72+ EFL Pod: West Brom & Walsall woes

13:08Jobi McAnuff:I feel even from his first interview and actually his last one, I listened to it post-match yesterday, there's been no sense of sort of urgency, even excitement at times when I listen to him. And, you know, West Brom is a fantastic, one of the biggest clubs in the championship. There's no two ways about it. You know, I used to love going there as a player and the atmosphere and, you know, passion of the fans. Do you think that's been a big problem in probably why he hasn't been able to connect to the fan base, but also that dressing room? Because, you know, clearly performances haven't been anywhere near the level.

13:41Jobi McAnuff:Listen, for an extended period, yes, but they've gone even further back than under Ryan Mason.

13:47Tommy Smith:Tell you what, Joe, imagine how big we'll be in League One then. But no, I get your point. And I think he's an interesting case, isn't he? Because he's not your traditional manager. He's very young. He's from an academic background. And he speaks like an academic rather than a football manager at times. He speaks almost like a psychologist at times rather than a football manager. And I can see how that wouldn't necessarily always connect with players. I personally don't dislike it. I understood what he was trying to say the majority of the time. Whereas under Ryan Mason, he said some bizarre things like putting injured players on the bench for morale.

14:30Tommy Smith:I didn't understand that. Putting two goalkeepers on the bench because he didn't want to put young outfield players on there if they hadn't earned it. I didn't really understand that. So at least I got where Eric Ramsey was coming from to a certain degree. I think the bigger problem for me is the squad of players that it seems like they decide almost when they're not having a manager. They've chewed managers up and spat them out. I mean, let's, you know, Eric Ramsey's lasted nine games, 44 days, but Ryan Mason only managed 27 games and Tony Mowbray before him only managed 17 days. Let's not narrow this problem down and say this is just a problem with Eric Ramsey.

15:15Tommy Smith:we're going through managers at a rate where most people have hot dinners and you've got to ask yourself what does that say about this group of players well Chris I mean listen there's 14 games

15:27Mike Taylor:to go I'm sure there really is now a serious realization that this football club can be relegated where do they go next because I genuinely do believe they are really really

15:37Tommy Smith:banging trouble at the minute god yeah without a shadow of a doubt we're I mean look I I'd have a I personally would have as favourites to go down at this stage because everybody else is showing signs of life down there. Blackburn have had a couple of wins. OK, Leicester probably haven't had the results that they wanted, but at least they're scoring a few goals. You know, Pompey have had a really good run. And even Oxford have ground out a really good draw at Middlesbrough of late. So there's signs of life from everybody down there except for us. As for where they go next, I don't know. Because you've got James Morrison in charge for now.

16:14Tommy Smith:I mean, the mad thing is this is this is Moza's third interim spell in nine months, which is absolutely crazy, by the way. Do they try and find an experienced head to try and guide the ship? But they will probably have to go and find somebody who is out of work and not being paid off by a club as well, because obviously most clubs put people on gardening leave nowadays, and that would mean them walking away from a lucrative amount of money, which they're not going to do to come and join our situation. But the other side of it is our financial position, because the club's been very open about this.

16:49Tommy Smith:We've been very, very close to the PSR wire and very close to potentially incurring a points deduction, which we've managed to avoid up to now. But in a best case scenario is we've paid off three managers in the last nine months. A more likely scenario is that we are still paying three managers to not manage us, which leaves us with very little financial wiggle room to go and get whoever it is that we would want. I think the most likely scenario is probably James Morrison until the end of the season, but maybe there's somebody floating around out of work there who has a love and affiliation for the club, maybe a Gary Megson, a Darren Moore or something like that who wants to come and help out.

17:36Tommy Smith:I don't know is the simple answer to your question.

17:39Aaron Paul:The fans want village, don't they?

17:41Tommy Smith:I don't see it with Slav. I mean, Slav's always had quite well-paid jobs and we haven't got money to chuck at someone like Slav. also Slav's football is kind of it's quite idealistic I'm not necessarily sure that's what we need in in this situation we need to I would genuinely if we were talking ex-Albion managers I would be leaning more towards a Gary Megson or even you know and some fans won't thank me for saying this a Tony Pulis type who might be able to just grind out a few one nils between now and

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19:46Aaron Paul:we talk Walsall sliding down from top to 10th in league two but a couple of bits in league one first of all Lincoln City in second just a point behind the leaders Cardiff and a whopping 10 points ahead of Bolton in third and listen to this Lincoln unbeaten in league one since November 16 games unbeaten they've added well as well in january scoobs has got them going i think that's

