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Stick to Football

26 Jun 2025 · 29m · 13 chapters

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Behind the Scenes of Stick to Football!

In short

Behind-the-scenes look at how Stick to Football is produced, filmed every two weeks (two episodes in one day: a topical show and an evergreen guest episode). They discuss the season’s end and set the running order for a guest episode recorded in Sunderland, including Champions League (Inter vs Barcelona), Arsenal vs PSG, and “Trent” (Trent Alexander-Arnold’s Liverpool exit). They also debate Man United’s approach in knockout ties and broader football topics (e.g., Scott McTominay, Sterling at Arsenal, game-changing subs).

Guests

Sean Dyche (guest on this episode). Core panel members mentioned: Roy Keane, Jill Scott, Ian Wright, and Gary Neville (plus Paul Scholes substituting for Jamie Carragher).

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Chapters

1:55

Behind the Scenes of Stick to Football

Explore the journey and dynamics that lead to the creation of the show.

“Whether you're practicing after work or playing some of the world's most iconic courses from home, BenQ helps create a more immersive experience every time you tee it up.”
2:25

Behind the Scenes of Stick to Football

Explore the journey and dynamics that lead to the creation of the show.

“We're off to the Hutt Group, to the Stick to Football studio.”
5:43

Preparation and Production Insights

Understand the production process and challenges faced during recording.

“Obviously, at times, Roy has an intensity to him.”
7:49

Current Events and Guest Discussions

Discuss recent football events and the lineup of guests on the show.

“So today we have Sean Dyche on, which will be good.”
16:48

Analyzing Player Performances

Discussion around player performances and analysis of recent matches.

“I always remember when I came off the Beckham episode, the Rory episode, the Ronnie episode, the Ollie episode, people are going to love that.”
17:48

Behind the Scenes of Stick to Football

Hosts discuss behind-the-scenes insights into their show production.

“Just brushing up on the sports news this morning.”
19:49

Football Insights and Upcoming Matches

Exploration of current football insights and analysis of upcoming matches.

“So basically you'll see me in this jumper on the first one We also have a t-shirt second.”
23:06

Manchester United's Performance Review

In-depth discussion on Manchester United's performance and future prospects.

“Can you get me Oli's quote on Mike Tomini?”
27:25

Final Thoughts and Wrap-Up

Hosts share final thoughts on the discussed topics and wrap up the episode.

“You know what she said to fans, the next few games going, don't come and support us because we're not going to try.”
28:00

Casual Banter and Schedule Changes

The hosts engage in light-hearted banter about scheduling the podcast and personal anecdotes.

“Roy, you're in one of those moods today.”
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29:36

Discussing Manchester United's Performance

The hosts dive into their frustrations with Manchester United's recent games and performance issues.

“Do you know who United should play at right wing back after that cross the other day?”
30:26

End of Episode Reflections

The hosts reflect on the episode's content and share light-hearted thoughts about being nice.

“Nothing you would change about the world.”
30:45

End of Episode Reflections

The hosts reflect on the episode's content and share light-hearted thoughts about being nice.

“Just a quick one to let you know that Stick to Football is taking a short summer break, but the brand new series is just around the corner on Thursday the 14th of August.”
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2:23Let's go, Ben. Where are we off to, Gary? What are we doing? Why are we doing it? I don't know why we're doing it. I ask myself that every two weeks. We're off to the Hutt Group, to the Stick to Football studio. Every two weeks, that same journey. Consistency, very important.

2:47He's late. Look, look. 25, 2. Push the cameras, 1, 2, 3, 4, can you hear me? It's probably one of the most challenging days that we'll have had in thinking of storylines. Who scores? He scores goals. Yes, exactly. You don't love the game. Get out. So nice, baby. Toilet, toilet, toilet, toilet, toilet. Toilet. This podcast is getting in your way today, but we'll get through it. Don't worry. Yeah, we're always ready. I am letting the cat out of the bag here.

3:23lively

3:29this is how I have to prep

3:37the exciting thing about today is we've just in the last week agreed with Roy, Jill Cara and Wrighty for another two years whether you like it or not you're going to get another two years of stick to football.

