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Ireland’s World Cup Dream | Are the Pistons the best in the East? | Is Josh Allen a Unicorn QB?
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This Week on Who’s Got The Ball? SHANE IS BACK — and chaos immediately follows.
He and James dive head-first into the biggest stories: Ireland’s unreal win in Hungary, THAT Arsenal–Spurs derby (can Spurs actually shock the world?!), and Josh Allen’s unicorn-level performance
Plus: Are the Jaguars fooling everyone? Are the Pistons suddenly unstoppable? And why are the Pacers falling apart?
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(0:00) Shane’s Weekend in Budapest
(4:17) Ireland’s Hopes of World Cup Qualification
(16:49) Arsenal vs Spurs Preview + Predictions
(20:04) The Pistons are Firing
(27:38) The Pacers’ Injury Woes
(33:10) Gan Seans: Our Underdog Picks
(37:24) Is Josh Allen a Unicorn QB?
(44:50) Are the Jags Actually Any Good?
(51:47) NBA X NFL X Premier League Power Rankings
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Transcript
Shane's Budapest Experience
00:00:09
Speaker
Alright lads, welcome back to another episode of Who's Got the Ball. Shane has re-emerged. he's He's hanging on, barely hanging on to life after his weekend in Hungary. He's got the sniffles today and even threw another sneeze for you. It's three episodes in a row. Two of them. There was two of them this week. do you have We talk a lot about the Ireland game and and stuff like that in the episodes. So do you have any non-game related stories or how did you get on in Budapest in general?
00:00:38
Speaker
Yeah, it was it was really good. It's it's actually a really nice city. It's definitely something I would recommend for people if they're looking for an all city weekend getaway something. it's like but We did four days. I know we were kind of took up a lot by the football, but there's just so much to see that I'd say if you did a week, you probably wouldn't get it all in anyway. But we did a boat cruise, a bit of a booze cruise. was unlimited alcohol and just kind of going up and down there the and the river and he The buildings are unbelievable. Some of the stories about the display between Buda and Pest and what's going on there, they've their own Statue Liberty.
00:01:12
Speaker
Their parliament is the second biggest in Europe. if It's just it' a really, really cool city to see in general. People were mostly nice for the taxi drivers who try and rob you every second you get.
00:01:22
Speaker
Outside of that, it was just really, really cool. A really, really cool city. And obviously Ireland getting the results helped made the Sunday and Monday even better as well then. Yeah, I noticed the exact same thing as you about the taxi drivers when I was there a few years ago. There was like literally one taxi I was in that, well, the first time we went out to the airport, from the airport to the hotel. So they just charge like normal prices because you're just grabbing it from the airport to have their thing. But then we were at a festival and they obviously knew that. So like it was nearly like double the price and we hadn't even been halfway. And I was had to literally be like to the taxi driver, here, look, like,
00:01:59
Speaker
we're tourists but we're not stupid like you need to let us out we're not tre so we had to walk the whole rest of the way after and we still had to pay him for how far we went and we were like miles away and it was after a long day at a festival already but yeah i would agree with you about the the taxi drivers i actually really really liked it there outside of that as well and i think that boat cruise we did something similar the buildings are unbelievable at night time as well yeah the way it's lit up and Yeah, i would I would say definitely go there. But another place you should definitely consider going is Prague. So we'll be looking at the lads over there soon.
Ireland's Football Highlights and Strategy
00:02:33
Speaker
And hopefully hopefully we can make a nice few days out of it if things do work out and tickets fall our way. But let's move on to what we talked about this week. So we'll keep on the topic of Ireland because that is what we started with. We had to go into the magical week that had a football
00:02:50
Speaker
I touched a lot on the game against Portugal last week because I was at the game and I just came on the day after for the episode. So mostly focused on the Hungary game, but also then i about our draw and how we're going fare in the playoffs for the for the teams that we're going to face off against. and Then after that, we moved on to previewing the Arsenal and Spurs game from this weekend for Super Sunday.
00:03:12
Speaker
And from there, we went into the NBA. We talked about two teams on different ends of the spectrum in the East. So We've got the Pistons who are flying on the longest winning run currently in the league. And then we've got the Pacers who've fallen off massively due to injuries and other things since and getting to game seven of the finals last year. Gave our Ganshans picks an update on the standings there for that and then moved into our and NBA chat. So we talked about Josh Allen as our Clutch Player of Week. and you just If you know what he did last week, three touchdowns on the ground, three touchdowns through the air. He's the only player ever to have done that, and he's done it multiple times. Yeah, we just had to talk about him, so give a listen to what we had to say are there. And then we talked about the Jags and what their win over the Chargers meant. Does it actually mean anything? Are they going to go on a run? What are they going to do here? and You'll have to wait and see what we talked about. But we lastly then wrapped up with our power rankings.
00:04:06
Speaker
We had no... Premier League again last weekend so a few changes in the NBA and NFL world so give that a listen and hopefully enjoy the episode let's get straight into it.
00:04:17
Speaker
So Ireland's World Cup dream is still alive last week when I recorded on my own I recorded like a little bit of a football section and just talking about the Portugal game which I was asking so you've heard my thoughts on that one unbelievable moment and I just said at that point I hope that we can make it count for something and and continue on. And Shane, obviously, as we mentioned last week, was over in Hungary for the game. So well what in the world happened on Sunday?
00:04:49
Speaker
and We were just saying in the ground at the time that one more chance, just give us one more chance and they will take it. um I honestly, now I thought the Johnny Kenny miss was the one more chance that we were going to get and I thought that was it then. But there was just, there was something in the air. There was just so much belief around that we were going to get something that was going to put us over the line here. And...
00:05:10
Speaker
Like Liam Scales for that header. There's no other man in the stadium that's getting that header. The way he jumps and he just... There's two Hungarian lads that are not getting within a foot of him to get the ball. and Let alone actually get the ball. And then Troy Parrott's run off the number two as well is superb. And place just went into absolute bedlam. It was just mental. Their fans in fairness and were incredible throughout. But once that ball, once that goal went in, the whole place just went silent. All I could hear was the Irish fans and...
00:05:40
Speaker
Oh my God, what what an experience to be at that. Honestly, God, it's absolutely unbelievable. Like to think that Paris probably wouldn't have been starting if Ferguson been finished. Paris wouldn't have started either game. And he went out and scored five goals and put his own into this playoff, which...
