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You're listening to the Men in Blazers media network. Suboptimal radio. Oh, the fucking Toffees! Live from the Hill Dickinson, It's Everton Football Club, the Odyssey of the Season to come! Tyrion Everton! I'm Raj for Men in Blazers, it is the joy of my life to be here at Dock on Wom, presented by Christopher Ward, to take this live edition of our television show. At this time, my favourite time of the year at Everton Football Club, I love this moment, everything feels possible. The shirt designed to still new, so many new faces, all the new hair, transplants of not yet, just quite bedded in. But no matter team what you support, it's like a time of incredible magical realism. This is the moment where you make yourself believe, but here today, and I don't want to speak for all of you, but we're not just fans of any football team, are we? We're fans of Everton Football Club, the greatest team in the world! And when I think about my identities, and we all have many identities, for me, I'm a man, I'm a father, I'm a husband, I'm a liverpuddleer, I'm American, I'm a New York, I'm a bull, bloke, on and on and on. But for all of those, when I tot it up, I do believe I'm 97% Evertonian. It is my dominant identity, it's the way I see the world. It's the identity I've inherited, my grandpa was a blue, my dad was a blue, my mum's a blue, each of my kids, I have four of them, they're all Epitonians, they're all mad for it, they're New Yorkers, my wife. By the way, my mum's here tonight, Valerie, it's... It's the first time she's ever been able to see a live show. It's so lovely to have you, and I think you might be asleep inside five minutes. But I'm so proud two of my kids are flowing over from New York, and I'm so proud, it's probably my greatest contribution as a parent to meet them all Evertonians, because I believe that to be an Evertonian is not just to be a football fan, it's to inherit a set of values, loyalty, commitment, tenacity, sense of shared family, and above all, I do believe this, we take nothing for granted, we save at every single second of happiness, even fleeting happiness, and we dance as if we're our own kids wedding. I think to be an Evertonian is to take nothing for granted. By the way, that's an approach to football, but it's also an approach to life in this world of chaos. And I'm so bloody grateful because of it, I am a blow. Each of us here has our formative moments, our formative experience, that the players, the teams, the seasons, the games, the goals that have shaped us. My first as a kid, 1978 Liverpool swaggered into goodness, and they were top at a table. Lost in a derby since 1971, and then, in the 58th minute, Andy King did this. I met him and he told me that it came off his shin, which doesn't undermine any of it, because what matters is the memory, the joy, the shared sense, and many of you will have it. I dream of that goal on a semi-regular basis throughout the year. And I can play these goals all night, Graham Sharp in 1980. Look, all of us have seen fire, all of us have seen rain. I've seen Everton lift trophies. I've seen us dominate in Europe. I've seen us say, not today to the god of relegation. I'll say that one too many times, but by the way, that picture, if Michelangelo painted it, you'd be like, well, that is a masterpiece. Look at it, every single face is like telling a different story, and it is utterly exquisite. And this is it, to be in Evertonian, is the marvel at these moments, to share them, to think of the heroes, to think of the cult heroes. We've reveled in the friendships forged in great times, and we've reveled in them in dark ones. And I've talked about this a lot, but to watch football for a long time, is to share memories of those who are with you and who are not. For me, my memories are really forged in the relationship with my dad either. He used to bring me to Gooderson on the regs. And then came along with me when I brought my four kids over. We'd watch Everton. The last time we went was right before COVID. We went, my kids thought every game was like this. Everton, four, Manchester United, nil. My kids looked as my dad flung himself around Gooderson Park with a bandit in utter ecstasy. Just the levels of pandemonium. This is a grandparent for children. And the biggest kid of them all was like an 80-year-old man. That's what football does to you. That's what Everton does to you. And my dad died July 4, 2024. But football allows you to carry along those memories, to carry along those you've lost, the friends, the people who sit by you whose names you don't know, but swear all the way through games and you just love it. You know, your parents. And it was in my heart that night when I went February 12, 2025 to the last door. And I was like, hey, Gooderson Park, who was that that game? Oh God, I know a couple of people who were that game. But in the 98s minute, James Torkoski did this. Harrison is close down. Michelinco is on the overlap. Locked it in by Michelinco. Irabanan, Jorkoski! Isn't it mad? That is human ecstasy and it was a draw. And I couldn't love it more in that moment. We won two, two, we did. We did. I mean, that is it. It feels like it. It's what you feel, the memory making, the feeling of being alive in that moment. That's what bloody matters. And I've got to say, the limbs, the guys behind me, I ever turned that night. God bless them. Well, this happened. I'm elated that the land behind me gave me that forearm smash into the face. That is that man's cousin. I love your cousin. And I know exactly where he is tonight because the two mates are here, Chris Scott and Graham Williams. They've come with their dads, where