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Speaker 1: Ashley Westwood is here to celebrate the victory, hang out, and probably talk about a bunch of things that don't have anything to do with anything as well, I'm sure. Halloween candy is coming up. Halloween candy could be talked about. Westy, congratulations, man. Beautiful free kick, beautiful win, man. How are you feeling?
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Speaker 2: Good morning again, Lutz. Yeah, it's good. Two great results. We're fighting for top four.
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Speaker 1: Yep. So you can do no worse than fifth. I'm not telling you, Wes. You probably understand the scenario, but I'm telling everybody out there. Charlotte FC can do no worse than fifth. They can do no better than fourth. It's Charlotte FC in Chicago. We just got a sort out based off the results. Saturday, y'all play at Miami. Whether or not You'll have home field advantage or whether or not they'll have home field advantage. What do you think about just drawing Chicago as an opponent? They got some dang talent on this team. What do you think about them as an opponent in the postseason?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's probably the hardest one to face. We're going to come up against, I think, one of the most similar to us. They're very, very organized. Obviously, they've got a top-quality striker. So, no, it's not ideal. But if we finish in the top four, I would fancy us two games at home, that would be, that's the big difference, and that's what we want.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: Westy, for this club to have postseason success, what do you think the biggest key or two will be to not just be in the postseason, but to advance throughout it?
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Speaker 2: Just to do what we've been doing. I mean, we obviously need, we need Maxi available. That's, it's not ideal. Last, I think, was it last year, we lost Wilf against New York. He was a big loss, and listen, if you lose these caliber of players, it's, It's a big boost to Phil, but we need players available. So hopefully Max, he's only got one game and then he's back for the playoffs.
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Speaker 1: All right. We got to talk about this maxi thing, Westy, because I'm trying to figure this out. First of all, he should not probably with a with a insurmountable lead. Westy's laughing in the background with an insurmountable lead. You probably if you're jawing with somebody, you should probably just laugh in his face and not grab your goodies, for lack of a better term, to show him how angry you are at him. That resulted in a red card. Is, should that be a red card? Like Dean said, he didn't think it should be a red card offense. I swear. Can't that just be a yellow? What do you think about that?
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Speaker 2: Yeah. I don't know the rules. It's a lot, it's a lot stricter out here. I think in England, you might, you might get away with a, with a little bit, but I don't know. It's listen, you can't, there's kids watching. So you can't, you can't do that. It'd be better off punching him.
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Speaker 1: That's the thing is we can't put it up there with actual violence. That's a good point. This is deja vu, though.
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Speaker 3: It feels like every year, Westy, you mentioned it, but every year at this point, you guys end up losing somebody towards the end.
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Speaker 1: It's crazy.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's not me this time.
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Speaker 1: You know what? We actually have to celebrate this. Westy, the three dudes that have gotten themselves red cards late either at the end of the regular season or in the playoffs have all not been you. I give you credit.
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Speaker 2: Thank you, mate. I can keep my mouth shut.
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Speaker 1: Westy's like, yo, teach those lads to do that crap during the regular season or the league's cup or something like that. Oh, man. Oh, God.
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Speaker 3: So and Max here says that should be a blue card and not a red or yellow card.
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Speaker 1: All right.
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Speaker 2: Hey, now.
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Speaker 1: So, Westy, I don't know how I segue from what Maxie. Well, you brought the kids. Kids don't need to see that, Maxie. And what were the kids doing here in Charlotte on Saturday night? They were trick or treating. Do you get into Halloween and trick or treating with your kids? Do you do you find that fun?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, my wife's huge on Halloween, so that was another reason why we come to America. It dropped off in England, so I've got all my family over from the UK as well, so they thought it was going to be my last year.
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Speaker 1: We're going to talk about that in a second. Before we get to the real important headline stuff, which you just tried to lead us to, I need to ask, I don't even know, do they trick-or-treat in England? Do they get into Halloween? You said it's not the same.
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Speaker 2: No, it's nowhere near as big. I mean, a lot of them are miserable, so they turn the lights off, they close the curtains, they don't go to the house. It's amazing out here. We did some trick-or-treating. We had a party at the house on Saturday night, so I've still got a bad head.
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Speaker 1: What's your go-to candy? What do you like the most?
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Speaker 2: I like the Sour Patch Kids. That's mine.
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Speaker 1: Really? You go sour? How about that?
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Speaker 2: Interesting.
