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Martin Clinging On At Rangers
100m Final
Pole Vault
A New Sport
The Ryder Cup
Tyrell Hatton Enjoying Life
Woad Watch
Daniel Brown Going Low
A New FPL Prize
Sport Being Rained Off
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CHAPTERS :
00:00 Intro
01:41 World Champs 100m Final
03:06 Pole Vault
04:03 SPL Rangers
06:05 HMRC Stories
08:53 Ryder Cup
10:58 Rory Team USA T-Shirt
12:52 Woad Watch
14:06 Daniel Brown
16:41 Fore Brothers
21:14 Darts
21:56 Hatton Hammered
24:06 FPL Extra Prize
26:56 Cricket Update
27:36 Sport Idea
31:04 Rained Off Sports
33:26 Asking For Refunds
37:56 Anything Off Your Chest
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No wins in five, 10th out of 12th in a two- horse race. They are 10th and uh he is absolutely cooking on the way round. He woke up in his own sick in his hotel room. Wow. He said well to remember all of his drinks in that case. Yeah. And on the same [ __ ] though when Arsenal get corners they take 30 to 40 seconds to even walk over. They have a chat. Where are we going with this? Then they stand there, few big breathes, then they put the ball, then they put their arm up. Sorry. Then the cross comes in. It’s like a minute per corner. And you just think, boys, it’s [ __ ] entertainment. I’m sat here [ __ ] bored. Breaking news. That is an extraordinary tech. That is ridiculous. Almost strap yourself in for this one. The Sporting Take podcast. Welcome back to the Sport and Tape podcast season 2 episode 20. Season finale. Season finale. We had no questions sent in. So we’ve had to go with a normal format. Is there who knew? Such a shame that um you know I didn’t ask on socials. So only the 20 people who watched on YouTube would would have known that we asked for questions. So Oh, and the listeners on Apple. So that’s about 22. So o overall I reckon 22 people minus how many times you listen to it. Yeah. Yeah. And us. Yeah. True. But none of us felt the needs per question. Yeah. Um let’s start with the 100 meter final in the world championships today cuz it’s a bit different. Um, sadly none of our boys made the final that we have mentioned on the pod. If you’re a pod listener, there’s been a few Welshmen I believe that we’ve mentioned on the pod generally speaking for sprinting purposes making 60 me gold and stuff in the indoors. But Jeremiah Azu, the Welshman, only got fourth in the semiinal sadly, so didn’t make the final, but congratulations again cuz he is the world champ over 60 m. So that is something to be proud of. Anyway, uh Noah Ly came third, so that’s always nice for everyone else. Did he really? Yeah. Oh, I missed this. I saw he said he he felt like he was in the form of his life and like felt like he was going to he had a world record in immediately after coming third said oh I was focusing on the 200 m anyway sure yeah so he’s just an absolute belly breaking it um but yeah so we’ll move on from the worlds cuz that’s I’d say 100 200 and maybe the 4×100 meter relay is all people really give a [ __ ] about in in athletics the highlights yeah yeah sadly and no offense If you sponsorship, I saw Dup Plantis got a new didn’t he get a new PB or or like he does. What does he do? Dup Plantis makes it sound like he does. Oh my god. You know, you know he’s that guy, but he’s absolutely rapping. Is he Norwegian or Swedish kind of you you do you not see his video from the Olympics last year. He and he’s raced like sprinters and he’s quicker than some sprinters and he’s a pole vault like world records. Is that the one that um had the large package that got some attention during the Olympics? Oh, quite possibly. Okay. Do you plant this? The only reason I thought pole vault is like planting the pole into the ground. I also feel like it. No. Yeah. Swedish American pole vaultter. Add penis on the end of that search. I don’t I don’t know. I don’t know how good you think my eyes are. Entertaining. I just Yeah. Okay. So, all right. So, let us know in the comments if there’s more than 100 200 4×100 and pole vault adding to that and package watch. and package watch. Um, so back on to something we know a little bit more about. Let’s go to Rangers this season. Russell Martin watch. They lost again this weekend. 2-0 at home to hearts. They are now third from bottom. No wins in five. No wins in five. 10th out of 12 in a two horse race. They are 10th. It’s quite incredible. It’s unbelievable. What do you think would happen to to Scotland if Rangers got relegated? Well, they’ve been down there before when they went bust and they had to come back. So, they would survive, but it’s already boring cuz Celtic win 15 out of 16 league titles. So, I mean, yeah, it would be a struggle. Imagine that’s an angry fan base. Yeah. Um I I think they were singing actually I saw this. Let us know in the comments. This is probably wrong, but it was sort of like, “Fuck off, Martin. [ __ ] off, Martin.” I believe they were singing in the stands at the weekend. Just first original. Yeah. So, and how many how many how long’s he been in the job? Since the summer. See, this is his first season. Five five league games. Five league games. Probably like 10. A couple of European games. And it’s not like his backup job can be to get naked either because that that name’s taken. Yeah, it is. It’s a tough act to follow as well. Yeah, huge shout out if you’ve not seen his stuff. Love that you’ve just given away to the whole audience. We we go on about how you and I don’t like sport, but what you are really into Naked Martin. Just a huge shout out to Naked Martin. Obviously did do a birthday message for us or a stout day message. I think he’s done multiple mortgages. Still the nicest video anyone’s ever sent my life. I think this is the uh the second time he’s been mentioned on a