Shaka Hyslop

Yes, it seems like a very sort of direct path to get to Xabi Alonso.

Now, I will go to Arne Slot and say, listen, buddy, this outside noise that is led by Kay and the rest, the way you keep that out is, and it's the most obvious answer that he could have given, and it's a vague answer that that is winning games.

Winning games.

You just say winning games, and there is no recourse to that.

It doesn't mean that you're going to win the next 10 matches.

You're just saying the thing that quiets people is winning games.

But then he goes into this path of trying to explain and give kind of context and saying we've only won this many leagues and this League Cup in over 30 years, so on and so forth.

And he tells me that he...

Not the outside noise, but he is thinking about it.

He doesn't need to give context.

He doesn't need to give this sort of explanation as to, hey, listen, don't come after me.

We won the league.

No, no.

We all know that you won the league.

But now, because he feels like things are getting out of hand, and he was asked in the press conference last week leading into one of the matches, he was asked about, has Xavi Alonso contacted you?

Which was one of the most ridiculous questions that any...

press person could have asked and somehow that's a question that was put forth to him so he can feel that Xavi and everybody else and the noise and the walls are sort of kind of closing in on him so he now feels like no no hey hey it's not like winning a league it's something that we do all the time here it's only happened so many times over the last 30 years give me some space you know how you get space you win games.

I have, I think, the most important question, the most relevant question for Beth right now is, are you playing Jenga with the books in the background, Beth?

How many books can you fit in the background?

How much more space do we have?