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I hope you're well. I hope you're not injured. Seriously, you know, it seems to be the thing these days, isn't it? Everybody's doing it. It's like a fashion. It's like a brand new dance, but I don't know its name.

It's the in thing. All the cool kids are doing it. It's DuraGurr from formerly robust Englishman to teeny tiny Spaniards, from Czech veterans to Chilean Dynamos. Everyone is getting in on this whole injured act. Even I'm injured. Seriously, went over on my ankle in five aside about six weeks ago.

Thought I'd be back in a week or two, you know, tend to bounce back quite quickly from those kind of knocks. But no, you know, still haven't been able to play in. It's very frustrating of course because at the end of the week, Friday five aside, it's brilliant. If you've worked all week and you've worked hard and you know, gives you a chance to run around and let loose some of the frustrations and rage of the week on a football pitch.

You know, I find that there's something quite cathartic about leathering the fuck out of a football as hard as he can towards a goal. I like that, but I haven't been able to play. All the bruising and stuff is gone. But now if I sort of just buy the ball of my ankle, the bally bit there. If I press down there right now, oh shit, it's really quite sore. Just sort of in line with the little toe if you were to go on a straight line there. So I don't know, maybe something ligament-y.

Who knows what that is. I suppose I really should go and see a physio or somebody who has, you know, a good idea of what this might be and how I might fix it.

How will it seem to be the sensible thing to do, but it's trying to find time and look outside today's really, it's really raining out there today. I have to get my chair tightened as well. It makes a lot of creaking noises these days. Listen.

See? And people are often saying to me on Twitter, when we record the RSCAST extra, which one of you farted at 33 minutes and 13 seconds? It's not. It's my chair. See?

So I've got to get out the Allen key and do a bit of tightening up there. But anyway, I hope you're not injured. I hope you're, you know, in fine health. I hope there's no problems with your calves or your hamstrings, your hip flexors.

Your, your groins. I don't want any details now about your groin at all. I just hope that it's, you know, it's good. I don't need to know if there's any excess moisture or using. No. Keep that to yourself. If you do have a problem, I'm not the guy who can help you there. But if you have a fine groin this week, then fantastic. I'm happy for you.

I think everybody should have a good groin. Everyone's groin should be in a good place, right? Sure, some places are better than others, but there you go. So look, it's an RSCAST. Once more, number 371. Thank you for tuning in. Thank you for listening. It's much appreciated. I listen to a lot of podcasts and maybe the hosts don't say thank you for listening enough. I do appreciate it. I'm glad you're here. So we're going to talk about the Sondalin game. I guess that's going to be fun or whatever.

You know, after the last couple of games that you thought we'd win, this one looks like a kind of a home banker under normal circumstances, but of course it's not, it's not really a home banker at all. Given that, you know, most of the squad is, you know, fucked pretty much, band-jacks and in the infirmary. Who knows what else might crop up? Oh, parish the thought. Parish the thought. But we're going to look ahead to that one and, you know, there'll be all the usual bits and pieces of nonsense and waffle and guff and stuff.

And flim flam and all that kind of stuff in here. We're going to do a Savile Rogue competition for you. We'll give you the winners of last week Savile Rogue competition as well. Your chance to win goodies and prizes and get some discounts on your Christmas shopping because I assume you're going to do all your Christmas shopping for our still fans at Savile Rogue.com. Number one, you don't have to go outside. Number two, they deliver it to you. Number three, you know, it's great stuff because they've been a big part of this RSCAST every winter since more or less the start.

So you keep your ears out for the Savile Rogue bits and pieces a touch later on in the show. And I'll give you the winners of last week's competition for Percy Nobleman who gave us some beer bombs and all that kind of stuff to give away. So look, injuries, injuries, injuries. That seems to be the, seems to be the theme of the week. It's been very quiet. Hasn't it from Arsenal really quiet? Alexa goes off with a hamstring strain. Lauren Cassialney, he went off with a hip problem.

Santa Cazorla, he didn't even go off. He hurt his knee turns out quite badly, although we haven't got a

frisional confirmation on that yet, but he played the whole of the second half. Arson Ranger saying he ended up on one leg, which is not ideal for playing football, but it's been really,

really, really quiet from an Arsenal point of view about the seriousness of those injuries. Alexa's apparently has been given some time off to go to

Chile, which is, I guess, a fine thing. He's going to be out for three weeks and, you know, send him home, let him chill out a little bit.

Just hope that he doesn't get involved in too many games of five aside on the street with the kids who want to play with the

laksys, but you know, a little bit of recuperation, a little bit of relaxation, sort of an enforced mid-season break to an

extent, because if he's done his hamstring, there's not much he can do here in here. Certainly not. He's not in my house.

He's not, or in the UK, I mean, you know, he might as well go home and get a bit of, I guess they have sunshine there.

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