are you lads? And I wanted you here because I'm so bloody grateful for that smash in the face and my busted glasses because that's now woven into one of my most ecstatic memories. You're all in my memory because we turned around and hooked in the wake of it. And that is the power of football. That's sharing all of that crap. And that's what tonight's about about all of us getting a, I guess a metaphysical smash in the face together as we prepare for the season ahead with some of the men who are going to shape it for us. Some of them are established club heroes. Others are new. They're going to be on this journey alongside of it. That is what tonight is about this shared sense of journey. You know, I went to watch the Odyssey right after the World Cup. And I watched it, I was like, it was all right. You know, Odysseus, he thought he had a tough journey, man. But all he had to do was see off some lotus eaters, yeah? Hang out in a wooden horse for a couple of night, go and slaughter some gents who were trying to hit on his misses. Totally whole city away, is it? Come back at me when you're faced arsenal at home, will you? So these are the men that are going to do all of that. And I love them. I'm so grateful they're going to share the stage, share this night with us. So let's begin. With the gen, they were think in bodies all that's good about Everton Football Club. He's an England international. He plays with fight and verve and vision. He's technical. He's tactical. He's tenacious. One of the most complete footballers to pull on an Everton shirt in the modern period. Living proof. God, it's annoying. It is possible to do it all. Please be upstanding for last year's Everton player of the season. Mr. James Garner. Oh, do you like that, James? Yeah. That's probably the best introduction I've ever had. I don't like to be hyperbolic. I think I could have said more. But I know that you're a humble man. You are, to me. I mean, I love watching your play football. Let's take a look at something. You've been at Everton three seasons. Couple of back injuries. Everton moving into this beautiful new stadium. And all of this. You told yourself that last season had to be the one that was the defining season for you and which you could show everything that you could show. Turned out to be prophetic. How did you know? I didn't know, really. Like I said, I just knew that that last season had to be my season. Had far too many injuries to very big ones with my back. So that set me out for probably all in all the whole season out. So there's probably a lot of questions and doubts about me, Everton. You know, I was good enough to wear this shirt. So I felt like I had to prove myself last season. And I hope I did do that. Yeah. I can't say a new thing. Ultimately, the truth of human beings comes out about how you perform, how you act, how the decisions you make in times of challenge. Spoiler alert. You were magnificent. You were player of the year. Got your England call up. But it all seemed to begin. Second game in first ever. Premier League came out of the hill, Dickinson. Brilliant. 52nd minute. And you did this. Yes. I got it. Chris, was you like? I got it every day. It's the bottom corner. And James got it. What's our lights every lift again? Yeah. No, that's probably the best goal that I've probably ever scored really. And yeah, it was the first goal in front of the South Stand, wasn't it? So a little bit of history as well. When Jack Grelish rolls the ball back to you, you got some options. You got a dresser in the box. You got a TNO Barry, Ilya and Dyla. Look at them both. One man on them. At the bat post. What goes to you, Marlinda? Are you just like, sold it? I'm having this. Probably just, I was probably feeling confident in the game. I had a good game at left back. And yeah, it was actually that. I know I should be getting more goals and I know I've got the technical ability to shoot from outside the box. So I just thought, why not? And yeah, I flew in the back than that. And one of the things that I love about watching you is you are so versatile. That season you played left back. You played right back. You settled in the centre of the field. But if you were asked, what is the essence of the Jimmy Garner game? How did you describe what you like doing most on the football field? Just playing football. I know that's very cliché, but I love playing football. So whether it's left back or right back, whether it's midfield, I really don't mind. I feel like I've got the football, like bringing a knowledge to play anywhere on the pitch rarely. Are you asking me or are you asking James? James, come on. I can give you a good 70 minutes. And by the way, you're left now, but you might need me on Saturday. Come on. Yeah, so yeah, I feel like I've got a good enough football brain. You know, I watch a lot of football. I study a lot of football, so I'm looking off. I was fortunate enough to come through. I've got a very good academy as well, so yeah, kind of that to learn a lot of different parts of my game. The other end, and I think the thing that makes you such a delight for evertonians in terms of what they want to see in a player and what you give, is your defensive work rate is just astounding. You know, that's a mad. You led the league with 120 total tackles. Do you know that, by the way? Yeah. Let me ask you this one then. Who tied you for the most interceptions with 59? I could say it all. Yeah. That's what told me to do it. When the opposition gets the ball on the break-in transition, what goes to your mind? It's like part hunger, but it's also deeply analytical, because you seem to know exactly where to go to break up plate. Yeah. The thing, I think