The Rest Is Football: Daly Brightness - England v Brazil Review, International Breaks Plus ALL NEW “Block and Delete”

Episode Date: October 29, 2025

Millie and Rach breakdown England’s 2-1 defeat against Brazil at the Etihad. They discuss Khiara Keating’s international debut, Maya Le Tissier’s performance and how a little shake up of England’s lineup is refreshing to see. They explain how tough it is to play international fixtures again after becoming European Champions, and why losing games can actually be a positive in the long run. And Millie’s had a great new idea! Block and delete. Listen to the full episode to find out what it is all about… For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Mayor of Kingstown, new season now streaming on Paramount Plus. Obviously not the result we wanted for England, losing 2-1 to Brazil. Positive of that is that it gave a lot of other players an opportunity that they wouldn't normally get. Yeah. Having Kiara have her debut at the Etihad, like a childhood club, I think that's massive. Because like he said, club to club. To country is completely different. Like, it is completely different. What are you doing?

Slow down, dickhead. Like, I'd proper, I'd proper shout. This has got me wound up. I don't like this game anymore. That's what you get for making me cry in the last episode twice. Hello, everyone, and welcome to Daily Brightness. We have got an exciting episode for you.

We are well rested, and we are getting ready to get back into business. This episode is going to be heavily focused on me and Rach. We don't normally like the attention, but here we are chatting about ourselves. Rach, how are you? First and foremost. Good.

I've had a nice weekend in Wales this weekend. And I got to spend some time. My brother, sister-in-law and my nephew came down for a little bit, so I got to see them. Spend some good time with them. That was nice. Yeah, you did send me that picture. It was so cute.

He's growing. So fast. He's such a cute person. Is that a proper little boy now? I know. Got me right round his little finger though, but haven't they all? Yeah, that's the role of an ante. Whereabouts are you going to Wales?

Abbasok, it's really nice. Sarah's family have a place there, so we're lucky to just be able to get to go there. It's so, so nice. So it was just nice to get away with the dogs. They loved the beach. It was Louis's first time on the beach, actually, and he was like a little, yeah. Was it? Was he digging around?

He loved it. He was just chasing everything. Like he's got like this thing about leaves. so that ever there's any leaves anyway just goes nuts and we were walking down the beach and there was this like tornado of leaves

honestly they just started millions and just going up and spinning around and he was just like and then he was chasing birds I'm like Louis the bird is in the air like you know it's on the ground and then it just starts to lift off a bit

and just like running after it I'm like it's in the air now what are you doing Elsa does that with cats along the fence and she runs on the garden it's the first thing she does, like, I'm like, you're a miniature sausage, you are not getting on the fence, relax.

What have you been up to? First camp since the tired men that you've obviously not been to. I know. To be honest, I've had to find a bit of a schedule. Obviously, it's looked very different for me. I had my four days off, and then I've been training. I've had some really, really good sessions.

Obviously, there's only, like, three of us training, which I think when those players return to international duty, it'll just be me. It's quite exciting, you know, you get your one-on-one time, you kind of just get down to the nitty-gritty details. And to be honest, it gives me time to rest as well. It's not about finding new levels in these periods for me. It's about making sure I'm ready for the next blocker games.

And, yeah, still working hard, still pushing. But training's been really, really good. I've enjoyed it. And, yeah, I guess just having that bit of freedom as well. Like no meetings, just go in, train, come back, quality time with the dogs, do stuff in the house. go see your friends if I want to, like there's no, yeah, you're kind of like, there's no pressure and training really. You just go in, train, get your work done, come back.

