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Good afternoon, welcome. We are on BBC Two, BBC Radio five Live and the

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BBC sport website. Joining me, Martin Keown, Phil Bardsley and Guy

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Mowbray. You can get in touch, we need your thoughts. Use the hashtag

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on social media or you can text us. He is what is coming up. The fairy

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tale is on for Leicester City, five points the lead with an impressive

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victory at Manchester City. Four straight victories for Tottenham,

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they are second after beating Watford. We look ahead to Chelsea

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against Manchester United, Louis van Gaal is again forced to answer

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questions about his future. And, is the great escape on for Aston Villa?

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They have taken eight points from five games. Leicester City

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dominating the back pages. It also features Jose Mourinho not having

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Louis van Gaal's job, according to the Manchester United manager. 8000

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Leicester City fans were singing this at the Etihad Stadium

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yesterday! The Leicester City story would be one of the biggest stories

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in football history, it is Hollywood. Without a doubt, they are

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going to make a film about Jamie Vardy. We have talked about this

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before, whether it would eclipse Nottingham Forest's achievements. I

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think it would, because in this Iraq things have changed so much. We

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never thought another team would challenge the establishment, the

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teams with money. They are doing it big style. I was at Anfield, when

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the goals were flying in at the Etihad Stadium, I was still in

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shock. I am annoyed, because we should not be surprised anymore,

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because their performances have warranted where they are. They

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deserve to be top of the league, they are the best in the country. I

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cannot help but be surprised, that is years of history ingrained in

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new. You played with Robert Huth at Stoke City, Peter Crouch has

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tweeted, he said, so pleased that Robert Huth is in the news for

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something other than an arm in the face! It is normally Peter Crouch

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doing that! P has been a huge part of it. He made a change to go to

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Leicester City. Somebody of his experience, he won two titles at

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Chelsea, he has come to Leicester City and stamped his authority on

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the game. He is enjoying his football. They have a settled

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defence. They have a great team spirit. They deserve to be top of

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the league. If the danger, when they start to really believe it and think

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they can do it? Yes. But look at what they did last season, they won

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seven out of ten, with real pressure. You want to be a Premier

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League player, you hold your head up high, I am a Premier League player.

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Maybe that is bigger than going after the title. They just have to

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keep doing what they are doing, not talk about it too much, the games

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cannot come quickly enough, but when they come around, to watch Jamie

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Vardy perform like he does, so many good performances, they are great to

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watch. They soak up the pressure, and their pace on the break, it is

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like watching a skimming stone across the ground. If you ever had

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to play against Ian Rush, he was a nightmare, and this is a modern-day

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Ian Rush. It is coming late for him, to see this happen... We all have

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dreams to do well, they are living the dream. I hope they can go on and

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do it, but it will hit at some point, the pressure will hit, and it

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is how they cope with it. Let's get the view from inside the camp.

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Danny, we don't want any of the cliches, we will take each game as

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it comes. Can you believe it? It is an amazing story. It is amazing. We

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are just enjoying it. Last season, the last ten games was pressure. At

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the minute, we are just enjoying every minute and look at for the

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next game. We have talked about it being Hollywood, we have Benedict

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Cumberbatch playing Jamie Vardy, how about Drake playing due? We joke

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about it, but it would be bigger than what Nottingham Forest did.

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Candy go along with that? We said Idris Elba would play Wes Morgan as

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well! The manager is experienced, he gets us focused on the next game.

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The next session, he will tell us to forget the Manchester City result,

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we will be focused on Arsenal and preparing to bid them. He wants to

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win every game. As long as we all give 110% each week, he is happy.

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You can see that on the Saturday, we are giving our all for each other.

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How are you? How are you doing? I watched you set up in recent weeks,

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do you do work on defensive shape? At the start of the season, middle

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of the season, we were leaking goals. There were a key questions

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about that. We were scoring a lot, but he has done a lot of work to

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make sure that we have tightened up. We have got five clean sheets in the

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last seven. Even yesterday, we won 3-1, but the defence and goalkeeper,

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we were disappointed that we conceded that goal. It was slightly

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offside. That shows how determined we are to keep clean sheet. We were

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leading 3-0 at the Etihad Stadium and we are disappointed we conceded.

