1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,540 Welcome to another episode of the Carbon Life Post. 2 00:00:05,580 --> 00:00:10,380 It has been a long while, but we are back in the mix for 2026. 3 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:13,460 Just going to give you the block height right now so you can timestamp this. 4 00:00:13,540 --> 00:00:16,580 It is the 16th of Jan, 2026. 5 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,900 Block height is 936904. 6 00:00:21,660 --> 00:00:24,360 So handing over to today's guest, please introduce yourself. 7 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:27,040 Thanks guys, this is 8 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:28,020 Faluni Maxwell 9 00:00:28,020 --> 00:00:31,800 footballer, semi-pro footballer 10 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:32,880 for Killer NFC 11 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:34,920 and the founder and owner 12 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:35,980 of ProReady 13 00:00:35,980 --> 00:00:38,480 Thank you for that mate, so 14 00:00:38,480 --> 00:00:40,560 go straight into it, let us know what 15 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:41,720 Team ProReady is 16 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:45,020 Yeah, so Team ProReady is 17 00:00:45,020 --> 00:00:46,120 it's an AI 18 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:48,700 AI platform 19 00:00:48,700 --> 00:00:50,960 and it's a 20 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:52,320 platform for footballers 21 00:00:52,320 --> 00:00:54,200 that don't 22 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:59,220 that want to learn more about being a footballer 23 00:00:59,220 --> 00:01:00,920 and helping them navigate through the game. 24 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,740 It's something I created through experiences I had of myself 25 00:01:05,740 --> 00:01:10,320 with things going through with managers and players 26 00:01:10,320 --> 00:01:12,960 and navigating the game, especially non-league, 27 00:01:13,700 --> 00:01:15,080 with how difficult it is. 28 00:01:15,740 --> 00:01:19,000 So I thought I'd make a system to help players 29 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:23,800 be able to ask questions and get answers 30 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:26,660 based on real life situations. 31 00:01:26,980 --> 00:01:29,320 And there's no other best way to do it at the moment 32 00:01:29,320 --> 00:01:32,120 with feeding that information through to AI 33 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,300 and having AI to be that kind of tool 34 00:01:34,300 --> 00:01:36,020 to speak to players directly 35 00:01:36,020 --> 00:01:37,160 and give them the answers they need. 36 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:38,800 Rikid. 37 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:40,580 So you mentioned AI there. 38 00:01:41,300 --> 00:01:42,860 AI is a big buzzword at the moment. 39 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:45,720 Did you have background in the digital space? 40 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:47,220 Were you working with AI beforehand? 41 00:01:49,500 --> 00:01:51,080 Not really, to be fair. 42 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:52,900 I was always on the computer thing. 43 00:01:52,900 --> 00:01:56,180 as long as we're learning little bits about computing 44 00:01:56,180 --> 00:01:57,760 and I did a bit of that in school. 45 00:01:58,260 --> 00:01:59,760 But really, truly, not really. 46 00:01:59,820 --> 00:02:02,420 I just always loved my computing stuff 47 00:02:02,420 --> 00:02:04,880 and just research and more and more about things 48 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:06,300 and that's what kind of led me to it. 49 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:08,380 Great stuff. 50 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:11,740 So similar to you, I've had a little dabble with AI. 51 00:02:12,300 --> 00:02:13,880 I'm just letting people know that basically 52 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:15,460 there is no barrier to entry to learn. 53 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:17,880 You can just go online, play with it, 54 00:02:17,980 --> 00:02:20,180 feed us some prompts and build something 55 00:02:20,180 --> 00:02:21,140 that you're building now. 56 00:02:21,140 --> 00:02:22,760 going back 57 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:23,320 so you mentioned 58 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:24,320 you're a baller 59 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:24,520 right 60 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:25,600 can you just give us 61 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:26,100 your journey 62 00:02:26,100 --> 00:02:27,020 from young 63 00:02:27,020 --> 00:02:27,880 to playing football 64 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:28,340 to now 65 00:02:28,340 --> 00:02:29,500 how to try to help 66 00:02:29,500 --> 00:02:30,420 other young people 67 00:02:30,420 --> 00:02:32,640 yeah 68 00:02:32,640 --> 00:02:33,440 for sure 69 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:35,520 I played 70 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:36,620 well I started 71 00:02:36,620 --> 00:02:37,520 playing football 72 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:38,520 when I was really young 73 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:39,660 so I was born in Nigeria 74 00:02:39,660 --> 00:02:41,160 came here 75 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:42,060 when I was about three 76 00:02:42,060 --> 00:02:42,460 and 77 00:02:42,460 --> 00:02:43,520 since young 78 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:44,920 my parents have always said 79 00:02:44,920 --> 00:02:46,120 I've just loved the game 80 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:47,860 always had a ball in my hand 81 00:02:47,860 --> 00:02:48,640 always running around 82 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:49,360 kicking the stone 83 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:50,020 kicking whatever 84 00:02:50,020 --> 00:02:51,800 wherever I could see really 85 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:53,840 so obviously when I moved down here 86 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:55,800 they put me into like 87 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:57,060 football straight away 88 00:02:57,060 --> 00:02:59,180 I lived in Blackwood Leeds so they put me 89 00:02:59,180 --> 00:03:01,620 to play for Blackwood Leeds football club 90 00:03:01,620 --> 00:03:04,220 just played there for a while 91 00:03:04,220 --> 00:03:06,220 I used to actually 92 00:03:06,220 --> 00:03:06,760 be a goalkeeper 93 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:08,980 terrible goal 94 00:03:08,980 --> 00:03:11,820 but I had no technical ability 95 00:03:11,820 --> 00:03:12,480 so 96 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:16,180 I had no technical ability so