he's consulting his ESPN gambling app or something

[00:33:45] I said oh how did you know

[00:33:49] it's not good the odds makers are never always right

[00:33:54] I was half right I was half right this last match

[00:33:59] I was more than half right

[00:34:03] I said 2-0

[00:34:03] yeah because I got I got Taurus scoring both goals and we only scored once so that's like twice

[00:34:12] I'll give you mine Granite because this will probably be the only one I do this year but I think we're not going to win this

[00:34:21] I think it's gonna be a loss you don't have our captain defender

[00:34:25] who knows if coach Pyramid is just gonna put Robbie Crawford his center back for this one so

[00:34:32] I think it's just gonna be a 1-0 loss unfortunately

[00:34:36] I think Grinney's gonna keep us in it for as long as he can

[00:34:40] can we pick up a loner

[00:34:42] should be able to we got a goalie for it right

[00:34:46] that was during the transfer Sabre should be back correct

[00:34:51] yes yep and so that that tightens up the back line a lot just by him his presence on the field

[00:34:58] Ryan what do your gambling god say

[00:35:01] well currently they're having the it's actually a very even line can go 50-50

[00:35:09] but I'm actually gonna go and say that battery win 2-0

[00:35:16] Sacramento gets jet lag coming over here

[00:35:20] who's scoring

[00:35:22] I have more canik snag in one

[00:35:27] and I have MD score in the other

[00:35:30] but I also do favor an MD brace this game

[00:35:34] you got it's a prediction you can't predict like 15

[00:35:38] I'll go with an MD brace because I feel like my man is about to turn it on Samuel Beak in the back

[00:35:44] is gonna help Grinney get these shut out and MD Myers is gonna get the brace

[00:35:49] and he's gonna come off the field and say Ryan I'll give you my jersey when we play against

[00:35:54] Lamb County that's who's gonna save me

[00:35:57] okay I'll meet your 2-0 battery and

[00:36:03] I just have a feeling that MD is gonna get one of those two

[00:36:06] and the usual suspect

[00:36:10] Juan DeVito Reyes is gonna get the other one

[00:36:12] I like that one off a set piece or open play

[00:36:15] I think he's due for an open play

[00:36:17] haha I like it

[00:36:19] he's been he's so remember the first year he was

[00:36:22] he had the range on these shots way outside the box

[00:36:26] but they were just going all over the place

[00:36:28] now he's got where he's getting them on target

[00:36:31] he just needs to get that

[00:36:34] that velocity and then in the knuckledness of a ball

[00:36:37] like he did it on the free kick of the night

[00:36:39] soon as he gets those that lockdown

[00:36:41] his team is gonna fear him even more

[00:36:45] Ryan I don't know how jet lag they'll be

[00:36:47] this will be two weeks rest for Sacramento

[00:36:51] so they might be well charged and well game plan

[00:36:54] for the battery

[00:36:57] yeah and a lot of preparation

[00:36:59] as it does to players if they don't maintain their physique

[00:37:03] day in and day out and they just go home

[00:37:05] and you know do the things that they want to do and not stay disciplined

[00:37:08] that's what I'm kind of hoping on right now because even the pros lack at times

[00:37:12] I mean they're also in sitting in second currently so

[00:37:17] I think they might want to fight for first place in the west

[00:37:20] maybe get that so that little advantage

[00:37:24] since they're working on their behind us with four hours

[00:37:29] three hours three hours

[00:37:31] so puts them three hours behind us so arching off seven

[00:37:36] three yard time so in their biological time it is

[00:37:40] four o'clock four o'clock

[00:37:45] so what a which hotel they staying at do you know

[00:37:49] I'm not saying we should go visit right like that you know give them up

[00:37:52] get them up later something like that but did we give them the South Carolina tour

[00:37:56] and you know say welcome to the Carolinas by shooting off some fireworks outside their hotel

[00:38:01] I think she off fireworks is illegal except for certain times of year

[00:38:07] on South Carolina

[00:38:09] no that's the only regulation we have a South Carolina

[00:38:14] it's a big one maybe

[00:38:16] maybe we just have loud speakers or something I don't know

[00:38:20] I'm just not saying if anybody wants to congregate if anybody knows the hotel send it to Ryan

[00:38:24] so we can maybe meet up and just you know say hi to the guys

[00:38:29] yeah just saying hi

[00:38:33] I'm Mary Achtjuban playing up in the hallways

[00:38:37] see I like the way you're thinking now

[00:38:40] let's see oh I got ideas send me the address guys

[00:38:47] okay 730 kickoff

[00:38:48] Patriots Point and that's all I've got

[00:38:56] up the battery