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Who was it with the dodgy backpass? I was trying to help him out a bit!

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In all honesty, you looked so relaxed yesterday, is that the key

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to the success? We are really enjoying our football. The manager

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has set us up so well, and the group were so close, it is one of the best

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team spirit is I have been involved in. There is no pressure on us, we

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are just enjoying our football, working hard. Teams don't know how

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to take us. People are waiting for us to slip up, but we are just

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trying to keep winning games and we will see where it takes us. What is

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Claudio Ranieri like behind closed doors? We see him on TV, we think, I

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want to play with him, eat pizza with him! Is he stunned behind the

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scenes? How different from Nigel Pearson? He is very serious at

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times, and at other times he has a joke with us. He was -- always want

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us to improve. We beat Manchester City 3-1, I am sure from previous

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weeks he will show us clips of what we did wrong! He expects us to

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improve and get better. That is what is good about him. Demanding more

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from us. We take it on board and we try to work hard in training and put

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the things we did wrong right. We appreciate you speaking to us. 5000

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to one at the beginning of the season to win the title, they are

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now favourites, the pressure is on. Do you think the lesser workload

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will help them, they have extra days to recover, not in the Champions

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League or the cups? It is about managing your mind. If they dare to

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think about what they are achieving, the cub -- it could become a

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problem, but Danny says there is no share. You start to think maybe the

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pressure is coming, but there is still a lot of football to be

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played, maybe it is better that they are in and around the big games. The

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manager will want to keep developing B-side. Don't get dizzy in your

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head, work on the training pitch, that is what you need, that

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mentality takes you to a trophy. I am glad we are talking about Danny

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Simpson. That almost complete the set, in the first half of the season

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it was Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez, then the praise expanded to Danny

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Drinkwater and N'Golo Kante, now every word -- everybody in the squad

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has had praise, Kasper Schmeichel and all the way through. That is

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what Claudio Ranieri has engendered, a total team. Kristian fix at

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left-back is one hell of a player. He came on a free transfer. Some of

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the business they have done, and Wes Morgan, he has improved beyond all

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recognition. Now they are getting credit, everything is coming

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together at the right time. Going toward the target of maybe winning

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the Premier League. Does it make you feel ridiculous, Phil, you look at

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the stats, ?19 million, their team yesterday, prepared to two and 39

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million at Manchester City? -- 239 million? You are worth 3 million

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quid, LF back is worth 25 million quid, as it ridiculous? A bit, but

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clubs are willing to pay these prices, top teams have paid

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ridiculous amount of money for free centre halves, they don't look like

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the team they do when Vincent Kompany is in the team. Back to

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Leicester City, they have been sensational. What impressed me most

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is their defensive shape and their shape out of possession, they also

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organised and a threat on the counterattack. You have to take your

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hat off to the defence and goalkeeper. They have been

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sensational. You played for title winning teams at Arsenal, with a

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different mentality in a way, because you were more fancied, but

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the same principle applies, do you go in winning and winning, where you

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get a buzz and you cannot stop? Is it true, it becomes a habit? Danny

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talked about a team spirit, it is fantastic, you come in every day and

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you win. Stoke City going through a losing run, you don't necessarily

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like the people around you, you have to work hard, but they are your best

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mates when you are winning, the feeling of togetherness grows, you

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trust each other. You start to achieve things you never thought you

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could do. That is what we are seeing, I and giggling watching them

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play, I was in the press room at Tottenham, there was a buzz, because

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Tottenham are going right under the radar, thinking they can win it, and

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maybe they are best equipped. Because the focus is on Leicester

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City? Yes, but N'Golo Kante and Jamie Vardy don't think they will

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trip up. They are homing in. We are enjoying the ride, we are all

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neutrals. Of course, I would like to see Arsenal do something, they need

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to wake up quickly, but Leicester City, it is almost everybody's team.