they slapped me 97 00:03:16,180 --> 00:03:18,120 and I just had to catch the ball and give it to the players 98 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:19,460 that could play 99 00:03:19,460 --> 00:03:22,960 nothing's really changed much this time I'm actually just passing it to the players that 100 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:29,860 couldn't play but um yeah it's um it started off there and then it's kind of growing and 101 00:03:29,860 --> 00:03:34,740 getting better as I go on and I just guess I just saw people around me that were doing really well 102 00:03:34,740 --> 00:03:38,440 and I wanted to want to see better than them and I guess that's where I got my little competitive 103 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:44,020 edge from I just wanted to be better than everyone so from there I caught up with a lot of people my 104 00:03:44,020 --> 00:03:48,300 age from doing my own little stuff I was younger on my own little runs playing in the garden 105 00:03:48,300 --> 00:03:51,500 and thinking, what else can I do to do more than these lot? 106 00:03:51,660 --> 00:03:54,400 Because these lot is, like, they're better than me, 107 00:03:54,420 --> 00:03:55,400 but I reckon I could be better. 108 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:56,100 What can I do? 109 00:03:56,100 --> 00:03:58,760 And that's why I kind of built that competitive edge 110 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:00,700 and that hustle mentality, I guess. 111 00:04:01,460 --> 00:04:04,620 But then, yeah, I played there, and then I joined Oxford City 112 00:04:04,620 --> 00:04:11,100 at, I think I was about 10 or 11 or 12. 113 00:04:11,420 --> 00:04:13,680 And then I just kind of played all the way through Oxford City, 114 00:04:13,900 --> 00:04:17,860 went through the JPL, went through the Velocity programme as well. 115 00:04:18,300 --> 00:04:20,900 which was really good, helped me a lot, 116 00:04:20,900 --> 00:04:23,460 kind of seeing a pathway and what I could do 117 00:04:23,460 --> 00:04:25,100 and how I could climb up. 118 00:04:26,700 --> 00:04:29,260 So I did a bit with the 23s. 119 00:04:29,260 --> 00:04:32,180 So I went all the way from the under 12s through the JPL. 120 00:04:32,180 --> 00:04:36,180 I was at 23s at about 17, 18. 121 00:04:38,020 --> 00:04:41,340 And then I was skipper of the 23s at 18, 19. 122 00:04:42,620 --> 00:04:44,980 And then I went on loan to a few non-league teams. 123 00:04:44,980 --> 00:04:47,340 I went to Killerton at first, where I'm at now. 124 00:04:47,340 --> 00:04:50,940 And I went to Tame, did a loan move there. 125 00:04:51,620 --> 00:04:55,480 Got injured in that period, which kept me out for about a year. 126 00:04:55,620 --> 00:04:57,020 It was a crucial year for me as well. 127 00:04:57,080 --> 00:05:01,940 My last year at Velocity, which obviously resulted in me not getting a third year. 128 00:05:02,500 --> 00:05:06,100 But yeah, I ended up just dabbling around non-league. 129 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:10,260 But yeah, I'm currently at Killerton. 130 00:05:10,260 --> 00:05:12,820 I was at North League prior and I was at Marlow. 131 00:05:13,260 --> 00:05:15,640 It's kind of trying to climb up the leagues now, really. 132 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:20,940 So it's been a journey through non-league and trying to climb through and make a name for myself. 133 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:29,820 The team, team pro ready, in my eyes, you mentioned the team that you played for non-league, good standard. 134 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:34,600 But even myself now, I don't think I can still be a pro. 135 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:38,520 A lot of young people, ballers, have that ambition to be a pro. 136 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:43,580 How does your app get them ready for that, to step into a professional game? 137 00:05:43,580 --> 00:05:50,460 yeah so basically what pro ready is and the reason i created is because i had a i've had a few 138 00:05:50,460 --> 00:05:56,320 situations myself with managers and um being a non-league player try to understand the game 139 00:05:56,320 --> 00:06:01,940 and it's one of the hardest things to do you know trying to understand what a manager means or 140 00:06:01,940 --> 00:06:07,840 understand how to get yourself back into the squad why you're left out of the squad and i think so 141 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:12,800 many people including myself and you probably have as well as i as well making the mistake of 142 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:17,020 going to things too emotionally, maybe not understanding the game and understanding 143 00:06:17,020 --> 00:06:20,840 how it really is. It's not just about your ability, 144 00:06:21,220 --> 00:06:24,960 it's not just about where you've been prior and I learnt that the 145 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:28,680 hard way and obviously speaking to people 146 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:33,040 showed me obviously, okay, this is what 147 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:37,100 non-league really is and then I just sat and thought to myself, there's a lot of players out there 148 00:06:37,100 --> 00:06:40,340 that still don't understand what these things mean. 149 00:06:40,340 --> 00:06:44,320 I mean, it's not just about, you know, how you play in training, 150 00:06:44,460 --> 00:06:46,800 because sometimes you can train really well and still not get a Smith. 151 00:06:47,580 --> 00:06:50,280 You know, and some of these kind of things really bamboozle players 152 00:06:50,280 --> 00:06:52,100 and it gets you questioning yourself. 153 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:55,220 And sometimes I'm questioning maybe if the game really is for you. 154 00:06:56,500 --> 00:07:01,300 So what I'd done really was I contacted a lot of players that play in non-league. 155 00:07:02,700 --> 00:07:04,580 Got them, I sent out a lot of forms. 156 00:07:05,020 --> 00:07:09,420 So the players got them to explain situations they'd been through in non-league. 157 00:07:09,420 --> 00:07:21,720 So at the moment, I think I've got 100 plus non-league players that have filled in their forms to give personal experiences they've had within their careers in non-league and some players in a professional game as well. 158 00:07:23,180 --> 00:07:30,780 And experiences that you wouldn't be able to find on Google, you wouldn't be able to find on podcasts, something players don't really want to talk about. 159 00:07:31,220 --> 00:07:32,060 So it was anonymous. 