1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:03,920 Hello, and welcome to the Scots for Mic podcast. 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:06,840 I'm your host, James Scott, and it's nice to be coming to you 3 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:08,920 from, well, it's like a studio, I guess. 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:10,880 Video format. Yeah, video format. 5 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:14,320 So exciting. Camera one on me, Camera 2 on us 6 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:16,760 both, and camera 3 is Finn Crocker. 7 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,800 Finn, good to have you here. Great to be on, it's been a long 8 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,720 time in the making. Secret location Scott Scott 9 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:26,520 Football Park Scotland HQ. Yeah, no, it's been a long time 10 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:29,720 in the making, but hopefully I can bring this podcast to you 11 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:34,920 and another light and you can enjoy it more if you're still 12 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:38,760 listening in audio. Appreciate you nonetheless 13 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:39,960 change. Not going to. 14 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:42,760 Change your experience, but for you, for those of you that are 15 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:46,480 watching them in video format, I hope you enjoy it even more now. 16 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:48,160 Even my graphics and stuff, you never know. 17 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:50,640 Yeah, sometimes we could. Especially we're talking about 18 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,440 things like the Scotland, not the Scotland squad. 19 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:55,000 When it comes out in a couple of weeks, we'll have it on the 20 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:56,600 screen. Yeah, yeah, exactly. 21 00:00:57,160 --> 00:01:01,040 So yeah, lots of exciting things happening, lots of guests, 22 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:04,120 hopefully that you'll recognise in the coming weeks and months. 23 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:06,520 Yeah, fingers crossed. They've made me big promises, so 24 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:08,000 they better they better keep them. 25 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:11,200 Anyway, let's get into it. Yeah, OK, so first of all, 26 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:17,000 league action, Hearts beat Falkirk matches going on today, 27 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,120 but I think we could expect Celtic and Rangers to probably 28 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,200 pick up all Rangers. I'd expect them to get 3 points. 29 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,960 You'd never know what self. Self take it yeah like I'll hold 30 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:28,880 my breath on that but yeah it's crazy we're still here talking 31 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:32,080 having the same conversation Motherwell as well actually, you 32 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:33,760 know not I'm telling you miles away from Rangers I'm. 33 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:37,440 Telling you currently as we're talking, I think if yeah, they 34 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:40,240 won their game in hand, 5 nil against St. 35 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:42,920 Mirren, dominant performance and I was not surprised in the 36 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:50,320 slightest, but I think 7 points behind IF or 1010 points behind 37 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:54,080 Hearts and five points behind Rangers. 38 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:58,160 Rangers obviously they've got like their game, but you know, 39 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:01,760 massive from them. Really can't tell what way it's 40 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:03,920 going to go. It is like you said, it's mad 41 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:06,280 that we're in February and we're still talking about a title 42 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:09,759 race. I thought it'd be like Aberdeen 43 00:02:09,759 --> 00:02:13,040 last season, where Aberdeen fans like myself got our hopes up and 44 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:16,400 then absolutely just fell off. Yeah, a cleft last season, but 45 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:18,800 no fair play to Hearts. You've you've got to just give 46 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:21,440 them our props that they're still battling away. 47 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:23,440 Watched, watched the Volkirk match last night, the full 48 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:24,440 thing. I was working on it. 49 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:27,760 And yeah. Not their best performance, 50 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:31,480 they'd say, but it was assured. Volkirk didn't really threaten 51 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,200 Swallow coming into it. And that's the thing as well, I 52 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:37,080 think we've used this phrase so many times in the past, but good 53 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:39,880 teams find ways to win with them not playing their best and they 54 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:43,040 said not their best, but Falkirk are not an easy team to play. 55 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:47,280 No, no, they've been great this season and I think, yeah, Hearts 56 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:49,440 have been doing it but also Celtic have been doing it, 57 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:52,800 Martin O'Neill said. It can't go on like this but it 58 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:56,480 has been, it can. No, obviously Chamberlain, last 59 00:02:56,480 --> 00:03:00,960 minute winner against Livingston, last minute scraped 60 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:04,200 to go to extra time against Dundee in the cup and then 61 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:06,320 obviously 2 nil down against Kilmarnock. 62 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:10,720 The battle back like champions show I guess, and they won it No 63 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:15,480 32. They've done well, like I mean 64 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:17,920 like you said, even that Kilmarnock game, especially 65 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:20,640 Kilmarnock go 2 nil up and you still know if Celtic and just 66 00:03:20,640 --> 00:03:23,360 turn it on a bit, they can come back. 67 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,240 And you know, I think someone in the in the the admin group chat 68 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:28,360 mentioned you just know it's going to be our last minute, 69 00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:30,600 last minute 32. And I don't know that's what it 70 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:32,680 was. So, but yeah, I mean, yeah, I 71 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:34,360 think we, we talked with Forker there as well. 72 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:37,760 Obviously he said it's crazy we're still here in February 73 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:41,400 talking about title race. It's crazy here in February and 74 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,880 we're looking just before we started at the top six, kind of 75 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:46,480 locked down already almost. Isn't it? 76 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:51,920 I think, yeah, obviously we as an Aberdeen lost our game 77 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:57,560 against Dundee yesterday. 32 questionable red card I'll say I 78 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:02,560 think he you'll gain I think is how we pronounce his name just 79 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:06,280 runs across Liam Morrison and you know it results in a red 80 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:08,800 card We can debate about it but I'll skip over it but I think 81 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:14,480 yeah with that loss there's there's not many games left to 82 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:17,279 split I think what 6. Yeah, it's a 10 point gap 83 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:22,200 between 6th and 7th. 10 point gap, I think, yeah, I think as 84 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:23,680 much as the season's been amazing. 85 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:29,120 Yeah, the top six and the bottom six are the most defined and the 86 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:33,120 biggest gap I've seen in years. And yeah, the relegation scrap 87 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:38,880 is still half open, but it's not as exciting as the title face 88 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:40,800 the the the title race obviously will be. 89 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:44,760 Yeah, and that's just I mean, I think you you just you touched 90 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:48,320 on a game yesterday, mention the red card. 91 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:49,880 I think there's a goal you've got to mention as well. 92 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:54,080 It has to be one of the goals of the season, that strike from 93 00:04:54,280 --> 00:04:59,560 Ethan Allen, and I mean it's one of those ones where you saw a 94 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:02,120 line up and you think. Oh, what are you doing? 95 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:04,280 Yeah. You know, almost going away from 96 00:05:04,280 --> 00:05:06,320 goal, so there wasn't, you can see was perfectly balanced to 97 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:08,600 hit it. That's one of the best goals 98 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:10,080 I've seen in the Premiership this season. 99 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:13,240 He's been, he's been quite good for Dundee's, you know. 100 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:14,960 I mean, that's his second, yeah. Typical. 101 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:20,200 It's against Aberdeen, but yeah, I think yeah, the title fight is 102 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:22,920 the title fight. The title race is going to be 103 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:27,560 yeah, the best what we've seen. I don't even, there's not been a 104 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:32,000 a real three horse title race obviously from when I've been 105 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,760 alive. I don't know but you either. 106 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:38,040 I think yeah, dating back to at least 80s if not sevenies. 107 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:42,280 And you know, it's hard to predict which way it goes. 108 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:44,640 Obviously the the split will be vital. 