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People say, can they do it? Week by week, they are pulling more points

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clear. Who would say they would be 13 points clear of Manchester United

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at this point of the year? It is happening at grassroots, my

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daughter's primary school, all of a sudden, two or three Leicester City

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supporters have appeared! Is it just what the Premier League needed? Yes,

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it is a breath of fresh air. The Jamie Vardy story is fantastic. We

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pick out several players, but Danny Drinkwater was at Huddersfield. A

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crop of the Manchester United youth system, he has gone away, gone to

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Huddersfield, and now he is at Leicester City, he has been

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sensational, he has covered every blade of grass with N'Golo Kante. He

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is enjoying his football. How big a psychological blow for Manchester

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City? Joe Hart was talking before the game, he said they have to win,

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title rivals, Leicester City, but to lose that in that fashion...

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Something is very wrong, they have already lost to Tottenham earlier in

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the season, and deliverable. We took at about the announcement of a new

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manager, but these are top professionals. Yaya Toure looked

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half the player, has he been affected? You are a winner, you get

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on. If I was a Manchester City player today, I would have been

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outclassed. You only play against your rivals twice a season. That

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hurts a lot, you have to be able to do well against them. It was almost

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an imprisoned yesterday. By the same token, I wouldn't be

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surprised if Manchester City went on to win four in a row. Such is the

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quality they have got. The thing that went wrong is again that

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defensive frailty. When Vincent Kompany is not there, every now and

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again they come up against a team like Leicester and they crumble. It

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has not been solved. Everyone talks about having sympathy for Manuel

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Pellegrini, but on the other hand there are failures there. With the

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amount that is being invested in it, they want out. I think it reflects

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really poorly on the staff of Manchester City, and if you take one

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person out and it is that different. You work as a unit and a team, it

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cannot be affected that much by one player. Of course some players are

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better than others, but to see the way they defend now it is incredibly

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poor when he is not there. Set pieces again was a massive factor,

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seeing Aguero picking up Huth, it is a bit of a mismatch. Do you buy into

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the fact that because city have done it before they know how to do it

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again or does hunger overtake that? As soon as you win a trophy, it is

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gone, you put it aside. You cannot live off what you achieved in the

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past. We saw this with Manchester United every year. Sir Alex

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Ferguson, forget about that, we are looking forward. I don't know what

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happened to some of these Manchester City players, they are international

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globetrotter some of them. These guys remind everyone else of what

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really matters when the big games coming up and they seem to have lost

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something this season, man city. Chelsea have almost lost it

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completely. This consistency in performance can quickly disappear.

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We have been asking you to get in touch, Phil says I've joined

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Manchester city fans on loan from Liverpool until the end of the

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season. Jack say something is only impossible until it is done.

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Nicholas, no matter how far Leicester are ahead they are

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underdogs until they have won it. Jacob says Manchester city defending

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this season has been abysmal. I think we all want Leicester City to

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win the Premier League just so that Gary Lineker will present much of

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the day in his underpants. Would you join him in your underwear? No,

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because I didn't say it. A word on Tottenham, you mentioned they could

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slip under the radar, what has been different under Pochettino this

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season? Watching it yesterday, Eriksson really surprised me, the

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tortures he has on the ball. They were patient. The exercise was to

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beat Watford, they came there for a point. Spurs are in the running,

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stay nice and patient. There is your fullbacks just to tap it in. The

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difference though was the fans because they feel now they have got

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a team. After all these years, they believe in their team now and you

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could sends it in the stadium. Tottenham believe they can be

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champions without a doubt. Trippier, they sang his praise on Match Of The

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Day last night. You look at Tottenham, what Pochettino has built

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is impressive. Yes, he did a fantastic job at Southampton. He's

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got the Spurs job, is got some bright talent there. Danny Alice

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came off the bench, another assist, he looks a real talent and Spurs

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fans should be excited. A bit like Leicester, a super-team all the way

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around. It is only in recent times Trippier has started playing at

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left-back. He does it on the other side with Danny Rose and Ben Davis.