last season, managed to give me a little bit more of a licence to be more of the deeper midfielder. So, you know, a lot of my responsibilities last season was defensively. So, you know, I was in a lot of the right positions last season for all of these tackles and interceptions. It's just the air just work rate and hard work. You know, I'm not always in the correct position, but, you know, I can always run back and work hard and I'll give myself the best possible chance to get there. It's one of my favourite things to watch in the season. There's UX acutely in a perfect cover tackle. And to watch Jordan Pickford come over and just lose his mind. No, it was right, it was true. In March, Chelsea, 33 minutes in, you pick up the ball, halfway line. It feels like there's no danger whatsoever, but you see things very differently. You accelerate quickly, burst through three players, and you do this. Got it. Looking for better, good place. Can you tell us what you see and when you see it there, just the way you read space, not looking, boom, dumb. I think in the clip you see me, check my shoulder quite early on. So I know that I've got space to drive forward and then I'll be lying if I said a new battle would make that run. But the bit before it, to know where the space was and to be positive and drive forward and then the battle did make a very good run and he finished it up really nicely as well. And it's like the way you delivered it. It's almost as if you told him where you wanted him to be and what you wanted him to do with the boot. I feel like the way I drove forward does only kind of one thing on my mind, which I'm happy that he kind of read that as well and made the run in behind it. It was just up to me to execute it. So we've seen the full range of James Garner. If you had to rank the experience of the highs of the football field, of scoring a goal, cleaning out an opponent with a goal saving tackle, or an avant-garde assist like that, if you had to rank the joy they give you. Is it like asking you to name a favourite kid? It depends on you playing against a think of you playing against a Liverpool or someone like that and a big, big tackle in the middle of the pitch. That's the tempo of the game or something like that. That's definitely up there, but there's no better feeling than scoring a goal on a football pitch. Runoff, it's a feeling that I can't even describe. And I don't score many, so I'm grateful for what I do score a goal. And then just an assist like that, definitely. Goals and assists are so important nowadays. So if I can add a little bit more goals and more assists, then I'll be a very happy money if I can do that. Your next game wasn't for Everton. You won the under 21 euros of England in 2023, but in March, your first senior cap for England, which you call, quote, the best part of my career so far. There's an amazing story. Thomas Tuchel called you up. You found out about it, but you couldn't tell anyone for 24 hours. You could only tell, I think, your family. And I've thought about that a lot. You felt like for you. That 24 hours just to reflect on it yourself without the world knowing. What did it feel like? What did it mean to you in terms of the ongoing journey of your career? As a massive achievement for myself. Something I thought was, of course, that you do really dream about things like this, especially as a young boy. And you see all your mates playing for England and things like this. So you dream one day that I will be you. So to know that I was even in the mix leading up like that month, that week. That Chelsea game was just a weekend before I got told. In fact, I think I got told on that day all the night before that. Just getting that phone call and whether it's going to be a good one or a bad one, because he rings you, whether it's good or bad. How many bad ones have you had? Well, I had the euros. Sorry, I had the World Cup one, which was a bad one, wasn't it? Yeah, but no. I've had two phone calls. One's been good, and one's been bad. I'm hoping for more good ones. Please go to more good ones, because against Uruguay, you only went to lead the team in tackles. I'm telling you all stuff that tackles chances created. The most is Kayseda was not even near you in that game. Was he one player? And after the game, Thomas Tuchel said this. Do you've gone and made his home debut tonight? No player created more chances than him. No player won more tackles than him. And he complete the most final third passes in the opposition half. How would you say to his home debut? Yeah. Yeah, I'm very happy. He's our mini-viverder, and he played very, very good. I was quite sure that he will play good, because he has this natural confidence, and he's just very physically. He won a lot of balls, but overall, I was very impressed with the way he trained, and the way he behaved, and the way he played today. That's good. When you hear that, mini-viverder. Yeah. Are you like mini-viverder? Which side are you taking from that? I didn't actually see that until one of the last England said, he's called you the mini-viverder, and I've not even seen it. Of course, I've seen it now, but no, it's nice to be compared to players like that. I don't know if it's a bit of a disrespect to him, but these are really, really, really good players, but I know to even just have that type of comparison, especially from the England manager, who's a really good feeling, yeah. But at the end of the year, you were named evidence player of the season. So signed a new long-term deal here through 2030. Thank God. And you ended with three goals. Seven assists. Most in a Premier League season for you. I'm telling you, again, things you already know. But