Champions League Semi-Final Preview

This is the Guardian. The Republic of Ireland, Wales and Northern Ireland all won and Scotland drew but stay top of their group. We'll review all the action as well as preview the Champions League semi-finals with Arsenal hosting Leon. Plus we'll take your questions. And that's today's Guardian Women's Football Weekly. Panel we have today, Susie Rack, lovely to see you. Listen, we have to get straight into the football, but tell me very quickly what scuba diving in Iceland was like. Wasn't scuba diving it with snorkeling, but it was fantastic. It was uh between continents, between the Eurasian and uh North American continents in what is supposed to be some of the clearest water in the world with a hundred metre visibility, uh and it was beautiful. Well it looked i incredible. Emma Sanders Kept her um wetsuit off. You didn't you didn't partake. How are you? Yeah, I'm amazing. I was doing whale watching instead. So I got to see like about eleven Humbat whales, dolphins, puffins. I had basically the greatest day of my life. I went with Rach and South. So uh yeah, it was honestly, I'm in love with Iceland. I wish I was still there. I have huge FOMO. I reckon Marva Creel might do too. Yeah, I was moving house in Tottenham, so not not quite as uh as exciting as the CT. Wow. Um Right, let's get straight into the into the football, which was the real reason you were there, by the way. Uh the Lionesses wrapped up their second World Cup qualification camp with a dogged And slightly nervy 1 Neil win away in Iceland. There was late pressure from the hosts. Although not enough to spoil England's 500th game celebrations. Alessia Russo's first half finish maintains their place at the top of the group going into the final window. How do you reflect on the performance, Susie? What does it say about England's ability to grind out results when not? Quiet at their best. I was colder at the game than I was in the two to four degree water, which was funny. It was a game of two halves. I think it's fair to say. In the the second half were just was really, really tough and Iceland really frustrated them. We know Iceland are really, really good at home, um and defensively solid, and we saw how difficult they can be to break down in Nottingham. But they really went for the game in the second half, uh and uh, you know, England were really put under pressure for not having sort of built on that lead more. But I think there's a big difference in This campaign, this W this World Cup qualifier campaign compared to the last two years of Nations League, obviously it follows the same format as the Nations League. Uh, when England have really struggled against some of the the teams that are difficult to break down, like drawing against Portugal, losses to Belgium, in both years and Sh a big change that I think is really a really a significant one because, you know, they're the only team who are three points clear at the top of their group. and being able to grind out the results when, you know, you're coming off the back of a big game against Spain at Wemberley and the pitch quality wasn't great and things like that, I think is a is is a little bit of a shift regardless of the performance not being ideal. Hmm. Um th that's a really interesting trend. So they've they've got over one hump, but there seems to be another one that they're struggling with at the moment, because they did start the game brightly, several chances, but just not more of a cushion going in at the break and that was similar to the Spain game as well, Marva. Should should Serena Viegman be concerned about that? I think it's hard to say for this game because I do think you have to take into account how draining that Spain game would have been, not only in terms of tired legs, but I think just mentally as well, like they knew they had to win that game. To then not really switch around the team. We know Serena Beaman likes to do that. I think that's played a big part. You saw tired day, especially in the second half. There has been a problem, like Susie said, over the last few years out of major tournaments and actually sometimes in them as well, in starting to to play well. And I think this campaign has seemed different in that sense. I think they've seemed a bit more knowing their roles. I don't know if that's a case of we haven't touchwood had any sort of big injuries um that have affected like the starting lineups that we've seen at major tournaments in the same way. I think we've kind of forgotten how much Lauren Hemp brings to that side and forgotten how much that We weren't with her in the lead up to to the Euros. She just brings such balance to those those wings, which has been really, really helpful. And we've seen in in both games how that helps the team. But Yeah. should have finished it more. I'm actually quite critical of England usually, but I'm I'm gonna step back and not be as critical in this performance because I think they got it over the line after a really, really difficult performance against Spain. So we'll see in the next round of fixtures. Um, particularly against Ukraine 'cause I think that's the one where you do need to step up on your goal difference. But I I can't be too critical of of those two performances. Mm. I'm playing in the heat of Spain, which is gonna be interesting. um additionally. Um but the front line is exciting, Emma. Alessia Russo got her thirtieth goal for England. And as Marva said, Lauren Hemp back in the front line, Lauren James also fit. I mean that threesome is just wonderful, isn't it? Yeah, I think it