4:01I think if one of them left, I think I'd close it. You know, obviously sometimes, you know, Cara's not there because of Champions League. But I do feel like, you know, you lose something when one of the sort of group isn't there. Why did you start the stick to football? So obviously I set off on the overlap on my own, just doing the individual interviews, but I always thought about live events and live shows. So if you remember, we did the overlap on tour, and I didn't like it. It's a good reason to start sick to football, isn't it? But I didn't like it, I didn't like the live events. I felt like I was under pressure, we were under pressure.

4:43You know, people were paying like 40, 50 quid for a ticket, and then this idea that they're going to come and watch us talk about football, but you feel like you've got to put on a show for them, and you feel like you've got to basically sort of like deliver because they paid a lot of money. And I just didn't like the idea of it at all. But what I did like was the dynamic of the people who were on the stage. So I then thought to myself, I think this would be very different if we could get four or five people together on a regular basis around a bar. I started with the idea of obviously Roy and Cara.

5:16Roy had been doing some stuff with Riety on ITV. And I thought it was a really strong dynamic there of them two. And then I'd done something with Jill, and I can't remember what it was now. And I thought, like, Jill's a good person, first and foremost. She's obviously had an incredible football career. But I felt like she could live in the environment, quite a demanding environment, you know, being in with us. You know, you think about Cara, the intensity of Cara. Obviously, at times, Roy has an intensity to him. I do at times. And you think, you know, you need to be a certain type of character and personality to be able to live in that environment in terms of how people sit with one another very early on.

5:56I think I thought, yeah, I feel like, it feels like home actually, doesn't it?

6:06Boost the cameras, one, two, three, four. Can you hear me?

6:12I remember sat there on the first show and we were all just having a conversation and then I think I went, right.

6:23and I think I tried the welcome to stick to football in front of the others, and I just felt completely out of my comfort zone, didn't like it at all, so I just binned it. I just remember thinking, no, we'll just, literally, no, we'll just go for it, we'll just basically walk in, start conversations, and then we'll just start on the first topic, and that can become part of the show, and when actually you edited it with Barry, I remember seeing the first one of it just, you know, people walking in at different times and sort of like people walking onto set and the cameraman being in view and the sound being in view and everything being a little bit imperfect and thinking I really liked it, I really liked the flow of it and I thought, yeah, right, that's what we're going to do I don't have to be a host

7:09I don't know if people at home have worked it out but we only film every two weeks and we film two shows in one day the topical show which we'll do this morning which goes out tomorrow and then we do the guest episode which goes out the week after which is evergreen which means that we don't date it, we don't put anything in that relates to this week or last week so we lock the dates in at the start of the season and it doesn't move does it? well we can't move it can we because of Roy we can't move a date can we that would be a bad move

7:41so this is going out in June Okay, so we're sitting here in June in Sunderland during the Premier League. Yeah, that's what we're doing in June. What else has happened in June? Did Arsenal win the Champions League? Maybe. What else could happen in June? What are you doing today then, Jo? Is it June? No, it's not. It's not. It's not. It's not. It's not. It's not. It's not. It's not. It's still May. OK. So today we have Sean Dyche on, which will be good. Carragher is not here again, so we have substituted him for Paul Scholes. That's a sentence you've never, ever heard, ever. Who've we got on, by the way, if Carragher's on?

8:24Scholesy. Oh, is Scholesy on? Yeah, yeah. I was with Scholesy yesterday. Did you mention it? No. Not at all. I didn't even know he was on. Paul Scholes. He scores goals. He scores goals. He scores goals. He scores, goes. He scores, goes. I always get dead happy when you're on the... Why? He scores, goes. Am I OK? So I get there, have half an hour with you, and with Beth, and with Pat, and with Barry. And it's not really a pre-production meet as such. It's more of a case of, right, what are the three or four subjects today that we're going to discuss? Yeah. Have you got it there? Have you got it there?

9:04Yeah. So you did that, this is our opening page There's always something and when you have a really strong calibre of pundits that helps you out a lot because they'll have strong opinions on everything and everything and that really kind of gets you out of a spot and some of our best pieces are not even being written down or in the running orders at all they're just stuff that they come up with on a whim in the green room that we'd not ever thought of and it's probably been sitting on their mind all week that they want to get off their chest. What up, Benjo? I'm good, mate. I feel like you've lost weight.

