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The Inter Miami hate has reached another level. 

Over the last few days, there’s been plenty of criticism surrounding the Herons—from accusations of using the “dark arts” to complaints about how often Miami players surround and argue with referees when things aren’t going their way.

But how much of the criticism is actually deserved?

On this episode of Battered Herons, we’re digging into the conversation surrounding Inter Miami. We’ll discuss what people around MLS are saying, where we think the criticism is fair, where it’s being exaggerated and whether Miami needs to change some of its behavior on the field.

But this isn’t just an episode about THE HATE.

We’re also looking ahead.

We’ll go through Inter Miami’s remaining schedule, assess where the Herons currently stand and give our expectations for each of the games still to come.

After an inconsistent stretch of MLS results, a coaching change and the high of winning the Campeones Cup, what version of Inter Miami are we going to see down the stretch?

Is the criticism deserved? And what should we expect from Miami the rest of the way?

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you ja 05 100 I'm placing goats with grapes, yeah, my eyes got the cheese and he called it freedom, the dream was the backbone from rock art to my yummy, good to be at home multiple times a week on YouTube and audio take the time to subscribe, like and share the show so check and chat, grab your MLS cup and come in no question about it, I'm ready to get a star again no question about it, I am ready to get hurt again

Chris, there it's a bag welcome everybody to episode of a 591 of the bad here on spot guys, I'm your host Daniel good on it alongside me, it's supposed to be Mr. KBD but he's running a little late so instead of waiting for him to get ready I figured I'd just jump on because I figured that the chat would have some things to say because this has been an ongoing topic over social media shout out to Salana for I don't know if he's purposely cast lighting everybody, clickbaiting whatever you want to call but he's got everybody up in arms defending into my yummy and saying the dark arts and everybody's hating on my yummy and I'm kind of curious just to where everybody lies I'm kind of curious where Chris is not Chris is the weird way he thinks where he lies and I'll tell you guys where I lie but real quick I wanted to get to the chat because I see that some people are already talking about because Sean started with I thought we don't blame the refs I never blame why try not to blame the refs because I feel like any team that loses can blame the refs that's easy, ref suck. I remember at those a point was a little season or two ago where everybody was saying oh we have replacement refs and the replacement refs were doing horrible

they were doing just as bad as the real refs or just as good as the real refs like I think that just ref-freeing is just a tough job overall and you're gonna get bad calls no matter what so it's always gonna be controversial the refs I think that might be one of the worst jobs in sports like is there a worst job in sports then being a referee I think there might not be just because it's so thankless if you do good nobody talks about you and but you're always gonna have somebody criticize somebody Mike V said but we should he said we should criticize it the last game was ridiculous not overall but if a ref had a bad game we are on the receiving end we can call it out yeah but like I said every game I feel like you could point and say that last game yeah I guess he was a little soft with some of the yellow cards he was dishing out but for example that Santiago Morales yellow card that he got the first one that's not a soft come on really is that seriously to give him a yellow card immediately but at that token then Santiago Morales should be smart enough like all right this guy's just dishing out yellow cards for fun let me not do anything stupid two minutes later

if there's something stupid gets a red card yeah okay that's soft I wouldn't say that's bad refereeing or bad for officiating but I mean you also have to be a little smarter you guys are later than swaris to across I was late because I was waiting on Chris but I got tired of waiting on Chris so we're just I just jumped on on my own I told him he could just join on whatever he's ready but yes so I'm trying try to start on time let's see come on into my am he needs to have bitching and be the team and focus on the season well I guess that's ultimately what it is right because everybody says and everybody's tired of all the what's it what was the the fine that they received they got a fine for I forgot what exactly it was but it's just basically a lot of players surrounding the ref is basically what it is silly I think to get fine for that but at the same time they do do it a lot and I know some people are trying to defend they're like oh you know that's that's normal all right what

whether it's normal or not don't do it they do complain a lot and I don't care who you are they complain a lot right you could the Paul probably him and Luis swaris probably other the front runners in that but they complain a lot for everything even in that last goal where they drew or somewhere they lost to Columbus when are you go the Paul loses the ball instead of getting up and running back on defense what does he do he just stays there he dies the complains he's looking for a call it does get old it does get old I said I'm a let's move like you by yourself Chris is going to be on here in a minute or two it's Chris move to a different times on the same time zone same time zone same lack of responsibility but he'll be here soon but so they do do it a lot and I'm not a fan of it and I know we did a Spanish show this morning I got on there and I know that Xavier was very vocal about how he gets the told dark

