In The Zone - Episode 1 for Games Played 13th Jan 2017

'In The Zone' is the regular magazine show broadcast across the galaxy on the subspace wavelength on 92.2SUS and can be picked up on any SUB radio system, streamed via smartterminals, subdermal receivers and direct brain implants.

Hosted by Jim Wiezbowski, long standing DSPN sports anchor and regular co-host Mike Spunkmeyer they discuss all the matches, news and rumours of the recent E/WSAPD action.

Joined by adventurous Sphyr roving reporter An'aka Rez'nik who sometimes gets in a little over her hammerhead and joined by weekly special guests, 'In The Zone' is the last word in the league action.

JW: "Hey there folks this is 'In The Zone' I'm Jim Wiezbowski here on DSPN Subspace network and whether you're trucking through the cold space lanes or relaxed in your condo on the core systems, it's a pleasure to have you here.  Joining me, as always, is Mike Spunkmeyer.  Hey Mike."

MS: "Hey Jim."

JW: "You excited for the first 'In The Zone' of the season?

MS: "You bet Jim, it's going to be a terrific season and we've already had excitement and surprises, we've got new teams, new players and old favourites.  What more could you want?

JW: "You hit the nail on the head there Mike, so stay with us folks, it's going to be a great show."

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JW: "Well Mike, there's only one place we can start this week and that's with Kurt Kaan who scored a 3 pointer and a 4 pointer for Real Tronkers.  It's hard to imagine he could get any better, but he's off to a great start!"

MS: "It's incredible Jim, he's now 15 for 3  in all competitions and 11 on the hop.  He ended the last season saying he couldn't get any better, but he came out of the tunnel on fire at the weekend."

JW: "That game against the Kaminos was incredible, you look at the 6-0 score to the Tronkers and you think they got hammered, but the Kaminos scored 12 points over the course of the 14 rushes."

MS: "It was like a the teams were connected via bungee cords, it was pinging backwards and forwards.  The Kaminos are new to this league and they've gotta learn to defend their strike zones, you can score all you like but if you don't stop the opposition, they're going to hurt you, especially when you the Tronkers have quality like Kurt Kaan, you can see why they call him 'The King'."

JW: "I sure can Mike.  I agree about the Kaminos, they look so dangerous up front but there was nothing left in reserve to stop the Tronkers coming forward, I think they're going to get in trouble this season."

MS: "You can't play like that in the ESAPD, you just can't."

JW: "Well that was the only game in the ESADP so let's jump across to the WSAPD and another set of newcomers.  The Teraton team Turion City Terrors played Atletico Tronkers."

MS: "Boy those guys can take and deal punishment, you felt every hit in that game, some of those Tronkers had their bells rung for sure."

JW: "It was a narrow win for the Turion City, disappointedly we didn't see much of the teleporting that Teratons are famous for."

MS: "Well Jim, you're not going to play all your aces in your first game, I bet we'll see more of that before too long and when we do, the other teams better keep their eyes open."

JW: "Joining us now via Holo linkup is ZZ'Zor Dreadball Journalist Krietz,  Hey there Krietz, glad to have you back on the show."

Krietz: "tIn 'e' wItI'nISmo'. nuq start maqtagh, DIr neH 'e' vIHtaHbogh Hogh veb shedding jIH"

JW: "I hear that.  So you were covering the Ba'al Moon Smackers vs the Thunder Delvers and these two teams always go at it when they get together, I mean there's bad blood and there's these two, they do not like each other.  How was the atmosphere at the stadium?"

Krietz: "rotlh ghom'a', pa' violence 'op ngejtaH started maH 'ej tu'lu' 'IH mI' qaStaHvIS 'u' Quj Hegh Hoch ghoS cha' HIjmeH fans DeSDu' Hoch latlh tlhoS Hoch Huch law' Hoch tor Qu' "

JW: "Uh-huh"

Krietz: "batlhchaj Hoch chuH teams DeSDu' 'oH, vaj injuries Sagh chonayta' ghaj wa'DIch Quj qaStaHvIS cha' tlhIH teams je teams."

