This week is Part 2 of the Tactics Series; this one focuses on Player Archetypes. Not sure what a Target Man is? What on earth is a poacher?! All of these questions are answered in this weeks podcast. Aaron and Scott cover many of the different roles players will play outside of their traditional positional responsibilities in a match. This is a great building block as we lead into the next installment of the series: Formations and Strategy.

Theme Music Credit:
Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-burn
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Aaron, Matt and Scott get back together this week to catch up on the Timbers 0-0 Draw away at Austin. The group starts with a discussion on some important performances and themes from the team for this match before moving more into if the Timbers will play like this on the road against other teams. They move onto updates on Jonathan Rodriguez and his journey back from injury before doing a quick spot on Merch deals around town. They wrap up with a quick preview of the Vermes-less SKC squad.

Theme Music Credit:
Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-burn
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

After a solid 3-1 win against Houston, the Outer Roses crew gets back together to talk through positives and negatives of the game. They speak on specific individual player performances, great plays and moments and wrapping up with the question "Is this team for real"?. After the discussion around Houston, they move on to talk what has changed since we last played Austin a few weeks ago and predictions. 

Theme Music Credit:
Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-burn
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

Aaron, Matt and Scott get together after missing last week to talk about the LA and Colorado matches. The group starts with a discussion around the LA match as a whole (including officiating) that slowly blends into also talking about the Colorado match as well. They talk about the strong links and weak links in the team so far and where we might see some players from last season fill those spots. Finally, they wrap up with a preview of Houston coming to town this Sunday. 

Theme Music Credit:
Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-burn
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

The Outer Roses group gets back together this week to talk the Timbers disappointing loss to Nashville. They start on highlighting some specific performances and dive into some moments that really changed the game. They follow up with a quick chat on what to expect and what they would do to fix this team right now. Finally, they jump into a preview of the Timbers upcoming opponent: The LA Galaxy.

Theme Music Credit:
Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-burn
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

Aaron, Matt and Scott celebrate the Timbers first win of the season and  say goodbye to Stout Month as we head into March. They spend the first segment of the episode on beer before heading into the Timbers 1-0 win at home against Austin. After a bit of discussion, they group moves onto preview the Timbers first away match of the season in Nashville. They wrap up with predictions and what they think will happen at the match.

Theme Music Credit:
Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-burn
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

Its regular season time folks! Aaron, Matt and Scott get together to chit chat about the opening day for the Timbers. They start by giving some quick insights on the gameday experience (including some of the new food options at the stadium) before diving into the horrors of opening day. After talking through some highs and lows of the match, they jump into a preview of the upcoming match against Austin at home.

Theme Music Credit:
Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-burn
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

Aaron, Matt and Scott hop on the pod to chat about Evander's departure and David Da Costa's arrival. After a bit of chat about the farewell and if this was good or bad for the club, they move on to a few predictions to start the season. Each person picks a serious, silly and silliest prediction they think might happen this season. Finally, they wrap up with a preview of Vancouver and predictions on what might happen Sunday. 

Theme Music Credit:
Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-burn
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

This week, the group tried to put their magic into making some Evander news happen (and it did!). They discuss what they think will happen (obviously recorded before the news) before diving into Preseason and some quick notes on what the team has looked like so far. Finally, they spend most of the episode doing Q&A from Bluesky and Reddit. Next should be the second Tactics pod, followed by regular season content.

Theme Music Credit:
Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-burn
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

This week, Aaron, Matt and Scott get together for a quick pod doing some Timbers transfer rumors since there has been a lot going on as of late. They speak a bit about Evander and speculate on if he will show up, before they dive into a few rumored names that might be replacements or additions. Tune in next time for the second episode of the Tactics series.

Theme Music Credit:
Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4372-slow-burn
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/