9:40Yeah, I am a bit. What you've been doing? Well, what everyone tells me I've been doing is having jabs. Or dying. Or dying? Yeah. Well, hopefully it's none of them. It's not been eating as much. No, you're not. You don't look like you're dying, to be fair. You're dying. See that guy, and he scored the other day for Betis again. Fuck you, no. He scored a few, hadn't he? My God, that was amazing right now. I was like, wow. Obviously people recognise that Stick to Football starts when I walk in and then obviously others walk in at different points behind me. But what they've not seen is that we have this green room, this quite dark sort of sofa room where there's a make-up desk and there's little snacks.

10:23And we sit in there, don't we, for 10, 15, 20 minutes before and we'll have a little chat between the five of us and sometimes there's other people in as well. If I hear Roy or Ian or Jill or any of them talking about something in the green room that I think, right, I mean, it's not abnormal, that's what presenters and hosts and producers do, but you've got to have people talking about stuff that sort of gives them that little bit of bite and that little bit of feeling. What are you looking forward to chatting about in today's show? To be fair, it is a little bit of a difficult day for us. It's probably one of the most challenging days that we'll have had in thinking of storylines.

10:59The season's coming to a little bit of a sorry end in the sense that not that Liverpool have won the league or that the three teams have gone down but it's the fact they've done it early three, four weeks before the end of the season so the Premier League the games that we're watching now at the moment are for money we've just watched an incredible game last night in Milan and Barcelona

11:22we've got Sean Dyche on as our guest today and I don't know how many times we've talked about Trent Alexander-Arnold but he's just announced he's leaving Liverpool in the last week so we have to just touch on it and I don't think there's too much else to say to be honest with you I think that everything that could have been said has been said so you're thinking about where are the points whereby you can create good conversation there's only really the Arsenal semi-final which is tonight against PSG which we can pre-empt it a little bit the one thing that I thought this week and it's a mistake we've made when we found out that Arsenal were playing on a Wednesday against PSG, we should have moved till tomorrow, to Thursday now you can't do that really because five people's diaries probably won't sink but it would have meant that then we'd have got Carra on tomorrow it would have meant that we'd have got the fallout of Arsenal getting to a Champions League final or Arsenal getting knocked out against PSG and not getting to a Champions League final What do you reckon tonight Ian?

12:24Nerves bro You saw the game last night didn't you? Yeah honestly if it's like that because at this level you know what I mean if it's bam bam bam I'd take that as long as we win to be honest but an amazing game last night man Jesus Christ that's what you want to watch that's why we done that show a couple of weeks ago Gary saying how boring it makes you realise how boring sometimes the games are you have to watch where did they get them legs they got a second wind they brought subs with energy on didn't they yes that's what they did I don't know if we have got subs if we need them like that because they came on and properly changed game their subs.

12:58I'm talking about game-changing subs. There's someone to come on. Because at the moment, I saw them the other day, who do we bring on? We bring on Sterling. You know what I mean? I still find it bad that Sterling's there. When it happened, I'm thinking that it's the perfect place for him to go and rectify and show people I'm still here. I remember saying I don't want him to go out with a whimper because he's had such a great career. And now City left City and Chelsea didn't go well. He's come to Arsenal. He just thinks The way it's petering out, it's really quite sad. This episode of Stick to Football is brought to you by SkyBet.

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15:50What would you have been if you hadn't have been a cricketer? Dead. Hello and welcome to the Overlap Stick to Cricket, brought to you by Betfair. I'll be joined by Alistair Cook, Sir Alistair Cook, David Lloyd and Phil Tuthnell. Do you see Olly Pope strolling out at number three? Tuffers is more likely to get through his first 20 balls. I think that's a stat. No, that is a stat. We'll bring you analysis, reaction and interviews in what's going to be a huge year for cricket. Two players, Joe Root, Virat Kohli. If you were playing outside our house, I'd shut the curtains. There'll be stories from our playing days, we'll be answering all your questions and we'll be having lots of fun along the way.

16:33Do you get recognised down the abattoir? Do you know what, right? The boomer's going to be crucial. Absolutely the greatest bowler of all time. Would you agree with that? No. No? No. Stick to cricket brought to you by Betfair.

16:52I always remember when I came off the Beckham episode, the Rory episode, the Ronnie episode, the Ollie episode, people are going to love that. Football fans are going to love that conversation. And that's important. That's why we're doing this. It's become something now that we really enjoy doing. But your question that you asked me was, what are we going to do this morning? I ain't got a clue. I'm trying to think of what else there is this morning sometimes it's so obvious you just think wow we've got unbelievable subjects this morning sometimes you think not sure today even though you still get the text through from Barry saying it was a grey watch get a text through from Barry every week this is episode 75 of Stick to Football and it's a grey watch thanks Barry if you just copy and pasted that from the last week we'll change the number basically What am I doing?