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Knows when to bring them in and give them a break, I think the only

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person who has started every game is Harry Kane. It is the core of the

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England team. In the Europa Cup but they almost in that competition? It

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is a difficult one for them. How he plans his teams will be very

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interesting. The early kick-off in the Premier League this afternoon,

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1:30pm at the vitality, Bournemouth against Arsenal, let's get the team

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news. This feels like a must win game for

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Arsenal, who then host Leicester this time next week, but the Arsenal

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fans will be dreading the thought that Afobe can score against them

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this afternoon, sold by Arsenal one year ago. He has said in an

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interview that he feels he wasn't given a fair chance at Arsenal so

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clearly a man with a point to prove. Eddie Howe names the same team that

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won at Crystal Palace, and Arsenal makes just one change to the team

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that drew against Southampton. Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces

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Campbell. Afobe not given a fair chance at

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Arsenal, do you agree with that? If that's what the player feels, he is

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probably the best judge. He might look at other players who have

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played instead of him and thought he should have had a chance. But how

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long do you wait for young players? Arsene Wenger is one who wants young

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players to have a go, at the end of the day he is doing it now. If he

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scores today it will really hurt Arsene Wenger. Does not being given

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a chance make you hungry to go on? Of course because there is always

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away from the big clubs. We touched on Danny Drinkwater before, now he

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is Leicester doing really well. Afobe has gone away from Arsenal,

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gone to Bournemouth and kicked on from there and looks a real threat.

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Do you think, Martin, it is a mentality thing? It wasn't the worst

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goalless draw at Southampton you have ever seen. A month ago they

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were top. If you took the whole of October off when they hardly got any

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results, the same happened throughout January, you get these

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parts on the back and Arsenal reach these dizzy heights. Everyone is

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telling you how good you are, well Leicester are not listening. I think

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if you are warrior you just keep going until eventually you get that

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trophy. The pat on the back doesn't matter, it is lifting the trophy at

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the end of the season. Arsenal still have a chance because the landscape

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is such that you can lose a few games and still bounce back but they

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are under real pressure. It is a big few weeks for Arsenal, playing

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Bournemouth and then Leicester next week, it is a must win. They were

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not under pressure earlier this season when they stuck five at

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Leicester. Joe Kumble has impressed in fits and starts, but they

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shouldn't be a problem to Arsenal. They should have scored two or three

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at Southampton. -- Campbell. With Bournemouth there's not much with

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five points above. No, but suddenly it is a difficult place for the big

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boys to go to, Bournemouth. They now believe they should be there and

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they deserve to feel that way. Arsenal have got to wake up,

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otherwise it will become for another year. Arsene Wenger has 11 seasons

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now without winning the Premier League, it is almost unthinkable.

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For o'clock kick-off, Chelsea against Manchester United at

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Stamford Bridge. A lot of the back pages are filled with quotes from

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Jose Mourinho. Is it just a coincidence we have this big week at

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City unveiling Pep Guardiola, then talk of Old Trafford. These stories

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have never gone away, have they? They never will go away unless we

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get a categorical decision. Manchester United have got a manager

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but they wouldn't be doing their job if they weren't always looking to

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the future. When they say talks have been hard with Jose Mourinho, my

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thought on that is people have been sounded out, would you be interested

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if, theoretically speaking? I'm not so sure it will absolutely

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categorically happen. I think Manchester United have a big

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decision to make, the hierarchy of there. With Manchester City

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appointing Pep Guardiola, he will get a big war chest to spend, I

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think Manchester United have a massive decision to make this

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summer. You grew up as a Manchester United fan, do you go along with the

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thought Pep Guardiola is not the right fit? Here's a quick fix. The

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time he has spent at his previous club is not too long. I'm not sure

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he's the right man. If it was me, it would be Ryan Giggs. I would bring

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back the people who have made the club successful over the years. But

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it is a big job for Ryan Giggs, isn't it? I just think he is the

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right man. You have got to have those players back in the club. It

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is interesting, the default position we all seem to take is that Louis

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van Gaal will not be there next season. They are up -- 13 points

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behind. When they played on Tuesday night it

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was more of a bright, Manchester United style performance. The system

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they played, I think it suited them. There was more pace in the attack. A

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focal point for me, I think Michael Carrick has got to play. The way he

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dictates the play and passes the ball forward, I think he is vital.

