Madness in Manchester

24:09Three points to beat the opposition because you play for trophies. You play for something that when you look back you want to see that you want something. And because we spoke about Arsenal just now, I think the approach they are taking in some games is pragmatical or direct because for them it's about winning the title this season. They know they have that chance. They've been too much second place team. So now it's win it or lose it for them this season. And that's why sometimes it's more about how we win. Even if ugly, we need to win it. And sometimes this is what you need, unfortunately, for everybody who loves beautiful football.

24:47Win ugly, win ugly, win ugly. At the end of the season, your first place, everybody will love it. All the fans. If you can win it by playing entertaining football, even better, of course. But sometimes football doesn't work like that.

25:00Dan Thomas:No, that's definitely the case, isn't it? And Liverpool have found that out for themselves this season. Obviously, trying to defend the title hasn't quite gone their way. so far this past weekend though. Not only saw Mohamed Salah come off the bench for Liverpool, he also became the sole player with the most goal contributions for a single club, surpassing Wayne Rooney. It's 277 goal contributions for Mohamed Salah right now. His corner kick assistant, Eketike for Liverpool second. We've talked a lot about Salah's current situation a lot over the last week, Dimitar. What have you made of everything that's been going on between him and Liverpool and his comments about him not being happy?

25:41Well, it's a difficult situation because we speak here about Mo Salah, one of the best Liverpool performers in the last year. Someone who was carrying the team on the shoulder, scoring goals, winning titles, medals, trophies, everything. And it's sad and disappointing to watch something like this unfold between a star player and the club. It happened before. It will happen in the future. I've also been in a situation like this where you need to try to show your ugly side to the team if you're in a situation that you think you need to show it. And in the case of Mostola, in his case, big player with big ego, he probably thinks he's unfairly put on the bench.

26:31He's not playing. that in his own words thrown under the bus. And he wanted to express that so everybody can see it, maybe provoke a reaction from the team, from the coach. He was hurt, of course. Again, when you're a big player with big ego and you're not playing, it's difficult to swallow it. It's difficult to accept it, even though sometimes you deserve to stay on the bench. I think it was the same situation with Ronaldo in United in his second spell where he had similar problems. The good thing, I think, is that after the conversation with Slot, probably he was back in the team, making an assist, now having 277 involvement in goals, chance created, surpassing Wayne Rooney.

27:15It's a big, big achievement. So let's hope, even though I was rival to Liverpool, but you need to give credit where credit is due, that he's going to be back in the team because he's still, in my mind, the most creative player, the player who can score and make assists for the team.

27:30Dan Thomas:Yeah, and Anfield certainly showed their appreciation for him, Mario. Do you think he'll stay at Liverpool?

27:38Look, I think the way Slott handled the situation, I think as a coach as well, he calmed it down really quickly. Salah, you know, like what we already spoke about, what kind of player he is and what he means for Liverpool. I'm happy that we see him playing again because clearly he wants to do that because if not, even if you have a big ego or whatever happens, If you don't want to play anymore, definitely a player that is in this situation, he could definitely pull the plug and say, like, no, I don't want to play the last game anymore. I'm straight away going to the African nations. And after that, I will fix the problem.

28:11I think they calmed it down because I think both parties are not willing yet to make that step. That is my, because if not, normally a player that makes an outburst like that will get in big problems. But Liverpool tried to calm it down really quickly. And how they did it? Okay, they had a conversation here in a slot. and Slot in the interview you saw that he said like, okay, you know, we moved on and now we got to take the next step. And that is a little bit how I know Slot. Slot is the guy that he grabs the bull by his horn and then tries to fix it and then moves on to the next step. So I hope we all want to see Salah.

28:46I want to see Salah to get back to his best because last season he made me enjoy football. So I hope they can figure it out and smooth it out because if not, Salah, it's tough to win against the team. Do you think it is hard to guess what's going to happen next to you, Shekhar? I do. I do. I mean, for financial reasons, if Mo Salah was on four grand a week, it's easy. You keep him on. But at 400 grand a week, you know. A little different. A little bit more in that regard. Especially if, say, Saudi Arabia table a really big bid this January. then, you know, from a Liverpool perspective, do you continue to carry that wage packet if Mo Salah does not get back to the Mo Salah that we saw even as soon as last season?

