1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,640 Hello and welcome back to the Scots for my podcast. 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:05,000 I'm James Scott and join us for this episode. 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:08,440 We've got Ben Crockart fresh back off the plane from his 4 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:10,000 holiday. Yeah, straight from the airport, 5 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,880 but good to be back. And we've also been joined by 6 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:15,240 Gordon Shack. She had good things with the 7 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:16,640 podcast. He liked the first episode, and 8 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:18,960 he was like, I want in on that. I'm coming along. 9 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:21,600 Thank you very much guys. Glad that you had an extra mic 10 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:23,280 for me. Yeah, coming straight from the 11 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:25,000 pub. Yeah, I wait. 12 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,120 Yeah, me to start that attempt to soar up though. 13 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:32,640 But yeah, I know it's been welcome you into our studio. 14 00:00:32,759 --> 00:00:34,440 Yeah, thank you. Some setup you've got. 15 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:37,240 Yeah, it's. Some very professional. 16 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:41,440 I wish you guys could see what we can see right now. 17 00:00:41,480 --> 00:00:43,880 Yeah, I'm going to be getting in trouble again for taking over 18 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:45,440 the entire living room. So. 19 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:47,480 But yeah, no, it's cool. Yeah. 20 00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:49,880 It's been a crazy week, crazy day. 21 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:52,600 Very good at the. Recording on the Sunday fresh 22 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,320 off an Old Farm Scottish Cup quarterfinal. 23 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:57,440 Ding Dong. Yeah, that was opera. 24 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:02,760 Yeah, stuff, stuff went down as about the the keeping it light, 25 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:06,560 but we'll get on to that. We've got an itinerary we're 26 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:07,640 going to work our way through today. 27 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:11,200 First of all, women's team, Scotland national team. 28 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:13,120 What a start. On the March, yeah. 29 00:01:13,320 --> 00:01:16,360 Great start. Yeah, two games, twelve goals 30 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:19,240 and I think we mentioned off camera, great to see Caroline. 31 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,440 We are kind of bringing her club form that she's had at Real 32 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:25,280 Madrid into the national team with that hat trick in the five 33 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:28,640 nil win and then obviously carrying it into the seven nil 34 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:32,200 with, you said, 4 assists. 4 assists yeah so I basically the 35 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,080 way this World Cup campaign's working is it's actually pretty 36 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,560 hard to wrap your head around so I don't blame anyone for not 37 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,640 being able to get it 'cause we. I was watching explainer video 38 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,400 off camera. I I tried to explain it to 39 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:44,360 Gordon. We sat down and watched that 40 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:46,280 video again. It was Amy Carr. 41 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:47,440 Amy Caravan on the. BBC. 42 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:50,560 Yeah, the BBC. We watched that, still going to 43 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:52,760 start it again. I was like, I was like again, 44 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:57,200 did I have too many tenants at the pub or is this just hard to? 45 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:00,560 So it's basically, I feel like the easiest way to describe it 46 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,720 is the Nations League seems to replace the World Cup qualifying 47 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:07,200 and because of that Scotland can, and I felt this is pretty 48 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:10,479 naff to be honest. Scotland can't qualify for the 49 00:02:10,479 --> 00:02:12,320 World Cup automatically. Directly, yeah. 50 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:13,720 Yeah, so. From this group. 51 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:16,040 Yeah, yeah, the teams in the A league can. 52 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,600 We're in Group B4, so essentially as long as we don't 53 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:21,480 finish last, we're guaranteed a playoff. 54 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:25,120 But yeah, you know. Basically, yeah, Basically it 55 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,000 seems like the better you do in this group, the kind of more 56 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,520 gentle a path you might get through the playoffs. 57 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:34,520 Obviously it's going to be difficult as we know with 58 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:36,920 obviously with with the men's team, qualifying for World Cup 59 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:39,200 is always going to be harder than qualifying for EUR. 60 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:40,960 There's fewer spots for European teams. 61 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:44,040 We will have to go through some tough teams eventually to get to 62 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,120 World Cup. I think if I was to say, I mean 63 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:49,800 put a positive spin on on this, being in League B gives you an 64 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,440 opportunity to get a really good head start and a really good bit 65 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,080 a bit of momentum going as we've seen this week with these two 66 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:57,480 big wins. Yes, caveat is Luxembourg. 67 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:01,440 So you know, again, absolutely no disrespect to them, but it's 68 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,080 teams you would expect us to be beating. 69 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:06,080 But we've gone out and demolished and dominated both 70 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:07,360 games. Excellent. 71 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,240 So this gives us a really good opportunity get form, get 72 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:13,640 momentum, get some goals up, get a new system in place and then 73 00:03:13,640 --> 00:03:15,800 when it comes around to playoff time, we're ready to 74 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:18,240 rock'n'roll. And again, to, to, to to Fence's 75 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:20,480 point there. Yeah, Caroline Weir, obviously 76 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:22,160 you captain. She's been a real kind of 77 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:24,960 Talisman for the team or she's been a player that we've always 78 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:27,800 looked to, to be a real Talisman for the Scotland team. 79 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:31,280 But I think so good to see her translating as you said, that 80 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:33,720 that that club form, you know, she was obviously playing at 81 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:35,680 Real Madrid. They're doing really well in the 82 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:36,800 Women's Champions League this year. 83 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:38,720 They're in the quarterfinal against Barcelona so they've got 84 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:41,000 a home and away tie against. Barcelona Balandor nominating 85 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,840 the club, obviously. Balandor but she is, she's 86 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,440 actually the second top, top goal scorer in Women's Champions 87 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:48,080 League this season of everyone in Europe. 88 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:51,040 So it's 5 five goals so far. So yeah, she's doing great over 89 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:52,560 there in Spain. But yeah, fantastic to see her 90 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:54,320 bring it back. It's good because that was 91 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:56,880 Melissa Andatta's first competitive. 92 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:58,880 Yeah. And competitive wins. 93 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:01,320 Yeah, she would she took over at the end of the Nations League 94 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,480 campaign. Pedroid obviously not long left. 95 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,600 Things weren't looking good. I think the performances, I 96 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,320 mean, I remember watching the, the the, the playoff for the EUR 97 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:11,760 and it was just so far below what we expect of like 98 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:13,840 realistically a good group of players. 99 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:15,960 Yeah. And you know, the team looks 100 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:17,800 like in a good place. So obviously it was 5 nil away 101 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:19,920 to Luxembourg. The way this, the way this group 102 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:24,040 is working, because we've got Israel as a team, they are not 103 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:25,680 every other group's doing this, but we seem to be doing like 104 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:26,960 double headers. Yeah, so. 105 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:29,000 So we've got Belgium next. Yeah, we had lots. 106 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,440 That's a tough one, yeah. Luxembourg 5 nil away to 107 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:34,960 Luxembourg and then we came home 17 nil. 108 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:39,440 So in Luxembourg it was a weird hat trick along with Jen Clark 109 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:42,560 and McGovern scoring and then became home. 110 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:44,800 McGovern and Clark getting on the goals again. 111 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:48,840 Double for both and then Davidson, Lawton and McKinney 112 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,680 got their goals too. Plus like I said, 4 assists from 113 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:56,640 Carly and we are so not too bad. But then it's April, they have 114 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,560 their next fixtures double header against Belgium, first of 115 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:02,040 those the Easter Rd. We'd encourage people to try and 116 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:04,560 get tickets if they are are, you know they have a they're. 117 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,240 Available, yeah. Well it's free if you're a 118 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:08,680 Scotland supporters member. Why not? 119 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:11,440 I mean, I've got my ticket, managed to grab tags, more 120 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:13,440 people on as well. So you're in Edinburgh. 