Yeah.

So, you know, this is, this is actually a top of the table clash.

We're in the Champions League spots at the moment and in the, in the XG Champions League.

That, although that, that actually brings me up to that, that point about, I mean, it's Arsenal's defence that kind of, I don't, I mean, clearly we have vulnerabilities at the back at times, particularly as we're adjusting to this new system.

But I'm just curious, you know, we did miss all those chances against Palace.

But the fact is we're not going to produce that many chances against Arsenal because their back four is, you know, pretty impenetrable.

It's the foundation of that league title win.

So I know we've kind of... catastrophizing a little bit to some degree but if we if we do our part then i think it should still be a tight game just forgets teams just out of curiosity i've got stuck in my head i want to ask ali a question because i talked about him going to the city ground what are your top three or four sporting favorite sporting venues because you're lucky enough to have gone around the world these will be cricket venues i'm sure but if you were if you could watch matches in two or three different places where would they be

[laughs] Correct.

So, and, uh, and he walks into the room and he saw a few faces that he'd sort of seen in the press back from, from back in the day, and there was a bit of banter back and forth.

He was telling, uh, one of the older boys to retire.

That was quite funny.

Um, and, uh, but on the whole, he was, you know, he, he does seem like a, a different guy these days, and I do think...

And he kind of said it himself that a lot of it, or maybe a lot of what happened back in the day was kind of a symptom of the pressure that he put on himself, the, the relentless drive to be the best he could be.

And that, you know, he is a self-made cricketer.

[laughs]

I don't know what you think, but what do you make of our batting lineup at the moment? And does it strike fear in the heart of every Englishman who might come down to the ashes, an Englishwoman?

I mean, yeah, not necessarily.

And I mean, there is obviously quality in that lineup.

I would say from an outsider's point of view, and I'm not just saying this now in hindsight, I was saying it to a few Australian colleagues at the time, but I think the minute David Warner flagged up his international retirement, I think that's really where the selectors earn their corner.

I know the selectors in Australia have a lot of credit just by the sheer nature of results.

You've It's been a bit of a vintage time, the World Series Championship in 23, holding the ashes this whole time, etc.

They are in credit.

So can you see test cricket being played less in five to 10 years? Or are we just expecting doom when there's no doom to be had?