24/09/2016 MOTD Kickabout

Hello and good morning.

Welcome to another packed Kickabout - the only place for football fans

to be on a Saturday morning.

Here is what's coming up on today's show.

We've got a solid gold guest in the studio fresh from his Olympic

rowing triumph.

Mo Sbihi joins me to talk about what it takes to be

a top sports person and about his beloved Arsenal.

Superfans Jessica and Emily take us on an exclusive tour

of their team Nottingham Forest and give us the low-down

on the club's fantastic history.

And if you want to learn new skills then stay tuned.

John Farnworth goes back to basics to teach Tyler a bit

of fancy footwork.

All that coming up and chart topper Olly Murs gives

us his dream five aside team.

But first, it's the big stories from the football world this week.

It's our headline hitters.

Ever dreamt of being a match day mascot for your favourite team?

Well, you'd have to wait a bit if you supported

Swedish side, AIK.

They turned the tables this week and instead of having

children as mascots, they brought on pensioners!

Lovely stuff.

Talk about taking on your heroes, LA Galaxy superstars,

Robbie Keane and Stevie Gerrard have faced the best teams

in the world in their time, but last week they were challenged

by 30 eight-year-olds.

Robbie and Stevie ended up winning 3-2.

It's not fair, ref!

And there were some shocks in the EFL Cup this week too.

Premier League Bournemouth went out at home to Preston and Everton

were beaten by Norwich who will now go and face Leeds United

in the next round.

Oh, I love a good old Cup game.

But there is some cracking fixtures in the programme this week.

Check these out.

Arsenal have a massive, massive game against one

of their rivals, Chelsea.

More on that later.

And it's another big test for Jose Mourinho

as Man U face Leicester, but despite a difficult week or so,

I've got some stats to show Mourinho may actually be

working his magic.

Let's look at Fellaini this season compared to last.

Even though it is still early days he has already got more

interceptions and more blocks and improved proved his passing

accuracy, up to 90%.

He may not be everyone's cup of tea, but Jose seems to be bringing

the best out of him.

It's Leicester that stand in their way today with the Foxes

hoping to rediscover the form that made them champions,

but 30 miles down the road from Leicester, there's another club

that had their own fairytale rise to the top once upon a time.

Here's some superfans to tell us all about the club they love,

Nottingham Forest.

The excitement has been building up for hours now and Nottingham

will not calm down for many hours yet.

Hi Match Of The Day Kickabout. My name is Jessica.

And my name is Emily.

Welcome to Nottingham Forest.

This is our home stadium - the City ground.

The club were founded in 1865 and we have a great history.

COMMENTATOR: Well, that's what I wanted to see Robertson do.

The FA Cup, we've won that two times as well.

Oh yeah, and if that's not enough, we've also won the

League Cup four times.

Let's go and find our seats.

Look, they're here.

Our mum sits in 85.

Well, look at the view.

Yeah.

Very, very cool.

We are Nottingham.

This is our mascot.

He's called Sherwood the Bear.

He's the best!

One of our best ever players was Stuart Pearce.

He was our captain and he had a great left foot.

Our skipper now is Chris Cohen.

He's a true hero and he has played over 250 games for

Nottingham Forest.

Our most famous ever manager has to be Brian Clough.

He managed the club for 18 years and made Forest

European powerhouses.

Our gaffer now, Philippe Montanier, will be hoping

to follow in his footsteps.

I think Philippe Montanier is a very good manager just in the way

he gives everyone a go at being out on the pitch.

He doesn't just keep the same squad every week.

I think the best players in Nottingham Forest is probably Lamb.

He scored twice for Forest and he has only been

here since the start of the season and he has given 100% every game

and the next one is Lansbury.

He is always consistent and always tries to go everywhere.

I think this season Forest could do quite well and probably maybe

get into the play-offs.

Maybe they could just achieve the top half of the table.

Brilliant stuff.

Thanks Emily.

Thanks Jessica and all the best to Forest as they travel to

Sheffield Wednesday this afternoon.

And talking of superfans, this guy has got a few!

My mate Olly Murs has sold millions of records and some say

he's the second-best celebrity ever to play at soccer rate,

you know who the best is, of course, we caught up with him to give

us his dream five aside team.

Hi, I'm Olly Murs and this is my dream five a side.

David De Gea in goal for my team.

He's young.

He's athletic.

He's quick.

He's is a great shot stopper and I think that

in my five-a-side team, he would be perfect.

In defence, I'm going to go with Sergio Ramos.

He plays for Real Madrid.

The reason I picked him is because he's quick.

I think he has got great feet.

I think he'll score goals.

He's strong.

He can tackle.

Yeah, I think he would be centre-half for me.

In mid-field, of course, I've got to pick myself.

I'm a bit of a winger so I would bring a bit of pace

to the side.

I can score the odd goal or two as well.

I work hard and I would go with the most expensive football

player in the world in Paul Pogba.

He has got a bit of everything.

He is a box to box mid-fielder.

We have seen that already.

But also he has got the ability to turn a game on its

head and score a goal.

He has got great feet.

He has got skills.

We would compliment each other really well.

Up front, there is only one man, Cristiano Ronaldo is the guy for me.

COMMENTATOR: Ronaldo!

This guy just gets better and better.

He is just brilliant.

He would be my striker.

Thanks a lot, Olly.

Some nice picks there, but I cannot believe

you didn't pick me!

