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you after details. Hello

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and welcome to today's episode of

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the Restis football with Mike Richard,

1:42

Alan Shearer and me, Gary Lineker.

1:44

We're recording this one early on

1:46

Monday morning after watching England and

1:49

Lee Carsey bounce back from

1:51

the disappointing defeat against Greece

1:54

with a comprehensive victory against

1:56

Finland in Helsinki last night.

2:00

talk about the game and let's

2:02

discuss our weekends. I actually only

2:04

saw the first 30 odd

2:06

minutes and then caught the highlight of the stage because

2:09

I had a little bit of a game last night.

2:11

Where were you? I was at

2:13

Wimbledon Theatre. I

2:15

was chatting with Stanley Tucci

2:17

on stage. He's a

2:19

neighbour and a friend and he

2:21

asked me to do this thing with

2:24

his book launch. What I ate in

2:26

one year by Stanley Tucci. Highly recommended.

2:28

I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the book.

2:30

He's such a cool guy. What's his

2:32

name? Stanley me Google is Stanley Tucci.

2:35

You've never heard of Stanley Tucci? Oh

2:37

come on my fellas. I

2:40

wish you'd have been there last night and I could

2:42

have told him I know someone that's never heard of

2:44

you. Stanley Tucci. Huge actor. Oh that's

2:46

a cool game. He's

2:48

been in about 60 films. He's

2:50

won. Oh him? Yeah. I

2:54

didn't know that was his name. I know what that

2:56

is. All the glasses right. Yes. Yeah.

2:59

Yeah. Like us Micah. A bit cooler.

3:03

Yeah a lot cooler. No but

3:05

he's known for that glasses round

3:07

look isn't he? Yeah. Yeah.

3:09

You got it. Well done Micah. It was in a

3:11

lot of films. Smart guy. All that.

3:14

Yeah really smart guy. He was keen on cooking

3:16

so he's kind of a mutual thing on that.

3:18

It's mainly about food the book and

3:20

his life as well. It was great. So get that

3:22

book if you can. Are you

3:25

doing a new podcast? The

3:27

Rest is food? Well that would be a good

3:29

one. But we'd be a bit of a problem

3:31

wouldn't it because that's TRIF as well. It's

3:34

because we call that as Trif don't we sometimes. So

3:36

I don't know. The

3:38

rest is grub or. Yes. The rest

3:41

is dinner. The rest is pies. The rest is

3:43

pies. No we've got a trip.

3:46

We've got a trip haven't we? That's

3:48

politics. I know we've got all kinds

3:50

of pies. Perhaps your weekend

3:52

been. Yeah it was all

3:55

good. Yeah. So kids in London on

3:57

Saturday. Oh yeah I saw you Al.

3:59

Go on. I see you, I mean,

4:01

was it a Guinness? If you fight

4:03

the Guinness with Will and the pub

4:06

and all his mates, yeah, it was

4:08

a good Saturday. So yeah, all good. You,

4:11

Micah? I did absolutely nothing. Basically,

4:13

you know the screen time on your phone?

4:15

Per day, it was like 13 hours. So

4:18

this weekend, I put my phone down and

4:20

didn't speak to anyone. I know, I was

4:22

thinking you were right, rude fucker yesterday. I

4:27

was putting on the WhatsApp group we

4:29

have and everyone answered apart from you.

4:31

I'm thinking he's either pissed in a

4:33

pub somewhere or he's asleep watching the

4:35

England game. He just failed the reply.

4:38

I just, yeah,

4:40

I just, I think, okay, let me try

4:42

it because you know what I'm like with

4:44

my phone. I can't go anywhere with my

4:47

phone and it was killing me. I was

4:49

scratching and everything else. But

4:52

I did it, I did it. I did respond

4:54

for a good what? 48 hours

4:56

is it? Well, you still haven't responded. I'm still

4:58

waiting for an answer. What

5:01

was your question? Has

5:04

anyone else fallen asleep watching this

5:07

England game? Which

5:09

brings us nicely on to said England game.