160 00:07:32,060 --> 00:07:37,080 so they put in those experiences and how it made them feel and what managers said to them and things 161 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:40,360 they wish they could have done better and things they wish they would have known beforehand 162 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:49,440 so what I did is I gathered all that data and I put it into an AI to no so I gathered all the data 163 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:56,280 first and I put it all together to have some sort of brain of how non-league really works and how 164 00:07:56,280 --> 00:08:01,240 players can be needed through it so then what I'd done is I was thinking I can't actually 165 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:07,420 say this all myself because that's too many people that would come up to me and ask questions and I'd 166 00:08:07,420 --> 00:08:12,660 have to go and find out what works best for each person so I thought what can I do that can be 167 00:08:12,660 --> 00:08:17,480 accessible for players to be able to just send it a message and it knows all the data already and 168 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:22,220 all the things and everything we've learned all these different personal experiences for players 169 00:08:22,220 --> 00:08:27,420 to just get a response so then I thought okay perfect what we could do we could put that data 170 00:08:27,420 --> 00:08:40,208 into one make it into one big brain put it into AI And that where where team ProReady kind of came alive where now players have the ability to ask a question with the AI 171 00:08:40,208 --> 00:08:43,188 that now knows the knowledge of 100 plus personal experiences 172 00:08:43,188 --> 00:08:46,488 of players that have gone through certain things 173 00:08:46,488 --> 00:08:51,508 and are willing to open up and say the real nitty gritties 174 00:08:51,508 --> 00:08:53,368 about non-league and about the professional game. 175 00:08:53,968 --> 00:08:57,288 And now ProReady is able to answer those questions on cue. 176 00:08:57,288 --> 00:09:05,228 first it understands your your situation it understands your you know it gets to know you 177 00:09:05,228 --> 00:09:09,548 personally as well it understands the situation it gets to know you personally as well first what 178 00:09:09,548 --> 00:09:14,548 kind of person you are and then it will give you the feedback needed for your situation also on top 179 00:09:14,548 --> 00:09:20,668 of the realistic uh factors of the game um and it'll let you know what to do when to do it and 180 00:09:20,668 --> 00:09:25,628 what messages to kind of send to a manager if you're unsure if you don't know what to do really 181 00:09:25,628 --> 00:09:34,108 so yeah it's like an agent slash mentor slash knowledge tool to tell players navigate through 182 00:09:34,108 --> 00:09:40,528 their careers really so that's that's why that's what that's what it is you made a great point 183 00:09:40,528 --> 00:09:47,748 there about the data set feeding the information into the AI program a lot of people I think they 184 00:09:47,748 --> 00:09:51,788 think AI is a center of being that just knows everything no you have to give it information 185 00:09:51,788 --> 00:10:02,448 And the fact that you saw out players that play non-league, professionals, some of them probably done both, you've got a good data set to pull from to join someone that asks a question. 186 00:10:02,868 --> 00:10:10,888 It's not just a random answer that AI agent has just taken from Google. It's taken from players that have been in that situation. 187 00:10:10,888 --> 00:10:15,388 and you mentioned as well myself being in situations i think every single player has 188 00:10:15,388 --> 00:10:21,328 been in a team and have found themselves out found themselves out of favor and probably made the wrong 189 00:10:21,328 --> 00:10:30,188 decision um at the wrong time but having that that that agent or that ai that you can put information 190 00:10:30,188 --> 00:10:35,888 in and get advice back not give you necessarily the correct answer but will give you some advice 191 00:10:35,888 --> 00:10:40,028 that you can think about rather than just making a decision off the cuff 192 00:10:40,028 --> 00:10:42,408 that could potentially cost you getting back into the team, 193 00:10:42,808 --> 00:10:45,428 cost you a relationship with a manager or a teammate. 194 00:10:45,868 --> 00:10:49,608 So, yeah, advice I would give and advice that you're probably all giving 195 00:10:49,608 --> 00:10:51,848 is don't make rash decisions, right? 196 00:10:55,468 --> 00:10:57,128 Exactly that. Exactly that. 197 00:10:57,208 --> 00:11:01,168 And I think that's what ProReady would be good for and it is good for. 198 00:11:01,308 --> 00:11:04,388 And as I thought and I looked as well and I looked deep into it 199 00:11:04,388 --> 00:11:05,808 to see if there was anything like this. 200 00:11:05,888 --> 00:11:10,648 I was wondering why isn't there anything like this to help players to actually understand them 201 00:11:10,648 --> 00:11:16,568 and it is growing the knowledge gets smarter and smarter every time every time someone uses it we 202 00:11:16,568 --> 00:11:22,448 do pull through some of that data anonymously and you know fill in the brain of the AI even more so 203 00:11:22,448 --> 00:11:27,268 what it is it will become such a strong tool to help players really navigate their careers 204 00:11:27,268 --> 00:11:33,528 so the data is continuing to grow we're still reaching out to players still getting more data 205 00:11:33,528 --> 00:11:35,108 more information, more personal 206 00:11:35,108 --> 00:11:37,588 situations to really make it 207 00:11:37,588 --> 00:11:39,728 be a perfect guide and a brilliant guide for players 208 00:11:39,728 --> 00:11:41,868 to really be able to navigate their careers perfectly 209 00:11:41,868 --> 00:11:43,648 because I think even for myself 210 00:11:43,648 --> 00:11:45,688 like, you know 211 00:11:45,688 --> 00:11:47,648 I feel like if I would have known some of these things 212 00:11:47,648 --> 00:11:49,668 and learnt some of these things earlier, I would have been in the 213 00:11:49,668 --> 00:11:51,768 better situation than I am now, but now 214 00:11:51,768 --> 00:11:53,688 I actually have the ability to help 215 00:11:53,688 --> 00:11:55,528 players know these things 216 00:11:55,528 --> 00:11:56,428 beforehand and 217 00:11:56,428 --> 00:11:59,608 you know, they don't have to go through some of the 218 00:11:59,608 --> 00:12:01,228 things we probably both went through as players 219 00:12:01,228 --> 00:12:02,068 so yeah 220 00:12:02,068 --> 00:12:05,468 I'm going to bring up a name now 221 00:12:05,468 --> 00:12:07,148 a manager who you've played under 222 00:12:07,148 --> 00:12:09,048 and I played with many years ago 223 00:12:09,048 --> 00:12:11,688 a comment he made I tell people all the time 224 00:12:11,688 --> 00:12:13,028 so Mark Bartley 225 00:12:13,028 --> 00:12:15,668 manager at Marlow 226 00:12:15,668 --> 00:12:17,468 and he once said to me 227 00:12:17,468 --> 00:12:19,188 I've got players that want to be pros 228 00:12:19,188 --> 00:12:20,408 they tell me they want to be pros 229 00:12:20,408 --> 00:12:23,488 we train twice a week, we play once at the weekend 230 00:12:23,488 --> 00:12:25,728 but they're not doing anything outside of that 231 00:12:25,728 --> 00:12:27,448 pro footballers are 232 00:12:27,448 --> 00:12:29,128 training five maybe six times a week 233 00:12:29,128 --> 00:12:30,328 two games a week 234 00:12:30,328 --> 00:12:35,808 they're not doing more than the pros so they cannot be better than a pro footballer so you 235 00:12:35,808 --> 00:12:42,568 have