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In the podcast, the other day,
I did it I did it the day
after this happened, and I just couldn't even
talk about it.
But just terrible news.
That
what happened to the racing comment John Hunt.
I was actually out when that I was
out with Andy that news broke out.
And, Andy New John,
and you sort of get home and read
about it and that's just absolute.
I mean, there's no words to describe that.
And and, you know, it puts everything else
in perspective for we're gonna get on onto
a team losing in a football match in
a minute, but,
imagine just not being at home and
you find out that your wife and 2
children
have been
murdered
with a cross.
I mean, it's... I don't even have words.
It's just terribly terribly sad.
I don't know what we're living in at
them. I and who needs a... Who need,
you know, I always say with Americans whenever
I Whenever My gun debate Americans, I so
you need an k 47.
Okay. You wanna protect yourself, you worried about
people breaking in, you might wanna and gun,
that's your laws,
who needs a machine gun,
and the same mindset, who needs to cross
by what I across both even for?
Who on earth? What... How can you just
go about and buy cross balls.
It's absolutely staggering to be honest it's tariff
I mean, just absolutely terrible. I don't know.
I don't know how,
you know, we're amazingly resilient creatures. I don't
know how you come back from that.
Just terribly said and
thoughts with everybody who knew, John Hu, he
seems, you know, a fantastic commentary. You read
the new any he seems,
you know,
extremely well liked,
man, but,
yeah, difficult to even process what's happened they're
incredible.
And you have another way. Very interesting reaction
actually because you had that, Karl Clifford plus
the guy who did that or allegedly did
that.
And then you we've got stories in the
press of plum bodies in body bags.
And just the action to the 2 to
been really interesting,
you know, about how
that there's both suspected culprits.
How it is.
And then you've got
I mean, even more, you know, how in
America, somebody trying to shoot Trump.
You know, my views on Trump a well
known, but it's just incredible.
Absolutely
incredible.
I... I've not really I've been busy. So
Haven't really seen all the news around it,
be that that there's there's conspiracy theories of
it was set up on an inside, Joe.
I just sort of thought, I was, like,
know, I've said this before I love. I
I can't immerse myself in the Jfk story.
I'm really interested in it, I'm really interested
in the history of it.
I love the movie Jfk k.
Just a really, you know,
a a real significant moment in a Us
history and and
the did he do it, didn't he do
it
I just thought half that with Trump, I
sort of just just on
social media these you see,
some right. How did he get them?? And
you do have to ask? How did he
get that close? How does somebody get that
close to a presidential candidate?
People saying in so job. I just don't
I think just imagine if Twitter was around
in the Jfk k days.
And I fight
I identify these things muddy the waters and
cloud the waters, so you don't... And and
it gets you a little bit for, you
know, I know elon claims his site is
the ar of truth there isn't.
The only way that community notes work is
if every single post is community noted.
Almost instantly,
before it goes up, but but it isn't.
But it's... It... I just find all that
Mud is the water you're gonna... You get
so much people to commenting in on it
and bits that it's really difficult to actually
go of what is legitimate here and what
isn't
and lots of people obviously just doing it
for clicks and money. So to sort of
claim that it's the of of truth is
there's so much people just posting anything because
it gets engagement clicks and money. It's impossible,
But,
absolutely amazing in this day and age that
certainly somebody can get that close.
And obviously, not be a very good shot.
I was reading a a sniper
perspective yesterday and. He said it's almost impossible.
And miss from hundred and 30 meters I
think it was under and 30 yards.
But
you do wonder, again, you know, couple of
people or 1 person died in they kaplan
injured.
And certainly, that is no way to
solve any political discourse?
And
will it bring a sweeping change in how
things are done. I don't know. It hasn't
done here with people like Joe Cops being
murdered.
It just
division themselves unfortunately.
And people like division and, and I don't
really understand it, but being a bit of
a tragic week with all that. Hasn't it?
And then we, of course, get onto to
last night, On my first view on that,
we got lots of F fps m lobbying.
I've been setting lots of stuff up for
f fps members over the last
week or so. I've been talking to a
lot of F fps members had Zooms and
things. I've been... I've been at zoom with
somebody cardiff Saturday. I've done Scotland.
We've got Irish members. And I think the
thing I first wanna say
with England obviously get into the final 1
and I didn't get to do a podcast
before is
how
warming it warmed my heart.
How much all are are Scottish Irish and
F ts members wanted England to win. It
really did warm mile out how much you
were rooting for us
to get over the line. It's just lovely
to see. It's it's it's a beautiful thing.
