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We've got an Englishman, Irishman, a Scotsman and a Welshman to preview the international break.

I genuinely can't think of one interesting question to ask about England's games

without Baineyer and Sam Marino. So we'll make time for Ellis to be poetic about Wales,

Jim to be nervous about Scotland and Barry to be Barry about Ireland.

We've got Susie Rector to tell us about the women's Champions League and a disturbing

story coming out of PSG. We've got a bit of Can Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard manage in

the same league together, a review of Eddie House press conference and a mailbag filled with some

football and quite a lot of nonsense and that's the day's Guardian football weekly.

On the panel today, Jim Burke, Barca Jim, hello mate.

Hey, you doing all right? I'm very good. Thank you. Hello, Barry Glenn Denning.

Hello, Max. I'm slightly worried because I wasn't aware the Republic of Ireland were coming

under our microscope today. I'm now frantically looking to see who we're playing.

Ellis James, I don't know if you know Wales that are in action this weekend, but I hope you do.

I've heard something. I don't know. I'm more of a rugby man these days because then you get to

run on the pitch and get in front of Trace Scoring challenges if you go to rugby matches.

Is this your first full, you've done some voice notes. You know, you'll clear out,

I'll max leave me alone. I don't want busy to do this. But is this your first full pod since the

final of the euros? Yes, it is. Yeah, yeah, I've not done one this season. Just been on voice

not duty. Yeah, it's a key part of the pod. Can I ask when Barry took that video, right?

Because you're more polite than Barry. And you know, it's Sack is taking the penalty. It was Sack

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