109 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:48,920 I think Motherwell will have a major say in it with who they 110 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:50,280 can take points off. Of I can't. 111 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:52,280 I mean, if I'm honest, although we're seeing how close they are 112 00:05:52,280 --> 00:05:54,080 to angels, I can't really see them. 113 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:57,480 And I don't mean this, like most respect to Motherwell for what 114 00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:58,600 they've done this season. It's incredible. 115 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:03,840 But I just don't feel teams will mess up enough to drop out that 116 00:06:03,840 --> 00:06:05,200 top three. No, I don't. 117 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:07,640 I don't think Motherwell are. I'm just saying that they will 118 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:09,720 have a major. Impact, They can take points off 119 00:06:09,840 --> 00:06:12,760 either of them and see it happening to one of them. 120 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:17,400 Even like Hearts fans at my work were saying like, you know, 121 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:20,040 Motherwell's the team they're really worried about because 122 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,600 they played the best football. They fought against our 123 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:24,360 something that I don't know, I've not spoke to them since the 124 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:25,720 Rangers game when they got beat for two. 125 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:29,080 But they were like they they they said mother was the best 126 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:31,200 team they played all season. I think they're the best. 127 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:34,600 To watch team in the whole league easily. 128 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:38,360 And the things that we see any other season not getting first 129 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:42,200 place had consequences. This season could be even 130 00:06:42,200 --> 00:06:45,040 greater because obviously Celtic playing quite poorly in Europe, 131 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:47,240 which we're about to touch on. It looks like there's only going 132 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:48,720 to be 1 Champions League slot now. 133 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:52,240 Yeah, and yeah, I mean, guys like Celtic and Rangers really 134 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:54,760 do value that champions. League next season, yeah. 135 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:57,600 So, but I, yeah, I think you can touch on that as well. 136 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:01,880 Martin O'Neill in his press conferences, press conferences 137 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:08,160 mentioning kind of the the gap in finance in the financial 138 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:12,000 aspects between Celtic and the rest of European competition. 139 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,920 But I think he was well at a line when they've lost to Kaira 140 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:17,360 Almaty. Yeah, that's, that's The thing 141 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:18,920 is, is you're not. You didn't get pumped to the 142 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:20,600 Champions League because he turned you over. 143 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:22,280 Exactly. He kept on mentioning, you know, 144 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:25,240 teams and Binders League and and the Premier League are able to 145 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:28,520 spend 40607080 million on players and then sell them for 146 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:33,200 half the price six months later. But you can't really be 147 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:37,160 mentioned in that when you score, you score zero goals and 148 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:40,360 210 minutes supply against a team from Kazakhstan that's 149 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:41,720 never been in the Champions League. 150 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:43,640 There's team, there's teams in Europe that have budgets. 151 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:48,760 Not to this summer to Celtic arguing more, but not not in the 152 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:50,560 same ballpark as the teams he just referenced. 153 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:54,760 And they find ways. Yes, and and they're not even 154 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:58,200 first in the domestic league and they're behind A-Team that's got 155 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,840 a tenth of their budget. So it's, you can talk about 156 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:05,080 budgets all you want, but for me, I think you need to focus on 157 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:09,960 yourselves and they've, they've not spent money wisely in recent 158 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:13,160 years. They've got a decent squad but 159 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:14,400 I. Was thinking certainly what I 160 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:17,320 felt what separated them out from Rangers was a transfer 161 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:19,000 policy. They were really good at buying 162 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:23,600 guys and moving them on, making profit, you know, guiding buying 163 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:26,480 guys and knew they could increase the value off, yeah, 164 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:28,800 like they might have done by an angle there with a transfer of 165 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,240 potentially 25,000,000. Which is bonkers money. 166 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:35,039 I would have Snapchat, yeah. They wouldn't really want to be 167 00:08:35,039 --> 00:08:36,799 seen to be a club that was getting rid of talent at that 168 00:08:36,799 --> 00:08:39,640 point because of what's going on between the board and the fans 169 00:08:39,640 --> 00:08:41,520 where they've not been happy they're signing players. 170 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:42,880 So to be selling players would be bad. 171 00:08:43,039 --> 00:08:45,360 But for me, the money that was offered there was crazy. 172 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:47,200 But like, that was Celtics flagship policy. 173 00:08:47,680 --> 00:08:49,680 We come and we could bring players in, we sell them on, 174 00:08:49,680 --> 00:08:51,720 make profit rich and repeat. We stayed top of the league. 175 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:53,640 Yeah, and that's we. Weren't good at that. 176 00:08:53,680 --> 00:08:57,720 Yeah, and it was because they bought players who didn't have 177 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,080 the same lifespan, it looks. Like Aaron Ramsey on mad wages. 178 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:02,400 Yeah, exactly. And. 179 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:04,680 From the Europa League it. Feels like that's something 180 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:08,320 Celtic kind of slipped into. Yeah, I think in past years what 181 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:12,480 they've been been able to do is, you know, if a type of bid like 182 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,720 it didn't January came in and they were comfortable with 15 183 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:19,520 points off of the league, they'd sell that player and they'd 184 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:24,320 still coast the league title. Whereas this season, they're 185 00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,960 backed up against the corner they're not in, they're in 3rd 186 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:30,600 place as we're recording. You know, could be different 187 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:32,400 when this gets released in a couple of days. 188 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:37,080 Yeah, but like with that squad and the budget, you'd expect 189 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:40,080 them to be first. And the board has not delivered 190 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:43,240 with signance. I think it was 00 pounds spent 191 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:45,840 on transfers in January. Just all loans. 192 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:48,640 It was all loans, Yeah, yeah. All loans for Jillian Araujo, 193 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:53,600 the striker that I'm not going to try and pronounce, and Oxley 194 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:56,560 Chamberlain on a free, obviously and Adamu on loan. 195 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:58,440 Oxley Chamberlain on a free is quite good. 196 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:01,040 I mean, granted, I mean he showed his quality with that 197 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:04,800 goal. But yeah, it's it's a big 198 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:07,240 rebuild for them in the summer and I think 1 area they will 199 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:09,040 need to improve on is the goalkeeper. 200 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:12,200 Well, because I mean, before we move on to the sort of Scotland 201 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,640 talk mentioned in Celtic and Europe, they had to Stuttgart. 202 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:17,240 It was a four one defeat at home. 203 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:19,720 Looking more than likely that they'll probably be out of 204 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:22,400 Europe from this time next week unless there's some sort of 205 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,600 dramatic turn around in Germany. I mean, and, you know, the the 206 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:29,200 fault of that lies across many players. 207 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:31,040 It was a, you know, a performance that was, you know, 208 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:36,360 available standards. But Casper's Michael was so far 209 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:38,400 off it. And, you know, I mean, people 210 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:40,920 are. So I've spoken at many different 211 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:42,720 things about him. I think we get talked about 212 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:43,880 quite a lot. And he's not really. 