It's Timbers Time! In this episode we break down the 4-1 defeat to Vancouver, talk about new faces including young academy star Eric Izoita and new signings Caicedo and Aravena. We focus mostly though on our GM Special - what makes a good GM and does Ned earn that accolade? We continue our dive into the Timbers roster spend history assessing the team’s history of DP signings and all of Ned’s pickups since he took over as GM in 2022.

This episode's talking points include:

- Izoita’s Dream Debut!

- A New DMid! We assess the signing of Caicedo

- GM Special! What makes a good GM?

- The Mess and the Press vs Vancouver

- Dissecting Phil’s Post Game Press Conference

- Rating the Timbers DP signings since 2011

- Ned’s signings as GM

- Hit, Miss or Maybe?

- Criticizing Ned’s Strategic Approach

- T2 Scouting Report!

- Houston (A) Preview

Content Warning: Moderate swears. Gold stars to us for not “effing and blinding” at this terrible performance, frankly.

Timestamps:

(0:00) Introduction

(1:43) Vancouver (H) - Starting XI & Formation Analysis

(4:27) Vancouver (H) - Tifo Shoutout

(5:09) Vancouver (H) - First Half Analysis

(14:25) Vancouver (H) - Second Half Analysis

(25:23) Vancouver (H) - Moment and Man of the Match

(27:06) Vancouver (H) - Phil’s Press Conference

(30:40) Listener Question! Kelsey vs Guerra

(35:11) GM Special! What makes a good GM?

(38:45) GM Special! Timbers All Time DP Signings

(56:43) GM Special! Ned’s Signings - Hit or Miss?

(1:01:06) Criticizing Ned’s Strategic Approach

(1:08:15) T2 Scouting Report!

(1:11:19) Timbers News! New Signings! MLS News!

(1:17:48) Houston Away Preview

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In this episode we break down the 2-0 defeat to Colorado, there's a lot to learn from this one! We also dissect a decade of Timbers transfer spending data, tackle this week's news and look forward to the upcoming Cascadia Cup game against the Vancouver Whitecaps.

This episode's talking points include:

- What happened to the press?

- Pantemis vs Steffen goalkeeping performances

- How Colorado exploited the Timbers' man marking system

- Analysis of Set Piece defending breakdowns

- Was Fory's red justified?

- How much do we miss having a true number 10?

- The Timbers net transfer spend since the MLS Cup Season has some big surprises

- Does our transfer spend history explain our pivot to younger DPs?

- Expectations for Vancouver at home next week

Content Warning: Moderate swears

Timestamps:

(0:00) Introduction

(1:15) Colorado (A) - Formation Analysis

(3:51) Colorado (A) - First Half Analysis

(18:43) Colorado (A) - Second Half Analysis

(37:07) Colorado (A) - Timbers' Man of the Match

(40:53) Colorado (A) - Tactics Takeaways

(44:25) Front Office Special! A Decade of Net Transfer Spend

(57:02) Timbers News!

(1:01:14) Vancouver at Home Preview

Thanks for listening and please do send us your questions for the next episode!

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In our second episode we breakdown the big win in the home opener, do a deep dive on a decade of front office spending levels, and talk fan fest DP number 9 speculation!

Thanks to everyone who tuned into our first episode season preview, we were blown away by the number of listeners! Truly appreciated.

Content Warning: A couple of S bombs

Timestamps:

(0:00) Introduction

(2:49) Timbers vs Crew - Formation Analysis

(4:50) Timbers vs Crew - First Half Analysis

(18:58) Timbers vs Crew - Second Half Analysis

(25:01) Timbers vs Crew - Moment and Man of the Match

(27:45) Timbers vs Crew - Notable Player Performances

(33:39) Timbers vs Crew - Tactics Breakdown

(37:10) Fan Fest! What we Learned

(52:51) Front Office Special! Ownership and Investment Breakdown

(1:07:20) Colorado (A) Preview

New mics are hooked up; audio should be much better outside of us still waiting for our pop filters, causing the odd plosive issue.

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