Welcome to the Total Soccer Show and the latest edition of Take It or Leave It or Tioly, as none of the cool kids are calling it.

It's simple. You submit your hot soccer takes to us and we take them or we leave them.

Today we're judging spicy suggestions about the penalty box being too wide,

Everton's outlook under new ownership, and building a Premier League expansion team.

My name's Ryan Bailey.

Joining me today is returning champion Taylor Walker.

Hello, Taylor.

Hello, Ryan Bailey.

And in honor of the spirit of the season and of this episode, I will begin by saying my hot take is that fairy tale of New York is the best Christmas song in the world in America or abroad. It doesn't matter where. That's the only Christmas

song you need. No pushback here. I agree. Thank you, Ryan. Joe agrees, even though Joe's never heard it.

Joe nods enthusiastically. Graham, I think agrees as well. Cool. We're all on the same page.

I've assigned everybody the same page. I want people know that that i still have not listened to this taylor ryan and graham were talking about it and they led with well the guy's not very good at conventionally you know singing and that's how they pitched it to me so yes i'm i'm i'm gonna love this song i'm gonna love it a lot uh listen just just so you know joe low he's here hello joe uh his voice his voice is slightly coarse because he's been practicing his shame to go on overnight. Oh, he's here. His spirit awakens. Graham Muthman's here too. Hello, Graham. It was either I was going to sing that or Dominic the donkey, which is actually my favorite Christmas song. You're familiar. That was good. That was good. Even though the little names on the inside say they're made in Brook Galeen. Hey, Ticket, Ching. Ryan's face says he doesn't know Dominate the donkey. I'm not sure I do. I know the hippopotamus one. That's a natural animal one I know. No, a donkey was way better. I heard about it from you, Taylor. I remember you telling me about it.

Yes, sir.

I made the mistake of introducing it to our four-year-old, and we listened to it the entire way to school and the entire way home. That was a mistake. My Spotify wrapped is an interesting way. Yeah, that's a bit much. Nobody needs that much, Dominic the donkey. To me, sincere, Taylor, I do love me some fairy tale of New York,

and I wish it were more prolific in the United States of America.

But I think my actual favorite Christmas, To me, sincere, Taylor, I do love me some fairy tale of New York, and I wish it were more prolific in the United States of America.

But I think my actual favorite Christmas song is probably the John Lennon one.

Merry Christmas War is over.

Oh, not this is Christmas?

No.

All right.

Interesting.

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