5:12

I saw the first half and I've watched highlights

5:15

subsequently, obviously, but I

5:17

mean better than the bit of ball balanced

5:19

to the side from my view early on,

5:21

played with the striker out as we predicted

5:23

he might do for this particular game. What

5:25

were your thoughts? I thought it was better,

5:27

but I mean, it was always going to

5:30

be, wasn't it? He was always going to

5:32

play with a centre forward, whether that was

5:34

Harry or whether it was Olly Watkins or

5:36

whoever after the mistake on what

5:38

was it Thursday evening? Yeah, but it was

5:40

difficult. It was, it was always going to

5:42

be impossible not to be better because of

5:44

the opposition, because of how bad

5:46

they were against Greece changed a lot of

5:48

plays around, which he was entitled

5:51

to do after the performance on results. So

5:53

yeah, it was a lot better. You just

5:55

never know though, dear, you know, the opposition,

5:57

I think when you

5:59

play for country, such an honor, isn't

6:02

it? And then sometimes you play some

6:04

teams, you go there and like, we

6:06

should be beating the 6-7-0 really. Finland

6:10

had some good chances, especially in the

6:12

first half as well, didn't they? So

6:14

you never quite know where you're at.

6:16

I agree. I think it was better.

6:18

I still think there's details

6:20

within the team we need to get right.

6:23

When Cole Palmer out on the wing, it

6:26

just doesn't work for me. I know

6:28

Bellingham is the main man or the

6:31

making of the main man of this

6:33

team, but I

6:35

just think when you've got someone as talented

6:37

of a Foden or a

6:39

Palmer in that number 10 free

6:42

roll, I think he's better suited there.

6:44

I put Bellingham further back like we

6:46

discussed in the Euros. I just don't

6:48

think the balance in midfield is right

6:50

at this moment in time. We sort

6:53

of have everyone attacking at

6:55

the same time and just leaving a

6:57

big massive gap in midfield and on

6:59

transition. It's like we can always

7:02

get done by not even such a top

7:04

team. So in terms of the

7:06

manager, I think it's fine because he's trying

7:09

things, but in terms of the performance, it

7:11

was okay. You're always going to have to

7:13

leave one or two of those players out

7:15

there. We can't play more, can you? There's

7:18

going to be at least two

7:20

upset in most England games. If they're

7:23

all playing well and they're all

7:25

playing fit for their clubs, then they all

7:27

can't play in the England team. So there's

7:29

going to be disappointments, which is fine. That's

7:31

the way it should be because the balance

7:33

isn't right. Obviously, when all of

7:35

them are playing and you're trying to put

7:37

one in there or one in there,

7:39

and you're on about Palmer, you've got

7:42

so many talented players that you'll

7:44

have to leave one or two out in every England

7:46

game. Okay. Who would we play in number 10 now?

7:51

It doesn't really matter who we would

7:54

play, does it? I know what you

7:56

mean. It's about who he should play.

7:58

It's difficult because obviously, you've got of

8:00

Foden, Palmer, Bellingham.

8:04

You've even got, you know, it's a position. Grealish,

8:08

Grealish can play in that 10. He's

8:10

done that under Lee, Carsley. Um, James

8:12

Madison is a absolutely brilliant number 10.

8:15

So, it's a dilemma. I suppose

8:18

it's a good dilemma to have. You're much better

8:20

off having a choice between four or five really,

8:22

really top players and Foden as

8:24

well. Obviously all those top players than it

8:26

is to have, you know, four really poor

8:28

players to choose from. So, um, but

8:31

it, it, it will be hard. And

8:33

do you just go with the player

8:35

on the inform at the right time?

8:37

And I think what will happen at

8:39

some point you would think is that

8:42

you'd perhaps stumble across the right formation,

8:44

the right team, and it just starts.

8:47

It starts to happen. What's your thoughts

8:49

on Trent at left back as well,

8:51

maker? I was watching it from a

8:53

full back's point of view. And I

8:55

think you, at times I can see

8:57

it because you just basically went into

8:59

midfield, but at times Kyle

9:01

Walker was overlapping as well. So

9:03

you sort of left Trent,

9:06

a little bit exposed in positions where

9:08

he can be got

9:10

a little bit, if he's going to

9:12

play full back and left back on

9:14

the wrong side, you've got

9:16

to be able to make sure that Kyle Walker

9:18

stays and he goes into midfield

9:20

as soon as possible. So he doesn't

9:22

get as exposed as he did at times in

9:25

the game. I think on

9:27

build up, it's a little bit

9:30

difficult because we've seen Trent and

9:32

how good his delivery is and

9:34

how good he's passing is, but

9:36

sometimes the way Finland were

9:38

pressing, he was on his left foot. So a

9:40

lot of the, and he can use both feet,

9:42

but not as good as his right foot when

9:44

it's in them dangerous position. So if

9:47

I would have sacrificed, what I would have

9:49

put Kyle Walker at left back and

9:51

basically said, Trent, you do this, go

9:53

forward, you step in and just have your

9:55

free center offs at the back and

9:57

just use Kyle Walker's pace for the defensive.