really worked. And actually I did a piece sort of debating where Lauren James' best position was before Um, you know, the first game of the camp for me it's it's definitely on that left hand side. Um, I think Lauren Hemp now has got such a good ability to switch between the wings that I think we saw particularly against Spain how well that balance worked with L J on the left. Pemp on the right and Russo in the middle, because I think the two wingers you know, they will interchange during the game anyway. But I think when you have L J on that left hand side, she has the ability to cut in and she can shoot from anywhere. around the box and she can use both feet. So I think if you're a full back defending that a lot of sort of left wingers will will cut inside, whereas L J will do that effectively, but then she can also just, you know whip it in with a leffer and her leffer is is a fantastic um delivery of the ball. So I think England really have strength in those areas? I think that was never a question. It was just how How to get the balance right. Um and I think I think I just think it worked completely in this camp. Um, even you know, even against Iceland. It was choppy, I think, is a nice way to say the game, but still going forward England were really, really exciting, um, particularly in that first half. And um yeah, if I was sort of any opponents coming against against England, I'd be terrified of that front free. I think it's probably the best in the world. I think Spain have an argument and France as well. difficult to know kind of the consistency of of the USA at the moment with with their sort of attackers, but Um, I think certainly England is is right up there. Just got to keep everybody fit. There's a long long time to keep everybody fit. We've still got a year to go. Oh just over. Um you said it was a game of two halves, Susie. So how did Iceland's tactics enable them to switch the momentum in the second half? I think it just really frustrated England. I thought it was interesting watching them water the pitch at half time, which really did not need watering, uh if that felt like a a tactical move in and of itself. firstly, you know, England have always struggled a little bit against low bloc. That's what they started out in, but they were kind of probing, able to carve out a few opportunities also, you know, obviously to get the goal. But then second half they came out of that low block a little bit, they brought it forward a little bit and Um we're really good at kind of being so compact in the middle that England really, really couldn't find a way through and didn't necessarily make the most of the wingers as well in the space that was created by Iceland moving up a little bit, but I think that was just because Iceland were really, really on it and wanted it and like were really kind of battling to to get something from that game. They could sense that there was a point to be got, at least, I think, from it. And so It was just a really, really robust defensive performance, really compact middle, difficult for England to get through there, and um yeah, a real kind of hunger at home to uh to do it in very difficult conditions to travel to. Like say the colds, the the pitch quality wasn't amazing. Then they water it at half time. But it was a clever tactical game plan all round. Well, I mean they we needed Hannah Hampton to to keep out some of their chances, didn't we? And she's had a bit of a topsy turvy season with Chelsea, but made quite a few big saves to to make sure of the three points. This is what she said, uh uh which made me giggle actually. It's my job, isn't it, really? We're in it as a team. I can't be the one scoring goals, but I can stop them. Uh yes, that is your job. All right, we're key. Uh what is it about her though that makes her as important as she is to that defensive unit, Marva? Oh, I just think her ability on the ball, as we know, adds so much to a team that especially in moments like that where we were pin back and I still pushing and pushing and I think to have that confidence in your keeper. so important, but to see her growth in shot stopping, I thought You know, some of those saves that she made towards the end, I think Even though she's had some very good seasons for Chelsea over the last few years, but I think Some of those those stops maybe she wouldn't have pulled off in previous years because I think just her growth in confidence in being that goalkeeper for England, I think is really showing, which is So great to see as an England fan, you want that confidence in your goalkeeper. That they feel. confident in that team and that they can be the the the person to win you points. I think she maybe needed that after the season that she's had. So I'm sure she won't dwell on it too much, but as you said, it has been a bit topsy survey. So I think to have some moments like that where she can go away from this camp knowing she contributed massively to those those three points, well six points in the end. I think will will be a big confidence booster for her. Yeah, d d just quick last one on Iceland, um Emma. Uh what did you make of them as a whole? Because they've actually played in the last five Euros, so they're a constant feature on the European stage, but you know, how good are they? Yeah, I I've been impressed by them both times I've seen the play against England and the bits that I've kind of seen of them over the last two years. I think Serena Viedman was was very strong after the Spain game. The just because they've won that doesn't mean that England, you know, are going to