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1:22Get your gear over. Your gear? What you've got to wear. Two, two, two. We got an email the other day, you must have got the same email, about how much luggage we can take. And I think they've said we can bring five cases. What? Did you not get... I've got two cases. I mean, fat. Right, five. He just said something like... We know somebody who's definitely bringing five. That's just for his ass. That's just for his ass. That's just for his ass. I need clothes to wear and clothes to... Of course. I'm bringing literally one case. I don't even have that much clothes for six. But you can buy clothes over there.

1:57A bit of linen, is it? That's what I'm telling you. We do need some linen, something that's going to float on us. No, but I'm looking forward to all that stuff. Being in Brooklyn, embracing America. The High Line. We're going to go to see the Yankees. Yeah. We're going to go and see New York, Liberty. I'm going to watch some basketball. A little bit of football. We probably have to watch football. I'm going to do everything. It's going to make it like a... It's going to be like a home from home. Just going to go and get right amongst it. I'm going to try and do that as well. Let's go to a jazz club, man.

2:28Just go and see. Yeah, jazz club sounds good, yeah. Yeah, let's go and see a cheeky little jazz club. We can just walk about, just ease in. You know what I mean? I might get my jazz flute out. Jazz club. Do a jazz flute. I've got my harmonica. We can do a bit. Roy's got a little club membership now, right? No, yeah. It's all about us now. It's not confirmed yet. No, he's not confirmed yet. He's got it. He knows he's got it. He's got it now. Not yet. Set me up for a fall. No, no, no, no, no.

3:03Tom, I've listened to you quite a bit. Did you ever lose your confidence? What was a point in your career where you just felt like you didn't want it? You said before you wanted the ball in your hands in the big moment. But was there a point where you went under a little bit, where you lost confidence? In college. In college? In college, yeah. Yeah, because I wasn't the best, I had to develop a lot of confidence in myself. And I looked at, I went to Michigan. It was a great program. I had a very challenging five years at Michigan where I was growing into the athlete that I wanted to be. And I would very much make a lot of excuses why I wasn't performing at my best.

3:42And there was a sports psychologist there named Greg Harden. and Greg said to me, he called me into his office and he was a great asset to the organization. Unfortunately, Greg passed away about a year ago. He was a sports psychologist. And he said, why don't you quit bitching about all the things you're not getting? And how about you do the best with whatever opportunities you get? You know, stop worrying about what the other quarterback's getting. Stop worrying about what the coach is saying to you. Every time you get in there, you bring the juice. You bring the energy. You bring the enthusiasm.

4:13You treat practice like a game. Because if you just decide to go out there and you're blaming everybody else, where does that get you? So I started to change my attitude and I didn't have a lot of confidence in myself. And when you don't have a lot of confidence in yourself, you blame other people. And then all of a sudden when you gain confidence in yourself, you start pointing the finger at yourself. And I would encourage every athlete to look in the mirror after every day of practice, of game, and say, what can I do better to help the team? What can I do better? Not what does the coach need to do better?

4:44What does my teammates need to do better? What do I need to do better? And if you show up every day with that attitude, every player will, and every player does that, you're going to have an incredible team. So through college, it was hard, and I had to change my attitude. And when I started performing better, because my attitude was better, I started gaining more confidence. You can't have a false confidence. And you don't only gain your confidence because of your physical ability. you gain your confidence because you're prepared, because you're competitive. And then you see those things start to transform into better performance on a daily basis.

5:22When I got to the pros, a lot of people never had those challenging adversities. They just felt like, well, if I show up, I'm better than everybody. So all you have to do is show up. Well, I didn't have that ability. I couldn't just show up and be a better than everybody. I had to show up prepared. I had to show up with my body feeling right i had to show up you know like i was on a mission so then when i got to the pros everyone's like who the fuck's this guy did that help that you were drafted so late was there less pressure on you yeah that first year i was drafted late so there was no fan expectation you know i was really under the radar my first year i got to train and develop my body through my first year and then when i got my chance i always said if they ever give me a chance, they're never going to take me off the field.

6:11Because I had learned through college that I needed to be the most competitive. I had to be the most urgent. I had to be like a coach on the field. Then all the players started really respecting that, especially because the Patriots were one of the losingest organizations in the NFL before I got there. Then all the players who were there, they saw me come in and they're like, hey, you keep it up. I like what you're doing. Just don't let anyone change you. You keep going. And I had little veteran players that came up to me that was like, we don't have this right now. And this guy's bringing, he's making us all better because the way he's showing up.

6:47And that's what you call culture. I think people that are culture drivers, they drive the culture. You need culture drivers on a team. And culture is about values. What values does Gary have? What values does Ian have? What values does Roy have? Are your values work ethic, preparation, caring about your teammates, discipline? If you have those values and you have all of us, well, that creates a culture. So I brought a different values that the team had seen. Players that felt similar to me began to adopt those. And then we transformed, I would say, a losing culture to a winning culture, along with our coaches, along with a lot of other players on our team.

7:27Teddy Bruschi, Willie, I mean, I could name 20 guys that were kind of like me, but had not had a chance to really show. So it was retirement for you. Your time had gone in there. They were just a bit tired, a bit flat. Exactly. And when they came in, it was like, oh man. And then we started winning. And then the great part about winning is it reinforces the behaviors. People realize that if I make the investment of time and energy and if I change my attitude, if I don't go out at night, if I don't party as much, you mean we win? Oh, well, there's an investment that pays off. If I began to do the right things and it pays off, well, then everybody wins.

8:09I think the hard part is when you're a coach or you're someone trying to change a culture, I'm telling you, Roy, Ian, Gary, let's not go out. Let's study. And then you lose. Everyone's like, why did we do that? Why don't we just go have fun? So the challenging part is if you try to push people to be uncomfortable and change and be better and you don't get the results, it's very hard for people to stick to those. Because most people aren't very self-motivated. You were, you were, you were. You woke up every day going, God, what do I got to do? How can I be better? And you brought that every day, which is why you look at your career and you're probably so satisfied with what you accomplished.