20:10Jobi McAnuff:what people call him jokes scoobs scoobs yeah yeah yeah decent listen call him whatever he wants you to call him he's doing such a good job isn't he i mean it is one of the stories of the whole efl you know to think you know what they've got in and around them you know some of those teams that they're up against and you know just nothing seems to phase them they're getting better as well as you know i think they are probably one of those teams earlier in the season that we thought could they potentially have a little bit of a drop off at the second half of the season and they are having none of it and i think a lot of what he does sometimes goes under the radar because they have a little bit of a reputation if you look at you know possession stats which are obviously very low compared to anyone else in the league but they're effective but they also do play really good football they score goals so that for me doesn't wash they are just a very very good football team big experience at the back which i'm a huge advocate for um which has been a major part of their success in terms of being defensively solid and and organized but also not making any apologies for that as you know we hear a lot of jargon we're a lot of newer coaches younger coaches you know sound in the park but actually does that marry up to going to win football matches and actually what it requires to win football matches at times being horrible being hard to beat, going away from home and being able to dig results out, but also having the quality and scoring goals.

21:30Jobi McAnuff:And, you know, they are the all-round package. They've been absolutely outstanding.

21:34Aaron Paul:As a football club, though, I remember going and watching them under Danny Cowley and thinking something good is happening here. And they take their time with things. They do things organically. That is the word to describe how they do it. Going to see some improvements at the ground as well at Central Bank. What's going to be interesting to see is if they do follow this through, there's no reason why they shouldn't. how do you level up? How do you scale an operation like that up into the championship?

22:00Mike Taylor:Last week, Andy Woodman, who was on the pod with us, was saying that it was all about this us against the world mentality. And I think with respect to Bromley and with respect to Lincoln, when you're up against some of these bigger clubs in the league, I think you've got to have that. And it seems like Lincoln have got that. I mean, the biggest compliment I can pay them is this 16-game unbeaten run that they've been on. I mean, that in any league, in any country, is absolutely unbelievable.

22:25Aaron Paul:Shout out Jez George again. I think at Cambridge United, they called it the Jezolution. And I'm going to say the Jezolution or the Jezurrection, not the resurrection. The Jezurrection is happening. And Jez George has done a magnificent job there and continues to do so. Let's look at the situation in the playoffs right now. Bolton on 58 points. Bradford on 58 points. Stockport on 56 points. Huddersfield on 52. but the race of the playoffs is just wild. No one had stopped Port losing 3-0 at Burton on Tuesday night. Bradford, though, the standout team, fourth despite it being their first season back in League One after six seasons in League Two.

23:06Aaron Paul:Let's hear from there, boss Graham Alexander.

23:08Graham Alexander:I think the league table shows what we are as a team. I think things can get overblown sometimes. I believe in this squad and performance tonight is why I trust them.

23:17Chris Hall:I think I'm right in saying now, since the start of last season, And tonight was your 40th league game and that's your 30th league win. So that's a 75 % win percentage. What is it about playing here? What have you done to this team that makes them such a winning beast at home?

23:35Graham Alexander:We just talked about enjoying the experience, you know, and actually what do you think of when you're eight years old, playing in front of big stadiums, in front of big crowds. So here it is. That's it, really. You know what I mean? We would all choose this. if we had the choice, do you want to play in front of 2 ,000 or 20, I think everyone would choose 20, so there it is, it's right on your doorstep, that's how I see it really and I think slowly but surely we've built up a faith and a support and a patience from the support and I think it's a great venue, I love the atmosphere we create here, I love the way we play here, 30 wins out of 40 is phenomenal really to be fair yeah, if we could do it away from moment then across the mic we've been in the Premier League already won't we so uh you know let's uh let's keep working on that but look wherever you win games don't really matter as long as you win and uh we've won a lot of games graham alexander waxing lyrical about the power

24:30Aaron Paul:of valley parade and 20 000 fans after his side's 1-0 win over rotherham now they went to wimbledon at the weekend they were beating 3-1 and his comments post-match were fascinating when he turns down he goes we're used to playing in front of 20 000 people is that a cop-out because he's He made so many changes to his 11. He left arguably some of their best players. I don't know. It was just weird. It was really weird.

