The Rest Is Football: Daly Brightness - Dealing With Hate, Footballer's Nutrition & Early Christmas Spirit

Episode Date: September 11, 2025

How do Millie and Rach deal with hate and online trolls as professional players? How exactly do footballers handle their nutrition to stay in the best shape? And is it ever too early to start getting excited about Christmas? Millie and Rach also discuss their biggest fashion inspirations and why they are definitely all about comfort over everything! For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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No, how does it go again? Hello! We are back with our Q&A episode. These are our favourites. We have got some good questions coming in, so thank you for sending. Rach, kick us off. Right, first question from Chelsea,

how convenient. How many calories does a footballer eat a day? Now, this is very, very, very individualised, isn't it? Like, first of all, I'm not a calorie counter at all. Nor me. Because it doesn't work for me. I like to eat what I like to eat. Obviously, don't splurge.

everything in moderation I think but I think I'm 33 years old so I pretty much know what works for me what doesn't work for me but I yeah I've never been a calorie counter but I do think there probably are people that do do that

but again it's very and it works for them yeah it's what works for you like what I might need is completely different to what you might need so I'm the exact same I've never done calorie counting but I'm not against it if it works for you it works for you

for me I think it would just mess with my head and I would never want to be in a position where I'm like, oh my God, I can't eat. Like, if I feel like eating something, I will eat it. And naturally being a professional athlete, we eat good things anyway, but I'm definitely not going to sit here and pretend that I don't have a pick a mix or I don't have

chocolate now and again, or I don't have a cheat meal or a takeaway. Like, I do. I am human. I work my ass off every single day and I know when to have that cheat meal and I know when to have those little bits. And like Rach said, we're at an age now where we know how to keep ourselves in shape. I think that's just part and parcel of being an athlete.

So it's, I just think everything's individual, like, it's the same as your gym program. It's very specific to you as an individual and as an athlete. So I don't, personally, I don't like to get too caught up on. You should only eat this, this amount of calories and this and this and this. Like, I've never done it. It's, I think sometimes it can create, especially in the women's game, I think there's been a lot of cases where it's created a mindset where maybe like it's affected, like, body image and stuff like that and I just think it's a very very fine line yeah exactly I think

it's a very fine line and as a woman like I want to be strong and powerful and athletic like I don't like I want to be able to tolerate like the amount of games that are playing part of my game is like strong and powerful so I could never be below a certain weight like it would just never ever exist like it's not it's not right for me so um it is very individual so I would just say don't ever compare yourself to other people, just do what's right for you. So, you do you, boo. Hopefully that helps. You do you, boo, boo.

Okay. George is up next. If you were a condiment, what condiment would you be? Graver. Can I be gravy? Yeah. I'd be graver, because I'd have it on pretty much anything. I think, I don't know.

Is that a condiment? I'm not sure. But you can be that. You put it on stuff, don't you? What would I be? I think you'd be like mayonnaise. Or maybe like a spicy sauce. Hot sauce

Yeah, I think like a Peronais, you know versatile Most people like it Sounds like me I'm joking Such an idiot I'm joking

But yeah Let's go Peronais Good question Alright Okay this is from Ellie If you could have any power In the world What would it be

Do you think she'd mean super power Let's go with that I think we've asked this We've answered this before But it would definitely be Teleport Yeah teleport That would be mine

I'd like to be able to fly that I could just pop up to Birmingham, pop up to Sheffield, pop back. Yeah, but why wouldn't you just want to teleport then? You get there in a second. Yeah, but I'd love like jets and like big wings. Fair enough, I'm not judging you. Who might have judged your superpower, darling?

And it's like, imagine if you were a plane, like that would be sick. Like, I'd love to be able to fly. Yeah. You get to see everything rather than just like... Yeah, you just look down on everyone. Hello! Yeah. Hello, peasants! It's going to rain soon.

Just let you know, Storm Doris is coming in southbound Storm Millie's heading to Sheffield Right, Neil's up next How does it feel like you see your name and number On the back of someone's footy shirt? I love that. It's sick Also, like I saw somebody not that long ago

on my, like walking past my neighbourhood And I was like, oh, it was a young girl And I was like, she's got nine on a shirt And I was like, do you think that's mine? pulled up close and it was my shirt and I stopped and that way to her and I love it I love it yeah I don't think that I'll ever get old

I think that just sort of let you know like where you've come from and like how much you've achieved and yeah I love that because obviously we were we were those kids one day that I had names on the back of our shirts you know yeah we probably had male names which is absolutely fine but how cool

is it now that young girls and boys have got females on the back of their shirts I think it's sick yeah I had a couple fans on the Friday game and they were like oh we've just bought our shirt it's our first game I had like five little kids that were like I've like the parents like this is their first game and I was like that's so sick like new fans are still like coming along so yeah really really nice it's a very heartwarming moment I'd say 100% yeah love that next question is from grace and this is so ironic because I literally was talking about this today are you excited

for Christmas right damn right can't I love Christmas But I was thinking to myself because I'm just getting an extension on my house this week. Bestie, I feel like your house is going to be completely transformed by the time I visit next because every week you're doing something new.