qualify automatically for the World Cup. think she knew that this Iceland test in particular was a really, really difficult one. as obviously has been shown in that second half, but I think people will always look at, you know, their organization and their physicality, you know, with the height that they have in the team and say that they're the they're their strengths. And they absolutely are. But there's a lot more to them. You know, they have real quality on the ball as well. And I think maybe that's an area that that was probably underestimated was that You know, people might have looked at it as England just has to break them down. Actually, um, you've got to be really careful of of what they can do on the ball as well. And I think they showed that in patches throughout the second half. So yeah. A good size. Unfortunate for them that they got drawn in a group with Spain and England. Yeah, very much so. Um and as you said, Serena Viebman not getting uh carried away, pragmatic in post match as she tends to be. Um she said, as always we play to win. We've played four, have twelve points, and are in the best possible position, so that's absolutely uh positive. You know, as Marva said, six points in this Camp, four wins from four going into the final match window. They're three points above Spain. They both share the same goal difference. I mean they're in the driving seat, Susie. That Spain game is massive. Yeah, it's huge, but it's also, um, you know, a great place for them to be in. Uh the well, the best possible place for them to be in. Uh in the Um you know they've Works out. quite a good game plan for getting the better of Spain now. They you know, they're n n like happy out of possession, uh, happy to frustrate the Spanish players and you know, kind of catch 'em on the counter and things and really take advantage of the space out wide, for some Central I mean that's what they did at Wemberley. And they go to Spain not having to score if they keep a clean sheet, right? Like they a draw is enough. So In a sense like they've I did. Two. the strength of that that game plan in that if they stay defensively resolute, like then you know, they'll be all right. But that's a really, really tricky ask obviously against this Spain team. Although without Tanable Matty, who's obviously injured, like they they kind of look a very um different side. That's not fair. That's not fair because they're more than just one player, but she's a player who can get something when times are really tough or they're really struggling. She's the one who finds that l like little bit of magic, uh, to make something happen, to get a goal, to like carve an opening from the tightest of spaces. And they don't quite look like they've got someone who's stepping into that role. So It's a good time. at the moment to be playing them and Yeah, I think England are gonna go to that game full of confidence. They've got back to back wins against them, one of them in a Euros final. So there's nothing to fear really in that game. No, and a cushion as well. It it almost feels too I I think this is my problem. I can't feel too relaxed about it, because I'm like no no no this feels too easy, this can't be this easy. And you know, where it's not been easy for Serena Wigman is is the injuries that she's had to deal with. Um she played around with her back line in i in both these games. But what do you think she's learnt overall from her team in the course of the last fortnight, Marva, are we are we still a little bit too reliant on some of the older players. I'm kind of thinking Lucy Brons as an example. I would say Lucy Brons definitely, whereas I think actually this camp showed us um we're less reliant on some of the other positions that maybe we thought we were in terms of centre backs in particular. I think where there have been difficulties with injuries, um, especially with Leo Williamson, and just also not knowing exactly what that that balance is like. in terms of the two centre backs. Um I think Esme Morgan and Not W Moy have done a brilliant job um over this camp of just really cementing their place. And either one of them, or if Leah Williamson was out, that that I think everyone would have a lot of confidence in those two players in the ability that they bring. It's also nice to see them bring something else as well. It's not just a a step in into those roles. It's that Woman Moy can play that through ball. I think it was to Russo, who then cut it back to Stanway, which being a goal. So it's nice to see them grow their confidence in that sense. However, yeah, I would say how much we rely on those overlapping runs from Lucy Brons, um, especially at her age. I hope she doesn't mind me saying, but knowing that she it relies on her getting forward and then having to get back. And for the last few years we've seen that's weakness in the England side. And I think know we've still got a a year and a half to go. She was playing on that awful injury in the Euros and I don't think she'd be able to do something like that again. So is also worrying knowing that we don't have a direct replacement. that we see really growing and have have has got that experience even at club level. There's no one that that massively stands out in the exact same profile, um, to be able to make those overlapping runs and then get back and do some heroic acrobatic defending. Of course she is through her career just being a world class player, so that that's always gonna be hard to replicate and and cover for. But I think the fact that even in you know this game against Iceland where you've