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Speaker 1: Interesting. Westy, are you like the fun guy everybody wants to party with in the neighborhood? Are you the fun dad?
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Speaker 2: I would like to think I am, but the kids think I'm embarrassing.
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Speaker 1: Mine, too. And, Bone, there's no way I'm really embarrassing, right? No way. No, that's not possible. Oh, man. All right, so you hit us. You kind of went there in the press conference, and now you kind of dropped a little hint there. So, Westy, what is your status, are you thinking? It sounds like you... thought this was going to be your last year with FC and now you're not sure what's, where does that stand right now?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, who knows? Listen, I was, I had mentioned it to certain people at the start of the year. I think this was going to be my last one. I wanted to, I wanted to finish, I wanted to finish on a high, I wanted to finish with the legs still going, but no, I think, listen, who knows? There's some conversations to be had. Hopefully, it's if the club want me, so it's not my decision. I've got an option. So the wives give me the go-ahead. She's the boss. She does all the contract talk. So hopefully there's a few more games left in the legs.
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Speaker 1: Okay.
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Speaker 3: How are you feeling physically? Are you good at this point in the season?
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Speaker 2: Well, I feel great. But apart from I've got a slight issue with my calf, so we need to get that sorted this week. And then, yeah, I think the body feels good. I'm still running around. So, yeah, I feel good. I feel good.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, you're running. When they track the running, the sudden match, you're up there in the top, you know?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah.
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Speaker 1: You can still move. It might not be as quickly as you moved in the pad, but you're moving.
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Speaker 2: I've never had that much speed anyway.
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Speaker 1: That's true. If I were your agent, that's what I would say. He's not fast. He never was fast.
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Speaker 3: We have a text, Westy, from the voice of FC, Willie P. Ask Westy about his Jack Sparrow costume.
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Speaker 2: He's rumbled me. He's rumbled me.
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Speaker 1: Is this a real thing?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I dressed up as Captain Jack Sparrow on Saturday night.
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Speaker 1: Oh, that's good. God, you really are the fun dad, Westy.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I had to run out. I got a bit carried away.
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Speaker 1: That is amazing. That is so cool, man. Damn, I wish I lived in Westie's neighborhood. I'd probably have to make more money than to live in Westie's neighborhood. Hey, if he ends up retiring, buy his house. Yeah, right. We're going to have to start about seven GoFundMes, I have a feeling. Now, what do you... I don't want to do this, but I'm going to, um, because you just said, Hey, I'd like to be around. I'd like the club to pick up the option and have another year, but I'll just ask you anyway, like, what are your thoughts about post career? Like coaching? I could definitely see that. Like what, what are you, have you thought about that?
00:07:33
Speaker 2: Hey, yeah, I've, I've spoke to, I've spoke to Zara and they will try and find something. I would love to work in the Academy. I think working in the, try to develop players. I want to, I want something back to the game. My club in England was gone, produced in young talent. So I think that's where I'd like to go. I think I would like to go and help out in that, in that department over in the, help the academy and hopefully produce a few, a few players that can go on to bigger and better things.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. That's awesome. That'd be cool.
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Speaker 2: Even Charlotte, man, you're not going to get rid of me.
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Speaker 1: Okay. Yeah. I like that. What we do on Wednesdays throughout the summer. Oh, that is true. And now you're going to have so much time where you're like, well, no, we're not doing this. Westy wants to play another year. Oh yeah.
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Speaker 3: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. Sorry.
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Speaker 1: Why am I doing this to you? Westy? What am I trying to do to you? All right, brother. Well, Hey, first and foremost, go down there, kick messy a little bit for me. I just give him a couple of kicks. Pleasure. And get the W. I'm sure they'd never give you a yellow card for kicking him. You could probably breathe on him and get a red. But anyway, I digress.
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Speaker 2: Good luck in my.
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Speaker 1: Breath. Good luck on Saturday in Miami and in the playoffs. We'll talk, man, before the playoffs, but appreciate you.
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Speaker 2: Thank you, fellas. Thank you.
Speaker 1: Ashley Westwood is here to celebrate the victory, hang out, and probably talk about a bunch of things that don't have anything to do with anything as well, I'm sure. Halloween candy is coming up. Halloween candy could be talked about. Westy, congratulations, man. Beautiful free kick, beautiful win, man. How are you feeling?
00:00:17
Speaker 2: Good morning again, Lutz. Yeah, it's good. Two great results. We're fighting for top four.
