Alex Scott

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... where you'd see Kelly Smith, Alex Scott, Rachel Yankey, all these, like, legends-

Yeah

... of the game just smash everyone, and that was like, that was the team-

The BBC's WSL show has now gone solely onto YouTube.

So that, with Alex Scott, so they've taken it from terrestrial TV, they've taken it off, 'cause they obviously think that that's the audience on YouTube, and it's probably pretty, pretty smart.

But just they've made the change because they've saw, you know, whatever the, the stats that they've saw, and it is, it's true, it's y- But you need the people in place who have that vision, I suppose, to try and make that happen.

Yeah, I think, um, when we were working with SSE way back there, our first, the Scottish Cup sponsor like 2016, I wanted to do, like, a, a roundup, um, every week of, or, or, or after kind of every round, you know, like a goals roundup, you know, green screen, YouTube, and that was way back then.

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I'd rather have two right-backs in that squad to be honest.

In midfield you've got Christie, you've got Adams, you've got Scott.

As we say, you've got Cook as well.

You've got Alex Tort.

Oh, Christian Sadie.

Yeah.

Obviously, Scott Parker did not care that day.

Well, maybe he did, and that's just a reflection of his managerial skills.

And that's why it probably kept it two or three games a season, quite sensibly.

Agreed and I think as well as that it then allows for that natural growth as well doesn't it in the women's game and as you say the nest hopefully in the future I mean it's night and day from when they first went there to what it is now and you'll know because you're there every week but it's a great facility and I think it can only go one way really and women's football in the UK England with the world really is catapulted and it's completely I mean I always remember going with my wife to watch an FA Cup game FA Cup final actually and Arsenal were playing Alex Scott was playing that I'll tell you how long ago it was and it was at Doncaster so and you know you think now the FA Cup finals for the women's now a sellout at Wembley it just shows over that sort of 10 year 10-15 year period what the women's game has become

Yeah, and I was there, well, I've been to the last two or three, and you're looking at this year was a bit less, all the season just gone, but I think it was 90,000 nearly, the previous attendance.

I mean, it's almost... unheard of you know it's going it's almost going back to the euphoria of you know dick dick curls women or dick cares women sorry um and and just but it's not a novelty anymore it's a big it's a big business now and there's some i think people are really very surprised by the standard and the skill level of the players you can't compare it to men's football it's a very different game

And there you have it.

I've got Alex Scott, Ruby Wax.

And then I think Lisa came after me.

Lisa and Ruby were there first, then Alex, and then Jack Osborne walked in.

Big rumors of replacement.

We've talked for ages that we liked Fabien Ruiz, we liked Adam Scott, we like Adam Wharton.

It looks like it won't be any of those guys.

It's gonna be...

Yes

... um, and Alex Scott also available for this week-

Yeah, I mean-

...

according to Marco Rosa

...

Alex Scott, the, that one was a bit silly that he got sent off for nothing at Betis.

Yeah.

Okay, that's fine.

But Alex Scott, you know-

Mm

... she really wasn't very good, and everybody knew it.