So one thing I want to make sure I'm doing is, as you know, like, where you need to just escape, like spending more quality time with, like, people outside of football, like my circle of people outside, I'm, like, making, yeah, more time to do things. So my friends, like, that live in the neighbourhood, like, we've been baking and they've got kids so then I'm like messing around doing TikToks with them or taking the dogs a walk or just sitting having food and just chilling like watching movies and yeah I guess I've just been making more of an effort in kind of like my social life away from football which I think is something that when you're in the game you do maybe neglect a little bit because you're so tired

you get home from training then you're thinking oh god I've got to prepare for a game people like do you want to do this you want to do that and you're like oh I can't really do tonight whereas in international break because I'm like in and out I can make more of an effort now and I'm going to force myself to do that because I think you do get in a habit of just saying no and just been like oh just chill tonight um so yeah I've just been making more of an effort on that side of things and I think I'm going to use these these periods as well to like plan you know like life after football and like businesses that want to set up and And, yeah, I think just using that time wisely to, yeah, focus on me a little bit.

I think that's why I did what I did. So, yeah, I need to maximise that time. You're going to love international breaks, I'm telling you. It's like a new lease of life. No, I am. I really am. And I'm looking at house as well because I think I'm going to move. I think I'm going to move.

Nice. I think I'm going to, yeah, move, fresh area. Do you just want like a bit of a fresh start? like you've been in the same house and I just like I just want to get out of this house and start again and yeah I feel like I'm in that place um I'm like turning the page I feel since I've retired internationally I'm like ready to turn the page um and move forward a little bit so it's quite exciting as it's international break I think it's only right that we do a little bit of a round up on the fixtures and results um obviously not the result we want to

wanted for England, losing 2-1 to Brazil. But I was actually really impressed by Brazil. I think they brought the energy. I think off the back of the last game against them, obviously they weren't ever going to come out and you don't let a team beat you twice, do you? But I thought they brought the energy. I thought they were physical,

which I think is not normally what we expect from them. No, I think they're quite hit or missed Brazil. It's a weird one because they've got such good individuals, but I feel like as a team, they've never really took off, like, massively in recent years. But they're so good, like individually, their players are a joke. So I think it is good to see them getting better, like, as a team. I'd like to see them really like take off now.

No, I genuinely think they will. And listen, I don't think it was our best performance. I think when you think of England, like, what we've been so good at over the years, it's like defending, like hard to be winning tackles, like no team ever bullies us. And I think a little bit, we were a little bit bullied by Brazil. So I think, you know, our bread and butter is be physical, when you're tackles, when you're 50-50s. And I think the game would have been, I think obviously them getting a player sent off and us getting the penalty. But I think without their player getting sent off, I think, yeah, I don't know which way the game would have gone

because I think they were definitely on top at the start of the game. And up until that, they were definitely creating the chances, like clear-cut chances. and yeah I think it was but again I think it was a good opportunity for some of our players to get minutes our queen was in there mayor was in it's always tough when like obviously you don't want anyone to miss out

it's through injury obviously it's a tough one you don't ever want that but I think the positive of that is that it gave a lot of other players an opportunity that it wouldn't normally get and I think having Kiara have her debut at the Etiad like a child of the club I think that's massive that was a really nice moment

Yeah, that was really special. But that needs to happen though, and I will say that. I genuinely think more players need to be given minutes in this period where you've got an opportunity to get them on the pitch. Because listen, it's becoming a new era of players like it is. And it's also really hard for players to step into a position when they've not played a single minute or hardly any minutes and then you're expected to perform and play nightly

and perform against a top top team. It's really, really hard. so I do think more players could be given more minutes and you know you've got a good chunk of time now until the World Cup it's you know is everyone prepared is everyone ready like is there going to be new connection? Yeah I think international football is so different

like you could be playing incredibly for your club right but like playing at the international level is so so different and obviously there's nerves that come with that like you're playing for England there's loads of people there everybody's watching you know you want to you want to impress you want to make sure you do well so it is good especially in big games like it's a big game because it's against the big opposition so it's good for them to you know not like a team that you're turning over good experience it's a team that's

it's going to give you a massive a massive test so I think it's good that's good that's the positive of having those players given experience and given that opportunity to sort of show what they're like in that environment so that was I was happy to see that but I think it's good I think we need testing and I think players need testing as well because I think we've we've had a very same same 11 for so long and, you know, players play consistently and you kind of guess who's going to be picked. But I think it's really good for other players to be getting experience and getting challenged and seeing where you're at internationally, seeing where you're at, where you need to improve, what's going well. Because like you said, club to country is completely different.

