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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
All right, Overdrive continues, powered by FanDuel, bringing you more ways to play your game your way. Fred's percentages in half an hour. Best bets coming up later in the hour. Obviously a lot of activity in the NHL right now, so we're keeping a track of that. Kevin Kilbane coming up from Vancouver, Canada, losing 2-1 to Switzerland today. So they finish second in their group.
They will head to L.A., play on Sunday. Jesse Marsh speaking with the media recently, and I'm just seeing Matthew Shinetti's tweet. Marsh admits to using Alphonso Davies as a decoy. Says now Davies was never going to play. Marsh says Davies will be ready for the round of 32. How are you supposed to believe that?
I love the guy. He seems like a great coach. When a guy's sitting on the bench, he's sitting on the bench.
Chapter 2: What happened in Canada's match against Switzerland?
Right. When a guy hasn't played in that long, what do you think teams are going to implement special game planning against a guy that hasn't played in that long? I don't know.
And that's the thing. He went on to say that the decoy worked because Switzerland spoke about Davies during their media availability. you lost. It did not work. You lost the match and you were not really prepared to play to start the game today. Certainly not to start the second half. 15-20 minutes into the second half, that was your whole group stage, effectively. I just don't
I don't know why he's admitting to this now that it's a decoy. Coaches do that. We understand that. It happens all the time. We just went through it with Sid at the Olympics. Crosby wasn't playing. He came home and got to Pittsburgh. He was like, yeah, I'm done for like six weeks. He wasn't going to play. But they were saying, hey, he might play. He's going to give it a shot. I understand that.
Chapter 3: How did Alphonso Davies' injury affect the team's performance?
But once... You've shown your cards that you were just being misleading. Why would anyone believe he's going to play in four days?
Why would you admit it now unless you believe he is playing 100%? That's the only thing.
That's the question, Noodles. Do you think he really believes Alfonso will be ready to play on Sunday?
Chapter 4: What tactical changes did Jesse Marsh implement during the game?
He's not ready to play today. I don't know. Unless this was always the plan. Like you're just not playing the group stage. We're going to completely, you know.
I kind of believe him, Hayes, if he said he's going to play Sunday. Why else would you blurt that out? Because if he doesn't play, they're going to say, well, why the hell do you even bother saying that? Right.
I'll believe it when I see it, though. I mean, he's obviously prone to it. And now, you know, you're playing head games and gamesmanship with the next team. If you're playing it with Switzerland, of course, what are you going to say? Hey, he wasn't playing it. He ain't playing it on Sunday.
Chapter 5: What are the implications of Canada's advancement to the Round of 32?
He's not going to say that. Watching him on the sideline, just like athlete body language ā Guys that are close to playing are kind of like chomping at the bit. And I know every sport's different and has a different dynamic. He honestly looks like a garden gnome sitting on the sideline, like expressionless, just sitting there. It's a completely different vibe.
He certainly doesn't look like a guy that would be going into play Sunday.
Never warmed up. Some guys warm up and then get told to sit down when the lead changes or something like that. He was never ready to go in. He obviously wasn't going to go in. But I'm with you all. I'm just not convinced at all that Davies is that close, that he's been given the green light. There's a very good chance Bayern Munich hasn't allowed him to play. That happens.
His club team may just say, absolutely not. You haven't been cleared. And if that's the case, this was always the dream. You get into the knockout stage. If he's not going to play...
Chapter 6: What are the key players to watch in the knockout stage?
You wasted a roster spot in the end. I don't know who they would have replaced him with, but Bombido didn't come in today. Eustachio didn't start. Kone's done for the tournament. They're down a lot of talent, like a lot of talent. My fear is that's going to be the story. I'm pulling for them. I hope they can win on Sunday. They'll readjust.
I thought they really played hard the last 20, 30 minutes of the match today. But Davies out, Bombito out, Kone hurt, Eustachio banged up. That's a lot of talent, a lot of injuries to really key players. So Kevin Kilbent will join us here in a few moments. You know, the Leafs, we saw Dregs tweeting out today that the Leafs are in on a lot. Like a lot of people just consistently are saying.
Lease are active. Matthew Nise is out there, right? Like CJ, I think, updated his own trade board list for the athletic, and he's got Matthew Nise at three on the list. And a little blurb he wrote, he said, basically other executives around the league are pretty convinced he's getting traded.
Which is great. Like now you know the guy's getting traded. Like for whatever reason, and this goes back to the last season, And I get it, young players like that can command the most, but it just seems really weird. On the one side, you could see how teams are like, young, big, strong guy can probably turn into a consistent 30-goal scorer, hopefully.
I would imagine that's what he's been kind of projected and paid to be. But then on the other side, you're like... Why, with the uncertainty of the Maple Leafs moving forward, would he be a guy on the way out to the door? And John Chayka, whenever he's talking about players, he talked about the defenseman. I still don't know his name that came from Philadelphia.