24:54Jobi McAnuff:Poor excuse. That was really, really poor. And listen, I know he also did mention they made five changes. He's obviously spoken about having to try and keep the squad fresh. And there is a different feel to the home games. They've been absolutely fantastic. And again, I just want to shout out everyone at that football club. They've run some brilliant initiatives to get people through the door. And it is a factor, the cost of football. making it affordable so that people can go and watch your team again as a player of course you want to play in front of the biggest crowds and you know for Bradford City we know they've always had that size stadium but it hasn't always been before I've been up there numerous times and it feels emptier because you know it is so big so to have that sort of many people in there the energy it gives to them but that could be the real key for them that home versus away form home as good as anyone apart from Cardiff so far away you know not not been good enough lost six of the seven last away games so that is definitely something to rectify that is more of a mentality and yes you might be playing in front of less fans or you know it might be a ground that isn't quite valley parade but you've got to be able to go and perform and dig out a result at the moment they're not doing that and that is what potentially could it be a factor in them making sure they make playoff places.

26:10Aaron Paul:In League 2 we mentioned having Bromley boss Sandy Woodman on last week's episode of 72+. You can still catch that over on BBC Sounds but at the top end Cambridge and MK currently join Bromley in the League 2 automatic spots. MK level on points if not to countie in 4th and Swindon in 5th. It's going to be 3 from 5 at the top. Cambridge aiming for the playoffs. Neil Harris' target was 60 points that's according to Peli, Ruddak and Panzu. Joby how do you see the top end of the league too.

26:38Jobi McAnuff:Oh, spicy, isn't it? You've got, obviously, Bromley have done great, but they've had a few draws recently. And then behind them, you know, to have sort of Cambridge, MK, Notts County and Swindon, that's 61 points. I mean, it's going to be a really interesting end to the season. Again, I would have gone MK earlier in the season. There's nothing that I've sort of seen that's changed my mind. I do think they have that ability to dig out results. They've got, obviously, good resources. They've bought well. and they've got real quality for the level. So I can certainly see them getting in the automatic places.

27:13Jobi McAnuff:And again, other than that, can Cambridge maintain it? That's going to be the big question. You're going to ask me for free. I'm going to go for Bromley, Cambridge and Notts County. No MK. You just said, yeah. Sorry, did I not say MK? Sorry, let me do that again. It's all right, that's fine. I didn't ask you for free anyway. No, you've got to keep it in.

27:31Tommy Smith:You've got to keep that in.

27:32Mike Taylor:You can't, no, you can't rewrite it. So if you're going to push me now,

27:35Jobi McAnuff:I'm going to go Bromley, MK and Nuts County as a top three.

27:38Aaron Paul:I was going to say, Joby bottling it. Anyway, we've got to push on. Amazing to see some of the falls from Grace in League 2. Salford, four defeats in a row. And their series on YouTube is becoming more and more interesting to watch. Just seeing how irate Carl Robinson gets. They're down to eighth. They were chasing the automatics. Now they've dropped out the playoff picture. But you know what it's like. Walsall, though, were four points clear at the top in December. And now 10th with one win since Boxing Day. It's happening again. With us now, Mike Taylor from BBC Radio WM. Mike, how are you, pal?

28:10Aaron Paul:Where's it gone wrong for Matt Sadler this time? Seven games of that win.

28:15Joe Hart:Yeah, they're suffering. They really are suffering. It was quite a sad place to be on Monday night with the atmosphere. I mean, the fans were tolerant, but you could sense the disappointment coming in the stadium and everybody knew what was coming once they went one down. And I think it is, much as Matt Sather has been at pains to point out since the first day of the season, that it's a fresh start. And what happened to them last season, which was really tough and everybody saw it, that it was a complete fresh start. They'd refreshed the squad. Half of them had changed and it wasn't connected to this season.

28:52Joe Hart:But it is impossible to divorce this season from last season. The fans are feeling it, even when they were still top at Christmas, but they'd had one or two dodgy results. you could hear the first murmurings of, is it happening again? And they just haven't shaken it.

29:07Aaron Paul:Is this a mentality issue? I mean, I look back at last season and you look at how far ahead they were. I mean, Ben Sadler, I've met him a couple of times. He was very impressive on the vision for the football club under the ownership and what they want to achieve. And they've got Matt Sadler. Really weird that how they're the Sadlers and their CEO is Ben Sadler and their manager is Matt Sadler. Anyway, I digress. But, you know, with Matt Sadler, it felt like they were this machine. And I watched them at Colchester, and I'll be honest with you, I was like, these lot aren't very good. And then to take it all the way to the very last game of the season and get sort of dumped out in the playoffs at Wembley, it's the biggest kick in the proverbials.