podcast. I’m sure he was mentioned on Joe Rogan once upon a time as was very true. Yeah. So, I wonder if he’ll have the same sort of uptake in clients after being on the Sport and Take versus what he got from Joe Rogan. It could be similar, I think. We were there first. Yeah. Yeah. Have one of them. Um, so moving on from Scotland to a brilliant account that uh the member of the the missing member of the podcast shared with me in the week. HMRC man. He does Kres’s job on this podcast, but he does it on Tik Tok properly. Doesn’t sherk it. He goes back through people on uh footballers that go on podcast, they tell stories and he fact checks them. And then when they’re wrong, he makes a little video like, “Yeah, but you were right there, were you?” because um so he told a story about um oh I can’t remember which manager but it was about Arson Wenger he the guy said and then we had to ask Arson Wenger if we were allowed to add someone to the squad because it was so long ago and he was like but you didn’t it was Harry Rednap he’s like but you didn’t Harry Rednap though did you because that game was in August and Arson Wenger joined Arsenal in October that very year so you didn’t ask Arson Wenger. The manager at that time was Pat Ross. So he goes through and like Michael Owen has said certain things and he’s like but that’s not true Michael Owen is it? And then he like pulls up Michael Owen saying it then he’ll bring up the information that proves he’s wrong you know. So he’s a very good account. So I’ll I’ll put a link in the description. What’s his name? He’s he’s I can’t remember what his name is. I’ve seen a couple. You said HMRC HMRC. If you type HMRC football in, it will come up. Okay. But I will share it in the description. So, if you follow the description, you will find it. That was a niche hobby. I really found a good market. I really respect it. Fair play. A few years ago, I said probably get a hobby, but now I think I’m all for that. Yeah, completely. Yeah, he’s like flying, I think, as well. I don’t think he started it uh like very long ago, and he’s already doing way better than that sporting take podcast. I feel like that’s such a perfect thing that you could get AI to do for you as well. Just literally check in for inconsistencies in stories versus the stuff already on like permanent record. It’s such an easy thing to do. I think you need to be a lot better using AI than I am or and I think you’d still end up having to do the research yourself because otherwise you get so many false positives and you’d end up making a tit of yourself and then Yeah. And then someone with fat check the fat checker. Yeah, that’s going to happen. Fair check that war getting fat exception. It was a street stretch. Can’t talk. It just went straight over my head. So, don’t worry. Um, we’ll move on. Let’s move on to the golf now. Obviously, we are close to the Ryder Cup, which we are buzzing for. Um, at this very moment, if I said Europe or USA, who would you go? I would go Europe. I would say USA just because of the home advantage. I’m going to say Europe. Europe. Yep. The boys. Is there any reason other than uh that you want Europe to win? Do you genuinely think just think they got better overall team? I think the makeup’s better. Yeah. And I think US is still going to have the same issue they had in the last one. just the like zero chemistry in that in the changing room and they are not a team whereas Europe I think not only are they coming off the back of that they still got Luke Donald they’re jetting off after the webworth today that has just finished uh who won today and Alex play amazing since you said he made no money yeah he’s made loads of money great ones Oberg like people still flying like really good plus like Rose seeming to hit this like late blooming for maybe his last Friday Cup going to be captain next time like he’s going to put a shift in. Bobby Mack. Rory, what a year. Bobby Mack is going to actually not be carried this time. I think he’s going to be one of the boys. Yeah, I think it’s going to be Yeah. Yeah. Looking forward to it. Terrible this tournament just gone though, didn’t he? I I feel like last time at the Ryder Cup, Rose basically put Bobby Mack on his back and said, “We’re not losing this game.” Cuz he was [ __ ] about as good as having you on the team. And then whereas this time I think Bobby M like I think he’s like way more experienced easier to carry than Bobby M because he’s a bit big. No, he does. He hides he’s a marathon runner. Yeah, he pulled out [Laughter] low hanging fruit there. So, does anyone want to mention about the t-shirt for the USA team or the USA t-shirt with Rory involved? I’ll take it everyone’s everyone’s seen it. I haven’t seen it. Have you not? So, there’s a a team USA official Rider Cup t-shirt and there is a silhouette of a golfer in the background and it is definitely Rory Mroy. He says he doesn’t think it is him, but that distinctive finish of his driver like over his shoulders. Yeah, I he’s got a very unique athletic stance, hasn’t he, Rory? And I don’t think there’s any mistaking. That’s it. He’s saying it looks more like an Adam Scott, but what I love you think as soon as you see it, you think Mroy, whether it is or it isn’t in because it’s that goes there. They should have gone for someone like I don’t know Sheffllor or something where you don’t feet off the floor. This what I love so much is that they’ve the US RDER Cup team. It’s not it’s some like semi like some attached management company for the ride cup team that have outsourced so many different like uses of the logo and the name to different manufacturers and some junior exec or some outsourced designer has just gone oh I’ll just copy the silhouette of that golfer with no idea who it is put it on a t-shirt and now it’s the