00:05:57
Speaker
Their draw i couldn't have gone much better. We'll talk about that in a couple of minutes. But I just thought Ireland, like, while they weren't excellent by any stretch, the system they played was perfect.
00:06:07
Speaker
Everyone knew their role. Everyone stayed in their position the whole way through. Watching inside the stadium, you would have seen it on Thursday as well. They get a completely different feel for it. And the back five... just superbly well drilled the whole way through. I don't know what's after happening since that Armenia results away, but everything has just fallen into place now and the system is down to a fine art. Everyone knows their role.
00:06:31
Speaker
Putting the ball in the net, they're not conceding goals. That's three clean cheats in a row as well. i'm Armenia, Portugal and Hungary. after till After the nightmare we had in Armenia to turn around and be in this position is just incredible.
00:06:46
Speaker
we lost We won 3-2 against Hungary, so there's no clean sheet there. terry Yeah, no clean sheet yeah they just they did they they were just They were just so well drilled throughout. They were just really, really good.
00:06:58
Speaker
Yeah, but the clean sheet against Portugal was so impressive because they never Portugal never looked like scoring. But I agree with you about the shape because... I had been to the two home games before that, the Hungary one and the Armenia game. Now, while they didn't lose either, they were at sixes and sevens for most of both of those games until both teams got a red card, both opponents. Never know, Ronaldo got sent off as well, but they'd we'd already won the game at that point. We were so much better than them and so much more clinical, but...
00:07:27
Speaker
Yeah, I think the answer is probably Coleman and probably a bit of John Egan being in around the squad as well. They did make a point of him being there as somebody kind of that really, really helped drill the team and gave them the belief as well that like they they were going to get to where they wanted to be. and But Coleman more than anything, I think just barking out orders against Portugal all game long and everybody that put in any form of effort, he was on their back, like congratulating them.
00:07:57
Speaker
But I don't know, like Troy Parrott, just so happy for him. i know like whenever Irish players go abroad, I always, first thing I do is put a,
00:08:08
Speaker
put the team that they go to as one of my favourites on foot mob so I can follow all their games and see how they get on. And over the last, like, two years, I've been, like, Parrot is, like, absolutely on fire, but, like, more close to home, Ferguson was, was seemed to be growing and Parrot was kind of put on the back burner, but, like,
00:08:28
Speaker
I'm so happy that he got into the team last season, 47 games for Alkmaier, 20 goals and four assists. And so far this season for his club, 14 games, 13 goals and an assist. So he's averaging that goal or assist per game at club level. And he scored five and two for Ireland. Like what an absolute legend.
00:08:46
Speaker
He's just been superb. but there's And even his interview after was absolutely brilliant as well. He was talking about just how emotional he was and how much it meant for him. And especially the way his attitude around the penalty I think shows just how much he has grown since he moved over there. He missed his last two at club level as well. So coming into this one, he would have had, probably would have a bag of nerves around the penalty, but he'd rather was him who was a bag of nerves than anyone else on the pitch. And especially...
00:09:12
Speaker
The waiting and for the referee's whistle just wasn't coming. I reckon the referee blew and he just couldn't hear it because the fans were so loud in the stadium. So for him to just step up then stick that in the bottom corner so well, his second finish is outrageous because the way it bounces up and hits his chest, like how does he barely has time to get his foot back down and he still manages to lift it over to keep him. Then obviously the third is just instinct.
00:09:35
Speaker
yeah um he's just he He's a man in top form and he as he he deserves his he deserves his place in this team at a moment over Ferguson, over Zaz, not over Zaz, over Ida, over any of the other forwards.
00:09:48
Speaker
Yeah, I think the fact that as well at club level, often he does come off around a 70-minute mark as he puts in such a high effort. I think going forward for Ireland, I know he we needed the goals at the end, but ideally if we we're in a good position where we are drawing the game going into 20 minutes or we're winning the game, then Ferguson can come on at that point because I do think he's a bit more physical and I can help. Now, I think that would be a perfect formula, but I think Parrott has to start going forward.
00:10:16
Speaker
Funnily enough, the last time Ireland won five games in a row was in 1989. We're going to need to do that if we want to get into this
Ireland's Future Prospects in Football
00:10:24
Speaker
World Cup. And having won the last three. But let's move on to the draw. I'll run through it quickly. So that was this morning. We got Czech Republic or Checha away the first game. Quite a small ground It's going to be a tough place to go. They have only lost once at home in the last five years, I believe. So while they did get battered by Croatia, in Croatia, they lost the Faroe Islands away. At home, they're just such a force. I think they only conceded two goals all campaign at home. So... Yeah, it's going to be really tough, but I do fancy our chances there. I would have preferred that to any other game that we could have gotten. And then Denmark, North Macedonia is our potential opponents. And we got the luck of the draw there where we're going to be at home if we beat Czech Republic.
00:11:11
Speaker
We'll be at home hosting Denmark, looking to avenge that loss where they did unfortunately knock us out when we were trying to get into the World Cup in 2018. They battered us at home and broke our hearts. So let's get that revenge. That's the one I wanted more than anything I said.
00:11:28
Speaker
I said to you this morning when they were doing the draws, I'd love to be in that pot with Denmark because I just think something about it. And they there might be one of the best footballing teams there, but we showed what we can do probably against better teams more than anyone when we played Portugal. We're probably better suited to that than playing kind of a team that also wants to defend like a Ukraine. I think we would have made stodgy work of something like that.
00:11:51
Speaker
Yeah, 100%. I was just looking there. I think that's probably the best one we could have gotten because imagine going away to Wales and then facing Italy at home or going to Poland and then having to go stay in Poland to play Ukraine again.
00:12:03
Speaker
Turkey, Slovakia, when Slovakia might been the nicest draw of the four, going away to Turkey or bringing Turkey to to Dublin, there would just be a nightmare. So I just think, I think we got the best draw we could have, to be honest, sam getting Czechia away and then Denmark at home. It really couldn't have gone much better than that. So they just have to go out and just follow up what they've done and against Portugal and against Hungary and just do it again another two times.
00:12:27
Speaker
Yeah, and I actually have like a lot of belief that they can do it because... now that they're so well drilled and they seem to want it so bad. That was the biggest thing that was missing. And I find it funny that Heimer keeps referring to this, that and some some players are like vacuums that suck the life out of a team and some are like batteries that energize it. He's quite clearly talking about Matt Doherty and Seamus Coleman because...