121 00:05:13,840 --> 00:05:15,920 So they sometimes, I mean, I appreciate sometimes it's harder 122 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:18,640 to get through to Glasgow for a game if you're local, great 123 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:20,400 opportunity, but. Good, good, good, good. 124 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:22,440 Good atmosphere as well. Real family friendly like. 125 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,120 Unfortunately I was meant to be there at the game yesterday. 126 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:28,800 Unfortunately chickenpox reared its ugly head in our house so I 127 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:30,920 was going to take my wife and daughter were going to come and 128 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:34,240 for the three of us to go it cost me the princely sum of 10 129 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,760 lbs. So I got my ticket for free. 130 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:40,520 Kids ticket was free and a tenor for an adult non member so it 131 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:43,400 can't say fairer than that kind. Yeah, also I get along if you 132 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:45,920 can, because you might see me there in my jacket. 133 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:48,080 This was this was literally the feedback from there. 134 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:51,480 But we're just check, yeah. Absolutely nothing about the 135 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:53,440 podcast, just where can I get that jacket? 136 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,240 We had like after the first video one, we were like, oh, 137 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,600 it's let's like reach out feedback from different people. 138 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:01,360 Gordon's like it's great. I want to come on. 139 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,520 Other folk were like, oh, like it's quite good be like this 140 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:06,280 like that. Everyone asked personally, I 141 00:06:06,280 --> 00:06:07,800 just went where did you get the jacket from? 142 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:11,280 So like, yeah, I mean the. Other people don't. 143 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:12,840 Don't gatekeep that you have to gatekeeper. 144 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:16,600 You have to gatekeeper. The thing is it's it's like it's 145 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,440 an old, it's score draw, but it's like I bought out a buttons 146 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:22,120 in Dunfermline maybe 10 years ago. 147 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:24,480 So I stay off the topic of Dunfermline. 148 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:28,640 Oh, OK, that's like, you know what, that's a good segue right 149 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:30,120 there. It's going in the Scottish Cup. 150 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:35,400 Finn could your team has spared me a little bit of pain and not 151 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:39,480 let my local rivals get into a Scottish Cup semi final. 152 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:41,200 What happened? Did you watch it? 153 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:46,480 I I luckily was not watching it. It was away in Portugal and 154 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:50,000 couldn't find, well, not surprisingly, I couldn't find a 155 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,920 a pub that was showing Dunfermline versus Aberdeen. 156 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:58,360 And yeah, horrific. Wasn't I'm, I'm not overly 157 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:03,920 surprised by the result, but the performance and the scoreline 158 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:06,720 where it could have actually been more than three nil, Yeah. 159 00:07:07,840 --> 00:07:10,520 Was just a fracking goal shocking one from Matthew Todd. 160 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:14,160 I mean, he's had he's wound up with Rovers fans in the past, 161 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:18,320 but I mean, it's such a joke. Yeah, include me, I I include 162 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:20,760 myself in that. But I mean, there's a sniff of 163 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:23,800 offside in that goal. The the head, the defender, the 164 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:25,480 headers at clear is under pressure. 165 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:29,360 I guess you could say if I'm an offside attacker, maybe VAR 166 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:30,960 would have ruled that out. Who knows? 167 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,960 They weren't covering that game because it was at East End Park 168 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:38,120 and he's didn't fair play term. One touch caught on a volley by 169 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:42,200 1 now and Aberdeen's chasing from that point and then Thomas 170 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:47,120 grabs two goals after him and like Aberdeen, the family's 171 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:49,680 outside by that point. Yeah, no, I mean, it's, it's, 172 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:54,120 it'll be the first year where Aberdeen's not Hamden for four 173 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:57,680 years. So yeah, at this point and but. 174 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:00,920 Not reigning champions out. Yeah, I know. 175 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:02,520 I was. I was, I think. 176 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:03,760 Clanging on to that last. Year. 177 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:08,360 So the amount of times I've used on you, no, I was kind of that 178 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:12,320 was the last kind of hope I had for the season because obviously 179 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:16,280 leagues done were clearly bottom 6, not even mathematically 180 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:19,560 possible. And now the job is just don't 181 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:21,800 get scraped into a relegation playoff. 182 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:24,520 Honestly, did you ever start about the last time a Scottish 183 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:28,280 Cup semi final included that? No, I didn't if you know in the 184 00:08:28,280 --> 00:08:31,440 well there's no in the comments. Last time a non premiership team 185 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:34,120 got to a Scottish Cup semi final this is a few that spring to 186 00:08:34,120 --> 00:08:40,480 mind. Ross County and it's 201020170. 187 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:41,840 Could have been a night. So that's a shout. 188 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:43,559 When they got to the final against Celtic. 189 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:46,520 Yeah, yeah, that's can't really. Oh, another one. 190 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:51,240 Yeah, if you don't let us know in the comments, but obviously 191 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:58,600 Dunfermline will be at Hampden against one of Falkirk Celtic or 192 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,240 and then St. Mirrenor Partick Thistle tonight 193 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:03,080 which? Is going on tonight. 194 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:05,720 So obviously Falkirk won two, one against Dundee United. 195 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:10,040 That was Yeats and Stewart Barnett. 196 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:12,960 Stewart obviously in great form, Great Fork came back on. 197 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:15,000 He was on loan at Dunfermline first half of the season, 198 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:18,040 returned to Falkirk and he he's he's settled in quite well to 199 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:21,600 the squad, grabbing goals I did. See him I did see a comment 200 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,040 online someone saying that he has Jamestown written all over 201 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:27,320 him. You know, let's see, let's let's 202 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:28,520 see if he makes a bigger move, but. 203 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,560 See where Shanklin ends up at the end of the track window but 204 00:09:34,560 --> 00:09:37,640 no is rise from. What is it? 205 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:38,840 The city? What the 7th? 206 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:40,400 Uni student? Yeah, the 7th tier. 207 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:42,960 Shared a pitch. I know, I know a boy that should 208 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:44,280 have pitched on my head what he was like. 209 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:46,280 He was like prattling on. He's really good. 210 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:50,760 He's really good and. He's not bad, yeah, 7th year 211 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:54,680 start of last season, then we'll say got the move, been on loan 212 00:09:54,680 --> 00:09:59,320 at Dunfermline and yeah, he's banging him in I think. 213 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,760 Yeah, he scored a hat trick in the Premiership, did you Scored 214 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:05,280 a couple of races and yeah, he's really kicking on. 215 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:07,960 And I think we mentioned off camera that with the injuries 216 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:12,040 we've got in the Scotland squad, it might not be about outside 217 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:13,080 show. Obviously it's a yeah. 218 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:14,560 It's a friendly, definitely, yeah. 219 00:10:14,560 --> 00:10:16,880 I saw him, I saw I saw James McFadden the other day was 220 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:19,760 talking him up for for Scotland as well, talking about his all 221 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:21,080 around games, really good finishes. 222 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:22,920 He's a Cali, he's pacey and obviously he's finishing as 223 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:24,840 well. And again, like you say, we're 224 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:29,640 not overly blessed for forward options or also we have forward 225 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:31,640 options in the Scotland team that you know exactly what 226 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:33,960 you're going to get from them. So I'm sure we're going to talk 227 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:36,160 about it. But this, this camp in March, I 228 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:39,760 think it's the opportunity, given that Clark will know 229 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:42,480 ultimately what most of his squad is, let's be honest, for 230 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:45,440 the summer. Probably 18 of exactly 23 or 26 231 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:46,720 because. He's so loyal and that's the 232 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:48,520 team he's got. Yeah, it's a great opportunity. 