213 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:47,240 He doesn't look like an athlete. Yeah, it was the goal in the 214 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:50,200 second-half that he sort of tries to beat away with. 215 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:52,520 His all wrong. Missed times and it's just it 216 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:56,920 becomes a very easy shot that, you know, he should like, 217 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:58,560 there's no way he shouldn't be saving that. 218 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:01,840 Yeah, I would be disappointed if a guy in the Championship that 219 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:04,360 obviously I'm a worst fan, but if that goes in that always I'll 220 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:08,000 slap that in somehow. No, but like, I've been just one 221 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:09,880 of my goalkeeper like that. And, you know, it wasn't, it 222 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:10,800 wasn't. It was a little honest. 223 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:13,200 It's not that it was a team shot, but you can't be, you 224 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:16,680 know, and it was, that was just the chain on the cake at that 225 00:11:16,680 --> 00:11:18,440 point, so. He's he's been targeted by 226 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:22,360 Celtic fans. You can't really say wrongly so 227 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:25,040 I think Neil Lennon and Martin O'Neill touched that, whether 228 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:28,800 they were really disappointed by the fans reaction to the keeper. 229 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:32,200 But if I was a Celtic fan I'd be disappointed by Michael's 230 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:34,960 performances. I mean he's had many a dodgy 231 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:36,600 day. I don't think that I've not 232 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:39,480 rated him much since that first season where he was all right. 233 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:43,080 But since then he's not been at his best, obviously. 234 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:45,960 He gave me one of the greatest moments in the Scottish Cup 235 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:50,280 final when he flapped at just what was a cross that ended up 236 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:54,160 in the back of his own net. And he's had various errors, 237 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:57,880 various errors since then. So, you know, you can't really 238 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:03,320 say it's wrong for Celtic fans to to question whether he's good 239 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:06,920 enough for Celtic anymore. I think you need you need to 240 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:10,560 leave the game before the game leaves you as a good phrase. 241 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:13,280 Good phrase there. But it looks like it's left. 242 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:20,080 Yeah, he's clearly not at his best And you know, I think 243 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:23,160 goalkeeper will be, like you said, one of the main things 244 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:26,160 that looking for in the summer and obviously a manager where 245 00:12:26,680 --> 00:12:30,560 Jens Berthalaska spotted in the director's box at the last 246 00:12:30,560 --> 00:12:35,120 Celtic game. I think so, could be 1 to watch 247 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:37,640 but yeah wait and see until the end of the season. 248 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:41,640 Yeah, if it was him in mas when he say that when one of our fans 249 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:45,240 would be spewing, but I don't think that would be as a neutral 250 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:49,920 that's that would be. But yeah, wait and see right. 251 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:55,000 OK, so league football covered Scotland got a friend in the 252 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,280 coming up soon injuries racking up. 253 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:00,040 We've got I mean I've we've got had to write a list. 254 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:02,800 It's that long. Gordon picked up an injury for 255 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:06,160 Hearts in training and Hickey off injured yesterday. 256 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:08,720 Could be a knock. But people that are watching 257 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:09,680 said he was getting some treatment. 258 00:13:09,680 --> 00:13:12,080 His hamstring. So it's kind of been giving him 259 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:14,680 trouble for a while. Obviously, Shanklin's still out 260 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:17,680 injured hamstring, is it not? Yeah, hamstring there. 261 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:20,560 Adam's also injured. Doke still trying to come back. 262 00:13:20,560 --> 00:13:22,960 Gallon Doke. Even gold's still out. 263 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:27,080 Going gold. Going gold Mulligan John McGann 264 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:29,160 picked up his Not the sort of knee. 265 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:31,080 Something into around his knee. Yeah, so. 266 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:34,600 You know, I can't see Vela been too happy. 267 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:37,960 I'm getting rest for a friendly if he's just sort of come back. 268 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:41,200 Yeah, yeah. Max Johnson also out. 269 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:44,680 So, you know, but with that comes opportunities. 270 00:13:44,680 --> 00:13:46,520 Obviously, it's just friendly. So you do want. 271 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:49,200 We know what John McGann offers. We know what we can get from 272 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:53,080 Hecky and stuff like that. Wildcards who could be see 273 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:56,680 coming in to place these guys potentially who deserves maybe a 274 00:13:56,680 --> 00:13:59,520 chance to sort of take a claim to place in the squad. 275 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:03,000 So we've got this got this period coming up in March, the 276 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,640 March international window. We'll then have few weeks before 277 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:09,600 the World Cup where we host Chris OU and then we're off to 278 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:13,000 South Florida. I think it is It's not oh, it 279 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:14,560 might be New York. It's not been named yet, but 280 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:17,360 we're hoping to play Odds I. Peru in a in a friendly. 281 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:19,560 Peru and a friendly so it's. Not been confirmed the venue but 282 00:14:19,560 --> 00:14:22,520 there's been rumors of Florida but our base has been confirmed 283 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:25,200 as Charlotte so I wouldn't be surprised to see it there. 284 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:27,920 Never. I think New York was foored for 285 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:32,200 the Yeah, we'll see. So I yeah, wild cards. 286 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:35,200 I mean, there's been a kind of trend on social media in the 287 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:39,000 last couple of days or not a trend of movement to kind of 288 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:44,160 Jordan Hills, Jordan Hillsgrove been a good player for Esteril 289 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:47,960 and League of Portugal been. Falling under. 290 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:50,240 The radar, it's a completely under the radar. 291 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:53,920 I think it's a mind kind of thing where you know, he's not 292 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:57,680 been the best player in the division, but he's been steady. 293 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:02,080 5 assists this season, one goal in the league and yeah, he's 294 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:03,560 been really good. One of the best players in the 295 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:06,720 league according to Portuguese journalist. 296 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:09,640 I've can't say I've watched them have a decent amount, but 297 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:12,080 obviously was capped a lot at youth levels. 298 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:13,920 Did really well. He was under. 299 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:15,800 The 21 for Scotland, kind of in Edinburgh. 300 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:18,920 Yeah, aged out of it and hasn't been seen since. 301 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,200 But yeah, I think with the amount of injuries, obviously 302 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:25,720 our midfield is excellent, one of well the best area on the 303 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:28,920 pitch. But I think he could be someone 304 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:31,040 that could add to the squad in a in a different manner. 305 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:33,120 I don't think, I mean, like you said, it'd be it'd be hard from 306 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:35,080 to break into the squads. One thing breaking into the 307 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:39,000 start lineup or even getting off the bench or by Challenge 2 308 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:40,600 right backs on that list are injured. 309 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:43,520 Kobe Donovan's not a bad show. I would rather him than Tony 310 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:45,920 Ralston. I think completely because you 311 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:47,480 know, we're looking forward to the summer. 312 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:50,040 We've got options. We've got you want hacky back, 313 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:54,600 you want Johnson back or Patterson Donovan, you know, as 314 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:57,200 a fourth option. You never know what the injuries 315 00:15:57,200 --> 00:15:58,800 could be like come that point in time. 316 00:15:59,960 --> 00:16:02,280 I think I would fear him that I was then, especially going 317 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:04,840 forward long term, I think he's going to be one of the guys that 318 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:06,800 we could be looking at as a Scotland right back. 319 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:11,240 Yeah, I think when it's these types of decisions where, you 320 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:14,720 know, for me, I would say Colby Donovan is clearly better than 321 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:16,960 Anthony Elson. But some people want to debate 322 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:19,720 it. Even if it's a 5050 for me, you 323 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:22,760 have to go with the youth if it's. 324 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:24,840 Yeah, long term plan. If it's, you know, fourth choice 325 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:28,200 right back, if you're looking ahead to 2028 when we're hosting 326 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:31,520 for 20-30, when we're even to get to another World Cup, 327 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:36,120 Ralston will not be there. He's proven in my opinion that 328 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:39,520 he's not up to at the big stage. Obviously was at fault for that 329 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:43,200 Shakiri goal against Switzerland and I don't I don't think he can 330 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,600 handle the pressure. And I've said when he was even, 331 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:49,120 even when he was backup right back for Celtic, he was starting 332 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:50,880 for Scotland when we had some injuries. 