0:00

This is the BBC. Good

0:31

morning. Now, imagine how disappointed I

0:33

was to get to the studio

0:35

today and find that the entire

0:37

place is decked out in talk

0:39

sport colours and imagery. Massive pictures

0:41

of Darren Bent, Jamie O'Hara, the

0:43

old fella who used to do soccer Saturday. I

0:46

knew, I knew we shouldn't have given

0:48

the ex-underland marketing manager a job. Never

0:50

mind. There are worse ways

0:53

of doing a show than staring into

0:55

the dreamy, doughy eyes of Alain, Brazil.

0:57

Who is on the chopping block today

0:59

then? I'll tell you. On

1:01

for a seventh appearance and looking to

1:03

extend his extraordinary record of reaching DTI

1:05

every time he's been on the show.

1:08

Only three panellists have begun their time on

1:10

Fighting Talk with longer streaks of reach than

1:13

the final stats fans. They are Bob Mills,

1:15

Richard Park and Ellis James. And a sixth

1:17

win on his seventh show would make him

1:19

the quickest ever to half a dozen wins.

1:21

Commentator and all-round nice man, Alistair Bruce Ball.

1:29

How are you, Ali? That's

1:31

too much pressure, Rick. I

1:33

don't respond well to pressure. I

1:36

just cannot see it going well now after that

1:38

big build-up. Well, I'm sorry that I've

1:40

made you crumble so early. Now, let

1:42

me ask you this genuinely. You are

1:44

such a nice man that I find it a bit

1:46

suspicious. Is there a dark

1:48

side lurking? Have you got like a plastic

1:50

lined basement or anything? Er,

1:54

no, I wouldn't go that far. Too much hesitation, Ali.

1:56

Too much hesitation. Worst

1:58

things I've done but whether we should be... Poor

6:00

old John Eustace. Yeah, he's just doing nothing. And

6:02

then I think the worst thing about it, I

6:04

don't know if you heard that his son defending

6:06

him on an Instagram voice note. What?

6:09

It came out, Kai Rooney saying like all these

6:11

things, why? What went wrong? One of them was

6:13

that the defender's hair was too long. It

6:16

was an absolute nightmare. But I think Wayne can

6:18

console himself the fact that he had Christmas off

6:20

to go and sit in a shopping centre giving

6:22

presents to kids. What the

6:25

three? Gethin, worst festive period.

6:27

I'm going to give you Matteo van

6:29

der Pol. This guy is

6:31

the very best in cyclocross, you know, like

6:33

the muddy bike racing. He's

6:36

won, I think, 35 World Cup races.

6:38

He's on a run of seven out

6:40

of seven. It's going brilliantly for him.

6:43

And then over the weekend, over

6:45

the Christmas period, he's racing in

6:48

Dutch City called Holst. Holst?

6:50

We go Holst? Oh, I'll take it. And

6:52

he's in the lead. He's

6:55

beaten everyone, as always. He's on his last lap,

6:58

enjoying as much as you can on a bike

7:00

that's really muddy, thinking I've won

7:02

again. Next thing you see, stop

7:04

spitting at the crowd. Literally,

7:07

from nowhere, spit at the crowd. Turns

7:09

out, that lap before, someone,

7:11

a fan, has thrown a cup of wee

7:13

on him. Someone else has

7:15

thrown a cup of beer at him. So

7:18

he spent the whole last lap being absolutely

7:20

furious. So for a man who's had a

7:22

brilliant 2023, it ended up being absolute disaster

7:25

and a shocking festive period

7:27

for him. I know you can't applaud

7:29

a guy flobbing at the audience, but that is

7:31

funny. Ali. Going

7:35

across the pond, Rick, we're going to chat

7:37

a bit of NFL here. NFL season is

7:39

a short season and this is a crunch

7:41

time. We're heading towards the playoffs. This is

7:43

when you need to be hitting your straps.

7:45

The Philadelphia Eagles, if I could say it

7:48

properly, Philadelphia Eagles have been doing

7:50

that up until the start of December.

7:52

They've suddenly seem to have forgotten how

7:54

to play the sport. They've lost four

7:56

of their last five games, culminating in

7:58

a shot home defeat. against the

8:00

Arizona Cardinals on New Year's Eve. They led

8:02

21-6 at the halftime, as

8:05

they say over there, ended up losing

8:07

it. It's gifted the top spot

8:09

in the NFC to the San Francisco 49ers. That

8:12

gives them a buy in the first round of

8:14

the playoffs. Home advantage throughout the playoffs, which could

8:16

be absolutely crucial, but all summed up very nicely.

8:18

I don't know if you saw the footage of

8:21

the Eagles fans. So she's got the big green

8:23

bobble hat on, it's gone viral, and she's just

8:25

standing there in the stands and she is screaming,

8:27

what the hell are you doing at a team?

8:30

And we've all felt like that about our teams,

8:33

just summed it up to a T for me. Yeah,

8:35

a lot of points lost for the accents there unfortunately.

8:39

Case it. Shame. Right, I'm

8:41

going a bit closer to home. Worst festive period.

8:43

It is, of course, Brentford's Nathan Collins, or

8:45

perhaps in general, just Brentford. Five defeats in

8:48

a row now. Now, as a Northern Brentford,

8:50

not a Northern Brentford fan, a fan in

8:52

the north who supports Brentford. I

8:54

have one game to go to on December the 27th, and

8:57

for some reason I had this feeling that for

8:59

Twixmas, every match is just in the afternoon. Turns

9:01

out it was a late kickoff. 7.30

9:03

kickoff had breakfast the next day, so I thought this

9:06

better be good. Wolves already won their lap after 13

9:08

minutes. 13 seconds later, kickoff,

9:10

laziest back pass I've ever seen. Goes

9:12

to Flecken, Quang jumps on, in the

9:15

goal. Then they go another goal up. Belegard

9:17

scored this time, another appalling clearance. Wolves 3-1

9:19

up, ends 4-1. Chance of Adrian Collins

9:21

from the Wolves fan used to play there, of course.

9:24

He wasn't much better against Palace either. Brentford now

9:26

4 points off the bottom three. So Nathan Collins

9:28

brackets Brentford. Yeah, you have an

9:30

absolute shocker there. Okay, question number two

9:32

comes from you, the listeners. And this

9:35

one comes from Ian Sargent. Hi Ian.

9:37

Hi, F. We salute you, thank

9:39

you. Now, here's your theme music.

9:44

Yeah, it's a pretty rude one, that. What

9:47

are you up to, Ian? Yeah,

9:50

I'm a credit and compliance manager. Yeah,

9:52

which... That's enough, that's enough, that's enough.

9:54

What's your question, Ian? So,

9:57

a bit of a background to the question. The

10:00

Milanese West Ham fans that for claim that

10:02

we are champions a year maybe way that

10:04

we going and I was lucky enough to

10:06

be and again unlock my son Daniel on

10:09

falsely he readies Dcs a mess the same

10:11

day when you put in the presidency some

10:13

on the radio on dogs are promised of

10:15

a shoutout are said i'm the first the

10:17

got day when I got home the following

10:20

Daves what's your run of the games Am

10:22

amazed to sync with Alice his commentary by

10:24

sounds and that's my enjoyment as a not

10:26

the source to another level. Semenya

10:29

wasn't expecting. So my question is, which

10:31

sporting events did you attend and treasure

10:33

that was made better? What's in it

10:35

Back a second time. Always a good

10:37

question or says no of them. A

10:39

listener gets a point, but I did

10:42

give you a point there. For a

10:44

doctor Allied, you remember samples start with

10:46

Alley I think. A A

10:48

nice to kind thank you very much indeed

10:50

we we add some ugly. I'm very lucky

10:52

in our profession and that we get to

10:55

witness these incredible sporting events First hands are

10:57

you are busy talking about West Ham? Fear

10:59

insane us and back at the end of

11:01

last season. I have to say mine is

11:04

actually a very easy answer here. It is

11:06

my cyber every day in twenty five years

11:08

now com and citing on school for the

11:10

Bbc. and it is the last day of

11:12

the Ryder Cup in Chicago in two thousand

11:15

and twelve, the miracle of Medina, the incredible

11:17

European combat. Inspired by the image of said

11:19

he buys arrows on the shirt. Silence in

11:21

a very rowdy home crowd in the process.

