Hi guys, Emma Jones here.

Each week I'm going to be joined by Michael Bridges, Stuart Dallas,

and a player from the first team to get to know them better.

We're doing 10 episodes of the official Leads United podcast,

and we are loving it so far, aren't we, lads?

Absolutely.

Really enjoy your company, Emma,

and obviously having Stewie alongside Zori. Stu, what do you make of that? Yeah, Brindsey's words are relevant to me, but now it is. It's fantastic, obviously, to get to know the players from a different side of things. I think it's easy to get drawn up when you just see players that they're just footballers, but there's a whole completely different side to them which is obviously what we're trying to get into we've tapped into a few and it's been great to see obviously social life what goes on off the field as well as on the field and um you know me and stewie with our injuries in the past the mental side of the game as well to see what they've gone through in their careers and how they've bounced back. Yeah, we've had quite a few chats already, haven't we?

We kicked things off with our captain, Ethan Amperdo. We've also spoken to Joe Rodon, Brendan Aronson, Anton Stark, Pascal Struik, James, Justin, and there's plenty more that we are going to chat to. Any highlights for you, lads, any standout moments? I think one thing that's sort of similar to all of them is kind of, obviously they've

all had different pathways to how they've been brought up and how they've come up, but they're

all got the same sort of mindset, they work hard, you know, there's no egos with any of them

and they know what it means to represent the club as well, which is obviously fantastic. And I think it's been lovely. We see them regularly on the park performing and doing their job. But it's been lovely to actually hear from them and get and know them as people behind the camera, behind what we see, the glitz and glamour. And I think it's just so nice to see them, so humble as well.

And that's what's been the reflecting bit for me.

Yeah.

Well, there's 10 episodes coming your way very soon.

Bridget, where can they find them?

You can find them on YouTube, Leeds United website,

or wherever you listen and view your podcasts.