333 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:54,040 I'm saying how is the backup right back for Celtic? 334 00:16:54,040 --> 00:16:56,800 Scotland's first choice and I do not think he's up to. 335 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:00,680 I think Colby Donovan definitely has much greater potential than 336 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:02,920 anything Anthony Elson has at this stage of his career. 337 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:07,319 Obviously he's been a decent servant to Celtic, but I think 338 00:17:07,319 --> 00:17:12,560 we need to start looking towards building the team for when key 339 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:16,880 players age out, which they are. Time is not on the side, 340 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:19,800 obviously. So yeah, he's definitely a wild 341 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:23,200 card for me. There's a couple others. 342 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:28,800 Maybe we'll obviously messing Shankland and Adams will give 343 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:30,520 and you got dog as well. He's a forward. 344 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:32,960 There's opportunities for guys to get in there that can maybe 345 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:35,800 give I mean something different attacking wise. 346 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:44,080 I mean Robbie Uri you're. 20. Two potentially or 21. 347 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:45,200 It depend on when this gets released. 348 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:49,200 He's he has been sort of shipping away in Sweden quite 349 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:51,280 well. He's a serious. 350 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:53,360 He's obviously started the Rangers. 351 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:56,240 Rangers. He went to Anderlecht, never 352 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:58,640 really quite made it there. He's gone up into the the 353 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:00,520 Swedish for top division. Yeah. 354 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,360 And he's just been quietly working away scoring goals to 355 00:18:03,360 --> 00:18:06,280 the extent that he's actually piqued the interest of the 356 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:07,400 Ukrainian national team. Yeah. 357 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:09,720 Because a lot of people won't know us and we didn't know until 358 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:11,840 it got reported. He's actually got a Ukrainian 359 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:12,760 grandfather. Yeah. 360 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:17,080 So eligible to represent both wouldn't want to lose him. 361 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:22,240 So he does seem, you know, he's young, he's clearly, you know, 362 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:24,880 everyone develops at different points that could be are. 363 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:26,800 And he just seems to be getting to a good point. 364 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:29,960 Like he was rumoured to maybe be on the radar of Ukrainian 365 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,040 Premier League team to get signed. 366 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:36,960 So yeah, it'd be we've lost a few guys over the years to 367 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:39,360 different teams who looked like they would have been assets to 368 00:18:39,360 --> 00:18:40,680 us. Scott Arfield comes to mind. 369 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:43,120 Scott Arfield Yeah, I was making more A to Mickey day. 370 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:46,200 Yeah, Karamoko Denbelly. Yeah, he's not gone yet. 371 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:48,200 Yeah, no. Yeah. 372 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:50,360 No, you mentioned there. Yeah, he's been on the radar, 373 00:18:50,360 --> 00:18:52,080 but you? Know what if he hadn't done his 374 00:18:52,120 --> 00:18:53,680 ACL? Karamoko Denbelly. 375 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:56,880 He would have been in this Yeah, no, he's he's robbery has been 376 00:18:56,880 --> 00:19:00,480 really good at in Sweden. He was good and either like his 377 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:02,240 team obviously didn't break out into the first team. 378 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:05,560 Yeah, but he was good there and like you said, he was on the 379 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:07,520 radar. Ukrainian team, I'm not going to 380 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:09,440 try and pronounce it, but they're in the Ukrainian Premier 381 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:12,520 League and also, very interestingly, RB Salzburg. 382 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:15,440 Oh yeah, Which external Highland? 383 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:20,280 I'm telling you like that's. He does look like he just got an 384 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:21,560 eye for goal. You see when you see his goals 385 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:23,480 clinical, you get into the right areas and stuff. 386 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:25,720 I mean, if you look at his goals, they look like it 387 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:26,880 happens. But then you if you look at his 388 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:30,520 movement, yeah, it's excellent. And there's a reason why you're. 389 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:33,160 Consistently getting happens. You're doing something right, 390 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:36,080 Yeah. No, he's in the process of 391 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:41,800 getting a Ukrainian passport, reportedly because Ukraine are 392 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:45,720 wanting him for the World Cup qualifiers, their playoffs. 393 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:49,760 So we need to act quickly. Obviously, even if he did get 394 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:52,040 the Ukrainian passport, that doesn't mean he will definitely 395 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:53,320 represent them. I think he's just wanting the 396 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:55,600 options open. Yeah, but it would be. 397 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:57,280 If it gets to the point where he's like, I'm not getting a 398 00:19:57,280 --> 00:19:59,840 call for Scotland and he could get called up to Ukraine. 399 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:02,080 I would blame him. You wouldn't want to be messed 400 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:02,760 up again. No. 401 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:05,000 As far as when you could just be yeah, on a plane. 402 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,560 So yeah, fair enough. I. 403 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:09,040 Think another one in that striking department is Rory 404 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:13,280 Wilson. Obviously he's been very hyped 405 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:15,640 for a number of years, kind of. I think you've said in previous 406 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:17,920 podcasts, I agree with it. When he went down to England, 407 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:21,000 Aston Villa, it was kind of at the same level as hype as Billy 408 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:22,680 Gilmore. Yeah, both leave Rangers with 409 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:23,960 the same sort of level and a guard. 410 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:26,440 He came down to Aston Villa. That was when Steven Gerrard was 411 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:28,080 the manager. I think he was a big factor in 412 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:32,120 in getting him down there and hasn't broke it into the first 413 00:20:32,120 --> 00:20:33,080 team. He's done well at the under 414 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:37,440 nineteens, under 20 ones now and he's got his first professional 415 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:38,960 loan move. He's actually on the bench for 416 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,280 the first time today as we're recording this. 417 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:43,600 So yeah, see how he does if he gets on. 418 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,880 But it's the Sturmgratz Austrian 1st Division. 419 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:49,520 They've won the league title for the last two years. 420 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:52,880 We'll know them very well from Max Johnson's tenure where he 421 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:55,680 where he won both of those league titles as well as an 422 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:59,440 Austrian Cup. If I'm not mistaken, there was 423 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:01,400 rumours of him going to Hoffenheim. 424 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:07,160 Well, we can confirm Hoffenheim made an offer, but what he 425 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:10,640 wanted was a straight loan with no option to buy and they 426 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:12,680 weren't prepared to offer that. So it fell through. 427 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,720 But I think Stung Grass is probably a better option, gives 428 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:17,280 them more opportunity for game time. 429 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:22,200 I feel in an environment where the squad is eyeing up another 430 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:24,320 league title, three in a row would be massive. 431 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:26,480 In a league dominated by Ari Salzberg. 432 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:29,480 Like we just touched on them, they are, yeah. 433 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:31,360 It's a great move. And see how it does there. 