Meanwhile, it won't be long before some of you lot are

making up a dream team.

Check out some of these skills.

What's Alex up to here?

Ah.

He manages to keep the bottle upright.

Unbelievable.

I'd like to see him do that again.

And Callum, back to goal.

Flicks it up.

Oh, overhead kick.

Just like Trevor Sinclair back in the day.

Harry steps up.

Harry, I'm coming round later, mate.

You can teach me that!

And Zak steps up for a free-kick outside the box.

Oh, straight in the top corner and he is number one fan over

in the corner there as well.

Incredible and as always, please keep your clips coming in.

We love seeing them.

So get out there, get someone to film your fancy footwork and use

the CBBC uploader tool on the website to send them in.

Now, whether you've just started playing football or you think your

skills need perfecting then this is for you.

Our man Tyler is a top-notch handball player,

but has always wanted to nail some skills with his feet.

So we sent him back to basics with the one

and only John Farnworth.

John, my man, thank you so much for coming down.

A pleasure.

Stripping it back to basics, you need to learn some skills.

I can't even do five keepy uppies.

So what is it that you can show me today?

Well, I was at that stage once in my life and I had to practise

really hard at kick-ups or juggling the ball.

So the first thing we're going do today is to go back

to basics on your kick ups.

So I started where the laces.

So where your laces are now, that's the part of your foot

where you're going to hit the ball to make it go up and down.

But the way I made it easier was to add a bounce.

So in your own time be as relaxed as you can.

Just take a bounce.

Take a kick and slow it down.

OK.

Don't just focus on your right foot.

Go right foot.

Bounce.

Left foot.

I think you need to relax your left foot a bit more.

I know it's difficult because you're right footed.

That's my weakest.

Now that happens a lot because you tense up almost

because you're trying too much so just relax a little bit more.

You're a natural, Tyler.

I'm all over this!

Rather than pick the ball up with your hands, I'm thinking

we could do a fancy move to get the ball up.

OK, yeah.

So you're right footed, the same as me, so you're

going to put your left foot behind the ball,

your right foot is going to come here and what we call a back heel

so you're going to back heel the ball which is going to go

up your left toe and kind of roll

up your shin here.

Got you.

You got that?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So I'm not going say too much more. I want you to go ahead.

Trial and error.

It is just going away from you.

Ah.

I would maybe take your foot rather than being on the side like directly

behind it and see how that is and a little bit closer.

It's all about the positioning.

Yeah, try that.

I think that's very good.

That was good.

You got the move.

Yes!

Come on!

With freestyle you have to take one step at a time.

You don't want to run before you can walk?

Exactly.

Well, that just goes to show that practise makes perfect!

Nice one, Tyler.

I loved that last trick.

John Farnworth calls it the kick-start and he learnt it

from watching Ryan Giggs.

So if that has inspired you, why not go out and give it a try

and maybe you can send in a video of how you got on.

But now it's time for a solid gold guest.

Check this out.

Great Britain are heading towards gold.

They've got one more stroke to go.

They've crossed the line.

Gold for the men's four in Rio and they punch the air.

Gold for the British men's four for a fifth consecutive Olympic

Games.

APPLAUSE.

Please welcome gold medal winning rower, Mo Sbihi.

Mo, how are you?

Really good, thank you, Mark.

What was it like winning that?

Unbelievable.

It's something I've been working towards for a long time and yeah,

just felt huge relief, but sense of happiness and joy.

When you say working towards it, how hard have you had

to work to win that?

So for the last six, seven years I have been really

focussing on winning gold, but the journey has been

13 years long.

What would you say to any sports person,

football, rugby, rowing, whatever it is, if they want to get

to the top and achieve their dream, what do they have to do?

The first thing I've learned is you need to work hard

and when you do put in the hard work, you get rewarded.

Sometimes it is not so instantly, but it pays off down the line

and it's the perseverance.

It's very easy to not push as hard on a day-to-day basis and it's

about being consistent through your training that kind

of helps and don't quit.

Now, it's not just rowing that you love.

You also love the beautiful game

of football, right?

Yeah.

And you love a team that I don't love so much, Arsenal!

You're a massive Arsenal fan, but I want to know

who your biggest hero was growing up?

So I've got two.

I used to model my football style of play on Patrick Vieira

because he was tall.

He was a bit lanky myself.

But I think I was extremely lucky to have watched Thierry Henry.

I think he has been the best player that the Premiership has had.

I watched him once and I walked away from the game and said that's

the best footballer I have ever seen play live.

Incredible.

All right, so they've got Chelsea this weekend,

how do you see it going?

I think it will be a tight one.

I'm impressed by the new look Chelsea.

They are being very industrious, and they work

hard, but I'm hoping for a 2-1 Arsenal win.

Can I just see that before you?

Of course.

It is so heavy.

Yeah, it is.

Well done.

A round of applause for Mo.

That's about it for Kickabout this week, but we'll be back

with another action packed show next week.

Before we go, whether you are a Gooner mike Mo or a Chelsea fan

or a neutral or a Hammer like me, I'm sure you will enjoy these

best bits from Arsenal and Chelsea over the years.

See you soon.

COMMENTATOR: He is threading it through to Theo Walcott.

That's a brilliant finish.

COMMENTATOR: Mata's free-kick.

And Torres puts Chelsea ahead.

Oxlade-Chamberlain.