8:46But a lot of people, I think they leave a lot out there. I think most people probably only accomplish 50 % of what they're capable of because they're not in that environment that pushes them to be successful. So how can we create environments for people to be successful? You need accountability. But why are so many organizations and teams in England and sports teams all over the world suffering? Because it sounds easy, doesn't it, what you're saying, that environment. But a lot of teams don't have it. Yeah. They don't have it. High-performing environments are hard. and they're hard because there's a degree of being uncomfortable every day when Alex Ferguson showed up you were uncomfortable when he walked in the room because he had a perfection about the way that he expected you to perform when Bill Belichick walked in the room everyone sat up because they didn't want to be called out for being shitty on the field they didn't do their job well and there was going to be a coach that said i told you what to do yes what do you not do where's the effort why are you not running on that play and you're in there and all front of all your friends and most guys just want to they want to be really comfortable i think you know in the nfl we play mostly on sundays most organizations want everyone to be happy and comfortable monday through saturday and everyone's happy and everyone's going to be good and then on sunday you go and you get your ass kicked and then everyone's uncomfortable but then Monday through Saturday everyone's happy again because oh it's a new week Belichick made Monday through Saturday uncomfortable every day was hard so that Sunday everyone won and we were all happy that we won on Sunday which is ultimately what we should be did he ever have a go at you Tom did he ever was he ever calling you out was he ever yeah he was oh yeah absolutely did he say do your job once or something famous like a face that famous i just is that that was his mantra for 20 years he said do your fucking job is what he said i love that line yeah that's fucking into it right exactly i love that and he said no one else can do it for you you have to do it if this is your job there's no one else that has that job you have that job you need to do it don't worry about everyone else's job do your job this episode of Stick to Football is brought to you by Skybet I've never been to a place in America that I've really liked and I think I must have been to the wrong places and I think it's absolutely that because in the last month I've been to two places that I love Napa Valley in California which is like rolling hills what was going on there?

11:18green it was a went to a vineyard like an event vineyards I tell you I've never been hiking but a vineyard right? Oh, it was beautiful. What was that? Tasting wine and all? It was beautiful. Yeah. Tough life, eh? Wow. Unbelievable. And then Brooklyn is the opposite of that. Industrial, mills. So two places I've been, changed my mind. Wine tasting, huh? Yeah. A little bit of wine. Fair play, man. You've made progress. Who's that? Who set that up for you, yeah? Wine tasting? Is that where you're spitting it out in our land? No, not spitting it out. I drink it. Just a little bit of a drink, yeah.

11:50You didn't put... Were you in the grapes and stamping all the grapes? No. No, no. We weren't doing that. We were getting the story, though, of the vineyard, about how they sort of harvest it. And do you know something? They were talking about the temperature and everything. And then there's one point. This wine was the point where the main guy, the master sommelier, he has to pick the point where literally a lot of the people from the local village or town come in, and they have to pick them within 24 hours, and they have to get them. The timing, right. The timing. It's like the perfection of actually the timing.

12:28It's like there's an art to it. Pick what? The timing. So basically they're not too ripe and they're not too got, you know, it's like the absolute... And what, they use the people from the town to taste it? So are they the experts? No, they use the people from the town to actually pick them. So you've obviously got these acres of vines. So you can imagine, they need people to come in and put them... And how old is the guy who decides, is he like experienced, obviously? I know he's 40, he's done it since he was young. This is one of the best vineyards in America. Wow. Really interesting. He was experienced, he was brilliant, he was.

12:55And then they take you down to what other barrels are and how long they're like, oh, it's a bit of an education. It's not his interest. I do like that. Once you get into stuff like that, because it's not something you say, oh, I wouldn't do that, but if I went somewhere and saw that, because of the passion that they have for it, you get involved with it. I don't know, I went on a tour a few years ago to the Middleton whiskey place. Oh, it's expensive, that stuff, isn't it? Yeah, but the factory they show you all the barrels and all the, oh, this is interesting, absolutely really interesting. Yeah, the whiskey, you're middle and rare, beautiful stuff.

13:24Not that I was drinking it, but the bottles looked nice. You invested in it, weren't you? So a guy told me that you've got some rare... Don't worry about that. This taxi driver, I was in Dublin, and this guy said... It's always a taxi driver. They've got all this inside information. I didn't tell them nothing. Them and barbers. Roy's got some rare investment grade whiskey. What's he? This taxi driver. Famous Irish saying, believe none of what you hear and half of what you see, right? But was it true? Leave half? I don't know why you're here and half and what you see. This taxi driver. But how would he know that?

14:03He said you'd been to the Middleton... Yeah, because somebody obviously seems in there and then they've told somebody and told somebody. If someone from, what's it called, Middleton whiskey, if someone could just send us a bottle for the show, for the set, please, so we can have just, you know, a little taste of Roy's whiskey. No, don't send any of my stuff, yeah. You've got a little bit there. Oh, I did, yeah, I'm not going to deny you. How many barrels have you got? Barrels? How many bottles have you got? Just a couple.

14:35He's about to... You know what I love about him? I'm going to kill that taxi driver when I see him. You're about to have got me from a vineyard, what are these? You can always tell when Roy's suffering, because he can't hide. He can't hide at his face. Is that the end of the show? He'll be going on my relationship break-up next.

14:55We can't talk about that People give us We get too much We were chatting yesterday About players losing A bit of form You know you've got Two spells in your career Never happened to me But the lads were saying it And Nev was saying You weren't in the room No I'm not in the room When he said it It was at the table Yeah but When it originally happened Yesterday He says I had six months On the back of the yore Or whatever And he says I was going through relationship issues. I'm like, wow. Wow. It's because I had such a great captain at the time, I could go and speak to him about it. You couldn't speak to him?

15:31I'm like, what are you talking about? Get over it. But you know what, a full-back's going through relationship issues. You can still stop crosses, you know what I mean? That shouldn't stop you closing a winger down. Oh, my girlfriend, she broke up with me, obviously. She got her right side back. Her right side back. Well, these are stock crosses. I shouldn't affect you. Oh, it was such a brutal ending as well. Was it a girl? Yeah. Was it you or was it her? A bit of it was her mainly. Seriously. As Bob Dylan once said, you can't be in love and wise at the same time. Nice one. Nice one. Eh? So, her loss?

16:05Yeah. She could have been in California a few weeks ago tasting wine. Yeah. Wow. Yeah, and United would have played better for six months. It's the journey, girl. Yeah, exactly. It's the journey. Hello. Hey, guys. Hello. How are we doing? I've actually missed you. I've missed you. There's a flat white for you. Oh, my God, you're the best. Oh, Joe, you're right. I'll give you a hug. I'm a hugger. I'm a hugger. Hey, I'm actually missed you. How are you? I'm good. Hi, guys. How are you? Are you OK? Are you good, Jill? Yeah, I'm good. How are you? You look bronzed. Do you think? Yeah. It's been hot in the garden.