11:24

One of the last night I. Had

11:27

off the worthwhile. I'd love to sing to put his of

11:29

that one but I don't think I'll ever get. Any

11:33

comments I on the golf course you don't

11:35

get to see the entire of on August

11:37

is walking with the Justin Rose. My So

11:39

there's nothing better than coming home putting it

11:41

on reliving the entire thing up to the

11:43

crucial final malting time apart. said that will

11:46

be mine So don't say that Russia. Powered

11:48

off the goes on to pay that. Guess there

11:50

are we? Just yeah, I was super was my

11:52

i'm how about ago for a reenactment them rather

11:54

than be what's in it because takes up to

11:56

ninety ninety three. At. Norwich cities

11:58

famous victory against. By

12:00

Munich at the Olympic Stadium. Rights?

12:02

Remember what that Jeremy Ga schools

12:04

a volley the Volley Omni Molly

12:06

Well so as live in at

12:08

the time mattress Nine taps Wales

12:10

made on a different ah unenforceable

12:12

would to a couple years ago

12:14

and I go on. one of

12:16

my best mate stag deuce at

12:18

he's a massive don't know city

12:20

fans so the police hired Jeremy

12:22

Goss for the we got any

12:25

urge to wanna. We'll

12:28

rockets Olympic Stadium this. Jeremy

12:30

Gosh we all say I know when he

12:32

takes his to the exact spot where he

12:34

hit zed vault as said volley in the

12:36

back of a net where the sea bass

12:38

legs s them with ensuing hims and spin

12:41

on it and volley that as well over

12:43

our and is a lovely man and stay

12:45

with us for the whole weekend. So not

12:47

summit seen again but reenacting one of the

12:49

best moments in north City's history. So fantastic

12:51

Handsome the Madonna lead the witness area but

12:53

I think given every on points is hop

12:56

dance. I just love the idea that when

12:58

Jeremy got crap that any was like. Oh

13:00

in years to come up, it's not

13:02

as bad as. Well

13:05

made by. This

13:08

is where my lonely run kid in sport compared

13:10

to everyone else comes into Blake as have been

13:12

Sonora. It's once in a rather see cargo town

13:14

pizza and that's the closest I've ever been. So

13:17

bad for laughing at this is this is what's

13:19

mad about this is this event was so good

13:21

that I hated every second of it because it

13:23

was them or what's what's united? Be real Madrid

13:26

and think he was two thousand and three. the

13:28

one where but they call now fat. Rinaldo i

13:30

call the ot Ronaldo scored a hat trick and

13:32

got a standing ovation I was there was no

13:34

the things amazed and about the kits that black

13:37

kid that real Madrid was just amazing to this

13:39

day at second the willie well a Levy Kamali

13:41

was on the bed so remember there was loads

13:43

of their lives of will he will leave and

13:45

stuff and then we got busted and then it

13:48

was that goods the eye out for though months

13:50

in the next day I'm a double as the

13:52

city of a man in the post that's what

13:54

makes the other side are so I didn't know

13:57

I was get in a city I just went

13:59

didn't even know. Work out to bring his

14:01

have to watch said like start paying for it

14:03

was just that good. It was their lives and

14:05

and I wanted to see a dollar at five

14:07

o'clock as well cause I didn't wanna miss like

14:10

saddam warming often because I've never done a lot

14:12

of players the i you'd love gonna watch that

14:14

were my dad my dad loves to suck up

14:16

the atmosphere for minimum for oh yeah it's hundred

14:18

percent it's a cyborg forgot to get a program

14:21

as long a i specific riding around every gonna

14:23

get early Kaprow got is a lot of for

14:25

for com case his. Ongoing sentimental hair

14:27

on taking you back to London. Twenty

14:29

twelve my home town the best see

14:31

weeks of my lights and I was

14:33

there the day the casting brains out

14:35

on her fourth of had finally get

14:37

high gold medal in the rowing I

14:39

was part of eats into any rule

14:41

out of frogs appears let's slow and

14:43

and then I watched that the series

14:45

is one pm sent on the never

14:47

have a new and second I mean

14:49

if you what's in the late ninety

14:51

seven percent of the race you have

14:53

no idea what's going on. Is that

14:56

glory on. It's on in a lovely guess

14:58

in inside reenactment full circle moment. I now

15:00

work on the road coverage on the B

15:02

C with her all angle every. Time.

15:05

That's pretty girls. I mean am I

15:07

right for the chances are you going

15:09

to get the points to a sausage.

15:11

Thank you The rally already am an

15:13

amp as a muslim like the gulf

15:15

or think guess he's gonna do it

15:17

with the yeah it's best to make

15:19

you left me to take a bullet

15:21

chewing gum with a joint your partner

15:23

fisherman a success success idea switch. it

15:26

actually gets army on the so. I

15:29

think you might be forgiven if he wasn't about

15:31

if he wasn't about no rights record uploader and

15:33

then I switch man. Is describing your social

15:35

causes us? Ah thanks very much

15:37

a an advocate Date stairs and

15:39

you are all right. Question number

15:42

three on us. A topic everyone's

15:44

been obsessed with all week. This

15:46

allegedly young man. Was. He

15:48

learned about yourself this week. Anything new? Keep.

15:50

Composed of ago to free know.

15:54

Know. Nerves zone is feel nervous. As

15:56

for davey. May. Be a

15:58

field nerves for the next Thoughts. The News

16:00

bull. The. Show is just as a free

16:02

hit for myself when. I got to

16:04

the final yes he did cover this guy

16:06

Johnny was notice that I sixteen year I

16:09

was absolutely no wonder you had to say

16:11

Max If I'm at the dock us about

16:13

the extraordinary of a i say something on

16:15

a date night this will make it into

16:18

so that may my friends it has been

16:20

caught. Him leg larger older ah Ff Ff

16:22

as it hits little less than a half

16:24

a you know. If he wins in twenty years,

16:27

He'll. Beat Sassy Sex. With

16:29

her or Willie com. I'll

16:32

bet his story how that

16:34

Selectman captivated a nice in

16:36

a smash records the Alley

16:38

pally bots As a cautionary

16:40

tale, who are the sports

16:42

people who peaked in that

16:44

seems? Danny. And not just

16:46

didn't seem to can all get this

16:48

guy peaked in one game it says

16:50

Federico Macheda Save Oh my god oh

16:52

yes. Scored a goal against Villa to

16:54

some for making three to to lose

16:56

very poisons a tight race against Liverpool

16:58

at to win the league That yeah

17:00

Anna is a great goal as well.

17:02

Okay I'm on sorts of his legs

17:04

and I'm Benson the far corner and

17:06

then went on some other career that

17:08

spanned some know your unload Qpr on

17:10

loan stop the alone Doncaster on loan

17:13

from and them alone Cardiff alone Forest

17:15

on loan on. Navarro grew up as

17:17

only realizing how far he is available to

17:19

appear on strike the Some. Cases.

17:24

Where. I'm going into the world of

17:26

athletics and li thankful Jody! Really?

17:29

And media points he. Was yes rings

17:31

and protesting and senior level another

17:33

so tense or well simply because

17:36

she did not talking a British.

17:38

He recalled how the over sixty

17:40

meters hundred two hundred seven years.

17:43

Unbeaten descended. You think? It's

17:46

see the penises met before dinner at us now.