29:34Do you carry that for another season and a half? It's not worth it if you don't, if you only get what you've seen from Mo Salah so far this season. Especially, again, as I say, if Saudi Arabia table a really big bid. So it really just comes down to financial decision. And I don't think you can make a decision until you know Saudi Arabia's true interest.

29:58Dan Thomas:OK, so that's one of the big storylines from the Premier League at the weekend. Another was what's going on at Tottenham Hotspur right now. And given that we have got Dimitar Berbatov on, let's get him to talk about another of his former teams. It was a rough weekend. It was a 3-0 loss to Nottingham Forest. Thomas Frank was asked about his job security. after the game. I do everything to control my emotions which is a hurricane inside me because of course it's deeply frustrating that we are not doing better today after three good performances. I think it's extremely important to be calm and measured and of course have very, very direct and clear messages at the right time so they're not in doubt of what I think because I'm very honest about where we are also very honest it was a very bad performance no two ways about that but also know that to to change this this will take some time maybe the average time span of managers hasn't been that long do you feel that you'll get time to put everything you want into place?

31:10I can't see why not. I think it's pretty evident that if no one gets the time, no one can turn this around. This is not a quick fix.

31:21Dan Thomas:All right, Mario still with us, but Dimitar, let's put that Spurs hat on now if we can. Do you think Thomas Frank should be given more time here at Spurs? Oh man, I mean, every time when we speak about Spurs, I'm wondering what to say because the performance against Nottingham Forest in the last game, I mean, it was poor, poor performance. I really thought that after Spurs won that trophy, they will build on it. but unfortunately it is the same old story with that inconsistency that Spurs are showing constantly they can have a great game they can win beautiful football etc but then all of a sudden something happened and the drop of form is evident for everybody to see mistakes, leaking goals losing dropping points of course then the manager and Thomas Frank is up there in front of everybody, answering difficult questions, asked about his future, of course.

32:26I think that hopefully they'll give him time to turn things around because the person sitting 11 into the table. Again, difficult fixtures lie ahead. They have a lot of football to play, of course. As I said, boxing days around Christmas fixtures, very important for them. But if they don't find the consistency of winning games, it's going to be the same old story. and middle of the table finish in the end of the season.

32:52Dan Thomas:Dimitar, why do you think it is that when Spurs are bad, they're not just a little bit bad, they're really bad?

33:01Honestly, I can pretend to give you an answer, but probably I don't know. We've been there, we played, we lost games, we won games, we make bad decisions constantly on the pitch. But with Spurs, sometimes, as you've mentioned, when you're bad, they're really poor, really bad, and everybody's suffering watching the game. And then the manager is sitting there with that expression on his face that he wanted to say something really bad, but he cannot allow himself to say it. He wants to be angry, and he's angry, and you can see it on his face. But he's trying to control it. But sooner or later, he needs to let loose.

33:39Is he going to be at front of everybody to see, like we had it in the past with certain managers on the press conference, or he's going to be in the dressing room, in the private of the dressing room, and tell the players what exactly he thinks. Because he needs to do it sometimes. He needs to kick them in the butt and say, come on, it's Spurs. Spurs team is always someone that you need to entertain between games. But not all the time the same old stories. Dropping points and inconsistency. It cannot be that all the time.

34:10Dan Thomas:OK, one thing that we need to bring up with you, Xhaka, is Vicario. because he was criticised for his role in both of the Hudson-Odoi goals. I don't know if I even dare ask you this question as to which is worse because maybe you're going to stick up for him on both of them. Well, I am a fully paid-up member of the goalkeepers' union. Listen, and I sympathise in both. In this one, he crossed from Hudson-Odoi, he gets himself wrong. This one? Is that the right-sided centre-back? It's wide open. Is that Romero? That's a one-touch pass to Romero. And with this one, he just gets sucked under the cross because of the run near ball, because of the near post run.

34:49So he gets sucked under the cross. So that's his fault. The first, I don't think that's down to him at all. It is a risky ball, but that's how Spurs play. Romero is wide open. That's a one-touch pass if ever I've seen one. This is professional football. Why you take a touch there is simply beyond me. And that is what brought up all the goals. So for me, I don't think Vicario bears much blame for the first. For the second, yeah, that'll go down as a goalkeeping error. But again, I sympathize. Mario? Look, you know me at Spurs. I have to look at it. He's already going back because he knows. Okay, listen, what I will tell you, I'll keep it short, my friend.