16:40Yeah. It has. I haven't been... Nice kit. Nice kit. I know, but do you know what? I'm having a bit of a moment where I'm like, Jill, you're nearly 40. He's dressed up in a person. No, you're good. You can pull it off, Jill. Are you okay? Are you tired? Are you okay? No, I'm fine. Yeah, fine. Got here last night. But it was about eight o 'clock, but obviously it was like two o 'clock in the morning for me, so I just had an early night. Got up at five, went for a coffee. Yeah? I'm good. I'm good. Good, Jill. How's it been? It's been good. Yeah? We're actually halfway through, aren't we, now, I think?

17:11Yeah, this is the halfway point. It is, isn't it? This six of 12, this one now. Oh, my God. It's not bad. No. He's enjoying all the, like, coverage and everything, doing the games. Yeah, the games are good. My whole plan was obviously to go to the game, but because of my grandma and everything, I had to change everything. So you didn't go to the game yesterday? No, because I could only... Because we had the funeral on Friday, so I had to fly Saturday. Right. So the girls were messaging us, and they were like, well, we'll meet up after. And I was thinking, oh, my God, I couldn't think of anything worse.

17:39I'm like, I've definitely got old. They were going to the boxing or something. Oh, yeah, yeah. They went to watch that Ben Whittaker. He was on air the other day. Oh, was it him? Did he win? Oh, yeah. They just showed me the punch. It was a hell of a punch. Oh, was it? God. What, one punch knockout? Yeah, he ducks and just goes like that. Second. Second round? He knocks them down in the first. He's basically done in the first, to be honest. He's won his last three fights before that in the first round. God. I don't know lots about boxing, but he had a lot of followers when I clicked on him. He's going to headline in Birmingham, he said, in October.

18:09Oh, is he? It's interesting when you say you don't know a lot about boxing, but it doesn't stop you talking about football, does it? I've missed you. Thanks for that. There you go. I was so happy to see you. First round knockout, that joke. I know, I know, I know. Don't worry, I'll get him back. I'll think of something. Yes, righty. Hello. Missed you. Are you OK? I'm really good. Good, good. Yeah, good. You've all looked well. You've been having a jolly up. What you's been, like, up to? What you's been doing? Not much really, yeah. Did you go at the Hantons? Do you know what? We were... Yeah, we did.

18:45Now, the first week was hectic, but the last few days was... You didn't get invited. The Hantons? Did you not get invited? You did. You couldn't come, you were doing something? Yeah, of course. You were invited. Did you play golf? I did. I watched. Oh, what were you driving the buggy? No, no, I walked all the way around. Did you? I was tired after, yeah. Talk about golf. I wasn't even playing. God. Did the guy say seven and a half, eight miles, the course? Yeah, it was a long way around. Did you play 18 holes? And you just walked round? Without the dog? Just literally walk? It's a nice walk, huh?

19:16Lovely. Frankly. I want to play, girl. I went down to see the first tee off. Yeah. And that was my plan. I was going to go and get some tea and coffee. And they teed off and I'm like, I'll just carry on. The whole way? Who were you playing with? Shane Lowry and then a few other people like that from... Oh, OK. I actually want to go to the Hamptons. that looks cool. Can you, did you drive it? We, yeah. It was a long journey back to London. It was a long journey back. Wow. A couple of hours. Wow. Long way. Yeah, that's what I was thinking. You can get them zip cars. You know, you're just going on lock and then drive.

19:55I was sitting in the back of the car and I felt like it was like five in the morning and I'd been drinking. No, in the back of the car and I was sliding on and I was like, oh, not good. It's hard, isn't it, getting driven to the Hamptons and back. You were watching videos and they were so loud You were laughing videos. He was just laughing in the back of his own. Maybe that's why he felt a bit sickly. That's the worst thing to do. Your joke factory thing. He's probably watching clips of himself back off the overlap. No, the best joke. You've got to do that joke today. Do you know what Hampton is?

20:29No, that was wrong. Spits. I don't know if we're doing that later. Has anyone else heard this slang word for Hampton? or is it a North East thing? It's a slang word for a penis, isn't it? Is it? Have you heard it? Yeah, I've heard it. Yeah, OK. Hampton Wick. Have you never heard it? Hampton Wick prick, innit? Oh, that's... What's Hampton Wick? Whatever Hampton Wick is. What is Hampton Wick, though? I don't know. It's a place, isn't it? It's a place, isn't it? Hampton Wick is a place, yeah. Yeah, because I always hear, like, he's got a right Hampton. No, I do, but I thought... Keep it talking about me again.

21:08No, that would be, he is a right-hander. No, I've definitely heard it. What about the challenge, Jill? Oh, God. How's your body? Well done, Jill. Thank you. You know what? I didn't get emotional the whole way, and then I seen your little clip of it, and I nearly cried. Thanks for your kind words. That must have been tough, Jill. That must have been easy enough, though, was it? You know what was so good? Were you in bits? I tore my hamstring on the second day. Wow. So that, like... Is that running, obviously? On the bike. You know when you stand up on the bike? Oh, yeah. It was right in the back of my knee.

21:40Yeah, that's hard. She's touring. You carried on. Yeah. But I had four days. If you do it wrong, yeah, there is a bike injury. You can get in there. But by the time I did it, so the first day, after the first two days, I'd done 220 miles on the bike. So I think it was like a new thing. And then had to run the 38 miles the day after. But what happened was I was running. Have you ever had your hamstring? so you run like on the front of your foot so my toe, oh god it's all infected oh it's horrible, horrible and I've got like, because I was sat on the bike seat for so long no comments but I'm still numb in places like three weeks later so I'm hoping that's the end Didn't you have one of those soft seats Joe, those gel seats didn't you get one in the end?

22:26Yeah but it's still though when you've done so many miles What was the hardest bit Joe? I was a bit like I'm not going to get through this Well the 38 miles I got to, I had 12 miles left and I stopped at like this pit stop. So you've finished, yeah, is that right? You finish like a marathon. And Jess Ennis walks out and she's like, I'm running with you now. And I was like, oh my, like I was so happy she was there. But that is one person you don't want to be greeted by when you're absolutely knackered. Did you have to run for another what? 12 miles and then I think it was the bike again, 100, which was through the Yorkshire Dales, which was quite an incline.