29:47Aaron Paul:And then you think, how sort of, how strong is the fight in the dog? How is Matt Sadler going to eject this season and go again? And you thought, yeah, he's done it. But the complaints on social media from Walsall fans are wild. Everyone is just not having it now.

30:05Joe Hart:Yeah, there's a lot of things at play. They have a style that has developed under Matt, which is great when you're winning. So they have a really small share of possession. I'll be the first to say that possession statistics are not everything. and for most of the last 18 months, Walsall's results have proved that. So I think at one point they had less of the ball than anybody else in League 2 and were churning out win after win. And that method is absolutely fine so long as the winning, nobody's bothered about your style of play as long as the team is winning. But as soon as you're not winning and you're not creating and taking chances, that becomes really difficult, I think, for fans to tolerate, especially at home.

30:46Joe Hart:So I think it is really awkward to take a decision on where we think par is for Warsaw as a club now. And recently Matt has pointed out, and I think it's fair for him to point out, although it never sounds good when you're on this sort of run, that they are not the best resource club in League 2. So to be where they were for most of last season and the first half of this season was well ahead of where their budget is and where their wage bill is and the resources they're after. But the problem is they've been there and fans have seen them there. and they were that close to being promoted, which also haven't been promoted for nearly 20 years now.

31:24Joe Hart:So having taken people that close, you can't then go back and say, well, actually, 9th or 10th of the table is probably about par for our budget now.

31:33Jobi McAnuff:It might be true, but it's a really hard pill to swallow. I think the defensive side of things has been a strength at times, but recent weeks, that's gone out the window, you know, conceding goals for fun. In their last five games, it's at least two goals every game. What do you put that down to and how hard is that going to be for him to turn around for a team that this year isn't scoring anywhere near enough when you look at some of the teams they're up against?

31:58Joe Hart:There's a sort of psychological feeling. If you know you're struggling to score, then that in itself puts pressure on you not to concede. So I do think it's snowballed now. And what I would say is that going to the Walsall training ground, you know what it's like when you go in training grounds. The last two or three years now, you can really feel that when players say we've got a great team spirit here, they really mean it. And I've spoken to hundreds of footballers over the years and you kind of get a feeling, and I'm sure you do, Aaron, when every player says we've got a great team spirit here and it's a great bunch of lads, but you can tell when they really mean it.

32:31Joe Hart:And it is true at Warsaw. They have had it, but it is coming under strain now. Just by the results there, you can see them suffering and it's very tough. The expectations have been raised by how well they did, that maybe have got ahead of their budgets. People are now looking at the owners and saying, well, you know, I know you said incremental progress, but they're also investing in other clubs. Where's the investment in us to get us up to match teams like Milne Keane's and others with bigger budgets in League Two? So there's disappointment all around now. And the focus inevitably comes on the team and Matt Satter.

33:07Aaron Paul:Mike, I want to turn your attention to this statement released by the supporters trust. It was very, very weird. And then the ownership have come out and there's been sort of like a right to reply effectively. But they've turned around and said that, hey, we think you need to potentially change the head coach because the experiment after two years has failed. They've written off the season effectively already, or they think it's salvageable if someone else comes in. Is the fan base fully split? Is there a fault line in there that we can see?

33:39Joe Hart:Yes, I think there is a difference. I think there are some that would be content to stay with Matt Sadler to the end of the season. But it's also true that there have been some that didn't want him to carry on into this season. And in a way, the easier decision in the summer would have been for the club to say, we're starting afresh, they replaced half the squad, and we're going to start with a new coach. There were a lot of disaffected Walsall fans with Matt Sadler even before the end of last season, once it started to get away from them. My hunch is that the majority want to change now, but I don't think it's 100%.

34:18Aaron Paul:Mike, thank you very much for joining us. I really appreciate the insight, the legendary Mike Taylor from BBC WM with us talking all things Walsall. And I mean, by the way, Walsall going to Shrewsbury. And what a run they're on under Gavin Cowan. And he's come in and breathed fresh air into Shrews. Who, I mean, just sort of looking at it from afar, were probably the most miserable football club to support over the past couple of seasons. And he brought his own celebrity into town last night. Joe Hart back at the Meadow as Shrewsbury's goalkeeping coach for one night only. Born in the town, started his career there.