434 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:33,720 Yeah, and like you said, we're not being blessed. 435 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:35,920 We're like. Out and out #9's. 436 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:37,480 Yeah. So it'd be yeah. 437 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:41,880 And he would be a sort of closer replacement, maybe a sort of 438 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:45,120 Shanklander Adams, Yeah. Because right now it seems like 439 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:47,800 for the March friendlies, the only two strikers that are 440 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:50,440 locked in are Lyndon Dykes and Kieran Bobby. 441 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:53,160 Because Jay Adams and. Yeah, that'd be a four. 442 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:56,160 Shanklin, they're injured, so it's wide open. 443 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:00,920 One last wild card for me probably, and this is like her 444 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:05,520 name for the past Oliver Bark. He's he's again just working 445 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:09,080 away in Germany. He's at Union Berlin right now. 446 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:13,400 What a hat trick this season in the Business League versus Scott 447 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:17,560 to do that. Frankfurt 5411 score, yeah, 448 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:20,160 score goals across other games will grab the cysts. 449 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:24,400 Very powerful runner, very, very quick, yeah. 450 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:28,040 And you know, maybe looking more at the winger, but also as just 451 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,600 a a good guy up front that could be running behind and stuff. 452 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:33,760 It's good to see because he was. He played in Clark first game 453 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:36,400 against Cyprus. The winner, Yep scored. 91st 454 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:38,720 minute. I it was a header off the post 455 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:41,960 that rebounded straight back to him that he then open goal from 456 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,400 that. And so yeah, that was saved. 457 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:48,120 Their saved their saved their there from my first a draw where 458 00:22:48,120 --> 00:22:50,640 Cyprus team that probably didn't deserve it. 459 00:22:51,120 --> 00:22:52,800 But yeah, I think I think I would like to see Ollie. 460 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:55,080 I mean he's I think he's the same age as me. 461 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:58,200 So he's getting on. He's very old. 462 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:01,400 He's not, he's not quite a fairy, but he's not far off. 463 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:05,840 But he's Kirkcaldy as well. Yeah. 464 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:08,040 Yeah. You all the best guys got 465 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:11,040 Cairnbury Holly. Mark, you'll get Eddie Kirkaldy 466 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:12,320 boy in as he can. Yeah. 467 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:14,160 No, he gives. He definitely gives us something 468 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:16,400 different. I was going to mention that he 469 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:18,720 did give us something different at the start of Clark's tenure. 470 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:22,720 Yeah. And yeah, we've really been, I 471 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:27,480 feel like we have been limited in our attacking options when it 472 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:31,440 comes to pace. Obviously Bengar and Doke gives 473 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:33,240 us that pace when he's available, but you struggled 474 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:35,440 with fitness. And you notice when he's not 475 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:36,320 there. Yeah. 476 00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:39,040 I feel like once you've had Gan and Doke and a team and he 477 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:41,200 disappears, you're like. We're so slow. 478 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:43,960 Yeah, but it's, you didn't notice it before, but when you 479 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:46,240 put him in and you take him out to lay out, right, we really 480 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:49,200 could do with that because it gives us such an extra yeah 481 00:23:49,360 --> 00:23:51,720 dimension to the. An attack we've we've had to, 482 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:55,240 you know, keep central or when we do try and go wide, we've had 483 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:58,120 John Mcgahn or Ryan Christie on the wings who aren't the 484 00:23:58,120 --> 00:24:00,040 fastest. Obviously there was mention of 485 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:01,720 Harvey Barnes. We've not mentioned that since 486 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:05,080 the last podcast. Yeah, he's well, Steve Clarke's 487 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,600 confirmed that he's focusing on trying to get into the England 488 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:11,040 squad for me, I think you speaking for both of us. 489 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:14,000 Good riddance if if you turned in Scotland. 490 00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,760 I said I only want. Players that want to play for 491 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,560 Scotland. Like for me, like, the Navy blue 492 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:23,120 jersey is worth no less than a white one. 493 00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:26,360 You know it's worth more. But yeah, and if you, but if you 494 00:24:26,360 --> 00:24:29,440 get asked once and you say this is I'm sorry, I want to focus. 495 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:30,640 On I want to keep my options open. 496 00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:33,760 Yeah, it should be door closed. Yeah, You know, you know what? 497 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:36,320 We would give the pill on a Scotland jersey and play for the 498 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:38,760 national team. You know, you want guys like 499 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:41,480 John McGann, you know, you can see the determination. 500 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:42,960 You know what they give. You want guys like Scott 501 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,920 Mcdorman who just came straight in and have, you know, been. 502 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:50,400 Even if he's not inherently the stereotypical Scottish guy, 503 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,720 yeah, he's came through the youth and he's wanted to 504 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:57,000 represent Scotland through his family heritage, so that's 505 00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:59,960 important for me. And that brings me on to, I 506 00:24:59,960 --> 00:25:01,360 think, probably my last wild card. 507 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:05,880 Elliot, Walt Motherwell. He's a wild card as a wild card. 508 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:07,320 He doesn't like it. He doesn't like it. 509 00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:08,880 Well, I don't like it. It's just like we have said, 510 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,360 like the midfield is a very competitive area. 511 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:15,360 But yes, playing in the probably the most exciting football team 512 00:25:15,360 --> 00:25:17,680 apart from Hearts in the league. I think it's more exciting than 513 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:18,840 hearts. I think they're not as good, but 514 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:21,400 they're more exciting. I think Elliot Watt, he was 515 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:23,040 vocal about it as well. That's what I like about him. 516 00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:25,920 He was vocal about I want to get into the squad one day because 517 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:29,160 he's got grandparents that were born in Govan who were from 518 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:32,880 Govan. Yeah, so and as well Mark 519 00:25:32,880 --> 00:25:36,360 Leonard also probably competing for a summer position to tell. 520 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:39,160 I mean, if you're. Can't see if one of them's lucky 521 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:40,480 enough to Ben that we won or both. 522 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:43,520 Yeah, I think obviously came on loan from Birmingham City. 523 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:47,080 His manager at the time said he was good enough to get into the 524 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:50,720 Scotland squad. Obviously tailed off not as not 525 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:56,280 as much game time, last end, last part of last season and the 526 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,200 the start of the season. So he came along to Hearts and I 527 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:01,440 think he's not seen the best of them, but we've seen glimpses of 528 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:04,000 what he can do. Yeah, he hit the ground running 529 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:06,360 in that Celtic game, which was going to be a challenge, so he 530 00:26:06,360 --> 00:26:09,120 did well there. But yeah, those are those are 531 00:26:09,120 --> 00:26:12,560 the new additions to the team we could possibly see or the Japan 532 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:15,000 friendly as well as Ivory Coast one which we have down the road 533 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,360 in Liverpool. But if you are going to Hamden 534 00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:21,080 for the Japan game, there will be a few changes if you've 535 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:22,480 picked up your ticket for that already. 536 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:27,800 First one, if you are an appreciator of Scott Mccomoney 537 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:31,680 art, there is a giant mural now. If you've not seen it, you've 538 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:35,440 done well to avoid it. Mount Florida tenement now has a 539 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:38,240 giant painting which spans pretty much the length of the 540 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:43,280 building off his moment against Denmark in November past. 541 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:45,640 So they've not wasted any time in getting that up, Yeah. 542 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:49,360 Yeah, really great to see. I think we mentioned it off 543 00:26:49,360 --> 00:26:52,280 camera as well where that kind of over it. 544 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:55,320 It'll be seen from Lester Hampden. 