It feels like it's an emotional roller coaster that you would go on throughout the course of that 80 minutes.

Yeah, that's a good emotional rollercoaster.

Now with the six-man bench, you sort of just have to have in the back of your mind that that is a possibility, but we did have a plan going into it and obviously I was a part of it, but the way the game panned out and injuries and obviously chasing points, that game plan changes and obviously as a competitor, obviously I would have loved to get on that field.

I've tested myself against the best, but And, you know, obviously I was a player in that team, but besides that, you know, last night I'm a staunch UCL supporter.

So although I was disappointed, the competitor in me was disappointed, you know, I was so stoked we were going that day.

So, you know, it did soften the blow a little bit.

What does that mean to you as someone who's been through the lows and now sort of living through the highs up there with Newcastle?

Yeah, it's been unreal.

Were you, were you exci- obviously you were excited, but did you see it coming?

No, I'm not gonna lie.

I, I didn't.

There, there wasn't much chatter around it, like you said.

I mean, generally, like, you see in the media, like if your name's in the mix, you're sort of in the mix.

And you know, it popped up in the media last year that, before I got injured, it was.

So this year when nothing was coming about, like Whitey's assistant coach here and at Knights, he never said anything to me.

Are you a, are you a wanderer of the corridors? Are you a napper after lunch? What do you do?

We, we, uh, we exci- obviously you were excited, but did you see it coming?

No, I'm not gonna lie, I, I didn't.

There, there wasn't much chatter around it, like you said.

I mean, generally, like, you see it in the media, like if your name's in the mix, you're sort of in the mix.

And, you know, I was...

It popped up in the media last year that before I got injured it was.

So this year when nothing was coming about, like Whitey's assistant coach here and at Knights.

Are you a, are you a wanderer of the corridors? Are you a napper after lunch? What do you do?

Were you, were you exci- obviously you were excited, but did you see it coming?

No, I'm not gonna lie.

I, I didn't.

There, there wasn't much chatter around it, like you said.

I mean, generally, like, you see in the media, like if your name's in the mix, you're sort of in the mix.

And you know, it was ...

It popped up in the media last year that, before I got injured, it was.

Are you a, are you a wanderer of the corridors? Are you a napper after lunch? What do you do?

We, we, uh, we exci- obviously you were excited, but did you see it coming?

No, I'm not gonna lie.

I, I didn't.

There, there wasn't much chatter around it, like you said.

I mean, generally, like, you see it in the media, like if your name's in the mix, you're sort of in the mix, and you know, I was...

It popped up in the media last year that before I got injured it was.

So this year when nothing was coming about, like Whitey's assistant coach here and at Knights.

Are you a, are you a wanderer of the corridors? Are you a napper after lunch? What do you do?

We, we, uh, we exci- obviously you were excited, but did you see it coming?

No, I'm not gonna lie.

I, I didn't.

There, there wasn't much chatter around it, like you said.

I mean, generally, like, you see it in the media, like if your name's in the mix, you're sort of in the mix, and you know, I was...

It popped up in the media last year that before I got injured it was.

So this year when nothing was coming about, like Whitey's assistant coach here and at Knights, he never said anything to me.

Are you a, are you a wanderer of the corridors? Are you a napper after lunch? What do you do?

You weren't on too many people's radar when they were putting their list together.

Obviously, you were excited, but did you see it coming? No, I'm not going to lie.

I didn't.

There wasn't much chatter around it, like you said.

I mean, generally, like, you see in the media, like, if your name's in the mix, you're sort of in the mix.

And, you know, it popped up in the media last year before I got injured, it was.

So this year when nothing was coming about, like, why did his assistant coach here end at night? He never said anything to me.

Are you a wanderer of the corridors? Are you a napper after lunch? What do you do?

We, we, uh, we exci- obviously you were excited, but did you see it coming?

Nah, I'm not gonna lie.

I, I didn't.

There, there wasn't much chatter around it, like you said.

I mean, generally, like, you see it in the media, like if your name's in the mix, you're sort of in the mix and, you know, I was ...

It popped up in the media last year that before I got injured it was.

So this year when nothing was coming about, like Whitey's assistant coach here and at Knights, he never said anything to me.

If you're, are you a, are you a wanderer of the corridors? Are you a napper after lunch? What do you do?

Why were you surprised?

I wasn't...

Yeah, it was weird.

I mean, I got asked this before.

I was not...

Like, I'm happy with my form and obviously the, um, club's going good.

We're in a good spot.

Are you worried about what he could do to the Blues?