Like, it is completely different. And there's no better time for players to be getting minutes than now. And it's just making sure everyone's prepared. Like you said, you don't want anyone to miss out through injury. But injuries happen. So there could be injuries. before the World Cup and then players have to step up up. And rather than it comes as a shock or a surprise, you kind of know who can play where and who works well with who and yeah, what people are capable of.

So I don't think it's a bad thing and I don't always think it's a bad thing losing. I think it allows you to kind of reflect, zoom out a little bit, where we are, what we need to work on. There were loads of new players on the pitch. There were loads of new connections. And also the oppositions are getting better.

It weren't just England having a bad day. Like Brazil were really, I told you, they were really, really good. I thought they brought the intensity. I thought they brought the physicality. And I think it's maybe a little bit of a message sent out that everyone has stepped up and everyone's fighting to be the best. But I think these types of games are always tough.

Like, coming off the back of a massive tournament, a successful tournament. Ever expects everything to just go swimmingly and everything's perfect and rainbows and ballflies. But at the end of the day, it's not. It's not. New players in there. There's players that didn't go to the tournament. you know, you're off.

I never experienced that either. You've achieved great success. So for me, like, I remember those games after the Euros. They were tough. Like, they were so, remember that period after the World Cup though as well? And even after the first Euro, it was like, and we couldn't kind of find our rhythm and we couldn't really win. And it was like, oh, shit, we've just won and we can't seem to win.

Like, it's not really working. But also, players have never experienced that. They've never experienced winning a major tournament. There's a lot that that's the first four. And then it's like, you've got a massive target on your bike. one's like all the European champions back to back. Now the pressure is even more. Like the target's even bigger.

So I think it's their first time experiencing it. So I don't think it's a bad thing. I don't think people need to panic. I don't think we were at our level at all. I thought it showed good resilience to keep going and keep pushing on and we're unlucky. George Stanley hit the bar. But yeah, I thought it was a really close game.

And I think if they'd have kept that player on, it could have looked very different. But you need testing. You don't grow and develop unless you're tested So I don't think it's a bad thing at all And I know for a fact We both know I've been in that environment These losses, they only push you forward

And make you there So winning continuously all the way through It actually doesn't set you up for success afterwards Because you don't know what failure is like Or you haven't experienced difficult times So it's good I know the rest of the world probably don't see the way we do But I think it's a really positive thing

Because as long as you learn from it Which they will right guys we are going to head for a quick break we'll be back very soon bye for now you know what's better than the one big thing two big things exactly the new iphone 17 pro on tell us his five-year rate plan price lock yep it's the most powerful iPhone ever plus more peace of mind with your bill over five years this is big get the new iphone 17 pro at tellus com slash iPhone 17 Pro on select plans. Conditions and exclusions apply. Welcome back to Daily Brightness. This is going to be a little bit different now,

something that we haven't done before, and Millie's had a riveting idea, and it's called Block and Delete. So Millie, take it, take it away. Before I get into the Block and Delete, how cute is my jumper that when mum ordered me as a surprise? This bit says you matter. She got out of Amazon. And then on the back, it says something like to the person reading this, just know that you're enough or something along those lines. And I've seen a guy in Sainsbury's like a couple weeks ago, and I mentioned it to my mom and then she ordered one.

Oh, that's all cute. So cute. Yeah, and it proper got my attention. I was literally reading. I was like, sorry for staring at your back. Because you turned around and I was like, I'm just reading your jumper. Anyway, I was having dinner the other night with the lovely Carly Telford, and we were just like chatting and, you know, doing life up.

dates as we do and we kind of got into the topic anyone that's close to me knows that I have this rule of block and delete and it's it has become a bit of a coping mechanism people might agree disagree do whatever you fancy for me it works wonders and yeah sometimes in life you just need to block and delete things and not give energy to it and not allow it into your circle of life really and it's my way of protecting my space and my happiness and everyone else left and be like, oh, look at your block list is so long. And I'm like, yeah, but do I get any hassle? No.

