Conan

I don't know what the line is.

Like, where do you drop when you're grieving?

But you're talking about those games, first five, was it, of the season?

But even then, I remember it was a feeling they were getting away with it.

They were...

finding something from somewhere.

They were stealing games, for want of a better word.

And there was a feeling that it would drop off.

I remember thinking, God, once they get it together, everybody else is in trouble because they're already getting points and they're not playing well.

But then I suppose you just continue those performances and then never got back to any level.

There wasn't one time during the season where it was like, okay, they've got it together now.

It was like they just did enough all season to...

come fifth like were they ever in the top three apart from that first five games like they just dropped off and stayed at that level maybe a lot of that is tied to to Jota I don't know but I think the feeling is and I might be wrong here but

that it got so bad and so many issues came out of it that it felt like this wasn't just a team struggling with the loss of their friend.

It was just other football problems as well.

Oh, I think this is a good structure.

It's better than the groups, anyway.

I think it's a jeopardy right at the gap of meaningful matches, even when you still have one more chance.

The reality is, now somebody who's maybe not as familiar with the structures just yet, just texts me something randomly after a tournament.

It's been like, Ross Common will still make the quarterfinals.