00:00:23
Speaker 1: Yep. So you can do no worse than fifth. I'm not telling you, Wes. You probably understand the scenario, but I'm telling everybody out there. Charlotte FC can do no worse than fifth. They can do no better than fourth. It's Charlotte FC in Chicago. We just got a sort out based off the results. Saturday, y'all play at Miami. Whether or not You'll have home field advantage or whether or not they'll have home field advantage. What do you think about just drawing Chicago as an opponent? They got some dang talent on this team. What do you think about them as an opponent in the postseason?
00:00:57
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's probably the hardest one to face. We're going to come up against, I think, one of the most similar to us. They're very, very organized. Obviously, they've got a top-quality striker. So, no, it's not ideal. But if we finish in the top four, I would fancy us two games at home, that would be, that's the big difference, and that's what we want.
00:01:16
Speaker 1: Yeah.
00:01:17
Speaker 3: Westy, for this club to have postseason success, what do you think the biggest key or two will be to not just be in the postseason, but to advance throughout it?
00:01:28
Speaker 2: Just to do what we've been doing. I mean, we obviously need, we need Maxi available. That's, it's not ideal. Last, I think, was it last year, we lost Wilf against New York. He was a big loss, and listen, if you lose these caliber of players, it's, It's a big boost to Phil, but we need players available. So hopefully Max, he's only got one game and then he's back for the playoffs.
00:01:49
Speaker 1: All right. We got to talk about this maxi thing, Westy, because I'm trying to figure this out. First of all, he should not probably with a with a insurmountable lead. Westy's laughing in the background with an insurmountable lead. You probably if you're jawing with somebody, you should probably just laugh in his face and not grab your goodies, for lack of a better term, to show him how angry you are at him. That resulted in a red card. Is, should that be a red card? Like Dean said, he didn't think it should be a red card offense. I swear. Can't that just be a yellow? What do you think about that?
00:02:22
Speaker 2: Yeah. I don't know the rules. It's a lot, it's a lot stricter out here. I think in England, you might, you might get away with a, with a little bit, but I don't know. It's listen, you can't, there's kids watching. So you can't, you can't do that. It'd be better off punching him.
00:02:39
Speaker 1: That's the thing is we can't put it up there with actual violence. That's a good point. This is deja vu, though.
00:02:46
Speaker 3: It feels like every year, Westy, you mentioned it, but every year at this point, you guys end up losing somebody towards the end.
00:02:52
Speaker 1: It's crazy.
00:02:54
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's not me this time.
00:02:56
Speaker 1: You know what? We actually have to celebrate this. Westy, the three dudes that have gotten themselves red cards late either at the end of the regular season or in the playoffs have all not been you. I give you credit.
00:03:11
Speaker 2: Thank you, mate. I can keep my mouth shut.
00:03:13
Speaker 1: Westy's like, yo, teach those lads to do that crap during the regular season or the league's cup or something like that. Oh, man. Oh, God.
00:03:22
Speaker 3: So and Max here says that should be a blue card and not a red or yellow card.
00:03:26
Speaker 1: All right.
00:03:27
Speaker 2: Hey, now.
00:03:29
Speaker 1: So, Westy, I don't know how I segue from what Maxie. Well, you brought the kids. Kids don't need to see that, Maxie. And what were the kids doing here in Charlotte on Saturday night? They were trick or treating. Do you get into Halloween and trick or treating with your kids? Do you do you find that fun?
00:03:47
Speaker 2: Yeah, my wife's huge on Halloween, so that was another reason why we come to America. It dropped off in England, so I've got all my family over from the UK as well, so they thought it was going to be my last year.
00:04:02
Speaker 1: We're going to talk about that in a second. Before we get to the real important headline stuff, which you just tried to lead us to, I need to ask, I don't even know, do they trick-or-treat in England? Do they get into Halloween? You said it's not the same.
00:04:16
Speaker 2: No, it's nowhere near as big. I mean, a lot of them are miserable, so they turn the lights off, they close the curtains, they don't go to the house. It's amazing out here. We did some trick-or-treating. We had a party at the house on Saturday night, so I've still got a bad head.
00:04:33
Speaker 1: What's your go-to candy? What do you like the most?
00:04:36
Speaker 2: I like the Sour Patch Kids. That's mine.
00:04:38
Speaker 1: Really? You go sour? How about that?
00:04:40
Speaker 2: Interesting.
00:04:41
Speaker 1: Interesting. Westy, are you like the fun guy everybody wants to party with in the neighborhood? Are you the fun dad?