He's like, that's the proper age group. Yeah, Emil Andre. He's the proper age group of the group of guys. Well, what the hell's Matthew Nyes, and he's moving out the door? Something about it. There's something weird about it where I can't seem to make sense of it. I can't seem to make sense of it.
I understand. I'm with you. What makes it complicated is you don't know what's coming back. You can sit there and say, I'd never trade this guy, and then a package ā lands on your door and you're like, well, obviously I'll make that trade. You know, like I didn't realize that player was available. So that's why they're willing to do it.
So without knowing exactly what's coming the other way, it makes it difficult. You know, it's just, it is so noisy around knives. Like clearly there are a lot of, GMs and executives and scouts and agents that are hearing that teams are calling or the Leafs are fielding goals are going back and forth. Morgan Riley is a separate story.
I thought the guys in the morning showed a great chat about him today. His cap hit where he is. Just getting rid of him to get rid of him. Is that smart? Could a new coach help him here? We'll get into that a little bit later this hour with Fred's percentages, among other things. Our best bets coming up. I bet on a draw today.
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Chapter 7: How do the panelists assess Canada's chances against South Korea?
It's just disappointing that we're not staying in Vancouver and Canada.
Kevi, how do you explain the start of the second half? They had so much momentum going. I thought they were getting the better of the quality opportunities and all the momentum and then the start of the second and it was just flat and the game was over, it seemed like, in two or three minutes.
Yeah, I think it was eight minutes between the goals, and it was. That's what changed the game for them, the start of the game. How I would assess it was, I thought Canada were probably looking to try to push on and try to get a goal themselves.
They left themselves vulnerable defensively, and young Luke de Fougereau, who has been just outstanding, considering he's only 20 years of age, Maurice Bombito would be naturally the regular centre-half, the main centre-half. He's been a great understudy for him. He just got caught out on two goals. He was trying to win the ball, trying to be too aggressive with his movement.
And the quality of Breland Bolo, the Switzerland centre forward, was able to get away. And the second, I mean, the first goal by Vargas as well, it was just probably errors that led for that because everyone got dragged out of position from the initial mistake. And the second goal probably was something similar before Manzambi scored through Kropotkin. I think Kropotkin should have saved it.
I think it was a soft goal to concede. But that then took them through to the end. They had the two-goal lead, and they were able to really just see the game through, albeit Canada get themselves back into it somewhat.
So you mentioned some adjustments from Jesse Marsh. What do you think they have to do heading into the next game as far as adjustments?
Well, I would hope for the next game, Stefano Stacchio is going to be available because he was a big loss, particularly in Switzerland's midfield today, who have got so much experience. So getting Stacchio back, I think, is a must, first of all, within that. The adjustments itself, let's see if Moise Bombito is going to be fit for the second game, or for the knockout game, sorry.
Let's see if he's available. There won't be too many adjustments, I don't think, with Jesse Marsh because Jesse Marsh plays a certain way, which is quite aggressive.
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Chapter 8: What are the latest updates on NHL trades and player movements?
It's on the front foot. You want to create chances as quickly as possible on turnovers. So I don't see Jesse Marsh changing the style, really, from what he's done today and through this tournament.
So I want to get to Davies in just a moment and what Jesse just said about it after the match. But you mentioned Eustachio, and I thought he looked great when he came in. And we all heard Stevie say, and Caldwell was kind of wondering aloud, why didn't he start?
As a former player yourself, Kevin, what would have been the reasoning for a guy that was fit enough to give him 30-plus minutes and look great? Why didn't he start today?
Yeah, I think the official line is it was muscle tightness, I believe. But the way I look at it, if you're available to sit on the bench, you're available to play. That's it. That's the end. I would actually lie to my coach to tell him I was fit in a World Cup game. I'd be saying, I am ready. I'm available. I have to start if I was available. That's the way that I would look at this.
So, it surprises me that he was available to come on and play to the level that he played at because he just looked fine. He looked normal when he came on. He actually changed him for Canada because he was able to help that momentum swing go for the last 15-20 minutes of the game. So, I was very surprised when I saw the line-ups today.
Really surprised that Astakio had, whether it was Jesse who ruled him out, whether it was the medical team or Stefano Astakio himself, we don't know as of yet. But I was so surprised that given he was available to come on, in my opinion, if you're available to come on in a game and start the match, you have to start the game.
What about Alphonso Davies? Looking at him sitting on the sidelines, Kev, it doesn't look ā I was saying a lot of players would be jumping up and down, just kind of excited and almost dying to get in. Do you think ā and I know the coach came out and said he should be playing on Sunday. Do you think that happens?
Because from watching on the television of him on the sidelines, it doesn't look like he's in any shape or form ready to play a football match.
Yeah, the way I look at this one is that, look, again, it's World Cup games. You're desperate to be fit. And if he's making himself available, you have to play him. That's the way that I would look at it. You've got to play Alphonso Davies. But, again, I mean, I'm sure there is medical advice from Bayern Munich as well that Canada Soccer have got to consider here.
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