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On today's show, we're discussing World Cup blowouts, the benefits of being a one-club player,

the intricacies of Liga-Omeckis, and much, much more.

My name's Ryan Bailey.

Joining me today to sort through the mailbag is a man who may or may not share my level of interest in the Ballondor. Taylor Rockwell, I found out the Ballondor's happening early this week after it happened. How about you? I was going to say, if you're interested in the Ballandor is about zero, then yeah, I do share that interest. I think it's interesting when we've got a new person winning it.

Congrats to Kareem the Dream is, I believe, what I've heard him call it another podcast,

so I will go with that.

But, yeah, that aside, not a huge amount of interest for me.

Yeah, Taylor, I've seen him addressed also on the socials as KB9.

KB9.

Oh, we're doing that now?

Is that what we're doing? Oh boy.

Yeah.

Not sure about that one either.

But anyway, Bell on door. I always wonder what happens when they change their number. I guess he won't ever not be the number nine, but still, it's always awkward when you have to be like, KB9, cross that out. KB10 now. I've moved a little bit deeper. bit deeper. Well, Christiana Renato literally did that, Tatei, did he not? Yes, he did. Good point. Good point.

Indeed. It's just a branding exercise. Also joining us, Tater, a man whose name I saw on a t-shirt, on a person from Austin. Hello, Joe Lowry. Hello, Ryan Bealey. I was on the t-shirt. I'm still trying to track down where I can buy one of those. So if you're out there, any Austin fans or anybody who knows about this t-shirt that they're wearing with all the preseason predictions from Twitter experts like me, as Gerhard Struber would say, please tell me where to find it, because I will, I will, I'll do it. Joe, I'm slightly nervous. If I see a headline that's like Gerhard Struber attacked in the street,

am I going to have to find out that it was you? I don't, I think it's going to be the other way around, Taylor. Have you? Oh, okay. He's coming for you. I think so. But given what those comments were and how committed he seems to be to twisting the narrative around like a soft pretzel, I don't think it's going to be me going towards him.

That Red Bull press, I think, think it's going to be me going towards

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