whole US RDER Cup team’s problem it’s amazing but what I will say is as a man who likes talking marketing. Mhm. Would that not be maybe a way of marketing your t-shirt because everyone’s talking about it? Yeah. Whereas if you just put a normal Vulper on, it wouldn’t have had any media attention. This has gone viral, but then I suppose who’s going to buy the t-shirt? I don’t think anyone’s Yeah. If let’s be hon you’re you’re go you’ve gone over there to support team Europe and you see a Yank wearing that you’re gonna go straight in and they’re gonna cry because they don’t like it. Yeah. It strikes me as a mistake. Not forever ploy. Nice. Um in terms of wo watch she was fourth when we last looked this week. So she’s on course for another sort of 80 grand in dollars. Sorry. $80,000, you know. Yeah. I’m thinking I may start to retract my flash in the pan statement that I made early doors. Yeah, I was saying to these boys earlier, I put the golf on yesterday um and saw for the first time Ly Road hit a golf shot and the first shot was probably about 110 yards out. She nearly dunked it, stopped it about a foot uh well, half a foot. That’s just luck, isn’t it? Anyone could do that. And then the next shot I the next shot I saw was a 40 foot put and it lipped. I was like, “Yeah, she’s pretty good.” I think you should write her a letter, but everyone’s found form, ain’t they? And then it falls off. So, let’s just, you know, Yeah. Even you’ve broken lightly this year. Yeah. Starting to retract. It would be class if this podcast was still going in a few years time and we could get her on, wouldn’t it? Like just just to like see gravel and be like, I’m sorry. When she’s like world number one, won four majors or something. Anyway, the start of that episode would be the clip as you say. Yeah. If we can fight it, if I like lost it, amateur hour over it. Now, have you boys seen I reckon you may have seen this Cres Daniel Brown off the red te’s at his local course shooting a ridiculously low round. No. Now, I’ll share this in the description as well. Um I think it’s not the four brothers, but it’s another golf count. I can’t remember anyway, but those guys were went to a course for his to Daniel Brown’s local course and he was like, “Right, we’re going to try and shoot 59 off the red te’s or he was on his own ball, you know, and uh he is absolutely cooking on the way round. Uh and in the back uh he Eagles the first and the 10th by chipping in and then he gets to like he’s 12 under and I think it’s a he’s 12 under and he’s played like 12 holes. Then there’s a 360 yard par4 and he tries to like bomb it, goes in like a red hazard and they’re walking up to it and he’s like, “There’s never a driver there, was it?” And so he takes a drop and I think he’s [ __ ] it cuz obviously he’s got to get up and down to keep the round going. Gets up and down. Not only does he get up and down, he finishes minus 17. Oh my god. and he clips out for a minus 18 on like cuz the 18th off the reds is a drivable par four. So he hits it he hits like when I say that’s a driver will par four of the reds as well it is like 350 odd and he just he just hits it like and when he hits it they’re like oh that’s got a chance and he’s like that that’s good and then they get up there and it’s like 20 20 25 ft for eagle so it’s not a must make but he had a bit too much pace and it just lipped out but minus 70 is that stroke I think it was a 56. Wow. He said, I think, yeah, 56 because it was 73. So then I believe in their series, I’ll put this in the description for them guys. I think you I will this time cuz it’s another person’s channel in it. Um for the series, he’s then going to move back to the yellow TE’s and try and do 59 like you know, go all the way back through the tea boxes. But I just thought minus 17 is disgusting, isn’t it? With a drop. I bet that’s really really wound up the women members of that course. Yeah, it probably has to be fair. Um yeah, on um I I saw a clip of those four brothers you mentioned. They’re going back up to four apparently. Oh, because one of them tried went out on his own, didn’t he? Yeah, he went out on his own and he must have uh must have decided that he got the bum deal and he wants he wants back in. Um so that’d be interesting because I believe pie tastes that tough, would it? you graveling up to your brothers and effectively taking like a third of their money away from them as well. Yeah, I saw I saw a clip earlier Peter Finch posted he was with them and they were at like a virtual golf thing and it it was just fastest ever swing speed after a few beers and I can’t I can’t remember what it was. I want to say something like 136 mph swing speed or something like that. Something nuts. It’s like Jesus. I I just want to get over 100. That’d be great. Yeah, I do like them four brothers boys though. Yeah, they’re good. They’re good to be fair. And um I just wonder if the parents have got involved and gone like he’s wanted back in and the parents have said you got to let him back in in as he was before. Cuz that would be interesting, wouldn’t it? Cuz if that’s your if that’s your brother and he’s gone, no, I want out. The channel has grown substantially. He wants back in. Does he come back in at 25%. Does he kind of assume but you would assume not but he’s your brother at the end of the day so you sort of have to cuz this is that thing we probably all seen it when Eddie Hearn’s being interviewed by the side man they were the the big YouTubers they split their money evenly. Yeah. And KSI is the biggest draw by miles isn’t they? So Eddie Hearns like say you he’s an unbelievable bloke because he makes more money than all of you and he essentially pays all your wages. So that’s interesting. Yeah. I didn’t know that. Yeah, he was. That’s outrageously good, by the