17:49Just brushing up on the sports news this morning. See if there's any other topic we've not covered off from yesterday. Barry, are you going to give me one week at least? Say, look, want the best this week. What do you think? Ask some of the Champions League. Don't make me speak about something I'm not passionate about. Action. What is on the running order, Ben? Let's hear what's on the running order for today. Classic match last night, Inter Milan. getting to the Champions League final, beating Barcelona. Trent again. I might as well just call this the Trent podcast. Champions League, Trent and then...

18:23Champions League, so Champions League into Barcelona, Arsenal, PSG, Trent. Trent and then... Not much else, is there? You know what, I texted Gary yesterday and said, what's the running order, cos I'll have a little look, and he just rocks up and just does it, which is incredible, but then I'm thinking, is someone feeding him information? Maybe Forrest Europa League final, Tottenham United Maybe, but is it too early? They've not got through yet I mean, how many times have we done does Ange keep his job? I'm hoping that somebody's got something different The Pope The Pope We won't cover the Pope today Do you know what I like sometimes when we get into a detail?

19:01What type of player would we want to play as our number 10? Where is the next Ronaldo and Messi? Hey! He's late, he's late No, no. 25 to... I haven't chatted with the staff. No way. There is no staff that are coming here. I'm just trying to think about it. He sounds crazy. I'm watching Yellowstone at the moment. I'm four series in. You might just start off with that.

19:28I'm going in here this morning looking for that idea that basically I've not thought of myself. Right, let's go. We've still got to do a really good hour. We've got to make sure it's good Oh, yes, I didn't tell you a little secret so we have to have two different outfits to make people think it's two separate weeks I am letting the cat out of the bag here. So basically you'll see me in this jumper on the first one We also have a t-shirt second. There you go. Simple as that

20:01Morning morning

20:06How are we? Very good. How are we? Very good.

20:13Whee! They could have music in there or something, Ben. They could have something just to... You just come in and it's like that. Max, are you on your camera two and three at the minute? Right. PSG Arsenal tonight, yeah. See what happens. Into Barcelona, Trent. Yeah.

20:37Who's parking out there? Someone takes over. Which one is it? Is it a Mercedes? No. Oh, good. That's a BMW. Is it yours? Of course it's not you. Everyone was scared. No, someone's blocking. You can't get in. Is it yours? It's definitely not me. I bet they're not over two spaces. Is it yours? No, but it's a couple of cars across. It's not a Bentley, is it? It's Gary's, yeah. Is there anything out of the ordinary? is there anything that's sort of like Scott wanted that Joe Wilkinson question didn't he for community questions he's on a podcast and I've sent a question into Stick to Football I bet you they won't read it out it's not even a bad question what is the question yeah it's a question for Gary you give Jamie Stick swapping from being a blue to playing for Liverpool Gary if you were coming through the ranks at Man United now City offered you a place in their academy would you take it no not that really done yeah you've had your question Joe and if you play at Man United now do you think you'd still be one club man er I actually I actually went to present erm so the under 8s United's under 8s the new cohort that joined I went to present them with like Shields on Sunday and welcomed them to the club and the parents I do it every year like it's behind the scenes stuff and I thought do you know something would I get picked by United now if I was 11 year old 10 year old like with what the first team no No, with what they're looking for, you mean?

22:00With what they're looking for in players? Would I survive at United? Would I end up getting chewed up? You just don't know, do you? You just have no idea. I was looking at them kids who were there, they're eight-year-old, and I thought, you've got ten years before you become a professional. And what about those two? Same again. All the ones on the floor go to here. The ones on the top go to blue. So the cycle back to the daylights. Do you know what was brilliant last night? Do you know what I loved? I went down my end room. Yes. No volume on. I just watched it but it was like boxers on the rope one team is gone then they come back then they have a momentum Barca were by far the best team honestly the Barca were brilliant I'm not saying just saying it with that Lamine Jamal but did he beat someone every time he took them on there I know but then some of his this is your young kids some of his deliverance weren't good do you know a couple of times they kept giving it to him I think mix it up a little bit what about the save from the keeper summer that was actually a great thing should he score though he should score you know something I think oh no the one oh yeah yeah nobody nobody with the other one where the guy who scored the first goal and he nearly gets the second one Garcia Garcia he's got to score that how big was the gap of the goal oh when the goal he kept in yeah you have to yeah yeah yeah but still but what a game I was so happy it was the last one yeah I was so happy it would be a great find against PSG won't you yeah shall we talk about Scott McTominay did Manchester United make an mistake letting Scott McTominay go yeah that in the United team had what Yeah, Damian Damian, Damian Let's do that Maradona In fact, Oli was strong on Mike Tomini, wasn't he?