Beautiful to say you're also
pleasant and cheerful about it and so excited
for to be in the final 1 there's
part of Britain Root a song.
Yeah. Thank you So much for that. Where
they hit k.
I must have had. Yes, and I'm not
exaggerating. I must have had about 14 messages
by the end of the day.
From,
non English, either friends or F fps members,
eating my pie, drinking my Spanish beer, my
uncle was called
and a duluth the Mc,
just
relentless. But that's what football band is all
about there you go.
The game itself. I didn't watch it.
I just can't bring myself to watch some
people and Know people think I'm nuts.
I was desperate for england to win. I'd
I thought when England
got that bell go against to whoever it
was Always, I can number because I don't
want your I comment with was S or
Slovakia, whichever 1.
We'd like
30 40 seconds left.
I just had a feeling in my
bones that this was gonna be the 1
that they were gonna
Nick.
But it's the same old story. Unfortunately, we
ran up against a team.
And and, you know, if you take the
pre pre tournament markets. They weren't ahead of
us. We were ahead of them in the
pre tournament market.
By by the
view of watching whatever it is 6 7
displays,
they were favorites yesterday.
And,
you know, people give me rocks for it.
The guy ain't good enough. Is as simple
as that he is just not good enough.
And and all I'll say to people, when
you talk rankings and things and we only,
you know, Slovakia, whatever they were 40 ranked
40 fifth 40 sixth.
We want we won 2 games of in
90 minutes. We beat Serbia 1 nil, and
we beat the Netherlands goodwin,
nineteenth minute ago.
And showed some character obviously after from coming
from 1 mill down.
But find me a game of football that
South got South Gates 1 where we were
the underdog.
Go let's use the better mark. It's going
find me a game of football these 1
where we we were the underdog.
It's... It's impossible to to
turn a team on for these big events.
If you play like, he plays
against the likes of Serbia and you're limp
through and then look at the teams that
we've beat Tunisia,
you know, it it's just tunisia as Serbia.
We're just not beating decent teams, and then
we have to try and put in a
performance.
And it's been it's been the same pattern
since 20 18 when we were won up
against Croatia That's when I kind of down
tools with him.
Because I thought, I was annoyed he got
the job in the first place. I'm not
gonna lie because when when H went
against Iceland,
the chief executive of the Fa sat there
in that ridiculous press conference that H did
when he said, I'm,
I don't know why here or because you've
just got knocked out and being by and
mate we want some some kind of explanation.
Don't know Why I'm here. And the England,
if fa they said, we are gonna get
the best man for the job. We're gonna
scare the world. We're gonna get the best
name for the job. We had a good
core of players coming up then,
and we got rid of, during when Harry
came was taking corners.
So we
we
we went and got Sam,
and then Sam Got she out, and we
got a bloke
got relegated and Middle spray.
And and
nothing. And he nothing. And and
people can... It's what you want. People can
want winners
all people can want. Oh we've got... In
all this, we've got a nice culture. We've
got a lovely culture. They're just young football.
They're really good young. Some of. I know.
There's always gonna be a post mortem.
Ultimately,
we wanted a man to get the best
out here. Whatever way you look at it
and people and saying you only beat you
who you can beat yes he can only
beat you who you can beat. He has
had the luck draws and routes to finals
and semi finals of any England manager. Ever.
You look at so Spain b. France Germany,
England
to win it. You know, we're we're playing
Switzerland.
Ain't exactly flipping brilliant. We've we've we had
that draw, you know, Columbia
Croatia in the world cup. He he gets
these
gets all the breaks. He's got a fantastic
crop players in Harry Kane. He's arguably got
1 of the best striker because the last
5, 6 years without a shadow of a
doubt.
And he hasn't got it in him. It's
as simple as that, and and I almost
certainly think they'll keep him.
And we'll be the same old same old
soon as you run up that somebody's better
than you you'll get b.
And and and I just think it's an
attitude we've got into all almost hour where
we got the finals. That's it.
Who's gonna remember in 20 years time. We
talk about 66 because that's when we won
something. Who remembers there's a top... We were
in the champions League final who cares Liverpool
fans don't they want it.
And I just fight it. It's kind of
almost like a bet in at you attitude.
People wanna take part do it. Do they
really wanna win? I've said that before I
said, I think I wanna win more than
for people more than they do.