34:58Aaron Paul:And he's been saying what it was like to put the Shrewsbury Town tracksuit back on.

35:02Graham Alexander:No, it was a lot of fun. It was really, really nice to help out. I know with the goalkeeper coach situation at the moment, obviously very close with Gav, Jamie and Dave. So I said if I could help, I would. And tonight it worked out perfect.

35:13Chris Hall:I know you still follow Shoesby Towns Fortunes very closely as a local lad. What have you made of what's been happening these last few weeks with Gavin Cowan?

35:20Graham Alexander:I'm delighted, you know, because obviously to come out of League One and then League Two, you want just a nice steady year where potentially think about rebuilding and to be struggling like they did at the start of the season. It was tough. It was tough for everyone. I've got friends that come to the games and fallen out of love a little bit. So to bring Gav in with the commitment that he's got and the qualities that he's got, put it all on the line. I'm delighted for him, absolutely delighted. He's doing a brilliant job, Jamie and Dave. It feels like a real connection there. And that's the most important thing for me as a Shoebury Town person, a connection between the players and the club and the people that they're representing.

35:56Graham Alexander:And you can really feel that at the moment.

35:58Aaron Paul:Joby, ever thought of going back to one of your former clubs as a coach, just helping out?

36:02Jobi McAnuff:you know yeah 100 % I think specifically the positional stuff I love that I'd love to go back in and maybe work with some of the the wide players stroke forwards although you don't really have traditional wingers anymore do you as it's a sort of wide forward which was never my thing let's go back to 4-4-2 get it wide get the ball in the box and McEnough can definitely deliver it on that man

36:25Aaron Paul:Smudge defensive coach?

36:27Mike Taylor:Do you know what I mean I know I'm only recently retired as but I just feel like the game's constantly moving isn't it i mean joe we should said there about you know when he was playing i dig at me seeming like a dinosaur now no no just let me finish do you know what it

36:42Aaron Paul:is i think with tommy i think he's had a taste for the the boardroom life now he enjoys being a tie he enjoys he enjoys his his pastel colors when he's going out there you know sort of getting all done up and wearing some drinks drinking a lot of coffee as well like joe hart man no way He does want to be back on the grass.

37:01Mike Taylor:Am I able to finish? Yeah, of course. Okay, so as I was saying before I got rudely interrupted, yeah, I feel like the game just moves on, and Joby's right in the sense of, you know, a few years back, it was a little bit more direct. It was get the ball wide, crosses into the box, and I don't know, I just feel like me going in now, would I, I'm calling myself a dinosaur here, Joby, would I have the same ideas as the game now? But listen, I would do it, of course, but I'll tell you what, I'd have to get my Achilles right first, wouldn't I? I mean, I'm still not over the old Achilles injury. Can you imagine me on the grass?

37:30Mike Taylor:I'd be like Bambi on ice.

37:32Aaron Paul:Mate, absolutely. Absolutely. You said it, though. You said it. I did not say that. You were thinking it.

37:36Mike Taylor:You were thinking it.

37:37Aaron Paul:Hey, potentially. Okay, let's finish with this.

37:42Chris Hall:72 plus, 72 minus on the Football Daily.

37:47Aaron Paul:Yeah, it's time for Joby's best and worst moments of the week from across the football league. Joby, where are we starting this week?

37:53Jobi McAnuff:Well, I'm going to start on my 72 minus and Stockport goalkeeper Ben Hinchliffe has had a very, very lucky escape this week. I'm going to leave the goalkeepers and I'm going to focus, unfortunately, on Sheffield Wednesday. Obviously been a tough season, off-field issues, points deductions, which has now resulted in the earliest ever relegation from the EFL. And to make matters worse, it comes against their biggest rivals, Sheffield United.

38:19Aaron Paul:Let's hear it.

38:20Chris Hall:Full time at Brummel Lane. Sheffield United victors in the Steel City derby in the brutal arena that is football. It's an outcome that confirms the relegation of Sheffield Wednesday from the Championship. The Elves, the first ever team in Football League history to be relegated in February.

38:46Aaron Paul:God, a bit harsh that one, Jobes. You two-footed them right down to League One.

38:50Jobi McAnuff:Well, I'm sorry, but...

38:53Aaron Paul:More than an asterisk next to it.

38:55Jobi McAnuff:It's just because it was Sheffield United. You mean like the misery that they've had this season, Sheffield Wednesday, and then to cap it all off, Sheffield United are the team that effectively send you down.