17:49

And then the injuries hates you just never

17:51

really got to the top top heights switched

17:53

afford to meet has recently psychotic me by

17:55

kind of why you would see that hormone

17:57

and and she says she's retiring after promised

17:59

me. Yeah, it's really sad. It was

18:01

so good. Turn to darts. Get

18:05

it. You may have heard of

18:07

a Brazilian footballer called Curlon. At

18:10

the time, best player, everyone

18:12

was saying, top goalscorer in the 2005 South American

18:14

Under-17s. And

18:17

he was famous for one thing. He

18:20

used to balance the ball on his head and

18:22

then run around with it. And he

18:24

thought, this guy's got some real talent in the

18:26

future. The problem is, everyone else

18:28

hated it. So every time you put the ball

18:30

on his head and run around the pitch, everyone

18:32

just tried to kick the living day lights out

18:34

of him. And you can't find anything

18:37

about him since he was 18. That's it.

18:39

He was done. He could have been the

18:41

next Ronaldo, your Ronaldo, 4G Ronaldo. He could

18:43

have been the next Z Coppelli. But

18:46

it failed because he had one skill.

18:48

You can't expect anyone to react any

18:50

other way. No. Can you? Yeah. That's

18:52

infuriating. It would be annoying. Yeah, I'm

18:54

going to see you, Makeda, and I'm

18:56

going to see you, Curlon, and I'm

18:58

going to raise you a Freddy Ado.

19:01

Much Ado about nothing would be extremely harsh

19:03

and totally unoriginal. Must have been used before,

19:05

but it's fighting talk, so let's go with

19:07

it. This was the kid, Freddy Ado, whose

19:09

incredible football skills, we're talking sort of early

19:12

2000s. You know, his

19:14

showreel popped up all over the internet and

19:16

it saw him curse with the moniker,

19:18

The Next Palais. I mean, as soon as you

19:20

get the next Palais, that is impossible to live

19:22

up to. Sure enough, he didn't manage it. Youngest

19:25

player to appear in the MLS, it started brilliantly.

19:27

Youngest goal scorer in the MLS. Youngest to be

19:29

clapped by the national team. The American national team.

19:31

A trial with Manchester United. The world at his

19:33

very talented feet. Moved to Ben Fica, aged 18.

19:36

And after that, a bit like Danny was

19:39

saying with Makeda, 15 different teams in nine

19:41

different countries ended up in the Swedish third

19:43

division. Sad stories all round. Let's check in

19:45

with the scores.

19:48

Now that... Oh, I don't know how you're training so

19:50

far. Oh, maybe I've added it up wrong. It's okay.

19:53

ABB, you are in last on eight, mainly because of

19:55

the accents. Danny and

19:57

Casey tied on 10. Yet

20:00

been great for had made me thanks to Jeremy

20:02

Got such like that They are. Going

20:05

on and obviously. Out

20:08

over to his army and semester sort

20:10

of hundred other. I guess he got

20:12

fourteen. Wow, I'm or I'm speaking of

20:14

phenomenal teenagers. Do you remember when a

20:16

nice digs what he meant to them?

20:18

Wayne Rooney outside for prostate was sacked

20:21

Bob Mm cities week after thirteen weeks

20:23

as manager and what can only really

20:25

be described as a total failure to

20:27

confirm the playoff position stay relegation candidates

20:29

Sahu all. The other undeniably brilliant footballers who

20:31

couldn't do it in the dugout aren't going

20:34

to warn you. Done if you say guy

20:36

never I'm just gonna keep didn't have points

20:38

and say stop talking so. They. Do

20:40

that what you help us casey. Armed

20:43

and satellites and of course one of the

20:45

past the Germany as as a pretty. Alarming

20:47

it off sense because the Ninety

20:50

Nine Great Guy couldn't really. See:

20:52

lives in the dugout all I am

20:54

public. Key points from a Cb hungry

20:56

job: see: Thousand Three Paucity Thousand Six

20:58

local qualifying failed Bulgaria toss and year

21:00

a qualifying failed my favorite size athletic

21:02

type irony, irony and sam that a

21:04

guy with in Brazil as much as

21:06

much as his son veins and he

21:08

quit went missing the T weeks taxes

21:10

resignation didn't pull the returning to pick

21:12

up his belongings and run up a

21:14

five thousand till the same dell. Taxes

21:17

owed Scope ah guess and ah but

21:19

some he said football but I've gone

21:21

ice hockey but it is away And

21:24

Wayne Gretzky known as the Great One

21:26

I he was known as many the

21:28

great decides hockey player will time by

21:31

sports writers and the Nhl itself. leading

21:33

career goal scorer at most assists and

21:35

point scorer in Nhl history. Only Nhl

21:37

player to toll over to the point

21:40

and when see to needed that four

21:42

times. Sixty one records at when he

21:44

finished a Hall of Famer Sues. Decent

21:46

on the ice and then he started comes. Analysts

21:49

have exams. Yes, the sleeper a pillar was

21:51

all for memory. Yeah, He

21:54

was upon owner the Phoenix Coyotes. It went

21:56

from bad to worse. they went bankrupt. He

21:58

tried again in the oil. Then just become

22:00

a pundit like I've never. Testified in

22:02

carry that was always going to die line at an.

22:05

Alley. See. A

22:07

risky one rig given your allegiance is

22:10

John Barnes. I absolutely loved John Barnes.

22:12

Supplier: amazing goal with American are Watford,

22:14

Liverpool, etc etc. But club management. Twenty

22:17

nine games at Celtic. It ended with

22:19

a famous kept defeat against Inverness Caledonian

22:21

Thistle. The headline of course an excuse

22:24

to get it out there. Super Cali.

22:26

Go ballistic Celtic. They're atrocious. Fourteen games

22:28

in charge of primarily one, ten of

22:31

those ending in defeat. Fabulous football Us

22:33

manager? not so much. Yep to start,

22:35

so say the presents. And arguably

22:38

casey. I have

22:40

on said. Yeah, see how it is stuck in your

22:42

okay you're okay into an. Athletic

22:45

of her. Paradise is where you know

22:47

it's signed a. Club us

22:49

and from by the way or

22:51

a matter of of mobile around

22:53

with give you a point for

22:55

the what a terrible player Bulgari

22:57

number one hundred Further cool effort

22:59

into a criminal and ah I

23:01

heard surface So mine is arguably

23:03

the greatest player that this country

23:05

has produced. Sir Robert Tall and

23:08

once a player will cut when

23:10

I start to have him over

23:12

that just over the river or

23:14

whatever body a war that is

23:16

an amazing player united legend, terrible

23:18

manager. Eggs in the dogo at Preston

23:20

at so come down he got relegated with

23:22

Preston which is attorneys lots of free or

23:24

not but it sounds bad them into some

23:26

on it's windy Last oh is I would

23:28

have been an absolute nightmare enough to prop

23:30

up on at the moment is worse. Jack

23:32

his brother got promoted with Middlesborough that year

23:34

so that's probably the only year where Jack

23:37

was at the Christmas table light with a

23:39

big been a smile on his of us

23:41

are okay going to squeeze one question and

23:43

before we go to the news was like

23:45

to be quick so common person or five.

23:47

Last time I gave us some. lovely new

23:49

year's eve during figures in a tweets

23:51

he said at twenty nine thousand brits

23:53

are in the new year watching sky

23:55

sports news at seventy one thousand wrong

23:57

in the new you midnight what's your

23:59

vintage episode of Bullseye on

24:01

Challenge. So basically, we like sport.

24:03

But what was your festive sporting consumption or

24:06

where were you at midnight on New Year's

24:08

Eve? Just in a line or two, I'm

24:10

guessing. It's a tradition, Welsh rugby, Derby's Cardiff,

24:12

Osprey's, trying to get the crowds in at

24:14

the Brouwfield and Regen, it's an awful pitch.