cards and first of all I don't know I think it refers to it as dark arts whatever he understands that whole thing but he's not a fan of it and he started getting killed in the comments because everybody feels like hey if you support messy if you support into Miami you shouldn't call it out why not it's calling it out very plain and simple stop bitching stop bitching so much like if the call didn't go your way all right you could say something messy should be the one saying something because he's a captain but it is true it isn't just messy or the person that got fouled it's like all of them they all run to the reference dark complaining and after while it's a little old it does and Sean Cahill and saying dark arts is what small team and tallies I don't know about small team and tallies I do I think that is what sort I'm looking for entitlement I think it's entitlement oh wait when you start complaining that much that's what I think it is it's like a like

I've ever you guys seen the video of Richard the Paul where he goes up to the ref he starts pointing at the star and he goes I have one of these do you have one he's the ref like of course the ref doesn't have a star in his kit like but I think it's a sense of entitlement to an extent guess the ref's doing his job and again I think it's the worst job in sports like there can't be a worse job in sports than being a ref but I do think that it gets old and it gets old quick Jack cards that when it comes to Miami people always exaggerate what happened between the players in the last game is normal and football between the players now there was a video going around and we were talking about it on our members only show and on our members only show we had Ashley shout out to Ashley she came and she commented she said that the video of messy stomping on Santi Santi Rodriguez's foot is AI I have no idea how to confirm it deny that I know that the video has made the rounds if it is AI it's a masterful AI job because it looks real as heck if it is an AI and it's real

that was pretty dirty because it was a blatant step on his foot but I'm hoping that it is AI sure Kanye sorry I missed pronouncing the conclusion is Miami's not playing a good game and always complain when did them game and then talk yeah I mean obviously I'm sure the frustrations and the way that they've been playing recently play a lot into it because they've always complained they've always been complaining and especially Luis Farris and Rodriguez the Paul but I feel like it's taking up a notch like everybody is bitching and it's got to be frustration at some point because you know they know that they're on the performing and it's been a rough tough games because what's been the last nine games I want to say they've won one one and it was and I'm talking about regular season because they have the the Crusader soul campaign on his cup for regular season I believe in their last nine games they've only one one no I think they won twice and both those were against Montreal to go figure so it has been a rough run of play I'm a less moves and so my angle will always be the villain of the league

in the messy era it is just and that's true also because although I'm not a fan of it I wish they would stop complaining as much I really do I think it's silly but I do think that the hate for Miami has gone so much where they blow it out of proportion because I'm sure there's other teams that do this also like it's not just on Miami thing like there has to be other MLS teams because remember it's not just South Americans in Miami we have South Americans littered throughout the league and I'm sure that there are some that are bitching all the same and I'm going to try to think of some off top of my head and I like Chris is just joined us on put him on the screen right now in a second but what he joins we're going to start thinking I'm sure that there's other teams that have a lot of South American influence that I'm sure to do similar things because it is a very South American for anybody who watches Gloucester Bowl this is very typical watch Copa Lloritalois like you you have referees basically fist fighting with players sometimes like it's very common in South America the way that you attack referee but I do think it's whack I don't care if it's normal over there I do wish they would stop and shout out to Mr. KBD how are you doing sir

well what are you talking about fist fighting referees down in South America it's very normal to just be for the referees like it is this is normal and then you have cops if you see videos from Brazil they start throwing rubber pellets at the fans like face like in their face boom boom boom like South America is a whole not the world not another continent it's another world and for people that compare that to MLS like it's another world you gotta stop comparing it to South America is its own beast and I love it I love Copa Lloritalois but like that's not going to happen over here but I mean that's not normal like fighting the arbiters of things I think that's not normal like I mean am I wrong there like people that you pay to be the middleman and decider of what's like legal happening in the game I think it's fair to say we shouldn't be fighting those people I said like unless they're crooked

