How did Real Madrid become La Liga's chaos club, are there fewer Super Stars than ever before, and more! | Listener Questions
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🗓️ 23 May 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
The weekend has come, and it's time to mulch!
On this week's listener questions episode, we're discussing whether MLS teams should be spending more on elite defenders, why VAR seems to generate far less controversy in MLS than in the Premier League, how Real Madrid replaced Barcelona as La Liga's premier basket case club, which three goalkeepers we would pick for the US, Scotland, and England if forced to commit no matter wha, and fnd finally, whether the Champions League Final between PSG and Arsenal signals a broader and growing trend: the slow drain of global soccer superstars out of Europe, with no one around to replace them?
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the total soccer show and our latest batch of listener questions. |
| 0:24.5 | On this episode, we're asking if superstar players are a thing anymore. |
| 0:28.6 | We're asking if MLS should invest more in defenders. |
| 0:31.5 | We're asking if VR is better here in the United States and so, so much more. |
| 0:35.4 | My name's Ryan Bailey. |
| 0:36.7 | Joining me today, it's The Taylor Rockwell. |
| 0:39.5 | Hello, Taylor. |
| 0:39.9 | How are you? |
| 0:40.4 | Hello, the Ryan Bailey. I am well. I'm excited to be here. I'm excited to answer some questions. Yeah, you are, and questions we shall be answering. Not just you, though, Taylor. We've also got Joe Lowry here. Hello, Joe. Man, I'm stoked we got the Taylor, not like some imitation, Taylor, like imitation crab. |
| 0:55.1 | This is the real authentic stuff. |
| 0:56.7 | If you had to crack open the shell and pick it out your... How are you here? Hello, Joe. Man, I'm stoked we got the Taylor, not like some imitation, Taylor, like imitation crab. |
| 0:55.1 | This is the real authentic subview to crack open the shell and pick it out yourself. That's how fresh this is. So glad we got this sorted out. I will say, Joe, we were going to line up Taylor Rock Average. I was like, no, no, Taylor Rock Well. I want the Rock Well one. Thank you very much. Is it bad that I kind of wanted Taylor Rock Average so the rest of us would look better at our jobs? |
| 1:13.5 | That's true. |
| 1:14.6 | Or... well. I want the rock well one. Thank you very much. Is it bad that I kind of wanted Taylor |
| 1:11.0 | Rock average just so the rest of us would look better at our jobs? That's true. Or is it the multiplication effect of Taylor being so good at his job makes us all look better. Like Taylor's the one making all of us like 8% better. And if it was just Taylor Rock average, we'd also look average. A rising tide does lift all rocks. That's what they say. Yeah. That's what they say. Yeah. Don't fact check that. |
| 1:28.5 | I am striving for average, so you all are very kind. Nice. Very good. Hello, Graham Muthman. How are you? Are you average today? Always, at best, Ryan Bailey. Just going back to the Taylor Rockwell conversation. I missed the Tatea Rockwell era on social media. |
| 1:45.0 | Remember that era? |
| 1:45.9 | That was good. |
| 1:46.9 | Taylor, do you remember that era? |
| 1:48.3 | The what? |
| 1:49.4 | You used to be Tatea Rockwell on social media. |
| 1:51.7 | You changed it. |
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