to be doing more and it's a difficult situation to come to terms with because you're 236 00:12:42,568 --> 00:12:49,268 then telling young people you have to have a job possibly and be training and recovering 237 00:12:49,268 --> 00:12:55,968 to be better than a pro footballer now there are cases where you may get away with doing less and 238 00:12:55,968 --> 00:13:02,028 making it you might just have that outstanding ability but to be as you say pro ready you have 239 00:13:02,028 --> 00:13:07,788 to be doing as much as or more than what a pro is doing there are professionals probably aren't doing 240 00:13:07,788 --> 00:13:13,008 the most they are doing minimal training they're not doing extra over but if you are 241 00:13:13,008 --> 00:13:19,828 a non-league footballer or semi-pro footballer and you're doing the most you are training if you can 242 00:13:19,828 --> 00:13:25,548 once a day maybe twice a day if you can on an off day doing your recovery properly eating 243 00:13:25,548 --> 00:13:31,128 eating well, drinking well, you set yourselves up for that better opportunity to then be 244 00:13:31,128 --> 00:13:33,928 the best that you can be, but also then be spotted. 245 00:13:34,748 --> 00:13:43,488 Now, the information that your agent or the AI is given, does that make part of it to 246 00:13:43,488 --> 00:13:45,488 be someone who's named the Naver's Team Pro Ready? 247 00:13:45,908 --> 00:13:50,208 Is the information being fed through the lifestyle, basically, that they have to live? 248 00:13:51,408 --> 00:13:51,888 Definitely. 249 00:13:51,888 --> 00:13:58,768 So it's obviously filled in not just of manager communication and the realities of non-league. 250 00:13:58,908 --> 00:14:03,948 It also gives players, if a player was to ask about what more they could do in a week, 251 00:14:04,268 --> 00:14:09,708 it would ask what their weekly schedule is like and it will give them a week plan 252 00:14:09,708 --> 00:14:13,968 on how to then train as a professional footballer as well 253 00:14:13,968 --> 00:14:19,648 to make sure they don't strain themselves too much or ask them what job they do. 254 00:14:19,648 --> 00:14:23,728 and it kind of knows the basis of how straining that job is 255 00:14:23,728 --> 00:14:26,508 and it gives them the best ways to plan their weeks 256 00:14:26,508 --> 00:14:30,648 on then trying to train as much as a professional footballer 257 00:14:30,648 --> 00:14:31,928 but also not burning out. 258 00:14:32,448 --> 00:14:34,428 That's an important thing in the league. 259 00:14:34,648 --> 00:14:37,228 A lot of us players tend to train a lot and then burn out 260 00:14:37,228 --> 00:14:40,468 and then not realise that the most crucial day of the week 261 00:14:40,468 --> 00:14:41,468 is the match day. 262 00:14:42,328 --> 00:14:46,488 So, yeah, what Pro Ready does, it helps you then, you know, 263 00:14:46,488 --> 00:14:48,268 schedule your week around 264 00:14:48,268 --> 00:14:50,068 what job you do 265 00:14:50,068 --> 00:14:52,528 and it helps you actually 266 00:14:52,528 --> 00:14:53,668 become pro ready 267 00:14:53,668 --> 00:14:56,708 it does the same with the nutrition as well 268 00:14:56,708 --> 00:14:58,908 it helps players 269 00:14:58,908 --> 00:15:00,688 understand what kind of 270 00:15:00,688 --> 00:15:01,588 foods to eat in a week 271 00:15:01,588 --> 00:15:04,128 it actually knows all the shops as an LD 272 00:15:04,128 --> 00:15:05,888 knows the prices 273 00:15:05,888 --> 00:15:08,368 and can get you sorting that out 274 00:15:08,368 --> 00:15:10,608 also affordably for yourself as well 275 00:15:10,608 --> 00:15:12,148 that's another thing in non-league 276 00:15:12,148 --> 00:15:14,528 obviously you don't get paid the big bucks the professionals do 277 00:15:14,528 --> 00:15:16,348 but pro ready 278 00:15:16,348 --> 00:15:23,868 there to help you um live within your means and guide you to be pro ready interesting i like the 279 00:15:23,868 --> 00:15:29,468 fact that it takes into account your your job role as well so thinking back to when i started 280 00:15:29,468 --> 00:15:35,068 off as a trainee carpenter i was quite active on site up and down scaffolders i used to work with 281 00:15:35,068 --> 00:15:39,148 scaffolders used to play football they were reasonably fit and then thinking as i progressed 282 00:15:39,148 --> 00:15:44,428 became a site manager a bit less active in the office my training didn't change much like that 283 00:15:44,428 --> 00:15:45,788 is my body shape. 284 00:15:46,228 --> 00:15:50,468 And that's something that I probably didn't think of too much at the time. 285 00:15:50,688 --> 00:15:52,308 Obviously, looking back, it obviously makes sense. 286 00:15:52,588 --> 00:15:55,528 But, yeah, taking into account your job role 287 00:15:55,528 --> 00:15:58,348 and then applying training tends to suit that. 288 00:15:58,688 --> 00:16:00,508 And obviously nutrition, that's very good. 289 00:16:02,028 --> 00:16:02,508 Yeah. 290 00:16:03,648 --> 00:16:05,728 Something I've made sure to take into account 291 00:16:05,728 --> 00:16:08,028 is it is about becoming pretty ready. 292 00:16:08,628 --> 00:16:09,148 So, yeah. 293 00:16:11,048 --> 00:16:14,248 So in terms of players that are used at the moment, 294 00:16:14,428 --> 00:16:20,828 You mentioned that obviously it's for people to be team pro-A, professional footballers that are using it. 295 00:16:20,908 --> 00:16:22,608 Can you name them, name drop? 296 00:16:23,008 --> 00:16:23,848 If they wouldn't mind. 297 00:16:23,848 --> 00:16:26,728 Yeah, so we've got a few. 298 00:16:27,588 --> 00:16:30,488 At the moment, we've got Jaden Carbone. 299 00:16:30,988 --> 00:16:33,848 He's one of the players I've known for a while. 300 00:16:33,968 --> 00:16:37,348 He's someone that's actively made it through non-league. 301 00:16:38,648 --> 00:16:41,848 He started off with me actually out of the city. 302 00:16:41,848 --> 00:16:45,388 definitely an inspiration to a lot of players 303 00:16:45,388 --> 00:16:47,708 to keep going and he's ticked off 304 00:16:47,708 --> 00:16:49,248 and he learned a lot 305 00:16:49,248 --> 00:16:51,488 learning through the game and he 306 00:16:51,488 --> 00:16:53,568 tells me Pro Ready is something that helps him 307 00:16:53,568 --> 00:16:55,548 currently, he uses 308 00:16:55,548 --> 00:16:57,728 we've got Tanto Laffer 309 00:16:57,728 --> 00:16:59,588 who plays at Stockport 310 00:16:59,588 --> 00:17:00,968 at the moment, he's in League One 311 00:17:00,968 --> 00:17:12,776 he another player that tapped into Pro Ready and he said it something that actually helps him with the game And he surprised that a lot of players haven tapped into already 312 00:17:13,596 --> 00:17:17,216 As it would be definitely really good for a lot of the younger players as well. 313 00:17:17,736 --> 00:17:18,976 A few other non-league players. 314 00:17:19,056 --> 00:17:19,956 You've got Latour Hunt for you. 315 00:17:20,136 --> 00:17:23,076 He was at Reading. 