well the best thing is if you don't get a call they all think they're crooked right like after the Columbus game what was the chat all the rubs were paid off all the rubs doesn't want to win garbage doesn't want to succeed because he's beefing like that's what everybody goes to as soon as a rep has a bad call that's it it's fixed they don't want us to win like that's not the case that's not the case at all I have a question for you Chris is there a worst job in sports than being a referee a worst job in sports is that the workshop I mean I think coaches don't get enough respect I think that coaches I mean I guess but then when they lose they get shot on and like the shelf life for a coach apparently and soccer is like three business weeks yeah right like I mean we've had 74 coaches just this season alone that's still like but at least you're for what we still have work that that's true well coaches still get

worked but with the referee though you either do well and nobody talks about you or you miss a call and you suck your crooked you got paid off like and then no matter what team loses does a good chance unless it's an ass kicking like five to zero to all the teams like oh but you look at the ref what we're playing against 12 okay but well man it's like you know what being a referee is it's kind of like being a teacher like they don't get paid enough they don't get respected enough but they're like you know setting this they're setting a standard right so like I guess referees they just don't get rewarded they're there to to do their job and they leave the same way that they came in because they don't have a dog in the fight RDP tried to update one of the greatest strikers while both playing in MLS yeah yeah what wasn't he said to Lewin Nike who are you

first of all I do think that can I just mention I think that both teams are fucking babies like inner Miami like Columbus and and inner Miami I felt like in that game they're all fucking babies okay inner Miami's already a team full of babies everybody is complaining any team that they play against they're going to get peppered and then they're going to be babies so like any ref that refs and inner Miami game unless you're that Canadian guy like they should just put the Canadian guy in for every game because I feel like he's had probably like the most middleman approach in every game and like this is what I was telling you when you first got on with you heard me talking in South America this is very common so I get right that they just bring their terrible what I mean what I'm saying like they're used to doing it they come from South America that's fine doesn't mean we have to like I wish to do it stop

and I want to like nothing happened after so many files is ridiculous and Bolo Dives gets penalties and Nashville scored a goal off of a foul and penalty that weren't called for us this last game so what are you saying that the refs want us to lose come on come on really that's what you're you're really saying that the refs are out there to try to make it to Miami lose I do think and I do I want to I want to give some contacts here I don't mind the players going to the ref to complain and all that stuff because that happens in every sport that they go up and they and they and they state their case the referee is like buddy you're wrong or you know what I got you on the next one right on the next sort of if you call I'm going your way right so but at the same time like I'll open their face and all that stuff like I've seen soccer players getting players faces I'm just going to give you a heads up Chris

if we are in any way going to suggest that we are not fans of what intermime he's doing just get ready because the comment section is going to kill us or just just so you know because they've got it for las garasas he wasn't he wasn't for it and he's getting killed for it because if you are an intermime podcast you should blindly support what intermime he does I disagree I'm not a fan of it now I understand it because like I said it's very common in South America but I wish they wouldn't do it I'm kind like it's it just like that's it they they call the penalty it's not going to change Messy's the captain I know I love that Messy was the captain he went up to the ref and he pushed everybody back like you I got this that's what he's supposed to do well but that's because he's Messy like right he's also the captain because like any captain of the team that's the whole point of having a captain on the pitch like he's the voice of the team and if you are the guy that got fouled or they call the foul on I get that also why is everybody else coming up there like you're not going to make a

difference can I can I tell you that I think I think players I think that there should be certain players that are like captains and like I remember they threw they threw RDP on as a captain one time and I'm thinking myself this is quite possibly the worst captain you can pick of all the captains why well because like all he does is talk mad shit like he just all he that's all he does is just talk mad shit and like he's not I mean I guess you don't have to be you know unbiased I mean bias or whatever but like he's he's terrible as a captain in that sense Amy gave us a quick update Argentinian beating Bolivia 3-0 Messy's not playing in that game but he's playing October 6th for his farewell game so I should be tonight can I can I put up a couple pictures here

