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Thunder & Lightning

T&L Extra: Coach James Armstrong

Thunder & Lightning

SuperTalk Mississippi Media

News, Sports, Sports News

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Mississippi State soccer is enjoying a great run of form over the past week, and the Bulldogs are eyeing a return trip to the NCAA Tournament. Brian Hadad caught up with Coach James Armstrong to talk about his team, and just a little bit of the Premier League. Brian Hadad of SportsTalk Mississippi and Robbie Faulk of 24/7 give you the best insight into Mississippi State athletics. We cover the Bulldogs like no one else. This show is a production of SuperTalk Mississippi Media. Learn more at SuperTalk.FM Brought to you by... Strange Brew Coffeehouse - https://strangebrewcoffeehouse.myshopify.com/ College Corner - https://collegecornerstore.com/ Restaurant Tyler - https://www.eatlocalstarkville.com/restaurant-tyler Mississippi Beef Council - https://www.msbeef.org/ Two Brothers - https://www.twobrotherssmokedmeats.com/ Advantage Business Systems - https://www.absms.com/ PriorityOne Bank - https://priorityonebank.com/ Dolce Gelato Treats - https://www.facebook.com/dolcestarkville/

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0:00.0

A Super Talk Mississippi Media Production.

0:04.7

Let's start the bi-week blitz, and we're going to start with a coach who's already in the middle of his season,

0:09.4

coach James Armstrong, Mississippi State, soccer.

0:12.4

Before we talk about your team, before we talk about your program and how your season's going.

0:17.3

I've heard that you're a Burnley man.

0:20.2

Is that correct?

0:21.4

That is correct.

0:22.9

Yes, I grew up 30 minutes away from Burnley's ground, Turf Mall.

0:27.0

So I have an affiliation with Burnley.

0:30.5

So that makes me wonder, though, because it says on your bio you're from Yorkshire.

0:35.9

Yeah, that's a great question. I think Leeds when I think Yorkshire. Yeah, that's a great question.

0:37.8

I think leads when I think Yorkshire.

0:39.7

Yeah, so I live on the Yorkshire, Lancashire border in a small little town called Skipton.

0:45.7

And let's just say that I was, my uncle played for Burnley.

0:51.0

My cousin lived with us for a while.

0:52.7

He was a season ticket holder at Burnley. So it was just the easiest ground to get to. I had a ride to get there and had friends that were going along as well. So I consider myself a Yorkshireman, but my affiliation is with the Lancashire club, unfortunately. I hear you. So, you know, I love company. I think he's one of the all-time grades. I think he's

1:11.6

doing well there. But when I think Burnley, you know I think of Sean Dyche right away.

1:16.3

Is there any part of Sean Deich's management style that you bring to your program?

1:23.2

Well, I think he's a disciplinarian. I don't think in this day and age that works quite as well.

1:30.2

You know, so I think he's got well-organized teams defensively.

1:34.4

I'd like to think that we do that.

1:36.8

So maybe that's the one part of Sean Dice's managerial style that we've tried to replicate.

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