00:12:51
Speaker
Doherty hasn't sniffed the squad in the last two. His attitude has always been stinking and when he plays for Ireland. And then Coleman comes back in and completely invigorates his team. So I have every belief that they can do it. I just want to look at the last times we've played all of these teams so for a bit of information. um We played Czech Republic in a friendly last in 2012. So that was a 1-1 draw.
00:13:17
Speaker
Simon Cox scored an 86-minute equaliser after Milan Baros scored for them. The last competitive time we played them was in 2008. And eight i um we we did lose 1-0, but we had 10 men in that game. So a long time ago. Last time we played Denmark was in 2019. drew 1-1. The aforementioned Matt Doherty getting the equaliser. That was also in the 85th minute right at the end.
00:13:43
Speaker
But interestingly, that was only six years back. And Troy Parris, Josh Cullen and Mark Travers were the only players that were still in the squad. and As we come to today, they were all on the bench that day.
00:13:56
Speaker
and We've played them six times since 2017, drawing five of them. and The only time we lost was that time we battered got battered 5-1, as I mentioned already. And then haven't played North Macedonia since 2011, but we won 2-0. Two goals for Robbie Keane, of course, and that was on our rate qualified for Eora 2012. We played them six times in all, only losing once, winning four. So it's actually kind of decent runnings. I know we did lose our last competitive game to Czechs. That was 18 years ago by the time we get around to it. So looking at the Denmark and North Macedonia records in general, we have kind of an edge over the teams that are in our draw at the moment historically.
00:14:41
Speaker
Yeah, and I think that 7-1 loss for Norma Sonegans Wales was such an outlier in their qualification campaign in general as well that they could very well go to Denmark and put in the performance that they put in in their other games and actually come out of there decent result. And i obviously I'd rather have them at home over Denmark at home. Yeah. Either way, like you're going to have to beat these teams regardless if you want to get there. It doesn't matter if which one comes in. You still need to put a plan together to beat. And you need to be be able to beat all three of those teams.
00:15:10
Speaker
and I know you're only going to play two of them and one them is guaranteed. It doesn't matter who the other one is. You still need to be able to go out there and to just but put it together and just just get it won. And worry about later.
00:15:23
Speaker
I think it's a good point as well that you made. Because like losing 7-1 seems like odd to look at this team. They only they hadn't conceded two goals at all. Any more than two goals at all in the whole campaign before that. And like they got some they got some points off big teams before. They drew at Wales the first game.
00:15:42
Speaker
and They got a point off Belgium as well. so like they're very, very good defensively. And there's a reason why they could have actually qualified and into the i did one game playoffs in a second spot out of in a Nations League backdoor.
00:15:59
Speaker
Like if they had drawn against Wales, they would be the ones that are in that Italian side of things now. And, And it would be a different story. So yeah they're not to be laughed at. But yeah, overall, really positive. And I think we're both we're both looking forward to the games. and Now it's just going to be a long time coming around. i have my season ticket already for next year. So I'm guaranteed a ticket to that home game if we do win. Hopefully, hopefully it'll be a competitive one. Because if not, they have to play a friendly that same day against the other loser. Yeah, disgusting. It's just sickening.
Arsenal vs Spurs Match Preview
00:16:33
Speaker
I might not ah be able to stomach going to that one but anyway let's move on then to what we usually do in our soccer segment and we preview a game coming up for the Premier League so we didn't have any obviously with the international break most enjoyable international break I can remember but Arsenal versus Spurs is a big one this Sunday so what do you think what way is this kind an North London derby going to go
00:16:55
Speaker
I have a feeling about this one. Not only because I hate Arsenal and it's great to get that back in after missing out on last week, but I just think Gabriel is such a huge loss to Arsenal this weekend. I know Hincapier is likely the one who's going to come me in and he is really, really good, but What a game to be just dropped in and said, this is the first of potentially six in a row for you. Go out there and do something. It won't be easy. I'm not saying the Spurs will win. I can see it being a draw, maybe.
00:17:20
Speaker
If Kudas is back for Spurs, that's absolutely massive as well. But I'm not sure what the status of him is yet. We'll find out tomorrow when they do the pre-game press conferences. But...
00:17:31
Speaker
I don't I think Spurs, are sorry, Arsenal have had it their own way against Spurs for far too long. Spurs haven't won a derby since 2022, so maybe it's time for that to just just stop. I think things are falling into place for Spurs to finally get one over on him. But with the my luck is, Arsenal will go out and win this 4-0 handily and he can't be able score a hat-trick from corners. Well, I'm kind of more along that lines of thinking. I just think the Spurs team is super fragile right now. like I think they're on the proper Spurs trajectory where they start well with a new manager and things start to fall off. like United should have beat them in the last game. It was there to be won if United were more ruthless. Bruno Ruben Amarin both said it after the game. like
00:18:13
Speaker
The crowd was just like not in it. They didn't believe the team. and You look the week before where you have Jed Spence and Mickey van de Ven not even shaking Thomas Frank's hand, not even looking at him when he tries to offer it to them.
00:18:25
Speaker
Those are not good signs. But I do think that Spurs are way better defensively. Like they're fifth in the league for a reason. they They've played pretty good. But I do think that this type of game is a stretch too far. i do think that Arsenal haven't only lost one all season.
00:18:41
Speaker
Not a single time at home, I just don't think there's a way they lose this in the Emirates, despite Gabriel not being there. And if you look at their run after this game, they've got Bayern and Chelsea, so this is going to have to be a big one. They're going to have to grab this win because the next two are going to be even tougher. I'm going with Arsenal to win 3-0, I just don't believe in Spurs at all.
00:19:04
Speaker
I don't see, like I can see Arsene winning. I don't think it'll be 3-0. So they're without Giocares as well. I know we've talked earlier about how to factor. We think he's absolutely rubbish. But like it's going to be Michael Marino front again. It's going to be different back four, a different striker.
00:19:21
Speaker
like I can see Arsenal winning, but it wouldn't be three. If I was going for an Arsenal win, I would say 2-0. I am going 2-0. I just think Arsenal might be a bit funnerable here. and see I think it might be more hope than expectation on my behalf as well. Fingers crossed.
00:19:37
Speaker
Yeah, I think... it's probably a big one as well for Spurs. Like if they can get a win coming out the international break in the Emirates, yeah, that's going to be probably something that will make people go right. Like they are actually a bit more serious with Frank, but yeah, only time will
NBA and NFL Team Performances
00:19:54
Speaker
tell. So that's a big one on Sunday in club football. We'll get back into our usual club football chats next week, but want to spend some more time on Ireland and bask in our glory there. So let's move on then to the and NBA. Yeah. We've got a couple of topics lined up.
