Niall Ferguson
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Yeah, your lips to his ears.
And the most important thing we haven't covered, but we'll have to cover quickly, Scotland's group draw in the World Cup, Neil.
We're in with Morocco and Brazil.
Is that right?
I mean, come on.
Anyways, Scotland, where are our chances?
Henry Kissinger was a great football soccer fan.
One of his great maxims was every success is an admission ticket to the next crisis.
And after Scotland heroically won their qualifying game in one of the greatest football games I've ever watched.
Got one of the best players in the world?
It was a fantastic thing.
I said to my sons, by the way, every success is an admission ticket to the next crisis.
And then the draw came and they said, Dad, we know what you mean.
So we got Haiti to beat.
And otherwise, I think we just have to do damage limitation against Brazil and Morocco.
Yeah, it's too bad.
But, you know, I think it was a glorious, glorious, glorious game.
We'll all remember Scott McTominay's goal as long as we live.
That was one of the greatest matches in football history.
And are you back in London?