way, from KSI. Yeah. Who I’m a big fan of. But that’s very cool. Yeah. That’s that’s incredible. I I avoid all of those. Something call me grumpy and old. None of us knew that, did we? So that’s it. I think it only comes up in my algorithm a lot. So that’s the sideman to be fair is is like not our age demographic. It’s like lads not they’re not that much younger than us, are they? But it’s more like marketed to kids, right? Yeah. I think it’s just like that the YouTube generation is the generation below us. We were Well, me personally, I watch more YouTube now than I ever did when I was a kid. Yeah. So, and that’s when they were up and coming that Mr. Beast, that sort of era. Anyway, quickly back to the four brothers thing. be interesting for you to keep a close eye on this because I believe that he got semi-cancled that fourth brother because he said some outrageous things and so it’ be interesting to see and maybe want to take note for when you get cancelled as to how you navigate that way. Yeah. And will we let you back in on this morning take your full 100% full 100%. Nothing. Yeah. I’ve got to say I was um people probably won’t find this interesting but um on Twitter or X whatever people were mentioning certain certain sites or YouTube channels having bots right not going to say who obviously but there’s a website called social blade which you can go on and it will tell you how many subscribers joined where and whatever so it’s like it’s like my stats essentially but for everyone to see. M and um I I thought, well, I’ll just click on my channel and see what it says. And it said an estimated earnings of $16 to $400 this calendar year. And I thought, well, where’s this money then? Might be projected earnings. If you keep going at this rate, you might have $16 in 16 bucks. We can’t even get a max for that. Don’t tell the tax, man. Yeah. Get a couple of cookies. Yeah. Can you get a couple of these Skittles? And if you want to sponsor us Skittles, I’ve presented them. beautifully. I will say the main company I’m after sponsorship for is these. Well, they’re you keep them in business. So, they owe you big time. I do about just for the sport and tape listeners, I do personally about 10 to 12 of these a day. So, and you we wonder why he’s got the shakes. If anyone either wants to pay for my yearly Diet Coke consumption or if Diet Coke themselves want sponsor the sport intake, that would be unbelievable. Jeff. Um, yeah. Anyway, I hope that happens. That that was the advert for today. Um, Cotswwell Painting and Decorating is a good site if you do want your house painted and in the Cotsworld area. You are in the CWorld area. Now, moving on. Uh, Darts, Litler, and Go and Price were playing as we recorded. We had to turn it off. It was two legs to one to Desi, I believe. On throw. Michael Van Goen awaits in the final in Amsterdam. Who wins the darts tournament? Desid Lil Van. Yeah. Nice. So keep in all bases. Someone’s right, someone’s wrong. Uh loose pays for the max now. Um just chuck that in there. We had a good was it TL Hatton had a good good time last week that we wanted to share with people. Did you see this? I’ve not heard this. No, you need to hear this. So when T got the phone call that he he made the Ryder Cup team uh and John Rahm won the Live singles. They went out for dinner and drinks and it sounds like it got a little bit messy. Uh, Troll reckons he had six glasses of wine with his dinner. Uh, then he had a double gin and tonic. Then John Ram told him that they were going on to Derono sours. He can’t remember how many of those he had. Then he had a hazelnut sour, which he said was disgusting, and he told the barman. Uh, he then had a margarita, a strawberry vodka thing. He then fed asleep at the table, which is a move I’m proud of. Um, and then he woke up in his own sick in his hotel room. Wow. He said well to remember all of his drinks in that case. Yeah. And someone’s probably got a receiver. He said the room was so disgusting he had no choice but to throw his bed sheets in the bin and just leave money at the reception and just say I’m sorry I had to pay for more bed sheets. Wow. What a told he’s got he’s old enough he comes. Does that mean you can’t have fun hasn’t had fun for years? You just get to an age and it’s like like fun is banned. I was trying to think like to get in that state at that at that age is is rare is what I’m saying. I’m not I’m not downplaying it. Sounds like you are, but that wasn’t a well, how old does he grow up? That was a wow. He’s still getting in that managing to get himself in that state. You staged it was only what two years ago and you you pretty you know, I think that’s different. Well, I think if you make the World Cup team just found out you made the World Cup team, I reckon you’d be I sent the the interview to Daz and said, “This would be me if I ever won our golf tournament.” Yeah. Yes. Now, I Please, I noticed today just how strong his beard is looking. It is a good girthy lengthy beard. So, the ch in that thing if he’s fallen asleep in his own in his beard and also hard to get out. Yeah, that is grim. In terms of our golf tournament, I just want to add another prize to the Sport and Take Fantasy League uh that we said. The prize was a mug handwashed by yourself. Hand washed by me before posting package to the winner of the Sport and Take Fantasy League. But inside the mug will now be as was found when Tidy in the house by Tess Spider. one use blue Callaway. That was a late super soft from probably a fist tournament or definitely a golf trip in Scotland. Could well have been the ball I almost eagled a whole Eely with that. I was going to that that ball brings back memories of Elely Bry like trying to find that ball on even on the fairway. I have a photo of you teeing up a golf ball