23:34Can you get me Oli's quote on Mike Tomini? Yeah And then what we can do is Biggest mistake By a club letting a player go Biggest ever mistake by a club letting a player go How can you sell Scottish beyond you? Bukaku, no Salah Chelsea, Salah De Bruyne De Bruyne Yes. Coffee, are you all right? Yes. I'll have a coffee, please, Chris. Oh, yeah, you all right? OK. Just a black coffee, Gary. Just a black one with a touch of milk into a white one. See, I love the game. These people need stat packs. These people. They need stat packs. I don't. I love the game. I love the game. They don't love the game.

24:16There's loads of people on TV. They don't love the game of football. Asked you the question of who got promoted last week from League 2, you wouldn't have a fucking clue. No. Who got promoted from League 2 last week? I don't know. Yes, exactly! You don't love the game. Get out. The game doesn't love you. Honestly. Some of us are too busy just to constantly be watching football. You're like 70 now. You can just chill. You can watch your games. You're too busy. I've still got a life. You'll go to London to open a shop for 200 quid. I'd rather watch a game. Jesus. And that's just a voucher. I feel like you've not done the podcast for months.

24:55Anyway, are you OK? You miss it. You could see how you miss it, I could tell. You had a good couple of weeks. Not bad. He was real ups and downs. Have you been away? Live. No. You look brown. If I say this one more time. You know the sun. There's only one sun. Have you been away? No, on my back garden. No, but you do look tan. Yeah, I sit on my back garden. The sun. See, that's what I mean. Everyone says, have you been to Dubai? No, I've been on my back garden. There's only one son, I'm sure of it. No, but you do look well. I was actually giving you a compliment. No, she wasn't. You can't even give her a compliment.

25:29You can't get in with it at the moment. There was her tone, there was an anger. You didn't like it. It wasn't genuine. I was actually being nice. Cantona, Stan. Is your PK? PK. Are you there?

25:48Deitch, I want to get him on Jordan Pickford How good is Jordan Pickford? You know the thing is, is that I'm doing obviously that baller league Managing with Chloe Kelly doing the baller league and not doing very well But what is the baller league? It's not easy managing I've seen it on social, what is it? In an 11-side game, that's the kind of thing You go five, six yards to save somebody else doing 20. It's not like that in six a side. If you do that, you are blocking them off and you're getting them frustrated. How do you get a team in ball league? What is it? To help I'm not boring people and then hopefully you can go and score.

26:27It's very simple.

26:31Ben, are you going to do writing Jill now in the green room? The game's evolving in that respect for youngsters. They want more than just a Premier League game that's, like, boring them. They want to see skills, man.

26:49Duh. I think it'll be all right just because putting six of them big ones on anyway might just take the plates off. Yeah, does it. Hello. How are we? Good. Roy. Joy. Ned, what's it? Ned's got a lot in his mind, you can tell. It's coming out of your energies. I've got a lot on. This podcast is getting in your way today, but we'll get through it. Don't worry. All we have is today, Gary. And when you get to tomorrow, tomorrow's today. So don't worry about tomorrow. I can't understand how you can go from that bad to then do that. That's amazing. United. United? United are a disgrace. They are literally turning it on and off.

27:24We'll start with that then. You know what she said to fans, the next few games going, don't come and support us because we're not going to try. We're not trying. But Newcastle was saying, oh, we've got a second against Lee. You've always got another game to worry about. Yes. By the way, how can you make that many changes and you're still rubbish, you're 3-0 up from the first leg, the game's after Thursday night, and they're like, oh, we've got to speak. What are you doing? What mindset is that? What do you mean? Like resting players for four years. Like resting players going, well, we've got a game next week.

