The Cannon Crüe is back, and this one turns into a full-on Battery therapy session.
Granit, Patrick, and Ryan dig into the Charleston Battery’s recent struggles, including defensive breakdowns, red cards, inconsistent goalkeeping, and the bigger question hanging over the team: who is the leader on the field?
The crew debates whether Joey should be the guy to step into that role, whether Graham Smith has captain qualities, why Sean Suber still is not getting consistent minutes, and whether Ben Pirmann needs to show a little more fire from the touchline. There is also plenty of keeper talk, including the weekly requirement to say one nice thing about Zamudio.
The episode also branches out into bigger soccer territory, with Colton Swan transfer talk, Arsenal and Manchester City banter, Ryan’s Wolves corner, and the future of Cannon Crüe expanding beyond just Battery coverage.
Also included: Temu Pep, Temu Haaland, cheap Battery tickets, season-ticket-holder pain, Copenhagen confusion, balcony scouting with bullhorns, and the official rebrand nobody asked for: Joey Crüe.
Up the Battery.
- Charleston Battery’s recent defensive struggles
- Two red cards in two matches
- The team’s lack of a clear on-field captain
- Joey as a possible leadership figure
- Graham Smith’s captaincy case
- Sean Suber’s confusing lack of consistent minutes
- Whether Ben Pirmann needs more sideline fire
- Zamudio’s inconsistency and the “one nice thing” rule
- Colton Swan’s rumored move to Scotland
- Arsenal taking apart Manchester City
- “Temu Pep” and “Temu Haaland”
- Wolves and the Championship perspective
- Upcoming Battery match against Miami
- Season-ticket-holder grumbling over cheap walk-up tickets
Welcome to the Cannon Crew.
Speaker AWe are running fast and wild.
Speaker AI am at home station.
Speaker APatrick is wandering the face of the earth and Ryan is running hot from training, as you can tell by his hair.
Speaker AHopefully he's imparted his goodwill and knowledge and wisdom on the youth and not his debauchery.
Speaker APatrick, what's up.
Speaker BMuch?
Speaker BYou know, just doing what I do best.
Speaker BSlaving out, working as hard as I can so corporate America and all the freeloaders in this country can collect a little bit.
Speaker BI love to give my tax money away and bust my ass for it.
Speaker AI love cashing your cat their tax money, by the way.
Speaker AI'll buy you a beer.
Speaker ADoes that make it better?
Speaker ARyan, what's up?
Speaker CJust had gotten done with keeper training yesterday with U19 training and then had U15 and U19 back to back training again today.
Speaker CGearing up for Charlotte Invitational showcase this weekend.
Speaker CThere's a good fun weekend.
Speaker ANice.
Speaker AVery good.
Speaker AI have a big announcement.
Speaker ARyan is not privy to this announcement.
Speaker AAnnouncement.
Speaker APatrick and I have been discussing it as you see that.
Speaker ASee a little different jersey on my chest.
Speaker ACannon Crew is going to transition a little bit from just covering all battery.
Speaker AWe're going to transition a little bit to covering a little more Arsenal.
Speaker AWell, a lot more Arsenal and whoever team that Ryan wants to throw in there.
Speaker ALike wolves.
Speaker AWe like the outside perspective.
Speaker AWe might yell at you a lot,.
Speaker CRyan, but I will be the neutral Premier League perspective as the Wolves and I will bring up championship side time to time as there is no var and a very different perspective into the game or putty for our fans.
Speaker CSo it's gonna be good.
Speaker AVery good.
Speaker AVery good.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker AI think I'm excited about it.
Speaker APatrick and Ryan, you know this, that Patrick and I are die hard Arsenal fans.
Speaker AWe absolutely.
Speaker AI mean we literally bleed red.
Speaker CYeah.
Speaker CAnd see, and Arsenal is not like, like, yes, they're not my favorite team because Wolves are my favorite team.
Speaker BRight.
Speaker CThat.
Speaker CThat's who I support.
Speaker CBut I have an absolute fantastic, an absolute blast every time I go to Edmunds Host with you guys watching a game, it's not like I'm not.
Speaker CIt's not intolerable not to watch with you guys.
Speaker CYou guys do make it enjoyable.
Speaker CYou guys do throw banter around, but you're all respectable.
Speaker CLike it's.
Speaker CIt's fine.
Speaker AWell, not everybody respectful.
Speaker CWell, you have to be respectful on your end too.
Speaker CRight?
Speaker CI'm not going in there and shouting at you.
Speaker CYou know, I'm not stuck starting stuff.
Speaker ASo unlike some other fans that want to come in there.
Speaker ABut anyways, yeah, I mean, if you.
Speaker CWear a Tottenham jersey, you bring it.
Speaker AUpon yourself, it's Tottenham.
Speaker ASo, Patrick, do you want to talk a little bit about the Battery match this past weekend or just in general at all?
Speaker BYeah, I think, Yeah, I think Ryan.
Speaker BRyan just touched on it.
Speaker BSo Tottenham Battery.
Speaker AI. I don't know how.
Speaker AI don't.
Speaker AIt's funny how we.