I just think it's tragically set and I'm
not saying we could beat
Spain, but
I I'm a I'm a massive harry kane
fe but he. He... I mean, Spur Fan
says the best as ever modern day once.
He's not the best who's ever played for
Spur. It's people who been watching football very
long and believe in the Premier League here
and weren't around when the likes glen Na
and Ga were playing.
But he's a fantastic striker.
Fantastic striker. But clearly from this and he's
he said it from what I've I didn't
watch it again about but I've read it
this morning.
We struggled to get him fit. Why are
you fucking planning them? Is it exactly what
Poc tea I did in that champions league
finally. A guy got a hat trick in
flipping in amsterdam, dropped him to put an
injured harry kane and who was completely in
utterly ineffective.
You've got some that's what you need. The
big decisions. You've got a lap there and
Ollie watkins who must be your absolutely on
a crescent. Sam's, I've told you this Sam's
best friend lives next to his mom. They
watched the game together last night. Sam's been
getting bits how how excited he was what
his mom went out to the semi 5,
which she didn't go to the final, How
great it was, how late it was. This
and the other. You don't play in and
you player a injured Harry Kane who,
you know, people are gonna say tied the
golden boot. Did he score 2 penalties? I
can't remember whether this 1 or 2.
And we just stick with this same stuff.
We just stick making
exactly the same mistakes as we try to
shoe on skulls and ge into position and
things we're just making exactly the same mistakes
that we've made and all I want.
It... The culture is gonna be there, what
we want is a tactical manager who when
the opportunities present themselves has just got that
little bit... That little bit of something else
that can get you over the line. And
this guy repeatedly cannot do it. And he
won't do it, keeping him for the world
cup. I'll tell you what that in the
world cup now. We'll cruise through the group
we'll beat a couple of ship teams. We'll
make somebody better than us be at France,
Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, whoever, and they
will knock us out. There you go, and
it doesn't matter what stage though that is.
I don't care whether the happens in the
final court finally. Doesn't bother me, either win
it or go out early. It doesn't really
matter putting the country through the torment of
this nonsense every 4 years.
It's it's just painful. And and I mean,
people completely ardent disagree with me, and they
Look at in, he's got us to 3.
Yeah. Look at the runs we've had. Look
at actually, it put it in football terms
and look at who we beat and how
we play
and
what I would say is
the a a decent manager would have got
over the line in 1 of them, if
not 2 of them.
Almost certainly, I feel they'd got to a
world cup final against France, not Saying to
won it. Almost certainly, I think they won
against Italy.
Having gone 1 up,
and last night.
You know, I'm, I mean, I've not... As
I start, it people are you don't wanna
it so, can you make your mind up,
but you re read around it. You just
play stuff to read. Look at the look
at the up turn in results
in this tournament from when Ko Palmer was
on the pitch
and when he was off it. And nearly
every game they were behind, Ko Palmer came
on, and maybe be the scored equal or
whatever. And Life doesn't get a start. He's
absolutely superb in the Premier league last season.
Doesn't get a looking
until it's always too late. And and,
yeah. I'm I'm never gonna change. You take...
You're you're playing here and trickier at left
back.
I just don't get it. I don't get...
You know, I just don't get how people
went themselves off over. You carry on and
do it, not for me,
just
disappointment after disappointment, and it he's beaten teams,
he should beat simple as that. And then
as soon as he runs into 1 that's
and and I say, go back and find
1. I mean, there may well be 1
and and some find a game where we
were find a game where we were under
underdog under South and we went and want
it. Don't find me 1.
Absolutely matter. And you saw that you saw,
obviously, I mean, I know loads of people
were talking about the price before And now
it's done. The price of England to win
the tournament was ridiculous and some of the
prices people were quoting forward for games
were ridiculous.
Given what they're playing. They be Serbia 1
nil nearly went out, you know, bar jelly...
Bell and miracle
penalties against Switzerland wasn't it?
You know, we need to look at it.
We need to look at it properly
and go look, this is actually what we're
doing rather than mister Nice guy. Mister Nice
guy who when there was racing in the
statement sit in the stadium so I didn't
hear it. That was... That's that's who he
is.
But, you know, I I was talking to
assembly last week. I just said,
you look at you look at the Whole
England setup up, and
to this day, and I know people saying
old Dinosaur, you look at who we've had
as managers
Mc,
South gate and you look at go. How
was Brian K.
Multiple European cup winner,
league winner.
How how was Brian K, never England manager,
and it's because that's what they don't want.
They just want as people who can sit
in front of that me.