00:20:08
Speaker
First, there are two teams in the East, but they're both at completely different ends of... the table and fortunes and everything. Nothing is the same for these two teams. They're so different. But let's start with the positive. It's the Pistons.
00:20:23
Speaker
I really like them this season, how well they've been playing. I didn't think they could take this big of a jump where they charge away at the top of the East so early. and But they look really, really, really good and really solid, even with players missing. Like the other night they played the Sixers. I watched the game and it's like...
00:20:44
Speaker
They were without Cade. They were widow without Oster Thompson. They had another couple of players missing as well, including Tobias Harris, which, yeah, I'm happy enough that he wasn't playing against the Sixers because every shot he would have made would just been sickening. But... ah I think even they showed like the rotation. They have Dennis Jenkins who went undrafted in last season. He was playing for their G League team. He made the all-rookie G League team and he's out there talking trash to Tyrese Maxey now. Maxey like absolutely cooked him like during the game and was giving it back to him. But like,
00:21:17
Speaker
You know, he has that confidence. 20 points per game, seven and a half assists per game and two steals per game. I mean, his last five appearances all starts with some of their other players out, which is crazy. It shows the kind of like, I think, camaraderie around the team and the ability to elevate like lower level talent to starting and NBA level talent.
00:21:39
Speaker
Yeah, they've just been really, really good. Cale Cunningham this year has just come out the blocks absolutely firing. He's the first piston in inf franchise history to get 25 plus points and 10 assists in five consecutive games.
00:21:52
Speaker
They're just absolutely, like two years ago, they lost 28 games in a row and everyone was like, Jesus, like is this kind of, is is this the kind of run going on for a while? And they've gone from that to the longest winning streak in the league at the moment with the 11 games.
00:22:05
Speaker
Everyone is just on absolute fire. their Their net rating is plus 12 over this 11 game stretch as well, which is mad. Like you're not going to keep that kind of a level up for the whole season. But if you, even if you let that drop to plus six or plus eight, you're still like, you're still in really, really a really, really good nick for rest the season going forward. But I watched them against the Rockets and the same as you now, they were just absolutely brilliant. They fight for everything.
00:22:31
Speaker
and They're just unstoppable at times and they are probably the best team on that side of the of them of under side of the NBA at the moment. Yeah, I think there's like, like you said, there's some things that aren't sustainable, but then there's others that definitely are like their rebounding ability. They're plus 3.6 on the boards and per game this season. So it's the seventh best in the league. It's very, very solid.
00:22:56
Speaker
The Rockets are plus 12.3 in this regard. That is not sustainable, but it's insane. and They're the four best defensive team, only allowing 112.1 points per game. And the Spurs are not were on that same points per game metric until last night when they they obviously allowed less and it brought the average down. But we talk as about the Spurs as one of the best defensive teams in the league.
00:23:20
Speaker
And then you're looking at this Pistons team being kind of similarly on that level and another note around that is i thought it was very impressive the Celtics are second in that metric considering everyone they're missing and then 6.3 blocks per game is second in the league 10.3 steals is third best like just the way that they play is like you exactly like you said so hard they fight for everything that's their kind of style they want to be known as like a hard fighting team they want to get into fights on the court too they don't care and and the other night I watched them play against the Hawks because I was kind of interested in how they would get on after watching them against the Sixers I liked how they played so I watched them against the Hawks and They had no Tobias Harris. Karras Levert, who was cooking the Sixers with his pass, and he wasn't playing that game. And Ossar Thompson only had 24 minutes, and yet they didn't let the Hawks have a lead a single point in that game. They continued the whole game from wire to wire as the leaders. So I think that was on the back of a back-to-back. And like just to perform like that shows the gutsiness they have.
00:24:24
Speaker
And you already mentioned Cade, but someone I want to highlight is Jalen Durham. 20.6 points per game, 12 boards, 2.2 stocks, 67% from the field. Like he's been doing that his whole career because he's not been scoring that much and he's just been taking inside shots, but to score 67% from the field and that's on 11 shots per game now.
00:24:46
Speaker
four and a half offensive boards like just nobody's going to be able to stop him like the other night he just threw Siakam out of the way when they played the Pacers yeah like he's no slug like it's not easy to do that and he he's just yeah an absolute beast Yeah, i just want to go back to their defensive rating there. You were talking about how good it's been over the season, but even over that over just that 11-game stretch there, they're only letting 108.3 points per scoring 120.4. what you were saying there about what they did to the Hawks, where they just take the lead and they just keep going.
00:25:21
Speaker
Like they're plus, well, as I said already, they are plus 12 in their net over this dis period. But It's very hard for anyone to get anywhere near them if if if they're only allowing 108 points a game. And it doesn't matter who's on the court as well. It's just their defense is just so solid. Everyone just knows what they're doing. And I honestly, I did not see this coming from them. I don't know if anyone did, to be perfectly honest. But I definitely didn't see them coming out and winning 11 in a row. I thought they might get 4-5, lose 4-5. I thought they'd be very up and down team all year. But they look just absolutely incredible at the moment.
00:25:54
Speaker
Yeah, I think they really learned as well from that Knicks series because last year I know discussed about how physical they are and how they'd probably bring the Knicks close but not win it and That is how it panned out. But I think they probably learned a lot from that as well about discipline because they made a couple of mistakes in those games that they shouldn't have.
00:26:14
Speaker
And now the guys seem to be a bit more mature. and Duncan Robinson has been a good pickup and he's been scoring a bit inside as well and looking more tough than ever before considering all he ever used to do is take threes. So all around, they've really, really...
00:26:29
Speaker
built a good roster and you mentioned Cade like I don't want to go like too much into him because like you've already said how good he is but it's just it can't be understated how important he is to the team like the other night how many players they were missing and he shot I think he had like 45 shots now he missed like 30 something it was like a record for the for the franchise but he still scored 14 of the 45 yeah he scored 14 of the 45 shots it's crazy like and he still had 40 odd points with his um free throws and you might look at that and go oh yeah he just took a lot of shots and didn't yeah but he literally carried that team when he didn't need to when he like had no right to bring them to that win so look
00:27:13
Speaker
I think overall really, really good team and I think the majority of what they're doing is probably fairly sustainable. Was that another sneeze for me? Yeah, it was. I'm in a bad way today now. i sorry I'm actually surprised we got 24 minutes into this recording before I did let out one sneeze. so That's like three episodes of your sneezing in a row now.
