Woo Woo, Wool & Wet My Coals

Hello, everybody, and welcome to a special edition of Mindcake

>> Lee Crompton: Hello, everybody, and welcome to a special edition of Mindcake.

>> Lee Crontpon: It's actually a Mind Bite.

>> Lee Crompton: I'll start again this time. This time I know it's for real. As Donna Summer once said. Hello, everybody, and welcome to another. It's not a slice, is it? Mind Bites.

>> Lee Crontpon: Mind Bites with him, Lee Crumson and him, Paul Beeson.

>> Lee Crompton: That was a, weird intro, wasn't it?

>> Lee Crontpon: Was a bit, wasn't it? Yeah, yeah. We are huddled around a microphone.

>> Lee Crompton: Yeah.

>> Lee Crontpon: Where are we?

>> Lee Crompton: So we are in, we're doing this live and in person. this Mind Bite, it's not live

>> Lee Crontpon: when they listen to.

>> Lee Crompton: Well, no, but we're, in person in person. Not doing it over. Zoom. we are in. Currently we're in the golden lion in Stirling because Stirling's kinda in the middle of our gaffes, basically.

>> Lee Crontpon: Yes. And is it fate that we've ended up in a restaurant called the Cronies?

>> Lee Crompton: Yeah, very apt, I think, isn't it?

>> Lee Crontpon: It wasn't. It's not old cronies, to be fair.

>> Lee Crompton: No, but they've been very, very accommodating. They've, got. Lee is currently dog sitting, aren't you?

>> Lee Crontpon: Yes, I'm dog sitting. so I've had to bring Rock with us.

>> Lee Crompton: Rock is the name of the dog. He's not just brought a rock. No, not brought a rock, no.

>> Lee Crontpon: so, yeah, we might have to abandon this halfway through when he goes. He's a collie and he gets a bit excited, doesn't he? But we're in the hotel at the moment. George and the rest of the staff have been very accommodating. So here we are.

>> Lee Crompton: Yep. So we're, we're sitting, having a drink, waiting for our lunch and, Rock's got his little dog, Bull, and, and we're good to go because it's actually, it's been a while since we've recorded an episode, but it's also been a while since we've actually met in person, isn't it? We've not seen each other since last year, I don't think.

>> Lee Crontpon: Well, you've been very busy. Very. You've been a very busy beast, haven't you?

>> Lee Crompton: I have been very busy, yeah.

>> Lee Crontpon: Do you want to talk to us about Charlie now?

>> Lee Crompton: I'll talk to you briefly about China.

Timothy Pope went to Japan with his kids for a holiday

So for those of you, who listen to the podcast regularly, you'll know that I, from time to time and involved with a little kids show called Shark in the park and I got the opportunity to go and perform Shark in the park in Shanghai again, like I did last year. But while we were over there, me and Megan and Heather. Big shout out to you too, if you're listening. They're probably not, but. Hey, they're the other cast members. We decided to go to Japan for a week and have a bit of a holiday at the end of our show. So we did that.

>> Lee Crontpon: Oh, is that. Is our lunch ready? is Heather the shark or the park?

>> Lee Crompton: She is both.

>> Lee Crontpon: Wow. Who was the other girl?

>> Lee Crompton: Megan.

>> Lee Crontpon: Megan.

>> Lee Crompton: She's Timothy Pope.

>> Lee Crontpon: Who are you, then?

>> Lee Crompton: I'm, Timothy Pope's dad. so had a few days in Tokyo and a few days in Osaka, and it was a wonderful experience. If you haven't been to Japan, I would thoroughly recommend go there. It's a fabulous place.

>> Lee Crontpon: Okay, I will. Maybe don't take the dog, though. no, no, just bring us on to.

Paul says very few people listen to Shark in the Park podcast

My first point was talking about monetization of the podcast because you want to retire fairly soon.

>> Lee Crompton: Yeah.

>> Lee Crontpon: should we be charging Shark in the park because they do get free adverts. Should it be sponsored? do you think you could get some sponsorship, is what I'm trying to say, from Shark in the park sees how many times they get mentioned.

>> Lee Crompton: Yeah, possibly. But, I mean, I don't think anybody.