233 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:50,200 I think there'll be a lot of players that come into this 234 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:52,600 squad in March, like Mark Leonard as well, was getting 235 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:55,200 linked, yeah. Yeah, he got there was a story 236 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:58,000 yesterday about him potentially getting called up. 237 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:02,000 I think I I said on the last podcast, I said wild card and 238 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,600 you you went Mark Leonard, not that Mark Leonard. 239 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:08,000 That's horrible show, No. I did that. 240 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:09,760 I did not see as a horrible. I just said. 241 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:12,920 You said that was really rude. Said it has maybe, maybe it was 242 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:15,200 a bit rude, but it was, you know, it is the most competitive 243 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:17,080 area of the pitch in terms of the Scotland squad. 244 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:19,320 Yeah, obviously. And I think we, you also tapped 245 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:20,160 Elliot. What? 246 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:24,200 One of the one thing I'd. Say was one would get an FN but 247 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:27,120 not both. But yeah, no, things are going 248 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:28,480 good. Yeah, Ellie, what gave us a 249 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:29,880 following Instagram the other day as well. 250 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:33,080 So good lad. I'll be definitely support him a 251 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:35,360 bit more. Now, yeah, but we'll talk about 252 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:37,360 Mother in a minute once we've wrapped up the Scottish Cup 253 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:40,000 stuff. So I, Dunfermline and Falkirk 254 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:43,520 were the first teams into the semi final draw hasn't been made 255 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:45,480 as of right now. So you guys are going to make 256 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:46,640 tonight. Get me tonight. 257 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,080 We we're just going to have to guess who's won out at party can 258 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:51,120 sit man, Obviously sit man will be favourites there. 259 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:53,240 Me and gorgeous. I will then. 260 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:55,440 I think, I think there's an upside there. 261 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:57,960 I genuinely think. There is, I think, fate bookies. 262 00:11:57,960 --> 00:11:59,720 Surely they'll. Be all well bookies, yeah, but 263 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,440 in the Premiership St. Mirren have been Yeah, all 264 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:03,400 again. In the cup, though. 265 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:07,320 Yeah, well, all right, the cups, if they hadn't won the Cup, I 266 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:09,880 think Stephen Robinson would probably be sacked. 267 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:10,720 Yeah. So. 268 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:13,080 But again, I think, I think I think in, in in the same way 269 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:15,320 that I think you could kind of smell and upset in the air last 270 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:16,720 night with Dunfermline against Aberdeen. 271 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:20,560 Yeah, just the general mood music around Aberdeen and also 272 00:12:20,560 --> 00:12:21,560 St. Mirren just recently. 273 00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:23,120 The form just has not been there. 274 00:12:23,680 --> 00:12:25,400 I think Partick will be answering their job. 275 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:26,240 It's crazy. Could. 276 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:28,480 You imagine that would be like Hampden semi final of 277 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:32,680 Dunfermline versus Partick? Yeah, goodness me, felon Falkirk 278 00:12:32,680 --> 00:12:35,200 that'd be that's I mean, they're they're rivals to degree. 279 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:39,080 Yeah, so I say to the Greeks, holds tightly 5. 280 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:43,160 Derby I think the best would probably be Falkirk and Celtic 281 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:45,720 because I think they'd be the team that would give them the 282 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:47,760 biggest run for. You're looking for the. 283 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:50,560 I just want. Final get put out. 284 00:12:50,560 --> 00:12:52,720 Imagine like a Falkirk Dunfermline final. 285 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:54,000 That's what I want to see, honestly. 286 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:55,560 That's that's a shot of glory level. 287 00:12:57,280 --> 00:13:01,440 Same thing were mentioned there. Interesting game I blocks and 288 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:04,720 last few hours has come to pass. Yeah, and Celtic didn't 289 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:06,200 register. I mean we didn't see them 290 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,080 register and we also noticed on the stats apps not a single 291 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:10,600 shot. In 120. 292 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:13,000 Not even a short target, a shot. Until the penalty. 293 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,640 Shot until the penalty. Shot for that goal, but that's. 294 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:19,000 A goal My Ada was ruled out. Which, which again, that looked 295 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:22,120 so tight and obviously I, I appreciate when they do the kind 296 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:25,360 of the angles and replays, the broadcast angles are different 297 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:27,600 to what the V are looking at, certainly from the screen that 298 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:28,880 we were looking at. Again, we're looking at a big 299 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:30,400 projector. Maybe wasn't a sharp image. 300 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:34,840 It's hard to see. I think it was from scales flick 301 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:36,640 on maybe. I think he's he's come back from 302 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:39,040 an offside position to flick the ball on. 303 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:41,480 Yeah. And then when he headed it and I 304 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:43,840 was like, offside there. So I think he's come from an 305 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:46,120 offside position. Yeah, I guess so tight. 306 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:50,240 And then obviously Rangers scored and that was ruled out. 307 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:53,160 But I mean, you, you said at the time you're like, I think Mark 308 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:55,040 VAR might intervene here. And I mean, you got the replay. 309 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:58,080 You only handballed it twice. Yes, when you saw when you when 310 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:00,400 you it was it was you like it. Like I said, like I said in the 311 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:02,280 pub, it was one of those ones when you see it from the wide 312 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:07,400 angle, the scramble inside the so many players, it's pinging, 313 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:09,800 it's deflecting the ball ends off the back of the net and I 314 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:12,680 turned turned to James. I said this has got AVAR rule 315 00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:14,600 out written all over it. And then, like you said, you 316 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:17,760 should be there to be fair as him. 317 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:21,040 I guess the defender tries to hook it clear and his arm just 318 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:22,840 happens to be there. It comes off his arm. 319 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:24,360 It was like this looks like he's basically. 320 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:26,560 Punched it into the net, yeah, but. 321 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:28,880 You can things he goes to be celebrating with his arms. 322 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:30,920 In the air, convinced. With celebrations it. 323 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:32,600 Really knows though. No, but there's no. 324 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:36,680 This goes crazy like Bar is, yeah, if you make it because Bar 325 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:38,840 is going to rule it out. But like, he was so convinced 326 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:40,400 with celebration. I was like, oh, maybe not Like 327 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:41,960 he looks quite adamant that's going to stand. 328 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:44,440 Then you saw the replay and I, like a chuckle, went around the 329 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:47,360 pub like everyone was watching because they're like, that's so 330 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:48,920 ridiculous. Yeah. 331 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:51,920 So game, game to pass 120 minutes played. 332 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:53,040 Celtic have not had a shot on target. 333 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:54,480 Rangers was a good game like. Rangers like for. 334 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:56,800 For a nil, nil. No, it was, it was one of those 335 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:58,120 nil Nils. It was good fun. 336 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:00,400 It was intense. Well, I think obviously. 337 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:03,680 Rangers point of view because they were just the most anytime 338 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:05,640 you looked up dominant, they were around the box yeah, 339 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:10,160 Celtics 18 yard box was just penned in and you just couldn't 340 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:13,320 really like just break the dam there and get in. 341 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:16,480 I mean obviously they were they were missing but I think I think 342 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:19,360 it was hinted at in the pre match with Martin O'Neill. 343 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:22,960 But like obviously Cal McGregor and Karen Tierney both missing. 344 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:26,360 Like obviously no one at that club, at Celtic, this season's 345 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:28,840 had a brilliant season, apart from maybe Negrin is the one. 346 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:31,160 That's the one outstanding player there. 