10:00

side of stuff and and sort of

10:02

don't worry about the build up on

10:04

that side of the pitch as

10:06

much if I'm yeah I just

10:08

I just think you're losing a

10:11

lot on that right hand

10:13

side for someone who's got a wand of

10:15

a right foot on the build up. It's

10:17

free kick was unbelievable wasn't it? Yeah fantastic

10:19

I saw that it was absolutely beautiful wasn't

10:22

it I've got some um his

10:24

stats here Trent um one free

10:26

kick scored obviously 130 touches

10:29

fit 95 passes completed

10:32

six accurate long balls 10 passes into

10:34

the final third three out of three

10:36

jewels one four ball recoveries does that

10:38

mean when it goes out for throwing

10:40

you go and get it and

10:44

two clearances so I mean it looks

10:46

like you did okay but obviously um

10:49

you face bigger tests and stuff and

10:52

it's it's hard as you said many

10:54

times that's suddenly changing from right back

10:56

to left back he's probably the biggest

10:58

change a player can make in

11:00

playing actually probably the same position almost

11:03

it's entirely different. I've explained many times

11:05

just the way you have to receive

11:07

the ball and if you think you've

11:09

got the best passer probably in the

11:12

team is that is that fair? The

11:14

best passer in the probably as good

11:16

a passer is anywhere in Wovup. Kane's

11:18

not bad in there as well though

11:21

is he? He's still not Trent. So

11:26

why would you limit your best passer

11:28

of the ball when your

11:31

total body shape is completely

11:33

I understand why

11:35

did I put him there so if you

11:37

ask me why I understand why because he's

11:39

the most comfortable on the ball and he

11:41

can fill in and he's going to step

11:44

into midfielders anyway but on that right hand

11:46

side going from midfield the amount of balls

11:48

he puts in from that side the whip

11:50

the bend yeah I

11:52

understand why but I want I want to just play

11:54

him right and we've got a thing we've got to

11:56

look forward it's Kyle Walker gonna be going to the

11:59

World Cup. If he's going to go into the World

12:01

Cup, keep him within the side, if he's not going

12:03

to go to the World Cup, what's

12:05

the point? This is what I don't

12:07

understand. Like, Kyle Walker, what, he's two years younger than

12:09

me now, so he'll be 34. If

12:12

he's definitely, as long as he's fit and healthy, going to

12:14

go to the World Cup, I don't mind it. If he's

12:16

going to build up and have a free at the back

12:18

and he's going to use his pace on

12:21

the couch, I get it. But if

12:23

he's not going to be sort of involved

12:26

later on, it's like, why don't you try someone

12:28

else? That is exactly the problem

12:30

was in the Euros. We played Kane, we

12:32

played Kane, we played Kane for so long.

12:34

And then Kane gets injured or Kane needs

12:37

a rest. Everyone's thinking, oh, who are we

12:39

going to play now? Or should we play

12:41

Watkins? Or he's not had that many games,

12:43

he's not had that much experience. Play the

12:45

players now who potentially could be playing at

12:48

the World Cup. That's a very valid point.

12:50

I suppose things change so quickly.

12:52

That's the problem. And

12:55

I guess at the moment, because there was an

12:57

issue with left backs at the minute, that's what

12:59

he's trying to find something on that side. Yeah,

13:01

but Rico Lewis. Call Will as well, wasn't he?

13:05

There were many positives I thought last night, but

13:07

I thought defensively we looked dodgy

13:09

again. We give so many chances. We're in the

13:11

city, the guy missed in the second half. Oh

13:13

my word. He missed from a yard, didn't he?

13:16

Over the bar, yeah. Henderson would be devastated that

13:18

he couldn't keep a clean sheet

13:20

through no fault of his own, I think. But they

13:23

got done with the corner in the last few minutes.