yeah go for it so I'm going to put up a picture here now that we're on the on the right before you do before you do it before you do it I have a quick question for you uh you guys are not fans because you did not grew up in Latin I spent a lot of time in Latin America when I was a kid I spent a lot of time in Colombia you guys are basically green goes in cultural difference I understand both views so you enjoy because I understand it I watch it I've seen it copiliar thauras I watch the the post of only like I watch South American football I've seen it I understand it I know that that it happens but you understand like you like it you like when they all just come and just like hover over the ref and just say nonsense that's not going to change any have you ever watched them do that and then a call get reversed I have imagine have you ever seen like at least I'll be arrested at least I'll be precedence for it and then you'll have reason on why they're harassing the referees but like they always never turn they never they never turn the call no and but the the thinking is like we're going to

put pressure because now he knows we're serious we all came we all bitch to him so next call is going our way because we put that pressure we put that pressure on the you might piss them off even more you might absolutely oh should we just this is the guy who was saying that we should bring on every game and then this is another guy that Sean that Sean dropped a Sean bomb for Joe Dickerson which by the way neither of the two are my favorite referees my favorite referee coincidentally was the referee from last game I don't understand why there is another guy hold on I'm gonna I'm gonna I'm gonna also ref suck you know how I know all the ref suck because you picked your favorite ref and you claimed it to be your favorite ref you texted me before the game that you were excited to watch your favorite ref and now your favorite ref apparently hates into my him because he called he refs such a bad game I'm gonna see if I can find there is no such thing as a good ref

I do have a second favorite referee okay but by the way Victor Revas was the referee of the last match so he was awesome but I'm trying to see if I could find my second favorite referee and I can't see it's okay I don't mind being called a gringo just I see it's okay we're technically we're born here with gringo's we're really Yankees that's what people from other places in the world call us you call us Yankees we're born in the States you know I think that's supposed to be like like a like a like a bad thing to be called Yankees first of all Yankees are in the playoffs in the plane right now yes they're playing right now and I'm I'm trying to find a guy. People highlight we're gonna get to that in a second he said what do you think we can need to do for the rest of the season we're gonna get inside in a second we just I really wanted to start to show by addressing what's been going on in social media for like the last 48 hours feels like everybody's just one everybody's

maybe it's because Miami's been playing poorly that everybody's like oh let's just jump on and just like just keep just I kind of like it because do you know the level of hate right now if it's a mind-blowing championship how much nicer it's gonna feel hold on because I found the referee guy I mean I don't know if I just automatically just turn this into referee talk but that's what we're going with now and I don't know if I just slowed the show down but that's what we're doing all right guys then let's get this guy to ref the game just bring the best comb overs we could bring that's my second favorite referee by the way is that like an actual referee yeah he is that's like a legit chat tell about that referee

tell about that referee chat because he's a rap I don't give a crap about the referees like I absolutely care I absolutely care about the referees Danny but see this is but this is my thing you say you care you got excited because you thought you had one that you liked and then what was the whole conversation after the game like I was terrible why like a rap I think the problem is is he's also repping a bunch of babies like at some point we kind of have to be accountable and be like yeah the players were kind of being dickheads like Danny I'll tell you one ref that I don't want repping our games and that's this guy right here this guy is one of the worst I've never seen like I have my life yeah you have you've seen this guy chat can you let him can you let him know who John Freeman is

one of the worst and shout out I think jack heart I think this is a great comment the dark arts may appear effective when you're winning everybody who the dark arts because you're winning but when you're when they're disadvantaged when when you're losing this advantageous like that word when you're losing because all of a sudden like it doesn't feel good you start getting irritated you start barking a little more than you should there are three starts getting annoyed because you're barking and the game's not going your way I mean it looks good when you're winning but when you're not now agree now one thing that I have always wanted is for people is for people to stop saying that Miami gets all the calls and Miami gets favorite system because people still manage to say that somehow I remember that first full season messy was here it was like I want to say like August or September and we're like we still haven't taken a penalty kick or we had like taken one penalty kick that whole season I was like how do people dare to say that that we're getting favored

but for people to say like oh man Miami's getting robbed they don't want us to win like I wouldn't say that either I just think the ref suck win win because the ref suck I mean look I do think that referees do play a part have a part to play but they shouldn't be the main thing I just want everybody to know in the chat still my favorite referee and if you got a problem with it fight me still my favorite referee best best comb over hands down need the Mexican lady and MLS I don't know who that is I don't know that a Mexican lady I want this guy best ref okay you got to get you got to get up on your referee knowledge Danny they don't matter they're all bad they're not all bad they're all bad that's a horrible job and you still haven't told me a worse job because coaching isn't worse