347 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:33,680 Sometimes been a scapegoat for Celtic fans. 348 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:38,120 But you know, even even with that context, like these are 349 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:41,240 still big, big, big players for Celtic to be missing for a trip 350 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:43,080 to Ibrox. And you're right, they they, 351 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,360 they, they really struggled to get any foothold in the game all 352 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:48,880 game. Yeah, I, I think I heard a stat 353 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:50,960 when I was you. You showed me obviously the, 354 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:54,240 the, the, the scenes that came after the game, which we'll get 355 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:59,360 onto, but it was something like they're a fourth ever when Ibrox 356 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:03,280 in the Scotch Cup and their first, oh, since 1950s. 357 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:04,040 Yes, I'm in crisis. Yeah. 358 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:05,800 And they? Probably didn't meet, I mean. 359 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:07,360 Yeah, we meet in the semifinals usually. 360 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:09,320 Yeah, yeah, they. Forgot to heat up the balls 361 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:09,680 this. Time. 362 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:11,720 Yeah, they keep the balls, that is. 363 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:14,080 It joking for legal reasons. That was a joke. 364 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:19,160 That was if there's anyone from this, that was a joke. 365 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:21,040 Yeah. So I penalty shout. 366 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:24,520 Rangers, having been on top for the whole game, managed to put 367 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:26,680 two over the bar. Including Tavernier, like I 368 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:31,200 said, again, libel, the meme of penalty to Rangers. 369 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:33,920 Tavernier scores. He's the one that puts it over. 370 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:36,120 Yeah, yeah. So I get like, like we said 371 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,800 there, so Celtic go to Ibrox, play 120 minutes, don't have a 372 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:43,600 single shot on goal and then Rangers, the keeper doesn't even 373 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:44,800 have to make a save in the shootout and. 374 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:46,600 Both. Both penalties over the. 375 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:49,480 Bar and it's Thomas Kevan Shara. Shara. 376 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:52,520 Yeah, that scores the winner and then just bedlamber UPS. 377 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:56,800 Obviously Celtic progress to the semi finals, the Celtic and the 378 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:59,480 first time they've had the broom on stand in a while, which is 379 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:02,280 disappointing, is a spectacle. You know, it really helps, 380 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:03,400 Scott. It's an advert for Scottish 381 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:04,760 football. You know, same in Edinburgh, 382 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:08,839 Darby, when you've got the full away end, it just looks good and 383 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:10,560 I think the Celtic fans obviously spoil it. 384 00:17:10,839 --> 00:17:15,720 Spell onto the patch union bears then, which who are at the 385 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:17,760 opposite end of the pitch behind the goals. 386 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:20,760 Don't know the name at stand, but you know, opposite from the 387 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,160 brilliant stand they come spelling onto the pitch and it 388 00:17:23,160 --> 00:17:24,520 looks like it's kind of fizzling out. 389 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:26,680 But I mean, Celtic players aren't really helping themselves 390 00:17:26,680 --> 00:17:29,640 in the way because not blaming the group, but that Thomas 391 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:33,200 Vanchara, he's taking selfies with guys like you. 392 00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:36,080 Don't not naturally you would expect that again like Celtic, 393 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:40,000 Celtic, I think it frankly all all teams that would win cup 394 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,920 game at Ibrox, they'd go to their own fans like that static. 395 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:46,520 No, no, go to your own fans. And it's the fact they've gone 396 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:48,920 up the other end and then they found their fans on the pitch. 397 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:50,800 Yeah. And then before you know it, 398 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:53,920 again you see the clips. I think O'Neil as well. 399 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:56,400 He's he's on the pitch and he's got fans running up to him 400 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:59,240 grabbing a selfie with him. And again, in that moment, 401 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:03,120 you're like, what can you do? Yeah, they they make, they get 402 00:18:03,120 --> 00:18:05,200 off the pitch of. Fair, I can accosted someone for 403 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:07,120 a selfie today. You did, yes. 404 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:10,360 Do share Share with. So basically I was saying the 405 00:18:10,360 --> 00:18:12,680 football realm, there was a big result for Scotland, the rugby 406 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:14,960 yesterday, man. The biggest result, a record, 407 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:17,360 was. A huge result and captain. 408 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:19,800 See only two Pilates. You know, 2 Pilates. 409 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:23,000 I mean, thank you for that. Yeah, I was. 410 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:23,880 Yeah. I've got it wrong every time 411 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:25,080 I've said it, so go ahead and save me there. 412 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:26,680 One more time. See you only two. 413 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:29,920 O'clock Sione tipple or two. I was walking the dog down to 414 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:32,040 Stockbridge and I turned the corner and there he is just 415 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:33,960 killing about in the street by his son. 416 00:18:34,280 --> 00:18:38,120 So as you know, I'm, yeah, I'm crazy fan Shara, but I didn't 417 00:18:38,120 --> 00:18:40,040 really give Sione much an option there. 418 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:42,000 Yeah, come on, let me take a fool. 419 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:43,720 So do your impression of what you said about your dog. 420 00:18:45,120 --> 00:18:47,720 He's saying no, no, he's like, he's like, he was just a good 421 00:18:47,720 --> 00:18:49,680 impression. But, you know, he had his wee 422 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:52,640 boy and he was like, oh, let's see all this guy's doggy and 423 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:55,120 like. Do the voice, do the do the 424 00:18:55,120 --> 00:18:55,920 voice? What's that said? 425 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:59,480 Blue look, my son, nobody, he said. 426 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:02,320 He's like my son. He's like, leave my son a little 427 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:04,520 doggy. I was like, I was like. 428 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:07,160 Great. But things Ziggy can be, yeah, 429 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:08,960 Ziggy was like not face at all. So. 430 00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:12,400 He seems like a sound guy. Just to very quickly be on this 431 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:15,280 tangent, did you see the moment between him and Princess Anne 432 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:18,640 yesterday after the game? This is because, again, if you 433 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:21,280 saw it the last time after the Calcutta Cup win, when we beat 434 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:24,520 England, Sione goes up to get presented with the trophy and 435 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:26,960 he's a very obviously very emotional person, a very big 436 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:28,400 person, big personality, big guy. 437 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:31,600 He just instinctively goes in to hug Princess Anne, which 438 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:34,040 obviously with like Finners watch the crown, you know, like 439 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:36,160 royal protocol not allowed. You can't do that. 440 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:38,400 You can't do that. You can't hug Princess Anne. 441 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:39,760 I love it. So that became a bit of a 442 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:42,400 talking point after that game. So then yesterday we beat 443 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:45,120 France, record result, biggest win over France ever. 444 00:19:45,120 --> 00:19:47,800 We stuck 90 points. Unbelievable. 445 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,280 Unbelievable goes up and then like you say, they both see each 446 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:53,120 other, they both gotta go hug. Nah. 447 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:58,040 And it was. Just class formal, classic. 448 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:00,000 Kept it, kept it, kept it formal. 449 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:01,960 And then yeah, I got the self with him. 450 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:03,400 I know I'm going up it myself. Yeah. 451 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:04,960 And I make Grant and Hanley like 10. 452 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:06,880 Oh yeah, come on. I was like, what's going on? 453 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:08,400 I felt like I was like a simulation. 454 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,720 I was like, you know, Scotland captain being on Scotland 455 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:13,640 combinated as Walker so. Grant and Hanley come on the 456 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:15,040 podcast, please. Yeah, I don't know. 457 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:16,760 I was too nervous. I was like. 458 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:18,760 Neighbor. Yeah, Grant. 