24:16

It was so bad that the outside off

24:18

tried kicking off and he missed the ball

24:20

because he's trying to drop kick it. 50-22

24:23

in Rugby Union is now a massive attacking weapon. Couldn't

24:25

do it, he kicked the ball, stopping the mud, it

24:27

just wouldn't bounce. And then halfway through the second half,

24:30

Rhys Carrey, prop came on, ginger

24:32

guy, really, really wiped and Sean Holly gave the line

24:34

of the day, we went, that reminds me, I must

24:36

get some milk on the way home. I

24:40

couldn't understand any of the technical rugby stuff, I'll

24:42

be honest. But I was imagining you watching it

24:44

with about 1200 other Joneses. Danny. I didn't watch

24:46

a lot of live sport this festive period, but

24:48

the one game I did see, it wasn't live,

24:50

it was a recording. It's arguably the game with

24:52

the most at stake that there's ever been. It

24:55

was the Toon Squad versus the Monstars for

24:57

the state of the universe in the film

24:59

Space Jam. That's literally the only sport I

25:01

saw over the festive period. I've been very

25:04

busy with my small child. Very nice to

25:06

see that it wasn't live. Katie. I had

25:08

a whole answer plan, but

25:11

we don't have time. We're a dance crazy family. I

25:13

was on holiday in the foothills of the Pyrenees, coincidentally

25:16

where the teenager Alex Batty was found

25:18

in Revell. You know, myself

25:20

and my family are very competitive. Basically, myself

25:22

and my dad did a race up the

25:24

Pyrenees, essentially accidentally stumbled across a kennels that

25:26

was breeding guard dogs. There was a guy

25:28

shouting at me. I didn't know what he

25:30

was saying. I just thought the dogs were

25:32

going to eat me. I won the race.

25:34

And I feel like we're going to that

25:36

in the podcast extra, actually, because that's completely

25:38

insane. Ali. Rick,

25:41

mind about playing sport rather than watching sport

25:43

or actually not being allowed to play sport.

25:45

I'm a frustrated festive sportsman. My family too

25:47

embarrassed to play pickleball with me. Do you

25:49

know what pickleball is? Yes, I do. It's

25:51

good, isn't it? It's a sort of feeble

25:53

version of paddle and they're just too embarrassed.

25:55

It's like paddle's bad cousin, right? Yeah,

25:58

that's right. Normally your kids are so to you

26:00

come on come and play come and play come and play but it was

26:02

me saying to them come and play they wouldn't come and play well

26:05

that's heartbreaking for you but you did get a point

26:07

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27:05

back to fighting talk welcome back to everyone

27:07

listening welcome back to alie bruce paul captain

27:09

jones katie smith and danny mclaughlin let's take

27:11

a little peek into the past then shall

27:13

we on this day in fighting talk history

27:16

the sixth of january 2007 gabby logan hosted

27:18

for the second show in

27:20

a row fifth time overall a classic panel

27:22

included former palace and spurs defender gario riley

27:24

make his 11th appearance for shall be first

27:27

win the month before and will buckley who

27:29

had finally agreed to sell the house at

27:31

the longer years mart watson beat steve bunt

27:33

in dti for his second fighting talk win

27:35

no meme beat that and then six years ago on the

27:37

sixth of january 2018 50th and to date

27:41

last appearance of former palace and spurs

27:43

defender gario riley caroline barker and martin

27:45

kelner also on a strong panel ian

27:47

sturling defeated the mk don in dti

27:49

and for the fighting talk nostalgia out

27:51

there uh mentioned the former palace and

27:54

spurs defender will probably make them think

27:56

of this let's hear

27:58

for gario riley Oh,

28:00

ladies! Gary

28:05

is now living in America, with

28:08

all of those ladies, and doing podcasts.

28:10

It's safe to say he has gone on to

28:12

better things. Game changer time,

28:15

five points for one of you, none for the

28:17

rest. You called this in your intro, actually, Ali.

28:20

You have crumbled. You are way behind at the

28:22

moment. You got 13 points. Danny and Katie on

28:24

16, getting out in the lead on 19, with

28:28

Jeremy Goss smiling upon him. Now,

28:31

Gethin, Welsh Rugby Union chairman Richard Collier-Keywood

28:33

has promised things will change in 2024,

28:36

after admitting that 2023 has been

28:39

a year to forget. But on

28:41

fighting talk in one year's time, who will we

28:43

be quoting as saying 2024 has been a year

28:45

to forget? I'll

28:48

start with you, Ali. I'd like to say

28:50

Julian Nagelsmann, but I know if I do

28:52

that, Germany will actually perform really well at

28:54

the Euros they're hosting next summer. So I

28:56

don't want to put the sort of reverse

28:58

kiss of death on that. So what I'm

29:00

going to say is the producers of the

29:02

drive to survive documentary on Netflix, trying to

29:04

make something watchable and entertaining out of Max

29:06

Verstappen winning every single blooming Formula One race

29:08

there is. He won 19 out of 22

29:11

last season, total domination, total admiration from

29:13

me for the skill, the courage, etc,

29:15

etc. Total turn off.

29:18

You have to forget. Just such a

29:20

poor fest. Gethin, did you not

29:22

change Max's name on fighting talk recently to

29:24

a better name of Max? Well, I mean,

29:26

I didn't. It was Alex Hartley

29:28

who I think genuinely thought he was called Max

29:30

Verstrappen. And then revealed

29:33

she had quite severe dyslexia after and

29:35

it felt quite bad. And then it felt less funny. So

29:38

thanks for bringing it up, Gethin. So

29:41

it was the chairman of the Welsh Rugby Union who said 2023 was

29:45

a year to forget. Who's going to be saying it in

29:47

2024? Probably the chairman of

29:49

the Welsh Rugby Union again. And

29:51

it's just dire at the moment, Welsh Rugby, you

29:53

know, it's like we get the fancy internationals. We

29:55

celebrate it if we lose by 20 points. That

29:57

was brought up in the 80s and 90s. What

32:00

a good answers there. I think, I mean get into

32:02

putting on my heartstrings a little bit, but I think

32:04

I'm going to give it to Danny. Yeah

32:07

I am. I'm going to give it to Danny.

32:09

Five points Danny. I think you're absolutely banged and

32:11

I think Tyson Fury could have an absolute shocker

32:14

of a year this year. Next

32:16

topic then revolves around

32:18

this. What is the best way to get a show? As

32:26

every BBC show is actually contractually obliged

32:28

to mention it, the traitor is back.

32:31

Or as producer Simon wrote in the script,

32:33

traitor is back on TV. Sometime

32:35

nowish, BBC One, I play, you know the

32:37

drill. But who panel, you will have

32:39

guessed this, is sports greatest

32:42

traitor. Danny, I'm

32:45

going with Alan Smith

32:47

of Leeds United originally.

32:49

Oh yeah. Said

32:51

he'd never played for Manchester United, we hate

32:53

that lot across the Pennines, all

32:56

this. And he was, you could see the

32:58

hate in his face for United when he

33:00

played, he loved Leeds so much. Leeds get

33:02

relegated, bit of a fire sale, who ends

33:05

up at United? Alan Smith. What a guy.

