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Oh, this is getting better and better. Ronaldo! History boys, | :00:15. | :00:25. | |
indeed. They've won the cup. They've won the cup. A hat-trick! Vardy has | :00:26. | :00:37. | |
done it! COMMENTATOR: Everton have the lead. | :00:38. | :00:55. | |
Sloppy from Manchester United. Handball. Penalty is given. He | :00:56. | :01:02. | |
scores. He knows the point is not enough for Manchester United. Vardy. | :01:03. | :01:11. | |
David Moyes team down and out. But for Craig Shakespeare, his Leicester | :01:12. | :01:15. | |
City revolution continues. Giroud is going for goal. Perfect tonic just | :01:16. | :01:21. | |
at the right time. They've levelled it. It's a very significant home win | :01:22. | :01:32. | |
for Hull City. Bitter blow for Middlesbrough. The equaliser. It's | :01:33. | :01:44. | |
in. 3-1. It's so cruel and Swansea City so important for Tottenham | :01:45. | :01:53. | |
Hotspur. It's a penalty. Chelsea have the lead. Conte's blues get the | :01:54. | :01:59. | |
better of Pep Guardiola's. Is it the night the title was decided? | :02:00. | :02:01. | |
What a week. Good afternoon. April is the cruellest month, | :02:02. | :02:05. | |
whether you're pushing for prizes or battling the bottom, | :02:06. | :02:07. | |
the pinch of the pressure Hull's Mr Maguire on why Wednesday | :02:08. | :02:10. | |
night was Harry's game. I was captain for the night, which | :02:11. | :02:21. | |
was a great honour to leave the club out. Overall a great night and one | :02:22. | :02:22. | |
that I'll never forget. Jordan Pickford's not ready | :02:23. | :02:25. | |
for Premier League removal. It's down to us to perform. There's | :02:26. | :02:34. | |
nothing better come next season, to be in the Premier League with | :02:35. | :02:35. | |
Sunderland. Mark Warburton on trying | :02:36. | :02:36. | |
to save an endangered Forest. I'm very aware of the situation | :02:37. | :02:47. | |
we're in. We all know it, players and staff know it. We have to focus | :02:48. | :02:52. | |
on Nottingham Forest. If we can control that, we will be OK. | :02:53. | :03:01. | |
And a top Scott assesses the top Scots | :03:02. | :03:03. | |
-Celtic's Mr Brown on six on the bounce. | :03:04. | :03:05. | |
And we've two men in the studio who can be guaranteed to stay calm | :03:06. | :03:08. | |
when the chips are down, Jermain Jenas and Martin Keown. | :03:09. | :03:11. | |
This is how the Premier League weekend looks: | :03:12. | :03:22. | |
We'll be live at riverside and the London stadium as the fight | :03:23. | :03:25. | |
Liverpool head to Stoke minus Sadio Mane as they took to consolidate | :03:26. | :03:29. | |
Tomorrow sees a beleaguered David Moyes and Sunderland | :03:30. | :03:32. | |
host Manchester United, while the flying | :03:33. | :03:33. | |
And we have a capital clash between Palace | :03:34. | :03:36. | |
More on Arsene Wenger's future later. | :03:37. | :03:39. | |
We'll start, though, with Hull, who are at Manchester City today. | :03:40. | :03:42. | |
A real stand out in their relegation fight has been | :03:43. | :03:45. | |
Damian Johnson has been to meet a Tiger earning his stripes. | :03:46. | :03:53. | |
Harry, how was Wednesday night for you? | :03:54. | :03:59. | |
COMMENTATOR: Harry Maguire bringing it forward now. Great run. Excellent | :04:00. | :04:09. | |
pass. In by beerson. Absolutely -- in by Robertson. Buried by Maguire. | :04:10. | :04:13. | |
A significant home win for Hull City. Scored a goal, my first | :04:14. | :04:16. | |
Premier League goal. That was a bonus. I was captain as well, a | :04:17. | :04:19. | |
great honour to lead the club out. Overall a great night and one that | :04:20. | :04:23. | |
I'll never forget. Tell me about the goal. We worked on it in training. | :04:24. | :04:27. | |
We work on set pieces. The day before if not a couple of days | :04:28. | :04:34. | |