>> Lee Crontpon: Or is that our food ready?

>> Lee Crompton: I don't think anybody that's either got an interest in sharks or parks or kids theatre ever listens to our podcast, so it's maybe pissing in the wind.

>> Lee Crontpon: Very, very few do listen to the podcast, Paul. That's, true.

Paul: I deliver rugs in between acting gigs for Omar Helmi

Okay, so if we can't get money from Shark in the park, I should mention that we have an episode coming up possibly next week with my surgeon, Mr. Hilmi. Now, there's a very interesting storeys with him, but one of the storeys you said to me the other day is, Mr. M. Hilmi's Christian name, Omar. And I said, yes, it is. Do you want to carry on the storey from there, Paul?

>> Lee Crompton: Yes. So, again, for avid listeners of our podcast, you will know that I am a bit of a ruggy rascal, and I deliver rugs in between acting gigs. so it turns out I had a couple of rugs to deliver for one Omar Helmi. And when myself and Lee got together for our first podcast in months, wasn't it Lee mentioned, oh, I've recorded, a podcast with my surgeon, Mr. Hilmi. And I went, it's not Omar, because I've got two rugs in the van for Omar Helmi. I'm delivering them tomorrow.

>> Lee Crontpon: He was very surprised when I replied to an email about my, clinical stuff and said, oh, by the way, your rug will be delivered tomorrow morning. To which he responded, how do you know about my rugs? So now I know everything.

>> Lee Crompton: Yeah.

>> Lee Crontpon: M. So anyway, so what I'm. What? The point I'm making is if we can't be sponsored by Part Shark in the park, what about. I think you've ever actually named the rug company?

>> Lee Crompton: I don't think I have.

>> Lee Crontpon: No.

>> Lee Crompton: Oriental Rug Repair.

>> Lee Crontpon: There's a jingle coming. So could you contact them as well? We know that Paul doesn't actually do anything that's on his to do list. So there's two things for your to do list I know you're never going to do is tap up Shark in the park and Oriental Rugs R Us.

>> Lee Crompton: Oh, I'm so on it, mate.

>> Lee Crontpon: for some, money.

>> Lee Crompton: Yeah.

>> Lee Crontpon: Okay.

So what have you been up to since we last spoke

>> Lee Crompton: So what have you been up to since we last spoke?

>> Lee Crontpon: Where do we start?

>> Lee Crompton: near the end.

>> Lee Crontpon: I have started. Oh, there's George now. Look there, he's running past yoga.

>> Lee Crompton: Lee Crompton doing yoga. Lee Crompton's Yoga Corner.

>> Lee Crontpon: Yeah. And someone farted in it.

>> Lee Crompton: No.

>> Lee Crontpon: And someone farted and I didn't laugh.

>> Lee Crompton: God, you. You've changed, haven't you?

>> Lee Crontpon: And I. That is discipline, folks.

George has been trying to get into yoga to help with fatigue

>> Lee Crompton: So what got you into yoga and what was your experience like?

>> Lee Crontpon: Well, I haven't really talked about it much in that I've been dealing with fatigue lately and medication seems to be changed on a semi regular basis. And actually a little bit of exercise actually helps with the fatigue, which seems a bit of an oxymoron. So I've been trying to do a bit of. Which is why, partly why I've got the dog. Borrow the dog then forces me to go out and do some walks and do a little bit of exercise. But even just walking the dog, I was having trouble with my calf muscle. It used to go into spasms.

>> Lee Crompton: Oh dear.

>> Lee Crontpon: I got. I was getting quite a lot to the point where I was hobbling after like just walking for half an hour with the dog. So I went to see a, physiotherapist, South African lady, and she said, have you ever heard of a thing called yoga? I think she was being sarcastic. And if you remember our previous guest, Sarah from the Nest, she does yoga. So I signed up for a six week block. The first one I missed because the children were playing Mary Hell. And so I missed it. The second one I was in Knutsford So I went for the first time on Thursday and I found it very, very yin yoga.

>> Lee Crompton: Okay.

>> Lee Crontpon: It's quite relaxing.

>> Lee Crompton: Is that, is there a difference between that yoga and regular yoga?