you said, quote, this is 1,000% being the breakthrough season for me. Watching you rise, man, you know, you're from you know, you're to not even forest. Hey, every single manager you've had this talk to about your hunger, your desire, the way you work on what you see as your weaknesses. So James, where are you in terms of the finished product? What do you see in your game right now that you want to improve? I just want to be consistent. So if I can have a season like I did last season, if not even better, I'll be really happy with that. I just want to be consistent across the board goals assists. Defensive work, leader. Feel like I've got all the qualities. So, you know, there's no good doing it. Beyond closed doors in training and all that stuff. I need to turn up on a match day and show all the fans that I can do that as well. Quick one for you. I want to look ahead to the season in one moment, bring on one of the new faces we're going to see on the regs. But I've got to ask you about a really lovely moment this past week. You announce yourself to the football world really, helping Nottingham Forest get promoted, along with a quite swaggeringly quick winger, Brennan Johnson. And when he signed for Everton last week, you posted on Instagram my brother, welcome, with a blue heart emoji. You know this man better than most. Tell us, what will Brennan bring to this team? Brennan's a very, very, very good player. You know that, that forest season is probably our, our main player that season, very fast, very direct. Scores, goals, assists, goals. You've seen that in Premier League. You know when Tottenham won the Europa League, he was the best player that season. So, you know, I'm hoping he can do it in blue. And I'm looking forward to playing with him. From your mouth to gods here. James is going to stay with us. We're going to bring on the first new player that we're going to meet tonight. A 24-year-old who's risen for the North Yorkshire Coast to become one of the best worst kept secrets of English football. Last season, his midfield creativity and composure drove Middlesmith's promotion challenge, landed in the championship player of the season along the way. It's a joy to meet him tonight. He's a literary lover's favourite player. Let's hear it for Hayden Hackney. APPLAUSE Hey, welcome. I know you've been here six weeks since you signed for Everton. And when you signed, you said the thing that football has always do. You said, Everton Football Club was my first choice. And then you also, quite brilliantly, you acknowledged it. You said, everybody says that. But for me, I really mean it. Can you tell us what you were looking for and what you saw in Everton that offered you what you needed in this moment? Probably just say the size of the club. Obviously, the easy one to say. But what the manager has done with past championship players as well was a big pull. And what the players that I already knew here had said about the club. Like, who do you know where do you know here? I sported at Jarrod. I sported at Trave as well. And Tyler Diblin as well. Neil were very positive about it. And they all said, come. But don't do that stage show because it's awful. The other said, come, yeah, it was very positive. I mean, James, you've done this. I mean, it's an Everton tradition to look at players in the championship and then bring them up, which is hard to do. I mean, you've lived it. What's it like making that leap from dominating? Both of you were players who loom large in the championship as arguably the best player in the entire leap. What's that leap up like? Yeah, it's a massive step. You know, you go from the championship to the Premier League playing against some of the best players in the world. Week and week out. You know, the physicality is pretty similar. But, you know, just the quality of players is a lot higher. And, you know, I'm pretty sure he didn't want to fit right in. You know, he was the best player in the championship for a reason last season. So I'm pretty sure he'll fit nice. I mean, Hayden, you're here. You've worked so bloody hard to get here. I know it's a seven and eight-year-old. You practiced your game. Asda, on the football cages. And I think I look at these images of that place and like thinking about your dreaming Premier League dreams and now you're on the precipice. Days away from making them true. But you join your local club, middle of the spread. Seven miles away from Red Car. You became beloved there as like a local boy making good. Under 10s you started. Every game you thrilled the fans. And you've said you've seen a similarity between Middlesbrough and Everton. The fans, the environment. Can you explain what you mean when you feel that similarity, that connection? Yeah, I think it's the people. Everyone speaks on the morning. You say morning to each other. Yeah, I just think the people in the fans as a community come together. We all want one thing on the weekend. I mean, it is. Even in this moment when the Premier League is so global, I do believe it. Everton is still a hyper-local club, which is one of the things I admire so much about it. But you've also talked about how easy it's been to settle here. I think the common denominator is the golf you've been playing. With Jared Brantwey, Nathan Patterson, James Tarkowski, where is this St Andrews? St Andrews, yeah. No peace of pace, I think. What did you shoot? Oh, I don't know. It was much better. We weren't telling you. You were a little bit shot. I mean, there's a lot of golfers here at Everton. Jordan Pickford, Michael Key, Tark. Let me ask you the question. I think everybody in World Football wants to know the answer to. Who's got the best golf game at Everton Football Club? Well, I've been told it's Michael Key. I didn't actually play with him, but Jimmy's told me it's Michael Key. Yeah, I admire him as well. So let me ask you a different one. Jimmy, who talks the best golf game in the changing room? And why is it Jordan Pickford? Apart from Jordan Pickford, what's the... Oh my gosh. Yeah, no. Definitely Pickers, yeah. Yeah, it's my second one closest, Jordan. Oh, Hayden, I know that you're early period. There's a professional came under the management of Michael Carrick, and you've talked really beautifully about what he did for your game, almost rewiring your sense of what being a midfielder is all about. You've been taught to take that first touch away from you, and you've talked about how he told you to take that first touch in, so you could release the ball quicker when midfielders weren't set. I think he also encouraged you, and this is mind-boggling, to take risks, to not worry about what happens in possession. Can you talk about his influence and how it shaped your game today? Yeah, it was massive. He almost, like, taught me the game in another way. It was almost... I always got taught to take the ball out of your feet, where he was more or less saying, have it stuck under your feet. So once you've made your first touch, you can get your pass away quickly. So the opposition midfielder can't get there quick enough. So yeah, he's massive help in my career. What's your line? That first couple of games coming up from the championship. Does it feel like, oh my god, the time, the space that you want? Does it feel like a very different game? Or is it something that you just shut out mentally and just adjusting? I think, yeah, no. I think it is something that you can just shout out, and just adapt, I think. I think, you know, we've been playing football most of our lives, you know, football is a game of adapting. And, you know, I think if you've got the quality, then I'm pretty sure you can adapt to the Premier League quite fast. You just shattered my dreams. I realize I had it all apart from the quality of it. It was the only bloody thing that was missing. But this is not about me. Honestly, Hayden, the first game of the Premier League season is just five days away, right here, at the Hill Dickinson, against Crystal Palace. And first of all, I don't know mentally how you prepare for games. I don't know a lot of players visualize before a game, what they want to do, what they want to achieve, how they want to experience a thing. I don't know if you do that. No, I don't do an awful lot. To be honest, I just try and keep it as simple as possible. Like Jim said, we've done it for a lot of years now. I think if you try and overcomplicate things, I think that doesn't help me personally anyway. Just try and keep it simple and just do often. And the void ourselves, like me, asking me how complex you want to make it feel. So I am fascinating to hear what you're experiencing because you've worked so bloody hard to get here, man. On this journey, that kid, playing in the red car as the cages, all the way through, grinded, waiting, waiting for this moment. What's your hope, Everton fans, will come to learn about you on the field? The first impression that you want to stick starting with these first few games. What do you want them to understand and see about Hayden Hackney's football? No, I'll do everything I can to help the team. I think working hard is given, and then trying to use my ability to, again, help the team as much as possible in anywhere. What's the thing you love doing most on a football field, man? Passing the ball forward and creating chances running with a ball, creating as much as possible from deep, probably. It is. I think Kevin De Bruyne came on, I'll show you, he said, anybody that tells you that they prefer an assist to goal is lying. But I can tell when you say it, like you really, you really feel that. I do, yeah, because, obviously, playing in the mean Jim's position, you probably get less chances to score goals, so you take more pride in setting other people up, the strikers mainly. Yes, I'll probably assist better than the goal of Rose. God, I've got to tell you, to more assess to a great, incredible start, to so much joy on this field here at the Hill Dickinson. Hayden Hackney, we are delighted to have you join us on this journey, to all it is to come for you. Let's hear it for two men, who we hope will be the heartbeat, the drum, the beat, for the everton season. Hayden Hackney and the incredible Mr James Gardner! APPLAUSE Here's time for our next guest. He's another gentleman. He's got that newly signed midfielder smell. After a Premier League title-winning season with the Arsenal, but those six potent seasons are the always gravity-defying Brentford, where he kept in the club, helped lead them to their first ever Premier League promotion. I love watching this man play. He's got a mix of calm confidence, control, simmering ferocity. He loves to destroy, which are just really admire that creative impulse. He's the future scouts king of Copenhagen. Let's hear it for Mr Christian Norgard! APPLAUSE APPLAUSE Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. Oh, Christian. I've never been received so well. I think I'm out of that. There's a bit of a... I think I used to this. Welcome! My Danish is shit. Yeah, I didn't understand that, so... I learned of Christian Erickson. He was not a very good teacher. You're originally from North Zealand. Yeah, North Zealand. I'm f'd up on that one too. Look. Here's what I know. I know that your nation... I'm scared to say Denmark even now, in case I have that one up. It is a country. There's perpetually ranked one of the happiest in the world. I think it's the third most on the recent list. James Garner knows all the statistics. LAUGHTER And for that reason alone, I've got to say I'm related to have you here, because God knows we all need an uptick in enjoying our life. But Danish happiness, like it's deep. It comes from trusting each other. I believe that everyone's working together for a collective common good. Is there anything of that that's defined your football identity? Yeah, I would say so. And many of the things you say is something I'd like to bring on the pitch as well. Sorry. And you know, yeah, the Danish way of, you know, the values we have about being present, working hard, being humble, you know, those type of things. Yeah, those are good values to bring on the pitch as well. Denmark in Everton. That friend diagram. I love it. But it's been some journey here. You started playing at UCI to Denmark. You're played in your hometown of Sverge. Well done. Yeah. You went that one down. You're also in the UCI for Longby, where you were coached by Thomas Frank as an under 15. Your journey has been long, not without challenge. Your first move from Denmark to the Bundesliga. I think you were 16. Yeah, 17, I think. I mean, look at you. Look at him. Not really. He was more of a man at 17 than I am at 87 years of age. But surely after signing, ain't you stuff at a broken ankle in training? It was a time of real personal challenge. You weren't playing. Your parents had to keep driving from Denmark to help you, you know, cook, do your laundry. And you've said that you quote, lost the joy of football, which is really profound at that age. And I don't know if you ever considered leaving the game. But what did it take for you to find that love for the sport again? Yeah, it took a long time for me. I think it was just very challenging being 17-year-old in a different country without my family. And then being hit by a hard injury, like I broke my ankle at the time. I remember being very just anxious, meeting into training. It was these big Bundesliga star players and how the Bundesliga structure is, that if you play your wages is higher. So in training, they would not give you anything. They would tackle you very, very hard and they would protect their own position in the team. So that's a big change coming further on in my career, both in Denmark and in England. So coming back to Denmark after that, it was quite tough and I had to find my feet again in Bromby, where Thomas was the manager. But even then, I also had a few quite tricky years before things started to go in the right direction again. I mean, things went very much in the right direction. And again, Thomas Frank at Bromby, Thomas Frank at Longby, and then you both branched out, I guess, to another team that had the B in the name, Reinoity again at Brentford. And the world got to know you, when the B's got to the Premier League in 2021, first game in the big time, at home, at that bus stop in Houndslow, against the mighty Arsenal, and you did this. And it's wrong. It's a new toast to Thomas. What did that feel like? Unbelievable. I've given Saka a bit of stake afterwards because I dropped him on that throw, and you remember that. So, no, that was incredible. That game was just built up over the whole summer, of course, after the promotion, and it was the first, it was the first day, where fans were allowed back in the stadium after the Covid season as well. So, it was a day I'll remember, yeah, for sure. I mean, I'm not a Brentford fan, and I remember that. It was like they sang forever after the game, and you guys just savored every single second. Yeah. But I also marveled that you set peaceability, watching that goal over and over. The ability to find time and space in the box, that crevice of space and score. Is that natural, or would you develop it? What's the secret? I don't know what the secret is, but it's something I've developed over my career, and being in a club like Brentford, where they worked, so intense with set pieces, and also an Arsenal. Yeah, made me learn a lot, so hopefully I can bring this to Everton, because there's so much height and so much size in the team, so I don't see why Everton should not be one of the best teams in the league when it comes to set pieces. God, you just made my night. I got to tell you. I can't wait for the football to start, man. 200 games nearly at Brentford. You moved to Arsenal last summer. Look, it was a season of dreams for the club, and it may not have been the campaign you were thinking of when you arrived in terms of your role on the field. And this might be a hard question, because you're not really at time to fully process it. How do you look back on the experience of last season and what you feel like when you look at that medal? It's a medal and a season I'm really proud of. It took a step outside my comfort zone after having been in Brentford for a long time. I'd extended my contract there for two years and was really happy there, but then Arsenal came knocking and for me, I knew I would regret that decision to not go if I didn't go, so I knew the chances of playing were quite limited, but it was worth the risk, and I'm really proud and happy of what I've helped the team achieving this season, even though the minutes have been limited. But playing Champions League for the first time and representing a big club that is competing for title in any tournament they play in was a big step compared to what I've tried before. So I look back at the season with joy and with pride and maybe a little bit of disappointment as well, of course. I mean, I've got to say, I was filming Arsenal on Friday and everybody I spoke to, all of the players, Michael Artetta, too, talked about, I said I was going to spend Monday night with you, and they all said, that man was so important, the role he played in our season. They said, you're a real leader. Number of them said you were the guy, this is a quote who forced everyone else to raise their level in training on a daily basis. You're that guy who brings it. Can you talk about how you view leadership? Could you have been the captain at Brentford? You were clearly playing a leadership role in that Arsenal locker room. What kind of leader are you? Where do you learn that was a remover when you just realised I need to start speaking up or is it just natural? I think leadership is more than speaking up. It's more led by your actions and the standards you said. People tend to look more at what you do than listen to what you say always. So I prefer like, yeah, and some for some leaders it's more authentic to speak. For me, it's maybe more authentic to do. I only feel like I speak when it has, when something has to be spoken about. I don't know, I've been a captain when I played for youth national teams, vice captain in Bronby and vice captain Brentford. It's not something I've strived to be. It's maybe something others have seen more of a potentially than me myself. Be like this man in life. People who are watching this on television, not like this man. Be like this man. And I'll just say I'm so bloody happy that you are here speaking to so many epitonians tonight. I think there's a ton of just joy that you are riding with us. But when you... APPLAUSE When you thought about moving to Everton, you know this team well, you played them seven times. James Garner told me that. LAUGHTER When you were at Brentford, you said you'd never heard a noise like you did at Goodison Park for the Everton fans. But I know you also spoke to Michaela Teta when this opportunity came out. It spent six seasons playing here, older than under David Boyz, 1.0. What did he tell you about this club and what you could expect here as a player? He told me many amazing things about the club, about the manager. He knows very well about the culture of the club, the fans of the club. And yeah, eventually it felt like an o-brainer for me to come here and a match for where I am in my career. And also the type of person I am, like how I've been received by the fans and the teammates. It's been incredible. But yeah, it's about what happens out there. So that's what I'm missing at the moment, of course, and what's a little bit frustrating having a smaller injury at the moment. But soon, hopefully, ready. And I can't wait to get out there for the first time. I mean, your preseason has been stop-start. How are you feeling? Where are you at? What can we expect from you, when you have time-wise in terms of first time seeing Nordgord on an Everton jersey? We're hopefully close, but I can't really put a timeframe on it, but I feel like we're getting very close. So not too long, I promise that. We're going to move on before that man shouts out about right back again. But you're talking about this phase of your career Christian. Can you describe your mindset right now? You're a Premier League winner. You've been a captain of Brentford, Day of Thord. You're 32 years of age. Can you talk about your motivation right now? What you want to prove either to Everton fans, to your teammates, or to yourself in the year ahead? Yeah, a lot of it comes to proving something to myself. I think having had that role in the changing room the last year was a different experience, and I enjoyed it. But God, I also miss playing football, and just being able to play minutes after minutes, and games after games, and that's the feeling I miss. And I think having the opportunity to come to this club where there's 50 to 60,000 crazy fans in this stadium, and supporting you, and valuing just hard work, and doing your best effort, I think, and those are the type of things that are I miss showing the world I can do. God, bring it on. I can say, I went into the Everton changing room before the show, and to see your jersey up there, nor God, number 23 was, it was quite a moment to see that. You know, we're so used to the number 23 having the word, Coleman over it. What does that number mean to you, and what does it mean for you to wear that shirt? I think it means more to me now having chosen it in this club, because I understand and see what this player, not only player, but this person meant for the club. So it's a big honor and a big responsibility to take it. When I first found out, I didn't want to, because I didn't know if I was the right man to take it, but the club said they thought it was a good idea, and I thought it was a fantastic number coming after a fantastic player. So like I said previously, it's, you know, he has a completely different legacy in this club, but it's a big honor and privilege to take the number. I found it really, really moving. The moment you chose the number 23, LeBron James chose to wear the number 23 with Philadelphia Thames, he's like Christian and Shayla. Thank you. I'm not kidding. No, I know. It's not a coincidence. No, no, no, no. Gentlemen, LeBron James. Huge, huge, shameless Coleman guy. Christian, I do want knowledge before we wrap this up. You are not the first day to arrive here at Efforton. You're actually the eighth. Oh, that many. James Garner. It is a long biblical lineage. I mean, there's a lot of laws. There's a few purses. But I'm going to ask you about one man in particular. One gentleman who I loved. I mean, he's definitely top seven Everton footballer for me all time. You'll remember Thomas Grabison. I was looking. For those of you two young to remember this man, his nickname