MS: "That's right, the Ba'al guards took out two of the Thunder Delvers taking them off the field, and the Delvers returned in kind sending number 4 Jack, Greasewick, to the hospital for an extended stay.  Do you think these two teams can ever learn to play nicely with each other?"

Krietz: "SoH jIH qID, Hoch latlh muS cha' ghom tlhoS Hoch Huch law' Hoch Human toDSaH qamuS"

JW: (chuckles) "That's a good one, well thanks for joining us and we'll speak to you again later on."

Krietz: "Hoch bow SoH pa' wo'!"

MS: "He's a great guy to have on the show, always love to hear what he has to say."

JW: "Well we've got one game left to cover and that's the last of the newcomers the Endorian Forest United squad took on Clan StormFang on the Von Braun and boy it was not a pretty sight."

MS: "No Jim it was not, I've never seen a debut that was so dismal.  I mean, the Kaminos fought for every point in their game agains the Tronkers, but the Endorians just looked like monkeys the whole way through."

JW: "They are monkeys Mike."

MS: "Exactly Jim.  They did not know what to do, they ran around and made little impact on the pitch."

JW: "Well we've got a live link up now to our fearless reporter in the field, 'In The Zone's' own An'aka Rez'Nik who's gone down to the training ground of the Endorian Forest United team.  As the Endorians say, Yub Nub An;aka."

AR: "Yub Nub to you Jim and Mike, well I'm here with the Endorian Forest team and they're pretty excited to be on the show."

[noise of monkeys squealing]

AR: "Hey, get off of me…ouch your claw…Well as you can see, joining me on my head is Zaius, he's one of the Jacks, well they're all Jacks actually. So Zaius, how are you guys after the game?"

Z: "Ooooooo ooooooooo, aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh."

JW: (laughing) "What's he doing with that banana An'aka?"

AR: (nervous laugh) "I don't know but they've all got them, I've been here all morning and the training is mostly them chasing each other with the bananas.  Not sure what tactics their working out."

[more monkey noises]

AR: "Hey, get off me you filthy….."

MS: "I think he likes you An'Aka."

AR: "Very funny Mike, but I saw them rip their defensive coach to pieces earlier when he stepped into their territoral zone so they may be monkeys but they can be pretty vicious…oh wait, here comes their captain Caesar, he's the one with the mutated genes."

C: "Be gone monkey brothers, let me speak to this fish lady."

AR: (sighs) "Thank you, I'll let the fish remark pass considering you got him off me. So Caesar, the game at the weekend was a pretty wretched affair for your team.  What went wrong?"

C: "Well you know what they say, if you have an infinite number of monkeys in a strike zone with a ball eventually they'll score.  That was our tactic and it didn't quite pay off, but it's early days in the season and I'm quite certain we'll improve, we're working very hard on the training pitch as you have seen this morning."

AR: "Um…yeah, so I've seen.  So your next match is against Turion City Terrors, any thoughts?"

C: "The team want to go after them and throw bananas at them, thankfully I've got more intelligence and I'm hoping for a pressing game with short passing through the centre."

AR: "Well thanks for showing me around today."

C: "My pleasure, would you like me to pick fleas off of you?"

AR: "Um…no…back to you in the studio."

JW: (chuckles) "Thanks An'aka, have fun.  Well Mike we're at the end of the show, just time to check out the league tables.  In the WSAPD with three games down Clan Stormfang, Ba'Al Moon Smackers and the Turion City Terrors are all tied on 3 points.  Only one game down in the ESAPD has Real Tronkers on top.  Early days though."

MS: "It sure is Jim, going to be a few weeks before things settle down and we get an idea who's going to be in the running this year, but I think the Endorians are going to have a lot of trouble in this divison and unless the Kamino Kinetics sort their defence out I can see them being in real trouble, real soon."

JW: "Couldn't agree more, well that's it for this week on 'In The Zone', Kurt Kaan shines in the first week while the Endorian Forest United team just seem to be monkeying around.  Thanks to Mike Spunkmeyer as ever, I'm Jim Wiezbowski, coming up next, Blake Steel with the Galactic UFC match between Big Mech and The Barricade.  Take care Dreadball fans and good night."

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