PawedCast Episode 353: Orlando City Absences, Revolution Preview, and More

As the Lions prepare for an important trip to Gillette Stadium to play the New England Revolution, there will be some names missing from the starting XI and even from the bench. We discussed how Oscar Pareja’s troops will assemble in Massachusetts and what will happen in the second half when tired legs require substitutions.

Sam Minton from The Blazing Musket joins us this week to give us the scoop on what’s been going on in New England this year. Just like The Mane Land, our friends who support the Revolution have left SBNation, but unlike us, they are operating as a Substack newsletter. Sam told us about the Revs’ missing players, but they won’t be without as many key guys, and that seems like an advantage for a team that has never lost at home to Orlando City. In other words, they don’t need any more help. Big thanks to Sam for his time and for dropping the Revs knowledge on us.

After our talk with Sam, we jump into our mailbagbox to answer anything you asked us. Remember, if there’s anything — and we do mean anything — you want us to address on the show, just ask us by tweeting it to us at @TheManeLand with the hashtag #AskTMLPC.

Finally, we gathered our thoughts on the key matchups for Saturday’s game and made our bold score predictions.

Here’s how No. 353 went down:

0:15 – Depth is good until you use it and there’s no more behind it.

15:56 – Sam Minton jumps on to update us on all things Revolution.

31:40 – The mailbagbox and our key matchups and score predictions for Saturday’s trip to Gillette Stadium.