316 00:17:23,696 --> 00:17:25,116 He played England under-15s. 317 00:17:25,916 --> 00:17:27,496 And he's coming to Oxford City. 318 00:17:27,996 --> 00:17:29,476 Same with Ewan Clarke as well. 319 00:17:29,476 --> 00:17:30,896 both Oxford City 320 00:17:30,896 --> 00:17:31,676 and Clark was also 321 00:17:31,676 --> 00:17:32,116 a professional 322 00:17:32,116 --> 00:17:33,396 Bristol City as well 323 00:17:33,396 --> 00:17:34,456 you know 324 00:17:34,456 --> 00:17:34,996 they double-dabbled 325 00:17:34,996 --> 00:17:35,576 around on the 326 00:17:35,576 --> 00:17:36,476 part of Bath City 327 00:17:36,476 --> 00:17:36,956 as well 328 00:17:36,956 --> 00:17:37,876 but yeah 329 00:17:37,876 --> 00:17:38,476 we've got a few 330 00:17:38,476 --> 00:17:38,856 players 331 00:17:38,856 --> 00:17:40,536 with some 332 00:17:40,536 --> 00:17:41,996 clubs behind them 333 00:17:41,996 --> 00:17:42,876 that have tapped 334 00:17:42,876 --> 00:17:43,816 in and actively 335 00:17:43,816 --> 00:17:44,296 using 336 00:17:44,296 --> 00:17:46,596 the programme 337 00:17:46,596 --> 00:17:48,256 some good names 338 00:17:48,256 --> 00:17:48,476 there 339 00:17:48,476 --> 00:17:49,316 so when did you 340 00:17:49,316 --> 00:17:49,976 actually launch 341 00:17:49,976 --> 00:17:50,816 have you got a 342 00:17:50,816 --> 00:17:50,996 date 343 00:17:50,996 --> 00:17:53,056 so I launched 344 00:17:53,056 --> 00:17:54,116 on the 345 00:17:54,116 --> 00:17:55,056 1st 346 00:17:55,056 --> 00:17:55,576 of 347 00:17:55,576 --> 00:17:56,596 December 348 00:17:56,596 --> 00:17:57,716 2025 349 00:17:57,716 --> 00:17:59,216 so it's only 350 00:17:59,216 --> 00:18:01,036 a few months old but 351 00:18:01,036 --> 00:18:03,236 yeah. At that time I think 352 00:18:03,236 --> 00:18:04,916 Jaden was already 353 00:18:04,916 --> 00:18:07,256 some professional form so what you're 354 00:18:07,256 --> 00:18:09,276 looking for now right is a non-declare 355 00:18:09,276 --> 00:18:10,716 that uses your app 356 00:18:10,716 --> 00:18:12,976 that makes it through to the ranks as a pro right 357 00:18:12,976 --> 00:18:15,236 to be your next poster boy 358 00:18:15,236 --> 00:18:15,276 definitely 359 00:18:15,276 --> 00:18:16,696 yeah 360 00:18:16,696 --> 00:18:21,316 for sure 361 00:18:21,316 --> 00:18:23,336 people that 362 00:18:23,336 --> 00:18:25,156 want to get involved how can they 363 00:18:25,156 --> 00:18:25,756 find you 364 00:18:25,756 --> 00:18:28,956 how can they use the app 365 00:18:29,216 --> 00:18:34,316 So, literally, you can go on my Instagram, it's teamproready, 366 00:18:34,716 --> 00:18:39,336 or literally search on your web browser, proready.org. 367 00:18:40,556 --> 00:18:43,656 And, yes, literally all there, the website's there, the sign-up's there, 368 00:18:44,136 --> 00:18:48,516 and we can get you straight in and learn about what you can do 369 00:18:48,516 --> 00:18:52,736 to really take your level to the next level, really. 370 00:18:52,736 --> 00:18:55,336 And it is a bridge between players, managers, and progress. 371 00:18:55,336 --> 00:18:59,656 I'm going to mention another manager now 372 00:18:59,656 --> 00:19:02,296 one that we've both played under 373 00:19:02,296 --> 00:19:04,476 he's been in the game a long time 374 00:19:04,476 --> 00:19:05,536 Mike Ford 375 00:19:05,536 --> 00:19:07,536 and I'm going to use one of his quotes 376 00:19:07,536 --> 00:19:09,596 practice makes permanent 377 00:19:09,596 --> 00:19:11,856 which means nobody is ever perfect 378 00:19:11,856 --> 00:19:16,136 in terms of that with your app 379 00:19:16,136 --> 00:19:18,316 how often would someone need to use it 380 00:19:18,316 --> 00:19:19,256 would you recommend 381 00:19:19,256 --> 00:19:20,476 or is it a case of 382 00:19:20,476 --> 00:19:23,336 the app will be checking with you 383 00:19:23,336 --> 00:19:24,676 and send you prompts 384 00:19:24,676 --> 00:19:26,896 what would you advise for people that are using it? 385 00:19:28,216 --> 00:19:32,336 So with that app, I'd say it's a consistent program, really. 386 00:19:32,656 --> 00:19:35,716 If you always learn in a non-league, you'll always be confused. 387 00:19:36,596 --> 00:19:39,356 One minute you're playing and one minute you're not. 388 00:19:39,716 --> 00:19:42,576 There's always different kinds of situations that happen in the game. 389 00:19:43,156 --> 00:19:47,376 So with ProReady, it's just that tool and it's always there ready for you to use on deployment. 390 00:19:47,896 --> 00:19:50,636 So, yeah, I think it's something that you can always learn from. 391 00:19:50,636 --> 00:19:52,016 You never know too much. 392 00:19:52,016 --> 00:19:53,856 and with ProReady it's something that 393 00:19:53,856 --> 00:19:55,856 it's learned from over 100 players already 394 00:19:55,856 --> 00:19:57,976 so the data and the information 395 00:19:57,976 --> 00:19:59,976 it knows is gathered from a lot 396 00:19:59,976 --> 00:20:01,936 of players already so you're not just learning 397 00:20:01,936 --> 00:20:03,476 from one AI, you're learning from 398 00:20:03,476 --> 00:20:05,976 Tans, you're learning from the Jadens, you're learning 399 00:20:05,976 --> 00:20:07,936 from the Ewing, you're learning from the 400 00:20:07,936 --> 00:20:09,956 Trails, so there's a lot of 401 00:20:09,956 --> 00:20:12,016 people you're learning from so it's a continuous learning 402 00:20:12,016 --> 00:20:14,136 and it's a continuous more understanding the games 403 00:20:14,136 --> 00:20:16,016 and asking the questions of what 404 00:20:16,016 --> 00:20:17,936 you can do better so I think it's 405 00:20:17,936 --> 00:20:19,636 a thing I reckon 406 00:20:19,636 --> 00:20:21,836 you can use and use and use it 407 00:20:21,836 --> 00:20:23,316 never learned too much. 408 00:20:25,856 --> 00:20:27,236 Early on in the conversation, 409 00:20:27,376 --> 00:20:27,636 you mentioned 410 00:20:27,636 --> 00:20:29,716 taking the emotion out of it, right? 411 00:20:29,836 --> 00:20:31,616 So I've been on both sides, 412 00:20:31,776 --> 00:20:32,856 playing, coaching, 413 00:20:33,456 --> 00:20:34,416 maybe one day in the future 414 00:20:34,416 --> 00:20:35,296 you'll be on the other side, 415 00:20:35,416 --> 00:20:35,756 putting me. 416 00:20:36,956 --> 00:20:38,216 We are only human, right? 417 00:20:38,356 --> 00:20:39,616 Players are managers, coaches. 418 00:20:40,456 --> 00:20:42,096 We make decisions 419 00:20:42,096 --> 00:20:43,536 based on the knowledge we have. 420 00:20:44,196 --> 00:20:44,836 In the space, 421 00:20:44,956 --> 00:20:45,416 I mean, at the moment, 422 00:20:45,536 --> 00:20:46,396 I say to people, 423 00:20:46,916 --> 00:20:47,416 as I'm saying, 424 00:20:47,636 --> 00:20:48,976 the cat can't dismiss the internet, 425 00:20:49,116 --> 00:20:49,536 basically, 426 00:20:50,676 --> 00:20:50,996 meaning, 427 00:20:50,996 --> 00:20:55,436 we know what the internet is but if a cat was sat on your lap right now it would have no idea what 428 00:20:55,436 --> 00:20:59,716 the internet is but it can't dismiss the internet so when people have their own opinions and thoughts 429 00:20:59,716 --> 00:21:05,096 you cannot dismiss it you can try and understand how they got that reasoning and then bringing it 430 00:21:05,096 --> 00:21:10,636 back to football we witness and i've witnessed and we will continue to witness some decisions 431 00:21:10,636 --> 00:21:16,216 that players and managers make that you think what the hell are they thinking but in that moment in 432 00:21:16,216 --> 00:21:25,896 time whatever's ever ever has happened in their life in that week on that day in that game they 433 00:21:25,896 --> 00:21:31,636 have made that decision now no one is ever going to make the right decision 100% of the time we 434 00:21:31,636 --> 00:21:39,016 always hope that we try and make the better or the best decision now that being said don't take 435 00:21:39,016 --> 00:21:43,156 things to heart what I want to try and get the point across I've been in situations where I've 436 00:21:43,156 --> 00:21:46,956 looked at, managed and thought, is this an attack on me? 437 00:21:47,556 --> 00:21:49,776 Then being on the other side and having conversations with players 438 00:21:49,776 --> 00:21:52,356 and realising sometimes it's nothing to do with that player at all. 439 00:21:52,436 --> 00:21:57,496 Sometimes it's to do what we believe or what the coach believes is best for the team 440 00:21:57,496 --> 00:22:05,136 or best for the outcome, depending on player positioning, player selection. 