459 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:23,040 Anyway, right. So what we're talking about 460 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:24,000 this? Oh, yeah, Yeah. 461 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,240 And like, yeah. And I think this, there was then 462 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:28,200 the ringing bears, it looked like they're going off, then 463 00:20:28,200 --> 00:20:30,120 come back up. There's like flares getting 464 00:20:30,120 --> 00:20:31,960 chucked in there. Was an invisible wall for a bit, 465 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:33,360 and then. You meanie joke because the 466 00:20:33,360 --> 00:20:35,320 commentators always go, oh, these are things you don't like 467 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:37,640 to see and you always think these are scenes we love to see. 468 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:39,800 But then when we saw the fans coming right across and the 469 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:41,160 players going to be like, actually, these are scenes you 470 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:43,560 don't like to see. You know the certain fans have 471 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:46,160 got the spectacle the Brimon stand again you know they've a 472 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:50,520 guest abuse that privilege in a way but porn onto the patch and 473 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:53,120 then you just yeah, it's just it's not a great look. 474 00:20:53,120 --> 00:20:55,440 But I mean overall I mean you touched on it. 475 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:58,080 You said it just shows how much a pressure cooker Scottish 476 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:01,440 football is a season yeah, 1 result like that has like to 477 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:06,680 like, you know an outburst I box and you do feel like that stuff 478 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,400 is bubbling over from the league and the way a. 100% go it. 479 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:13,400 It definitely speaks to just how much kind of general disruption 480 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:14,920 there's been in Scottish football this season. 481 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,800 You know, the fact that you've got our resurgent Motherwell 482 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,200 who've come out, who've come out of nowhere and who are doing 483 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:22,200 fantastically well. Obviously we can speak about it, 484 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:25,640 but also they they, they were derailed a little bit yesterday 485 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:27,360 with that one. But obviously with Hearts being 486 00:21:27,360 --> 00:21:30,720 so fantastic, getting that lead at the top of the table, there 487 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:33,200 was a real intense energy and I think you could tell it, even if 488 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:35,600 we were just watching it on TV, you could feel the atmosphere 489 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:38,360 from that stadium, the desperation from both sets of 490 00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:42,880 fans to get the win because it meant so much more to both of 491 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:44,600 them. Every time Celtic, Rangers, not 492 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:47,080 bloody so I can. I can feel how loud it is in the 493 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:48,520 stadium just watching on the telly. 494 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:51,080 Precisely. And again, it just speaks to, 495 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:53,000 like I said, just how much pressure there is on both of 496 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,920 those clubs this season that there can just be that amount of 497 00:21:56,360 --> 00:21:59,600 head loss from all involved at the end of a game. 498 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:02,560 Like that head losses about that was that was generational head 499 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:04,320 loss. And it'll put like genuinely, I 500 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:08,160 think it'll put real doubt in the minds of Rangers fans and 501 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:10,640 Rangers players and Rangers, the Rangers management, the fact 502 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:13,000 that you know, you've had two games against Celtic in the last 503 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,960 week, not one either of them should have won both of them. 504 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:18,720 You've got two goal lead in the first one and let it let it come 505 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:20,280 back to two each. And then today, like we said, 506 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:22,240 dominant from start to finish and don't win. 507 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:25,120 So like just going to put a doubt in the mind as to what 508 00:22:25,120 --> 00:22:26,840 happens next. Yeah, and then Danny Rowland to 509 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,400 you after the game was there? Yeah, quite something, 510 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,760 obviously. Just kind of the truth. 511 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:33,200 World that we live in, Yeah, trying. 512 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:34,880 To shy away. From fingering. 513 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:37,560 Just trying to shy away from anything. 514 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:39,640 What was the question? Yeah, to see. 515 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:41,680 Season at the end and he went. I didn't see anything in 516 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:42,400 penalties. I didn't. 517 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:45,080 I didn't see anything. I was on the tunnel, No, 518 00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:49,480 obviously Celtic staff I think was one of the the first ones to 519 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:51,200 get attacked. There's a blood and then I was 520 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:53,520 about to say yeah. Well, that was from transfer, 521 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:55,400 that was from the game, but. Yeah, I think again. 522 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:57,880 It's look, it's one of the it's, it's one of those ones that all 523 00:22:57,880 --> 00:22:59,800 will come out in the fullness of time, I'm sure. 524 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:03,080 I mean, I'm sure you remember the initial headlines after 2016 525 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,720 when Hibs Rangers played in the Scottish Cup final. 526 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,760 There's a lot of headlines about how many assaults had happened 527 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:10,960 on the pitch. And you know, there's a lot of, 528 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,520 there'll be a lot of things that will, it'll become clear in the 529 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:15,960 fullness of time, I'm sure. I've just got 1 old farm game to 530 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,040 go left. If there's also, I'm sure 531 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:19,600 that'll be a quiet affair. Yeah, yeah. 532 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:24,080 Nice calm one. Yeah, so I obviously Simon and 533 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:25,840 participle tonight, we don't know what happens. 534 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:28,320 You will don't. By the time this comes out, 535 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:30,560 we'll know what the four teams and the draw for the semi 536 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:32,640 finals. So that'd be really good fun. 537 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:34,960 Looking forward to that return to league action. 538 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:38,440 So much praise on Motherwell over the last couple of weeks. 539 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:39,520 I. Was really feel really big them 540 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:42,800 up I. Feel like praise as was taken. 541 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:46,440 It was you know, it was it was to the point people were really 542 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:49,360 starting to go to the point where I actually said we're 543 00:23:49,360 --> 00:23:51,000 going to do. I had a funny segment plan for 544 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,520 this episode where we're going to go can Motherwell do you 545 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:54,760 still want Hearts to win the league? 546 00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:56,560 And I'll go no. And oh, you don't want Hearts to 547 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:57,960 win. And I I want Motherwell to win 548 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:01,000 and I go oh, so like so wise and, you know, so different. 549 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:05,880 But yeah, obviously Motherwell have finally been stopped in 550 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:08,040 their tracks. And it was by Dundee for the 551 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:08,760 teams. Yeah. 552 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,600 I mean, I mean it's not, I mean it's by means not, it's not 553 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:15,080 over, but you know, when they really put them on the hunt for 554 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:17,360 Celtic Rangers. They would have been right 555 00:24:17,360 --> 00:24:20,120 behind them, yeah, and especially with the draw between 556 00:24:20,120 --> 00:24:22,760 between Celtic and Rangers. Yeah, but at dense park. 557 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:24,840 Are we saying, are we saying this is the start of the 558 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:26,920 narrative that Stephen Presley should be the next Celtic 559 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:28,600 manager? A lot. 560 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:30,840 A lot that I just see. A few of them too. 561 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:35,120 I think Motherwell fans will be loving it if Stephen Presley is 562 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:37,000 the next manager. Not Yens. 563 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:38,840 Yens can state you can have Stephen Spain. 564 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,440 But. I'm, I mean, yeah, for like, 565 00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:44,560 like Stephen Presley said, for a job team, they've had some 566 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:47,160 cracking results. Yeah, beat Motherwell, beat 567 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:51,840 Celtic and Rangers this season. And yeah, the team probably at 568 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:56,440 least expected to do it. Although Yensworth Lasso did say 569 00:24:56,440 --> 00:25:00,560 in his post match that it's the team that probably given him the 570 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:03,720 most trouble of all the teams and they've troubled them every 571 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:05,600 game they played the season. Face again. 572 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:07,920 Again as well, I think if you look at you look at the stats 573 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:10,800 from that game as well. I didn't watch full game, saw 574 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:14,040 the highlights, but did seem to be similar to most other 575 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:16,000 Motherwell games this season where Motherwell dominating 576 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:17,760 possession, had more shots, more extra. 577 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:19,360 More everything. It wasn't an off day. 578 00:25:19,360 --> 00:25:21,120 Exactly. It was an aberration. 579 00:25:21,120 --> 00:25:23,040 Precisely. This doesn't necessarily have to 580 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,920 be the end of the road or a derailing of anything. 