before. Every game. We worked on me getting round the back. There was a | :04:35. | :04:37. | |
bit of space there. It was a great ball. The flood lights are quite | :04:38. | :04:40. | |
bright as well. I lost it a couple of times. I managed to keep my eyes | :04:41. | :04:43. | |
on it. Thankfully it went in the net. What was the feeling in the | :04:44. | :04:46. | |
dressing room afterwards. It was a huge scalp and three points. It was | :04:47. | :04:49. | |
a huge game. We've had three huge home games. We've had Swansea at | :04:50. | :04:54. | |
home where everyone was telling it it was a must win or else | :04:55. | :04:57. | |
relegation. Same again with West Ham. | :04:58. | :05:04. | |
COMMENTATOR: What a huge three points for Hull City We know we have | :05:05. | :05:08. | |
got great character in the team. When the big games come up against | :05:09. | :05:11. | |
us, we can produce performances like on Wednesday. Marko Sylvia comes in | :05:12. | :05:17. | |
and you'll have seen the stuff on the television, ex-pros saying, | :05:18. | :05:19. | |
Marco who? Were you in the dressing room saying the same thing? We was | :05:20. | :05:23. | |
really. You've got to give credit to the chairman bringing him in. If you | :05:24. | :05:26. | |
look at his record thoroughly, it's magnificent. I think he hasn't lost | :05:27. | :05:30. | |
a home game in over three years. He's come in and turned it around. | :05:31. | :05:32. | |
He's brought in great players in January. The squad looks really good | :05:33. | :05:35. | |
now. We're all confident that we have enough to stay in this league. | :05:36. | :05:40. | |
You played for a while under Chris Morgan, a legendary Sheffield United | :05:41. | :05:43. | |
defender turned coach. What due learn perhaps about the dark arts of | :05:44. | :05:47. | |
defending from him? Yeah, he's been massive in my career. When I was | :05:48. | :05:52. | |
working under him, I was playing alongside Neill Collins as well. | :05:53. | :05:55. | |
Those two mentored me through my time at Sheffield United. When I was | :05:56. | :06:01. | |
a young lad, maybe wanting to play a bit too much, they reminded me that | :06:02. | :06:04. | |
my first job was to defend. They really made me into the defender | :06:05. | :06:09. | |
that I am now. Even though, like, if I brought the ball out of the back | :06:10. | :06:15. | |
and did a good pass, they would remind me that winning the tackle is | :06:16. | :06:18. | |
more important. It's something that I do really thank them for. I have | :06:19. | :06:22. | |
to tell you that former Arsenal defender and BBC pundit Martin Keown | :06:23. | :06:27. | |
is a huge fan of yours. Harry Maguire today is as good central | :06:28. | :06:30. | |
defensive performance as I've seen. He's quick, he's strong. Honestly, | :06:31. | :06:34. | |
I've not seen a centre half play this well. When you get players of | :06:35. | :06:39. | |
his calibre speaking about you, it's something that you really look up to | :06:40. | :06:42. | |
and it really gives you confidence. You're a big lad, a big unit. Quite | :06:43. | :06:47. | |
a funny shot of you with Theo Walcott squaring up to you. He's | :06:48. | :06:51. | |
about five foot nothing and you're about seven foot. I've seen that | :06:52. | :06:55. | |
photo. It looked photo shopped but I don't think it is. It's a strange | :06:56. | :06:59. | |
photo. But no, it was fine on the day. After the game he says, yeah, | :07:00. | :07:03. | |
he was only a little battle and having a laughing joke about. It all | :07:04. | :07:07. | |
good fun. He looked like he fancied his chances. I think he did at the | :07:08. | :07:12. | |
time. I think he fancies his chances against a lot of people. Straight | :07:13. | :07:15. | |
after the game, he was laughing and joking about it. They're talking | :07:16. | :07:19. | |