Does it affect my peace? No. So I thought we could play a little game of block and delete and basically name something in your life that you want to block and delete and that would make your life better. So we're going to do a little one now and then we want the fans and anyone listening to send in what you would like to block and delete from your life. That would, yeah, improve your life.

bring you a bit of peace, a bit of happiness, take a little bit of stress away, what would it be? So what would yours be then? What haven't you blocked and deleted? What haven't I blocked and deleted already? I do it on social media all the time if, like, just this is not my thing,

but if people want to, like, post shitty comments and if you want to go out of your way to be a dick, I will block you and I'll just remove your comments. So thanks for giving me the likes and the attention. tension, but now you're not able to do it again. Because I just think we just don't need people like that. I don't need you on my page. Get off my page.

I think I'm quite tolerant, right, to a third extent. But then if someone, like, pisses me off, like, it could be even a friend. Like, you know what I'm like. Like, if it, if they cross me or do something, like, I just ice you out. I feel like we're like that, though. Like, I can take on a lot of shit. Like, trust me, like, I'll collect, collect, collect, collect. But the minute it goes past that line, I'm just like, and then I get to a thing.

And I think, why am I tolerating all this for what? We have to be like angels and we have to like do everything like by the book. We can't ever just be human. Like, God forbid we make a mistake or like act out of character sometimes. But then I'm just like, get off my page. Like, you're going out of your way to be a dick. So then I just, now I block. Could be anything.

Anything in life. It could be like, for me, it's like congestion charge. What on earth the amount of congestion charge I get Block and delete Congestion charges Block and delete Get it out

Get it out That is a good That's a good one for you Like could literally be anything At this point I think maybe like Shit drivers Like what are you doing

Why are we in a 30 And you're doing 10 mile an hour Let's define shit driver Because I'm with you on this My road rage is terrible For the viewers Let's identify a shit driver Let's give five things each

Mine is lane hogging. Move over. Driving too fast is dangerous. Driving too slow is also dangerous. If you're getting overtaken by a lorry on the motorway, get off the motorway. But I agree. Like when someone's driving too fast and I was driving back from Wales today down country lanes, yeah. And this van is just tear-hasting at me.

Honestly, it was like barely even one lane each. Like there's a brick wall here and a sheer cliff drop here. I'm literally at the wall like, ah, there's a cliff drop. And he's flying. And I was like, what are you doing? Slow down, dickhead. Like a proper, a proper shout. But then equally, yeah, if you're going to slow, move out the way.

It's bad, because if you're making, this is my pet PV, I'll move it. If you're making a lorry overtake, you're forcing them into a lane that they shouldn't be in anyway, which then forces someone else into a lane they don't want to be in. Do you know what I do, though, if someone really pisses me off, and I just think you're being an absolute knob, I'll go, put your window down. And then they put the window down and then they put the window down and put my window back Goop. Idiot.

And flock and delete you. Right. If someone has an accident or something, yeah. Why is everyone stopping? Gorp in. Yeah, everything, because they're looking through the wind. They're looking like that. Like, what's going up?

But like, you are now holding up like 400 cars. Like, don't get me wrong. As I'm driving past, I'll have a little look. But I'm not slowing down my vehicle to look. Yeah, but you look and continue driving. It's actually dangerous. You're creating a new accident by doing that. When you let people out of the dough say thanks.

Oh, you can get to. Oh. I hate that. You better believe it. Get to fuck. You better believe I'm fucking tooting my horn and I'm holding it in. I don't care. I've just let you go.

Say thank you. Give me a little thumbs up. Thank you. You're welcome. I go like that. It happened to me today. Literally that thing had to me today. But I think it's because I was laughing in the car, right?

So I was pulling up. I was pulling up. And like this one side of her has got all cars on. So obviously it's my wife. My, my. My right way. My right of way. So I continue to go down there.