00:27:35
Speaker
This is getting the shambles, Devils. um Let's get on then to the the negative side of things that we said we were going to talk about is the Pacers and how much they're struggling. What what is going on?
00:27:47
Speaker
like I knew the loss of Halliburton was going to affect him, obviously. I just did not think it was going to be this much. It's like every single one of their players is just out of form. Baris Siakam, who is still putting up decent numbers. But outside of that, we're just talking about the Pistons' net rating being plus 12. The Patriots' net rating is minus 13.7.
00:28:09
Speaker
It's just that they've had a really, really, really bad start and how you can go from a final scene to a team that's one in 13 is just, it it doesn't make any sense to me. They're not scoring.
00:28:20
Speaker
They're not defending very well. Like nothing is going right for them at all from one end to the one end of the court to the next. everything is Everything is wrong and something really needs to change. Yeah, I would give them a lot of leeway in terms of the losses of injury the body injury that they've had. Like, they're struggling incredibly without Halliburton because he pushes their style of play.
00:28:42
Speaker
It's funny that like yeah people online, and I think Bucs fans are really, are looking at Miles Turner and saying, oh, this is because you lost him. but they're They're actually one of the best rebounding teams in the league now that they've lost him. They're up to 46.3 per game, which is top 10. And last year, they were the third worst.
00:28:59
Speaker
with him so like his physical presence has nothing got to do with this I think it's all down to Halliburton and then you look at two of their other best players like you have Obi Toppin who was like one of the best six men last year he could have won six man of the year he's a stress fracture in his right foot and then Aaron Neesmith who's their defensive stalwart he has a left MCL sprain And we also have Benedict Matherin, who you thought, oh, he's going to pick up the pieces. He's only been able to play six games all season because of injuries. yeah um You saw him come back last night. He had a very good game, 24 points, 12 rebounds. And they did get a win against a very bad Hornets team. and Well, a mixed Hornets team. and But like I think him coming back is a big one. But I would put 99% this down to
00:29:46
Speaker
First Halliburton, but then all the other injuries, like they've had to use injury exceptions for their rosters for contracts already. And we're only like 10, 12 games into the season. It's yeah, it's, it's pretty, pretty poor looking, especially first game the season. They went double overtime versus the Thunder. And then you go from that to conceding 152 points to the jazz, like two weeks later. Yeah.
00:30:08
Speaker
Yeah, like there is obviously mitigation for it, but it's the fact that they just cannot buy a win at the moment as well. Like a team that were in the finals, got to a game seven in the finals. Like now, like we were just talking there about the Pistons having injuries and how everyone is stepping up around them. Like no one is is stepping up for the Pistons. um No one seems able to step up. They have Mac McClung playing games. I know it's only two or three now, but all he knows how to do is dunk. He actually does not know how to shoot normally. So it's really bad that this is the this the state they've gotten to.
00:30:40
Speaker
um over the Just in the space of a couple of months from the finals to not being able to buy a win it's mad and like dude they're not getting to the line they're not getting enough free throws there just there's nothing really going right from it all barred or rebounding but sure that's not really doing too much for you for still allowing 120 points a game like rebounding sorry and you're missing all your shots then after rebounds too yeah Exactly, yeah. So it's almost like they've just gone, okay, are we just going to let this season just pass us by and see if we can get in the lottery or something like that. But I can't believe the way this season has gone from so far.
00:31:21
Speaker
Yeah, it does actually seem like they're kind of giving up already because of how bad it's gone. And I think the the move that they made to get back their own pick seems so genius now at this point. And at that time, everyone was like, you're about to go to the finals. Why are you getting your own pick back? It's like they knew what was coming. But yeah, it's kind of interesting. There's so many good players coming out of college this year. Like if that team adds like an AJ DeBansa and you have him and... You've got Halliburton or Boozer or someone coming out of college. Like the team is going to be immense again next season. So it's it's funny how it might dip and then rise. and But I did want straight again next year.
00:31:57
Speaker
Yeah, you're right. They could do. And I did want to give further shout out to Pascal Siakam because I feel really sorry for him. He looks like he's really like... taking it to heart how hard how hard this is going. He looks so frustrated on the bench. 25 points per game, it's the most of his career, and he's put up 19 shots per game, which is the most of his career for him. So he doesn't really want to have to take this load on, but he is doing it, and he's he's doing his very best. But ultimately, the team is third worst in the league in offense for scoring and fourth worst in the league for defense for points allowed. So it's not a risk for success.
00:32:35
Speaker
No, it's it's it's just a disaster. And I do feel sorry
Ganshan Picks Review
00:32:39
Speaker
for as well. As I said at the top, he's the only one that seems to be in form. He's the only one that seems to be taking this on his shoulders and saying, like, we have to turn this around because we're not getting Halliburton back this year. there's I'd say there's an above 99% chance he doesn't play a game this year, especially if it is going the way it's going as well. They're not going to drop him in. They're not going drop him in if a team is like 10 and 60. They're not going to let him play the last 10 games of the season and risk injuring him again. So...
00:33:04
Speaker
The West Wing just needs to step up and help him. He can't do it all by himself. Yeah, no, I agree 100%. All right, so moving on to gun chance then. um Last week, you did cut the lead back to one. um You had two winners and I had one. So last week, I had Ireland, which came off. It was the biggest outsider that I picked and it came off and against Hungary. I had the Bengals and I had the Lions.
00:33:26
Speaker
Yeah, the Lions just kind of fell apart on Monday night or on Sunday night football against the Eagles and the Bengals were hopeless against the Steelers. You had... a couple of wins. So you had Ireland as well, which worked out perfectly. You also had the Bears to beat the Vikings, which they managed to grab on the last minute field goal. You had the Seahawks to beat the Rams, almost came off with a last minute field goal too. So you almost had the first five pointer, but two points, nine eight currently to me. I'll throw it to you um to give your picks for this week.
00:33:58
Speaker
Yeah, so I have Newcastle to beat City. I know Newcastle are fragile at the moment as well, but in City are just they look on ominous. But Newcastle's home form has been quite poor and that's not going to stay that way forever. and They just need one game to turn it around. So at 5-2 to beat City at evens, I just say why not? It's another a really, really tough weekend um and of of trying to pick Premier League teams.