Speaker AWe've been talking all season about our keeper for the Battery has been substandard and one week he happens to get a clean sheet for, I don't know reason why, and all of a sudden he's team of the week for usl.
Speaker ASo somebody's been lobbying hard to.
Speaker ATo get him and he's all over the Battery.
Speaker AInstagram post about how you got a clean sheet.
Speaker AYou got a clean sheet is one of what, five.
Speaker AAnd then the next week he lets in three that were.
Speaker AFirst one is in a couple seconds, couple minutes, something like that.
Speaker ASo, yeah, it's just kind of crazy.
Speaker CWhat, what have we always discussed?
Speaker CI feel like the last two.
Speaker CTwo seasons, three seasons we've had him.
Speaker CFeels like we've had him a hot minute now.
Speaker CDefinitely two seasons now, though, this second one and again and again.
Speaker CEven before he came to the Battery.
Speaker CThe Battery are always susceptible to at least giving up one goal a game because it's our playing style and back to back games.
Speaker CBattery are susceptible to conceding multiple goals in the second game.
Speaker AAnd we're not.
Speaker AAnd we're not.
Speaker AAnd we're not scoring goals or number one.
Speaker ANumber one goal scorer hasn't been there for months and now he's going to be off somewhere else.
Speaker ADo you think he's going to be 100% when he comes to us and, and wanting to dedicate his body?
Speaker CI wouldn't.
Speaker AI wouldn't.
Speaker CBeing honest.
Speaker AHe's got, he's got a career.
Speaker CExactly.
Speaker CYou just said it's his career to lose right now.
Speaker CSo you, as a matter, you need to find, find a way to, to reinvent and reenact this.
Speaker CThis what we have right now.
Speaker AOkay.
Speaker ANow go ahead.
Speaker AI'm gonna throw this out there.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker AI've never said this before on this podcast, but throw us out there.
Speaker AIt's time maybe to look at the coach.
Speaker AWhat do you think?
Speaker BLet's see how to see if there is.
Speaker CI think at this point, I think at this point I, I would start asking questions about the coach with the keeper the way, the way it still is, because it has not, as we've talked about it as like I'm trying to get to the point is short and simple.
Speaker CTwo to three seasons we've talked about how the defense and the keeper's been shit.
Speaker CWe've had a decent keeper.
Speaker CWe've had a good defense.
Speaker CWe're still been susceptible to a bowl.
Speaker CWe can't keep clean sheets in consecutive weeks.
Speaker CMaybe it is time to look at the coach now.
Speaker CWe're.
Speaker CWe're starting to decrease a little bit further.
Speaker CWe're still in second place though.
Speaker BI'm not panicking, but we don't have.
Speaker CA solution to win the league right now.
Speaker CLike we're saying, the league ends tomorrow.
Speaker CWe could go up in the championship game.
Speaker CWe don't win.
Speaker BRyan.
Speaker APatrick, what do you think?
Speaker BRyan, question for you.
Speaker BWould you say we've mitigated the defensive issues?
Speaker BAs in we now have two defensive player of the years on our team like that.
Speaker BThat that should put a little more pressure on the offense.
Speaker BAnd yet here we are consistently talking about our defensive end and our back line.
Speaker BNot for lack of block shots.
Speaker BI think this is the most block shots we've ever had.
Speaker BLike teams don't get good chances.
Speaker BThey just get chances and score them.
Speaker BI mean, what the opening goal is a fucking screamer from 30 yards off corner on the box.
Speaker AHow does that go past probably more than 30.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker BLike, what the.
Speaker BHow's this guy not saving anything?
Speaker CAbsolutely.
Speaker CMy, my main thing that, that I've talked about and each year it's kind of changed on where we're the most susceptible.
Speaker CBut the main course has been in transition play, especially when we are on the attack.
Speaker CIf we are on the attack and there's a transition where we're there now countering us, it's that.
Speaker CThat's where their majority of their opportunities come against us.
Speaker CAnd it's mainly a breakdown in the midfield.
Speaker CIt's that midfield and defensive gap.
Speaker AThere's so much there.
Speaker CThere.
Speaker CThere's so much space.
Speaker COne person's in a wrong spot, they're now going the other way and the guy's through.
Speaker AWell, let's.
Speaker ALet's talk about a spot.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker ABecause that happened a lot.
Speaker ARight.
Speaker AAt least twice last weekend.
Speaker ALet's talk about it.
Speaker CEven happen is one for an opportunity.
Speaker CThat's what we're saying.
Speaker CRight.
Speaker CSo that's two opportunities.
Speaker AAnd let's talk about the continued death spiral.
Speaker ABut now we've had two red cards and two matches.
Speaker AWhat the.
Speaker AThe first one a couple weeks ago was pure.
Speaker AJust anger and just lack of complete discipline.
Speaker BIs discipline.
Speaker BIt was bad it was just bad.
Speaker BYou're up four by four goals.
Speaker BYou just shouldn't be doing that.
Speaker BI.
Speaker BYes, go in.
Speaker BMaybe you want to go for a tackle, but you're clearly going to be late.
Speaker BJust don't go through the guy.