13:25

And yeah, there were a few chances

13:28

that better opposition, I think, would have

13:30

taken. But overall, it was

13:32

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14:43

back to the Restless Football with

14:46

Michael Richards, Alan Shearer, and me,

14:48

Gary Lineker discussing England's victory against

14:51

Finland last night. And because we're

14:53

recording this on Monday morning, Angel

14:55

Gomez. He's an interesting one,

14:57

isn't he? He was at Man United, obviously

14:59

a few years ago, about four years ago.

15:01

He moved to Lille. He went to Portugal

15:03

on loan. I think it was by Vista

15:06

for a year. He's not a player that

15:08

obviously we'd seen too much, but

15:10

he was starting to make a real name

15:12

for himself at Lille, a very good Lille

15:14

side. He's

15:17

adapted very well, I

15:19

thought. I mean, I saw that early

15:21

on, that absolutely superb pass, wasn't it,

15:23

for Jack Grealish's goal. Yeah, I think

15:26

what he also does as well, he

15:28

allows Declan to play more his game

15:30

as well, Declan Rice, because

15:32

he's not sitting in midfield, although he

15:35

can do it. A big part of

15:37

his game is getting forward and making

15:39

those runs. You see that

15:41

with his goal. So I think Angel Gomez,

15:44

he brought a lot to the team. I

15:46

mean, the pass was incredible, which you need

15:48

that when opposition are going to sit deep,

15:50

try and be tight and compact. You need

15:52

someone who can produce that piece of brilliance

15:55

with a pass. His pass for the Grealish

15:57

goal was brilliant. We were talking last week,

15:59

weren't we, about the fact that we... don't

16:01

necessarily produce that kind of Busquets,

16:04

Javi Alonso figure in English

16:06

football. Is he the answer

16:08

to that, Micah? Could he

16:10

be? In terms of on

16:13

the ball, yes. He

16:17

got a load of assists

16:19

last season. I don't remember after one

16:21

of the European nights, I

16:23

did mention him. He's silky

16:25

on the ball. What people don't understand, he was

16:27

never a holding midfielder when he was at Man

16:29

United. He was a winner

16:31

or forward midfielder and

16:34

now he's sort of been

16:36

molded into this role. So

16:38

in the French league, he's

16:40

one of the best players

16:42

in league, without doubt.

16:45

International football, he looks

16:47

calm and composed, but

16:49

I'm not sure is

16:51

the answer. Obviously, Karsley had

16:54

him at the 21s and that's when they

16:56

won and he played in that position for

16:58

the 21s. And when he played in that

17:00

position, it was like, why is Gomez playing as

17:02

like the, you know, the deep-lamb midfielder? We used to

17:04

be saying, taking people on and making passes and all

17:06

that sort of thing. I think he's

17:09

definitely got a chance, but it's

17:11

the same thing that we always say, isn't

17:13

it? We can't have one

17:15

player playing a certain way and

17:18

another player play. Like he's good when

17:20

England have the ball because he keeps

17:22

the ball moving and he does read

17:24

stuff. He can't intercept teams on counter

17:26

attacks, but there's no point having him

17:28

who wants to play football and then

17:30

the rest of the team not playing

17:33

football. So I think that

17:35

it's a team thing, not necessarily just one

17:38

man's job, but in terms of someone

17:41

who wants to get on the ball, it can

17:43

do that role. To what level is

17:45

yet to be seen internationally, that

17:47

is. Good finish from Jack Greerish from

17:49

that pass from Angel Gomez. Probably important

17:51

for Jack for his morale and everything.

17:53

He's back in the squad, missed out

17:55

and we know how disappointed he was

17:57

in the summer to miss out. It

17:59

must have been real tough and

18:02

it's good seeing back and scoring goals. He's a

18:04

bit different, yeah, it gives you something different. We

18:07

all know how disappointed he was. He said it

18:09

himself now, hasn't he? Come out and said it

18:11

last week that he felt as if he should

18:13

have gone. And the competition

18:16

that he's up against, I mean, we

18:18

all like him. There's no doubt about

18:20

it. We all think he's a brilliant

18:23

player and he's stuck it away really,

18:25

really well, which will be hugely important

18:27

for him because I said when you

18:29

mentioned all of those players, he's

18:31

in there as well. We mentioned Madison. So

18:33

when you get that opportunity, you've got to

18:36

take it. And I thought he was without

18:38

doubt one another positive for England last night.