>> Lee Crontpon: Hot yoga is, I'm not that level yet, but no, I think there

>> Lee Crompton: are all different types of yoga, different disciplines of yoga.

>> Lee Crontpon: We should maybe get somebody on, who knows, Maybe somebody like Sarah who runs a class.

>> Lee Crompton: Yeah, yeah, maybe, maybe get back on,

>> Lee Crontpon: talk about the different types of yoga. But yes, it's quite, it's so yin yoga, I think, is where you get into position and then hold it.

>> Lee Crompton: Okay.

>> Lee Crontpon: Rather than any awkward moves where you got to put your legs behind your head or whatever.

>> Lee Crompton: I see.

>> Lee Crontpon: Did you feel good for doing it? I did, yeah. It's quite relaxing as well. You got, got to have a little lie down at the end. I didn't nod off. Someone farted. I didn't laugh.

>> Lee Crompton: Well, that's a, bit of a thing that happens in yoga, isn't it? People tend to fart because they're bending over and stretching and all that. And relaxing.

>> Lee Crontpon: Relaxing.

>> Lee Crompton: Good. And you're gonna go back, you're gonna keep it up.

>> Lee Crontpon: Well, thank you, George. We are recording live. Do you want to say hello, George? Hello. Hello. so, yes, no, I have, I have booked six weeks, so I booked a block. So to get my money's worth. Yeah, we'll have to go back Thursdays.

>> Lee Crompton: Good. I look forward to hearing more about how you're getting on.

>> Lee Crontpon: Yes.

Lee says his circumstances have changed dramatically since the new year

>> Lee Crompton: Speaking of therapies, you just cross that off the list like a good lad. So I've. I've done a couple of things since we last spoke.

>> Lee Crontpon: I've got Paul's hypnotherapy on my list.

>> Lee Crompton: Oh, yeah, I've done more than that, mate.

>> Lee Crontpon: Please don't tell me you've done past life regression.

>> Lee Crompton: No, not that bad. So.

>> Lee Crontpon: Oh, there's our food again. It's not,

>> Lee Crompton: So my circumstances have changed dramatically.

>> Lee Crontpon: Oh, hang on. Sorry. I'm just gonna say that I have written on the bottom. Are, ah, we allowed to discuss that?

>> Lee Crompton: Paul?

>> Lee Crontpon: What have I written there?

>> Lee Crompton: Paul? Single and ready to mingle.

>> Lee Crontpon: Question mark, question mark. Sounds like we are folks. Yeah. Across the other list now.

>> Lee Crompton: Yeah.

>> Lee Crontpon: Okay.

>> Lee Crompton: So my circumstances have changed dramatically since the new year. So I'm no longer in a relationship, as you can understand. My mental health hasn't been in the best nick really for the last little while. I suppose.

>> Lee Crontpon: So I have checked in with him at least twice.

>> Lee Crompton: Yes. Yes. And don't get me wrong, it's it's lovely to hear from Lee, of course.

>> Lee Crontpon: Very supportive. Very supportive.

>> Lee Crompton: and it is, you know, it's been an amicable thing. It's been a difficult thing, but it's best for both of us, and we're both moving on as, friends. And, things in that respect are good. We're still living together at the moment. we are. What's the phrase? Consciously uncoupling together. Oh, hello. Hello. and, we sold our house, and things are moving forward, but I thought that I needed to just kind of look after myself a little bit. And I started doing a bit of hypnotherapy, which was interesting.

>> Lee Crontpon: For what purpose?

>> Lee Crompton: well, to kind of quiet my mind, I suppose, and to try and alleviate the stress, the situation over the sort of early part of the year, quite ill for a couple of weeks. And I thought initially I perhaps had norovirus or something like that. But, turns out it wasn't. It was all pure stress. It's almost like my mind wasn't registering the stress, so my body was kind of dealing with it. So my skin has been off like a, My skin's been all red and sore. I've had, like, digestive issues. Yep. All sorts of stuff. Vomiting, which is why I thought I had norovirus. But it wasn't. It was all stress. So I thought, I need to.

>> Lee Crontpon: I'm glad he's now. We're now sharing a microphone. So I'm glad he's confirmed, however many minutes, 15 minutes into this, that it wasn't norovirus. When we're almost. Looks like we're gonna have a smooch, doesn't it? Anyway, carry on with your norovirus.