gone, Okay, she's played full ninety against Spain. Is there someone else we can play? The fact that we're still so reliant on her, I think, is probably my only worry. Taken from this camp. Yeah, it's it's gonna be fascinating, isn't it, to see who might come out of the shadows in the next uh year or so. Not that I don't want Lucy Brons to be going out to Rio because I absolutely do and she's such a warrior, I'm sure she will be, but just to be able to save her in in many ways so she's not, you know playing every single game and and kind of wrapped up in cotton wool bandages and goodness knows what else just to get her uh through would be really useful. Um anyway, right, that's it for part one of the Guardian Women's Football Weekly. In part two we'll catch up on some other key World Cup qualification matches and we'll look ahead to the Women's Champions League, uh the semi-finals of this weekend. Back to part two of the Guardian Women's Football Weekly. There was delight for Carla Ward in the Republic of Ireland. They beat Poland for the second time in a week, this time in front of their fans. At the Aviva Stadium, Sunderland's Marissa Sheeva scored the only goal of the game to put Irel safely in third in the group, just two points behind leaders. Uh, Netherlands. Carla Ward understandably delighted with their performances over this window. This is what she had to say. I wouldn't have taken the job if I didn't believe we had the potential to get to the World Cup. So we have to believe that we have to get there, and I'm obsessed with it. That is what we work for. How the girls executed the game plan in the last two games has been nothing short of sensational. They take messages on, and they deliver it in a way like no other group I've ever worked with. Fifteen months she's been in that role now, Emma, which has absolutely flown by. I mean I've got zero concept of time nowadays anyway. But what have you made of uh impact on this team? They've obviously got France and Netherlands to to come next, which are big. Yeah, they're they're the two big ones. And I think that was always the tough task for them was obviously being in in that group, but Look, I think she's done a fantastic job. I think it you know, it maybe took a little bit of time for the team to to kind of react to her her way of management. Um I think you could see in the first couple of months it was It was a bit maybe a bit scatter go in terms of the performances, but they're delivering the r the results. And I think even when she speaks there in her quotes, Carla's got this ability of um making every team feel like they're the best team she's ever worked with. um and she says there about them being a team that have taken on messages more than more than, you know, any team she's ever coached. Pretty sure if you go back to all of her jobs, she would have said that at some point in each job. But that's that's the beauty is that, you know, she she really gets the best out of the play that she has at that moment in time. She's always been someone who likes a challenge. And I think, you know, it was a challenge to to take on this group and get them to try and be in a position where they can at least compete to qualify for the World Cup. Um, I'm just shocked that Katie McCave didn't score. um a goal in in the last game 'cause she seems to score in in every game for them at the moment. But Yeah, I think it's helped that you know, Ireland's key players have been really stepping up. You know, you look at the likes of McCabe and sort of Denise O'Sullivan have been really important for them going forward. I do worry a little bit in in the next game, obviously without O'Sullivan and and Emily Mercy, I think. Will be losses for them, but They're in a great position. Um, they've kind of done everything that they would have liked to have done by this point. So Yeah, really impressive and and good job by by them all round and let's just hope that they can get over the line 'cause that would be such an incredible, incredible achievement, if they can. Yeah, really would. Wales also in a decent position. They beat the same opposition capably earlier in the week and dug out a scrappy one-nil win over Albania in Elbasan. Rihanna and Roberts scoring the only goal of the game to make sure Rihan Wilkinson's side remain in lockstep with the Czech Republic at the top of the group. As with a lot of the games this window, it wasn't pretty, Susie. We tend to get that, don't we? Um in this April window, but how much will it do for Wales's development to be able to dig out those kind of victories away from home. I mean, it's huge. It was a similar problem to England's in that sense. Different game, obviously, but you know, Albania set up in a in a low block, sat really deep, and Wales just struggled to find a way through that. And that's uh a problem that, you know, every team has when they come up against a team that's gonna bank back against them, right? Like it's hard to put a ball through that many bodies. So to come away with that, uh, from that with a win, um, and to being still neck and neck with the with the Czech Republic is is hugely significant and as long as, you know, they do okay in the next game against Montenegro, I think it is, then then everything is on that final game of of the group against the Czech Republic, which will be really interesting 'cause they it was a two two draw between them at i in Wales. So it's uh an exciting time an exciting group, um they're doing some good things. Like Yeah, the performance wasn't great, but they had the h um a hundred and fiftieth cap of Sophie