that color on the 16th on the old course over the hotel. Yeah. Did we just take that or did I think you used it cuz they’re so hard to actually see. Yeah. I think we just because you have quite a weight on that. If you put it through the window of the old course hotel, there’s only one bloke on the course playing that. Exactly. I wonder if it was a blue ball when we were at Cray, I believe it was, and you had at least 15 shots out the same bunker. Yeah, could be. But I don’t think I think one video. I think these were one trip and one trip only to Scotland. That’s not scuffed up enough to be the same ball to be fair. Yeah. To be fair, this might not have ever been. You’re not in the habit of retiring golf balls. However, it’s a good price. Will it be signed? It will. Yeah, I’ll sign it as well. Could you Could you edit in that video of you? I’ve got it on my phone. Yeah, just relax. It can go in. Yeah. No, we’ll put it in the video if you send it to me um on for those on YouTube. Um [Laughter] Oh, I haven’t got enough memory on my phone. Oh, beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. Those bunker lessons were money well spent. you absolute shithe. Yeah. So, I just wanted to add that to the prize pot. Now, the cricket, I believe it was a bit of a wet one this weekend, was it? Yeah. The intern the last international T20 got rained off, so they just went that’s the series done then. One game all done, which is that ends as a draw. Yeah. Yeah. Which is an absolute disgrace. And one of the games was rain affected shambles anyway because it went down from 28 over to eight. So the whole series has been a shambles. Yes. And do you know I just thought of this and this could be a baked beans on fork idea again. You might know the answer to this in both cricket and you could apply the same thing to baseball. Do you reckon there could be a market? Have I just stumbled across it here? Don’t steal this cuz I’m broke. So, you know, if you’re out there, get me involved at least. Just give me 10 points. I don’t care. Um, bowling machine set to a certain number so that it’s the fair for everybody, certain length. Massive outdoor space, big runway, longest slog. So, or six or cuz I know there’s a record, but imagine like a a long drive competition at golf, but in a a cricket ball, bowls the ball, and then you whack it as hard as you can, but it’s got to stay like long drive. It’s got to stay within a certain line and width. And obviously you could apply the same principle to baseball. Yeah, I like it. I actually think that could work. I like it. I think the baseball one probably already exists with like batting cages. Yeah. Yeah. But they all just go to a certain length, don’t they? Yeah. I mean, it’s not Top Golf. I suppose you still like top traits of technology or whatever. Cricket for Top Golf. But you could say that. Yeah. But I’m not on about Top Golf. I want like a competition as in like there is with long drive. Yeah. where you turn up with your cricket bat, you probably bring two or three because they I’ve seen them break before they have different weights for different conditions. There you go. See, I like that. So, um, but with baseball, this is where do we invent its very own bat long drive bat or they do they all use the the bog standard? I think I think Cooker from the school locker. Yeah. I I in major league baseball, I believe you’re only I I might get this wrong around. You’re only allowed to use wooden bats. Yeah. And then in the lower league, you are allowed to use metal bats. Okay. Because they’re they go further. So, okay. But so, we need to decide. Let us know in the comments if you’re still watching or listening. Uh let us know via email aportgmail.com. If you’re listening on Spotify or Apple or Podbean, um Bean, let Podbean is the new site we’re using. Anyway, now uh let us know in the comments whether we should use a metal or a wooden bat. What What would you reckon? If we’re going for records, got to be wooden bat. Yeah, make it harder. 100%. All right, I like it. But let us know in the comments if you disagree with them. Is this is this is this the productization of the sport intake? We start in a a long bat league. No, let’s not call it a long Darren’s app idea. Refo 3000 has been retired. So moving on. Refo 3000 could be a podcast in itself. So we leave that if we make it a real like an IRL event and people come and there’s an audience. You know who the exclusive catering supplier can be? To chef. Cheese crisp. Oh chef. XL cheese can be in the meal at the venue to every every comparet. Now anyway before I got that million pound idea billion pound son would say um you were talking about cricket being rained off. Yeah, I was. Yeah. And it brought back memories of we were talking before about things being rained off and it was like when have you been unable to partake in sport because of the weather? And it brought back memories for us at a certain very good golf course in Wales. Um where it was almost tornadoike conditions that winter. I think the storm had a name. The storm had a name. But we went into the pro shop and said, “Look, what’s the crack here? Um, surely this is like a vouchers scenario or or a worst case voucher scenario, if not refund scenario. There’s no way we’re playing in that.” And the guy says to us, “Well, the course is still open, bearing in mind it take it was it there was puddles, weren’t there, out there? It was horrendous. The trees were almost coming down. It It was poor. We had to send up our very own Karen to get money back, I believe. There we go. Um, you went off on your own as well. You were You were alone like self admitted pushovers. Fine, we’ll play golf in the rain. Yeah, exactly. I think the gen I think there was there was like six or seven of us and I think the general consensus