35:36Don't worry about it. You know what I only think is the strategy of the coaches that they hire. because every time they bring in a coach, they've got to renew everything. And I think that's the biggest problem because every time you bring in a coach, he goes this system, then the new one comes, goes that system. So it's also for the team not really structured properly because you don't know what he wants. It's like, okay, Mourinho more defensively, break everything up, sit there. Okay, then you get another coach. He wants to play a high line, more attacking. Now you get a coach who wants to play in the middle and wants everybody to be a level of fitness, has to be incredible.

36:06But the players are not ready for that. So I think now Spurs is they have to have that red line through the club and understanding what are we building? What do we want to achieve and what is the timeframe we need to get to where we want? And if we keep doing it like this is going to go up and down You win a trophy then you got to wait for a couple of more years before you win something else That's not good. The club is too big for that. Okay, something else

36:30Dan Thomas:We saw in the Premier League at the weekend was the Tyne Weir derby Sunderland taking on Newcastle now Now, this was almost two years ago. It was January 2024. Newcastle beat Sunderland in the third round of the FA Cup and celebrated by taking a photo in front of the stands at the Stadium of Light. And so Sunderland know that petty is petty. Memories can be long in football. And so they recreated the picture after just beating them 1-0 at the weekend by making sure they did the same and returned the favour at St. James' Park. Shaka. Fair play to the Maccams. There you go. He's the mayor of Newcastle and even he can say that way.

37:09I'll be honest. I enjoy the petty. I applaud the petty. During the game on their scoreboard, they had Southern London visitors. I love that. Southern London, you cast his name up with the scoreboard. No badge, nothing, just visitors. They just had Southern London, visitors nil. I applaud the petty. Well done.

37:29Dan Thomas:You like the pettiness, Mario? Yeah, I saw it. I saw it. I was like, no logo of Newcastle on it. Not even the name of the club. They just put visitors. And I was like, to come with a tactical move like that, for a team to put you like that. I was like, hey, they are ahead of the game. No, honestly, they did well. They did well. And the pitcher afterwards, no, I'm so sorry, Saka. Hey, your team came. They worked hard, but the hard work didn't work because Saldana worked harder. So that's why, no, your team was not doing it. Just before we go to Dimitar on this, we need to mention Shaka's mom Shaka's mom's message we were sitting here doing the Bundesliga game my mom messages as like what a goal by Volta Madre and I'm like oh okay this is great I'm all excited because I'm not we're doing our German games only to find out is an own goal cheers mom cheers mom not explaining it was actually an own goal and Shaka thinking that there's been a goal from Volta Madre I thought the visitors would take me later No, the visitors had not.

38:37Dan Thomas:Dimitar, did you have a long memory in football? Do you like these revenge tactics? Actually, I enjoy that because it's a banter of the way that, you know, you win, you lose some, then you want to give it back to the guys you're competing with. In this case, I love it, to be honest. The first picture with Newcastle with the fans, and the lamp obviously showing the same thing. I mean, sometimes the football emotion it gives you when it's making a good way of the banter, of the way of, yes, you beat us last time, but now we beat you, so we're going to give it back. I love that, to be honest. I love it.

39:16Let me also say, back in... I played in the time we were derbies where no away fans were allowed, where it was just that kind of... There was so much animosity between two sets of fans that there was no away fans. and it made for an awful atmosphere just from a footballing perspective. But I thought it takes so much away from the game. But then you see this and this I think players love. I think fans love. This is good banter that anybody can appreciate. Even an honorary Geordie can appreciate. I'm with everybody on this. I love that.

39:55Dan Thomas:You know why? Because the best people are from the North. That's what I've heard. That's what I've heard. from people close to me. Now, something else that we know Dimitar really enjoys is working out. There's a few of our panel that are big fans of working out, but look at this. Are you a Jedi? What are you doing? He's a ninja. Guys. He's a ninja, man. We need to stay in shape, right? We need to stay in shape. Yeah, but what are you training for? Unless you're training to take on the whole Death Star by yourself. I don't know. What are you doing? I already had nine games. I totally agree with him.

40:33I need to be in shape.

40:34Dan Thomas:No, run 5K. Is that not, you weren't doing that at the ESPN gym today? I'm fairly certain I wasn't doing that. I'm sure I wasn't. Can you do that, Mario? Oh, my God. No, I have never done what he did, you know, what Divida did. But I definitely, you know, let's say it like this, Kate. I make sure that my belly never gets in trouble. Okay. Because I want to make sure he gets too big. I don't want a big, big. I love that. There's a few fit ones on this panel, but Dimitar is definitely raising the game there. That takes the lead. Luis Garcia might need to up his game after he's seen that. He's usually up there.