in sports like what about the guy like washes the laundry you just grab it in a bin and you just toss it into the laundry but imagine I'll think you that area is that those clothes so I'm in the hamper and you toss them in the laundry okay uh refereeing is the worst job in sports I'm telling you I don't think it's the worst but you can't tell me another one hold on let me see if I can google this okay Chris doesn't do his laundry confirmed what do you mean I yes I do are you kidding me and I separate all I separate all of them exactly how they should be and I I get shut out to to to to to the boss she put me on some detergent she put me on some that I freeze I mean can you still hear me yeah I can hear you you say

shut out to and then we didn't hear what you said after so shout out to the boss she put me on some detergent that detergent for black clothes oh my goodness it's fantastic you never used detergent that was specifically for black clothes before well I mean this was something I learned years ago with you guys but no I just used normal detergent for like whatever I mean I learned once I moved in with my wife she's she always used to use it but I've been doing it for a very long time yeah and I don't want to mow the lawn every day Sean Calham but you got to mow it like once a week no I've read it for weeks I never I'll never put that thing oh my my name is gee well no remember we said it was gonna be my name is Jeff right because he he insulted you last time yes to work back that that uh the way we say his name he said the worst job is stadium secure oh those those are that's tough that's tough do you consider that part of sports though I mean yeah

kind of you're the gateway to sports kind of you are the gateway it is a crappy job I don't know if I would consider it it's a sport job but okay okay that's a candidate I guess I first of all I don't know listen stansi don't follow mr. Krabs I've never worked at a busting boat I don't know where you where mr. Krabs has carried that torch to the heavens and people are like stansi are following him I I googled I googled what is the worst job in sports and I shit you not the number one watching worst job in sports is Colorado Rockies executive GM slash president that is a tough job like that is the number one job that's the worst job like all the teams yeah no I was gonna say that um being a GM is a pretty crappy job well the next one is an NFL head coach then a youth or grassroots

sports referee then a urine sample no protection yeah the parents yeah you can get hands with them everybody's throwing hands with me yeah a urine sample slash drug test collector is number four and then number five is the team PR manager crisis management badge guy badge guy well fuck badge guy you know what let me tell you something I'm sorry like and I know maybe in a rami watches the show and badge guy is watching and he's like fuck you Chris but let me tell you something last game before the game started did you see the two teams in the tunnel like maybe they come out and fucking badge guys there like what the fuck are you doing there badge guy or just supposed to be doing badge guy stuff what are you doing in front of the TV that is what is to you you fucking ball that's not badge guy stuff it is badge guy stuff is not sitting in the tunnel in front of both teams like you're a cool guy badge guy badge guy lives in a nice place

okay nice money badge guy fine you want to live in a nice place that's cool you fucking block this from seeing Kampana first fucking goof maybe I should stop yeah you might yeah I should all right fucking badge guy you know what badge guy if you're watching you fucking old me a meet and greet privately with Leonardo Kampana you met him already but I went now I want a private one I think you have to hit up new England for that no I want now from badge guy people that started watching us after messy arrives has no idea about badge guy rich guy was the other guy we had an arsenal guy for a while arsenal guys overall overalls guys overalls guys I would love to interview that guy I've literally I've spoken to like seven or eight or

landl people just like I send them a picture I'm like I need you to find this subject for me because we need him on the show well shut up to anybody I was following us from the start because you you know about all those original guys my name is jiff says I can just go to Kampana's conduit anytime no I can't because Kampana's doing cool things I don't know what he's talking about bro got clipped but I don't know what that means did I just get clipped or did you just clip me FIFA I don't know what that means or or he probably got clipped from the team Kampana oh he said he's joking I don't even know what that means I'm sorry I'm old all right and I'm not bad guy no all right so after the break we're hosting DC we're hosting NYCFC DC not a very good team not a horrible team but not a very good team NYCFC ninth place team