Speaker BDon't make that tackle.
Speaker BIt's fine.
Speaker BThat one is inexcusable.
Speaker BThat's not a red card.
Speaker BThat, that shouldn't happen.
Speaker BHonestly, if you want to talk about red cards, you should have the coach, the coach should be the one out there getting the red card so his team can get behind him.
Speaker BMaybe get a little fire behind their ass and fucking win a game.
Speaker BLike stop going this title.
Speaker CCan you say that again?
Speaker CCan you say that again?
Speaker CWhat should the coach do?
Speaker BMaybe get a little fire runner his ass, get a card and leave it off your players to be the ones out there getting cards.
Speaker BYou fire your team up, you're in charge of this team.
Speaker BMaybe let the let the heat from the seat you're sitting on burn through your ass and like spark a little fire in you.
Speaker BWe talk about our playing style.
Speaker BOur playing style is more so the same but has shifted completely.
Speaker BWe have fast players up top.
Speaker BWe have players who are better pedigree than we've ever had up in the top.
Speaker BWe should be scoring at will.
Speaker BIt doesn't matter.
Speaker BWe should be able to bypass the midfield.
Speaker BWe have the best defensive line.
Speaker BWe should be able to just fucking boot the ball to Foster, let him sprint it out and get the ball to Miguel Berry in the box and score goals.
Speaker BAnd for some reason this team just can't get it together.
Speaker BAnd at the end of the day that's now has to be on the coach.
Speaker BThe coach has to finally take responsibility.
Speaker BI think we gave Pearman the cushion long enough on this.
Speaker AHe brought in first couple years he had the players that he used to coach at what, Memphis and he had some fantastic players.
Speaker AThey've deserted him now, right?
Speaker AI mean there was a mass, they're gone, they all left.
Speaker ASo now he's left with the players he picked because it doesn't seem like the problem is the ownership not wanting to back the team because we've got some fantastic players.
Speaker ASo the chaos that we can't seem to get through has to lie directly at the high top shoes of Ben Pearman.
Speaker CMy opinion, I haven't seen coach been yellow Carter yet this season.
Speaker CI may have missed it if he has been yellow carded.
Speaker CSo I do apologize.
Speaker CI don't have stats in front of.
Speaker BMe.
Speaker CFor my players who play for me.
Speaker CThey Know how it is.
Speaker CWe are a very disciplined team.
Speaker CIf you were to get that first red car that the battery got this season, you wouldn't be out one game, you'd be out three to four games.
Speaker CBecause discipline is a major, major role in our team.
Speaker CYou don't see that with the battery.
Speaker CAnd that goes for the locker room and that goes for on the field.
Speaker CIt shows now with the coach.
Speaker CIf I saw Ben, if I was on the field or if I was in the stands and I saw Ben Pearman get a yellow card in tomorrow's match, I am fired up and I'm putting everything on the line for it.
Speaker CIf I'm in the stands, I'm the 12th man.
Speaker CIf I'm on the field, my whole body's on the line.
Speaker CIf he gets a yellow card, I'm.
Speaker AGonna throw another statement out there.
Speaker ADo you think.
Speaker ADo you think Emilia should be our captain?
Speaker BI don't think we have a captain, to be honest with you.
Speaker BYou brought in so many big name guys and so many players who should be a captain.
Speaker BThere's not a single person who has stepped up and been like, I'm gonna be the anchor of this team and I'm gonna captain it.
Speaker BWe talked about it.
Speaker AI don't know.
Speaker BYeah, I mean, we talked about Emilio earlier in the season, and like, he flipped a switch.
Speaker BHe went and started doing what he probably should have been doing the whole time.
Speaker BAs a central midfielder, you should be a little more consistent and continue that.
Speaker BBut, like, at some point, I don't know, it's just like looking at a bunch of kids who just are on summer vacation.
Speaker BThere is no, hey, we're getting to the business end of a season here, boys.
Speaker BWe need to lock it in.
Speaker BIt's just, there's no accountability on the field.
Speaker BAnd I'm not saying I want players yelling at each other, but, like, there has to be some switch ups.
Speaker BThere has to be, like, tough decisions.
Speaker BThere has to be players out there being like, no, go to this spot, do this.
Speaker BAnd I'm not hearing backlash and the court, the coach supporting that decision.
Speaker CAnd who do you think, who do you expect that the most from on a.
Speaker CFrom a player on the field?
Speaker CHow about our two defensive player of the years?
Speaker CI mean, that's literally one of the requirements, is communication.
Speaker AI would.
Speaker AI would love to talk.
Speaker AI'd love to talk to Subar and see his.
Speaker ABecause he's come from a fantastic team to us and.
Speaker AAnd he's not getting the game time.
Speaker AHe's not getting the position.
Speaker ATime.
Speaker AIt'd be interesting to talk to him to see, hey, what's going on there?
Speaker AWhat is happening?
Speaker AIs it.
Speaker AIs it something imploding?
Speaker AIs it, you know, players just not taking initiative?
Speaker AIs there a lack of leadership?
Speaker AIs it a lack of leadership?
Speaker CI don't even want to ask that.