33:07

Yeah it's beautiful that. Casey. I'm

33:09

going down a slightly different track, but we're

33:12

going Lance Armstrong here. So seven Tour de

33:14

France victories in his time, doped

33:16

in every single one. Denied it for years

33:18

and years. I'm 100% faithful he cried. Did

33:22

we believe him? We weren't sure. He was utterly

33:24

ruthless. He turned on other teams, he turned on

33:26

his own team, he turned on the media. He

33:28

was a self-professed bully, then he admitted it all

33:31

and he betrayed the fans and other people who'd

33:33

gone through. Hands down, he would

33:35

win in a Scottish castle with Claudia

33:37

Wigman there, but

33:45

in the real world, we're having none of it. I've

33:47

got to say it'd be a phenomenal booking for a

33:49

celebrity version wouldn't it? Gethin. I'm

33:51

staying with rugby because let's face it, it

33:53

is the right shape ball. Eddie

33:56

Jones. Eddie Jones. off

34:01

Australia 2003 woke up fine we all

34:03

know that then he went to Japan

34:05

then he goes to England and

34:08

then he leaves England and then he's with Australia

34:10

he has a terrible World Cup with Australia and

34:12

the whole time he's saying no I am not

34:14

joining Japan rumor mill started no I yep no

34:16

I know my wife lives in Japan but I'm

34:19

definitely not going to sign with Japan finish

34:21

the World Cup get beaten by Wells just had

34:23

that bit in and then he signs

34:25

for Japan and started his job just a couple

34:28

of days ago but you know what I think

34:30

he'd be quite pleased with the fact we called

34:32

him a traitor because he loves a bit of

34:34

yeah he thrives on does he loves it Ali

34:37

back to football I mean it's so right for

34:39

this because it's so tribal and I was tempted

34:41

to go Luis Figo because if you've got Barcelona

34:43

fans throwing a seven-piece during a game if you

34:46

want to the documentary you know the feelings about

34:48

the thing it's really good no

34:50

sort of right deep dive into the whole

34:53

on the list it is excellent but listen

34:56

we're not going figure because I

34:58

still don't think that beats how the Tottenham

35:00

fans feel about soul Campbell and his move

35:02

to our in 2001 on a free transfer

35:04

as well just to rub salt into an

35:07

already gaping wound he'd been at Tottenham since

35:09

he was 14 he was the club's boss player

35:11

he publicly said he would never join Arsenal I

35:14

know on his return to white heart lane as

35:16

an Arsenal player Ray Parler describes that game as

35:18

the scariest game he ever played in riot

35:20

police out in full force team bus getting

35:22

belt up ultimately plates cans coined balloons with

35:24

Judas written on them released by the Tottenham

35:26

fans as the teams came out of the

35:28

tunnel top of hands will never ever ever

35:31

ever forgive him for that yeah

35:33

I mean balloons not the most threatening thing I've ever

35:35

had but the fight back I think starts here a

35:37

baby you're back in touch come on

35:39

all to play for now this week's

35:42

obligatory VAR question after losing

35:44

the old firm clash with Celtic Rangers asked

35:46

for the audio to be released and have

35:48

a decision to I want this loud goal

35:51

it was not give a penalty wasn't it

35:53

so what audio from a sporting moment do

35:55

you wish was recorded so you could have

35:57

heard it Casey well Ali's slightly

36:00

mention this already but I'm taking us back

36:02

to the days when Formula One was exciting.

36:06

2015 Hamilton against Rosberg once childhood friend

36:08

now teammates at Mercedes and mortal enemies

36:10

they hate each other it's the US

36:12

Grand Prix and a mistake from Rosberg

36:14

gives Hamilton the title and then we

36:16

have caps back I don't know if

36:18

you remember this and the cameras were

36:21

on so there were nowhere. Hamilton throws

36:23

the second place cap to Rosberg he

36:25

throws it back with Ben and then

36:27

we have the podium celebration and Rosberg

36:29

having none of it the champagne is not straight

36:31

and they knew the cameras were on them and what

36:33

I wish I could see was I wish I could

36:36

be a fly on the wall in the team debris

36:38

after a total wall trying to calm them down and

36:40

I just think for fun why don't we throw Gunther

36:42

Steiner in there as well just to see what happens

36:44

to the ball. Always throw Gunther in,

36:46

always. Makes everything better. Danny again

36:50

we're going from players that played for

36:52

Leeds and Manchester United I'm going from

36:54

this where I want to be is

36:57

in the changing room at Selhurst Park

36:59

after Eric Cantona the greatest

37:01

ever French footballer has leapt over the

37:03

stands to kick a man for merely

37:05

saying off off off Cantona it is

37:08

an early shower for you. I

37:11

want to be in that changing room only because

37:13

it spawns one of the greatest football anecdotes of

37:15

all time of Alex Ferguson the

37:17

greatest football manager of all time going through

37:19

the players saying uh Palestine you can't do

37:21

that you've got to win others Lee Sharpe

37:23

I can't believe you played him on side

37:25

chewed out everyone everyone's waiting to see what

37:27

he says to Eric Cantona who's just literally

37:30

kicked someone's head off and he says

37:32

oh Eric you can't be doing

37:34

things like that. And I know

37:36

that's favourite. Ali.

37:41

Yeah in a craven attempt to try and continue this fight

37:43

back I think this is the best question I've ever been

37:45

asked on fighting talk. No.

37:47

Okay. I think there are so

37:50

many brilliantly specific examples you could

37:52

go for here and Danny's Danny's

37:54

picked one of them. I'm actually

37:57

going to go generic here Rick.

38:00

I'm going to talk about Brian Clough. Brian Clough,

38:03

genius, maverick, superb orator and motivator

38:05

and I don't want to be

38:07

a specific team talk of his,

38:10

ahead of a European Cup final. I want to

38:12

be there for a random one, for half time

38:14

against Birmingham in the old Division I in the

38:16

70s because you just never know when the magic

38:19

might come. I'd almost want him to be sort

38:21

of on the Truman Show, just having miked up

38:23

all the time Brian Clough and just listening. Yeah,

38:26

I mean I'm watching that. Well

38:28

documented, I've never been in contention at

38:30

a fighting talk before. I'm noticing that rugby gets

38:32

no points so far. So I'm going to go

38:35

football and more specific I might say Man United

38:37

because this is a conversation I'd like to hear.

38:39

You obviously watch the Netflix documentary, the Beckham one,

38:41

I dare doing that. Alastair hasn't watched it because

38:43

he hasn't got Netflix, we've established that too. And

38:46

about Fergie accusing Beckham of taking

38:48

his eye off the game because

38:50

of his celebrity status, meeting

38:53

Posh Spice, turns out the night

38:55

before the treble, the

38:58

European final of the treble year, Edwards

39:00

has a conversation with Ferguson, says to him,

39:02

you're taking your eye off the Alastair Bruce

39:05

Ball and enjoying your celebrity status too much

39:07

too. So the night before that final in

39:09

Europe, Ferguson almost quit United, lucky he didn't

39:11

because he went on to a bit more

39:14

successful after that. Yeah, I

39:16

didn't like the Alastair Bruce Ball bit there.

39:19

I'm desperate now. I've

39:22

got to say, let's have a little look

39:24

at the scores because ABB you are, I

39:27

mean you're in touching distance now, you're on

39:29

21, Casey's on 23, Gethin

39:31

and Danny tied together on 27.

39:33

It's nice and tight. Man

39:36

United thing. If

39:39

you've mentioned Leeds as well, you'd be ahead. Gary

39:42

Neville. That's

39:44

a show. Danny and the Leeds now

39:47

just by one point. You'll all know

39:49

this already, this is National Smith Day.

39:52

In your celebration of all of those with

39:54

one of the loudest most traditional names dating

39:56

back to 1994, not the name, the celebration.

40:00

We have one on the panel

40:02

but besides her who is

40:04

sports greatest Smith and I'm gonna give you all a

40:07

helping hand here by saying that if

40:09

you say Steve Smith the Australian cricketer you'll

40:11

get no points but if you say Steve

40:13

Smith the scouts high jumper you'll get loads of

40:15

points. Oh he was great dreamer him. Danny.

40:22

I don't know if you've heard of a player called

40:25

Alan Smith. As

40:28

a United fan he might be

40:31

the greatest ever Smith for saying that he would never

40:33

play for the club he loves Leeds and then there

40:35

was a fire sale at Leeds and he was straight

40:37

over the Pennines callbacks it's

40:39

what we call it in comedy. Yeah I know

40:41

what it is. I didn't enjoy it,

40:44

let me give you any points. Katie.