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We mentioned Ryan Giggs, this is in the Mail on Sunday today, saying it

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is a seminal moment for United and if you really want a boss who will

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rescue them, give it to Ryan Giggs. Could he conceivably get it before

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the end of the season? I'm not saying he won't make a top manager,

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and sure he will but we have seen what will -- what has happened to

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Phil Neville now at Valencia. When you think that Guardiola and Jose

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Mourinho, where they are in Spain, so many times their parts have

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crossed and I feel they will come back again to manage these clubs. Is

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your feeling that he needs to go somewhere else first? I think so. If

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you go to Valencia and don't win in eight games you can ruin your brand,

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can't you? He can't be an assistant manager again, and that is the

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decision they have got to make. Will they take the plunge and give him

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the job? I'm not sure, it is a huge job. What is Ryan Giggs like? Does

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he give the younger guys advice, is he that sort of guy? Yes, he was

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great. I was a local lad, growing up in the same area he was an idol of

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mine. To play alongside him was a great experience, but for me he had

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a nasty side about him as well and I think that's why he's been so

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successful and won so much in his career. I think he is a perfect fit

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for the job. He career. I think he is a perfect fit

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out of the players and I don't see any reason they shouldn't give it to

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him. What kind of impetus has got to change? A bit of

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him. What kind of impetus has got to right system, the right style of

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play. I don't think, apart from the right system, the right style of

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last couple of games we have seen, the derby game and the game against

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us on Tuesday night, the right way they are playing. I think Ryan Giggs

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would get the best out of the players, who is the right man for

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the job. In terms of Chelsea, Oskar under Guus Hiddink is not the same

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Oskar under Jose Mourinho. I find this amazing that the same group of

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players, not like a tap, but they almost seem to be able to turn it on

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and off, and they have turned it right on for Jose Mourinho. They are

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unbeaten under Guus Hiddink. I do find it incredible. The amount of

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influence just a change and new manager can have. The biggest

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disappointment for me this season has been Fabregas. I watched him

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playing in the Watford game, I didn't think he had his greatest

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game, but as you say, a bit of confidence. Some of these players

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need an arm around the shoulder. I think Jose Mourinho said some

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interesting things during the weekend, about how he needs to be

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more humble and create a doubt in a player who is successful to get him

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out of his comfort zone and he went too far with it, and lost confidence

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in the players. If you are player and you can see the bigger picture,

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that's fine, you don't let him hurt you too much but when he starts to

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affect your confidence, and your performance is going, and it is

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quite remarkable how bad they came and the manager caused that problem.

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If he's going to come to Manchester United he's going to have to put the

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arm around the players because they need that push from a confidence

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point of view. I wouldn't back against him being successful but it

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has got to be less about him and more about the players.

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The John Terry situation, it is strange that he has said it is all

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over, his manager has not said that, do you feel sorry for him? We are

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all different. Did he need to Russian and ask? It was a bit

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insecure of him. I don't think it was necessary. At 35, I went to a

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World Cup, Arsene Wenger never came near me to offer me a new deal. I

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was climbing the steps to the bus around the town, and he asked, what

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about your contract? I said, you had six months. But I was thinking about

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the team, not myself. It is a political move from John, the

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hierarchy will win. It has been a magnificent career, and who knows?

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The next manager might insist that John Terry stays. But he has handled

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it not in the way that I would have. Do you not believe the line, I could

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not play for another Premier League club? I can understand it, the

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emotion and the way he has played, he pumped the chest for the Chelsea

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fans for a reason, there are lots of places he can go,... China. He may

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feel America... Phil's eyes lit up about China! Wayne Rooney, I don't

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know if you have knocked him out recently, but what does he make of

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the situation? He is enjoying his football, he is getting back to his

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best fitness wise. It is a massive factor as a player, confidence, you

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always go through stages where you suffer from confidence. But top

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players find ways of scoring goals and getting back to their best, and

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he has done that. He is still a top player. I am sure he will be in

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years to come. I don't think he has ever been that far away this season.