>> Lee Crompton: And, So I found some hypnotherapy, but it was the best of both worlds. It was like sort of. Every session was kind of half kind of counselling and talking through issues and stuff. And. And then you had the second half, which was like, the deep relaxation, hypnotherapy side, which, sort of put you in a really positive frame of mind. And I've got to say, first of all, it was really good to talk to my hypnotherapist, Fergus, who's based in Dunfermline.

>> Lee Crontpon: Does he sing the blues?

>> Lee Crompton: He. He alleviates the blues, actually, is what Fergus does. But I tell you what.

>> Lee Crontpon: Alleviate the blues.

>> Lee Crompton: Wonderful.

>> Lee Crontpon: Thanks. Oh, there's our food.

>> Lee Crompton: So I've got to say my. Like, my first session, you know, because I go into stuff like this with a very open Mind, I've got to say, I left that session and I felt brilliant. Like, I just felt the initial session, yeah, the very first one, I walked out, shook Fergus hand, left the building in Dunfermline, and as I was walking back to my car, I just felt light. I had a smile on my face. Like, I literally had a smile on my face, which I had to kind of try and rein in because I was like, people are going to be looking at me thinking, who's this dafti just strutting down the street with a big smile on his face. I literally had a spring in my step for superfan Colin. I am using the word literally, literally here.

>> Lee Crontpon: Literally had a string.

>> Lee Crompton: I literally had a spring in my step. Yeah. And, I felt great. So I went for a few sessions and after my. The last session I went to, it was kind of decided as a sort of joint decision. It was like, I think that you're okay to, to kind of step away from it and if you feel the need to come back.

Fergus says you can always come back if you want

But, it wasn't like the need to continue. It was like I'd kind of reached that point point where. And I really appreciate Fergus's sort of thoughts on this for. Rather than going, oh, you need to come back for another 20 sessions and keep taking money, it was kind of like, no, I think you're in a good place. Do you feel like you're in a good place? I said, yes, I am. And he said, well, why don't we just call it there? But you can always feel free to come back. And he was great.

Paul had six sessions of Reiki this year

>> Lee Crontpon: So how many sessions did you have, Paul?

>> Lee Crompton: I think I had six in total. Six one hour weekly ones. Although I did have a two, two week break when I was in China, in Japan. And then I had a session when I came back and that was kind of my final session. But I think having had a nice break in, in Japan as well, that kind of helped. And it was my friend Russell who's, Oh, that's rock eating Lee's Crisps there, if you can hear that. my friend Russell, who's a listener to the podcast, My old school chum, he actually kind of turned me on at the hypnotherapy because it's something that he's done and he just said, always feels great afterwards. So thanks, Russell.

>> Lee Crontpon: You know, I'm going to edit that bit where he just said, Russell just turned me on.

>> Lee Crompton: Yeah, I'm gonna cut it there. Yeah. Ah, yeah. another thing I did earlier in the year was had some Reiki.

>> Lee Crontpon: Rock approves.

>> Lee Crompton: Yeah. And I must say again, was it.

>> Lee Crontpon: Sorry, was it the touchy Reiki or the non touchy Reiki? Oh, ding dong, Avon calling.

>> Lee Crompton: It was the non touchy Reiki. So I was under a nice weighted blanket. I felt great after, the Reiki. Similar to the hypnotherapy, actually. Just kind of that time of just switching off and just kind of, I don't know, letting things happen. Now I remember when you had Reiki ages ago. Thank you, George. Thank you, George. Now you. You mentioned when you had it that, it felt like her hands were actually on you.

>> Lee Crontpon: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

>> Lee Crompton: And she wasn't touching you. It was just kind of that energy that you felt like you were being physically touched.

>> Lee Crontpon: I remember when she was like, what she. It almost felt like she was wobbling my head.