not great right now either defensively they're poor Matt Miyazgas is going to join the team I don't know if he's going to help improve don't do it I think you're going to do well don't do it I know you're going to fucking do you're gonna you're gonna create this four game win streak before we face off against Cincinnati well I'm running through the list of teams coming up go ahead man so we host against DC we host against NYCFC and tying every game last 8 9 10 games go ahead then we go to Atlanta Atlanta's terrible then we have the eighth place red bulls which have not been consistent then we have Cincinnati which has the worst defense in the league so we have the best attack in the league even though our attack has had been questionable somehow we still have a billion goals then we have New England which is going to be a big game and then we end in Charlotte

okay we have seven games left New England also has seven games left this season you know how we said that if we need MLS copper bus for it to be a success I will tell you that this season will be a huge huge failure if we don't make it to CCC next year because the whole thing is like that's what we have to win when Messi's here but because Vancouver got eliminated from the Canadian championship they're gonna take up one of those spots in the supporter shield race so Miami I think needs to end up in in the top four or these tops three in the Eastern Conference I'm sorry top two I'm sorry top two in the Eastern Conference so they need to finish in front ahead of New England and I'll double check that while when you start talking but I think we need to end up in front of New England so this isn't about supporter shield this isn't about you know catching up to Nashville this is about making sure we finish ahead of New England

I'll go over the New England schedule if you want me to since you're already here just just cruising oh hopium they play against Seattle Sounders October 10 what what did I say that sounded I see what you're doing I see what I'm doing everybody sees it everyone sees what you're doing the schedule and saying that we need to make the CCC I'm sorry I'll stop stating facts what would you like to talk about Chris you want to put up another picture another stupid ass rough put put put the nanny the Donna you whatever that guy from the NBA was put a picture him I just put a pole up guys the question is do you see what Danny is doing one is for yes two is for no smash those buttons so New England plays against Seattle then you got New England playing against Cincinnati after that those are two bangers then New England against Chicago then they

play against Philadelphia then they play against the Red Bulls then they play against Inter Miami and then they finish the season against Orlando New England is facing a lot a lot of good opponents in the next seven games their easiest game on paper is probably the Red Bulls game that's their easiest game so it looks like obviously the open cup winner gets through and that's going to be either Columbus or St. Louis the leeks cup gets three bids and that was who oh that was all Mexican teams right yeah so no amalus teams getting those that were a wrap which is bad because that means that it gets even harder to qualify right and then you have four other teams that make it five I'm sorry five one of them the Amalus Cup champion

and after the Amalus Cup champion four the top four records at the moment the top four records are Nashville I believe Vancouver right I just want to put the post on your face and show that a hundred percent of the chat voted for you seeing that they knew what you're doing everybody knows what you're doing Danny this is worse than I saw it so what if it's the top I need to see if it's top two in the east top two in the west or if it's just support or she'll stand because if it's the top four in the support or she'll standings Nashville is one at 60 points Vancouver 52 50 St. Louis and Dallas are tied for third and fourth with 47 then New England as 46 and then Miami's in six place there's six place in the supporters right now they need to end up in the top four to

qualify for champions cup if they don't end up qualifying for champions cup this this season is a disaster leading into next season Danny but do you now remember the burgers that Vancouver is going to be facing this season okay so Nashville and Vancouver off the board they're in now the phase if Nashville or Vancouver win the MLS Cup then that opens up another spot that's the way it works well hypothetically Vancouver and Nashville those spots are done so the next two spots are what St. Louis Dallas New England and Miami hopefully St. Louis wins the Open Cup boom they got their spot then you have two more in the supporters that's great but then that would be Dallas in New England you still have to finish better than New England and Dallas yeah I think New England's going to be the problem I think Vancouver Vancouver would be the problem no and I was and I was up to see if it's divided between Eastern and Western or is it just a supporter shield that I didn't think that we're gonna have this conversation it kind of just came to me when we came I'll probably have

the answer for next game for next show but regardless that would be a huge disappointment if we don't make the CCC the CCC is that trophy that you want that's the trophy that you need right that's the trophy that everybody says like that's the one that it's Miami needs to go for and if we can't qualify that makes this season so much worse Sean is saying he thinks his conference runner-ups and then shield standings no it's definitely not definitely not the playoffs for sure that's not the playoffs it's the regular season standings so again Vancouver's playing against Chicago they got a game in hand by the way Vancouver so they play Chicago next week like a filler game on Tuesday then they play against LAFC a bunch of frauds then they play against your boys St. Louis then after that they got smash burgers Austin Colorado Vancouver Montreal