18:40

We know my feelings on Jack. Sometimes I

18:42

feel a little bit frustrated because I know

18:44

he's got more. Obviously I was with him

18:47

at Aston Villa where he was a bit

18:49

fearless at Man City. He

18:51

still is fearless, but he's

18:53

in a system which makes him look not

18:55

as fearless at times. So it was just

18:58

nice for him to, because he's played really

19:00

well for Carsley, hasn't he? You know, since

19:02

his start and his interview afterwards, he said

19:04

he really enjoys playing for him. So he

19:06

needs to keep it, needs to keep it

19:08

going now. Take that forward. You're

19:11

always going to get players when they're playing,

19:14

saying I really enjoy playing for the manager.

19:17

This is the best manager I've ever played for.

19:19

Give me a game. Thank you very much, boss.

19:23

Yeah. You

19:25

imagine coming out after going, I'm not sure about

19:27

this. Yeah, exactly. Which

19:30

brings me on nicely to lead Carsley. It's

19:32

quite hard to read him with

19:34

his interviews. Quite hard. He's

19:36

playing poker, chess, trash all

19:38

at once. Because

19:41

we saw him didn't read last week and he said, well,

19:43

I'm just happy to go back to the under 21. So

19:46

I thought to myself, I think what

19:48

he was saying there, if I don't get the job,

19:50

I hope I get my, I think hopefully I'll get

19:52

my under 21 job back. And then

19:54

obviously, the last night's game, he's gone,

19:56

this job deserves a world class coach

19:59

who has won. trophies and I am

20:01

still on the path to that. So

20:04

he's not exactly trying to sell himself is he?

20:07

You've got to back yourself up here. You've got

20:10

to back yourself. Or if, say

20:12

he's doing the 21s and he'd been giving

20:15

it for free camps and the last one's

20:17

November, make it clear, I

20:19

don't want the job, I just want to go

20:22

back to the 21s. He's sort of like, he's

20:24

gone to see how the game's gone, seen what

20:26

the reaction's been like from the fans and the

20:28

media. And then he's rolling

20:30

with it, has a bad result against

20:32

Greece and was like, well, I was

20:34

never really in for the job anyway.

20:37

So it doesn't really matter. It's just

20:39

about the process and

20:42

seeing new talent. But he's obviously

20:45

a very good coach and I

20:47

like him. I like all the

20:49

things that he's imaginative. Yes,

20:52

he's always trying new different things and

20:54

you have to. What's the point playing

20:56

the same way? Okay, it's got us

20:58

to finals, but we've got this array

21:01

of talent now we have to try

21:03

something different. So I enjoy the fact

21:05

that he's trying something new.

21:07

He gets one bad result. Everyone turns

21:10

on him. And now he turned on

21:12

himself really. I

21:15

wonder, I wonder, and I've

21:17

heard rumours and stuff, I

21:20

wonder whether he knows something

21:22

about what's happening in terms

21:24

of they're looking for a

21:27

new manager. They've probably, I think they've

21:29

sounded out coaches. That's what

21:31

the rumours are. That's what we've heard. I

21:33

wonder whether he thinks he's not going

21:35

to get it. So therefore he's just

21:37

perhaps protecting himself and wants to get

21:39

his other job back. I

21:42

don't know because it seems a little bit

21:44

kind of defeatist. I'm on the path, not

21:46

done. They need a winning coach. I mean,

21:48

look at the two teams that have just

21:50

won international tournaments. Spain didn't have a guy

21:52

who'd won trophies before, certainly not

21:55

in league football. Lee Karsley's won

21:57

a World Cup. has

22:00

won a trophy, but he's talking about club

22:02

sites. I wonder whether they've been sounding out

22:04

people and he's found out and he just

22:07

doesn't believe he's going to get the job.

22:09

Gary, if the FA were

22:12

not speaking and sounding out people,

22:14

then they're not doing their job

22:16

properly. They would have have

22:18

to have been speaking to

22:20

people, asking them whether they're

22:22

in whoever that may be, whether it's

22:24

Pep, whether it's Eddie Howe, whether it

22:26

was Jurgen Klopp, whoever it was, they

22:28

would have to have been in the

22:31

last few weeks speaking or finding

22:33

out information about people and whether

22:35

they're interested in taking the England

22:38

job. So, I mean, he and

22:40

Lee Cosby must know that also. His

22:42

comments are really, yeah, I found them

22:44

strange as well. I mean, Gareth wasn't

22:47

a guy that had won trophies

22:49

already and he was in the job

22:52

for years. He was the World Cup

22:54

winning manager, very little experience with Argentina.