>> Lee Crompton: Yeah. So I. I didn't have that, but I had a couple of quite weird experiences in my Reiki. So there was one part where it felt like I was floating. That's the only way I can describe it because, you know, you're very aware that you're lying on a bed, you know, like a table thing. But it actually felt like I was hovering above it and I could feel like, like pulsing underneath my hands and my arms. Almost like I was floating on a cloud or something. That's the only way I can describe it. And then I also felt like there was. So she was like, besides you, obviously, besides the table, doing the Reiki. But I felt like there was like, in my mind I saw a man come into view and stand beside me at the bed.

>> Lee Crontpon: Was it Alex Ferguson?

>> Lee Crompton: It wasn't Alex Ferguson.

>> Lee Crontpon: Was it Paul Gascoigne?

>> Lee Crompton: It was. It was an unfaced man.

>> Lee Crontpon: Oh, when you say unfaced, you mean he didn't have a face?

>> Lee Crompton: Yeah. Right.

>> Lee Crontpon: Just a face you didn't recognise.

>> Lee Crompton: I couldn't. I couldn't make out the face and I don't know, it kind of felt like my granddad. I know that's a weird thing to say, but it felt like a comforting male presence that was just there, kind of just kind of watching over me. That's the only way I can describe that as well. So whether that was just the relaxation kind of kicking in or something, Woo woo happened.

>> Lee Crontpon: For new listeners, Paul does live to love the woo woo.

>> Lee Crompton: I do.

>> Lee Crontpon: did she touch your chakras?

>> Lee Crompton: All of my chakras, apart from one needed, realigning.

>> Lee Crontpon: Was that your hair?

>> Lee Crompton: No, my ear chakra? No. Funnily enough, it was My. The only one that was all right was the creativity chakra.

>> Lee Crontpon: Well, that was the one that was all right.

>> Lee Crompton: That was the one that was all right.

>> Lee Crontpon: All right. The rest of them.

>> Lee Crompton: The rest of them were fucked. Yeah. But again, I felt great after that. And it's definitely. Again, it's another thing that I would recommend to our listeners. It was fab.

Paul has done some things relating to the podcast

>> Lee Crontpon: Well, there you go. I'm gonna jump in now and say I think you've actually done some things relating to the podcast.

>> Lee Crompton: I have.

>> Lee Crontpon: There's only taken 60 odd episodes, five years or however. He's had some Reiki and. And some hypnotherapy. Do you know what I did?

>> Lee Crompton: What did you do?

>> Lee Crontpon: I went. And hopefully I'm gonna get them on the podcast. I went to a sauna.

>> Lee Crompton: Oh, yeah.

>> Lee Crontpon: In Luss.

>> Lee Crompton: I know Luss.

>> Lee Crontpon: On the bank. On the Bonnie.

>> Lee Crompton: Bonnie banks of Loch Thumbland. It's nice.

>> Lee Crontpon: Yeah. I think they were called Hot Totty.

>> Lee Crompton: Oh.

>> Lee Crontpon: So I went. I went in, went in, I had a hot totty and. Yeah. So you go in there, have a sauna, then come out, have a dunky donkey in Loch Lomond.

>> Lee Crompton: Lovely.

>> Lee Crontpon: And again, felt great for it.

>> Lee Crompton: Fab.

>> Lee Crontpon: So I'm hoping to get Hot Toddy on.

>> Lee Crompton: Oh, yeah.

>> Lee Crontpon: They sound like an 80s pop band. Hot Topic Live on, Top of the Pops. It's a hot torty. With. What song could they sing, Paul? All right.

>> Lee Crompton: Wet My Coals.

>> Lee Crontpon: God. Spray My coals. Spray My co. Spray My Coals by Hot Toy. I cross that off the list.

Hearts finished second in the Scottish Premiership, two points behind Celtic

Do you want to talk about Hearts? Huh?

>> Lee Crompton: I suppose I have to, really, don't I? So, yeah, the last. The last couple of weeks.

>> Lee Crontpon: So I'm going to ask her what. That, looks delicious. River's just gone past there. It looked like some sort of shank of beef. Shank. Shankland.