Ingall to celebrate, which is obviously like a nice bit around it. I thought it was interesting to hear um Helen Ward saying on the radio that that they're just missing missing Jess Fishlock, who can like do some ink. special at a special moment to just you know, kind of when you are playing a team that is being particularly tough to uh you know, kind of extend a lead and take the pressure off yourselves a little bit as the clock ticks down. But you know, they they got it over the line in the same way that England did. I didn't be too critical of of that. Particularly, you know, they played um Albania back to back as well, so that's always tricky. A team figures out and and, you know, kind of comes up with a different game plan to play you, so it can be a lot harder, particularly if you're you know, you're kind you've won the first game. Yeah, we talked about that last week, didn't we? It's it's it's very difficult to do. I'm not a fan of it in the in in the slightest. Understand that Scheduling is an issue and and these things are are not an exact science. Tell you what though, Northern Ireland are are doing very well because it's two wins from two now under new boss Michael McCardell. Uh and they got their first away win since July 2024. And one of the things he has seemed to fix is uh scoring goals. It finis Malted to Northern Ireland four and previously they were really struggling in in front of goal, but they've now got eight. from their last two matches. How much confidence Marva is that going to give them as they head into their final games against Turkey and Switzerland? I think that's the main thing that they can take away from that, given that they didn't score against Turkey or Switzerland previously, but obviously, you know, y you'd expect Switzerland to be uh leading the group, which they are. Um, and Malta is the team that you do wanna be and you wanna make sure you you bring up that confidence and To get four goals against them in in both both ties, I think is really important because Turkey and Switzerland only scored, I think, over three goals and four goals. And it wasn't like, you know, this is a team that's getting battered eight nil and and Northern Ireland weren't able to do that. They've they've managed to match the other teams and they've had narrow losses against the other teams as well. So I think they can take a lot of confidence from this going into the next um set of of games thinking why not go on further and be able to get something against the teams that maybe we didn't expect to get something against? Turkey got a point of Switzerland as well. So it's gonna be an interesting one. Uh yeah, it certainly is. Um there were some significant results elsewhere across Europe as well. Scotland drew nil-nil with Belgium, an important point away in Loiven, secured them top spot. in the League B group heading into the final two match days. In League A, Denmark and Italy played out a goaless draw as Sweden secured a one-nil win over Serbia. The Netherlands earned a valuable point away in France to maintain their lead at the top of their group. Norway just about took advantage of Germany's goaless draw with Austria. with a 3-2 win over Slovenia, that was a 92nd minute winner from Signa Gaupset. As it stands, it means that no one has yet claimed any of the four automatic qualification spots for next year's World Cup, which in a way is really good. Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany all hold narrow one-point leads in their respective groups heading into that final round. England are the only side to have taken maximum points in League A, and this is exactly the kind of competitiveness. was the reason behind this qualification system being set up, wasn't it, Susie, although we've got some Critical things to say about it. you know, competitiveness is not one that we can we can throw as something we're unhappy about. Yeah, no, and I think uh yeah, we've made our our feelings clear on uh the number of teams that that go through automatically. Uh I think if we unmuted producer Sophie, she'd probably probably still be ranting from the last time that that that we talked about it, in that it's only um the top teams in League A, the top four sides that go through out of twelve. places uh well, eleven places in a playoff place that um U A forget in in the World Cup. So, you know, that isn't amazing, particularly when you've got teams like Spain and England drawn against each other. They're teams that you really, really want at a World Cup and you think they'd be making sort of a few more accommodations to make that happen by making it the top two that go through and then uh the rest go into playoffs and things and that's where it where it starts. And I think that would also lift the pressure on um those teams who are playing a lot of football. Um because a lot of those players are obviously at the top clubs in Europe and around the world and competing in uh Champions League and other uh continental tournaments. uh club level. Uh so yeah, so it's um Great to see competitive. I think that's what everyone wants. And I think it's important that teams difficult games more regularly than they you know than they did in the past when World Cup qualifying was was way, way too easy and you saw the sort of twenty nil games and things like that from England. I say that as if that was a regular thing, that was the record. But there there were some heavy score lines along the way to that that record win. So yeah, basically competitiveness goods. Some more teams should be qualifying automatically for me, as