Ian Baraclough

And as I said, I'm just gonna keep using the word momentum, 'cause it really feels, on all counts it feels as if, um, you know, as a, as a nation we've got that at the moment.

Yeah, it totally does, and I think you talk about the journey we've been on under Michael O'Neill in the sort of second coming, and it was talked about that actually they probably ideally wanted to keep Baraclough for that 2024 Euros campaign.

Um, but they saw it after the draw as such a good opportunity that they wanted to bring Michael back in, and sadly it was kind of a little bit like Michael's first campaign where we just weren't ready.

The team weren't ready.

That's right.

I've, I'd put those, uh, triple headers under Ian Baraclough out of my head.

Thanks for bringing that back up, Lauren.

Yeah.

But, well, listen, there was the Robbie Keane links.

There was the Ian Baraclough links, and then eventually it was, um, it was, it was, uh, Martin O'Neill within three, four weeks.

So he's here now, and it just, uh, it just shows you how quickly the narrative can change in football.

Thank you, Rory.