Nathan's Locker Room Roast
from Ted Lasso
Written by Jason Sudeikis, Bill Lawrence, Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly

Before a critical match, the kit-man Nathan is encouraged by Ted to give the team a pre-game pep talk. Nathan delivers a brutal, honest roast of the players' weaknesses, ultimately challenging the veteran captain Roy Kent to rediscover the anger that once made him a legendary player.
TED LASSO: Listen up! I feel like y’all have heard enough of my jibber-jabber. So I asked Nate the Great here to share a few of his thoughts with y’all now. All yours.
NATHAN: Isaac. I’ve noticed, of late...you’ve been playing like a big, dumb pussy.
ISAAC: What the fuck you say?
NATHAN: You’re more
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