about England now, Harry. Yeah, I keep seeing my name mentioned. So | :07:20. | :07:25. | |
it's something that I'm very proud, privileged. Something if I managed | :07:26. | :07:28. | |
to get the call up one day, it would be probably the greatest moment in | :07:29. | :07:32. | |
my life. I love that picture of him next to | :07:33. | :07:37. | |
Theo Walcott. He has been linked to England. He's received plenty of | :07:38. | :07:40. | |
praise this season. I know you particularly, you picked him out on | :07:41. | :07:44. | |
a number of occasions. You really like the style. Definitely. It's | :07:45. | :07:48. | |
right and proper that players like that get the recognition that people | :07:49. | :07:51. | |
don't seem to want to give them. Listen, he's been such a good | :07:52. | :07:55. | |
player. You're looking at Keane playing for England recently. I | :07:56. | :07:58. | |
would have picked this player ahead of him. There hasn't been a better | :07:59. | :08:02. | |
English central defender this season in his performances. I've said how | :08:03. | :08:06. | |
good he is. He's strong, quick. He likes that tackle with the outside | :08:07. | :08:10. | |
of his right foot particularly. Here he's patient. Watching the ball, | :08:11. | :08:13. | |
staying behind his opponent. He makes it look really easy. He came | :08:14. | :08:19. | |
in, I think he played 17 playing for Sheffield United regularly. Look at | :08:20. | :08:23. | |
this again, watching the ball, these are quick players. He's a big man. | :08:24. | :08:27. | |
He has those nimble feet. He will break forward. He's played in a | :08:28. | :08:30. | |
three on this occasion, demonstrating that he can shoot. | :08:31. | :08:34. | |
He's got a very good all-round game and really I think a lot of the big | :08:35. | :08:38. | |
clubs have missed out on him. He was watched by lots of clubs. Somebody | :08:39. | :08:42. | |
asked me to look at him a few years ago and I thought he was a decent | :08:43. | :08:45. | |
player. They thought he was a big player. At Arsenal? Yeah, was he | :08:46. | :08:49. | |
going to be mobile enough. I think he's gone on to prove that he's got | :08:50. | :08:53. | |
all the qualities you need. Saw him coming forward nicely. He doesn't | :08:54. | :08:57. | |
mind being in different areas on the pitch. We sthau on Wednesday night | :08:58. | :09:00. | |
-- we saw that on Wednesday night. That's the side where there may have | :09:01. | :09:03. | |
been question marks. Talk about mobility with centre halves. It's | :09:04. | :09:07. | |
how do they handle the ball, bring it out from the back. That's a | :09:08. | :09:12. | |
lovely ball. That's a ball midfielders would be proud of. It's | :09:13. | :09:15. | |
played a massive role in them getting the goal. That's as good as | :09:16. | :09:20. | |
it gets. He didn't need a touch before he whips that in the box. He | :09:21. | :09:24. | |
has that ability. This is the responsibility, I suppose, that he's | :09:25. | :09:28. | |
taken on in this team. Now popping up with winners for the side as well | :09:29. | :09:32. | |
as the defensive elements. He's having a huge impact all over the | :09:33. | :09:36. | |
pitch. I'm guessing he's one of those players that the whole team | :09:37. | :09:40. | |
probably look to, you know in moments of need, throughout this | :09:41. | :09:44. | |
relegation battle that they're going through, look next to him and go you | :09:45. | :09:47. | |
know what, we've got half a chance here. I know he will put in a | :09:48. | :09:50. | |
display. He's having a massive impact at Hull. All the Hull players | :09:51. | :09:54. | |
are saying the same thing, the energy that's come from the manager, | :09:55. | :09:58. | |
their record at home is incredible. 16 out of 18 points at home since | :09:59. | :10:04. | |
Marco Silva turned up. Out of the bottom three, the first time since | :10:05. | :10:07. | |