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Sir Alex Ferguson always made a point of saying this, Wayne Rooney

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has always got his golf in bursts, and he is in a burst this season. It

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happened last season. It is only history repeating itself. It is

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because of who he is, he gets more criticism than anybody else. But it

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is the slow start to the season, how he manages himself in the

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off-season, as you get older, I don't think you can take a month

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off, you have to stay close to the fitness, no partying, you can have a

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bit of fun now and again, you have to keep professional, then you come

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straight back into it. Only six week 's ago people were questioning

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whether the England captain should be in the team, but that is not a

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question anymore. Anthony Martial, you mentioned him earlier, how

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difficult is he to play against and how good can he be? He has had his

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doubters. The can be a superstar. I tried to ruffle him up a bit, I gave

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him a nudge, he just gave me a cold glare. He is thinking, next time I

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get the ball, you are in trouble, and I was, he created another goal.

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He will be a superstar, he has got the right players around him, I am

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sure it is a matter of time. It sounds like Thierry Henry, they have

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that aura around them, you cannot touch them. You try that as a

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defender, to ruffle somebody up, and it is the ones that stay quiet and

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tried to destroy you that you have most respect for. I would try

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everything possible! Lets get an update from the Scottish Cup fifth

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round, a big game, hot against Hibs. 18 minutes gone, rain battering

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against our faces, but it is not stopping the capacity crowd from

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enjoying themselves. The most atmospheric ground in Britain on its

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day on Derby day. You would not think they are in different

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divisions. We have lost Prince Paul Appin, he went off after five

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minutes with what looked like a hamstring injury, so Don Cowie makes

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his debut, after his signing from Wigan Athletic.

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Let's talk about Stoke City. Three back-to-back 3-0 defeat, what is

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that down too, after a positive season? We started really well, the

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defensive record has been sensational, in recent weeks we have

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lost, we lost the captain to a back injury, and defensively we have lost

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Mark Wilson as well. Losing three games 3-0 is never good. It is up to

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us now to get back to basics and get them done right. And put things

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right. We have a tough game at Bournemouth next week. We hope we

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can go there and get some points. We know we have the players in the

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squad, the manager has brought some good players in, it is up to us to

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knuckle down and have a go. It is about getting the balance. You play

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a lot more football, you are less direct than you were, of all of the

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training sessions, have they changed? The methods are what I have

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been used to since being a young boy at Manchester United. The manager

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brought that to the clubs that he has been out, possession, small

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sided games. The way we are playing, we try to get the ball down, knock

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it about. When it is going difficult and the results are not going the

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way you want, you have to get back to basics. Run a bit harder and

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faster and fight for the balls. Do the ugly side of the game. We have

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some nice players in the squad, but it is not happening. It shows the

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technical players will have to work and graft at some point, and if they

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don't want to do that, you suffer. Absolutely. The manager puts onus on

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the wide men tracking back. Marko Arnautovic Chas been one of our best

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layers. And Ryan Shawcross, how important he is. He is a top

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centre-half. We really miss him when he is not lying. Hopefully we get

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centre-half. We really miss him when him back soon. Let's look at the

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bottom, Sunderland him back soon. Let's look at the

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down at Anfield to rescue a point. Belief is everything, belief in your

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ability, that you will play well, and if you have it, do do. Do you

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feel better now? I believe I can guide the players to safety if they

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want to go there, but they have to listen a bit more and learn a bit

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more in terms of how to control a game in certain stages, how to stay

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in a game, and how to punish the opposition.

