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Thank you. Welcome to the Total Soccer Show and our latest foray into the listener questions mailbag.

On today's show, we're asking if a European club could achieve a perfect season.

We're questioning the nature of the throw-in, and we're debating Emma Hayes' potential starting 11 with the USWNT.

My name's Ryan Bailey, joining me today,

answering your listener questions, as always, Taylor rocking well. Hello, Taylor. Hello,

good to be here, my friend. Very good to have you here indeed. Taylor's expecting a delivery,

everybody wants everybody to know that, so if you hear a doorbell or a dog barking, that's what it is.

Yes, exactly. And you will, because the dogs are home and ready to go. It's their favorite thing to do is to bark at a person who is innocuously here. Wonderful stuff. Let's leave in any doorbells or anything to you say. Listen to thinks it's their doorbell and it confuses them as well. Maybe let's say, Hey, Siri, a few times as well, just to set things off. I do continue to have a file, a folder on my computer of just times the show is interrupted by dog barking, either my own dogs or guest dogs. It's a good one that I will never ever listen to, but somehow still feel the need to keep. Who let them out? We'll never know. Joe Lowry also joining us. Hi, Joe. Hey, Siri. Hey, Siri.

Oh, I did it to my phone. There you go. That didn't backfire. Stupid. Hey, Siri, subscribe to Backheeled and Graham's newsletter. Oh, no, wait, it did it to mine now. Oh, no. This is failed. I can't believe that just happened. Wonderful stuff, Joe. Also joining us, of course, Mr Graham.

Three showers a day, Rutherman.

Hello, Graham.

Don't question the logic, Ryan. Hello. How are you today? I'm good. Can I call you Trey from now on? Just, you know, three, three toothbrushings, three showers. Is that okay, Trey? Yeah. Excellent, excellent. Wonderful stuff. Are there any oils left on your skin at this point? Or are you just trying to scold them off at any given opportunity with a shower? Well, you see, with the amount of booze that I drink, that creates a lot of oil. So three showers is a reaction to that to get rid of the oil. And the shame, as Taylor keeps reminding me. Wonderful stuff. Listen, if you advocate for three showers and three toothbrushing today,

do let us know. And we'll find a special place for you with Graham as well. Guys,

it is, as we record, November 21st.

This day, on this day last year, it was the day after our TSS Live in New York.

It was this day one year ago, but a day, Graham, as we record.

It hardly feels like a year ago, does it, huh?

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