22:56

And then also his comment will

22:58

send a hand. Hopefully I'll go back to the under

23:01

20 months. I don't know. It was sort of... It's

23:04

like just on a bit. Right, it was

23:07

your first choice, right? And I was

23:09

your second choice. Well,

23:11

you know, that happens. Sometimes

23:14

it happens. It's what you do

23:17

with the opportunity. And

23:19

that was it, no? Can I

23:21

say, Micah, can I say that

23:23

for this podcast, the rest is

23:25

football. You were first

23:28

choice. I think

23:30

what you're going back to the match of

23:32

the day top tens, when you got the

23:34

idea, but yeah, I mean, right, he obviously

23:37

was unavailable anyway. Right.

23:43

We put a poll out on social

23:45

media and we ask the rest of

23:47

the football listeners, all of you to

23:50

pick your England 11. And oh, you

23:52

came 20,000 of you actually

23:54

voted on what you thought should be

23:56

England's starting 11 or your choice for

23:59

starting 11. It was

24:01

done on the basis that everyone was

24:03

fit and available as opposed to from

24:05

the squad of the last two fixtures.

24:08

So a huge thank you for all of you

24:10

taking part. We wanted to see really get a

24:13

feel for what you feel should be the England

24:15

team. And I suppose the headline

24:17

news is because you know these things are like

24:19

it's always about who doesn't make it. So

24:22

there was no Foden in the side

24:24

because you obviously can't play all these

24:26

players all the time. So this is

24:28

your team, your team. Pickford

24:31

in goal, a back four

24:33

of Trent at right back,

24:35

Stones, Mark Gay, Luke

24:38

Shaw at left back, he's obviously been mostly

24:40

injured in a recent year or so. In

24:43

midfield Bellingham and Rice with Palmer

24:46

in the number 10 role, Saka

24:48

on the right, Gordon on the

24:50

left and Harry Kane up

24:52

top. That's a marvellous team.

24:54

That's the team actually really isn't

24:57

it that most of us wanted

24:59

for the Euros. Yes! Bellingham

25:03

further back with the Rice. Brilliant.

25:05

You've still got your fullback who

25:07

could come into midfield to make

25:10

an extra one if need be.

25:13

You've got paste on the left hand side

25:15

when Shaw gets back fit hopefully it'll be

25:17

sometime soon. You've got Gordon's running

25:19

behind because Kane could come short. You've

25:21

got Greenish to come off the bench.

25:23

You've got Co-Papa in the number 10

25:25

position, Saka to the

25:28

right and Fordham and Palmer

25:30

and whatever they can rotate.

25:32

Have you applied for the

25:34

England job? For

25:37

me? Yes! I

25:41

used to go, if I was

25:44

doing the England job we'd be

25:46

balling out mate. We'd be four

25:48

big tic-a-tac-a-tac with a little bit

25:51

of Italian flavour for Florence. That's

25:53

Spanish flavour from Bellingrini what he

25:55

taught me. You know what I

25:58

mean? Yeah,

26:02

fantastic. So I see Greece won a

26:05

game again, that's four out of four.

26:07

So there's a danger of England are

26:09

going to probably have to go to

26:11

Athens and win that particular game to

26:14

actually come top and get back against

26:16

tough opposition. That's it for today's episode

26:18

of the Rest is Football. We'll be

26:21

back on Wednesday with our Q&A episode.

26:23

Thank you for continuing to send your

26:25

questions for us. Do keep them coming.

26:27

A reminder, the best way of getting

26:30

your questions into us is at therestisfootball.com.

26:32

I've got a feeling maybe we should

26:34

approach the FA and say we'll pick

26:36

the England team on our

26:39

podcast with all that. We've got 20,000 people.

26:41

They've got to know what they're doing, that

26:43

many people. Are

26:46

you watching the debate? Have a great

26:48

week everyone. Goodbye from me. Goodbye from

26:50

me. Goodbye from me. Have a great

26:52

week.