But this car continues to keep coming. I'm like, well, I'm not moving. So it's my right of way. Absolutely. We don't back down, darling. You're going to have to move. And then I just stopped. I was like, well, I'm not moving.

So I was better to sit here all day. And then she starts reversing. So then I just turn and like giggle. Like obviously must have pissed her off. I was laughing. And so I drive past to go, thank you. And she just was like, Face like slap trash

I thought Oh god I hate shit parkers as well Why are you parking so close to the white line There's two white lines Park equally Even in the middle Don't park on it

Because now I'm going to have to park my car close And you're going to smash your door into my door Park into a nightmare I always have to go and find like one far away So no one can hit my car door Yeah I like that though Shit driver's got for him No time three

Is when you park We're really going to have topic here but you park in a bay. You're in a carpet, yeah? So many spaces. Like, why are you parking next to me? Like, there's 10, there's 10 spaces this side of me. 10 spaces this side of me.

Yeah, exactly. Get your own. You just have to park right next to me. Why? I like that, see? Block and delete. How much better would you feel if you could block and delete your drivers? But then equally, I wish I could block and delete my road rage

because it stresses me out. This has gotten me wound up. I don't like this game anymore. That's what you get for making me cry in the last episode, twice. But yeah, that's the block and delete game. And I just think sometimes it's good to be like, you know what?

Block and delete, save your energy, save your peace and your mental state and just think, okay, bye. See ya. So all the fans of Daily Brightness, I would love to know what you would block and delete in life. Yeah, I'm excited to see what people are getting angry about. Sending three things that you want to block and delete.

It could literally be anything. It could be a food. It could be sometimes mine's people. It could be road rage, whatever. it is send it in send a selfie give you three points and your reasons why and then we'll announce a couple on the next episode

love this game love adding new things to the pod yeah but to calm rachel down we're going to go to the good side and we're going to go back to our gratitudes because we need to make sure we're sending her off in a half place so let's be her yellow what are you grateful for bestie I think I've had

a lot of time of reflection this weekend but I think oh I like that I have been grateful for this weekend is like the beach so I was obviously by the beach and it's just so peaceful yeah like it's peaceful for the mind that noise lying in bed or on the sofa I can just hear the waves crashing don't you think that's the most soothing sound ever when you just shut your eyes even if even if it was like a bit rainy like I don't care about the weather like it was so nice to like just sit and like think and like get away from like the day to day

and also the way that the dogs are on the beach is just the cute it's like their happiness makes me happy so they had the time of their lives so I was just like watching them play like hours, it was so nice so I'm grateful for the beach what about you?

I'd say this past couple weeks my journal I'd say I've probably scratched a lot of pages that I've wrote that aggressively and on some pages I've just scratched away but I'd say my journal I think like you

I think I'm in a period of like reflection self development and I don't I feel like I'm going to be really honest here like sometimes it's really easy to say like

oh they're the problem this is your fault but actually sometimes it's really hard to like look at yourself and be like I've not been so great in this situation either

or I've not I could have dealt with that better or I could have maybe maybe this is like a trait of mine that I need to improve and I need to deal with better. So I've been in that, like, I've really needed my journal

because I've needed just to do it like myself. I've needed to do it on my own, like self-reflect, figure out where I've gone wrong a little bit, where I need to be better, and where I want to be better as well. And, yeah, probably not keep making the same mistakes. Because I think at some point you do have to look at yourself and I think it's really easy just to like make excuses or blame other people.

So, yeah, I've really been, kind of just reflecting and going through that a little bit. And I think there's been a lot going on for me recently that I've not really been thinking. I've kind of been brushing it off and sweeping it under the rug as we do, but I'm trying not to do that anymore. So, yeah, my journal's been my biggest thing

and I do actually need a new one soon because pages are pretty full. Nice. I like that one. But yeah. That is it for Daily Brightness. As always, get in touch on socials at Daily Brightness. Send us your messages and any questions you've got for us and also you block and delete.

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Because that's really loud. Bye from me. Sorry, best day. I've only got one level of tone. You know this. Trust. Bye. Bye guys.