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You have been getting in touch. Jamie says, don't like to criticise,

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but Simon Mignolet is not good enough. How have the manages both

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failed to see that? This one, disowning Liverpool fans who walked

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out, disgraceful, the jaw is on your shoulders. Phil says, the defence

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shames the badge, horrible defending, no excuses. You were

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there, you stayed for the last 13 minutes! Your thoughts on that

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situation? The question had to be asked, you raised the point, because

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we talked about how crowds make a big difference, the players mention

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it, the crowd can be the 12th man, the cliche, does it have a reverse

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effect? I don't think it had anything to do with it, it was

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defensive frailties, Simon Mignolet and Mamadou Sakho made mistakes.

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Sunderland need to be praised, they realised they were back in the game.

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The way that fans walked out, we heard about this at Newcastle and

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places like that, it has been a damp squib, but this was well organised,

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well intentioned and a success, 25%, maybe 20%, certainly a number of the

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crowd left. The fact we were asking the question has only added credence

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to their argument. Liverpool issued a statement with their side of it,

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they said it is only 200 tickets for six games a season, it is hardly

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anything, but the point remains that football has got to be fairly priced

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for all, that was the general point will stop --. I think the point has

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gone down well, and it shows how important the fans. Even if it was

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nothing to do with it yesterday, who do we want at football matches to

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generate atmosphere? Do we want the ones who can afford ?77 for a game

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and who sit there quietly? Or do we want the people who will generate

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proper passion and atmosphere? The argument is that they want a younger

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generation in, but were Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker spot on? They said

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it is inconceivable that with the new TV deal that they can even

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consider this. It feels it is one step too far for the fans who have

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stuck with the game. They need to stop to fix the prices, when you

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compare us with Germany and other prices, it is ridiculous what our

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fans pay. Never mind the travel past -- cost, you are bringing the next

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generation, shirts, we are asking too much of the fans. You were at

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Sunderland with Simon Mignolet, do they need a new goalkeeper? He has

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made howlers. He has made a lot of mistakes, but I admired him at

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Sunderland, he was great for us. Going to Liverpool is a big step in

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his career, he was only young at the time. They are a top team. They need

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some body they can trust in between the sticks. At the minute, it is not

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looking like the players have faith in him. A big job for Sam Allardyce

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at Sunderland, but a big point yesterday. How much more have they

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got in their locker? It looks like Sam is believing. It will be tough.

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For that situation? Sam is the right man. He knows what the Premier

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League is all about, he is experienced enough to get the best

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out of the players, but there is only so much you can do, it is to

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the players on the pitch to get the points and the performances in. They

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have got to keep Jermain Defoe fit. He only had two chances yesterday,

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he scored with the second one. Only Jamie Vardy and Harry Kane have

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scored more Premier League goals of the Englishman. He looks so sharp.

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He was playing as a loan striker, a thankless task in that team, and he

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is still alive. Still scoring goals in a team that is not creating many

:42:06.:42:09.

chances, so you take your hat off. The problem for them is getting out

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of the bottom three. They all four of five points adrift, that will be

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tough. It could be a north-east shoot out. I am the only madmen who

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thinks Aston Villa still have a chance of staying up, even the Aston

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Villa fans would question that. They beat Norwich. Eight points adrift.

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13 games to go, Leicester City had 29, sorry, 19 points from 29 Tom

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Aston Villa have 16 from 25. But this is no ordinary Leicester City

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team. I think Aston Villa are already down. It is about showing

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pride, looking towards next season. Remi Garde... You know him well. He

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is a very proud man. He does not want to pledge his future beyond

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this year, because he feels guilty he is part of the problem. But I see

:43:06.:43:13.

him being there long term. They are doomed at the moment, it is about

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restoring pride, getting back to winning games of football, and if it

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gets you close, people start getting nervous and looking over their

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shoulder, who knows, but I don't think they can get out. Norwich?

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Let's see. It is new for them. Aston Villa have been so poor for so long,

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maybe Norwich can feel they can go on a run and everybody else will

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look at Leicester City, but I don't think Aston Villa will be in that

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group. Martin will be back on Match of the Day 2 with Jermaine Jean is

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and Jason Mohammad this evening, Chelsea, Manchester United, live on

:43:49.:43:54.

the radio from 4pm. Have a good afternoon, see you later.

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