Hello,

Hello everyone!

Hello everyone, thank you for electing to hit play on this episode of The Total Soccer Show.

My name is Ryan Bailey.

I'm temporarily taking the reins of the weekend review while your friend and mine, Taylor Rockwell,

seized through an important familial duty.

He started about nine months ago. Over the next hour or so, we'll

be discussing how Josie Marino got his groove back, how Diego Jotta is pulling in the slack,

and how Milan are cruising thanks to Zlat. And so close to rhyming that one, so close.

Joining me on this Wild Monday ride is Friend of the Show and the greatest thing to come out of Scotland since the television, the telephone, penicillin, the bicycle and Andrew Robertson's left foot. It's Graham Rutherland. Graham, how are you, sir? That's quite some company to keep there right. And I'm good. How are you? Very good indeed. And I had this teacher, Graham when I was younger at school who was Scottish and he claimed that like Scotland invented

everything and Very good indeed. And I had this teacher, Graham, when I was younger at school, who was Scottish, and he claimed that Scotland invented everything. And we'd say, like, no way you did. Like, the television, not yet we invented it. The telephone, yet we invented. And he just went on and on. And Scotland did seem to invent everything we use in modern society.

That is definitely true. We also invented football,

the English, you know, can't claim that one if you check the history books. That's ours.

And we also invented binge drinking. So you're welcome, world. Those are two of my favorite things.

That's crazy. Amazing. Hang on, I did see a TV show on Netflix called The English Game. Are you

telling me there's some problems with that title? Yeah, don't believe everything you watch on Netflix. I'm sure viewers of the Crown will attest to that. Fair enough, Graham. All right, we've got some big games to get into this weekend. Before we do, it's Thanksgiving week this week, Graham. I was interested in getting your perspective. You're in Glasgow, Scotland at the moment.

What's Thanksgiving like in the UK these days?

I've been absent from my home country for a decade now.

And I'm seeing from friends at home, like you have Black Friday now.

And like, what's the, is Thanksgiving more of a cultural thing in the UK now?

Slightly a little bit. I mean, it's certainly not something that is observed widely here. But yeah,

if you go to a supermarket, which I suppose at the moment, not many people are doing this year.

...