>> Lee Crompton: Shankland. Look at that for a segue. So, I mean, the whole season. I mean, it's been an incredible season now, as I think it was. Martin Geisler, the journalist who's also a big Hearts fan, said recently on, on the radio, give me mid table mediocrity, because I can't cope with being top of the table and the pressure of that as a fan. And I've got to say, the last couple of weeks were particularly challenging as a football fan. Just like the emotion, the drama, the stress, the anxiety, the joy, you know, there was a few occasions, the last two games, there was chunks of time there where. Where Hearts were going to win the league. And the last game against Celtic for 80 minutes. It was 80 minutes into that game, that league was ours. And then football's a cruel mistress, as we know, and the SFA are also a bunch of cruel mistresses.

>> Lee Crontpon: that's not what you said earlier.

>> Lee Crompton: Well, I'm, I'm choosing my words carefully, but. And also like just not just football related, but the last couple of weeks has been, just, just a bit of a struggle, just kind of being on a bit of a downer anyway. So I was really hoping that Hearts would lift my spirits. And in true Hearts fashion, they just made it worse. It puts some stuff in perspective for me though, because, you know, football is life to a lot of people and it's a big part of my life, but it's not the be all and end all for me. Do you know what I mean? It was hard to take on Saturday and I went home and I got an early night, woke up on Sunday and I felt good. I felt optimistic about the future like for next season from a football perspective. And then also, I don't know, there was something about the last week as a Hearts fan that kind of made me wake up on Sunday and go, do you know what? It could be a lot fucking worse, man.

>> Lee Crontpon: And do you think they'll, kick on next season or will there be a one hit wonder like Leicester and just.

>> Lee Crompton: I think, I think we can kick on. I think we definitely can. Now we've got Tony Bloom who's also involved with Brighton and a couple other teams as well. Got him on board at the start of the season. I went to like an evening with Tony Bloom thing at the stadium and he said basically it's a 10 year plan and he says we will be challenging Rangers and Celtic before too long. So we're at the end of the first year of a 10 year plan and we finished and we m missed out by a few minutes. You know, it's not a bad start at all. And if someone had said to me last July, you won't win the league but you'll finish second two points behind the champions, M, you'd probably bite somebody's hand off for that. But then actually having to live that ah, season, it's been a hell of a journey. I'm proud to be a Hearts fan. Especially after the scenes on Saturday when we like myself, m, my pal Bruce went down at the stadium and there was thousands of Hearts fans there to welcome the team back. A lot of drunk people drinking on the street and all that. Not an ounce of trouble even Though we lost the league at the last minute, last kick of the game, essentially, spirits were high because it was a good season. M. You look at the scenes in Glasgow where the team that won destroyed the city centre, invaded the pitch, assaulted players, all that kind of stuff, and it's like, you know, I will take second and that and have the sort of the, the class and the decorum of being a Heartsman. Now other people out there who support other teams will probably completely disagree with what I've just said, but that's how I felt. I went to bed disappointed and upset, but woke up on Sunday and I tell you, Sunday I went to visit my mum. My mum's just had a knee replacement. Well, not just, I mean, about nine or ten weeks ago now, but then she fell and broke her hand. M. So my mom's been through the mill as well. So I went to visit my mum on the Sunday and there is a running shop, but I went into the shop and I bought a new pair of shoes and I went and had a run.

>> Lee Crontpon: There you go.

>> Lee Crompton: I ran 7k on Sunday.

>> Lee Crontpon: Did you?

>> Lee Crompton: Yeah, very good. I ate like buggery all day yesterday.

>> Lee Crontpon: Ate or ache?

>> Lee Crompton: Ached.

>> Lee Crontpon: Ache. Where? Mainly in your buttocks.

>> Lee Crompton: Buttocks, legs, arms, core, back, shoulders, face.

>> Lee Crontpon: Everywhere then?

>> Lee Crompton: Everywhere.

>> Lee Crontpon: Not my feet though, because mainly the buttocks.

>> Lee Crompton: Mainly the buttocks. My feet were fine because my trainers were really good. what make? Yeah, they're hooker.

>> Lee Crontpon: Oh, yeah. Like a bit of hooker.

>> Lee Crompton: Like a bit of hawker. But that was it. So, yeah, woke up feeling just a little bit, I don't know, recharged and sort of more optimistic and actually had an influence on me and my health, I suppose. And there we go.

Hearts host Manchester City tonight in the Scottish Premier League

>> Lee Crontpon: And am I right in saying that Hearts is the largest fan owned club in the uk?

