Graham Arnold
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So if I tried to walk out the compound and walk down to the Baghdad Mall, which is about a kilometre away, and if someone recognised me, which they all do,
that all the cars stop on the road.
Everyone jumps out the cars and run at me to get photos.
And they don't run at you to like do anything to you.
They just want photos.
and for social media because they're addicted to social media.
But if I go and watch a local game, it's all high security, police escorts, and then I get to the stadium, they put me in a box to watch the game where obviously they can't come and get me or see me at all, and then I'm rushed back home 10 minutes before the end of the game.
police escort, security, back to the compound.
So on a social life skill side of things, sorry, Howie, it's been quite lonely at times because I have been in the compound.
I can't understand much of what's on the television.
Luckily I could watch being in sports and those type of things where I could watch English Premier League and the Italian League and those type of things.
But I will say probably...
The lifesaver for me was YouTube and listening to Johnny Farnham.
Very, very often.
You're the voice got me through and Jimmy Barnes and the Australian music got me through.
I think the neighbours got sick of hearing it, but they kept it going.
I will say, yeah, Howie, but that was before we had qualified.
So like people would run at me and, you know, coach, coach, coach, will we qualify World Cup?