Dara Smith-Naughton

I don't remember the last time I cried for a sporting moment, but there was that lump in the throat and yeah, I had to be cajoled to bed and I was just sat in front of the screen watching the post-match interviews and glazed over a little bit.

I know a conversation tends to levitate towards the midfield, and you've mentioned it a couple of times already on the show this morning, Cullen, but, Stewie, in my head, there's almost a tale of two midfielders, like, I think Steve will mention this last night, Thomas Ocek comes off the bench at half-time, brings that experience and steal to the middle of the park for them, and then for us, it's almost the case of the missing midfielder, like, we have a Premier League captain in Josh Cullen in the prime of his career, possibly at 29 years of age, who was missing last night, and,

I almost feel like that control in the middle was so key in that second half and was so key in the Czechs getting back into the game.

It's hard to ignore that, really.

Like everyone, Stu, I hate moral victories and I hate when we turn around after a horrible defeat like this and say, oh, weren't our fans great?

But look, you were there on the ground and you witnessed the Green Brigade in action in Prague and the amount of fans over there with or without tickets infiltrating the home sections as well and...

it must have been incredible to witness it and again look it's a moral victory but a lot of people paid a lot of money to head over to Prague and to be there and soak up the atmosphere and I think we haven't even mentioned the fans on the show this morning yet but they do deserve some credit

Oh, rugby, yeah.

It was so well done.

It was made better as well though because it only happens at the end.

I mean, obviously there.

And because stuff matters.

Happy Christmas every day.

Okay.

I kind of like having games on Tuesday and being like, oh, we have another day of this now.

Kind of pick and choose what you're watching.

I did really enjoy last night as well.

It hurt me that there was nothing on Tuesday.

Yeah.

I liked Mourinho after as well.