Speaker CI would more address just super himself saying, what are you trying to do?
Speaker CWhere are you wanting to go and.
Speaker CAnd play?
Speaker CHow is your.
Speaker CWhat is your playing style?
Speaker CAnd how do you want to play with the battery?
Speaker CHow do you want to encompass with them and elevate them to a.
Speaker ASo let's do this.
Speaker AHey, Suber, if you're listening, y' all doing those nice little fuzzy podcasts or whatever with.
Speaker AWith the Battery, why don't you come on here so we can have a nice talk and we can discuss reality and see what's going on.
Speaker ANot just a nice little fluffy piece.
Speaker ASo if you're listening, contact me graniteannancrew.com send me an email.
Speaker ALet's talk.
Speaker BI. I have one better.
Speaker BJoey, you're the guy, man.
Speaker BLike, no one's stepping up.
Speaker BI. I feel like we brought in players who, like, kind of seniority ruled over.
Speaker BJoey, you're the guy.
Speaker BJust take.
Speaker BTake control of this team.
Speaker BMake it your team.
Speaker BYou're a vocal leader.
Speaker BYou're a physical presence on this field.
Speaker BYou have what it takes.
Speaker BDon't take a back seat.
Speaker BPut these people, it doesn't matter a person's age.
Speaker BPut them in their place, tell them what to do.
Speaker BZamudia is not going to do it.
Speaker BGraham Smith is not a vocal person.
Speaker BMesser is all the way up at forward, which is fine.
Speaker BThat's where he shines.
Speaker BBe the leader of this team.
Speaker BLike, there's so much chaos happening right now, and may I remind you, we're shifting towards a points matter.
Speaker BSo every game matters going forward in the new structure that's going to come forth.
Speaker BSo, like, yeah, there's no more, oh, we drops.
Speaker BWe lost this game.
Speaker BIt's fine as long as we're in the top eight.
Speaker BThat doesn't.
Speaker BThat's going to go out the window.
Speaker BYou're all going to get your contract canceled and go somewhere else to play.
Speaker BSo go ahead and fight for this team.
Speaker BJoey, I think you're the person to step up and be the captain of this team, be the vocal leader and get everyone's ass into shape on this.
Speaker AI think that's a great idea.
Speaker AAnd Joey, I invite you to come on here too, because we'd love to talk with you.
Speaker AAbout the leadership that needs to step up.
Speaker AAbout your activity this whole season, about how you've made a major contribution.
Speaker AHow I think you can really transition Battery from being a mediocre team.
Speaker AWe're just lucky to be in second because other teams are losing behind us.
Speaker ABut being a mediocre team to being back where we used to be.
Speaker AMaybe.
Speaker AWhen I said maybe Graham should be the captain.
Speaker AYou're right.
Speaker AYou're right.
Speaker AI. Joey should be the captain.
Speaker CI think Graham had his opportunities.
Speaker BYeah.
Speaker BI mean, he had them.
Speaker CI think Joey's had his opportunity.
Speaker BWell, Grim.
Speaker BGraham had his opportunities when Archer was out too.
Speaker CJoey showing the intensity.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker CI mean, you gotta think about it.
Speaker CThe game prior was one because of Joey Saban.
Speaker CYes.
Speaker CZoo made save.
Speaker CIt's one because Zoo was beat.
Speaker CThat ball was going in the back of the night.
Speaker BYep.
Speaker AAnd.
Speaker AAnd Joey's earned his spot.
Speaker AA lot of players come on to the Battery and they're automatically selected to the spot.
Speaker AJoey's had to earn his spot because when he first started, when he came out the first couple times, we were all kind of impressed.
Speaker ALike, oh, man, he's got some and he had some.
Speaker AHe messed up once or twice because he's young, but he has earned his spot.
Speaker AAnd I don't know if all the players on the pitch out there have earned.
Speaker AAnd I don't know if the coaches earned his spot, but put it another.
Speaker BWay, for Joey, you're not.
Speaker BI mean, in all fairness to the USL Championship, this isn't your final resting place.
Speaker BTeams out there looking for someone are going to want leadership.
Speaker BSo you're going to want to step up and become this person.
Speaker BYou're so young still, so grow in that way and that'll expand your game a little more, maybe get you to see the perspective of other positions or players and just kind of be that leader and take things on a little differently.
Speaker BSo to eventually get the transfer, which will probably go into the main talk of the night, but like to get a transfer, which I assume is everyone's end goal, is to go up a level more and get more money and get more recognized and try to make their national team, like, do that, like being a leader,.
Speaker AYou really want to be on the USA national team.
Speaker BYeah.
Speaker BI mean, the Unders, for sure.
Speaker BKilling it.
Speaker BYeah.
Speaker AOkay, so let's.
Speaker ASo I'm going to make a second announcement.
Speaker AThis is no longer Canon Crew.
Speaker AThis is going to be Joey Crew.
Speaker AWe're 100% behind Joey and his pursuit in life.
Speaker AAnd if Joey, when you start moving up to Europe and everything else.
Speaker AThe three of us will be here, going to your matches, even over there and talking about you and just supporting you on the way.