and then their last second to last games against Seattle do you think that Miami's not gonna win any more games this season no man I mean look I'm not gonna sit there and snort the hope you I'm like you're doing and like what you're about to do because I fucking see it but I think we're gonna collect a couple wins the ice seven games left how many games do you think we're under the seven oh no I want your answer first I'm not answering I want your answer first why because I want to know what you say no because that whatever I say it's hope you know let's I say it's one and let's I say one okay and you know it's realistic okay one okay so I think realistically we so I'm gonna look back against DC United when we played them this was earlier in the season I'm looking back and I can't find the damn game shout out to people I highlight if you said would you be the season would be a failure if you win the

MLS Cup don't qualify CCC if you win the MLS Cup you automatically qualify for CCC so that's impossible and it would be a success in that case so we play against DC United that's a dub okay we play against New York at New York that's not a dub okay it's New York at home oh that's right it is that home that's the Sean Calahean game that is yeah that's right Sean Calahean he's gonna be going to go into the game for me so you got inner Miami NYCFC NYCFC's always giving us problems they're always they destroyed us at home like last year I think if I'm not mistaken that's not a win I'm not doing I just off just off the cuff no win I see what you're doing Atlanta I think that's a win okay even though that's a little it's a it's a little trappy over game that's a win the Red Bulls is Davi Ruiz revenge game that's gonna be like a Randall

tie because Red Bulls suck oh Mr. Oh Mr. I hate ties okay you're gonna call it tie all right okay I mean I was scared to say win you're scared to say win because you know I hope you I hope you so we're saying draws okay I feel like Cincinnati is gonna be balls to the wall because they need a spot and they're fighting for the eighth and ninth seed they're gonna beat us okay New England combine a revenge game he's coming back that's gonna be a loss and then Charlotte to finish off in Miami St. Maximin against your boy for Kundo Murah I mean come on I'll be backed by them oh he might be back if he had phrased back then we're talking a different story but like I'd say one two you said two out of the last seven we'll get like three wins

okay well you don't know what do you draw what do you think in the last seven I think we should be DC I think we should be NYCFC and we should be that land I think those three games should be wins because this game has this team has been so up and down I'll say two wins in a draw there I don't think we lose to eat anywhere those teams but let's say two wins in a draw that's seven points right there then the Red Bulls that's questionable especially in New York then you got Cincinnati which I think is gonna be a shootout because their defense is so bad but people score on us all the time I think we went to I think we went four out of the last seven I think we went four out of the last seven and I say we draw two we'll go four two and one four wins two draws one loss I mean Sean Callahan is calling he's just dropping Sean bombs everywhere calling you out here okay

so before we get out of here because we have to get out of here actually didn't realize how later was before we get out of here in the chat give me your record first number is the wins second numbers the the the draws third numbers the losses I say four seven games four wins two draws one loss that's what I think would be the last seven and then I'm dying to see what Sean Callahan says Mr. Paper Soccer let's see what you say well I mean but the thing is you're you're hoping that we go more wins than than anything in the next seven games when we have been atrocious right but now we have I'm hoping I'm hoping we have some health coming up soon we got two weeks off I'm hoping Yannick bright is okay I'm hoping Ian Freak oh my gosh that's another thing if Yannick brights out so such a China two question mark question mark because he's so scared of saying what

just say it two wins that's it two wins Sean Callahan Rico Delevegas predict six wins and one loss Stan C sitting in the middle but undefeated she's she's super high on opium right now four wins three draws and zero losses Sean I'll bet you I bet you win more than two wins what do you want to bet Sean so oh wins enough draws to keep home field your boy that's your boy Sean Mr. I hate draws but look I love Sean's prediction all I'm saying is he's calling you out here Bobby you're out here of course eating five wins two draws you're out here giving everybody hope you're and Stan C is out there wheeling and dealing the product for you may be one win one draws six hundred and twenty seven losses yeah that sounds fair