from I want to say four maybe five of us was to roll over have your bellies tickled and either go home with no refund no vouchers and go well that was [ __ ] weren’t it? Why didn’t we get our money back but not say anything? And then upsteps our night in shining armor with a set of bollocks and asked to speak to the manager and get some money back. Was that how it went? So I that’s how I remember it. Yeah. Yeah. Was it was it a big ask? Cuz I do remember you having to go up solo cuz the rest of us were like just leave. We’ given up, haven’t we? I think we’ said, “All right, we’ll call you bluff then we’ll go out.” Hoping that they would, you know, when you’re like one foot out the door like with your mom and dad like, “I’m leaving. I am leaving.” You like two socks back. At that point, it was 140 round trip for a bacon roll, wasn’t it? Yeah, it was. Yeah. But great. Uh yeah, it was a relatively straightforward conversation, I think. Yeah. And that that then brought us on to a subject that will probably lead nicely into anything off your chest, to be honest. um of asking for refunds on or ask or giving feedback on food. Where do we all stand on that? Now, obviously, there is an occasion where I let my guard down and and uh my temper got the better of me and I I gave some brutal feedback. Hell of a tongue bashing. Um Oh, yeah. 99% of my life I’ve been afraid to say that my food is poor and just sucked it up, gone home and just then had a max on the way home or whatever. Um, so yeah, just wanted to ask how people feel about getting your feedback. Let us know in the comments what do you do. Are you a guy that hand up I can’t pay for this is utter bollocks. Or are you the guy like I would say me and you probably will just roll over? I was gonna say I know UA is a Oh, this is [ __ ] This is awful. How’s your food today? Yeah, great. Thanks. Thanks me. Same wet and wet as. And this this may show like a geographical divide for our fans over the pond in the US of A. Yeah, they are they’re known for being quite comfortable to give negative feedback and send food back and be really critical of service. So I reckon that will show a divide because maybe with the exception of you but I’m wet wet. Yeah. But I mean likeet 99.5 for me and Darren, we often eat at places where the value of the food is worth sending it back. That might stay and play with dinner. I don’t know why I just said I wouldn’t even feed my steak to the dog, didn’t I? You that was my feedback. Yeah. And I had the same steak and it was all right. Yeah. I just lost my particularly tough bit. I just like I had a wobble about it. Did anyone else taste it or did I just I did. It was bad cuz I couldn’t believe that mine was so different to yours and it was cuz I always thought you were being a madonna. Yeah, it was terrible. But um yeah, there’s been other times when people have come to me and oh yeah, it’s been great. And then you leave half your plate and they’re like, “Was it though?” And you’re like, “Yeah, yeah. I just wasn’t very young. But in this in your life, people would have just looked at you and thought, “Well, that’s just how much this bloke eats.” Yeah. You were so slight. Maybe now I won’t get away with it. You weren’t they seen what’s wrong with that? I don’t I don’t think any of us have worked in hospitality. Oh, actually you have when at the hotel did you work? Oh, of course you did. Of course you did. I I’ve served this very guy. He’s told me everything’s been fine with his man. Yeah. How could I forget Frankie and Benny’s? Yeah, maybe it wasn’t where where the entrepreneurial skills started at Frankie and Benny’s, wasn’t it? It wasn’t then. Started at the pub when you were born. Well, I was I was head waiter at 15 at you in the main streets of Penna at a time as well. Well, I was Kingtown. Well, the reason I asked the question is because I heard something quite surprising recently, which is that it’s very common that if people leave their food that the servers will often take that food away and eat it themselves. If someone’s left after roast dinner, they will just be like, “Yeah, let’s let’s get and this was a female that told me this as well. So, it’s not even even like it was just some groy blow.” I’ve seen it happen at the hotel. is. And so you don’t think it’s as common as I was led to believe because I was filming because that’s rank in my opinion. Like and I said I’ve never I’ve never done it and I hadn’t seen it. I’d seen it happen a couple of times like some if but it would be really untouched. Yeah. Considerably untouched. Like someone’s quite clearly not touched like a full half of their plate or something like that. But I’ve definitely seen people do it. Yeah. I I don’t think I ever could eat like someone’s like if someone’s left their I don’t know their roast potato. I say that when I worked at the supermarket, I was so tempted, but I never did. Probably cuz I wasn’t as big as I am now. It could be a different challenge if I work there. When you’re doing the waste and stuff, I was just like, there’s nothing wrong with that cheesecake. Can’t I just box it off here and just Well, I was saying to Bruce, they did leave the the night to a good segway into a good anything off your chest. I I’m just going to go earlier before. Well, we got to do this week’s uh anything. So, last week’s didn’t beat the week before. So, currently we’re still on the same champion. Jingle. Jingle. They’re very long. They are. Yeah. Well, we need to chop down a couple. Is Is this chopped down? Well, I’ll just pause it for what? So, it’s not got a long intro this way. Straight into it. I I think that’s better than the one we had previously. I like it. Little bit brothers. I’d say it’s good. The My one critique is that the first anything is a bit too unclear. It just sounds