41:18Dan Thomas:Dimitar, thank you so much for being with us. Hopefully it will be for more positive things next time. Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. Have a good week. Have a good week one of these days, Dimitar. Yeah, yeah, next time. Lovely stuff. And so Mario and Chaka will be on the latest edition of Extra Time answering your questions. You can check it out over on our YouTube channel. Grab a cotton candy five-hour energy shot and get in on the sweet life. You get the classic throwback cotton candy flavor, but with zero sugar and a five-hour energy boost. A tasty caffeine kick that satisfies the sweet tooth without any of the sugar guilt aftermath.

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42:43Dan Thomas:Here's a look at Chelsea's last five results. Now remember Enzo Mareska's remarks after the Everton win the other day when he claimed that the previous 48 hours had been his worst at Stamford Bridge because many people didn't support him and the team. Well, he was asked to clarify those comments in his latest press conference ahead of the EFL Cup game with Cardiff tomorrow. The comments you made on Saturday evening obviously created a lot of headlines and a lot of interest. What did you mean exactly by those comments and what did you want to achieve? I already spoke about that and I don't have nothing to add.

43:29Dan Thomas:Obviously, what you said... It's Cardiff tomorrow, please. You don't want to address at all the fact that you said what you said? I already spoke about that and I think I was quite clear. No more than that. I can speak Italian, my language, Spanish very well, French very well, and English more or less. I think when I want to say something, I'm quite clear. I already spoke after the game. I don't need to add more. If you want, I can try in Italian, Spanish, French, so you're all aware. It's done. It's finished. Oh, I don't think it is finished, Mario. What did you make of it all? This was a tactical setup.

44:16You know, this is a man speaking, but below the line is a different current traveling there. So, you know, like, what is he saying? Is he saying something towards the owners? I don't think so because as a manager, he knows how the club is. I think the club will, you know, like, put him in a different situation. I think then it has to be the press, that he's not, you know, happy with how the press is judging and what they're saying about his team. and he's not happy the way it's coming out. So that's why he made that comment. Look, could he finish the sentence? Yeah, of course. But he doesn't want to put even more fire on it.

44:51But let's see what's going to happen next. I'll be honest. I love it. Steve Nicola always says, just because somebody asks you a question doesn't mean you have to answer it. And Enzo Maresco embodied that. He's like, I'm not answering that. Move on. You can ask it again in French if you want, and I still won't answer it.

45:09Dan Thomas:Even though I started it all the other day. Right, yep. I thought it was absolutely fantastic. He makes a statement in a moment of frustration, whatever it is. But he makes a statement, and now I'm done with that. Let's talk about what's to come this weekend. And you can ask it however you want, in whatever language you want. Just because somebody asked you a question doesn't mean you have to answer it. Well played, Enzo. I hope somebody asks him tomorrow in Welsh. anyway make sure to join the team tomorrow to see if they do ask him again to clarify his comments after that game with Cardiff in the EFL Cup quarterfinal the boys will be with you on ESPN Plus Copa del Rey coming up this week Guadalajara against Barcelona on Tuesday and Atletico Baleares against Atleti on Wednesday before Talavera against Real Madrid all of these games available on ESPN Plus Dell PCs with Intel inside are built for the moments that matter.

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47:28Dan Thomas:All right, that will do it for the latest edition of ESPN FC. Thank you so much for being with us. Make sure to stay right where you are, though, because Shaka and Mario are staying back to answer your questions in Extra Time. See you there.

47:44Dan Thomas:Welcome into the latest edition of Extra Time. It's been quite the day today. We've seen quite the game between FC United. Still exhausted from watching that game. Oh, my goodness, we're exhausted. Mario, where is he? Look, don't be sneaking off, Mario. There he is. He's staying up late for us. I'm not going anywhere. I'm here. He's up to do some burbotop sit-ups. This is our burbotop. What is that man doing? Like it was nothing. He does it like it's like every day. You know what? I saw Slater doing the same. So them two are good friends. Was it like, what was it? So what? So he kind of gripped the punch bag with his legs and then, Oh, yeah, good God, am I?

48:28Yeah. I dream of. Here it is. What are you trading for? Poor dog. He pulled off like, I don't even know what to do here.