But I was thinking I was like oh I can get a little tree in there at Christmas, one in the living room, one in there but then I was thinking as well Louis is not going to allow me to have a tree he will be ripping that thing down he'll be pulling up, bubbles off. Don't put bubbles on bottom shelf

advice from getting else at a young age Millie, that dog will rip the damn tree down. You have to put a little cage around it. Do you know what I came down to one day? I put, you know what I'm like, first of December, every decoration is up, and by the second week in December, all my presents will be wrapped.

Color coordinated, under the tree, ready. I like people to see the presents. Elsa, chewed all the presents. So, Louie's going to do that to yours and I had to wrap. I have to wrap the presents again. Yeah, Louis will definitely do that. He's a little nibbler. But, you know when people say, like, oh, you can't put your tree up before such and such a date?

I think that's ridiculous. Like, obviously, you're not going to put up in September. But, like, when it starts to feel Christmassy, the adverts are coming on, like, Halloween's over, it's Christmas. Yeah, I'm like, if someone wants to put the tree up early, let them embrace Christmas. It doesn't matter. Why is there got to be a date on when you do it? Like, for me, I put up whatever day I feel like. Mine will absolutely be up by the 1st of December

Oh mine's always up my head But it's, you know what this year Maybe I'll go end of November I think I did end in November last year But my mum used to always When I was growing up we used to always do it on my birthday Oh My mom does it on her, it's 14th

Yeah, that's too late best day It's too late best day Get me in the spirit of Christmas All right I'm just going to add a question on to Excite for Christmas Real or Fake Tree I'm a real Right, so I disagree

I like the idea of a real tree Don't get me wrong And like I do really like real trees But be arse with all them pines Oh but bestie I love chopping it down When it's time to come down I've got my saw ready Yeah but all the pines coming up all the time

Can't be bothered You have to keep it watered And you have to spray certain stuff on it I've become a bit of an extra burden And should I tell you why I did Why I'd like go for a non-real tree Is because there's a perfect gap in my living room that fit

the tree that I wanted. Yeah. And when you go and pick out a tree. I love massive trees. Yeah, see, I don't love my house. If I had a big house, if I had a big house, I would have the biggest tree. Like, I love the idea of it. When it just sits like that and it's just like, it's just full and it's just perfect.

I love shopping for the trees as well. That's my favourite part. Like going to get me in the boo. I do like that. But they do get everywhere, those pines. Yeah, I'm not really not that fuss. I've got no. reference as long as it looks nice. Great question to head into the break. Bloody love the Christmas

questions. Love seasonal stuff. So keep them coming. And we'll be back very soon for the second part of this episode. Td Bank knows that running a small business is a journey from startup to growing and managing your business. That's why they have a dedicated small business advice hub on their website to provide tips and insights on business banking to entrepreneurs no matter the stage of business you're in visit td.com slash small business advice to find out more or to match with a td small business banking account manager welcome back everybody straight back in with the questions we love the first half we hope you enjoy the second half rach take us away So have you ever received hate that has affected your confidence on the pitch?

I can't say I have and I don't know if it would necessarily affect me on the pitch if I got it but I can't really answer it because I've never really had that. Yeah, I wouldn't say it's affected me on the pitch. I'd say more as a person because I think the hate that I've received has been very personal like if you want to know how dark it sometimes gets for footballers and the things. that we receive it would be like wishing like cancer on people or like we're talking that extreme so that would never affect me on the pitch and I've got enough trust within myself and my teammates and like I feel valued enough by the people around me to not let it

affect my football but I'd say as a person yeah because threats like that and things like that are just like they just chip away at you a little bit and it's just like what is the what is the actual point like what did you want to achieve by that and just knowing someone could be like stoop low enough to to wish that on people is yeah or like I wish your future your future kids have this and have that and I'm just like yeah that's the thing like I don't care if you think I'm a shit footballer but don't wish death of my family or me or illness or sickness like it is true that we do get stuff like that I've had to like somebody actually commented on my Instagram a while ago and it's like why or Twitter or something like

why turn all your stuff off? And I'm like, because there's vile people in the world that I don't want to have access to me and tell me horrible things because... And they don't have a right to. I don't want to go to bed at night with a death threat or just a nasty comment to me. Like, if you really want to say nice thing,

nasty things to me, find a way because I've blocked them out of everything. Like, I just... Well, I just say, if you want to do that, I'll give you my address and you can say it to my face. Like, if you're going to push... If you're going to... If you're going to...

