Welcome to the total soccer show and our festive special.

Welcome to the total soccer Show and our festive special.

Ho, ho, ho, etc.

It's been a big year and we've all put in big shifts and now it's time for us to give

out some gifts.

Yes, the TSS gang are going to be giving out all kinds of stuff, but maybe not to

Namar.

He's had more than enough. So join us, listener, as we go on this fantasy festive spree. My name is Ryan Bailey. Let me introduce you to the other three. Firstly, joining me a man who is jolly and can hit a mean shot on the volley, Taylor Rockwell. Hello. Hello, I will take that. That's a nice introduction for the holiday episode. Thank you for that, Ryan Bailey. And I have empirical proof that you could hit a mean shot on the volley because we played the sockers during the World Cup, Taylor. We did. Did I actually hit one on frame, though, or did I just drive it like 20 yards wide? I mean, I said mean shot on the volley, not accurate mean shot on the volley. There we go.

Did we play soccer or did we just injure each other for two hours? That seemed to be how it went.

We're all very old. Yes. Yes. Yeah. Joining us, you just heard his voice there, a man who's very much looking forward to emptying his sack in front of us today. Graham, Rutherland, hell. Oh dear. Oh dear. Yeah, I am not ready for Christmas. This is the World Cup's fault. It's FIFA's fault. They have ruined Christmas. I haven't bought any presents. I certainly haven't emptied my sack. And I need to pan it by like Manchys Knight in the transfer market. I hope my wife is happy with Donnie Van der Beatt for Christmas this year.

Oh dear.

I hope it doesn't end up on her proverbial bench all year long, Graham.

Yeah.

I can't wait for her to unwrap her Belgium-sized large men's jersey that you give her for Christmas this year.

Yeah, you know that soccer store that we visited in Times Square? Yeah, that's where did all my Christmas shopping this year. Yeah. I can imagine you doing that, like buying her soccer jerseys and switching on the kitchen TV to make her watch the games as they happen. You shall be indoctrinated. Indeed. Yeah. I mean, I've started trying that with my daughter, but my daughter has already got the sass and is already smarter than me, so she wasn't having any of it during the World Cup final. She's continued watching Gabby's dollhouse. Yeah, yeah. Once again, as I've noted before on the show, my daughters view soccer as the thing that stops them watching cartoons on Netflix. So there is a barrier there indeed. Weirdly so Joe. That's the other thing that Joe says hate soccer. Really? It really is. It really is. And joining us to round out our three. Foresome, of course, a man you just heard him then. He's always on our nice list. Joe Lowry. Hello. Hello. Yeah. If I have to watch one more Premier League game instead of Looney Tunes on a Saturday morning, I'm going to be heated, fellas. Yeah. Yeah. I can't disagree with that. I can't disagree with that. Surprise you knew what Looney Tunes was, Joe, to be honest. Yeah. See. See, Graham. You know, on the holiday season, I try to pull out a few surprises. That's all I'm saying. I think maybe they use a theme tune on TikTok.

Maybe that was it. Speaking of, you know, you know what's wrong with soccer? All the games should be TikTok length. Right? Right. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Wait, where have we heard this before? Have we heard this somewhere? I don't know. Yeah. Don't remember. My kids. Ah, you, your kids, Florentino Perez, that makes sense.

That's who the Super League was for.

Yep.

Exactly.

So this episode, Ah, your kids, Florentino Perez, that makes sense. That's who the Super League was for.

Yep.

Exactly.

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