48:39Dan Thomas:Weep, weep, weep. What are you trading for? To sit and watch Manchester United and Tottenham this season? What are you doing this to do that for? Well, he's set a new bar now. He's got some power there, man. Yeah, yeah. He's set a new bar now. I'm not sure that's going to get beat. King of the gym. King of the home gym. Shaka, what are the signs in a game that indicates that it would end, like how the Manchester United-Bournemouth game ended today? None. Other than just everybody's having a bad day. I mean, you really... No coach spends a week working with their team expecting that. You really don't.

49:20You really don't. That game just kind of came off the hinges and went its own way, however you want it. And, you know, as I was saying during the show, I just feel that Bournemouth had, Bournemouth were able to pick on Manchester United's softest spot, their midfield. And Manchester United, between Gokie Brunera's and absolute moments of brilliance, you have to say from Kunian and Bruno Fernandes, that's what they can do. so you just have those two things playing off against each other and even with five minutes even as you go into injury time nobody dared predict how it was going to finish because it was just these two teams just going at each other with so little regard for anything that's happening down in the back there they all just defend as best you can it was fun I'm sure it's awful for the coaches because that's not what they planned for

50:12Dan Thomas:that's up there with the Premier League Classic Games surely Mario Oh, my God. I think it's more than classic. Like Saka said, imagine you are during the week, Kate, and you're training and you're telling your team, OK, let's prep for four goals that we can concede. No, you're not going to do that because it would be crazy. But just how he preps his team, I cannot imagine that he is not going to watch that and says, we got to give more respect because we are not a team that can dictate everything in the game yet because that's what we were and this is what we are now. So he needs to work on that because if not everybody, Bournemouth comes to your stadium and beat you, or not beat you, but play draws against you and four goals?

50:54Nah, that's a joke.

50:56Dan Thomas:Here's another goalkeeping worse question for you, Shaka. Who's been worse tonight, Petrovic or Lamens? Lamens was good tonight. Who's been worse? Haters of goalkeepers, I think. I thought, listen, I'll call my hand up. I thought Lamens would have struggled with this Manchester United team, primarily because of how poor they are defensively, and he's a young, relatively inexperienced goalkeeper. But he has, I thought he's been outstanding since his inclusion. So to this question, I'm not sure that it's any kind of contest. Petrovic had two glaring errors, and I thought Lamens, particularly that save later on, I thought was absolutely outstanding.

51:40I mean, the reactions, everything, at least he... I thought he was outstanding throughout. So, as I say, it's not any kind of contest in my mind.

51:54Dan Thomas:Mario, can really Aston Villa challenge for the title? Can Aston Villa really challenge for the title? No, look, I think they're on a great run. Yes, everybody has to highlight that. And we... OK, the way they started, because it was kind of tricky in the beginning, And now where they are now, they're winning, they're on a good run of games and they keep on winning. But are they ready for the title? No, I'll be honest, I don't think yet. Because I don't think that team is built yet to win the title. When I look at Aston Villa, it's a team that's built for making sure they make it to the Champions League.

52:28But now they want to take it a step ahead. And I think that will need a little bit more building. But are they a great team? I mean, we're going to talk about the Rodgers. Yeah, of course they have some talents in the team that do some great things for them. Let me just say, right, this season has become so hard to predict in so many ways. Aston Villa were an injury-time winner for Arsenal against bottom-of-the-table Wolves, to being a point off the top. Man City had, but for that, but for that winner, Man City and Arsenal would have been tied at the top and Villa a point back. Eight weeks ago, I thought, you could call a season off.

53:09now. Arsenal are winning it. Nobody's catching them. But that's how thin the margins are. And we've spoken about everybody else outside of that. You win three games, all of a sudden you're in the top four. Regardless, and that's probably going down to about 12th or 13th place. You win three games and you're in the top four. This is as crazy a season as we'll see.

53:27Dan Thomas:Yes, absolutely. Who's going to win the Ballon d 'Or first? Haaland or Mbappe? Mbappe. Ooh. Yeah. I think so too. Mbappe? Because that comes down also. Yeah. You know, look. If City wins the league, and then it's going to come down to the Champions League, you see what's going to happen with that. And I think that question is going to be put in the middle. But Real Madrid, I don't want to disrespect City because it's a big club too. But Real Madrid, guys, the level where they are, it's just a little bit more pressure than what Harland is. They both have pressure, but I think Mbappe is a little bit more.