00:34:22
Speaker
I have everything to beat United. I don't know why, honestly, everything are absolutely crap and United are on a good run of form, but it just jumped out at me when I saw it. It's two teams I don't like, so everything that sim is 7-2, United are 8-11.
00:34:35
Speaker
It just would be very United to come back from the clash break and go and lose to everything with the run of form they've been on recently. And then I have the Colts at 12-5 to beat the Chiefs at 3-10. Chiefs are really, really shaky at the moment. They were really bad again at the weekend. The Colts have just been brilliant this season. So I thought at 12-5, I think it was bit mad to not leave it there.
00:34:58
Speaker
And it is for those three. for dollars sorry fifty fifteen fifty to one for a street Yeah, that's that's actually pretty decent. I didn't think the odds would be that much. I guess maybe the Everton and Newcastle are both pretty solid outsiders. but i'm I'm actually, I'm sorry, I was wrong. I clicked the Vikings instead of the Colts on Penny Power. It's 38-1.
00:35:20
Speaker
Okay, I actually think that's still pretty good. Yeah. I didn't would be that much of an outside. But I've got two of the same teams as you. I've also got Newcastle to beat City.
00:35:31
Speaker
I just think that, like you said... its runs don't continue forever coming off an international break I do think that Newcastle could come and kind of catch City cold with a good game plan at home and to get the week off running I believe that's half 12 on Saturday so yeah and that's the early one first first games often sometimes they're a bit odd I've also got the Colts to beat the Chiefs. I just think that, like you said, the Chiefs just don't seem to have it going for them this season. And the Colts, you know, that i know they they're a bit shaky at times, but they're coming off a bye week and they haven't played a real big team yet. So this would be a real statement, I think, if they go out and win this.
00:36:10
Speaker
The last one, then, what I'm going to go for something. I did have the Falcons to beat the Saints until like five minutes ago. And then I was like... ah Because I was teetering on this for a while and now I'm like, no, Kirk Cousins is in there. There's no Michael Penix. I just can't go with that. So I'm substituting in the Browns. Let's go Shador Sanders. let's for Let's just go for it. 7-4 to beat the Raiders.
00:36:34
Speaker
The Raiders stink. And I know the Browns can't play as well away from home, but like let's just give it to Shador. My odds were 17 to one with the Falcons. The Browns are a little bit more outside, so I'd say it's probably closer to 20 to one right now.
00:36:51
Speaker
So that's my that's my three. That's ah like yours being so much further end in than mine, like minus 38 to one and we have two of the same. Like how is the one game swinging it that much? But so one I don't hate that middle pick.
00:37:06
Speaker
and I don't hate that last pick for me. Obviously I like the first two because I picked them as well. So yeah, with this could be this a week where one of us needs a five pointer. Yeah, that that could be the book he's telling you and as well, you know, like I'll be going against United just on a top quality run. So anyway.
00:37:22
Speaker
That's the way it goes. Let's move on to our NFL topics then.
Josh Allen's NFL Potential
00:37:26
Speaker
We're going to talk about Josh Allen, first of all. So the Bills are playing tonight, so you'll know how he got on. during that game and and whether they managed to get a win against the Texans and kind of get a bit of a streak going. But what he did last weekend had to be giving that clutch player the weak performance, like three touchdowns um through the air and three touchdowns on the ground. i think he's the only quarterback ever to do it and he's done it four times. so
00:37:53
Speaker
like to be someone who has done that multiple times and nobody else has ever even done it once, what I want to know is, is Josh Allen a unicorn quarterback? I think he definitely is because it's not like he goes out and throws an absolute ton of interceptions as well. I think he only has eight on the year.
00:38:13
Speaker
Sorry, seven on the year and 18 passing touchdowns as well as 11 rushing touchdowns. He can literally do it all. like His throwing at the weekend wasn't even a great. He was 19 for 30, which is really, really, it's quite a, it's very little attempted passes for him, but he still went for 13 and 17 yards and three touchdowns.
00:38:33
Speaker
Who does that like? Who runs eight times for 40 yards and runs three touchdowns on top of that as well? I think he's the most talented quarterback in the league at the moment, 100%. He can quite literally do everything. He doesn't need a superstar receiver or Anthony Daskis.
00:38:49
Speaker
He just makes run-out-of-mill receivers look like they're superstars. How accurate he is, how the the routes the routes they run. Obviously, the coaching helps as well. bo thank you He should be walking away with MVP every single year for the things he does. He's third favourite at the moment.
00:39:05
Speaker
he's just He's just a monster. He's something else. He's just so, so good. I think if he gets a run going, it'd be hard to look past him because I think, you know Drake May is up there in Stafford. I think Stafford does play very clean football, but he's made barely any mistakes this season, so there's he's bound to make a few, and that's going to affect the odds. And Drake May is still young. I just think Alan...
00:39:29
Speaker
He really could change things around for the Bills. Like I know people are still questioning them because they're kind of erratic this season. Like they're seven and three, but they've gone three and three in their last six and they did lose to Atlanta and Miami. So that's why people are questioning it. But it kind of feels like they're just waiting for the playoffs. They're like, we'll just get through this. And I think maybe the Patriots being so good is going to push them because they they know they need to keep going if they want that number one seed. Yeah.
00:39:55
Speaker
The fact that Alan, like, the only people in the league who have more rushing touchdowns than him are Josh Jacobs, Christian McCaffrey, and Jonathan Taylor. He's a quarterback, like, and has not many rushing touchdowns. Eleven rushing touchdowns he has. It's just, like, how, as a quarterback...
00:40:13
Speaker
to be able to like contribute that much to the team's offense on both sides of the ball. like Yeah, some of them are like QB sneaks, but some of them he's just reading the game and he knows when he needs to go home and when he doesn't. And like seven interceptions is high enough, but when he does so much other things for the team, like it's hard to look past it. like He was so bad in his narrative his early career for...
00:40:39
Speaker
throwing ridiculous passes, but now, like last season, he threw for 219.5 yards per game, but this season, he's thrown 245, and he has a career-high completion percentage at 69%, with a career-high yards per pass of 8.4.