00:04:48
Speaker 2: I would like to think I am, but the kids think I'm embarrassing.
00:04:53
Speaker 1: Mine, too. And, Bone, there's no way I'm really embarrassing, right? No way. No, that's not possible. Oh, man. All right, so you hit us. You kind of went there in the press conference, and now you kind of dropped a little hint there. So, Westy, what is your status, are you thinking? It sounds like you... thought this was going to be your last year with FC and now you're not sure what's, where does that stand right now?
00:05:22
Speaker 2: Yeah, who knows? Listen, I was, I had mentioned it to certain people at the start of the year. I think this was going to be my last one. I wanted to, I wanted to finish, I wanted to finish on a high, I wanted to finish with the legs still going, but no, I think, listen, who knows? There's some conversations to be had. Hopefully, it's if the club want me, so it's not my decision. I've got an option. So the wives give me the go-ahead. She's the boss. She does all the contract talk. So hopefully there's a few more games left in the legs.
00:05:54
Speaker 1: Okay.
00:05:55
Speaker 3: How are you feeling physically? Are you good at this point in the season?
00:06:00
Speaker 2: Well, I feel great. But apart from I've got a slight issue with my calf, so we need to get that sorted this week. And then, yeah, I think the body feels good. I'm still running around. So, yeah, I feel good. I feel good.
00:06:12
Speaker 1: Yeah, you're running. When they track the running, the sudden match, you're up there in the top, you know?
00:06:17
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah.
00:06:19
Speaker 1: You can still move. It might not be as quickly as you moved in the pad, but you're moving.
00:06:24
Speaker 2: I've never had that much speed anyway.
00:06:27
Speaker 1: That's true. If I were your agent, that's what I would say. He's not fast. He never was fast.
00:06:32
Speaker 3: We have a text, Westy, from the voice of FC, Willie P. Ask Westy about his Jack Sparrow costume.
00:06:40
Speaker 2: He's rumbled me. He's rumbled me.
00:06:44
Speaker 1: Is this a real thing?
00:06:45
Speaker 2: Yeah, I dressed up as Captain Jack Sparrow on Saturday night.
00:06:49
Speaker 1: Oh, that's good. God, you really are the fun dad, Westy.
00:06:53
Speaker 2: Yeah, I had to run out. I got a bit carried away.
00:06:58
Speaker 1: That is amazing. That is so cool, man. Damn, I wish I lived in Westie's neighborhood. I'd probably have to make more money than to live in Westie's neighborhood. Hey, if he ends up retiring, buy his house. Yeah, right. We're going to have to start about seven GoFundMes, I have a feeling. Now, what do you... I don't want to do this, but I'm going to, um, because you just said, Hey, I'd like to be around. I'd like the club to pick up the option and have another year, but I'll just ask you anyway, like, what are your thoughts about post career? Like coaching? I could definitely see that. Like what, what are you, have you thought about that?
00:07:33
Speaker 2: Hey, yeah, I've, I've spoke to, I've spoke to Zara and they will try and find something. I would love to work in the Academy. I think working in the, try to develop players. I want to, I want something back to the game. My club in England was gone, produced in young talent. So I think that's where I'd like to go. I think I would like to go and help out in that, in that department over in the, help the academy and hopefully produce a few, a few players that can go on to bigger and better things.
00:08:00
Speaker 1: Yeah. That's awesome. That'd be cool.
00:08:02
Speaker 2: Even Charlotte, man, you're not going to get rid of me.
00:08:04
Speaker 1: Okay. Yeah. I like that. What we do on Wednesdays throughout the summer. Oh, that is true. And now you're going to have so much time where you're like, well, no, we're not doing this. Westy wants to play another year. Oh yeah.
00:08:13
Speaker 3: Yeah.
00:08:13
Speaker 2: Yeah. Sorry.
00:08:14
Speaker 1: Why am I doing this to you? Westy? What am I trying to do to you? All right, brother. Well, Hey, first and foremost, go down there, kick messy a little bit for me. I just give him a couple of kicks. Pleasure. And get the W. I'm sure they'd never give you a yellow card for kicking him. You could probably breathe on him and get a red. But anyway, I digress.
00:08:35
Speaker 2: Good luck in my.
00:08:38
Speaker 1: Breath. Good luck on Saturday in Miami and in the playoffs. We'll talk, man, before the playoffs, but appreciate you.
00:08:45
Speaker 2: Thank you, fellas. Thank you.