October. The work he did in the transfer window, the players are | :10:08. | :10:10. | |
talking about belief and how much he believes in his players. They're | :10:11. | :10:13. | |
just going out and performing. Two points clear of Swansea now. It's | :10:14. | :10:16. | |
over to Swansea and West Ham today to pull way or get back in touch | :10:17. | :10:19. | |
with Hull. Hull face a tough looking trip | :10:20. | :10:22. | |
to the Etihad, lying in wait for them there, | :10:23. | :10:24. | |
Manchester City and Steve Bower. Good afternoon. City have had a | :10:25. | :10:33. | |
couple of away trips to the capital, only picking up one point. It's | :10:34. | :10:36. | |
about top four this season. Absolutely. It is imperative. Picked | :10:37. | :10:42. | |
up three points from the last 12 in the league Manchester City since | :10:43. | :10:45. | |
beating Sunderland. It was interesting to hear Pep Guardiola | :10:46. | :10:48. | |
saying in his press conference that he's learned a lot of lessons about | :10:49. | :10:52. | |
the Premier League this season. That is to take into the next campaign. | :10:53. | :10:55. | |
One of the reasons that we know that Pep Guardiola A, was brought to | :10:56. | :10:59. | |
Manchester City and came to Manchester City was to improve the | :11:00. | :11:02. | |
club in the Champions League. It's absolutely imperative on and off the | :11:03. | :11:05. | |
pitch that Manchester City are in that group stage, that competition, | :11:06. | :11:09. | |
next season. Eight games to go. Technically from now on in, it is in | :11:10. | :11:16. | |
their hands. Four are here at the Etihad, there's a Manchester derby | :11:17. | :11:20. | |
to play as well. Six home draws is a source of real frustration for Pep | :11:21. | :11:23. | |
Guardiola. He feels his players deserve better results. You look | :11:24. | :11:27. | |
back at numerous incidents. Here they were on top with Chelsea and De | :11:28. | :11:32. | |
Bruyne missed an open goal and they lost that game. Three or four of | :11:33. | :11:36. | |
those occasions. Now they have to close this out. Four home, and four | :11:37. | :11:41. | |
away. Beginning with Hull. They've only won one away from home. They | :11:42. | :11:45. | |
will hope they can strike this game off without headlines or drama. | :11:46. | :11:48. | |
Though Chelsea might have said that last weekend at home to Crystal | :11:49. | :11:52. | |
Palace. Very true. More from Steve later on on Match of the Day. | :11:53. | :11:57. | |
On Grand National day, it's a two-horse race. | :11:58. | :12:02. | |
COMMENTATOR: Five years ago this week, City were eight points behind | :12:03. | :12:07. | |
Premier League leaders Manchester United with only six games to go. | :12:08. | :12:14. | |
You know what happened then. Hazard in space in the middle. Chelsea are | :12:15. | :12:26. | |
in front. It's an awful clearance. Put in by Sergio Aguero. Pedro down. | :12:27. | :12:32. | |
Chelsea penalty. Hazard as given Chelsea in the lead in the game | :12:33. | :12:40. | |
once. And twice. Oh, it's not in. It should have been in from John Stones | :12:41. | :12:44. | |
and somehow he missed. Manchester City City's title ambitions are | :12:45. | :12:48. | |
finished now. You see that your opponent continue to win, you must | :12:49. | :12:56. | |
win, if you want to win the title. COMMENTATOR: It's 1-0! This is | :12:57. | :13:04. | |
dangerous. It's deflected and Alli equalises. Seven, that is plenty. | :13:05. | :13:15. | |
And it's in! That's a great ball. Ericsson... 3-1! Tottenham Hotspur | :13:16. | :13:22. | |
feel they are still in this race. Last season was tough for us. But we | :13:23. | :13:26. | |
were fighting to the end. This season we are fighting again. | :13:27. | :13:34. | |
Spurs have the chance to narrow the gap to four points for a few hours | :13:35. | :13:35. | |