545 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:56,160 Yeah, yeah. Which? 546 00:26:56,440 --> 00:27:00,520 When the national team train on that pitch, Scott Mctominay will 547 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:01,520 be. Able to my talking point now. 548 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:06,840 Scott Mizomi will be able to see himself and you can talk about 549 00:27:06,840 --> 00:27:09,440 what one of your Wreath Rovers fans said about the mural and 550 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:11,000 what it can do. Yeah, he's gone. 551 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:15,240 Yeah, going to a wreath guy. Robbie, I saw him and he he said 552 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:20,160 he thinks every town up and down the country should have a mural 553 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:22,400 of the greatest moments from their respective team. 554 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:25,080 But you think's a really good shout because the Wolf fans do 555 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:27,880 get a hard time sometimes, I think from wider society, 556 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:32,440 despite the fact that it is probably the biggest subculture 557 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:34,920 culture, whatever it is, the biggest culture of in Scotland. 558 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:38,000 I'd say yeah, in terms of what it brings and yeah, how much it 559 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:41,800 does for its communities. And yeah, I totally agree with 560 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:43,600 that. It'd be nice to, it'd be nice to 561 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:45,920 have, you know, to walk up the streets of Cricord. 562 00:27:46,120 --> 00:27:47,640 And what? Yeah, what was Wraith's fee? 563 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:50,960 What for the Rover's biggest moment in my life? 564 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:53,560 Probably beating Rangers in their arms in cup. 565 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,160 So maybe John Baird jump in as he celebrates. 566 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,320 What competition was that? John's Cup. 567 00:27:58,520 --> 00:27:59,480 Oh did he? Did he cup? 568 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:03,200 Right. For Aberdeen. 569 00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:06,800 But the biggest, actual biggest moment would be being Celtic and 570 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:11,600 the League Cup Ibrox so can't appreciate it. 571 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:15,800 That and obviously for Aberdeen it would be beating Real Madrid 572 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,960 and the the Europeans. Don't age whenever that was 573 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:20,800 nice. I bet Real Madrid were back when 574 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:22,640 Real Madrid were rubbish. You love, you love to talk 575 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:26,160 about, you love to talk about you leading against Bayern 576 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:27,960 Munich. That was just as far back. 577 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,320 But yeah, obviously winning against Real Madrid in the 578 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:35,080 European final, still the last seem to do it back in 1983 and 579 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:37,040 obviously beating Hamburg in the second. 580 00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:40,840 Oh well, you know, we've got 2 European trophies. 581 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:42,320 Yeah, no, the Scottish clubs done that. 582 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:44,720 So you've already got the Dickley then? 583 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,120 Not the Dickley, the law. Yeah, Dennis Law, right? 584 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:49,480 Rightly so. But in my lifetime it'd probably 585 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:52,960 be, well, it'd have to be Dematar meet off saving Alistair 586 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:56,440 Johnson's penalty and Callum McGregor crying on the Hamden 587 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:58,200 pitch. You can have a you need a few 588 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:01,640 then I think. To be fair, I think that the 589 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:03,440 folk Aberdeen probably won't be too happy with me saying this, 590 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:07,400 but the the set escape, the grey set escape is not the most 591 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:10,360 flattering so. No, get as many murals up with. 592 00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:12,760 The Aberdeen's best moments might not be an idea. 593 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:14,640 Get as many murals up as you can. 594 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:16,040 I don't want to see any more granite. 595 00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:19,400 But yeah, but not as good. I mean we have got a few 596 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:22,720 already, like you said, the the the law one, but the it's coming 597 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:24,720 home at the EUR. That was quite cool. 598 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:28,440 I mean, Caroline Weir's got her one in Dunfermline and now we've 599 00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:31,960 got Scott Many one in Glasgows. It's been Cuthbert, Scotland 600 00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:34,560 somewhere. Cough bras definitely go on. 601 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:37,240 I can't I want, I want to say green, but I don't think is, but 602 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:39,280 it's something or something, it's something like that. 603 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:42,480 It's Glasgow direction should probably shoot that right. 604 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:48,000 Anyway, I yeah, it'd be good. I know that there's a lot of art 605 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:49,320 in Glasgow. I'd be nice to see it cropping 606 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,680 up elsewhere. Yeah, little clubs getting their 607 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:53,560 moments because, like I said, there are big parts to 608 00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:55,120 communities, especially the small themes. 609 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:57,680 They've all got their big moments and it'd be nice to for 610 00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:01,960 them, you know, for that to be there to see for everyone and 611 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:05,480 another change and then we will hopefully get to it before I 612 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,480 think it's been confirmed. Had the trials with beer at the 613 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:11,160 other is the League Cup semi final finals. 614 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:13,440 Yeah, they've had lots of trials at Patodre. 615 00:30:13,560 --> 00:30:16,080 Aberdeen had theirs as well. Patodre's had a couple, but 616 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:19,160 there will be beer on sale at Hampton. 617 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:23,280 The world is healing. Yeah, against Japan for me 618 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:24,160 because I I don't know. I don't know. 619 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:26,800 Your opinion isn't it? But it's someone like, I'm, I'm 620 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:29,240 20, so I'm fucked. Well, no. 621 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:30,480 Well, we're both in the same category here. 622 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:32,680 We're both from a generation of football fans in Scotland. 623 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:35,280 Yeah. Like, there is a watershed 624 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:38,200 moment for most fans, though. Like either went to games when 625 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,920 you could get beer or, you know, you know, you can't. 626 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:43,920 Can't remember how long when that came in, but there's 627 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:45,360 probably a. Long most. 628 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:47,440 People now, you know, I've not really had a beer at football 629 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:52,480 match in Scotland and yeah, just be, I don't know. 630 00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:54,640 For me, it's not something I'm desperate for. 631 00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:57,280 I'm not desperate, but we definitely are. 632 00:30:57,280 --> 00:30:58,320 Nice at this. It's nice to have. 633 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:00,520 I think, you know, I don't like looking at the rugby and seeing 634 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:02,600 them drinking libation thing. And what's so different about 635 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:05,880 Scotland fans at Hampden? No, no, I think it's been, it's 636 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:07,880 been discriminatory for a long time. 637 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:12,640 Where Oh yeah, Scotland fans are less well behaved than rugby 638 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:14,880 fans, which I don't think it's true. 639 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:18,040 So I think fans are actually some of the better behaved ones 640 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:19,320 I. Loved around the world. 641 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,240 Wherever we go. So it'll be, it'll be, it'll be 642 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:25,000 nice. And you ever know, I think, I 643 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:26,880 don't know, maybe 4 needs. It's been quiet. 644 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:29,200 It's not apart from when it's been going well at Hamden, it's 645 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,720 been a little bit quiet. What you get is at Hamden 646 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:34,520 especially, you can get back queues before kick off because 647 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:37,440 everyone stays in the pubs as long as they can, as long as and 648 00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:39,920 then all flood over. You know, however long before 649 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:41,920 kick off, 1020 minutes and it's never enough time. 650 00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:44,240 It'd be nice to think, you know what, let's now talk. 651 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:45,360 Kick off. Let's get in the stadium and 652 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:45,920 grab. Be there. 