441 00:22:05,756 --> 00:22:07,256 And as a player, you might be sitting on a bench. 442 00:22:07,396 --> 00:22:10,416 I've been there many times thinking, he's not better than me. 443 00:22:10,416 --> 00:22:14,656 but you don't know what's going on in the coach's mind and again management might be 444 00:22:14,656 --> 00:22:21,656 the game ahead or two games ahead of the manager's thinking of so in terms of sticking it out if you 445 00:22:21,656 --> 00:22:30,436 are consistently performing and being pro ready having that professional mindset you then go to 446 00:22:30,436 --> 00:22:36,856 team pro ready ask the question what should i do have a bit of advice but don't make rash decisions 447 00:22:36,856 --> 00:22:40,456 in terms of not warming up, 448 00:22:41,076 --> 00:22:42,336 not doing the runs afterwards, 449 00:22:43,036 --> 00:22:44,916 not putting the kit away, 450 00:22:45,296 --> 00:22:46,656 not staying in the clubroom afterwards, 451 00:22:46,756 --> 00:22:47,396 not saying goodbye. 452 00:22:47,556 --> 00:22:48,796 Those things you may think, 453 00:22:48,876 --> 00:22:51,116 oh, that's me showing that I'm not happy. 454 00:22:51,676 --> 00:22:53,456 But it shows you're not being professional. 455 00:22:53,856 --> 00:22:55,796 You continue to be professional 456 00:22:55,796 --> 00:22:58,716 and show that you're not happy. 457 00:22:59,356 --> 00:22:59,916 You can be running, 458 00:23:00,076 --> 00:23:01,036 doing the runs after the game 459 00:23:01,036 --> 00:23:01,936 with a stern face. 460 00:23:02,396 --> 00:23:04,976 I do the runs because it's to your benefit. 461 00:23:05,556 --> 00:23:06,436 You can be professional. 462 00:23:06,436 --> 00:23:07,356 or you can put the kit away, 463 00:23:07,416 --> 00:23:08,336 you can go to a club afterwards. 464 00:23:08,456 --> 00:23:10,176 You haven't got to be cheery and happy, 465 00:23:11,036 --> 00:23:12,496 but be there, be present, 466 00:23:12,616 --> 00:23:13,996 show that you're still part of the squad. 467 00:23:14,396 --> 00:23:16,556 And these are things that you learn 468 00:23:16,556 --> 00:23:18,436 and still learn and now on the other side. 469 00:23:19,096 --> 00:23:21,136 Now, for players that are younger coming through, 470 00:23:21,236 --> 00:23:24,136 they can not necessarily understand this right away, 471 00:23:24,216 --> 00:23:26,356 but have that point of reference 472 00:23:26,356 --> 00:23:28,356 that they can go to and ask the question, 473 00:23:28,476 --> 00:23:29,696 what would you advise? 474 00:23:29,776 --> 00:23:30,856 What do you think I should do here? 475 00:23:31,516 --> 00:23:35,236 And then have advice from tens of hundreds of players 476 00:23:35,236 --> 00:23:36,756 that have been in that situation, 477 00:23:37,416 --> 00:23:39,796 you will get an answer that you can consider. 478 00:23:40,596 --> 00:23:43,436 But isn't going to be, don't turn up. 479 00:23:43,896 --> 00:23:45,456 Don't answer the manager's call. 480 00:23:47,036 --> 00:23:49,956 Don't answer the manager's call. 481 00:23:50,676 --> 00:23:51,576 Ignore the manager. 482 00:23:52,496 --> 00:23:54,436 Yeah, don't answer any calls. 483 00:23:54,576 --> 00:23:55,476 Don't respond to anything. 484 00:23:55,656 --> 00:23:56,356 Don't turn up to training. 485 00:23:56,656 --> 00:23:58,656 That's not going to help you in any walk of life, 486 00:23:58,796 --> 00:23:59,696 but especially football. 487 00:24:00,896 --> 00:24:01,336 Exactly. 488 00:24:01,336 --> 00:24:05,936 exactly that 489 00:24:05,936 --> 00:24:08,276 what were you going to say? 490 00:24:09,296 --> 00:24:10,756 no I said yeah no exactly that 491 00:24:10,756 --> 00:24:11,996 and I think that's definitely 492 00:24:11,996 --> 00:24:14,616 things that I will say 493 00:24:14,616 --> 00:24:16,296 some of the anonymous players that I've put on there 494 00:24:16,296 --> 00:24:18,836 have said the mistakes they've made 495 00:24:18,836 --> 00:24:20,636 where they've done those 496 00:24:20,636 --> 00:24:22,576 kind of things and they've made sure to put it in 497 00:24:22,576 --> 00:24:24,656 capital letters that that's not what you should 498 00:24:24,656 --> 00:24:26,596 do and Pro Ready's, the Pro Line 499 00:24:26,596 --> 00:24:28,496 AI is definitely make sure 500 00:24:28,496 --> 00:24:30,696 to make sure to 501 00:24:30,696 --> 00:24:36,976 entire players do the opposite and you know it gives them more respectful ways to um to approach 502 00:24:36,976 --> 00:24:42,616 situations and not situations and you know make you think oh yeah I'm happy to just sit on the 503 00:24:42,616 --> 00:24:47,736 bench forever and just be a squad player but ways to address situations correctly because we know 504 00:24:47,736 --> 00:24:51,976 every player wants to play but there's ways you go about it and you know Pro Red East there to 505 00:24:51,976 --> 00:24:56,456 guide them through that as you've said you know all these little nitty gritties that you know we 506 00:24:56,456 --> 00:25:02,336 shouldn't do as a young player I think I've done as well um you know I can give you an example I was 507 00:25:02,336 --> 00:25:09,296 my first loan at um Killerton actually um I wasn't starting and the guy that started over me I honestly 508 00:25:09,296 --> 00:25:14,656 was thinking why is he starting over me but the manager had his reason so I was having a little 509 00:25:14,656 --> 00:25:18,116 huff and puff on the side and the manager's basically gone up to me all right come on then 510 00:25:18,116 --> 00:25:20,116 and you're talking, come on. 511 00:25:21,156 --> 00:25:26,156 I've come on and the winger has absolutely sent me, 512 00:25:26,856 --> 00:25:29,896 so badly, sent me really bad. 513 00:25:29,896 --> 00:25:32,196 And he's got a nice little cross in as well. 514 00:25:32,196 --> 00:25:34,136 It was so embarrassing. 