Speaker AOkay, do we talk about the big transfer real quick?
Speaker CHold on.
Speaker AYeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker COne more thing.
Speaker AOkay.
Speaker CThe players on the field playing, is there intensity with communication, playing with purpose, or do you see more of the players claiming out, just kind of playing scared and just shellfish and just playing just to be there?
Speaker AI don't know.
Speaker AAnd I go back to this defense because midfield, I think you.
Speaker AYou got, you know, Kelly that's doing a fantastic job.
Speaker AHe's the one stepping up.
Speaker AMesser is just killing it from aside there, putting in assist.
Speaker AYou got Barry that's working his ass off.
Speaker AYou got.
Speaker AMalik has now stepped up and just really causing mayhem and that's about it.
Speaker AEveryone else is kind of.
Speaker AExcept for Joey because we're team Joey.
Speaker AEveryone else kind of lackluster at the best.
Speaker AMediocre.
Speaker CDo you think that that comes from the locker room than that even the locker room is right now?
Speaker AYeah, it comes from.
Speaker AComes from coaching staff.
Speaker AIt comes from them not being professionals because even when things going to.
Speaker AThey need to step up.
Speaker AMatter of fact, they.
Speaker AIt's easy.
Speaker AIt's easy when you're winning, right?
Speaker AI don't say it's easy, but you can go through a difficulty when you're winning.
Speaker AIt's going through difficulty when you're losing and not being the best team that you're capable of.
Speaker AThat's when you find out who the players and I think we're finding out who the players aren't.
Speaker CLast question.
Speaker CDo you think any of this stems from the front office changes that's taken place this season with the Battery?
Speaker ANo.
Speaker CYeah.
Speaker BTeam wise, I honestly, I think as a locker room, I think it's a kind of like a tennis match.
Speaker BYour defense should pick up the offense and the offense is slacking.
Speaker BThe offense should pick up the defense when the defense is slacking.
Speaker BAnd that's how you get like great team morale and boost like, it's fine.
Speaker BYou guys had an off night.
Speaker BWe got you.
Speaker BWe scored more goals.
Speaker BYou let some in.
Speaker BWe got more offense.
Speaker BOh, you.
Speaker BYou barely got a chance.
Speaker BWell, we didn't let any in, so don't worry about it.
Speaker BIt's fine.
Speaker BBut there is no cohesion top to bottom.
Speaker BIt's just like.
Speaker BIt's.
Speaker BIt's not even split.
Speaker BIt's just.
Speaker CIt's.
Speaker BIt's divided.
Speaker BAttackers are divided, Defenders are divided.
Speaker BMidfielders are divided.
Speaker BThere's no cohesion on this team.
Speaker BNo one's like out there telling each other, like, we have to fight, we have to lock in.
Speaker BLike, we need to.
Speaker BWe need to play better.
Speaker BThey're all just like, all right, well, I mean, loss, we'll go home.
Speaker BWe'll win at home.
Speaker BLike, what?
Speaker BThere's got to be a point where it clicks.
Speaker BYou're not going to just have home games in playoffs all the time.
Speaker BLike, you might get bounced in the first round by a seven seed if you stay on the.
Speaker BIn the two seed.
Speaker BLike, I don't know.
Speaker CWe did have the.
Speaker CWe did have the run.
Speaker CBen Pyramid second year where we held home playoff advantage.
Speaker CEvery single home playoff game and yet even hosted the final.
Speaker AWe lost, right?
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker AOkay.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker AAnd we still lose because of PKs.
Speaker ATells me that's a coaching thing.
Speaker ALet's talk quickly about the new shirt sponsor.
Speaker AThe paragraph that goes on the front of the battery shirt and it kind of comes from the off centered banner from the beer garden area.
Speaker AI hope, I hope that they wrote a big check.
Speaker BHope they bought new strings for their banner.
Speaker BThat's hung up on national tv.
Speaker AThat's drooping.
Speaker AThat's your indication how the cars go.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker BHere's a prime example of why we don't get ends with the battery is because we actually say what's happening.
Speaker BWe don't just coddle to them.
Speaker BLike hang your banners up straight on the end.
Speaker BThat's a sponsor that clearly was in talks for a while because the banner just appeared out of nowhere.
Speaker BIt wasn't there all season.
Speaker ALet's have some good German engineering.
Speaker AIt centers it on.
Speaker AOn the back on the other end.
Speaker AI mean, it doesn't take much.
Speaker AI mean, I think the three of us might be able to accomplish that.
Speaker AI don't know.
Speaker AAnyways, you're right.
Speaker AUnfortunately.
Speaker CDon't think a sleeve patch is gonna work.
Speaker AYes.
Speaker CThe best on any type of battery jersey.
Speaker CJust simply because, I don't know, it actually like goes with it.
Speaker AWell, I don't know if we'll ever make it to that level because the.
Speaker AI don't think.
Speaker ABecause like Pat just said, we don't.
Speaker AWe speak the truth.
Speaker AWe'll talk the hard game, not the little soft stuff.
Speaker AAnd we're.
Speaker AAnd I think we're being usl.