653 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:48,720 Yeah, yeah. I mean, yeah, hopefully it can 654 00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:50,880 be a great day. I think kick offs at 4:00 PM for 655 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:54,080 that Japan game, 5:00 PM and obviously we're all looking 656 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:57,440 forward to the World Cup, but if we look a bit further ahead to. 657 00:31:57,440 --> 00:32:00,240 Yeah. September or September? 658 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:02,000 October I think. No first four games. 659 00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:05,160 They've changed international window for the later the later 660 00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:07,640 games in the year now. So instead of in September 2 661 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:11,000 games, October 2 games and N2 games, they're combining the 662 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:14,520 autumn window into four matches are just, you know. 663 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:16,400 In one window in. One window, yeah. 664 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:21,040 So they actually straddle the September, October months, OK 665 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:22,960 and? That's for Nations League. 666 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:24,960 Just I think it's just because I kind of agree where you know, 667 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:29,160 yeah, domestic just come back and somebody straight away the 668 00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:30,560 national team. So and that could be fun, you 669 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:34,120 know, for about the bad games for Scotland really chance for 670 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,840 you know, I mean, you never know what the you ever know what the 671 00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:38,800 landscape of the national team could be that time either that 672 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:42,880 could be could be a new manager trying to get get his team. 673 00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:44,840 To work. Or it could just be a Clark 674 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:47,240 trying to, you know, really nail down things after a good World 675 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:48,840 Cup. Fingers crossed after the win. 676 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:52,080 So yeah, yeah, try and get the hangover to win that. 677 00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:55,400 I'll still be struggling if we have won it, I'll still be 678 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:56,320 struggling. My hangover then. 679 00:32:56,600 --> 00:33:00,880 And then we got yeah. So I just to recap, we were a 680 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:04,200 Part 1 team in League B and we were drawn against the best part 681 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:09,120 team, 2 best team in Part 2, sorry, who were Switzerland and 682 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:12,120 then also Slovenia and N Macedonia. 683 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:16,160 So yeah, Tracky draw in Switzerland, but unfinished 684 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:19,080 business, I feel they're with us in terms of, you know, that game 685 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:20,520 of the EUR, we kind of gifted them. 686 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:23,800 He did very well for the goal, but it was kind of of our own 687 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:28,880 making with a Ralster mistake. Slovenia and Macedonia, not too 688 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:31,320 much to be concerned by there, but again. 689 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:34,440 Tesco, they've got their key #9 which we don't have. 690 00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:38,720 So, you know, you could. Bojan Milski, the absolute rat. 691 00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:43,960 Yeah, it's not an amazing draw depending on what lens you look 692 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:45,240 at it. I know you've already booked 693 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:47,480 Switzerland. Cheap flight over. 694 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:50,280 Bought it Quid. It's Jeanine Vanessa. 695 00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:54,080 Not bad, yeah, but no, I've got me home like, but yeah. 696 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:58,320 I think it depends how you look at it because I'll shout out 697 00:33:58,320 --> 00:33:59,960 Scotland's coefficient right now on Twitter. 698 00:34:00,520 --> 00:34:02,280 Great account, go follow them if you haven't already. 699 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:05,120 But we were having a conversation and we both came to 700 00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:08,480 the conclusion that it might be better to stay in League B for 701 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,040 the next cycle. This is if you're playing the 702 00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:12,800 very long game here. The long, yeah, the long route. 703 00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:17,280 Because what we know from past experiences is that if you win 704 00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:20,800 your group, you are promoted, but you're also guaranteed a 705 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:23,159 playoff for the next major international tournament. 706 00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:28,000 So for EUR 2020, we got that playoff through winning our 707 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:31,120 League C Nations group. Was it Israel and Albania? 708 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:34,960 Yeah, it was. League C Nations Group and 709 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:38,320 obviously we got through the playoff and and did it there, 710 00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:42,560 but with how many different ways we can qualify for EUR 2028, it 711 00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:45,960 feels a bit wasted almost. We're pretty much guaranteed a 712 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:50,880 place based on the host rule. Yeah, there's there's two places 713 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:53,920 reserved for hosts that don't automatically qualify or qualify 714 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:56,520 through other means. So it would be an absolute. 715 00:34:56,679 --> 00:34:58,160 It'd have to be an absolute disaster for. 716 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:00,520 You'd have to be. Multiple ways not qualifying. 717 00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:03,000 Yeah, it's dependent. Dependent on if it's based on 718 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:05,560 ranking or yeah, qualification. But yeah, we're basically 719 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:08,840 guaranteed a spot. So if we say finish second, 720 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:14,360 don't get promoted and save it up for the next cycle. 721 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:16,720 You never guaranteed promotion, but I think obviously if you 722 00:35:16,720 --> 00:35:20,320 could get the playoff for either the EUR or the World Cup, World 723 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:22,720 Cup is too much harder to qualify far as and we've learned 724 00:35:22,720 --> 00:35:25,200 that over the years. And yeah, you'd much prefer the 725 00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:25,760 World Cup. We've. 726 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:27,560 Done it this time. We've had a playoff, but it's 727 00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:28,640 good to have it in the back pocket. 728 00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:32,560 So exactly, yeah, that'll be. I mean, I don't think we can. 729 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:36,280 We can. We can sort of thoughts about 730 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:38,080 what we would rather go. By the end of the day, 731 00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:40,080 Scotland's going to go out and try and win all the games, so 732 00:35:40,240 --> 00:35:41,440 we'll just have to see how that one works. 733 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:45,560 And if you if you get top 2 in your group, you're guaranteed at 734 00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:48,880 least Part 2 for your 2028 qualifier. 735 00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:50,960 Which is more important? I'd say yeah, so. 736 00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:54,760 I mean, ideally if there's a new manager, say something like 737 00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:58,760 that, you get promoted and then when you're in league, you try 738 00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:03,040 and get top 2 and push on. If you if you want to be, you 739 00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:07,240 know, transitioning from a team that qualifies for tournaments 740 00:36:07,240 --> 00:36:08,720 and a team that competes at tournaments. 741 00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,320 But how likely is that? You know, you got to be 742 00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:13,880 realistic. I don't know how likely that is. 743 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:16,400 So you've got to look at it from all aspects. 744 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:21,280 I think one other thing that's happened since we last spoke on 745 00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:24,360 the podcast, ticket sales for the World Cup have been 746 00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:26,560 completed. Obviously badly that you had 747 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:29,880 your early application process, but if I've now confirmed 748 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:32,160 whether your application was successful, how many tickets 749 00:36:32,160 --> 00:36:35,000 you've got, they've taken the money that everyone's going to 750 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:37,720 get stressed about that because it's like, oh, FIFA is fine with 751 00:36:37,720 --> 00:36:39,960 saying, oh, if you don't, you need to have available funds. 752 00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:42,720 And then you know, if we can't take the money like all these 753 00:36:42,720 --> 00:36:44,880 sort of threats you get, we're like worrying you're not going 754 00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:47,080 to get tickets every possible way you couldn't get your 755 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:48,360 tickets. You're stressing about across 756 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:50,800 the board. Most people got what they wanted 757 00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:53,800 and what they deserved in terms of points and tickets and things 758 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:57,480 like that. However, there was a couple 100, 759 00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:01,840 I believe, fans who applied for easy access tickets without 760 00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:04,640 realizing that easy access is actually disability access 761 00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:08,720 tickets. And you have to have you have to 762 00:37:08,720 --> 00:37:11,280 have like proof of SL and things like that. 763 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:12,800 And there isn't actually that many tickets available. 