Welcome to the Total Soccer Show Weekend Review.

On this episode, we'll look back on a weekend where Oli Gunasolskia was like me at the roulette table,

not in control of the wheel, and helplessly watching the ball go where it shouldn't.

It was a weekend where Barcelona were like a Texas Holden dealer. They had lots of cards and they flopped at the end. Into Milan, they were at the blackjack table. They were smart to stick on 20, Hacanchaninolulu, but didn't see the twist coming from an own goal and a penalty miss. And Borussia Dortmund were just like every single one of my Vegas visits. They tried their best, but ultimately didn't know what they were doing. They left empty-handed, and they can't quite live up to the buy-in. Bayan. Bayin. Yeah, that kind of worked. My name's Ryan Bailey. Joining me today is a man who might be a gambler. He's certainly not a football rambler. Taylor Rockwell, hello. Hello, much like Olegona-Sawshire's tenure at Manchester United, that introduction started out great and then fizzled out a little bit by the end. Buy-in sounded better written down than out loud. I've learned that now, Taylor. Thank you very much. That was great, man. That was well done. Thank you very much.

Also here, Taylor, is a man who spent all his gambling budget on a soccer ball that cost

$170, Graham Rutherman. You said the quiet bit out loud, Ryan. You're not meant to tell people

that. Yes, I did. But it is my favourite soccer ball since the Nike Scorpion ball. It's crazy, but I kind of love it about it for anyone who doesn't know it's the Premier League Winter Ball, which is kind of very pop-arty. It's very unusual for the Premier League, but it's going to sit in my office and never get kicked outside because who wants to kick something so beautiful.

When you explained to your wife that you spent that amount of money on a ball, do you also use the, it's my favorite ball since the Scorpion one explanation? How does that work out?

You're making a presumption there, Taylor, that I explained or even revealed to my wife that I'd

bought a soccer ball for $175.

It's a business expense. It's a business expense. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Charge that through the company. There you go. Well, now I guess we know the good lady, Ms. Rutherland doesn't listen to the podcast. And if she does, you're in trouble, Graham. But I hope you're happy with your investment,

the Premier League Flight Soccerball,

which made its debut this weekend,

honed over eight years. But I hope you're happy with your investment, the Premier League flight soccer ball which made its debut this weekend.

Honed over eight years and 1700 hours of testing, Graham, molded grooves and a grippy texture reduce unexpected movement through the air to help you put the ball where you want it, which for you is in a nice case in your office.

Yeah, they tested it for eight years. Is that true?

Honed over eight years. That's what the blurbs says. I don't know. I mean, I don't know if I believe that. And how they just, they just introduced VAR one season, but they're testing soccer balls for eight years. I mean, you can extrapolate that. They've been testing soccer balls for like over a hundred and eight years haven't they really they've had a round ball and they've just been developed yeah that's true yeah they've not they've not

made clear what soccer balls they've been testing over eight years I guess could just be all of them indeed well you have one of them graham and a mighty fine one it is well done for spending your disposable income thusly

rounding out our team is a man who punted this weekend on the New York Red Bulls not to make the playoffs. He punted that at the start as he's nice to say. They sure showed you, Joe Lowry, didn't they? They showed me and all the other folks out there that didn't believe in them. Well done, New York Red Bulls. You win this round. Yeah. So the New Red Bulls are personally calling out Joseph Lowry on their Twitter feed for his prediction

at the start of season that they'd finished 10th. They finished in the playoff places in

seventh, Joe. Two points higher than 10th. Take that, Joe. Yeah. Yeah. It was a great end

of the season for the Red Bulls. The beginning and really the middle part of the season, really not so good. It took about everything they had to get back above the playoff line. And good for them, right? I enjoy watching this team under Gerhard Struber. From my end, at least, it's all good nature. And I think from theirs as well. You rescued that comment. You're about to get another mention on their feet before you put that positive note at the end there, Joe. Well done. Oh, thank you. I try. I did notice a few other teams with the We Kept Receipts kind of tweets, Joe. How do you feel about that? I mean, not personally being called out, but it feels slightly petty, maybe. It's a little petty, but at the same time, it is really good content because there are a few things.

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