Speaker AI think we're being nice too, because when we're not on the air, we're a little more scathing.
Speaker ABut anyways.
Speaker AOkay.
Speaker ALet's talk about some other subject.
Speaker ACommunity shield EPL coming up.
Speaker AWhoa.
Speaker CShut out.
Speaker BWe're just gonna skip.
Speaker BSkip past our boy getting a giant transfer rumor offer for 100,000k.
Speaker B100,000.
Speaker AGoing where?
Speaker AWhere's he going?
Speaker AWhere's he going?
Speaker BScottish premier league to the hibs.
Speaker AIs he going to hibs, right?
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker BCrazy.
Speaker BMaybe.
Speaker AI, I. I thought we had some kind of arrangement with them a couple years ago.
Speaker AThen all that kind of hype.
Speaker AThe flag went down from behind the thing.
Speaker AThe hips flag.
Speaker ASo are we back in cahoots with the hibs?
Speaker ABecause I'll go watch colton play in scotland.
Speaker AI'd rather save up my season ticket dollars and fly over there and have a couple pints of tenants.
Speaker CI think that's just a short pit stop.
Speaker AI hope so.
Speaker AAnd then he that's not.
Speaker CHe ain't competed.
Speaker AWhat do you think he's gonna do after that?
Speaker CPortugal.
Speaker BHe's doing well.
Speaker CI know his pathway.
Speaker CHe's gonna go.
Speaker CHe's gonna go scotland.
Speaker CAnd then if he doesn't go Portugal.
Speaker AWhere in portugal?
Speaker AWhere?
Speaker APortugal.
Speaker CBut he's gonna go south coast.
Speaker CHe's.
Speaker CIt's not going to be Lisbon and porto.
Speaker CIt's going to be.
Speaker CHe's either gonna get no, he's either gonna get the island or he's gonna get central Portugal.
Speaker ANo.
Speaker ABenfica.
Speaker BYou think Portugal and not like lower division England.
Speaker CI think.
Speaker CI think.
Speaker CI think you.
Speaker CHis book.
Speaker CHis better path is going to be because his playing time is going to be more in Portugal and that Portuguese development league is more crucial than English play because you also have to realize too he's an international player.
Speaker CHe's not a national player on an English team.
Speaker CSo he is going to take one of those spots where.
Speaker AOh, yeah.
Speaker CAn English team could pick anybody.
Speaker CDude.
Speaker CThat's where everybody's trying to go.
Speaker CAnd it's the hardest to make it in England.
Speaker CWhereas if you're developing outside and then you get selected by the big team and you come into england like that, that's how you want to approach it.
Speaker CSo if he does not go Portugal first it must be Germany or France's.
Speaker CEconomy is actually starting to blow up.
Speaker CBut everyone calls it a farm leak.
Speaker CBut it's starting to develop a little bit more now.
Speaker CBut it'd be Germany or Portugal.
Speaker AOkay.
Speaker AYou don't think Spain anywhere.
Speaker AYou think there's a spot.
Speaker AThere's a club in Spain that could use them.
Speaker CI think.
Speaker CI think Spain stopped three or four.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker CI think it's going to be after Germany or Portugal.
Speaker CI mean, I would push for Germany or Portugal over Spain.
Speaker CBut he could favor Spain.
Speaker BYou think he's gonna.
Speaker CIt's not off the table.
Speaker BYou think he's gonna make that move and not Scottish and then maybe mls?
Speaker CMy opinion, why step back?
Speaker CDid he get hurt?
Speaker BI know, I mean, I don't.
Speaker BHonestly, at this level, I don't think MLS is a step back from like Scottishly.
Speaker BYeah, I think it's.
Speaker CI disagree.
Speaker CWhen you consider his age, what he's trying to do, his status, relationship status is how his family and everything is going right now.
Speaker CI think it would be a step back.
Speaker CAbsolutely.
Speaker CHe has every means to be in Europe right now and play.
Speaker CThat's where he needs to be, develop and actually be one of these players.
Speaker CUnlike Blizzard who can come in and actually lead a fricking nation.
Speaker CYeah, I'm sorry, but the World cup was.
Speaker CThe World cup was terrible.
Speaker CYou look at Real Madrid and you realize why are they such a dominant team in the Champions League?
Speaker CI don't know.
Speaker CBecause maybe all 11 of their starters are captains on their national team.
Speaker CThat's a good starter right there.
Speaker CYou don't see that with anybody else.
Speaker CI mean, you saw the US Furthest we made it was when we had a captain from every MLS team on the team.
Speaker CBut Jurgen Klopp or not, your club union cleans as our, as our coach, we're still, we're still getting there.
Speaker ASo we'll.
Speaker ACome January, we'll still be following Cole Swan on his journey across the pond.
Speaker BYeah.
Speaker BWell, congrat.
Speaker BCongrats to him on the rumors.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker BYeah.
Speaker CWe gotta do a update about Nick Marcanic here shortly.
Speaker AOh yeah, let's do that next.
Speaker ANext one.
Speaker BStill alive.
Speaker AStill alive.
Speaker ASo do we want to move on to.
Speaker AWe're going to move on to the English Premier League now.
