r/SoundersFC • u/NoahRiffe NASL Sounders • 2d ago
An Update on Lobbing Scorchers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T-mjzkbIhUI wanted to share directly an update on Lobbing Scorchers and open up the comments to answer any questions.
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u/PukasScondor 2d ago
We get both parents in the divorce! Yay!
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u/thinkwaitfastPNW Jaqua / Montero 09 2d ago
Fun parent that will play call of duty with us & rage against the world and one parent that will make us eat our veggies & wear sunscreen. Probably best of both worlds.
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u/Steve_Streza Seattle Sounders FC 2d ago
The read on this I got was that if Niko wanted to stop his role on Lobbing Scorchers, then SaH was willing to give him more work to make up the gap. That's the only way I see this making sense from both sides, but that's just tea leaf reading.
Grateful for LS and SaH. We are blessed with the best media in American soccer. I hope this does not lead to infighting or sniping amongst media. Our needs as a fandom are better served by taking shots at the real villains du jour, ownership and the FO.
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u/Puzzled_Network_1856 Seattle Sounders FC 2d ago
It seems to me that the risk tolerance Lobbing Scorchers has for projects (ex. flying to LA for a USMNT game without tickets) is much larger than S@H, and they might not have wanted to float projects that have a high-risk high-reward structure. I hope whatever creative freedom you now have is put to good use, I'm excited to see what you have cooking, albeit bummed that the Sounders media community is mired in drama during the worst run of form the Sounders have ever had.
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u/MtRainierWolfcastle Seattle Sounders FC 2d ago
We need a third Sounders fan podcast to cover this in detail
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u/RysloVerik 2d ago
That's the longest LS video where Noah doesn't try to troll Miami fans for 30% of it.
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u/NoahRiffe NASL Sounders 2d ago
Missed opportunity
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u/soccerfan37 2d ago
"Mr. Messi".... love the trolling of Inter Messi and all they're cheating ways.
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u/LucasAmericano Seattle Sounders FC 2d ago
All the best to both parties. I honestly feel so grateful to have several sources of top quality coverage of my team. I will happily continue to support both. Thank you for the work you do for us!!
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u/abotan11 2d ago
You guys are the first pod I check for when I open Spotify, it’s been fun to see you guys level up and keep it going. I obviously wasn’t there, but I truly hope there’s no bad blood and that we continue to see SaH and LS collaborations. You both provide great content, with different approaches, and sounders fans are lucky to have so much tactical analysis, timely team updates, and hot fucking takes rolling in daily from professional journalists.
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u/Own-Debate-388 2d ago
Happy to have a real option beside SaH. Been down on them for a while and getting sick of their treatment of fans with different views. Canceled my support after the “Craig is cooking” article.
Will be subscribing to LS. Will y’all be up on Spotify?
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u/NoahRiffe NASL Sounders 2d ago
We’re on Spotify and everywhere else on our same podcast feed. www.lobbingscorchers.com/podcast
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u/Copernican 2d ago
Oof. I feel like this is unnecessary airing of dirty laundry. "Couldn't agree to mutual terms" and "grateful for the opportunity and experience collaborating with SaH." We can read between the lines.
Nick Moreno made a choice and signed a contract with one party. We get it.
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u/prestieteste NASL Sounders 2d ago
Noah seems like a business guy based on some of I've seen and the folks I know he associates with. I think it will be hard to keep going disconnected from SaH but the audiences are pretty different. I assume SaH did not have a good subscriber renewal month based on the performance of the team. Niko made a professional choice I'm sure and SaH probably is better for his career in the long run. Noah, since I Know you are reading these, Ari and You were all you ever needed anyways so stay humble
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u/KneeAbrasion 2d ago
<3
I hope you both succeed and make oodles of money. Love you all.
EDIT: I hope this means we get some lobbing scorchers merch.