As quickly because the dialogue shifts from the glitz and glamour of the Ballon d’Or, the Scotland skipper can re-emerge from her shell.
Regardless of each being the opposite facet of 30, she and the “unbelievable multi-tasker” Emslie, who’ve been pals for 20 years, fall again into their outdated methods.
“After we’re again collectively, we have not grown up that a lot contemplating we’re 31 and 32,” Weir stated.
“She’s nonetheless my greatest good friend, we’re having amusing after which she goes into mum mode, which is probably the most unbelievable factor to look at, and I am simply in awe, it is so particular.”
The pair are two of six present Scots who have been a part of the history-making squad on the 2019 World Cup, which arguably fuels their hearth much more to return.
Because the heartbreak in Helsinki almost two years in the past when Pedro Martinez Losa’s facet didn’t qualify for Euro 2025, Weir has by no means hidden her need to make Brazil 2027.
In actual fact, she doesn’t do many interviews with out mentioning it.
In March, she admitted she was “borderline determined”. In April, it was a case of “I would like nothing extra this yr than to qualify”. In June, she stated “I am doing the whole lot and something to understand my dream”. You get the gist.
Such feedback have been all made earlier than it was confirmed back-to-back World Cup semi-finalist Sweden are in Scotland’s approach.
However it’ll take much more than that iconic yellow shirt to shift Weir’s focus.
“It is my largest goal,” Weir stated. “It is crucial factor for me.
“I need to be at a World Cup, I would like Scotland to be at a World Cup.
“I would swap the whole lot, nominations, objectives, for this crew to get to a World Cup and that is all I can actually take into consideration.”