515 00:25:34,136 --> 00:25:47,824 And after that I didn start another game after that But I thought I was really was really big bollocks but you know you learn quickly that sometimes you just gotta humble yourself and don complain and I was a young player 516 00:25:47,824 --> 00:25:49,684 as well but you know if I would have 517 00:25:49,684 --> 00:25:51,444 had something like already at that time 518 00:25:51,444 --> 00:25:53,584 to tell me about it I would have done a lot better 519 00:25:53,584 --> 00:25:55,604 but yeah 520 00:25:55,604 --> 00:25:57,804 beforehand I was like I can't believe I'm not playing 521 00:25:57,804 --> 00:25:59,684 you know when the squad list is sent out 522 00:25:59,684 --> 00:26:01,304 and your name's at the bottom you're like yeah 523 00:26:01,304 --> 00:26:03,664 it's going to be me at the bottom at the bench today 524 00:26:03,664 --> 00:26:05,444 but yeah 525 00:26:05,444 --> 00:26:08,064 I wish I just had something like that there to guide me. 526 00:26:08,124 --> 00:26:08,824 I would have made better decisions. 527 00:26:08,904 --> 00:26:09,744 And maybe if I would have played, 528 00:26:10,424 --> 00:26:11,664 if I didn't do that, 529 00:26:11,744 --> 00:26:13,184 I would have played more games. 530 00:26:13,504 --> 00:26:15,464 And, you know, if, buts and maybes really, 531 00:26:15,644 --> 00:26:17,044 but that's just how the game is. 532 00:26:17,264 --> 00:26:20,444 And make sure Pro Ready knows how to guide players correctly. 533 00:26:22,864 --> 00:26:23,264 Excellent. 534 00:26:23,744 --> 00:26:25,324 I'm going to quote Mark Fuggin. 535 00:26:27,084 --> 00:26:29,544 One of our players during a team review said 536 00:26:29,544 --> 00:26:31,844 he did something during the season, 537 00:26:32,164 --> 00:26:32,884 into the season. 538 00:26:33,144 --> 00:26:33,884 And here's a comment. 539 00:26:33,984 --> 00:26:35,244 Well, I can't ask for much more. 540 00:26:35,444 --> 00:26:39,644 and Mike Forrest's comments were you effing well can by the way and I've lived off that 541 00:26:39,644 --> 00:26:43,324 so any players listening right now no matter how much you think you're doing 542 00:26:43,324 --> 00:26:51,204 if you think you're doing enough I can tell you not even as a retired footballer now I'm looking 543 00:26:51,204 --> 00:26:57,564 back there were times where I thought yeah I'm doing my gym sessions nutrition's on point but 544 00:26:57,564 --> 00:27:01,724 there's always more you could be doing and not saying you have to go and smash 5k's every day 545 00:27:01,724 --> 00:27:06,984 but everything in your routine your habits are they good habits and i'm not saying you have to 546 00:27:06,984 --> 00:27:14,444 live like a monk but more that you commit to something and create in those good habits that 547 00:27:14,444 --> 00:27:19,284 lifestyle and maintain it the better opportunity you will have and there's something called 548 00:27:19,284 --> 00:27:25,424 75 hard um if you're listening i'd suggest just taking out taking a listen to it with a podcast 549 00:27:25,424 --> 00:27:31,644 and then 75 days that you can commit to working to better yourself mindset and body 550 00:27:31,644 --> 00:27:36,964 you mentioned jayden earlier if you're not if you listen to that he's my son and i said to him 551 00:27:36,964 --> 00:27:43,764 when he did it himself if someone said to you you had to do 75 hard continuously for a chance to be 552 00:27:43,764 --> 00:27:49,384 a pro would you do it and the answer is yes of course but there's no guarantee now he didn't live 553 00:27:49,384 --> 00:27:56,384 75 hard daily for those years but he had that 75 hard mindset putting yourselves in difficult 554 00:27:56,384 --> 00:28:03,344 situation making your lifestyle not comfortable so making it hard but making tasks that you can 555 00:28:03,344 --> 00:28:08,864 complete and maintain to create a better lifestyle which he's doing and done for himself 556 00:28:08,864 --> 00:28:16,524 me looking back I realized I wasn't committed enough daily discipline to be a pro some people 557 00:28:16,524 --> 00:28:21,124 have made a pro and not had a discipline but that's just luck of the draw but if you want to 558 00:28:21,124 --> 00:28:27,444 be within the best chance give yourself the best opportunity then create that consistency create 559 00:28:27,444 --> 00:28:32,184 that discipline create those habits that are going to let you be the best version of yourself 560 00:28:32,184 --> 00:28:39,984 allowing yourself to have them down those down days but even when days aren't the best you can 561 00:28:39,984 --> 00:28:45,564 still do something positively right it's raining you might not get the best time for your run you 562 00:28:45,564 --> 00:28:49,624 might not feel up to it might be you feel ill but you can still do something to better yourself daily 563 00:28:49,624 --> 00:28:53,884 with your team 564 00:28:53,884 --> 00:28:54,204 program 565 00:28:54,204 --> 00:28:55,864 having that 566 00:28:55,864 --> 00:28:56,864 as a go-to 567 00:28:56,864 --> 00:28:58,024 something that 568 00:28:58,024 --> 00:29:00,104 you could 569 00:29:00,104 --> 00:29:00,624 refer to 570 00:29:00,624 --> 00:29:01,024 daily 571 00:29:01,024 --> 00:29:02,544 is just 572 00:29:02,544 --> 00:29:03,184 going to 573 00:29:03,184 --> 00:29:03,684 help players 574 00:29:03,684 --> 00:29:05,604 massively 575 00:29:05,604 --> 00:29:08,684 exactly 576 00:29:08,684 --> 00:29:10,444 exactly 577 00:29:10,444 --> 00:29:10,804 and remember 578 00:29:10,804 --> 00:29:11,964 it's shorter 579 00:29:11,964 --> 00:29:12,524 to just not 580 00:29:12,524 --> 00:29:13,004 make it like 581 00:29:13,004 --> 00:29:13,824 a motivation 582 00:29:13,824 --> 00:29:14,484 tool 583 00:29:14,484 --> 00:29:16,324 a tool that 584 00:29:16,324 --> 00:29:16,644 players 585 00:29:16,644 --> 00:29:17,344 just say 586 00:29:17,344 --> 00:29:17,924 yeah go on 587 00:29:17,924 --> 00:29:18,444 keep going 588 00:29:18,444 --> 00:29:18,804 mate 589 00:29:18,804 --> 00:29:19,344 yeah just 590 00:29:19,344 --> 00:29:23,724 keep doing what you're doing it it tells you the realities and it says you tell it what you've done 591 00:29:23,724 --> 00:29:28,724 this week it'll tell you straight off the bat don't think you're doing enough think you might 592 00:29:28,724 --> 00:29:33,964 need to add this or you might need to remove that or you need to do this so it really does have that 593 00:29:33,964 --> 00:29:40,904 hustle mentality and I guess I wanted it to be as much of a version of I don't know that I wish I 594 00:29:40,904 --> 00:29:45,684 had and because I think football people that play football and young people that play football 595 00:29:45,684 --> 00:29:48,504 and people that even have played football already 596 00:29:48,504 --> 00:29:52,824 know that the game isn't soft and isn't nice 597 00:29:52,824 --> 00:29:54,504 and it isn't all rosy. 598 00:29:54,664 --> 00:29:56,364 For some people it is, definitely, 599 00:29:56,824 --> 00:29:59,124 if you get the greatest luck. 600 00:29:59,644 --> 00:30:02,584 But most of the time it's you have to hustle through 601 00:30:02,584 --> 00:30:06,564 and you have to be quiet when you want to just shout 602 00:30:06,564 --> 00:30:09,004 and you have to, you know, coast through. 603 00:30:09,344 --> 00:30:13,464 And ProReady really does tell players the reality 604 00:30:13,464 --> 00:30:15,784 and it doesn't just give you that motivation. 605 00:30:15,944 --> 00:30:17,404 It tells you what you really need to do. 606 00:30:17,784 --> 00:30:19,424 And it will really test you as well 607 00:30:19,424 --> 00:30:20,884 to see how much you really want it 608 00:30:20,884 --> 00:30:23,144 with the kind of questions it will ask you 609 00:30:23,144 --> 00:30:25,864 and the kind of situations it will put you in. 610 00:30:26,444 --> 00:30:29,284 But yeah, that's definitely what made sure 611 00:30:29,284 --> 00:30:31,144 to make it have that mentality. 