at least. They face Watford at White Heart | :13:36. | :13:37. | |
Lane and Simon Brotherton is there. For those wondering about a quick | :13:38. | :13:45. | |
return to the starting 11 for Harry Kane at Spurs, it's not happening | :13:46. | :13:49. | |
today. He is on the bench, as Tottenham go with Jansen up front. | :13:50. | :13:56. | |
LLoris returns in goal. Trippier with his third Premier League start | :13:57. | :14:01. | |
of the season. Watford arrive at White Hart Lane on the back of two | :14:02. | :14:05. | |
straight wins. They have injury rob lepz, particularly in -- problems, | :14:06. | :14:09. | |
particularly in defence. Britos is suspended. Mariapa makes his first | :14:10. | :14:15. | |
Premier League start since 2007 in a three-man back line. Interestingly, | :14:16. | :14:25. | |
Matzari has left Troy Deane on the bench. He is fit to play. Thank you | :14:26. | :14:34. | |
for that. Let's get confirmation of the Spurs side: Kan E.On the bench. | :14:35. | :14:43. | |
The win against Swansea in midweek, Ian Wright was in that chair crying | :14:44. | :14:46. | |
about how well Spurs are playing and how important the result was for | :14:47. | :14:47. | |
them. It was massive. It take minutes | :14:48. | :14:59. | |
gone, losing 1-0. That is the moment when Pochettino was asking questions | :15:00. | :15:02. | |
of his team last year, saying, I'll be mentally prepared. That was the | :15:03. | :15:09. | |
answer. There are moments in the season, special moments, when you | :15:10. | :15:13. | |
think, maybe they have got a chance. Something might be happening. To get | :15:14. | :15:18. | |
the goals in the way that the dead, to show composure, what a goal from | :15:19. | :15:23. | |
Christian Eriksen to seal the win. It tells you everything about how | :15:24. | :15:26. | |
much the team have grown this season. They have really gone from | :15:27. | :15:31. | |
strength to strength. They might only possibly get beat by a record | :15:32. | :15:36. | |
breaking Chelsea in terms of points, points this season. Leicester, last | :15:37. | :15:41. | |
year, once it looked like they could not win it after the match against | :15:42. | :15:46. | |
Chelsea, that hurt them. You think they are better equipped? | :15:47. | :15:50. | |
Definitely. They want to prove to the manager. The are not giving up | :15:51. | :15:56. | |
for anyone. You can see the hunger. Seven points better off than they | :15:57. | :15:59. | |
well last season, Spurs. It was a big win for Chelsea over Man City. | :16:00. | :16:04. | |
The John Stones miss the end could have changed the complexion of the | :16:05. | :16:09. | |
table? It was massive for Chelsea, especially after the Crystal Palace | :16:10. | :16:14. | |
defeat. They do not tend to give anybody an age when it comes to | :16:15. | :16:18. | |
these moments. That is why people like myself and probably Martin as | :16:19. | :16:22. | |
well believe that they will go on and win the league. In those vital | :16:23. | :16:28. | |
moments, they are very strong. The running for Chelsea does not seem to | :16:29. | :16:34. | |
be too difficult. Everton away. That looks like a tough game. Is it for | :16:35. | :16:40. | |
Chelsea? With what is happening at Manchester United, the amount of | :16:41. | :16:46. | |
draws. It is not the fixture of old. If Spurs deputy four points, who | :16:47. | :16:51. | |
knows? On the outside, it might look like everything is rosy for Chelsea, | :16:52. | :16:55. | |
but if you're one of those players, you do not know. Tottenham need to | :16:56. | :17:02. | |
keep going. Pochettino is saying, it is for Chelsea to lose it. We have | :17:03. | :17:07. | |
seen Ferguson do this, put them under pressure. I think Chelsea will | :17:08. | :17:11. | |
be champions, but Tottenham will put them under pressure. Walter Mazzarri | :17:12. | :17:16. | |