23:04And then finish with a marathon. But you know what? You know, you see a lot of bad stuff in the news and I know there is bad things going on in the world, but everyone was so lovely. I'm going through these villages and old women are giving us, like, satsumas. All the schools have made posters. Like, I was actually enjoying it in a weird way. It's called, like, type two fun when you're in pain but you're enjoying it. He doesn't know about it. Roy doesn't know about type two fun. So, Harry Kane, I mean, Roy, you were sort of like, what did you all expect what did you all expect it's Harry Kane what did you all expect and I mean that not in a smart way but people go I can't believe he scored again but he does it all the time you know what we did we were watching it obviously you're all we were watching it together when he scored I go I was sitting there of course he's going to score can we mention Jimmy Greaves as well please Jimmy Greaves of course Jimmy Greaves yeah honestly and that's not an argument but that's what he does he's our Wonderwall no but how does he say it he loves he loves the Wonderwall he loves the Wonderwall yeah they're all looking at the Wonderwall stop it this is the person of Harry Kane stop it stop it doing Wonderwall yeah but it's nice to have that moment it's beautiful because it's amazing what's amazing a lot of fans singing an oasis song electric that she's electric maybe you're going to be the one that's here no but Kane again there's that 70 odd goals he got this season for like Bayern how many do you get if a player's getting 70 odd 60 or 71 not this season How many goals have we got this season?

24:36With the England goals. With the England goals. It's off the scale, yeah. It's like 78 or something. So who did you think was going to score it today? No, did you wake up this morning and go, you know, I think Spencer's going to get us up in two today. It's going to be Harry Kane, isn't it? Of course it is. He's the man. And his shot for the... We've discussed, we talk about people in football, and anyone who's worked with Harry Kane will tell you, power of shots, and this is goalkeeper, I go, Kane's level of power is like, above Lager, we're really good at, like, power. power. His technique is a great second goal.

25:05But even his head and ability as well because there was a couple of great saves but I think there was one of them where I was like if that's Harry that's going in. His head and ability is. That's where his level is where you go and I'm watching him and we've walked with some brilliant strikers and I fully expect him to score and I'm going I think Mexico next week I think he'll score. I think Harry's now the sixth highest goal scoring in World Cup history. right is he 6th highest goal scoring World Cup pitch is he just he's just gone I think he's just gone how many goals has he got this season is that was it 70 odd am I wrong 72 goals this season I mean seriously even Roydy never got that you were amazing righty seriously what's your top ever you're a great striker in Premier League history what's your top ever goals in a season for like 34 and he's 72 72 72 that is amazing you got that boot that golden I was...

25:59That's a bit cool. Yeah, you're up there, Paul. But, like, you know something, when you... Imagine if you play for United. You would be like... Who would you pick? You know when you've got Elyse Ezo supplying you, when I was watching him yesterday, I'm not saying any striker would get that many goals, but it helps having someone like Elyse Ezo. You know, I used to watch... I used to watch... I'm still amazed, though, I had a second goal today. If you want... We didn't get a chance today, but if you look at some of the defenders, they're giving him space. I said, Roy. What about the goalie... The chance he got last week against...

26:28as a Croatian remember he was on his own and he just let him go he's got 70 odd goals and we're going to give him a free run that's what it is that was insane you see what will happen Roy those defenders now when they're going about their business they're sitting around the hotel when they're talking they'll be talking about did you see how sharp he was when he got the ball I was thinking let him shoot because and bam it's in the roof of the net the defender would have been thinking this is coming over bam he's in front of him but right as he turned I actually thought he was going to score when he turned I thought he's not missing the time.

27:00I think there's offenders who knew that, so they think there's no point in trying to block the shot. If you can look at the left-back, when he turns... I was going to do a demo like you. Come on, come on. You've got your kit on. Go on, do the kit on. Kane's turned there, and the goal's behind my back, and the left-back kind of went, Kate, left-back, go on, you have a shot. I want you to score against us so we can tell our grandkids. Instead of going, actually, just go to the ball. Engage the ball, and there was nobody near them. That's what happens when you're playing with a world-class strike.

27:27Japan defenders are there running somewhere when Matt and Ellie's gone. Where are you running to? You've got Kane. The ball's there. Just go and close them down. Would you choose Harry Kane right now over Erling Haaland or would you rather have Erling Haaland? Tough question. If I had a milkshake, I'd answer it. A very tough question. But who are you picking? In what? Right now? No, who are you picking? Because Haaland's amazing and Kane's amazing. I'd take Harry Kane. I'd take Kane. I'd take Harry Kane, yeah. Just as a finisher? Yeah. And you know what? over the time. Listen, Erland Harland scored goals and it looks like he's going to continue.

28:01At the moment where Harry's been and what he's doing, Harry, you know, I put my marker on him. I know it's going to happen. This episode of Stick to Football is brought to you by Skybet.

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29:53began activating on plans to challenge the red card. Thursday, Trump dialed Gianni Infantino and asked about FIFA rules around the red card. This is all apparently a time, this is a report. I thought Trump would be busy, did you? And around the red cards, they've known each other for eight years, obviously. FIFA declined to confirm any specific discussions, but reiterated to Politico that the decision to spend the one match ban was made by an independent disciplinary committee. As US soccer's legal team formally prepared and submitted its appeal to the FIFA, Giuliani and Lutnik offer to make White House attorneys available to assist this is incredible, so you carry on, we get to Sunday, FIFA announced that Balogans won max extension would be suspended so they put this big sort of what would be legal document in apparently and said that we need it challenging, they then basically, FIFA announced that the independent 18 person committee basically have said they suspended Balogans Balogans ban for the game against Bosnia, UEFA I think this is the most damning statement apart from Caros to Sat Blatter Representing the Belgium national team UEFA has said about his red card in a statement Yesterday's decision to suspend for a probationary period of a year the implementation of a one match automatic suspension following the red card issued to the player following Bolligan crossed a red line Football like any other sports relies on rules which are based on fair, honest and transparent competition a minimum automatic suspension of one match following a red card is not a discretionary option it is a principle embedded in regulations which cannot be made subject to exception let alone in the middle of a taunt where several other players have been in the same situation and regularly served their suspension, it also does not require the decision of a competent body to be enacted when the certainty of rules is no longer guaranteed by its guardians the integrity of the game is at stake and the credibility of the competition is undermined we express our disbelief at such an unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable decision.