581 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:28,120 It's a continuation. And sometimes you get games like 582 00:25:28,120 --> 00:25:29,320 that where it just doesn't fall for you. 583 00:25:29,360 --> 00:25:31,880 You lose the game. But all the metrics were there 584 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:33,920 that it's they were still the performance still seemed pretty 585 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:35,560 good. Yeah, nobody was expecting that 586 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:38,040 definite coupon Buster. For some people, I'm sure it 587 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:40,120 wasn't. Do you even? 588 00:25:40,120 --> 00:25:40,960 Watch No. Better. 589 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:43,920 Experience, yes, including on a coupon that had Italy beating 590 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:46,480 England in the Six Nations. So thanks, Motherwell. 591 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:51,680 Yeah, first time ever. England first time ever in 33. 592 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,200 Yeah, you just needed. Motherwell to be. 593 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:58,560 Done the best The best odds on the thing on your. 1.85 odds, 594 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:00,040 yeah. Yeah, crazy. 595 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,280 Thanks guys. So I we've covered Scottish Cup, 596 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:05,720 we've covered league action, One last opportunity to touch on the 597 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:07,520 Scottish national team. Just always a good opportunity. 598 00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:11,200 Yeah, always a good opportunity. The World Cup, we're going to 599 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:13,120 talk coming up. Yeah, we're going to how far 600 00:26:13,120 --> 00:26:16,480 away? It's 100. 90 days, 99 days until 601 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,800 our first match, if I'm not mistaken, because I think it was 602 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:24,200 100 days yesterday. Yeah, so, so not far to go and. 603 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:26,960 You know what the bet the the best thing I was saying this to 604 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,560 you earlier but so I've been out of the house last week but I'm 605 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,040 going to be back in the office tomorrow got messages last week 606 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:33,960 that big package has arrived at the front door of the office. 607 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:38,360 For me it is the Lego World Cup trophy, which it only goes to 608 00:26:38,360 --> 00:26:42,120 show there is no limit to how much I'm going to spend on stuff 609 00:26:42,120 --> 00:26:43,720 with a World Cup logo on it. So. 610 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:47,200 I'll get that tomorrow because I'm trying to go to well because 611 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,200 we're both going to all the games and the bank account is 612 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:52,520 already struggling. Instead of getting the Lego win 613 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:55,640 which was £150, we got this one which was. 614 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:58,200 The new one won't us by. Yeah, yeah, obviously Gianni 615 00:26:58,240 --> 00:26:59,600 and. Fantino, thank you again. 616 00:27:00,360 --> 00:27:04,440 No that was £20 off a TikTok shop so I hope it looks good in 617 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:06,600 in the set. I could not afford the Lego one. 618 00:27:07,880 --> 00:27:13,320 But you had a voucher. But yeah, I saw I what's what's 619 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:17,480 excitement building there is is just creeping up news on the 620 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:22,240 opponent front, shall we say. Morocco have parted ways with 621 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:25,320 their manager. He's actually stepped aside for 622 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:28,760 their African Cup of Nations final loss to Senegal. 623 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,080 Obviously he took them to a semi final at the last World Cup in 624 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:34,800 Qatar. He's done quite well. 625 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:37,120 He's done quite well getting them to the final of this half 626 00:27:37,120 --> 00:27:38,680 con. It was obviously Morocco. 627 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:41,400 So there's a lot of expectation. So controversy, yeah, that was 628 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:42,240 great. I don't think you could. 629 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:43,640 More see that? More See. 630 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:45,520 Yeah, more you do or don't want to see. 631 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:49,960 More drama. So, but yeah, his his departure 632 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:53,600 came with the quote from him, which was the team needs a fresh 633 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:57,440 face, a different energy and a new perspective with a new 634 00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,480 coach. I think the team needs a new 635 00:27:59,480 --> 00:28:02,960 lease of life before the World Cup, a new vision to continue 636 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:06,800 progressing. My decision to leave as part of 637 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:11,240 the team's evolution, now they have replaced them with Mohammed 638 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:15,120 U Abbey, there is obviously the predecessor. 20s coach. 639 00:28:15,120 --> 00:28:17,120 Yeah, yeah, Pre won the World Cup of them. 640 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:23,120 So it's yes, Walid regular UE that's going out or Mohammed U 641 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:26,600 Abbey coming in. Yeah, sure, that pronunciation 642 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:29,160 was spot on as well. I suppose I YouTube that it was 643 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:32,200 so, but yeah, it's a. Shock. 644 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:35,920 It's a shock. I mean, Morocco, our team has 645 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:37,600 been doing really good things recently. 646 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:40,680 Yeah, I think I speak. I think #7 in the world right 647 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:42,640 now #8 something like. That should have been a pot one 648 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:44,280 team. Yeah, that's it. 649 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:46,520 So. That should have been 100. 650 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:47,840 Percent. I speak first of all when they 651 00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:50,200 say. I think I would far prefer them 652 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:54,560 stepping away from the consistency of a tribexed 653 00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:57,160 manager that's done well over the last couple of years into 654 00:28:57,160 --> 00:29:01,320 the unfamiliar territory of on the 20s coach who has done good 655 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:03,400 things. But I mean as past. 656 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:05,120 Football, it's different. Yeah, so. 657 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:08,160 I think, I think also, while also appreciating that they'll 658 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:11,320 have a number of games, obviously we've got 3 659 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:13,960 potentially 4 friendly games between now and the World Cup. 660 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:15,520 Morocco will have ultimately the same. 661 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:18,960 So from us, from a kind of scouting and analysis 662 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:22,280 perspective, we will have a fair bit of evidence built up to how 663 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:24,400 they're settling in with this new coach. 664 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:26,920 So I think we should hopefully still be pretty prepared for 665 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:29,720 what's to come. And impose himself on a team. 666 00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:31,880 No, it's not. It's really surprising, even 667 00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:34,320 just from a purely selfish perspective. 668 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:38,120 Like if you were in a job that had the opportunity to go take 669 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:41,600 your country to a World Cup in three months time, surely you're 670 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:43,360 doing that. I think you walk away after. 671 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:46,360 Because I thought he was sacked because an employee. 672 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:49,800 I thought, I thought he was sacked because there was a lot 673 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:53,320 of talk when it was the Afghan final that there was, there was 674 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:56,080 some reports where if he doesn't win the half coin, he's getting 675 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:58,480 sacked. Then obviously they didn't 676 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:00,640 somehow. From what I read and this you 677 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:04,320 know the depends if it's true he made the decision to leave and 678 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:07,280 he was convinced to try and stay and they couldn't convince him 679 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:10,000 to stay and his statement kind of backs up really. 680 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,960 Or maybe he was pushed. You know, if you don't resign, 681 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:15,280 we're going to sack you. Yeah. 682 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:16,800 Keep your dignity. Who knows? 683 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:17,760 I. Think you did a bad job. 684 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:21,240 I mean, that final was like you said, like you know, when you 685 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:23,200 could have won or lost that. I think there's there's other 686 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:24,480 stuff going on there and. I don't think. 687 00:30:24,480 --> 00:30:26,760 Well, yeah, first. 1st at the managers feet. 688 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:30,080 First African team ever to get to a World Cup semi final in 689 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,280 2022 and then obviously they. Were they were everyone's second 690 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:35,880 team And yeah, 22 for sure. And now in AFCON, we were 691 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:40,040 obviously all hate watching them and, you know, they were one 692 00:30:40,040 --> 00:30:42,760 kick away from wouldn't it? Obviously that would have been 693 00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:46,160 very controversial. The penalty, the penalty was not 694 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:49,480 a penalty. And I think even Chiefs are 695 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:51,800 higher ups at the AFCON. We're calling it embarrassing, 696 00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:55,760 but, you know, I think justice was done in the end and it 697 00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:57,920 didn't win it. But yeah, it's really 698 00:30:57,920 --> 00:30:59,360 surprising. Not long to go. 699 00:30:59,920 --> 00:31:02,680 As you say, only four, four games, but they're friendly. 