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We back like USA men's basketball. We never doubted. Yeah, how are you doing, Dave? I'm doing good. I mean, the weather, you know, I like a bit of sun.

I'm more of a sun person than a cloud and rain person. You're more of a cloud and rain person than a sun person.

So these aren't the best days for me on these coasts.

But technically, I don't think about it in terms of weather, weather, just process. I think about it more in terms of outcome. I'm more of a Cardi person.

Oh, I'm happy. I'm like, I'm wearing a bit of Kashmir hoodie today. A bit of Kashmir hoodie.

Is that from the Pep Guardi or the collection? No, it's not. It's not nearly that intricate or complex.

We got to start right off the top with genuinely truly seismic news. New seismic, even out in bloody Shepter is tweeting about it.

Eminating out of our football world that after 21 years, 17 seasons and the first team, having lifted 35 trophies.

God, that number is mind boggling. Lionel Messi is leaving Barcelona. How are you feeling, Dave? Because for me, it's like when Steve Carell left the office or...

More than that, it's like when Glenn Murray left Brighton. I mean, Ray Hudson stops commentating on Barcelona games. And Messi's like, sod it. I'm out of here.

Yeah, I mean, look, for me, this is all... obviously, we've got to remember all just the... I mean, there are more than great moments.

They were transcendent moments that Messi having spent his career at that club since Boyhood, you know, brought to Barcelona fans, La Liga fans, and football fans, the world over.

But at the same time, this, for me, is just a continuation of all of the super league drama, the financial crises that are hitting World Soccer all, you know, made worse by the pandemic.

And there's something, therefore, more permanent, even than Lionel Messi leaving. I'm sure you'll touch on it. But this is almost like, oh my God, is this the end of days for a certain kind of football club.

That was about 10 years ago, Dave, but this is certainly... there's certainly the human manifestation of it or...

Yeah.

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