27:51Yeah, you're 3-0 up in the first leg. Yeah, but Roy, this is Man United's last chance saloon. Do you know what, forget I brought it up. This is their last chance saloon. They have to make sure. But you're 3-0 up from the first leg. Roy, you're in one of those moods today. I'm not in one of those moods today. You are, your legs crossed. Do you know what we should do? We should change the day of this podcast to tomorrow. Yeah, of course. We definitely should. Of course, could be the end of the Arson game. Well, I'm actually free. I said that for you this morning. But do you know what, Neve? Guess what?

28:20I'm free tomorrow. See, I'm always free. I'm free tomorrow. I know, but everyone's got a schedule. I'm actually free. Jill's opening a shop in Warrington. I'm free. Pet food, please. Layla, you can do me up, please. Layla, have you done me up? Are you going to do me in that? Or are you? I love that outfit lately. I can't wait, mate. Can you tell?

28:45United are annoying Roy again, so we'll go there this morning. Have to. There you go. Something's annoyed him. How are we? How are we? Bit late, aren't we? Here's Jill. Obviously, I just turned up like this. Quick shower. Look. Roy would never say beautiful. Watch, I'll say to him, do you like my hair? and he'll be like, no. Did you do the marathon? Yeah. Do you all got me trainers for him? I even, I try, right, I hope you've got it on camera that. I try to give him a compliment. I was like, oh, have you been away? You look tan. He's like, why does everybody say there's only one son? There's only one son.

29:23Honestly. It's just... This is how I have to prep.

29:35What's upset you about United this morning That you're going to match in the green room It's not so bad they are It's getting on my nerves They keep talking about a game next week Oh we've got a big game next week And they're just not even trying To keep writing these matches off I understand obviously it's a big game for them So you just dismissed these league matches They're a disgrace now He might sign four or five players this year He might have injuries next year And he might still be with a team I don't think but he's got to find a way to win games. Do you know who United should play at right wing back after that cross the other day?

30:03Harry Maguire. Oh, relax, Jim. Did you see it? Harry Maguire crossed the ball and everyone's going, what an amazing feat. He crossed the ball. OK, Gary, let's push this conversation around. We're driving on a bit too much. We haven't messed the first one. We haven't messed it. We're only one nil down. But I won. If I was doing it, we're such a mouth, Scolzi. Right, we're here. We're finished. That's it. End of the episode. We didn't quite get to Scolzi's. Nothing you would change about the world. Yeah, Scorsese, come on. Scorsese, change something. We've got to the end. We've got to the end. We haven't got to the end.

30:34It's nice to be nice. Remember that. Jill, how much does it cost to be nice? Nothing. Exactly. Nothing. I wish people remembered that. Thank you. See, look, this is being nice. Hi, it's Gary here. Just a quick one to let you know that Stick to Football is taking a short summer break, but the brand new series is just around the corner on Thursday the 14th of August. You know what's good is that I'm just wearing what you like and people like it. That's what I'm quite pleased about. Roy, I need you to do a soccer raid. I'm not doing anything. They keep ringing us every single day. Come on, Kate. Can you just come along for the day?

31:11I do shop for charity every day of the week, man. I know, but all you have to do is be the manager. All I have to do is be the manager, yeah. I've tried that before. That's it. Right, let's go. Some dash, baby. I want to let you to a toilet, quickly. Toilet, toilet, toilet, toilet. Toilet.

31:42You all right, guys? Yeah, good. Right. Hey, Sean Dash is here, bro. Say hello to Sean Dash. No, we're long. You good? I'm very quiet. I know. I'm reading up. Can't be. What are you reading up on? Hey, chill. I got this in Paris. I love it, Jill. You like it? I personally think if it was going in the wrong direction now, and I think there's an uprising, I think even fans, they're going, boy, I'm getting bored of it. You know, I keep being CDM. I'm going, what about just being a midfielder when you used to run up there and try and score and used to run back there and stop it going in that car. It's too simple.

32:20Everyone's a number, aren't they? Six, eight, ten. Playing with two soft nines. That was a soft 16. No, no, no, stop. Stop.

32:31Well, that's it. Promo's done. Home we go. See you in two weeks. Boom. Boom. Right. See you later, everyone. Thank you. Very good. Another one done. Yeah, successful. Now the real work begins. Get to the edit.

32:59Hi everyone, here's the edit for the topical episode of Stick to Football which will go out at 8am tomorrow morning and it's a great watch. Thanks Barry.

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