700 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:06,600 So it's different to, you know, competitive match you'll. 701 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:08,240 See and then we'll see how they kick off against Brazil. 702 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:11,280 I know exactly well five games for the playoffs yeah so yeah, 703 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:13,960 yeah well return to the Scotland camp. 704 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:16,880 We had spoke in the previous podcast with injuries mounting 705 00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:20,720 up got another potential one can Tierney could be for a little 706 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,120 bit I think rumours of a potential broken foot. 707 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:26,560 We're Googling what the recovery time for time to sport my broken 708 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:30,360 foot is. 3 months, so 100. Just another 100 days. 709 00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:33,040 The World Cup that gives us. Maybe a weak wiggle? 710 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:35,720 Room a weak wiggle room but not great. 711 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:38,400 It's bad, hopefully. Not again, like, like like we 712 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:40,760 were saying earlier, obviously none of us are, none of us are 713 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:42,880 Doc, we're not doctors, we're not medically trained. 714 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:45,280 And again, I think, but I think the one thing we do know as 715 00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:48,680 football fans is there's lots and lots of different bones in 716 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:50,080 the foot. And obviously it's going to 717 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:52,880 depend on which one's been broken, how badly, etcetera. 718 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:55,080 Obviously I'm a little bit older than you guys. 719 00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:57,760 I'm old enough to remember, you know, England before one of 720 00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:00,040 their major tournaments when David Beckham broke one of the 721 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:03,760 metatarsals in his foot. And I'm pretty sure it was the 722 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:05,560 Sun. On the front page of their paper 723 00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:08,800 before the World Cup, they printed a basically scale model 724 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:13,080 of Beckham's foot that you could rub for good luck to to make his 725 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:16,000 meth parcel heal in time. So, yeah, there was it was a 726 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:20,280 full summer for all of the the narrative around football in 727 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:23,360 England was about a tiny little bone in David Beckham's foot. 728 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:25,840 So we will do that. Maybe the Daily Record or the 729 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:29,040 Sun will do KTS. If Cantini's going to score a 730 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:31,880 couple more goals like that, the World Cup against Denmark, I'll 731 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:33,840 be I'll rub his fit one of them, yeah. 732 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:36,120 What's your driver in? This house will be lining up. 733 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:38,760 If you want a massage, let us know. 734 00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:42,040 Yeah. So I mean apart from him though, 735 00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:44,160 I can't think on any recent bank. 736 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:46,280 So things have happened. Yeah, I think. 737 00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:47,480 We'll see. McDonald's still out. 738 00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:49,360 McDonald's. Yeah, McDonald's still out. 739 00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:53,320 He's doing a spy quad. Inflammation injury, yeah, he's 740 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:57,400 kind of been living with for a little bit and they've just kind 741 00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:58,600 of made the decision that I think. 742 00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:01,920 Yeah, it's the same with John McGinn, where he maybe if it 743 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:04,520 wasn't the World Cup, would maybe push himself to get back 744 00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:07,680 100%. But I think with John McGinn 745 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,960 said it with the EUR, he was like almost burned out. 746 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:14,480 And this time he's going to feel fresh, hopefully. 747 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:18,400 That's 100% like I I genuinely, I would happily have all the 748 00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:20,960 guys injured right now, like get them, get them injured, give 749 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:23,920 them a nice wee break, little preseason, you know, to build 750 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:25,880 back their build their fitness back up few games the end of the 751 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,440 season off the off to the World Cup. 752 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:31,000 We touched on there, but John McGann been burned at the last 753 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:32,160 year. I mean, I think we've spoke 754 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:34,120 about this in the past as well. And I can't remember if we spoke 755 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:38,520 about it in the last podcast, but I had an interview with 756 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:40,720 Daryl Curry and I think it was Michael Stewart. 757 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:44,840 And I've seen that. And he actually they kind of 758 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:48,040 said what I've been thinking because I feel like there has 759 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:52,320 been a pattern of John McGann, who is a regularly very reliable 760 00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:55,400 player for Scotland, quite often one of our go to men. 761 00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:59,360 His summer performances in the international window in June 762 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:02,240 have quite often fallible part. Don't remember I'm doing too 763 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:04,320 much. The first year was second year 764 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:08,639 was he was not really that anything not I remember the game 765 00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:13,800 at Dublin. We were played the northern walk 766 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:15,920 of Ireland, sorry, and the Nations League. 767 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:18,159 I think it was just after the World Cup, the World Cup 768 00:34:18,159 --> 00:34:20,320 playoffs, where again the summer game actually. 769 00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:22,120 Michael Buffet, Me. Yeah, that. 770 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:25,719 That long range one against Gordon three nil defeat. 771 00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:27,920 But I just remember thinking watching John McGann in that 772 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:30,040 game going he must be absolutely cooked. 773 00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:32,800 Because this is not the John McGann when no one may expect 774 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:34,320 because because. He didn't even get a break. 775 00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:35,560 No, I mean he doesn't get a break. 776 00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:39,760 And do you end the season back into the EUR Nations League and 777 00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:40,920 then back to the season? Yeah. 778 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:44,960 And I know, I know, I'm just echoing what they said, like I'm 779 00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:47,880 guessing you guys agree this because based on what you've 780 00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:50,800 just said, there's AI think it is a good thing he's getting 781 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,400 this little break this because, you know, he said himself he's 782 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:55,600 like the first thing I thought it was World Cup when I got the 783 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:58,720 entry. You know, I don't blame him, but 784 00:34:58,720 --> 00:35:01,400 like I think this really could benefit him because he'll be 785 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,680 coming into the World Cup off the back of things and be moms 786 00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:05,240 on the sidelines. You'll get a nice 787 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:07,160 reintroduction. Like you said to. 788 00:35:07,240 --> 00:35:11,640 Building up his fitness and that and we might hopefully peek in. 789 00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:13,760 Yeah, yeah. Just, you know, ready to go 790 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:15,760 100%. When the rest because I get, I 791 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:18,920 get, I think like like, like you're saying there, the most 792 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:22,120 important thing now is just that everyone is fit and healthy and 793 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,440 well and ready to go. Because obviously, you know, 794 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:27,000 we're all, we're all speaking about this World Cup opportunity 795 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,400 is going to once in a lifetime opportunity for us as fans. 796 00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:31,640 Obviously you got. It's not once in a life. 797 00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:32,920 But you know, but you know what I mean? 798 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,320 Like 28 years is such a long time. 799 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:37,560 There's so many folks that weren't even alive the last time 800 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:39,640 we. Yeah, my brother was born in 95. 801 00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:41,360 This is it, right? And he doesn't remember that. 802 00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:42,560 And I'm. In 97. 803 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:45,240 An adult, you guys. Barely remember it. 804 00:35:45,240 --> 00:35:46,840 I won't dox my own date of birth. 805 00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:51,120 I do remember the last World Cup in 1998 just. 806 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:53,320 So what was you in the top acts? Exactly. 807 00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:56,200 I was literally, literally my first ever football shirt was 808 00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:58,760 that France 98 shirt, which I'm very, which I'm very proud of, 809 00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:02,120 you know what I mean? So for, for these guys, they, 810 00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:04,160 they deserve this opportunity to go to a World Cup. 811 00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:07,560 And I think it would just be absolutely heartbreaking if any 812 00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:08,760 of them were to miss it through it. 813 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:10,320 So I'm desperate that they all go. 814 00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:12,760 And like we said there, you want them to be able to go in a way 815 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:14,520 that they can do it, do themselves justice. 