40:47

I'm going with Tommy Smith won the 200 meters

40:49

1968 Olympics Mexico City and of

40:52

course it led to the iconic black

40:54

power salute on the podium faced so

40:56

much backlash after that he was ostracized

40:58

along with John Carlos as well and

41:01

people forget people forget sorry Peter Norman

41:03

from Australia finished second and also part

41:05

of that as well. Yeah

41:07

that was a proper answer and you could

41:10

learn a bit from that. Not to be

41:12

confused with Peter Norberg who actually lost the

41:14

surname game in Wales that time. And they

41:16

are actually awkward Peter Norberg as well. Thousands

41:20

of them, not quite enough. Ali.

41:24

Probably the second best question

41:26

I've ever been asked on

41:29

this show Rick. Still no?

41:31

But I love your persistence.

41:35

So many to choose from here but quite

41:37

simply Stan. Stan Smith

41:39

great tennis great cash but

41:41

most of all great trainers.

41:45

It's beautiful. Simple but beautiful. Gethin.

41:48

Only one for me. Davey Boy

41:50

Smith the British Bulldog himself. He

41:52

had braids as a white man

41:54

before that was a cool thing.

41:57

Brilliant. I don't know if that is a cool thing. I

42:00

don't think that's a cool thing now.

42:03

I don't think it's a cool thing, yeah. I love the

42:05

fact he's a British baller as well. Boring Galbourn, he lives

42:07

in Canada all his life, but he's the British baller, don't

42:09

you believe me? I hate

42:11

that hair. Alright, Storm Henk has

42:13

swept through the country wreaking havoc.

42:15

The Storms have given human names

42:17

to help raise awareness. So we

42:19

want to give the next one

42:21

a sporting moniker. So it's going

42:23

to have to begin with, it goes alphabetical, so it's going to begin with

42:25

an I. Who are you

42:28

naming the next Storm after? Ali?

42:32

Storm Ibra after Zlatan

42:35

Ibra Himovic. The man himself

42:38

is a Storm, the only rider I'm putting on

42:40

this. For his purposes,

42:42

this has to be a proper Storm, a

42:44

dramatic Storm, a majestic Storm, because if it

42:46

isn't, he's disowning it and we'll have to

42:48

find another name. Storm Ibra, it's a

42:51

big one. Get it? Storm Ivan. Ivan

42:53

Lendl, all you have to do is

42:55

serve underarm to him and just see

42:57

him kick off. I

43:01

hoped you were going to say Ivan Isavic, but Storm

43:03

Ivan is also good. Katie? No, I thought

43:05

Ibra Himovic, I did think that, I contemplated

43:07

it, but there is literally only one answer

43:09

to this. The Storm is brewing, his name

43:11

is Ivan. It's Ivan Tony, it's two weeks

43:14

till he's back playing in the Premier League,

43:16

and it's going to be a Storm that's

43:18

going to last till May, it's going to

43:20

include a lot of ferocious pace, power, penalty

43:22

scores, and maybe, just maybe, it might be

43:24

a Storm that drifts its way across Europe

43:27

and lands in Germany in June. It

43:29

could be, Danny. I want

43:31

it to be noted that I'm going to pick

43:33

a woman's name, because the Storms have to alternate

43:35

in woman's name and men's name, so with this

43:37

one being a man, the next one should be

43:40

a lady's name. So I'm going to go with...

43:42

Not a lot of time in your hands recently.

43:44

Yeah, well I just know stuff. Is

43:46

she called Alan? Ian

43:49

Smith, no. I

43:53

guess Swajac, I can't say it. It's

43:55

Beyonce. Yeah, her, the Polish tennis player.

43:57

You've got to be able to say the name in a

43:59

bit. I

46:00

wasn't born yesterday, I'm not Jesus. So,

46:03

but the worst thing is the guy looked at

46:05

me and just accepted it. So

46:08

for the whole meal, I'm just looking at it and

46:10

eating my food and looking at the food. Are you

46:12

enjoying that, yeah? Of course, it's much nicer than what

46:14

you all did. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Eight quid. Oh,

46:18

it's human. But a little Christmas treat from you to

46:20

him. Yeah, I don't care. I want it back. Shall

46:23

we open and give him your back? Well, it's pretty

46:25

good. I mean, that was a proper outfit, so

46:27

you're going to have to be quick. And Danny is way out

46:29

in the lead now, I'm guessing. So I was telling you earlier,

46:31

I want to tag you. My mate's tagged you. His name's Brucie.

46:34

It involved Jeremy Goss and Norwich City. I

46:36

am furious with him at the moment, linked with Alexa.

46:39

When technology works, it's brilliant. When it doesn't, it's

46:42

a nightmare. Brucie is a technical genius, right? So

46:44

he comes over my house because for some

46:46

reason, my lights are connected to the Alexa and the

46:49

music and everything else. But every night,

46:51

I go to bed and he's told me to say, goodnight,

46:53

Alexa. And it turns off the music and

46:55

the lights. The problem is, he also has

46:57

the password to my account. So every day on the

46:59

way home on the tram, he changes it. He

47:02

changes the words and he changes the music. So

47:05

I love this guy. Last

47:07

night, last night, I say, goodnight,

47:09

Alexa. Alexa, goodnight.

47:12

Night, Gessin. You are amazing.

47:15

Your mates think you're a bit of a bell. But deep

47:18

down, they know you're a world class maid. Sometimes,

47:22

sleep tight. I'll protect you from the

47:24

badger man. I'm

47:26

264. This

47:30

is me walking up the stairs to

47:32

bed for this music. Not

47:35

knowing how to stop it. I've

47:38

never known anyone bring their own

47:40

audio file. I've got to respect

47:43

that. And also, I really

47:45

respect Brucie. Brucie's a great guy. Is

47:47

Brucie available for fighting talk? If

47:50

we can't get gospel, get Brucie. Katie. Right,

47:54

I've been on a plane recently flying

47:56

back from France. And what Really

47:59

grinds my gears... the moment or

48:01

just ever in general, is the

48:03

moment the plane touches down. wheels

48:05

on ground, you're out the sky

48:08

and everybody stands. That's. May also

48:10

Monday I along with a cell.

48:14

Phone so ready for a Super Bowl! So sorry

48:16

for to say. They stopped selling.

48:18

Things are the overhead love. You know, off

48:20

a Gamestop? Yeah, I mean I'm also

48:23

a supposition the Were was so you

48:25

know that reason. For

48:28

your amazing we'll. Vote

48:30

on from the friends all we know

48:32

that opening the back to casino the

48:34

to make were in I'll thirty two

48:36

You'll get asked when the kids leave

48:39

since our savior see bass and outweigh

48:41

it's and and I will purposely moves

48:43

slower. Is used to us as

48:45

was educated. Direct is almost all of

48:47

that directly act as businesses real rage

48:49

and arise a half of alley. Selfish

48:52

parking brake really gets my goat people

48:54

who drive posh Charles a very precious

48:56

about them and they'll park across two

48:58

spaces in a public telephone. Get him

49:01

as a base and I do that.

49:03

Don't put your camera or anywhere near

49:05

us anywhere near my talk as if

49:07

as if I can't open a todo

49:09

without smashing into other thought of i

49:12

will deliberately don't talk tightly across. Half

49:14

apart and spices to make it

49:16

awkward for that person to get

49:19

back to. Max Office is all

49:21

wrong or love love the South

49:23

Side where are all right? Awesome

49:26

x than any other businesses are.

49:28

We have our final scores on

49:30

they are as follows: A prepaid

49:33

it wasn't quite a mouthful see

49:35

for case a respectable Xavier also

49:37

on thirty fourth guess a nice

49:40

do not know how this is

49:42

awkward he got from. Five

49:44

Danny Thirty six. Which means Danny

49:46

And guess I'm guessing the guess

49:49

is no For never been Mr.

49:51

Joyce's and a year rest is

49:53

where he made his ah you

49:55

go into the had to has

49:58

defend indefensible. It's a ridiculous. When

50:00

you have you on my my

50:02

how much it hurts to buy

50:04

say i I mean you. Sunny.

