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<v 0>Yeah, I think, um, you know,</v>

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we we've been on this incredible journey and

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2020 and, um, you know, I've, I've said before,

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it felt like every time we go up, we got knocked back down,

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but it feels like since we came back in the restart,

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we've really started to build, you know,

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both momentum and obviously some level of success. So, you know,

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to,

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to be on defeated at home since the restart and to,

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you know, continue to,

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to make huge progress on the stadium and lots of positives in a,

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in a very difficult year. So, um, you know, finding out last night,

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watching those other games play out, uh, that,

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that qualifies us for playoffs is fantastic.

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Usually proud of everybody on and off the field. And, um, you know,

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we've, we've steadily,

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we've not made the most noise and not made the biggest splash.

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We've not been the, perhaps the sexier game in town every time,

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but, but we've, you know, [inaudible] gone about our work on and off the field.

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And I think finally, some people are starting to realize that, you know,

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we quietly got there, but we got there and, you know,

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difficult to play against difficult to break down. And, um, you know,

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we'd go into a very small group of teams, um, that,

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that have qualified suppliers in the first year. And,

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and I think that that's a pretty impressive group to be part of when you look at

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who's done that previously. I think, uh, in the last 22 years, I still, uh, uh,

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stop, um, the small teams that have done it in that period, or went on to win,

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you know, the competition in few,  two years. So it's a good group to be around.

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Greg companies are keeping, and as I say, hugely proud, it's been a

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straight, yeah. All journey, the stadium and kind of ups and downs a bit,

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but like 2020. But, um, but I think,

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I think for all of us who have close it to it, we've,

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we've never really wavered. I think we've had some difficult days on it,

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but I think for me today is, is more than anything is, uh,

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is a big positive for all our funds. Um, because you know,

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people read still fancy stuff and concern about still fun. You know,

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construction could not be going better. It's moving a longer path.

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Um, you know,

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the revenue bonds were approved in the sports authority.

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It makes in the small and, um, you know,

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the structure starts to take shape if you go down and you see the,

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have you see the, uh, the site itself from,

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in those real shape and scope and scale to that, and, you know,

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come the early parts of the, of the new year,

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we'll start to see steel coming out of the ground. And, and then the,

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the real structure will start to take shape.

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And so every passing day or week, you know, this thing has more,

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more realism to it. And, you know, well, you know,

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as is often the case with these things, it think it's a long way off.

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And then all of a sudden it's upon you.

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And that was the case with starting in MLS.

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Feel like that's the case right now with the stadium is that this thing is going

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to start gathering speeds really quickly. And we're excited about that,

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particularly for our fans.

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<v 1>You know, I think as an expansion team, it should certainly, uh,</v>

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be recognized and celebrated a little bit,

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that we were able to qualify for the postseason. Um, but for me, um,

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you know, that's, that's the bare minimum expectation that, that I have, uh,

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for our club and for all the pieces that we have at this club to be able to

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achieve. So, uh, now is when we get into the fun part of the season,

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the fun part of the season is when the games take on greater importance and,

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uh, players really get to show their work.

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So really proud of everyone at the club and just looking forward to

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finishing out the season strong and, and seeing what happens in the playoffs.

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It's always fun to see those things.

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I think our team has just gone about our business in such a professional way,

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even when things were,

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were really frustrating and Rocky in the beginning of the season,

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throughout the MLSs back tournament, um, you know, we kept our heads down,

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we stayed humble. We,

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we tried to slowly build our group up and slowly have a quiet confidence about

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us. And now we're in a really good way. Uh, and going into the playoffs,

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you want to be hitting the sort of form that we're in right now.

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<v 2>Can, um, prove people wrong. I think it,</v>

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I think it puts a smile on your face.

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I'm not sure you even need to remind people, you,

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you just have a little ride greener, uh,

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maybe some of the comments that were made early on,

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but I do think it just highlights some of the qualities that, you know,

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we've been able to show in a very short space of time and that that starts with,

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um, you know, the recruitment of players. Uh,

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it starts with the personality of,

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I think just about everyone around the organization. I think that person, I,

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uh,

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it filters into just about everything that you do and the way that you project

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yourself and this group and the players,

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obviously that I'm referring to have been able to slowly

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but surely create. I think a, an image and, uh,

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a reputation, the,

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they have to work hard to uphold and, you know,

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we're in a good place.

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And whilst we'll have a little grin about what people have said about us,

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what we also know is those criticisms are not too far away. Again,

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if you don't do your job properly.

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And I think we've got a group of players and a,

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and a staff that combined to constantly try and achieve more

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than maybe people think we can. This group is in a defensive group.

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Although we add fed very, very well with the way that we defend.

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I think that's that's as much down to the

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spirit and, and the, the inner fiber of,

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of the players that we have in the,

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in the group as it is to the organization or the team.

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And I'd like to think the majority of players, when they go in the field,

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know exactly what they're being asked to achieve,

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and then it's for them to go out and bring that all to life.

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And I've done that very, very well. So, you know,

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as far as planning and preparing a group and do I believe to

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be the right way,

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I have always felt that with any group that enters

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the field,

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as long as the players stand and appreciate and are in a position where

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they know they can compete.

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And when they're at their most difficult point in the game,

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in that darkest moment in the game, they've got a,

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an understanding and a foundation to fall back to.

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So that they're, that they never fall through the floorboards.

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And we say teams that, you know, and so on, again,

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get beat too easily and maybe by too many goals. And for me,

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that's just an appreciation of, of, of what they can do just to,

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to stay in the game. I think we've created a well-balanced team.

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We've got individuals that are capable of creating moments and

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opportunities.

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I think where we're falling short on too many occasions is when we execute

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and that execution can convey the difference with

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very, very top teams. And that's why forwards obviously costs so much money.

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You can score 20, 25 goals. Yeah. Um,

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I think we're moving in the right direction.

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What you're seeing are  two pieces of a very big puzzle

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in terms of stopping goals and scoring goals.

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We've stopped some very well this year so far,

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and I think we've slowly but surely managed to convert at a better rate

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than we were in the early stages. And that's a good combination.