Hello everyone. My name is Siddharth to pass. This is a cross the line with Chris great rich and myself and these are exciting times for me and Chris. Finally. We're here finally doing the podcast thing with threatening to do it for a long time haven't where you and I so finally to get it up and running. It's going to be a really exciting fun ride for us. I think yeah. Absolutely. I'm excited. I thought IMember talking on the bus and Dubai of you know, finally pulling this one off. I mean we listened to a lot of podcasts not me you and I I think there's a lot of really good content out there for football fans. If you're found in the Premier League fan of La Liga or just interested in finding out a little bit more about your favorite players, but you know from conversations that you and I had, you know back in January of this year. We were sort of saying well, there's nothing up there really For the Filipino fans to really get to know some of these football starts. Yeah, you see them on TV or you see them online and you see them in the league and as football as you know, what they're about, you know, what skills they have what their technique is like, etc, etc. But in terms of getting to know them as an individual and getting to know their their backs back story that they're sort of personal interests like this like what they really like as an individual. That was something that I felt was was missing and I think we owe it to the football Community here in the Philippines to give them the opportunity to learn a little bit more about the stars that they watch week in week out now, that's true. And you know, I've been covering the team for the past probably good 14 years already covering Philippine football. You made your debut till 2004. I know that so you've been around for quite some time, but You know, I haven't really gotten the opportunity to really although we have time A lot of time together. It's all about you know this tournament coming right up. Yeah this match coming right up. What are your thoughts in this match? But there's really a lack of you know background on the players that were suiting up for the national team and and just interesting Personalities in Philippine football. Yeah. I think it's also important that these these individuals that we can to come on the show and we're getting some big hits is on the About me so I think the the general football public are really going to enjoy listening to their stories. But to hear what they have to say first hand getting to know them intimately in this kind of setting I think is really really is really insightful for the Filipino football fans often when you hear a story of a player that's going to be suiting up for the as cows. You hear the the murmurs that you get off the off the Twitter or back in the old days on the message boards, etc, etc. But For you to be able to hear them speak about their personal Journeys firsthand. I think that's quite a rare Insight. So I'm really hoping that the the football Community here in the Philippines get excited about it because obviously we're excited about it. And yeah just just being able to get to know the players that they watch I think is really really good for the public now with that will take take this opportunity to for you to invite everyone to subscribe on YouTube and download the episode on a podcast Google podcast and On Spotify so we need those subscriptions to keep this podcast going because this is not easy. Yeah, we've got some great guests coming on the show just as a little teaser. We've got Stephen Schrock coming on the show. Yeah and James Young husband come on the show to Absolute, you know superstars of the domestic game. They're going to be sharing with some some pretty pretty hard-hitting stuff and I think a lot of the Filipino football fans are going to Really enjoy what those do have to say. So not only that it for them for our guests. Also therapeutic. You think we have yeah, I think so. No wait with the setting that we have the the lights, you know, the this is it down. Yeah. Dr. Chris. There's been a lot of Philippine football is gone through actually, we're not limiting this podcast is just fun being fitted. Not personalities, but you know over the course of the last probably decade so many things have been happening and some soaking points. Yeah, and you just can't, you know go into it. You have to take a step back and really appreciate what does happened over the past decade. Yeah, and I think also with this with this point cause it's an opportunity for a lot of people to relive some of those seminal moments in Philippine. Ball history and to get different accounts because we all see things differently. Like for example, you might see things from from the journalists. What have you I actually have my on the field accounts for a lot of things and then more recently from from the coaching perspective. So more kind of behind the scenes. So I think it's a great opportunity for people to get different counts different perspectives on on things that are probably seminal moments in the a lot of a lot of the football Community just see the highlights of Yeah, yeah, you know you're into match. Of course you get a few interviews here and there but in a reliving from people who were actually involved in those big moments and were actually there. Yeah, I think a lot of people don't know that they will probably relive their own accounts of it. You know, I remember talking to people about like the 2010 games and a lot of people are I remember being in that bar when I watch the game or I remember being in the house. Yeah, you know, I try not to wake up the kids because the game would have been on it. Yeah, silly. O'clock in the morning. So I think a lot of people would be really really intrigued to kind of relive those moments and and bounce off each other. It's I think there will be you know, some feelings that you know, we're not expressed before, you know expressed here in the podcast. Yeah, I think one of the good things that you and I will be able to bring to the fore with with our interview guest is there should be a level of comfort from the people who were interviewing with obviously, we're not trying to catch them out. We not trying to put them in the hot seat, but I think the ability for some of these people to come out and open up to us and therefore open up to the fans. I think that's really really important. Yeah, we're will sort of guide that discussion for them and whatever they want to say. This is unfiltered. Yeah, and I think that's one of the things we want to get across to the fans isn't it enough that? This is unfiltered unscripted interviews bare-bones fully naked in front of everyone. To enjoy because I think the Philippines football fans have had a bit of a tough tough ride of it in recent recent years. You know, I think a lot of Filipino fans are baying for this this type of thing, you know, they want to get to know their Stars better. They want more information. They want more content and you know, obviously that's something that we've jumped on it and said, right. Well, let's look to provide that for the fans at which I think is really important because there is a community out there in the Philippine football world. That that want to be informed and want to remain in contact that want to they want to be fed this stuff. So I think that's one of the things that we are aiming to provide from the from the show. There's a huge community in on Facebook the pfl fans United. They're always, you know, every time a game is happening. What's the update was there? Yeah. There's a thread yeah coming out and then, you know, especially now a lot of interest in the thigh Premier League with a lot of our national team players there. There's it's just a weekly. There's some graphics coming out from Malaysia because you know a couple of our players are there. So a lot of there's no question about it. The interest is there. Yeah, the community is there. They're just hungry for for material and information. Yeah. I think the other thing that we really came to express to the to the listeners is if they want a topic covered, you know, if you want to hear more about Grassroots football if you want to hear more about The national team if you want to hear more about some of the players abroad if you want to hear more stories about other issues pertaining to the domestic game, then then let us know because we're more than happy to listen to suggestions get guests on the show and will cater for the audience and I think that's really really important. Yeah. Well, we'll take this, you know a chance especially if you subscribe on YouTube or on on Facebook on our Facebook page you like our Facebook page and share Our videos and you can drop a comment there and probably we will take time to discuss. You know, what do you want? Yeah, absolutely. So it's going to be an exciting ride for the two of us. Me and Chris and of course the rest of the football Community we hope to take you with us as we go in depth with some of the most interesting Personalities in football as we bring you across the line with Chris great rich Instead of 2 plus we will be launching on August 30. So subscribe on Apple podcast. You can podcasts and on Spotify.
Welcome to Across the Line with Chris Greatwich and Cedelf Tupas! We're officially launching on August 30, 2019 with NEW Episodes every #FootballFriady. For now get to know us in this episode. We finally got our football podcast up and running! We see our football stars on TV or online. Yes, we know them as footballers. We know their skills, technique, etc. But have you ever wanted to hear the stories of the biggest personalities behind the beautiful game? What was it like for your favorite footballer to score that extremely underrated goal? What was it like growing up in a different country? Here on Across the line we want to give you the opportunity to learn a little bit more about your favorite football stars that you watch every week. We would like to bring to you a first hand account of your heroes' journeys as they speak about their families, childhood, hardships, careers and successes. We also want everyone listening to relive the great moments in football history as our guests take them down memory lane. We're really hoping that the football community will enjoy this podcast as much as we did making it. Thanks for listening! 