39:07Aaron Paul:Yeah, not good, not good. Let's have your 72-plus jokes.

39:12Jobi McAnuff:Well, on a much more positive note, that man, Jack Rudoni, what a stunning strike. His first goal since November. Been a long wait, but I'm sure it was well worth it. Picks the ball up on the halfway line, glides into the West Bromwich Albion half and then unleashes an absolute rocket from about 25 yards. Left foot, top corner. Thank you very much.

39:35Aaron Paul:It was such a good goal. The commentary cut out on BBC CWR.

39:40Chris Hall:Well, here comes Jack Radoni on a break. He's travelled a long way with the ball. Radoni! What a goal! since August he ran and ran and ran and then let fly into the top corner what a strike right everyone

39:57Aaron Paul:in 3, 2, 1 come on Rudy Rudy Rudy why are you buzzing

40:01Jobi McAnuff:well that's because

40:03Aaron Paul:he got me 13 points in my fantasy AFL team patience very much paying off

40:10Jobi McAnuff:Joby you still got Josh Sargent

40:12Aaron Paul:I'm hoping he'll make a late comeback to the end of the season he's my captain

40:16Mike Taylor:Aaron, Aaron, Aaron, you have not got Josh Sargent in your team. Not a chance.

40:22Aaron Paul:I've forgotten the password to make.

40:27Aaron Paul:Mate, mate, it's better than my fantasy Premier League team. That's completely gone out the window. I mean, I'm not even in any league. I'm non-league in there. But yeah, I'm hoping that Josh Sargent, you know, late sort of burst for Norwich, potentially for the playoffs. You never know. You never know. Maybe under Philippe Clement anyway. yeah

40:47Jobi McAnuff:has your not just been sold mate Josh Sargent big money move to the MLS now I've seen the agreed of fee yeah has it gone through yeah

40:53Aaron Paul:oh no do you know what Toronto have agreed of fee of 27 million oh yeah you need to go on your show

41:00Mike Taylor:you go on your app mate far behind these yeah you need to reset your password come on mate get a grip yeah

41:07Aaron Paul:I will do I will do at the time of recording Ronaldo in brackets 0 with the highest score of the game we've got to join the 72 EFL pod what is it Jobes

41:18Jobi McAnuff:72 EFL POD

41:20Aaron Paul:Thank you very much, where are we this weekend gentlemen?

41:23Jobi McAnuff:I am in the studio Friday doing Watford actually, my former club so looking forward to that, also we've got to give a shout out to Snoop Dogg who we haven't covered yet, I mean were they words we ever thought we would be muttering on this podcast not only in the EFL but rocking up to Swansea, I mean incredible and he really got into it, I've got to say you see somebody these sort of big sort of owners and you know celebrities and it's like are they really that involved he comes gets the place rocking i would have loved to have been down there i'm not gonna

41:55Aaron Paul:they're commemorative tea towels made yeah they have commemorative tea towels and everyone's waving them around when swoop dog comes in it's like okay this is the most random thing it is the most random thing since i think probably sylvester stallone pitched up at everton michael jackson at Fulham yeah any other random people that you've seen paraded at an EFL game maybe even a Premier League game people things animals oh 8000 289 369 get involved with us on the WhatsApp Tommy where are going this weekend

42:30Mike Taylor:I'm going to Derby Blackburn early kickoff yeah back to the day job I'm next called up for the pod back to Derby Blackburn getting

42:41Aaron Paul:shouting on Saturday, which is going to be fun. Chant and Wrexham and then Fulham on Sunday to watch the Spurs. So yeah, really looking forward to it. That is it for this episode of the Football Daily. Thank you to Joby and to Tommy. As for us on 72 +, the AFL Podcast will be back next week. Catch you then. Oh, spicy.

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43:30Chris Hall:No chance. Texas, it's really strict, but then the more I thought about it, the more I thought, hang on, what are you about? Sports Strangers Crimes presents Confessions of a Super Bowl Streaker. Listen on BBC Sounds.

43:47Chris Hall:This is not the future we were promised. Like, how about that for a tagline for the show?

43:52Kim Hellberg:From the BBC, this is The Interface, the show that explores how tech is rewiring your week and your world.

44:00Graham Alexander:This isn't about quarterly earnings or about tech reviews.

44:03Kim Hellberg:It's about what technology is actually doing to your work and your politics, your everyday life.

44:10Chris Hall:And all the bizarre ways people are using the internet.

44:13Kim Hellberg:Listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts.