Ben Symes

It was amazing.

And the players felt it.

And the players have talked about so much this week about how

that is the most important thing for them.

The connection with the fans and building on it and allowing to thank the fans back for all the support off the pitch and be able to give them performances on the pitch going forward.

And I think we will see that from Rarrington going forward.

And it's so hard to take...

what you could have had and seeing Czechia win last night and knowing you were so close to the World Cup but I think you just have to look at the positive side of this and you have to take the green sheets out of it and say look we are more than likely going to be involved in the Euros in 2028 hey touch wood touch wood here

Hamer Halgrimson lost a World Cup playoff with Iceland when he was on the coaching staff in 2014 to Croatia turned it around qualified for Euro 2016 beat England which was a brilliant moment for us we didn't even know Hamer Halgrimson back then and he gave us one of the best moments of our lives back then and then managed to qualify for the World Cup in Russia in 2018 drew with Argentina in the opening game out there

If I'm going to take anything from this, I'm going to take that he's going to replicate with that.

And I will see you in Paraguay and then Morocco.

And then maybe even Spain and Portugal.

Who knows?

In 2030.

But you have to take those green shoots from this campaign.

And there have been plenty.

It's really hard to say at the moment, but there have been plenty.

there was a comment left on our YouTube last week because I said we're a football nation as well on the podcast on Friday and someone commented saying that's nonsense I think it's the essence of football captures the nation like nothing else can there's nothing else that can get us like it can like the national team can and I have had so many texts from the last week of people who have no interest in football who are texting me all week and text me the most random stuff text me a Boston Wilds club form people who wouldn't have even known who the likes of you know

Adam Ida last week were texting me about Boston Wilds club form and texting me all sorts of things and people who would have had no interest in an Irish match for last week were texting me last night while I was at the game while I was at Normand's game people sitting at home watching that and people have bought in behind the team and

Before we finish, when I got home last night, I watched the Bosnia versus Italy penalty shootout.