was Mad Doggan. It was almost underselling him. He was a player that kind of lived. I mean, he was a cult hero. He was super eccentric. He kind of loved to link nothing more than to unleash fireworks, literal fireworks in his teammates in training. And very occasionally, he'd launch the odd fireworks and work at the football field roll tape. Grabison again. Wonderful goal. So, thank you very much. Thomas Grabison. I'm trying to hear from you. He's going up faster. And I'm trying it now. We're a wonderful shot. God, you look at that. And you think Thomas Grabison mad ball-basted. And you also think, God, he was so slow back then, the defender. I didn't know one's shot in now. I want to ask you, he talked about you with admiration and wonder on Danish television. He said this about you, Kristie. And he said, he's a young man who has simply deserved this with the hard work he's put in and the ways approaches football career. It makes me proud. What does it make you feel? And it's a bit intimidating to have him over your shoulder with that boost. What does it make you feel to hear that? I don't know what you know of Tommy as an Everton player. But I will say, few players got Everton. And the fans as quickly as Thomas Grabison did. Yeah, I remember him, of course, growing up, washing him in both pay for Everton and then mainly Real Madrid, which was the team I followed at the time. So to get a Danish player to Real Madrid was crazy. I think he was much like a better footballer than people sometimes recognizing for. He was also good on the ball and could do things like we just saw there. He was not only a hard hitter, which he also had that side to him, of course. But now he's a great character and now he's a pundit in Denmark. And he says some funny and controversial things from time to time. But having been at the highest level, he's OK. He's allowed to have his opinions. God bless. There's an incredible myth. Like every myth, I'm sure there's a bit of truth in it. The Real Madrid just picked the wrong ball that they meant to sign Lee Cosley. We just love, can you imagine Lee Cosley at the Bernabéu? It would have been like, genuinely, kill me now. My life is complete. I've seen everything I want to say. But last question for you, Christian. And I love this. This is really beautiful. For almost a decade, your grandmother spends every year, all year collecting the articles, the headlines about you and your football achievements. And she puts them into a scrapbook and then gives it to you as a gift every single Christmas. It is beautiful, right? Poor grandma is going to have to watch this shit, isn't she? I feel for her. What's her name? Grandma. Yeah, God bless. Grandma Gays, a huge huge love to all the grandmother's. But is it true? And what does it feel like for you when you read it through? It takes up all the Christmas Eve because it's a big, big scrapbook full of what's happened in the season. And now it's always highlight of the year. And Ashley, she messaged me yesterday how everything was. And then I replied her and then she sent a picture of different cuts from the newspaper, saying already planning the Christmas gift for this year. And it's going to be good. It's like, okay, it better be. It better be. I'm going to ask you. Next December, what do you want to see in that scrapbook as you flick through? What do you imagine the headlines are going to say about your season here at Everton Football Club Christmas? I mean, I'll be a bit early, I think, to win the cup in December. I would love for that to be possible. But no, yeah, a lot of success with this club is what I want to, honestly, yeah. And to understand what it means to play for this football club because I think I haven't understanding. But I think it takes a bit of time to really, you know, to get that relationship with the fans. And I don't think I will get that before I step my feet on the pitch. Yeah. God bless. And I've got to say, I have no doubt that you will be able to achieve what you set your mind to. You're a player with incredible emotional intelligence. I just say to you, to your grandma, to all the headlines that I have to come. Godspeed to you. Christy and all. God, hell, door, licky. We can't wait to watch you. Am I right? Thank you. To it for Christy and all of you. God, I feel stat genuinely cannot wait for this season to start now. I don't mean to be hyperbolic. But our next guest is the best thing to happen to ever. And since a birth of Tommy Fleewood. Here's a story of tenacity, of doggy determination. There's honestly forged one of the smoothest elegant, cultured footballers. 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In this beautiful, beautiful facility. But most of all, I want to finish by raising my glass to you. And with all of you, a season cut from dreams. May Beto saw... Oh, yes. By the way, I think I don't like to be hyperbolic. We are on the eve of the Beto 20 goal season. It is no one. May Jordan Pickford end every single game catching the ball, drop into the turf and just have an incredible grin of mischief on his face. May Terry George just create so much magic for us and more and more and more. But most important, may all of you make memories with those that you love home and away. And I hope those memories allow you to sustain yourself through good times and times of challenge. Feodor Doskiyewski won the set. And I think he would have been a massive blue if he were alive today. He won the set to live with our hope is to cease to live. And if he was alive today, I think he would have said it simpler. I think he just would have said, oh, the fucking zombies. This is Ronch. Say it. Big, big love. Thank you for having me. Thank you.