612 00:30:31,364 --> 00:30:33,304 And I think I wanted it to be a kind of version 613 00:30:33,304 --> 00:30:35,684 that I wish I had and a lot of friends around me 614 00:30:35,684 --> 00:30:36,984 wish they could have had as well. 615 00:30:37,324 --> 00:30:38,864 Not just yes men and people that say, 616 00:30:38,944 --> 00:30:40,124 yeah, go on, do this, do that. 617 00:30:40,464 --> 00:30:43,144 It tells the realities and that's what's needed. 618 00:30:43,464 --> 00:30:45,824 model player 619 00:30:45,824 --> 00:30:47,144 who in the modern game 620 00:30:47,144 --> 00:30:50,224 would Team Pro Ready say you have to be like 621 00:30:50,224 --> 00:30:52,364 or would you have to live their lifestyle 622 00:30:52,364 --> 00:30:56,084 say that again 623 00:30:56,084 --> 00:30:58,204 Team Pro Ready 624 00:30:58,204 --> 00:30:59,124 you ask a question 625 00:30:59,124 --> 00:31:02,024 who is the best role model out there right now 626 00:31:02,024 --> 00:31:03,864 in a professional game who Team Pro Ready 627 00:31:03,864 --> 00:31:06,184 would say you need to be like to train like 628 00:31:06,184 --> 00:31:09,964 it would probably say 629 00:31:09,964 --> 00:31:11,544 Ronaldo you know 630 00:31:11,544 --> 00:31:12,944 I'm pretty sure 631 00:31:12,944 --> 00:31:15,104 or it would probably say something like 632 00:31:15,104 --> 00:31:17,804 you know, shouldn't compare yourself 633 00:31:17,804 --> 00:31:19,764 to other players and be the best player you can 634 00:31:19,764 --> 00:31:20,504 be for yourself 635 00:31:20,504 --> 00:31:23,244 I think that's probably the answer it would give actually 636 00:31:23,244 --> 00:31:25,664 it probably wouldn't advise you to try to be like 637 00:31:25,664 --> 00:31:27,604 someone else because they're completely different 638 00:31:27,604 --> 00:31:28,864 people to who you are 639 00:31:28,864 --> 00:31:30,444 so it would probably tell you to 640 00:31:30,444 --> 00:31:33,984 focus on what you can do 641 00:31:33,984 --> 00:31:35,964 and try to be 642 00:31:35,964 --> 00:31:37,724 the best player 643 00:31:37,724 --> 00:31:39,724 you can be and refine yourself 644 00:31:39,724 --> 00:31:40,884 I think that's the answer 645 00:31:40,884 --> 00:31:41,584 it would give actually 646 00:31:41,584 --> 00:31:42,804 but with a Ronaldo 647 00:31:42,804 --> 00:31:43,644 mindset right 648 00:31:43,644 --> 00:31:44,244 believe in 649 00:31:44,244 --> 00:31:45,244 believe in in yourself 650 00:31:45,244 --> 00:31:46,604 and being disciplined 651 00:31:46,604 --> 00:31:48,244 because that 652 00:31:48,244 --> 00:31:50,044 is an elite mindset 653 00:31:50,044 --> 00:31:50,924 when I ask a question 654 00:31:50,924 --> 00:31:51,984 that's the player I had in mind 655 00:31:51,984 --> 00:31:52,804 the most people 656 00:31:52,804 --> 00:31:53,464 would have in mind 657 00:31:53,464 --> 00:31:53,964 yeah 658 00:31:53,964 --> 00:31:55,624 yeah 659 00:31:55,624 --> 00:31:57,344 yeah 660 00:31:57,344 --> 00:31:58,664 might have to change that actually 661 00:31:58,664 --> 00:31:59,724 don't want it to be too cliche 662 00:31:59,724 --> 00:32:03,584 so I'm going to 663 00:32:03,584 --> 00:32:05,024 ask the final question 664 00:32:05,024 --> 00:32:05,544 that I've asked 665 00:32:05,544 --> 00:32:06,864 every guest 666 00:32:06,864 --> 00:32:08,504 on the Cumberland Live Pod 667 00:32:08,504 --> 00:32:10,084 you'll have a time machine 668 00:32:10,084 --> 00:32:12,724 you enter it, you go back in time 669 00:32:12,724 --> 00:32:14,444 you meet yourself at the school gate 670 00:32:14,444 --> 00:32:16,944 to leave a school at 16, what one bit of advice 671 00:32:16,944 --> 00:32:17,864 would you give yourself? 672 00:32:19,824 --> 00:32:22,224 What a question that is 673 00:32:22,224 --> 00:32:24,884 Damn, how old am I? 674 00:32:25,684 --> 00:32:26,184 16 675 00:32:26,184 --> 00:32:28,064 roughly when you're 16 676 00:32:28,064 --> 00:32:30,184 16 677 00:32:30,184 --> 00:32:32,284 I would say 678 00:32:32,284 --> 00:32:37,184 be more patient 679 00:32:37,184 --> 00:32:39,424 and start rushing yourself 680 00:32:39,424 --> 00:32:41,984 be more patient 681 00:32:41,984 --> 00:32:43,384 start rushing yourself 682 00:32:43,384 --> 00:32:43,684 yeah 683 00:32:43,684 --> 00:32:47,084 that would be what I'd say 684 00:32:47,084 --> 00:32:49,784 and I'll make sure to grab my head as well 685 00:32:49,784 --> 00:32:51,644 like really shake it and scream 686 00:32:51,644 --> 00:32:53,064 me in my face 687 00:32:53,064 --> 00:32:54,864 no contact 688 00:32:54,864 --> 00:32:57,264 no aggression towards 689 00:32:57,264 --> 00:32:58,264 your younger self 690 00:32:58,264 --> 00:33:01,104 very stern word 691 00:33:01,104 --> 00:33:03,544 as I would say now have a low 692 00:33:03,544 --> 00:33:04,384 time preference 693 00:33:04,384 --> 00:33:07,404 don't expect everything 694 00:33:07,404 --> 00:33:08,624 to come straight away 695 00:33:08,624 --> 00:33:10,344 I think that's the difficulty I had 696 00:33:10,344 --> 00:33:12,524 working with some players 697 00:33:12,524 --> 00:33:13,204 of late 698 00:33:13,204 --> 00:33:15,384 they played one game 699 00:33:15,384 --> 00:33:17,524 and wanted to move on to the first team 700 00:33:17,524 --> 00:33:20,744 or came off the bench for one game 701 00:33:20,744 --> 00:33:21,504 Mark Dunne-Wright 702 00:33:21,504 --> 00:33:22,704 and wanted to start the next game 703 00:33:22,704 --> 00:33:25,664 that's not how life works 704 00:33:25,664 --> 00:33:27,484 that's definitely not how football works 705 00:33:27,484 --> 00:33:28,924 you need to be consistent 706 00:33:28,924 --> 00:33:31,264 and then when you get the opportunity 707 00:33:31,264 --> 00:33:32,684 can you consistently put that 708 00:33:32,684 --> 00:33:34,284 that effort in. 709 00:33:35,664 --> 00:33:36,184 Pulumi, 710 00:33:36,344 --> 00:33:37,164 thank you very much 711 00:33:37,164 --> 00:33:37,664 for your time. 712 00:33:38,304 --> 00:33:38,784 Listeners, 713 00:33:38,944 --> 00:33:39,504 go and follow 714 00:33:39,504 --> 00:33:40,304 TeamProReady. 715 00:33:40,924 --> 00:33:41,764 Follow Pulumi. 716 00:33:42,204 --> 00:33:42,984 I'll be following 717 00:33:42,984 --> 00:33:43,404 your journey 718 00:33:43,404 --> 00:33:44,644 I've done for a while. 719 00:33:46,104 --> 00:33:46,584 Hopefully, 720 00:33:46,784 --> 00:33:47,964 using the TeamProReady app, 721 00:33:48,004 --> 00:33:48,604 we'll see you 722 00:33:48,604 --> 00:33:50,124 club down the leagues. 723 00:33:51,784 --> 00:33:52,124 Definitely. 724 00:33:52,124 --> 00:33:52,404 And then, 725 00:33:52,684 --> 00:33:53,244 hopefully, 726 00:33:53,384 --> 00:33:54,844 you're officially signed 727 00:33:54,844 --> 00:33:56,144 for Bitcoin Ballers Academy 728 00:33:56,144 --> 00:33:57,324 so that we can announce that. 729 00:33:58,964 --> 00:33:59,324 Yeah. 730 00:34:00,004 --> 00:34:01,064 Get that in the line, man. 731 00:34:01,504 --> 00:34:01,964 Line, man. 732 00:34:02,684 --> 00:34:09,404 all right nice well thank you for your time and um i'll catch up with you soon take care 733 00:34:09,404 --> 00:34:10,444 cheers