816 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:16,800 Yeah. Yeah, yeah, but as well, I don't 817 00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:19,280 know by when you're talking about guys that deserve to go to 818 00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:22,080 World Cups. Andy Robertson, goal and assist. 819 00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:22,760 Lovely. I'll go. 820 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:24,640 Lovely. Reminiscent, almost. 821 00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:26,760 I know it wasn't the exact same sort of goal, but reminded me of 822 00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:29,960 his first goal under Clark. Yeah, if I was like the boxing. 823 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:31,840 Yeah, Cyprus, that was. Like Cyprus, wasn't it? 824 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:33,000 Tucked into the corner quite well. 825 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:34,960 Good to see him get a start for Liverpool again, even if it's 826 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:38,400 just in the cup. Yeah, I mean, he could have gone 827 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:42,240 away because there's rumours of him going to Athletic Madrid and 828 00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:42,920 and. Then. 829 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:47,560 Spars and Spars was the one that was deadlined there near bouts 830 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:50,920 and he could have went and played 50 games, but it's 831 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:54,400 probably, again, selfishly, it's probably good that he's been 832 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:55,920 still. Want him playing some SO. 833 00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:57,800 Yeah, he's no, but it's a good amount. 834 00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:00,800 Like you, it's probably where he'll be again. 835 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,880 Like hopefully John McGinn peaking in fitness where he's 836 00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:06,080 not very. Just like you're just walking 837 00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:09,880 that tightrope of wanting them to like not wrapping them in 838 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:12,360 bubble wrap and not wanting them to play too much. 839 00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:13,960 You don't. Want them to be like, yeah 840 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:16,640 again, not fit for the World Cup either, yeah. 841 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:20,480 I think as well the thing, the really, really nice thing about 842 00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:22,760 that period, like you said, when there was the transfer of rumors 843 00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:25,080 by the end of the window where he might have gone to Spurs. 844 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:28,040 What I really, really liked, I'm sure you guys enjoyed it as 845 00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:30,840 well, was just seeing the kind of outpouring of Liverpool fans 846 00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:33,760 online. Very different obviously to the 847 00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:35,960 scenario with Trent Alexander Arnold even there was a fair bit 848 00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:39,000 of comparison. But again, the reaction from 849 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,960 Liverpool fans being look, we understand why he'd want to 850 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:43,680 leave. Obviously he's not playing every 851 00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:45,360 game. Kirk has his first choice like, 852 00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:48,680 but good God, he's been a good player for us, a legend. 853 00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:51,280 Well, this is it. And again, it's it's good 854 00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:54,440 sometimes to take stock and step back and think actually, God, 855 00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:57,000 you know what you will go down as a legend of that club. 856 00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,200 You know, he's literally won everything there is to win 857 00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:01,920 Champions League, Premier League, everything there is to 858 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:03,800 win. And you, you, you were saying 859 00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:05,840 earlier in the pub, obviously his post match interview. 860 00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:07,520 Where I was going to say just like in terms of talking to 861 00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:09,280 Stocking, seeing what he's achieved, yeah. 862 00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:12,000 You know, he was asked whether or not he's proved a point 863 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:15,640 tonight by, you know, Gordon, an assistant, but not he might get 864 00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:18,600 a starting position for carcass and he just said, look, I've got 865 00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:20,320 nothing to prove, which is a fairpoint. 866 00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:21,600 You know, he's achieved so much. Look. 867 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:24,400 At my locker, look at, look at, look at the medals, look at what 868 00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:26,440 I've achieved for this club like and the one thing he's missing 869 00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:27,360 the legacy. Right there only. 870 00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:29,600 Only a World Cup left, yeah. Yeah. 871 00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:31,520 So that's always led to me to say so. 872 00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:33,200 But but again as well, like I liked him. 873 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:36,880 I don't know if you guys saw it, but Kenny Douglasch in January. 874 00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:39,040 On the warm up 7th. Yeah, on the warm up said 875 00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:42,120 basically he hoped Andy Robertson stayed, not just 876 00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:44,280 because he's he's a good player for Liverp Pool and he's done 877 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:46,680 really well, but he wanted him to stay, didn't want him to 878 00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:50,440 leave in January because he said he deserves 100%. 879 00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:53,200 And I think that's exactly what you're going to see this summer, 880 00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:56,240 which again, like we said, befitting of the player and the 881 00:38:56,240 --> 00:38:57,720 man and what he's done for that club. 882 00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:00,960 So yeah, well, he can be. He can get his send off and 883 00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:02,520 send, send him straight off the rock up. 884 00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:06,880 Really was one of the first kind of modern fullbacks in in in the 885 00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:09,000 new era. Him and our Alexander Arnold 886 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:10,960 kind of, Yeah. Reinvent revolutionized. 887 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:13,680 Money with like Manny and Salah yeah ahead of them they're just 888 00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:16,400 unbelievable for that you're. Still a travesty. 889 00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:18,520 Didn't get nominated for the Balandor in 20. 890 00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:20,480 Yeah, 1829. Was the first thing I checked 891 00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:22,480 when Mcdominy got nominated because I was like, well surely 892 00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:24,040 Robertson was and he actually wasn't that. 893 00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:26,080 That is kind of it. Wasn't the first one since I'm 894 00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:27,880 Mccoist. Yeah, no, that shocked me. 895 00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:31,480 But yeah, Robertson is a good goal and I play that scored a 896 00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:32,960 goal. He got his first goal in Italy 897 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:36,120 here today. Yeah, Verona not beating Lewis 898 00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:38,040 Fergusons Bologna. In Bologna as. 899 00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:40,440 Well, yeah, so good result for a team that's like struggling at 900 00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:42,200 the bottom of this table. I think it's 31. 901 00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:43,840 I ended up. Yeah. 902 00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:45,400 Yeah. Great to do 1. 903 00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:46,880 I don't know if one of them was dislodged. 904 00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:51,360 Yeah, well, but anyway, get by, grab the second and it was, you 905 00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:54,200 know, it was a nice little striker school, nothing overly 906 00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:56,440 spectacular, but you want some confidence. 907 00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:58,840 Yeah, basically I'm, you know, get his first goal in Italy and 908 00:39:58,840 --> 00:40:01,400 hopefully I can kick on from there because he's someone I 909 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:03,720 would expect to see in this squad, which will be getting 910 00:40:03,720 --> 00:40:07,000 released in the next couple of weeks, maybe next week before we 911 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:10,280 travel, before we host Japan and then travel down to Liverpool 912 00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:12,880 for either coast. So yeah, aye. 913 00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:16,360 We've covered everything there, though it's been a fairly busy 914 00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:17,840 couple of days. Yeah, yeah. 915 00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:20,800 So I think we'll call it there. But Gordon, glad to have you on. 916 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:24,000 I'm sure it's not the last time we'll have you and talking to 917 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:25,080 just can't. Wait to do this in Boston. 918 00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:29,680 Hey, yeah, if we can get, yeah, one more check bag, we'll get 919 00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:32,960 this. Yeah, Mammoth studio of all this 920 00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:36,120 equipment out and yeah, maybe we can do a podcast in between 921 00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:40,120 games one, maybe 87 now. Not the class, but anyway, yeah, 922 00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:42,360 it's been a good one. I hope, hope people are enjoying 923 00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:45,000 the the show and the way we're now doing this new dynamic. 924 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:46,400 It's been good fun, Absolutely brilliant. 925 00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:48,400 Good Jackies and Moses in the next one.