00:40:56
Speaker
Clearly, their plan offense is... right we're gonna dial up a few run plays and we'll tell the the receivers what route trees to run route trees to run and then outside that it's just oh josh like you just go and figure the rest out there yeah you you you just sort things out like so if he just keeps playing like this i think it's a question of when not if they win a super bowl because he's clearly the most talented quarterback in the league and some of the best instincts i've ever seen at the position Yeah, I really don't... There's no way he retires having not won a Super Bowl at Rams or the Bills.
00:41:32
Speaker
Like, there's there's literally, there's no chance to worry. You don't be as good as he has been. he but He probably doesn't need to worry about the Chiefs this season with how poor they've been as well. And they're the ones that have been the literal pain in his room in his side. for the i don't even know if they're going to get out into the playoffs at this stage with the with the run they're on as I'd like. So, yeah you never know. They are still the Chiefs, so they might anyway. But...
00:41:54
Speaker
I just think you like he has to win one at some stage. If he's doing what he's doing at the moment, like who is actually going to go out there and stop him? Because he's so good at running. He's so good at passing. As you were saying there, it's just like they tell him half of what to do and the other half is like, oh just do what you want on this play. Just have a bit of fun there and run it in for another touchdown or do whatever you want. He's just absolutely amazing. He really is. He's amazing. He's Just he's so strong.
00:42:18
Speaker
and ah actually don't have the words to describe him because I've written so much down in here about him. it's just like didn It's just like, yeah. When you're watching what I'm watching with Justin Fields every week then you see this man go out and do what he's doing, it makes some difference.
00:42:36
Speaker
He's incredible. Yeah, I'd rather bring in the rookie, but anyway. He's miles off the pernade. I think and you are right, though, in saying that.
00:42:48
Speaker
It would be kind of a travesty if he ended up not winning one with the Bills. because But first of all, the Bills would just deserve to get their very first Super Bowl after what happened in the think it was in the ninety s early 90s. But then for Alan to come in and so many times be like beaten by Mahomes in the playoffs, it would just be so...
00:43:12
Speaker
so typical though if they like manage to get say the two seed and and and the Chiefs sneak in as the number seven seed in the wildcard spots and then they go and beat the Bills in the first game of the playoffs like I don't know it could still happen like they're the Chiefs like you said That would just be so sickening. And it would just, i think then Alan would have to start thinking like, what what do I actually have to do to get up to get over the line against him? Because he's ruined his chances so many times. I think there's a lot of Super Bowls that the Bills get to over the Chiefs that they win them as well.
00:43:46
Speaker
and I think Glaston's one, for example, is one that Chiefs, if the Bills are there, they probably do beat the Eagles. I know the Eagles were insane in that Super Bowl, but the Bills are a different proposition than the Chiefs were that day. So...
00:43:58
Speaker
like Does he then have to move to the other conference to get away from the Chiefs? then Then he plays him in the Super Bowl itself and loses that. so yeah joe what it is I just think if if he gets to a Super Bowl, he's just going to step up. and It wouldn't surprise if he went into a Super Bowl and threw 19 for 30 for 317 yards and three touchdowns and ran in another tree in a Super Bowl as well.
00:44:20
Speaker
just You wouldn't put it past because he is that good. Yeah, I find it it's like people can argue and be like, oh, well, he's never got there. So how can you say? But like, I just am on the exact same line as you that if he gets there, I just think there's no way that he doesn't win it. And it's just that Chiefs thing. Like he can defeat anybody else. And I think there's been so many moments that are just like the flip of a coin, a bit of luck or magic from the homes. It's just like...
00:44:47
Speaker
Yeah, I really do hope he wins one, but he is he is just superb.
Jacksonville Jaguars' Success
00:44:51
Speaker
Let's move on then to the Jags. So they had a massive win against the Chargers. They won 35-6. Crazy, I did not see that coming. But looking at their games before that, they lost to the Texans in horrendous fashion and they allowed Davis Mills to mount a four-quarter comeback.
00:45:08
Speaker
And the week before that, they barely scraped over against the Raiders. They they only didn't win that game because the Raiders missed a two-point conversion in overtime. They got absolutely waxed by the Rams. They got beaten quite well by the Seahawks. But then the week before that, they went out and beat the Chiefs. So well yeah the main question here is, is that Chargers win for the Jaguars anything? like Does it actually matter or is it a sign of anything to come?
00:45:34
Speaker
I think the only way to judge it is on what they do this weekend. Like if you put it down and you're just looking at it, they've won two of their last three. um They were scraped up line against the Raiders, as you said, in overtime, and they've done this to the Chargers at the weekend. This a Chargers team that has been begging for their bye week for the last three or four weeks. So this is kind of, I think this was kind of common.
00:45:58
Speaker
Justin Herbert with just 18, sorry, 10 for 18 for 81 yards. That's not him. Like he's never done that. That's the worst day, worst game of his career. The fact they've waited this long for their bye week, I think had a lot of, a lot of a say in the fact that this one went so badly.
00:46:14
Speaker
they just like They just went out and don want you just have to play what's in front of you. And I think this might probably will be just another flash in the pan for them. Let's wait and see. I just like, you they're not getting to playoffs.
00:46:25
Speaker
they were there they They're not good enough. But I would love for the Jets to go out and play someone and beat them 35-6, even if it was a one-off game. just to to just Just have a bit of fun with it. like bo I still think they are probably a bit crap.
00:46:39
Speaker
Yeah, I know they're now and... The Colts are so far ahead in the in their division that I don't think they can continue to mount enough to win the division. In another year, that would have been fine. They would have snuck in as as a divisional winner. And it doesn't matter what like record they would have ended up with. They would be in decent position. But the only good things I really took from it is...
00:47:04
Speaker
Their defensive line was much improved. um It had some, you know, you can say they were going against a completely depleted Chargers offensive line, but they did have two and a half sacks. and Josh Hines-Allen and Trayvon Walker kind of got into the mix. And these are the guys that you're paying a lot and they kind of need to deliver this weekly, but I'd like to see them do it against a better line.
00:47:27
Speaker
The main thing for me here is Trevor Lawrence is useless. I just can't anymore with this. The Chargers could not stop their run. That's why they lost that game. 192 yards and four touchdowns on the ground. It wasn't anything to do with Lawrence. He has a similar completion percentage to his rookie season, and which is less than 60. 215 yards per game despite attempting passes per game.
00:47:52
Speaker
Three years ago, he was attempting the same amount and he had 240 per game, 240 yards, 11 touchdowns and eight interceptions with the lowest rating of his career since his rookie season. He's just regressing. Like every single year he's regressing. He's getting worse.