31:52That is strong from your ASO. So strong. On behalf of Belgium, eh? Yeah. Welcome to America. To be honest with you, I have never seen or heard anything like that in my life. It's easy. FIFA, to be honest with you, they've got a real problem here. This is not going to go away. This is Donald Trump. This is the President of America, the guardian of free speech. He's the ruler of the free world. The ruler of the free world. And this is basically interference at the highest level it looks like. Well, he's admitted it, he's contacted them and asked them to review it. So this is interference with power at the highest level into football and into a World Cup.

32:26I can't stop thinking about something in my head. It's like the Mafia guy would phone someone up and say, you know the guy, the guy that did the thing? That thing, you know? I want that thing to go away. Let that thing go away. It feels like Donald Trump is just sitting there and he just... No, no, no. But you know what? All jokes aside... He was a good athlete himself, though, wasn't he? Yes. He was a great athlete. Show some respect. But, girl, it's like, it's not like he's just done that. He's not just phoned up because this has got a whole team behind it. Whole, like, whole team that he's got involved.

32:56It's sad, isn't it? For what's happened to football, coming to America with Donald Trump and this happening and everything else that's happening, girl, we can't go into. Power, control. It's just so bad. It's so, it's sad what's happened, what we have to sit around and just take as like, okay, how can, does America want to win that badly that they'd rather do this? They'd rather do this. And how do you feel for Balogun? They'd rather do this and the integrity of the sport's gone just because they want to win so much. It's so bad, Gal. Do you know something? America have got so much love in this tournament, the team, for how they've played.

33:31Yes. For Al Pochettino. Oh, yeah, yeah. For Al Pochettino. You know what I'm going to say? The USA fans must be... The real proper USA soccer fans must be devastated. For Al Pochettino. Oh, absolutely. What do you think of how he's feeling? Absolutely. He must be thinking, you know what, I won't play anymore. You've got a little asterisk here. haven't we? Massive asterisk not a little asterisk it's bigger than the whole name if they win they'll think it's unfair if they lose you think you deserve you know what I mean they're backfires against the team no one wins if this was England especially Balogun if this was England now and we had one of our sort of what would be prime ministers contacting football organisations even the contact itself even let's say FIFA it is disgusting but should we surprise the FIFA if you know what I mean FIFA what a sham what a sham it's sad where does this go from here don't go because this is as low as it gets in respects of like we're talking about the integrity and the transparency.

34:19This is as low as it gets. What happens if this... This has to be stopped. Something has to happen here. The Balogun shouldn't be able to play. This shouldn't be able to happen because what's going to happen in the future? Pandora's box will open. It's going to be crazy. What about the decision you're talking about in the game? About the referee? Oh no, God. The referee's a suspect. No, but they're saying because, again, they've looked back at the referee and he might have done some things. So Donald Trump, somebody's briefed him. Donald Trump is now saying this referee, look back, he's got a history.

34:51He's saying that to somebody. He's just literally destroyed a referee's reputation publicly. The most powerful man in the world. A referee. Who himself, got a couple of bits going on. You know, to keep it, like, light. What makes him think he knows about a red card, isn't it? He doesn't. He does not. Talking about the tackle itself and the way they landed. To be fair, Roy, one thing I would say here, I did think it was a harsh red and shouldn't have been a red. That's not the point. I also think it's ridiculous, by the way, that there isn't an appeal process during the tournament to actually say, can we challenge this?

35:25That's another answer. Howard Webb every week comes out and says, basically, we're going to overturn that decision. Or the GMG L. That's a different point, isn't it? So FIFA have not got the right process in place to start with. But once the process isn't in place, you can't then just put it in place. Literally, free will, just go and basically make a decision on behalf of one team. Well, they don't know about Ronaldo. Obviously, that was pre-tournament. Yeah, that was pre-tournament. That wasn't great either. Look, to be fair, you've missed a Champions League final, Roy, through suspension. I missed a Euro 96 semi-final through suspension.

35:55You've probably missed games through suspension, Ian, where you just know... Did you miss a final for Arsenal, you said? Yeah, I did, yeah. Yeah, so we've all missed finals or massive games through suspension. It hurts. It's bad. You don't want it. And to be fair to FIFA, they have now sort of brought in where you abolish yellow cards after group stages. They're trying to help it. And so I think the point around that he makes, Trump, around you don't have your best players missing. But if they get sent off... That just happens. Unfortunately, you accumulate yellow cards. Yeah, but go, even when you listen to him say, oh, if it was Messi, if it was Ronaldo, we're going to say, yeah, because it's them, it wouldn't happen.

36:30It would happen. It would happen if it's them, because that's how football is. Football don't work like how he thinks. He thinks that we're going to say, oh, yes, you've won the argument, because if it was Messi, we'd say, yeah, he's got to play. No, Messi would get suspended as well. I mean, look, I'm not going to bring Bruce Springsteen into it, but I'm going to bring Bruce Springsteen into it. He's done a political tour in the last six months where he starts off his concert, and you, Roy, went to Manchester last year, and he talks about the America that we are living in now. This is happening now.

36:58You know, this is happening right now, and he goes on and lists about 15 different things that have happened in America right now. And it's just, I must admit, growing up, I did have America as being the guardians. Oh, absolutely. Because if you're brought up in England or in Britain, you're thinking of America as being the people who came over to fight, obviously, in World War II and literally help us from what would have been a disastrous situation. You're always thinking that America is there to protect everybody. That's what you think. That's what you think when you grow up in England. That's what I think.

37:29And now you look at it and you think, oh, my goodness. It's the exact opposite. I don't think that way. right now no no it's different and i mean this is this is sport obviously but the interference in sports in sporting decisions in the midst of a tournament by a host country's president is it's incredible it's people say did that really what happened in that time in in the world and just something it's got to the point now where you're starting to question sort of is this really that bad because actually it wasn't a red card or is it just all right or is it normal and you start to question it and you start to lose your mind and then you think, no, it's a disgrace.

38:11Yes, let's just all wake up. Let's wake up. Come out of this trance that is a disgrace. And FIFA, fingers crossed, we'll do something. We're going to ask for your world cops, Qatar, Russia, America. So much. Power, the dollar. Sad, really sad. Crouchy, we've got some myth busters on you. Are these true or false about Crouchy? So you've got to keep quiet, Crouchy, for a second. Oh, this is for us, right? Yeah, it's good. so okay at 13 Peter Crouch jumped out of a tackle in training and after the session his father had left leaving Peter to get home from White Hart Lane to Ealing he hadn't been on a tube before so he basically left him at training because he jumped out of a tackle is that true or false I don't know about your dad I think his dad would do that I think his dad would do that just to toughen him up a little bit yeah just to yeah what about your dad did he do that he did do that how old was he Crouchy 13 he probably looked 18 so he could get on the bus and the two.

