>>13703848buuuuuut once that happens then there's really no suspense as to whether or not ash can win the next league (there really isn't any in our current situation but still)
you'd be switching it from "he'll always lose, it's not worth watching" to "he'll always win so it's not worth watching"
also, he was talking about what the writers think/do, not what he thinks they can/can't do