764 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:14,160 I think it was in the single digits. 765 00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:15,960 Four. Yeah, so crazy. 766 00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:18,000 Well, there's a lot of people weren't too happy about that. 767 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:22,440 But I mean, the SFA were pretty good with the comms on that 768 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:22,840 front. They. 769 00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,640 Really emphasised. Yeah, Change it. 770 00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:27,800 Check it. So my dad made that mistake, 771 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:31,000 yeah, but we spotted it so. I spotted it. 772 00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:35,040 Yeah, you spotted it exactly. To be fair, to be fair, I saw 773 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:36,480 and. I read it as early access. 774 00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:38,640 I read it as early access. Some folks saw that as well, 775 00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:40,680 though. Yeah, it's and is, is, I think 776 00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:42,920 it's an easy mistake to make. Yes, but yeah. 777 00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:44,560 And so I but most people are happy. 778 00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:47,520 I got my I got 5 that I'm going I've it's not I don't have 779 00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:48,800 faith. We wouldn't get further, but we 780 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:53,440 did not have the the funds this year's further than the last 16. 781 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:55,000 I don't think I've got the annual leave for it either, to 782 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:58,760 be honest, but keep multiple people happy with how I spend my 783 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:01,560 holidays. So, but yeah, it's I, No, it 784 00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:04,280 was, it should be. It should be good. 785 00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:05,880 Now it feels like we're one step closer. 786 00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:09,360 It's it's getting very, very real and very, very exciting. 787 00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:11,680 Yeah, obviously we're going together. 788 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:13,920 So I've got my three tickets for the grip stage as well. 789 00:38:15,240 --> 00:38:17,160 Baller, you've gone cut one like Spender. 790 00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:19,320 Well, I couldn't get anything else. 791 00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:22,800 Obviously this guy's a addict away game, so he's got a few 792 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:26,960 more points than me. So I had to settle for $700.00 793 00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:28,720 tickets to the Brazil game, I think it was. 794 00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:33,080 But you know, it'll be worth it when we win the whole thing. 795 00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:39,160 But no, I think we we obviously also to touch on the Haiti game, 796 00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:43,840 the most requested the. Most in demand? 797 00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:46,720 The most in demand? Game of the resale platform. 798 00:38:46,720 --> 00:38:47,960 It was a resale trade. It was. 799 00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:50,720 A trade one of one of the two. Which is crazy when you consider 800 00:38:50,720 --> 00:38:54,960 because, I mean, there's no way fans at that game technically, 801 00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:56,320 you know? Hate your fans are banned for 802 00:38:56,320 --> 00:38:58,160 anyone that doesn't know. I hate your fans as well as a 803 00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:00,800 couple of other nations are banned from travelling and 804 00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:03,880 therefore they will be only the support of Scotland fans at the 805 00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:07,680 game as well as neutrals. I mean, obviously there is the 806 00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:12,240 argument that a lot of Scottish expats across the across the 807 00:39:12,240 --> 00:39:15,640 pond and the North East of America and also Canada will be 808 00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:18,680 wanting to go to those games. I think when I when I think 809 00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:21,800 about people like that picture the the two guys from Chin the 810 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,160 fat, he's in sketch. And then they come home. 811 00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:26,440 Oh, man, you some people know I'm talking about they say they 812 00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:29,360 come down like I can't remember. I'm going to put you. 813 00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:31,560 I wouldn't want to do the accent because they would just get 814 00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:35,200 clapped. But yeah, like basically the one 815 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:38,880 eighth, the 1/8 Scotch, Scotch, Yeah, Scotch brigade. 816 00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:41,960 I'd be out in force. But aside from that, you know, 817 00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:44,400 there are games that include maybe France, Norway. 818 00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:47,600 There'll be two sets of fans driving to the demand. 819 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:51,640 Well, Scotland, Haiti is. Scotland Scotland fans alone are 820 00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:55,040 driving the biggest demand in the World Cup right now. 821 00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:59,320 I think it's because there's maybe not an assumption but a 822 00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:03,560 strong hope that it'll be a first World Cup winning. 823 00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:10,800 How many years when finals will stop since they because yeah, so 824 00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:12,320 we've not, we've been at €2.00 not. 825 00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:14,760 Even win it. Oh, you could be. 826 00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:16,040 You know, actually you're right there. 827 00:40:16,240 --> 00:40:20,240 Thanks. Yeah, obviously, fingers 828 00:40:20,240 --> 00:40:22,800 crossed, Touchwoods, we do win that game. 829 00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:25,400 We should win that game. Yeah, a lot of even people you 830 00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:27,960 just applied for tickets if they could only go at one game that 831 00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:29,080 tend to be on the. Yeah. 832 00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:33,640 And I think that Flower Scotland national anthem when the Haiti 833 00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:37,160 Haiti game comes will be absolutely incredible, I think. 834 00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:41,000 People, people keep harking back to the EUR 24 in Germany, The 835 00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:43,720 Cologne game against Switzerland especially. 836 00:40:44,240 --> 00:40:47,360 The atmosphere was incredible and the the flower of Scotland 837 00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:50,040 hit a different level that evening. 838 00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:54,920 I think in Boston, 60 odd 1000 Scots potentially in there. 839 00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:57,560 Yeah, in the. First World Cup since that would 840 00:40:57,560 --> 00:40:58,320 be. Incredible. 841 00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:01,680 I think, yeah, the Boston Stadium, AK Foxborough Stadium, 842 00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:03,240 because it's so far away from Boston. 843 00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:06,720 Yeah, but no, I think the majority of that stadium will be 844 00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:11,000 a Navy blue or some type of orange or yellow from the away 845 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:15,120 kits, and it'll be in a magical, magical experience. 846 00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:16,080 Yeah. That'll be a way we're there 847 00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:17,280 waiting in that game, aren't we technically? 848 00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:18,560 Technically, yeah. Yeah. 849 00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:22,360 So I we could be in. A nice 9:00 PM kick off time, 850 00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:24,080 local time I think. It's at 9 PMI. 851 00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:29,680 Think it is 9 so it's plenty of time to get booze in, try and 852 00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:33,800 sober up before the game and then watches 15 nil and Scott 853 00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:36,640 Mcconney score a hat trick then. It's a small ask. 854 00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:40,520 It's a small ask. It's all I want right, But I 855 00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:42,080 think I mean, yeah, I think that's a good we've we've 856 00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:44,440 covered absolutely from there first video format. 857 00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:46,480 We've tried our best. It took ages to set up. 858 00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:48,640 So I hope you enjoyed. It thank you very much for for 859 00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:51,360 listening to this first one. A lot of work's gone behind the 860 00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:53,680 scenes. It's been months in the making 861 00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:57,880 and hopefully with your support we can continue to do stuff like 862 00:41:57,880 --> 00:42:00,800 this. Got cool guests that you will 863 00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:02,480 definitely recognise coming soon hopefully. 864 00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:03,880 Yeah, I've been. I've been made. 865 00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:06,320 People have made promises to me, big promises. 866 00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:10,440 So I'm I'm hoping to peel through them and get some high 867 00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:12,440 quality, get obvious. We've had Alastair Lamont on, 868 00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:15,240 which was great. Hopefully I got a couple more 869 00:42:15,240 --> 00:42:19,080 coming, that would be very nice. 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