39:05So what's happened, Captain? A long way from Wire Lane. But he'd done that to you. A long way to Wire Lane to Eilid. Yeah, he did, yeah. But you know what? I never jumped out of the circle again. Seriously, yeah. Exactly. And I'm not, there's a reason. I'm just, you know, sat here with you boys. It's amazing how influence your dad's can have on you. Stuff like that. Not from a coaching point of view, but just building you up in support. His dad was like on a drive home, though. Yeah. Do you know what I mean? Your dad's always drive home. My dad used to always say to me, whatever happens in the game you're playing, you get stuck in that was my dad's advice every game yeah did you and you did well obviously try and get stuck in yeah yeah it was good yeah but I think you know like I think everyone who's kind of got to a certain level as someone it might not be their dad it could be a school teacher who's got someone who gives you the hard advice that you need and I think that was my dad's you know I'd always get in the car and it'd be like if I've played badly I know that the first question is how do you think you played today you know it's not like well done today son And then he'd let me know.

40:04But if you... Give me a bit of top. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Nice. Right, next one. Crouchy used to carry a pack of cards with witty answers to people who would mock him for his height at school. So he used to carry cards around with witty answers on for people who would mock him for his height at school. Do you think that's true? I don't know if these are true or not, by the way. Yeah, but he just said they were at school and people were giving a bit of hassle. Yeah, but he naturally had... But yeah, he had one to take it away from him. Would he have carried cards with him? I can't see you would have carried cards around with you.

40:35It's a strange thing to say. Someone's going to tease him and then he's going to pick a card out. I must admit, though, if this is not right, then there's some sick bastard over there. In the fucking production crew. You know, I'm going to say... I'm going to say yeah, because it's so weird. Yeah, I think it's weird. Is it weird? Crouch, is that true? I don't think it is true. I don't like it. That is true, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Two out of two. No. These are the Neville's cards, Crouch. I know it. I don't get it. Let me explain you. Crouchy. No, I'll tell you what, because what it was, actually someone printed them up for me, because I said in an interview once that people, when they see me, quite often if they don't know me or know where I am, they'll ask the same, and tall people in general will tell you the exact same thing.

41:19They'll go, what's the weather like up there? Oh, right. Right? Yeah, okay. Do you play basketball? And how tall are you? Right? So I just answered all three of those questions. that you're about to answer. So the minute they go, or, you know, like, what's, I'll go, boom. Right? And give them a card and it just answers all the questions.

41:40So you don't have to ask them. No, you just go like, there you go, yeah, shut up, mate.

41:46So it was, it was, it was a good way of shutting someone up who thinks they're being funny. Yes. Yeah, listen, people think they're funny, quite often, they think they're the first ever. The first to ever say, I told them, What's the weather like up there? You know, that kind of thing. Next, Mythbuster. When Rude Hullet signed for Chelsea in 1995, a young Peter Crouch was interviewed after purchasing the first Hullet shirt, though he didn't have his number on the back as it hadn't been announced. That is 100 % true. I've seen it. Have you? So Crouch was at this club shop at Chelsea buying the Hullet shirt.

42:19Well, you're definitely getting interviewed about Hullet or a shirt on. I've seen a clip of that. Ah, it's true then, Crouch. Yeah, man, I was a big Chelsea fan as a kid. and yeah I went I was a ball boy there Peter after Peter Osgood believe it or not nice yeah so yeah my dad was Chelsea in the 70s maybe watched the cup final of his leads in 70 and replay yeah Dave Webb yeah that's it yeah I mean what yeah that was that was kind of my life I had a rabbit called Kerry Dixon oh Kerry Dixon yeah I did I did I was you know and it's weird because I've not I can't get on board anymore because I play for Liverpool play for Tottenham and I've been back in some of those hot atmospheres, the semi-final, the Champions League, that kind of thing.

43:02It kind of got, I couldn't get on board with it anymore. But yeah, and I bought the Hullet shirt. That was the change. I think Matthew Harding kind of took over and we started getting players. Glenn Hoddle was the manager, played as a sweeper. Then we got Rood in and then it started going for Yali. Dimas Hayward started changing. But Hullet was, for me, the catalyst of all of that. And yeah, I've got his shirt. You'll be able to find out now, that interview. That was brilliant. Yeah, it was funny. Right, when Crouchy joined Liverpool in 2005, he stayed in a hotel while searching for a home. During training, he told his teammates he had a crush on the hotel's beautiful receptionist.

43:37Jamie Carragher encouraged him to share the story with the squad, only for Crouch to discover the receptionist was the new teammate, Xabi Alonso's wife. Oh, my God. Oh, that sounds so much worse. Is it true, Crouchy? So basically, you were getting into Xabi Alonso's wife, Crouchy. Is that a myth? that's true isn't it oh mate he's gone ready he's definitely true we're trying to bust them I'm blaming you so is that true oh well yeah basically I'm in the hotel and you know there's a lovely looking Spanish girl on reception and she's smiling all the time you know she's being really nice I'm in here she's human Peter I always thought it must be me it must be my vibe so anyway I've got might have been the astronaut right but anyway so yeah this was the case but she's only there to learn English she's she's Abbey's missus and obviously the lads knew I've only been there a week but it's Cara oh I dropped you in it Cara oh man he's gone And I'm telling him about this Spanish account.

44:53He knows full well. He knows which one it is. Because he's like, I know that. I know that. He had to get the passport off him to get in. So then he's gone, oh, yeah, lads. Crouchy's got a story here. So he's gathered all the lads around. He's got Jabby over and everything. And I've just explained it again. And then obviously they've all burst out laughing. What's Jabby like? He was good as God. He was good as God. He knew I had no chance. This episode of Stick to Football is brought to you by Skybet.

45:26Well, we're a bit messy tonight. We've just come off the watch along and... If I've seen that once, I've seen that... Once, twice... Fifteen times, sixteen times. I'm actually more flat today than I was when we got knocked out by France in the quarterfinal Qatar because we had a right go at them throughout the match. I thought it was like a sort of bit of a basketball match. I can't stand us losing like that Can we have the minutes where they made some substitutions? Yeah, come We can He made the 72 minute substitution which was Gordon coming off For who? That's the momentum Thank you That's the momentum in the game after that Yeah, but who can't What's the white?