pop your chest out and you're going to say shit like that then I much rather yeah because at the end of the day I would only ever I've always lived by this rule if you're not going to say it to the face don't say it at all and if you're going to say something you've got to be willing to stand in front of that person and say it to the face and if you've got the balls to do that

then so be it I mean what happens after that I'm not going to tell you do you know what I mean say louder but yeah I just think it's just yeah I just don't understand it I wouldn't mess with it so don't bother going to a face I don't, and I'm not here for violence but at the end of the day

like I'm certainly not going to be no one's door mat and I always say like say it to my face if you've got something to say do you know what the worst part is when you get what people don't understand yet and if there's any trolls listening because sometimes the trolls are the biggest fans

if you're listening just remember that we are still humans and what you're threatening me with I'm probably already experiencing I've had family members that I've had cancer and recent cancer scares so stuff like that really trigger me like really trigger me

because I'm like we're actually experiencing that and you think it's you think it's a joke like you think you're going to threaten me but it's actually a realistic thing that people experience and have experience very recently so it's like yeah and also just not nice just stop

don't do it keyboard warrior just don't say it like don't wish don't wish illness on anyone like just don't bully don't target people just just live your damn life You get one life. Stop worrying about all the people.

Next. Anyway. Thanks, that question. This has boiled me up. Blood pressure is through the room. Let's, on a lighter note, this is a question from Charlotte. What's on your bucket list?

I feel like I add to this constantly. One, I would say, is to do a safari in South Africa. Oh, my God. Unbelievable. Bestid, do you not think no way. us to, though, something would go wrong. Yeah. We'd probably like eating by lion or...

That's weird. That's weird. I'm not going on a safari now, is too? That's weird. I'd say a skydive. I'd love to do a skydive in Dubai. I would like to skydive also. I'd like to do the three peaks.

I think we should do that together. O'i! Daily brightness on the three peaks. Until. Oh, God, you look right like Amy then. Wow. what that was weird you look really like your sister that's my middle sister for anybody you look really like her then alright putting that out there next

2026 daily brightness doing three peaks in summer that would be sick wouldn't it that that should be so good if we could take a little GoPro with us and do an episode out there do you know what I need to tell you something so off topic it's not really off topic because you know what we just said about like getting eating by lions and we were talking about death threats right I have this whiteboard in the kitchen with like all my stuff that's going on on the week, right?

And Sarah wrote in today and like she's got a scruffy handwriting. I don't like, I like to write my own because I don't like it and it's scruffy. No, I'm like. So she wrote Rach Dentist 2.15. And it looks like Rach death 215.

And I was like, you need to get that off because that looks like I'm dying on Tuesday at 215. I thought, I've read it, I thought, are you planning my... My time's still in your grave. I've only got until Tuesday. At least I get to see you on Sunday, Besty.

Anyway. Oh, God, that's funny. Last question for today is who is your biggest fashion inspiration? Now, I don't think I've got one because I wear joggers and a hoodie every single day. You wear what you want to wear

I wear what I wear If I'm comfortable in it And I like the look of it And it I think it suits me Then that's what I'm going to roll with I think you've got a good style But I'd say the same

I don't really I'll tell you one I do really like Billy Eilish I love that like tomboy look Like loose like jorts

And like a shirt Or a T-shirt But I'm the same I don't really I'm not really into that I just I wear What I want to wear And if I think it looks cool on

I'm wearing it Comfort over everything for me in fashion Especially last week I literally walked to I walked to Tesos with my Udi on and it's got little clouds on it It's bright blue and it's got clouds on it

And people went Did you really go out in that And I said yeah I did With my slippers as well What's the problem? I got a Dexie one of those It just comes in Dexies Oh I didn't think of that

But yeah no I think comfort is key for me That's my fashion style Yeah so and I'm just a big believer And if you want to wear something Wear it like you don't have to, you don't have to like, copy of the people. You like it, you like it.

If you like it, I love it. Exactly. Right, guys, that is all we've got for today's episode for the Q&A. We've absolutely loving your questions. Please ask us more about Christmas or seasonal things. We love it. But yeah, thank you so much and we're excited to see what you guys have got next time for us. Bye.

Bye for now. Thank you.