50:07

He scored the most points. So you

50:10

go fast so I have no other

50:12

way so him. I've never been to

50:14

the Says before. Yes, it will retain

50:16

listener size. son. you've got twenty seconds

50:18

on this now that is in charge

50:21

of same affairs. Certain reckless sister himself.

50:23

A sense a half of weekend on

50:25

Monday? Oh yeah, Billie. but The Mcguire,

50:27

for a start, looks more mobile, is

50:30

more agile, is probably Citizen Bahram. Even

50:32

always decrepit, he could probably put a

50:34

couple of days together. Is it

50:36

is a threat from set pieces he bisexual

50:38

for like is a sticky Mohan corner never

50:41

to be Not a fruit. A few in

50:43

the roof Early nineties, nineteen overseas or yeah

50:45

fancies. Got gray hair. looks like a

50:47

settler. I mean

50:49

amazingly, our upcoming Saturday may have been

50:51

arrested if it if I guess I

50:54

saw a serious her mouth or surface

50:56

I guess. Yeah, you've got twenty seconds

50:58

on. Give me a years of

51:00

practice and I could easily when the Ptc

51:02

well.something ship this makes me think of Matty

51:04

Scientists had any we do in a thousand

51:07

hours of are plenty of practice. In fact

51:09

I failed my A levels purely because I

51:11

love.so much absolute little A can happen to

51:13

anyone. I'm actually sixteen years of a to

51:15

them if you know that effect on another

51:17

thing about on a career from scratch and

51:19

who knows how my next three dogs to

51:22

be a one a success. but it's a

51:24

little bit so our family as exotic before

51:26

I. Go

51:28

to give a bitterly. Why? I

51:31

say I may have guessed it is

51:33

so close to see if you somehow

51:35

thing that a my equipment so you

51:37

but sunny not discuss you have mounted

51:39

about and rather. Than

51:42

ours So much one. Ah know what

51:44

are the other? Zola. Of

51:48

nowhere different devices from Love

51:50

Love Last hip like the

51:52

way since about a horrible

51:54

com at the end that

51:56

some great society around seventy

51:59

keeping service. You can legitimately

52:01

walk around with your chest puffed out. Ah,

52:03

case you can they say some very good

52:05

sports on Earth and snacks. Wait for my

52:07

company. Some a fry start. This has been

52:09

a wells and production Bbc Radio Five Live

52:11

A Now you're lucky. So and so's Five.

52:13

I spoke with Steve Cross must be with

52:15

Eighth Street after the news on Five. To.

52:19

The. Malls and stuff since the Bbc

52:21

Radio size eyes. Costs

52:26

extra of fighting. So which summer

52:28

a little discussion about whether Alley

52:30

understands pins tweets. Alley

52:32

the don't you pay is currently yeah he had

52:35

a pinch way. I mean I don't have am

52:37

I want? I know that's that will be at

52:39

the softballs yes. Someone. School

52:41

their little weight and it's one that you're

52:43

going to say first every single time. So

52:45

you sort of bookmark to get a storm.

52:47

Yeah, Anatomy now. Well I guess in says

52:49

that yours is one from about twenty four

52:52

Seen as it at Murray has a house

52:54

I might be best devices they'll say fill

52:56

up that. Gets to

52:58

bring in a big rights as a fifth

53:00

grader.com bucks to come back. Vaccine has i'm

53:02

not that good example of marine the as

53:04

genius yep I dunno why ali with they

53:06

saw the one for very slick after the

53:08

fact that yes I mean I i. Don't.

53:11

Know how I kinda and I wouldn't know

53:13

how to on the bus bombing and aside

53:15

aside so of what we suspected I prefer

53:17

other. Thing that might be why your kids

53:19

that wouldn't Pretty Cooper who receives. A

53:22

very good time around minutes weight of hum of

53:24

saw my merry go your dorm was at month.

53:26

Old about period which my favorite thing to say

53:28

when I'm sitting with for men, To the I'm

53:30

glad we like to talk about it or

53:33

not as from. International.

53:35

Women's Day Of Twenty Twenty Three. Bullets that

53:37

perception that much. Couple of things that

53:39

one soon told wife on my first

53:41

of all Katie a bit more detail

53:44

on your race of the Pyrenees Place

53:46

has that sounded nuns? Yeah. So I'm

53:48

so as if we to in Pyrenees.

53:50

I'm thinking. Which we offer. On. something in

53:52

month on t which had a thing is in

53:54

the pyrenees ethics in business thought remember moment krispy

53:56

kreme gets off his bike and he thought running

53:59

to the tops the kind of levels

54:01

me and my dad are at. Like this

54:03

is ferocious competition. It's pouring down with rain.

54:05

It's like four kilometers steep up the hill.

54:07

We know the Prosecco is waiting when we get

54:09

back, but it's all about who's going to

54:11

get there first. We get to the top.

54:13

How old is your dad? He is 60. Should

54:15

be beating him. Oh yeah, yeah, no, I

54:18

smoked him. Absolutely smoked him. It was so quite

54:20

proud. I really, I was ruthless.

54:22

I was like, he was gone. Poor

54:24

Dave. We get to this enclosed wooded

54:26

bit at the top of the pre-made

54:29

course, I guess. And there was a stop sign

54:31

and I thought, right, I'll hit the stop sign

54:33

and head back. And suddenly out of nowhere, there's

54:36

this like howling and growling and I turn and

54:38

in between the trees in kind

54:40

of heavily encased fencing were these hundreds

54:42

of dogs. And I'm not talking like

54:44

little chihuahuas. These were like XL bullies.

54:46

We had Alsatians. They were German shepherds

54:48

all looking at me, all wanting me.

54:50

I was like, what is going on

54:52

here? I looked up after, I think

54:54

it might be a breeding ground for

54:56

guard dogs. Anyway, this guy comes out,

54:58

he asked something in French. I said, oh, Lord,

55:00

do you like English? I'm running. What are you trying

55:02

to do? I'm winning here. And

55:04

then he just, he kind of points at me and goes, dogs.

55:07

I was like, yeah, I can see their dogs.

55:09

Are they going to get me or not? Anyway,

55:11

I think it just made me run faster. Get

55:13

back, win the Prosecco obviously. Haven't seen Dave since.

55:16

Excuse me. He was left behind. He was

55:18

damaged by the dogs. The

55:20

next thing I'd like to

55:22

delve into is how much Jeremy

55:25

Goss costs for a

55:27

recreation of that goal. Do you

55:30

know what? I thought you might ask that. I never got

55:32

to the bottom of it, but we believe it was in

55:34

the region of £285. That's quite a specific region. It's,

55:39

yeah, true. It was for the

55:41

day. So we would have met him about midday. I'm thinking

55:43

how long he would have been before, but midday. And then

55:45

we had a bit of lunch and then we went to the Olympic

55:47

stadium. Then he took us to the exact place where

55:49

he hit that volley against Bayern Munich in 93.

55:52

And then I think this is

55:54

where it gets a little bit confusing, you see, because

55:56

I think he was on a lovely time. He was

55:58

around Norwich City fans. on

58:01

Monday, as in Monday coming. And

58:04

so, there we are, there we are

58:06

having dinner as a family on Thursday night and I'm

58:08

just sort of flicking through calendar and

58:10

whatever and just checking what needs to be done

58:12

before school starts for both the boys. Suddenly

58:15

discover that my 11-year-old goes

58:17

back to school the very next morning.

58:20

There he is sitting there thinking he's got three

58:22

days holiday still to go and

58:24

we tell him over dinner, you're heading back

58:26

to school tomorrow, alarm's going off at 6.20,

58:28

you're on the bus. Honestly, and his little

58:30

face. I mean, what an awful thing

58:32

to do. What an awful thing to do. How are

58:34

you making it up to? Just

58:39

laughing about it on the radio. I'll get him out. Yeah,

58:42

I'll get him out and get

58:44

him playing some pickleball, I think. Yeah, a real treat.

