It's the thing, thiy sow, they even like you could get em picking in randomly. Shrewsburry it say, as far as playing itsthem, they could do a similar sort of job. It's hard to break down a team in two banks of four to defend well and show the ball wide. If you're professional footballers, you can do that quite well. It's just a, you'd rely in thatwholl season, it's very difficult to get more than one point of game on average. And so they're, you're realing tolit.

One of things that did impress im about wotfid is one ofth tues of conte's time at chelsea was ar the way that his players would lock their opposition within their own final third thre was just no exet a, and spurs had that for about probably an hour. There was a period where they dominated the first half, without oukno cona, stale domination. A, but whatford managed to seize a little bit of momentum in a bit of territory, and the game became a little bit more even for probably about 15 or 20 minutes second half. And i thought, hey, that's good coaching, and that's good kind of tactical discipline from players, because you've understood what's going wrong. You understood that you can't just play like that for 90 minutes, but without something going wrong onth cane and so on, you know, hoverals. A, it was just, it was just unlucky. The game plan worked. And a, they deserved a point. They they they werd due one for their performance. I just think you have to have a bit more in midfield. It's simple. I think just need to havemore ability. A, because i think that gets rid of the ar the inferiority complex that you can develop as a team if you know you're not good enough, if you're norwidch a, or if you're newcastle at the moment, or ar, if you're watford, and if you spend long enough listening to people telling ye where you just not good enough, then eventually you play like you're not good enough. You may play to instruction, but eventually, ah, it doesn't lead to anywhere good. And like watford could really do with, you know, a small army of reinforcements in january. Ok. Well,

good news, i suppose, for watford is, of course, that a, denis has not been allowed to go to er, to afcon. Said, can you explain this to me? There was a strange situation with the notice period.

It's very strange. So this has happened with denis. It's all so and as we're recording this, there's a very, very strange situation with sar as well, who's not going a what for t being accused of, i don't fully understand the denis situation, so i'm not going to try and explain it. But what word have been accused am of disrespect in the tournament, a and prohibiting a sa from being involved. An apologies if that proves not to be correct by to morrow. But that's

no ithing thats i case? Well, as far as i'm aware, upas the point we bere recording the jury, were required to give something like nine or 14 days notice, not only to the player that they were going to select him, but also to the club. And that is what they did not do. They did not, apparently, according to whatford, notify whatford that they would be selecting him before 14 days. And therefore, watford are allowed to not send him. Which puts the player in a strange position, because it sounds as a lot and reniery acknowledges the two that tha denis wanted to go, but he's also in a situation where he doesn't want to let his team mates down. The club have said, no, he doesn't wat to let the club down. They're oversy in a relegation battle, or at least, you know, or in relegation form half way through the season. And it's a really tough spot to be put in, isn't it? Ye?

For the players, it's almost impossible, because you can't really win. I don't have that much sympathy for premley clubs, so am. There's a case in germany. San powley have lost probably their most influential player, copicure. He's been called up by gane and ther top of the idebunslig at the moment. And without him, they're going to suffer. And they're probably going to well get their chance of promotion, or am going to diminish his result. There's been no complaint. Off he goes with out well wishes do the very best he can. Great honour for you. Congratulations. And sompale are a different case. I understand that they are a different a football club, but as an attitude, i feel like, good for you, because am, the message hereis, don't put the player in the situation where that has to happen. Because, like, as you said, jo, you can't win. Like, if i have to choose between my club, my employer and my national team, i lose somehow. And

that's not also, if your dinner just, youre plalying for a team, youre a good player and you're playing for a team that are ut a potential relegation candidates, and they don't let you go. I mean, if that were me, i'm not saying that denis would feel this way, but if i were in that situation, i would question the loyalty that i should have to that team. Maybe i should go and join some one else.