we've said previously, but Saying competitive, tough top ten, top twenty teams on a more regular basis. It's definitely good for The growth of the game. That phrase. Uh amazing. It is important though. Um as are the UEFA Women's Champions League semi finals. Um obviously we have to wait until June to discover how will the nations get on in terms of World Cup qualification, but club football is getting to the business end. The semifinals of the Champions League are this weekend. Arsenal will host Lyon at the Emirates on Sunday. It's a rerun of last year's semifinal, you'll remember. Um the two sides met at the start of the competition, um with Leon taking uh a 2-1 win home from Meadow Park. Will Arsenal need to do to improve ahead of this match, uh, Marva? It's gonna be a tough one, I think. Um I think Liam will give them a tougher game uh across both legs than they did last year, watching them against Wolfsburg particularly. They were just unstoppable. They just kept going and kept going in a way that made me feel like it was personal from that semi-final from last year. It was they they don't want to go out out this time and especially not to Arsenal again at semi final. I think their front free is incredible. They're gonna be very difficult to stop in terms of The interchanging of movements, the pace around the the front free. Um, that's not to say that Arsenal can't do it though. I think they're in a really, really good position. I think Arsenal Going in maybe even more mentally strong. Yeah, no one I think Arsenal Keep. proving people wrong when it comes to the Champions League because they'll look at their WSL form and sometimes that's a bit up and down. And then it gets the Champions League and they just almost have this confidence that that they can go on and do it. And they've been pulling together in the latter part of the season, other than that FA Cup. game, I think. overall in the last few months, they've really been clicking as a team, um, and looking more solid. So I'm really, really excited for this this matchup. I think it's gonna be a really, really good one. But I actually can't call it yet. I'm gonna do the typical thing of sitting on the fence. I I can't call it quite yet. How's them splinters? Um I'm watching Suzy Rack's face. Can't decide if it's like a little bit of smug. A little bit of pride. But she's nodding along, smirking while you were talking there, Marva. Are you confident, Susie? No, never confident. I mean like I I I'm basically uh after the weekend and the men's game, like free falling off a cliff ready to like crash into the rocks on the bottom with no sign of any parachute. So like morale is low when it comes to Arsenal at the moment and Leon are superb. But like we won it. We won it last year. I'm so happy about that still that like uh you know, it's there's nothing to lose really from this game. Like we go out we go out to a great team, we go through it's another brilliant, like Champions League final, which I again would not expect to win necessarily, but it's just fun. Foul is fun. Football is fun. Um I'm really surprised that you of all people are saying that. Like uh particularly at the moment, 'cause it doesn't feel That's the only only thing I can cling to. Yes. That that gets to experience this roller coaster of emotions. Like we are so lucky to be in that position. I'm channeling my Tom Hiddleston, basically, and trying to be positive about what we're getting to watch. Um it's a struggle. It's a struggle, but you know, I've got to try. You you've had your adrenaline uh junkie moment in Iceland. It feels like you're addicted to it. Um yeah, I'm ready for more. In the other tie, uh Bay Munich are hosting Barcelona at the Alliance Arena on Saturday. Uh this feels cut and shut, but maybe it won't be because um you you'll remember the two sides. Met earlier in the campaign and Barsa came away with a seven one victory, uh which will have stung for sure. What does Munich need to do to make sure it's not so easy for the Spanish champions this time round, Emma? think they just need to be consistent for the full ninety minutes. I think we've seen them play like maybe twenty minutes or thirty minutes here and there. where they look like one of the best teams in Europe and they look Incredible. And then we've seen them play for an hour. football that's just not good enough to be in the semi finals in the Champions League if I'm being blunt about it. So Um there's no way they can get away with that against Barcelona. I think they really need to step up. Um they've definitely got it. within them. And I think I wouldn't like to face them at any point of the season 'cause you don't know what what you're gonna get, but that is also kind of the problem. You need to know what you're gonna get at Bayern Munich, I think. You know, they're a big club but big players. So they've got to turn up for the full game against Barcelona, I think, is probably my my simple response to that. Yeah. Um could be a shot. Never know. It's only the first leg, anyway. Um and we will review the games. uh next week. Um it's been lovely to have you with us as always. Uh Emma, take care. Thank you. Marva, lovely to see you, love the new haircut. Thank you, thank you. Susie, what's next on the adrenaline uh junkie route for you? A sleep. I was like a nice sleep. I didn't get much Sleep in. Uh Iceland. So yeah, catching up on sleep would be great. Okay. That's not that's not the answer I was looking for. Uh Anyway, keep having your say, send in your questions via X. Maybe. 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