58:46

When you have to turn the telly off and go,

58:48

put turn that off, put Poirot on, you're back for

58:50

school tomorrow. When

58:52

you said you had to own up to something, Ali, I thought you were

58:54

going to say you were Brucey. Yeah. That was

58:56

a real big one, wasn't it? This

59:01

isn't really bad parenting as such, I wouldn't

59:03

say. But we have an

59:06

unfolding situation at home at the moment, which is,

59:08

as anyone who's had a baby

59:10

will know, there's so much stuff

59:13

and the stuff sort of

59:15

expires as in you have

59:17

no use for it quite quickly. So you've got all this stuff clustering

59:19

up the house and it means that you're palming

59:22

it off to other people quite a lot, which is

59:24

actually quite good because when you're receiving it, you're like,

59:26

great, well, now I don't have to buy this. So

59:28

this is happening and some

59:31

of my friends gave us a couple of bits that

59:34

were great at the time and then when we were

59:37

done with them, we didn't really have anyone to give

59:39

them to, so we took them to a charity shop.

59:41

My wife got a text this week

59:44

saying, can we have the things back? And we

59:46

were like, And

59:48

now we're in the absolutely disgraceful situation. We're

59:50

having to bid on these things on eBay to

59:52

try and replace them. Wow. And I Don't think

59:55

we've done anything wrong here. No, no. So

59:57

If it's if it's just down to me,

59:59

I'm just saying. I'm saying I'm sorry we took him

1:00:01

to that said it's sharks yeah but my wife is that

1:00:03

know we've got say five hour. We know that to spend

1:00:05

money to see sky and I am. I. Mean

1:00:07

is all for his net worth. Don't think I've done

1:00:09

eighth. It's under misses the source at a plane I

1:00:12

want ice playmate suspend got the arts with a with

1:00:14

a lot of crap I in also yeah he he

1:00:16

got on someone else. yeah it is. We're. Going

1:00:19

to say that I can describe emotional

1:00:21

component an allergy to go after you

1:00:23

get for doing fine. So kudos. To

1:00:26

free use play Nice. Ah, Ok, let's

1:00:29

finish up August extra with a round

1:00:31

that didn't make into the exercise because

1:00:33

it wasn't that good. The.

1:00:35

Transfer window is open

1:00:37

spots who needs who.

1:00:40

The. Most. Alley. Let's start with

1:00:42

yeah. Yeah gonna

1:00:44

look at mind same hey Ricky Ipswich Town

1:00:46

I'm in was season they're having in the

1:00:48

championship. The detractors just hit a bump in

1:00:50

the road. Photos in the last five games.

1:00:52

How inside him A George has objects and

1:00:55

a forward who's been out injured. So that's

1:00:57

what we looking for. You know I'm thinking

1:00:59

I'm thinking I than Tony's been a long

1:01:01

time. I don't think he needs to come

1:01:03

back. Right at the top level I'm thinking

1:01:05

six games or ten days at the theater,

1:01:07

transform and rights then back into the premier.

1:01:09

Explore the some a know apparently had enough

1:01:11

as what he wants to come on. I.

1:01:13

Mean how is it is what I see and

1:01:15

I mean I see that realize proper fights, it's

1:01:18

or any. Knowledge of million I. Got

1:01:20

the and it comes down to believe me.

1:01:22

I results cases but feel free to response. Was

1:01:24

in a while I've and ten he thought

1:01:27

extensive friendly. want the quality that you did

1:01:29

less cynical awfully both sides and it's know

1:01:31

I've and Tiny because taken loyal. As

1:01:34

took traces. Contacts I

1:01:36

think we should have dominance a lengthy and

1:01:38

to offer to eat that high. Sierra.

1:01:40

Iran the league. Right now and poor mess

1:01:43

doing annoyingly well they are creeping up the

1:01:45

table much as thing Les Les Paul him.

1:01:47

I also see how many goals he can

1:01:49

score. Yes, my day. Well that done

1:01:52

it. Out

1:01:54

a. Distance of the comes to me last. Archives.

1:01:56

i my with last couple of

1:02:00

Okay. Yeah. Get

1:02:03

it. For the sake of points really, I'll mention

1:02:05

a Man United player and say, Sancho to my

1:02:07

beloved Everton. I think that'd be a great sign

1:02:09

of Everton right now and also I would add,

1:02:11

if there is such a thing for a transfer

1:02:13

window for the staff as well,

1:02:15

I'd get a good financial advisor to do the deal

1:02:17

to make sure that we keep them and we don't

1:02:19

get points deducted after we sign them. Hang

1:02:21

on, Sancho? Yeah. Are

1:02:23

you serious? Yeah? You

1:02:26

want Sancho at Everton? Mate, it's Everton.

1:02:29

First, do you know what? I've had a complete blank there, cut

1:02:31

that out. I genuinely, I don't know

1:02:33

why, I had this mad panic that you meant

1:02:35

Greenwood. I was like,

1:02:37

I really just thought, has he lost it? Thank

1:02:40

fuck, I've lost it. I was like,

1:02:43

it can't be, it can't be, he can't be saying it,

1:02:45

he can't be saying it. And luckily, you aren't saying it.

1:02:47

So I'm all right. Look at that. I was like, what

1:02:49

have I done? You know, I feel under pressure. Have

1:02:51

I done something wrong here? Yeah. No,

1:02:54

my brain was freaking out. No, he's not. He lives

1:02:57

on the roadway, doesn't he? He used to live down

1:02:59

there. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I was

1:03:01

like, no, no, no. Fine, fine. Well,

1:03:04

I'll just ask that again. Yeah, Jim

1:03:06

Hunken. Yeah. Gethin. I'm going

1:03:08

to go for Manny United for the hope of getting some

1:03:11

points on fine talk. I'm going to say Sancho to Everton.

1:03:13

And I would add to that

1:03:15

that we need a good financial advisor to come with

1:03:17

him to do the deal to make sure we don't

1:03:19

get any points deducted for said transfer. But it might

1:03:21

just help Everton. Do you

1:03:23

think that Sean Dyche and Sancho are going to get on?

1:03:28

Again, I'd like those two miked up. I think we're training.

1:03:30

This is the way we like to play Everton. All

1:03:32

right, Mark. Danny. I

1:03:34

don't know if you've heard of a player called

1:03:37

Ivan Tony. I

1:03:41

think he's a good player. He's obviously not

1:03:43

been playing for whatever reason. A lot of

1:03:45

people saying that he's a shoe in to

1:03:47

go to Arsenal, they need a striker. I

1:03:49

think he's north London bound, but I think

1:03:51

Tottenham would be a better home for him.

1:03:53

There's money to burn. They've got the money from Kane.

1:03:55

They miss Kane. They're playing without a striker at the

1:03:57

minute. And I think he could be the difference. between

1:04:00

a sort of Champions League qualification

1:04:02

and not? That's actually a genuinely

1:04:04

good bit of punditry. It's done that

1:04:06

very often, actually. Thanks

1:04:10

everyone, did you enjoy that? Don't answer too

1:04:12

quickly, thanks very much, goodbye. Yes.

1:04:18

Thank you, Ali. I

1:04:21

will play pickleball with you. I'll

1:04:23

tell you what, sorry, can you send me that

1:04:25

pick and I'll pin it as much as my pin before

1:04:27

you do. Oh,

1:04:31

so good, so good. I'll

1:04:34

be late, just do a quick picture of what's happening in

1:04:36

it. Yeah. Before the team. Something

1:04:41

mysterious plagues County Mayo on the west

1:04:43

coast of Ireland and it's a legendary

1:04:45

Gaelic football team. I believe in the

1:04:47

curse. Yeah, I think it's real. Is

1:04:49

it just superstition or could there be

1:04:51

more to it? Sometimes I think

1:04:53

there's something sinister going on. What do we

1:04:56

need to do to win an All-Island Final

1:04:58

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