Speaker AAre we allowed to do that, Patrick?
Speaker BYeah, it's fine.
Speaker BI just thought you got to give some flowers to Colton because he earned all this press publicity move in his professional career when he was away from the battery.
Speaker BMind you, his battery play was very well, but he wasn't starting and then he went off on international duty and got a lot more accolades about it.
Speaker BSo maybe take note, battery, you have some gems in your team that you're just not starting.
Speaker CHe showed it.
Speaker CSecond game of the season, first round Open cup.
Speaker CScored a brace.
Speaker CJust saying.
Speaker AJust saying.
Speaker CColton's been there.
Speaker CThey just hadn't given him the real opportunities to be that starter.
Speaker CYou'll be in starter somewhere else.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker BNo further comment.
Speaker BMaybe you put Subar at center back.
Speaker BWho, who knows?
Speaker BWhat could that look like put the.
Speaker ACenter forward or center back.
Speaker BCenter back where he won the league best defender award.
Speaker AI don't know.
Speaker BWeird.
Speaker ASo to have.
Speaker ABut what we do with Joey, then we put him as forward.
Speaker BHow do you have him learn from a guy who just.
Speaker BTwo guys who just.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker BWon the League award for best player?
Speaker BI don't know.
Speaker AMaybe it is.
Speaker AMaybe it's time to do it.
Speaker ARyan always.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker AMaybe it was time to do it.
Speaker ARyan's always suggested go three at the back.
Speaker BI mean, you already play your wing backs all the way up anyways, so what does it matter.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker ATo that.
Speaker AHey, Pyramid, if you're listening, because we know you are, because a lot of times we suggest things and we see it happen on the pitch.
Speaker ALet's do three at the back.
Speaker BI mean, let's be honest.
Speaker BBlackstock comes in and he doesn't play defense.
Speaker BLike, no, the guys that come in for defense don't play defense.
Speaker BSo what does it matter?
Speaker BWho cares?
Speaker BIt's fine.
Speaker BIf we're an offensive team.
Speaker BWe score goals.
Speaker BJust do that.
Speaker AOkay.
Speaker AI know we talked about.
Speaker AWe were changing to the talk about English Premier League and Arsenal stuff, and we've talked zero about it.
Speaker ABut we're at 30 minutes.
Speaker AYou want to talk anything about the.
Speaker CArsenal just gave them props.
Speaker CGet 3, 0.
Speaker CWin over a team lost.
Speaker AEverybody dismantled them.
Speaker ARodri's now left.
Speaker AThey're screwed.
Speaker AHolland's gonna be crying.
Speaker AHe's gonna be wanting to come to Arsenal, hang out with his buddy Martin.
Speaker CYou got, like.
Speaker CWhat do you got left?
Speaker CLike, two.
Speaker CTwo more years left on a contract.
Speaker AI hate Holland.
Speaker AI hate him.
Speaker AI hate him because during the World Cup, I really got to like him.
Speaker AAnd now I hate him because I like.
Speaker CHim.
Speaker AI almost felt bad for him the way.
Speaker AThe way Arsenal dismantled Man City, I almost felt bad for him.
Speaker CIt didn't feel bad.
Speaker BThey didn't lose everything.
Speaker BThey just.
Speaker BThey bought a couple Teemu versions of people.
Speaker BSo they bought.
Speaker AI spit beer all over the bar with.
Speaker ASomebody said, look, it's Teemu Pep.
Speaker AAnd I was like, oh, that's hilarious.
Speaker AOkay.
Speaker CYeah.
Speaker BSo they got Timu Pep.
Speaker BThey got, I think Timu Holland.
Speaker BI don't think that's real Holland, but I did appreciate the zoom ins of him just being disappointed after goals.
Speaker BArsenal goals.
Speaker AHe should be like, you guys.
Speaker BAnd no one's bouncing balls off the back of his head.
Speaker BSo you should be.
Speaker ANope.
Speaker BCounting his lucky stars.
Speaker ASo I think next time when we talk about Arsenal, we.
Speaker AThere's a lot to talk about because it's a big season coming up and we can talk about Wolves in the Championship.
Speaker CAnd I did point out Championship already started.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker CAnd all three relegated Premier League teams from last season all drew on opening weekend.
Speaker AReally?
Speaker CThey all drew?
Speaker BWho are the teams?
Speaker BBut I generally, I'm asking because I don't keep up with it.
Speaker BI only focus.
Speaker BLike, if Arsenal were in relegation trouble, I would have to, like, keep up with it more.
Speaker BBut we.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker BHaven't realistically been in that.
Speaker BLike, Tottenham Platinum's in the championship or they.
Speaker ASolomon championship.
Speaker CNo, it was West Ham.
Speaker CBurnley.
Speaker BWolves.
Speaker AThat's right, West Ham.
Speaker AThat sucks.
Speaker BIs that J.J. wattstein?
Speaker BYeah.
Speaker CAndrew Watford.
Speaker CThey drew Watford.
Speaker COh, yeah, we drew Black.
Speaker CI mean, we drew Blackburn, but that was also our first Darby match in about 16 years, so that's fine.