46:05Momentum on Argentina That's momentum for England, I think It's dropped off No, sorry, hang on What's going on here? Sorry, no This is momentum for England Yeah, I didn't see it Argentina, Argentina. Argentina, yeah. Yeah, but that's not from the sub on the second, is it? Yeah, this is 72 minutes. Thank you. Right, look. Okay, yeah, yeah. Go on, go on. I know, but we... So for me, it's made substitutions, Gal, that are not attacking, they're defending. Look, the substitutions will definitely get... For a brave... Just quickly, Gal, for a manager that's been as brave as he's been, with the selections from the start, with the players that he's brought in, the selections and the substitutions he's made up to this point, was that positive, Gal, that game?

46:44Well, look at Mexico when we were 3-2. I know we were down to 10 men, but we did go back into a back five with Dan Byrne and we tried to hold on in there and protect that. Yeah, but that was 10 men. And we did. Look, the big problem for me was before we even made substitutions, we'd started to drop deep into the box before then. And, Ian, I've seen it so many times. But you know what? I know the stats. We can all get the stats. But Adrian had 28 touches in the box. England's box. How many do you think England had? only in a game of football seven and one was a goal the opposition box do we agree though up until 60 minutes that game was to be fair hours or even it was hours or even it was a struggle it was a battle you felt like we were in it I only felt that we needed a bit more pace up front so as we can get because the width on the width on the wide on the flanks I only thought that's all we needed a bit more pace up front because when we were deep Roy and we were just kicking it up and then when was we going to get control of the ball?

47:45At some stage they were going to get a grip of the game at some stage they're playing England, they're not playing Spain where Spain we saw yesterday way down so they were going to get some momentum they're chasing the game and don't forget they have the greatest player we've probably ever seen on the pitch that influences decision making you've got Messi, what are you going to do? Right, he was on the pitch in the first half No, I'm not about the second half the first half it can be cagey the first half took care of itself cagey people are afraid to make mistakes England eventually get a goal poor defender from Argentina and all of a sudden they have to take risks they're bringing on attacking players they're bringing up they're making change they're bringing on a very very good striker we could have and they've got Messi the great and you analyse England's two top guys who have been amazing had a quiet game Kane and Bellingham Messi puts a ball and what is the first thing you think of Messi What's he bringing?

48:42That foot. It's a wand. He puts a ball in with his right foot. They should have scored already from a couple of his crosses. What a cross that is. That is bringing football. I think there's two things that I saw in the last half an hour. I think the first 60 minutes, to be fair, were 1-0 up and I think we're pretty much doing a decent job. It's a struggle of a game. It's a World Cup semi-final. The minute we scored that first goal, we started to sag into our own box and drop narrow and drop deep. the second that we saw that the likes of Pickford who've been here before and seen that before against Italy in a Wembley Euros final the likes of John Stones the likes of Harry Kane the likes of Thomas Tuchel who've seen these games they have to they have to push out 5 to 10 yards and the midfield players Anderson and Rice have got to get out 5 to 10 yards So you're blaming the players?

49:29So I'm saying that you know I'm not blaming them right because I did it in games where we lost tournaments and semi-finals and quarter-finals I've been there where they were but we've had so many of these lessons, I've said it to you so many times, we dropped deep for no reason. We weren't dropping that deep before that goal. We score, and this is before Messi started coming out to the right-hand side, because that's the second bit I'll come on to. The first bit was before even Messi started coming out to the right-hand side, we dropped deep. The mistake I think he then made was that he went 5-3-2, which meant our midfield three, Messi then saw the space in these pickets.

50:00That was negative. So that was negative, and I think that's where he got it wrong. And Messi started to drop out here. He then corrected it by putting a four in midfield with Nico O 'Reilly on the left. And for some reason, he didn't just go and say to Nico O 'Reilly, I don't care whoever else is inside you. Stay with Messi when he drops outside you. Do not let him go. Man mark him. And when he comes out here, force him to go back inside. Because if he goes central, he can't cross it. The minute he's out here, he's where De Bruyne used to be. He's where Beckham used to be. He's basically putting them wicked crosses in.

50:30They're the two things I think I've seen so many times before. Listen to yourself. Listen to yourself. No, listen to yourself. Just cool your jets. I'm not killing my jets. I don't need to kill my jets on that. You know, but Messi... I know. Roy, how can you not go and just man-mark him in that channel? Do you not think teams have done that in the last 20 years? What makes them great? In that channel. What did he cross the... OK, right. If you were marking Messi and it was getting towards the end, and remember, they scored with five minutes to go. So whatever the six yard bin, the seven, England were still...

50:56No, Roy. All right, let me just finish this point. So Messi crosses with what... If you went out to him, whether it's O 'Reilly or whoever... Not out to him. I'm standing next to him so he can't get it there. I mean, football's not like that. You can't stand next to people. OK, right. Messi's out here on this side. Do you not think people have tried that? Messi's out here on this side. What you're saying, Gary, he's just got to stop that ball from getting to him. All right, it's difficult to man-mark Messi. However, you can stop him getting it in that area. So stand next to him, Nico. Right? Jed Spence as well.

51:24And make him go more... So what's happened the last 20 years? No, but what I'm saying is, Roy, that is something you can stop. So what's happened the last 20 years? All the great coaches and players have done that. Because he'll go, you can stand next to me, but I'll do a little shimmy or I'll move no no stop him getting the ball out there make him go somewhere else make him drop deeper and go into central areas but when he did eventually get it what would you say to a foot if you no no eventually when he does get it what would you say to him you're dead of course you're dead but you might go a couple of his great crosses where they should have scored early he was coming on his left so what you might eventually say to him hey show him on his right he puts him on the best crosses once he's got the ball and he's working his magic he's playing little one twos he's playing his little run and follow passing runs he's playing his right foot you're dead you're done Once he's got the ball with space, you've finished.

52:06The first goal came from a corner. The first goal came from a corner. The first goal comes from a corner. It does. So that's not to do with Messi or space. That's players switching off. I think we switched off in the middle. Of course they switched off really badly. But why do you switch off? Because your hands are on your knees, you're looking at each other and you're blowing. This episode of Stick to Football is brought to you by Skybet.