fee by highlighting four wins max and maybe like you you guys like to say hope you him but I tried to think as um unbiased as possible try to take a step back you have you have a brand new coach that just started which is horrible like the erectible playoffs but you give them two weeks to kind of take back prepare three good things out now we have the kelma which I hope is going to be a winger option for us we have got lots of which will come back from international duty hopefully he's a winger option I don't know if it's the damage is I don't know what that is doing I know he's almost got into like a fight somewhere against Colombia um you know look uh Keishan saying three wins two draws two losses we haven't won Vicky Miami saying four wins three draws we haven't won an MLS game in 32 days against Montreal but guess what and then when it came just a couple a week or two ago two weeks ago exactly actually exactly two weeks ago you won one and guess what else for a trophy

dude they looked like trash like stinky hot trash cruzazul and then the win before that 32 days ago was like 63 days ago against Montreal Chancalaam what were you betting I bet you tell me what you want I bet you we win more than two games but that's an easy bet when you got DC United Enter Miami in the pocket why is he so why is he picking two games then because he's picking a realistic pick Danny you just said you picked a pick more than two well no I said it's an easy pick the pocket DC in Atlanta I said more than two those are easy that's that's easy too also now we're winning easy games now it's easy now it's not oh I don't know Atlanta yeah DC I don't know now it's easy we're gonna be rebels you think we're gonna be the rebels yes oh man you think we're gonna be New York City FC that one is tough just because I might see if he plays this was and but and I don't even know why but

they might be so bad right now I think that they can win that game because at home you got us you got us beating or tying New England and Charlotte last two games of this season beating New England and Charlotte I think we might draw on a little bit we'll drop one of those that's fine but like I said I think we lose one of the next seven oh Chancalaam now he were putting zeros in the chat but how do we shake on I wear he said I wear a Yankee Jersey I don't need you when I'm Yankee Jersey I don't even know are you are you from Boston oh he's he's that that would be cool do you have Sean's where's the Yankee Jersey I think so yeah I guess I mean you just need someone's phone number no yep and thank you Stan C yes I also got some Yankee stuff up there in the corner I got a Bobblehead I don't know if you guys could see that it's a May the fourth Bobblehead all right so just real quick let me uh we're gonna shake on this

Sean it's a bet that's it you're a gosh for picking four four guaranteed locks people are losing their house because of you you know what's funny we got a hundo on it you know what's funny about this Sean that you put Miami-borne and raise one of these games all this stuff I went with Yankees with Yankees Jersey and Yankee had to don't car no to bird bull don't carters Jesus no it wasn't dog car there's this bird bull the the day that the Yankees lost against the Marlins in 2003 three who's yeah yeah I want to go meet up some girl I chatted up with online or something like that I think hey ESL yeah I dropped that honor for sure and then here I am with Yankee Garb in the middle of bird road everybody is about to come out with their pots and pans and I'm

sitting there like a douffess with my freaking Yankees Jersey and hat I get I gotta get the fuck out of this place all right so I said Chris any final words uh you're a loser dude thank you giving everybody the hopeium but guess what and a couple of weeks I'll be a hundred dollars richer so the so the line is four two two yes if they win more than two I win the bet and Sean you should have made it like three man this guy you're a loser man that's your boy that's your boy I mean listen I two I would have taken three I would have said three I would have said three I would have left a line of two and a half that that's quite I'm taking two all day yeah all the others win more than two DC and Atlanta are locks if we don't win those games you're

fucking cooked no for you lose yeah I would use DC and NYCFC then I might start getting nervous about it but yeah all right all right if you're listening I'll appreciate you listen to the MPD 5 stars in a comment if you watch on youtube like and subscribe and we'll be back later oh we didn't got no games this week or anything we'll be back at some point make sure you have your notifications on if you don't already yeah I'm okay with pain wins oh you better be you because it's coming it's coming appreciate every you know you can catch this out in person because if they beat DC oh no wait because that would be two win that said more than two all right you're lucky because I know he's gonna be there at the NYCFC game I would appreciate everybody hanging out with us and we'll be back I mean should you turn notifications so whenever it is that we come on when you get the notified until the next one have a good one

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