Media have the little silky smile, say all
the right things, not gonna put a fuck
wrong in that regard, and let's just keep
churning him out. And we have got. And
and I agree some people said we've not
got world class.
Yeah. I mean, but you look at you
look at who we have got pick but
okay. I've got no real view on him,
but you've got stones and walker,
you know, champions league winners, multiple premier league
winners, phil food and champions league winner a
multiple
premier league winner,
sack. I think, you know, he's an arc,
but I think he's a fantastic player.
Everybody tells me Rice is the best player
in the world in that position, I don't
agree. But if he is and where's it
going, bell him. I've not really seen a
lot of him. III
I'd always go again, biased probably. I think
Deli Alley is better than bell him at
that age.
And look what happened here. I hope that
doesn't happen with billing him obviously a 1
to go the overhead free kick, but but
again, doesn't see me done much.
I think Cold Palmer is a fantastic play
from what's I've seen him and Harry Kane,
you've got, you know, the the guy's just
broken records everywhere. If you ain't fit, don't
play, don't play... Have some balls to drop
him if he isn't fit. But over those
and years, we've had a a harry, you
know, have we got the best out of
him probably not
and you just go on and and I
just find it absolutely
staggering to be honest that every team that's
had what they'd call a golden generation of
players. Every team has got a trophy over
the line,
an icing curse because when Spur did it...
They Poc, and he couldn't get them over
the line, and that was on him, and
England can't get over the line. And you
can all blame the players and this sent
Said didn't step up. That's the guy's job
to get the tactics right to get them
over the line, and he is completely incapable
of doing and he can mu around in
his white t shirt, cardigan things and his
waistcoat coats, and we can name tube stations
after we night, and we can do whatever
we like. Ultimately. He has
probably wasted some of the best opportunities that
we're ever gonna have.
And they only come around you know,
generational, we're we're gonna wait a long, long
time because other teams will get themselves in
gear. Other teams will be tactically better
and and the same old thing's gonna happen.
So 60 years of her, it will be,
I'd make it 80 90.
And wait. I won't see it. That's for
certain. Anyway, that's it. Well it was nice
that you all Scott you sat around and
enjoyed it.
And the irish.
Right. I am off up to Scotland this
week.
Just proven a nightmare. We've we booked 4.
I was just took texted somebody this morning
because Meet and something up but... We booked
accommodation 4 times things you go through a
airbnb b and booking dot com. And we
started off near t,
and these people realize that that all the
opens on. So they they cancel your booking,
just because, obviously, they've had a better offer
or get more money. So they just cancel
it. And you you've got no come just
how we cancel your booking. We're doing a
bit of maintenance. 3 of them were doing
maintenance. Incredible. Ended it up in. So we're
just have to get further and further out
nearly ended up back in England.
But
yes. We will be up there for the
open fantastic,
Bob Mc. I see it when... We we
had our money in the bank, Friday from
the
from the trade that I did, but
I mean, it was a very moody drop.
I did watch the Gulf yesterday. I was
a... I'm I'm actually playing now on Friday.
It was a very moody drop.
You know, I know that's still rules, but
it doesn't sit right but a bloke kits
in a bush and can put his hand
in and drop it out because there's a
sprinkler in the middle of some sand Dune
that you might remotely be touching.
I thought the overall was very quick.
You know, he a fantastic shot fair play
and the 3 he made up the last
was absolutely fantastic. And I'm really pleased for
him to win.
And it's not his fault that the rolls
golf going the same way They don't seem
to nobody gets penalized for a bad shop
these days.
It was fucking very moody. But
fantastic to see him and bob Mcintyre time.
I and,
I liked him afterwards, he said, we'll turn
up at the open when we turn up
gonna celebrate,
and proven, you know, to be a decent
goal. I've really gritty finished a fantastic 3
up the last.
I did feel a little bit Adam Scott
because he played nicely and he's another 1
who seems to just not be able to
get over the line at times. And Ob
Sq.
Ludwig fig Over, People are backing in for
the open, hundred percent sq that boy and
getting it done for me.
Should have laid him yesterday really. But
there we go.
Right. Have a lovely week, I will try
and do open preview. I'm gonna try to
get it out tomorrow. I will be involved
at the open. There will be a newsletter
as normal or the football will continue as
normal.
Have a lovely little week.
I look forward to seeing some of you
in Scotland.
And
yeah. And it's another fortunate. It's another disappointing
England defeat. But hay h. There we go.