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53:39Get 40 % off by going to ground.news.com. That's ground.news.com. Again, ground.news.com. Roy, you've had a few one-on-ones develop. I've had one one-on-one develop. There was two, but I tried to... The one, the woman. Yeah, no, two, going for breakfast. Oh, that was... People on their phones, on loudspeaker, when they're having their breakfast, and you're sitting there, and they're chatting, having a proper loud conversation, and breakfast. Yeah, it was really funny. Shouting, I was like, a young girl, yeah, like, if someone rang you at breakfast, I'll ring you back in five minutes, but having the proper conversations, and also breakfast.

54:19You know, when you have a breakfast, and two or three people come in who've been to the gym.

54:26they're strut in as if like we've been to the gym we're amazing you're like you're scum because you've not been to the gym and they're sweating they've got leggings on and then they say oh don't hug me I'm sweaty and they've got a toe on their necks as if like aren't we amazing now just sit down eat your scrambled leg and they're strutting I'm like oh because they've had they went to the gym I love that I love that I'll go to the gym but then go up and have a shower but don't become in all wet and sweaty going I'm amazing you're nobody get into the gym anyone agree with that anyone I have to agree with the gym the gym one because I went to the gym I had a shower but they're struggling you see them come in there's three or four and walk and they're coming in like they're tired like but look they're like a gang warriors are coming we're the gang we're the gym gang I thought they're coming in I said we're taking over we've been to the gym we've done two minutes on the treadmill I've been to the gym oh I love it that's a good one to put in the phone Roy was trying to look at you know he's trying to get her attention but she wouldn't look Roy was trying to get attention so he could do one of those cut eye looks am I the only person if someone ever called you at breakfast you go I'm going back and fly but I'm busy I was saying Roy leave it guess what I'll have a proper conversation when everyone's around I'm loud speaker that was fun that was fun trying to get her attention should we have a little spa I mean whenever you're on yeah come on I just go on I don't hurt you what I mean hurt you I don't want you to do anything you're not warmed up are you No, just slap him in his face.

55:55No, no, no. Don't slap him. I'm like 85. You don't throw any punches. I'm not throwing any punches. That's all right. I'm 85 kilos, right? He's 79, you say? Yeah, 79. So I walk around now. This morning I was 83. So you're about to just look. I'm done. I can't win this. I can't win that just from this. You can't get close to him. No, so what I did now is, see, I'm keeping his occupied. Oh, no, no. Get on the ropes. Get on the ropes now. Oh! Oh! I'm going to read out some jokes, right? You've both got to put some water in your mouth to the top and you've got to face each other. And if you don't laugh, you just swallow it at the end and we're away and we can move on to the next bit about Ronaldo.

56:44So that's the best. How many jokes have you got? I've got five jokes. I can't spit in his face. No, but what I'm saying is he's just face each other. close you've got to be quite close yeah but now I'm spitting you turn around and spit it off no no no you've got to face each other yeah yeah that's the thing you've got to face each other put the water you might have been I've got no water left can't do it I've not used that right I've not done that there you go and what was the bet for how much was the bet I can't remember was it what did we say the bet was Nev put it in oh sorry why did you put that much in the bottle yeah it's going to be Jesus Christ put it in put it in you're going to fill it up to the top It's funny, I needed a drink of water first.

57:23Can I do one with you first? Yeah, can I just do a quick thing with you first? OK. Would I touch your lips say Coca-Cola? You've done it before, Coca-Cola. Right, let's go. Come on, let's go. How much are you putting in your mouth? Just a drop. OK. OK. These are like dad jokes, right? So you've just got to... Right, OK. No, put a bit more in your mouth. Is it only? Right, OK. What? What?

57:52I've seen this on the internet. I apologise to all the people who have ripped these jokes off, by the way.

57:59And whoever doesn't spit it out is winning, if you want me. You have to pay the back, yeah. If you both don't do it, then we're... It's better off. It's fine. OK. Ready? OK. OK. What do you call a man with a rubber toe? Roberto. OK. In Egypt they found a mummy covered in chocolate and nuts They think they found Pharaoh Rocher

58:28Did you hear about the guy who evaporated? He will be missed

58:38A woman has triplets, Tim, Tom and Tat And afterwards she goes to breastfeed them And she realises at the end because Tim and Tom are both on a buzzer meach that there's no tit for tat.

58:55Oh,

59:00God. What do you call a magician who's lost his magic? Ian. LAUGHTER LAUGHTER

59:19Do I lose as well, then? I don't know. I don't know. I think we all win. Jesus, that got me. Oh, God.

59:30It's too... Five is a lot. Five is too many jokes. I thought I had that. Look at my trousers. Oh, I think we've got a new segment of Stick to Football. I thought I had that, man. Oh, my goodness. Because he lost his magic. I thought you'd go and there's no tip. He nearly went on that one. That was a good one. That one, yeah. It was my favourite. There's another one. What do you call a man with a rubber so who's lost his car? Carlos. That's all Carlos.

1:00:00That is it. Stick to Football done for the World Cup. And how's the season? How's it been during the World Cup for the podcast? Been good? Yes. In record-breaking numbers, apparently. It's our best six weeks. Well done. Seriously. Can we say thank you to people for the... Gary, Jesus. Yeah. You say thank you to everybody. Listen, everybody, thank you very much for tuning in. It's been a tough one for us. Well, it hasn't really, has it? It's been a good, enjoyable one for us, but, like... Doing these have been good in this nice little kind of... Excuse, excuse. we should do a tour at the end to show everyone at home kind of where we are thank you very much for all the support take them outside yeah take Sean Brooklyn on that door there can we take a camera thank you very much everybody for your wonderful support we appreciate it you're the best thank you well done Ian cheers you well done well done Roy well done

1:00:58Roy you called me an egg when you said Sol Campbell have placed the most world for England did they yeah what's everyone's favourite PG rated insult I've got a couple go on what is it tool tool your weapon weapon your weapon like your weapon tool your mug your mug your mug your fucking mug like I said what's in the boundary he called you what did he say Herbert what's that yeah is that rude Herbert is that rude He called me, yeah, he called me. Remember when he was just sitting there and he said, you two Herberts. He said, you two Herberts. I was like, fuck you. What is a Herberts? The first thing he's saying to people is just an idiot.

1:01:40It's like mugs. Call us Herberts. Egg. Did you see how I said to her? I do like egg. Egg's good. I like egg. I use egg myself. Egg's a beauty. Egg's a beauty. Tool is good as well. Tool. Weapon. I like knob. You knob. I like knob. Right, clip it. Let's go. This has been a Global and the Overlap production.

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