Speaker AIt's still.
Speaker AIt's still early.
Speaker CI can't wait until we play West Brom.
Speaker COh, my gosh.
Speaker CWhen we play West Brom.
Speaker BSo you're back.
Speaker BHonestly, you're back where you belong.
Speaker BYou have all the rivalries back.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker BOh, I love it.
Speaker CI'm so excited.
Speaker CYou guys have no idea how.
Speaker CThis is what I grew up on.
Speaker CThis was.
Speaker CThis was my childhood was championship soccer with wolves, I feel like.
Speaker AOkay, so we'll dedicate five minutes of every podcast to talking about wolves.
Speaker BAnd one nice.
Speaker BOne nice comment.
Speaker BTo zamudia.
Speaker B5 Minutes of solid wolves and one nice comment.
Speaker BOne sentence.
Speaker BOne nice sentence.
Speaker AOne, one, one nice sentence.
Speaker ACan we use chat GPT to.
Speaker CTied his shoes very nicely.
Speaker BNice.
Speaker BYeah, he did a good job.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker ASee?
Speaker AVery good, Very good, very good.
Speaker AOur first goal has been accomplished.
Speaker AOkay, guys, that's all I've got for right now.
Speaker AI have a lot more, but it's time to go.
Speaker ARyan's got to go take a shower because he smells.
Speaker APatrick's off in his winter wonderland.
Speaker ASummer.
Speaker AWhere are you, Patrick?
Speaker AWhere are you hanging out?
Speaker AYou gonna tell us?
Speaker ANo.
Speaker BApparently, the concrete jungle.
Speaker BI. I didn't know it was called that.
Speaker BI think most cities are concrete jungles.
Speaker BI didn't know they called Columbia that.
Speaker BThere's a lot.
Speaker AOh, so Copenhagen.
Speaker AThere's a lot of Patrick's in Copenhagen.
Speaker ADeck.
Speaker AYeah, C. Patrick's in Copenhagen right now doing some scouting for us all.
Speaker ASo, yeah, he's.
Speaker CHe's on the sat down right now.
Speaker AYep.
Speaker AColombia or Bogota.
Speaker ABogota, Colombia.
Speaker AI don't know where he's at.
Speaker AAnyways.
Speaker AOkay, guys, let's wrap this up.
Speaker AWe'll talk to you at a different time, different place, different altitude.
Speaker AThat's all I Got game this weekend.
Speaker CFinal floors.
Speaker AWho has the game this weekend?
Speaker B13 To 4.
Speaker AOh, 13 to 4.
Speaker AAre we talking about battery?
Speaker BSure, why not?
Speaker BLet's see something different.
Speaker BI don't know.
Speaker BI mean, are we at home?
Speaker BWe'll win 31 and we're at home.
Speaker CAgainst Miami this weekend.
Speaker AOh, it might be a draw.
Speaker AI'm gonna go with a draw.
Speaker AThat's all I'm gonna say.
Speaker BTickets are on discount if you want them.
Speaker CJust.
Speaker BThey continuously get discount.
Speaker BSo get some.
Speaker AWhat are you.
Speaker AWhat are you talking about?
Speaker AI paid 1250 as a season ticket holder.
Speaker AAre they cheaper than 1250?
Speaker CDude, they were selling tickets for consecutive games.
Speaker CNow $8.
Speaker ASo as a season ticket holder, I'm paying more than what I could get on the open market.
Speaker BYeah, but don't.
Speaker BDon't hold your breath.
Speaker BThe new season ticket prices are going to release.
Speaker BYou can renew now.
Speaker COh, hey, but also you.
Speaker CYou pay a little bit more, but you got that magnet.
Speaker BYou also.
Speaker BAnd you got to go to the small scarf.
Speaker BThose two cup games.
Speaker BThat was cool.
Speaker AThat was.
Speaker ADid we win both of those?
Speaker CDidn't even get to go.
Speaker BNo more than that, though.
Speaker AOh, I'm sorry.
Speaker AIt says 2000.
Speaker A2025.
Speaker AI didn't get a magnet this year.
Speaker AYou got a magnet for 2026.
Speaker CDidn't get anything this year.
Speaker BYeah, must have missed the pickup.
Speaker ASo I might know somebody that owns a condo on the other side that you can see on the other side of the.
Speaker AThe pictures Boulevard, wherever it is that looks into the stadium.
Speaker AMaybe we should go up there and sit on our balcony and watch matches.
Speaker BSounds more relaxing.
Speaker AIt does.
Speaker AWe'll get bullhorns.
Speaker AOr I could just pipe into my car.
Speaker AWe just have bullhorns behind the.
Speaker AThe off centered Mercedes Benz.
Speaker AWhatever it is.
Speaker BWe just have.
Speaker AOkay, guys, I'm done.
Speaker BCDL driver with an extra container on top.
Speaker BParking the yellow line.
Speaker AWe need a.
Speaker AWe.
Speaker AWe need a catering truck.
Speaker AOkay, guys, I'll talk to you later.
Speaker BAll right, let's see it.
Speaker CWe will think we are the battle race.