54:03Dan Thomas:Guys, what's one country you visited that surprised you the most? And that can be good or bad, I suppose.

54:12But first of all, let me just say, as footballers, you travel a lot. You have these incredible stamps in your passport. But a hotel room is a hotel room. A football stadium is a football stadium. So you have these stamps, but it really could be anywhere. You're kind of looking at places that you've been on holiday.

54:32Somewhere, my wife and I went to Malta one year. That was outstanding. it really was we didn't well be honest here we didn't know we just we had a weekend off and decided to travel and Malta is one of the few countries that we could go to where my wife could get in on her Toronto to be a passport without a visa so we just be like alright we go to Malta and we loved it it was absolutely fantastic so multi gets my vote.

55:03Dan Thomas:Nice. What about you Mario? I think I'm disputing with two you know because one was Bali. Why? Because Bali has some of the food that I eat from Suriname because that's my background and it was Nasi so I loved it but then South Africa topped it. Oh going to South Africa I'm telling you like that's why I fell in love with Nando's but when I went there I'm telling you, Kate, just the weather, the beauty, just everything, being there. I'm telling you, oh man, if you guys have never been to South Africa, I'm telling you right now, go and take your time. I'm with Mario on that, right? Nando's is from South Africa.

55:46Nando's is, that's a tourist attraction. I love Nando's in South Africa myself.

55:53Dan Thomas:Why don't someone bring it here to the United States? Amen. It is. It's not up in Connecticut. There's one just outside DC in Bethesda. It's a chicken restaurant, by the way. Yeah, there's one just outside DC in Bethesda. I think there's a couple around the country, but not many. But now I'm going to give away way too much. So Nando's is originally from South Africa. They franchise around South Africa. All the stores outside of South Africa are corporate owned. They don't franchise. So to expand, they kind of have to come up with the cash as opposed to a franchise model, which allows you to expand.

56:34I know way too much about Nando's ticket. Is it true, though?

56:37Dan Thomas:I need to know because you guys were professional footballers. Is it true that many footballers have a special Nando's card, like a kind of black card? Oh. Did you know about this? I'm about to ask some serious questions here. I don't know about this, Kate. I'm about to ask some questions now. Is it one of those rumors that I never had confirmed or not? that there was a special... You're most of Nando's out here that I never get a card? I'm going to ask some questions if Nando's know. I can tell you... I got some answers for you, but I don't know about the card. Look, when I was at Chelsea, I had one...

57:08I had a driver right... You know, a taxi driver right next to Nando's. I used to call him, and he would bring my food to the house. I had the Uber before Uber even came out. So he would rub it up. You had Uber Eats before Uber came out. Exactly, yeah. And then if my mom or my family was at home, I would call him and I'd say, I would be, let's say, in Manchester, I would say, can you drop off some Nandos and this and this? He would pick it up and the Nandos people would give it to him and then he would drop it off and I would give them tickets to come to the game. So that was my pay and that was my enjoyment.

57:44Dan Thomas:Oh, you should have come up with that idea. You would have been on to something there, Mario. You can buy the peri-peri sauce in like silver markets and everything now. All right. Mario famously had three to eight birthdays a year for Chelsea, allowing his teammates to enjoy nights out with him. What was your go-to excuse to ensure a good night out? Oh, yes. Some book. Yeah, yeah. Hey, call me, man. I have a birthday. Call me, call me. So I tell my wife, hey, yeah, it's a birthday. It's on. Some of the guys will drop dead. Yeah, that was like an incredible one. But me, no, no. I don't know. Maybe I'm classic race.

58:25And so I will tell the missus, I'm sorry, darling. I'm going out with the boys. So I don't have problems in that sense. But I also will not be the guy that be crazy and going every week crazy because I don't drink. So that's why I'll come home normally. I love that. It's someone's birthday. I've got to go. I've got to go. I used to go mandatory golf day. mandatory team-wide golf day was always a winner. Especially at Newcastle, because Keegan used to play golf all the time. It was highly believable. But Keegan said, everybody's got to come play golf. There you go, go play golf. Happy day. Yeah, I didn't come home in as good condition as Mario did, though.

59:03No. No.

59:04Dan Thomas:Wow. Doesn't drink, but he does eat nandos. A lot of it. A lot of it. Thank you so much for sending in your questions. We'll be back tomorrow with lots more.

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