>> Lee Crompton: That is correct.

>> Lee Crontpon: What does that mean then? The fans own shares?

>> Lee Crompton: Yeah, the fans own the majority of the clubs. So correct me if I'm wrong.

>> Lee Crontpon: Well, I can't correct you if you're wrong because I don't know. That's what I'm asking you.

>> Lee Crompton: Okay. But I think it's like 51% of the club is owned by the foundation of Hearts and now we're in a position where the foundation of Hearts has raised over 20 million quid. I think, it's the best direct debit that comes out of my bank account as far as I'm concerned. Every month. Yeah.

>> Lee Crontpon: Okay. So it's safe to say that your season is over. Yeah, my season is still a chugging.

>> Lee Crompton: Yeah, that's right.

>> Lee Crontpon: So we've got Manchester City tonight. Tonight?

>> Lee Crompton: Yeah, yeah.

>> Lee Crontpon: By the time this goes out, you'll know by Thursday when, weather Bournemouth. I mean, I can't imagine they're going to do much against Manchester city, but basically two M2 matches left against Man City and Nottingham Forest, who.

>> Lee Crompton: Who've done quite well this season as well. Forest, haven't they?

>> Lee Crontpon: no, they're near the bottom.

>> Lee Crompton: Was it last season?

>> Lee Crontpon: I think it was last season. So they are. They have been in Europe. They've taken a bit of an upturn at the end of the season, though. But basically a point from either of those two games will put Bournemouth in Europe in some sort of. So whether that's the Conference League or whatever. So obviously the more points they get, the more chance they've got. There is a chance. If we do well tonight, they could be the Champions League.

>> Lee Crompton: That's insane, isn't it?

>> Lee Crontpon: We're currently, I think, four points behind Liverpool with a game in hand. It's just that we've got to play Man City tonight. But you'd hope if we could squeak a draw tonight and beat Forest, it could be another four points in it for us. That's.

>> Lee Crompton: And I have my fingers and tools crossed for you and for Bournemouth. Be great if Bournemouth and Hearts were in Europe at the same time.

>> Lee Crontpon: That'd be very good. As long as you don't play each other.

>> Lee Crompton: Can you imagine?

>> Lee Crontpon: Be mental. Wouldn't it rock? Yeah. Yes, it would be mental. Wow.

>> Lee Crontpon: I crossed that off.

>> Lee Crompton: Talking dog.

>> Lee Crontpon: Yep, talking dog. Cross that off. Can I?

There is a certain person who I would like to get on the podcast

Also, I've taken one for the team and I'm not going to say why yet, but I've taken up. I've learned very badly how to knit.

>> Lee Crompton: Ooh.

>> Lee Crontpon: Now there is a reason. I think you know the reason, don't you?

>> Lee Crompton: You've mentioned it, I think. Yeah.

>> Lee Crontpon: There is a certain person who I would like to get on the podcast. and the way to do that, you have to send a letter. like snail mail, letter post, snail mail, snail mail. And as payment for him or part payment for him to respond to you, you have to knit a square. Very specifically, 25 stitches wide by 40 rows and one of five colours. So I've learned to knit. So I'm going to post that on the socials. The picture of my attempted knitting, which is awful. It's supposed to be square, but it's come out more like the shape of Northern America. You'll understand it when you see the picture. You'll see it. I don't know how I'VE added more. I started with 25.

>> Lee Crompton: Yeah.

>> Lee Crontpon: And then somehow ended up with 1:1.36. Way over M. And I don't know how I've done it.

>> Lee Crompton: You're gonna have to unpick that before you send it.

>> Lee Crontpon: No, no, no. no, I'm just gonna send it because I think the person in question would appreciate that it's taken on a life of its own and that's all

>> Lee Crompton: Lee is going to say.

>> Lee Crontpon: That's all I'm gonna say. So yes. So I'll post, I'll post a picture of my knitting, my very bad knitting and you can maybe try and guess, who I need to send the knitting to in order for them to potentially respond.

>> Lee Crompton: And on that note, I think we'll say goodbye, shall we? Yeah. Well, thank you for tuning in, folks. Thank you. look after yourselves and each other and most importantly, don't be a dick.