off your chest. Yeah, but it’s all mumble rapping and all that. It’s all the rage these days. Is that a thing? Yeah. Oh, yeah. We can be good at I I will say I I think that is the current front runner. I like it sound first. Yeah, I thought it was a little bit sexy edge on that one. Yeah, there is. And then when that jingle brothers when it the jingle hits and the camera comes up to us, you think, “Oh, this is about do a little body pop to it. Get my gut out. I’ve done it before.” Yeah. Unintentionally on the podcast. It’s come out a few times. Right. My anything off the chest. Uh, no, sorry, you going first. Squ. Yeah, sorry. Just that segue of of wasting food. some um used the retail industry. I cuz obviously worked in hospitality but also worked at a very very and like fashion shop for a while in a summer in between uni. Yeah. Um okay. See if any if that reflected in any of your um people they used to destroy clothes that people had brought back or were like out of season. So if that items of clothing were out of season, couldn’t be sold anymore. Um they destroyed them instead of donating them because it was seen to devalue the bad the brand couldn’t be seen for like homeless people or people you know of a certain uh cast to be wearing those clothes. So we had to pick them up. Made me feel sick. I think that is horrendous. But in equal measures I sort of if you were being a business it sort of does make sense sadly. So I don’t I I don’t really get where they could have a winner. Maybe if they shipped it to another country to give it away. Would that We did I had some sustainability training at work this week, which is probably more interesting than it sounds, but um like creating cotton clothing is like ridiculously bad for your carbon footprint. So get worn is horrendous for the I’m just trying to think of a win for that for everybody. Like you obviously don’t want to cut it out, but I get the business point of view there. But if you shipped it to another country where that brand wasn’t very big, would that but then there’s the additional carbon footprint of shipping it and then but that’s surely better than keep I don’t see what the negative of donating it would be because if it’s in if it’s in a charity shop then it’s going to be this conversation. It’s going to be out of season anyway if it’s in a charity shop. So that’s like last season stuff in the charity shop. Obviously, it’s the same as anyone who donated the clothes from that shop as well. Yeah. And if you if you got there was like a discussion about it just in that store like I’m sure there were other discussions at a big level, but it was very clear like if you are found to be taking any and even if it’s to donate or like if you’re found to put any in the donation bins, you’re good. Yeah. Wow. Because then it’s I sort of like I get the point. You need to brand is everything. you need to maximize his value, but also just from like a human level, it’s quite also you got to remember that was probably like 15 years ago. So hopefully hopefully it’s different now. Anything off your chest? Well, that’s a tough one to follow. It’s a good um and it has been has been a loose a loose week for me in terms of anything off the chest. But one that I do have from a parenting perspective and you’re on the wrong podcast. on the wrong podcast, but having to pay as an adult ticket to enter soft play is an absolute disgrace. I had to pay £5 to go in with my child to a soft play just to sit there and then pay another fiverr for their crap coffee. I think I should I should be at least I can understand you don’t want every adult in there. You don’t want them bring the whole family around for two quid for a supervisor. I feel like charge I feel like a supervisor. It should be, you know, one child, one free adult entry with that. Even if you bump up the price and just like include feel like that’s just badly done by them cuz they’re obviously the price is the price. They just advertised it or spoke it badly. Yeah. I feel like you could have just increased the price of a child ticket and I would have thought, “Oh, that’s all right cuz they’re at least letting me in for free.” Yeah. Then you get stung if you’re doing a party and you’re bringing uh like three mates and you got to pay you get in free but you end up paying 40 quid cuz they tend to eat. You don’t know that cuz it’s all hidden within it. At least when you’re explicitly saying £5 per animal to walk through. I think that’s an absolute I imagine there’s a good chance you cause a lot of damage to the to the facility. Yeah. Yeah. But and how do they know when I go down the slide? You already know that you went down the slide. Are there are there adults is there adult zones within the soft play? Not this particular one there. No, but there are certain softplay places that do adult parties because but not at the same time the kids at the same time. Yeah. But I was going to say for example, how do they know that you’re not going to go down the slide four, five, six times? You know that sort of stuff. He doesn’t look after his kids swinging on the bars and all sorts. Look, I’m just saying I think it’s rude. Yeah, it’s unnecessary to to do that, especially for a Fiverr. Two quid like all right. Yeah, I would give the5. Yeah, that’s standard. That is outrageous. Unless cafe probably. Yeah, probably as long as this gold bl you don’t mind. My be sensitive one for someone in the room. Sorry, Nick. Uh when you’ve been to a wedding and you’ve you’ve enjoyed the wedding and you’ve been part of it and you’ve had a nice time and then you get the oh I’ll come around I’ll show you my wedding photos called just a [ __ ] afternoon isn’t it? Yeah. No one wants that. Even we didn’t enjoy that. I know I was there. Do you remember that? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I remember that me as well. I was telling me the day let’s sat for yours twice. I can’t remember what it is. No, I think I went I definitely went once and then I think there was talk of me having to go the second time because I think the first time I went without Tess and then Tess was like I want to come and see these photos. Oh, actually I might have gone with Tess to the house and seen them again. Maybe I I will say in our defense ours was one of the first weddings, right? And this isn’t specific. No, no, no. But I know because now the thought like we’ve had this chat like the thought of being invited to come and look through someone else’s wedding photos. We’re like [ __ ] that like and we can’t believe we got we thought it was a good idea. We thought it when you’re first up you do you you know excited and you don’t don’t give him an out. It was crap. So it’s it’s not a fun activ. It’s not a group activity surely. What I will say though is if you get married at any stage, not me, not him, he has to go and watch your wedding photos just as like payback hopefully. No, sitting next to you the whole time going nice one. He needs the experience we had. Yeah, true. I want to see a thousand photos. I don’t know how many there were. Probably not. So this afternoon Harry’s nephews were going, “Mom, dad, I’m bored.” And I’m thinking they’re on to something here. I’m bored as well. Would you rather? Right. Cuz I I’m going to deflect this a little bit. Would you rather have to go and watch someone’s wedding pictures or the next day when they say, “Oh, by the way, I know you spent all day at my wedding. We spent like 24 hours together. We’re going to go for a brunch the next day.” That’s what that’s what we had to do for his wedding. And yeah, I think I’d rather look through pictures. But wasn’t the Wasn’t the lunch didn’t we pay for the lunch as well? I don’t care. So, you had a free roast dinner? You were there. You were there. Hang on. I will say, but I agree, by the way, but but you had a free roast dinner and you were there for no longer than two hours. So, wedding photos is a lot longer. I’m not sure it’s a fair comparison cuz at your brunch, I was very hung over. But watching wedding photos I’m often not cuz it’s quite a lot quite a long time after. Yeah. They take a little while to be developed wedding photos. So there is a gap whereas and I got married locally. So you didn’t even have any travel type when you get married. When you get married again I’m not coming to the I ain’t getting married. When get remarried. Yeah. When I’ll be in the ground so that would be all right for me if she gets remarried. Right. Uh bit on a lighter note. Why am I anything off your chest? This just seems a bit irrelevant after that comment, doesn’t it? But um yeah, it was just a little football one really that when it doesn’t matter. I’ll save it for another week. It’s just Yeah, but you won’t understand it for s when the keeper has the ball or the defender and they just stand there and wait for an attacker to press them before they start then playing. It’s in like coming in the last two years or whatever. I cannot for the life of me stand it when the game is nil nil or whatever. If you’re winning, I I can deal with it because it’s like wasting a bit of time. But as an Arsenal fan, we do it all the time and I’m just thinking, “Fucking hell.” Like, if we draw this game nil nil, for example, and then our manager will come out and go, “Can’t believe there’s only four minutes added on.” You’re like, “Yeah, but if you have spent [ __ ] four minutes with your center half standing there waiting for them to come to you before you then start playing football, you might have scored a goal.” And on the same [ __ ] note, when Arsenal get corners, they take 30 to 40 seconds to even walk over. They have a chat. Where are we going with this? Then they stand there. Few big breaths, then they put the ball, then they put their arm up. Sorry. Then the cross comes in. It’s like a minute per corner. And you just think, boys, it’s [ __ ] entertainment. I’m sat here. [ __ ] ball. Get a ball in the box or get the ball in play. It doesn’t have to go in a box, but let’s just play the game that we’re here to watch. Sorry, but that’s how I feel. I like it’s the most passionate I’ve seen in a while. Yeah, you must be out of breath after that. Get on my tits. Yeah. Well, I’m a bit os. I got a jumper on for the first time in like six months today. [ __ ] I’m not around here. Yeah. Well, there you go. Cold toes. I reckon this could be the least viewed podcast of the season, you know. Well, season finale. season finale wanting more. We have to ask the uh sponsor if we get commission for season three bid chats. I reckon less than 25 views on this pod and they commission it. When’s the sponsorship contract up then? Well, you are you shopping for new sponsors? I’m I would say probably a free agent about now. We’ve asked Skittles and Diet Coke I’m a free agent but I’m not a free agent if he’s watching. I’m looking to secure long I’m hopeful to secure my long-term future with Cotwell painting and decorating. Yeah, I’m hoping to, but contract is still in negotiations. Contracting a delicate stage. He’s not at the here we go tweet from Romano. He He’s [ __ ] blowing up my phone as well, saying, “Have you signed yet? I I’ve told him just [ __ ] get back in your box and I’ll text you. When I sign that contract, I’ll send you a picture. You can put it on your [ __ ] ear and go there. Nikki, what are they talking about? I got Scooby, mate. Well, that’s a good way to end because that’s good for anyone who likes sport. Perfect. Cheers. Good luck. Breaking news. That is an extraordinary tip. That is ridiculous. No way. I’ll strap myself in for this one. The Sport intake