00:48:08
Speaker
The way, everything I needed to know about him was the way that he kind of dismissed Liam Cohn multiple times, given he's a new head coach. And he dismissed him multiple times in one game earlier in the season. Like this guy worked so well with Baker Mayfield and made Baker Mayfield better. If he wanted to be made better, he would. He just, it seems like he does think And everybody who's kind of been on this like Trevor Lawrence island believes that he's going to be the next biggest thing. He was unbelievable in college and it's just not carried over. And he's getting worse every single year.
00:48:41
Speaker
Yeah, we said at the top of the year in one of our preview shows that this was year where he had to really go and kick on and show that he has something. And he hasn't not and and he hasn't at any point ever looked like he's going to be top 10 quarterback in this in this league. And this year in particular, as you said, it's his worst since his rookie year. like as he's he's He's getting closer to being a Tyrod Taylor than he is to being Patrick Mahomes at this age. He's only gone backwards.
00:49:09
Speaker
I'd say in three years time, he'll be a third string somewhere. He'll he'll be the James Winston for the Chiefs. I know, it's mental. i like it I wonder if it's like, is he talking so well and have really good age? It's like, look, he is going to be the next big thing. You just need to back him. And like how how long do you just keep backing this person that's going to keep letting you down?
00:49:29
Speaker
Like if if they do, then they can just have me. Just put me in there. i'm I'm happy to listen to Mr. Cohen if he wants Brazil. He'll do whatever he wants for the same amount of money or pain. Throw him a little hair out a bit there and you'll be sorted. They might even think it's short. I could probably just pass off as him anyway with with how bad the eye passed as well. It's just it's shocking.
00:49:49
Speaker
i'm I know they have winning record and fair play to him, but he he is not the man that's going to lead you into any sort of not even playoff contention, he's not even going to lead you into winning your division if you keep sticking with him for another five or six or seven years.
00:50:04
Speaker
And I do think that the bad, like, kind of... vibe or attitude around the team probably I'm I don't know if it's fair but I'm gonna put a lot of it on him because they have so many good pieces on the team and and they have a new head coach and it still seems to be the same sort of thing like they're plus eight and turnover differential which often shows whether a team is sustainable or not now I will note that the Rams are around that point too but that's because Matt Stafford doesn't turn the ball over and their defense plays yeah well like The Jags have so many turnovers that they have 18 total takeaways. It's only behind the Bears, who are another completely unsustainable team. and i just think that they're not sustainably good enough considering all the talent they have.
00:50:47
Speaker
And ultimately, that does come down to whether your quarterback is good enough or not. And he's not. um And you did say we'll see how it goes this week. I'm not going to sit on that. I'm going to say, we'll see how it goes. it is Arizona as well. Because, yeah. yes It's Arizona they're playing this week.
00:51:04
Speaker
Jacoby Bristad. And then the week after, they're going to play the Titans in Tennessee. Like... those should be layups but yet somehow I think they could still go out and lose one of them and that might show you everything you need to know but then the week after that they've got the Colts so that's for me the point you're playing your divisional team you should win these next two easy ones you should be eight and four can you go and do it but it's a long way before we get to that point I i just have no faith in them whatsoever like they're literally they're just they're going to be as useless now as they're going useless in three weeks as the eye now I don't see where this this change of form is coming
00:51:41
Speaker
Yeah, I think so. I agree with you. i don't I just think that even if they did win these two, yeah, it doesn't mean much. But let's move on to our our last segment, then the power rankings.
Power Rankings Update
00:51:51
Speaker
Similarly to Ganshan, I read out your power rankings last week when when you weren't around. So we'll let you go first this time since you were absent.
00:52:00
Speaker
Perfect. and So my last week was OKC, the Rockets, Patriots, Arsenal, Colts Man City. um I've actually only made one change. Obviously, there was no football, so I couldn't take out City or Arsenal. The only change is I have dropped the Rockets out, which was tough to do because they're also in a really, really good run of form.
00:52:19
Speaker
But the Pistons have to get in there with their 11 win runs. So they've gone in at top for me. OKC has dropped to second. Patriots third. Arsenal fourth. Colts fifth. And Man City sixth.
00:52:31
Speaker
So it's just Pistons in for the Rockets. Everything else is's the same. They had to go with the NBA champions. The Patriots won again. i think the Colts won again. i actually can't remember off top my head now, but I'm pretty sure they won again. is Oh, yes. Okay.
00:52:44
Speaker
And then the two football teams couldn't drop out because they didn't play or do anything wrong. Although Arsenal, you could argue, do something wrong every week. Have you the Colts in four or in five? Colts in fifth.
00:52:56
Speaker
Okay, so Arsenal still. Arsenal fourth. I was thinking, ass I dropped Arsenal one spot when they didn't even play and neither did the Colts. That would be typical. But anyway, let's let's move on then ah to my ones. So last week I had OKC, Seahawks, Arsenal, Rams, Man City and the Pistons. I had the Pistons in there because and already because they had started that run, but definitely not dropping them out, as you said. and I've got all the same teams, but I just changed my order. So I've got OKC first. And then since the Seahawks lost, they dropped out a second spot.
00:53:34
Speaker
um So now I've got Arsenal, Rams, City, Pistons and Seahawks. Basically, the Seahawks dropped from second to last and everybody else moved up a spot because no fake yeah the Rams, they won, but I still don't think they can move ahead of Arsenal because Arsenal didn't play. So I don't think that would be too fair. And then everybody else moved up a spot. So that's my list. OKC, Arsenal, Rams, City, Pistons and Seahawks.
00:54:01
Speaker
But yeah, that's it for another week. Hope you enjoyed the episode. We're inching closer to that 50th, around 48 now. So just two more weeks. and First week in December, we'll hit that 50th episode. We've got some other things in the works and coming up in the new year. So and keep an eye on us. We'll be continuing to give you more and more. So hope you enjoyed the episode and I'll throw it over to you to wrap it up, Shane.
00:54:24
Speaker
Yeah, just keep liking, subscribing. We really do appreciate all the support every single week. I know I wasn't here for, think it's two of the last, two of the last three or four. haven't been here now, but I am back now till the end of the year. So just keep watching us, keep liking it, and I'll hopefully be back to full health again next week.
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Speaker
Thanks very much, guys. Appreciate it. Nice one, lads. Welcome back to another episode of Who's Got the Ball with Shane and James.