could be the first Watford manager in a while to get a second season. | :17:17. | :17:20. | |
Let's not hold our breath. It has been a weird season. Speaking to | :17:21. | :17:27. | |
some of the Watford fans, I have been to watch a few of their game. | :17:28. | :17:32. | |
Are they entertained by what they are seeing? I would probably see no. | :17:33. | :17:37. | |
Apart from that goal. Great win the goals are going in. They have been | :17:38. | :17:43. | |
frustrated in more games this season and they have not entertained. They | :17:44. | :17:46. | |
are doing really well with points on the board. Troy Deeney keeps doing | :17:47. | :17:51. | |
it. Nyanga was a great acquisition as well. -- Embaye Nyanga. | :17:52. | :17:58. | |
Time to switch attention to the foot of the table now where Sunderland's | :17:59. | :18:01. | |
situation has been labelled "desperate" by David Moyes. | :18:02. | :18:03. | |
One ray of light for the Black Cats has been goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, | :18:04. | :18:06. | |
and Juliette Ferrington has been to meet him. | :18:07. | :18:13. | |
We are not in the best position at the moment. A magnificent save from | :18:14. | :18:21. | |
Jordan Pickford. We have a few games to go. A game. I want to be in the | :18:22. | :18:27. | |
Premier League with Sunderland. I have been at Sunderland since I was | :18:28. | :18:32. | |
nine years old, learning every year. Every part of my game, and to play | :18:33. | :18:39. | |
in the Premier League was massive. It was a big relief for the staff | :18:40. | :18:42. | |
who have brought me up. They have done their job and now it is down to | :18:43. | :18:47. | |
me to do mine. It is in your blood, you have a strong affinity with this | :18:48. | :18:53. | |
plays? As a fine, growing up, it is not ideal, knowing what the vibe is | :18:54. | :18:58. | |
around the area. That is down to the players and staff to put right when | :18:59. | :19:00. | |
we get on the pitch. You have been in this situation so many times | :19:01. | :19:22. | |
before. What has made it harder this season? We do not know what the | :19:23. | :19:25. | |
problem is. We are digging in intriguing. We're not far away from | :19:26. | :19:27. | |
getting results. It on Tuesday, we play better football. The area | :19:28. | :19:30. | |
itself, it has been through tough times as well. Does that take you | :19:31. | :19:35. | |
more, that you want to do well? I was a season-ticket holder when I | :19:36. | :19:39. | |
was younger. In the south-west corner. In the crazy coroner. It was | :19:40. | :19:47. | |
a great feeling when you use to get off the bus and work over the | :19:48. | :19:52. | |
Bridge. There is pride and passion in the club and the fan base. We | :19:53. | :19:56. | |
need to be in the Premier League. When you were growing up, who are | :19:57. | :19:59. | |
your heroes, the players you would look up to? One day I was waiting | :20:00. | :20:06. | |
for autographs. I got on with Kevin Ball. I have still got that, a photo | :20:07. | :20:17. | |
of him, me and my cousin. The academy wants to instil core values | :20:18. | :20:21. | |
that you can relate to north-east people. What kind of values would | :20:22. | :20:26. | |
they be? The academy, since I have been young, has been about hard work | :20:27. | :20:29. | |
and the quality of your work, doing jobs when you're a youth team | :20:30. | :20:33. | |
player, they have to be done properly. You could never get away | :20:34. | :20:37. | |
with anything. What was the worst job you ever had to do? I got fined | :20:38. | :20:43. | |
once and Kevin Ball made me do jobs for two weeks. I had to do the boots | :20:44. | :20:48. | |
and bowls every day. The showers, it had to be done perfectly with him. | :20:49. | :20:52. | |
He would never let you get away with anything. At the time, I was like, | :20:53. | :20:58. | |
this is a grind. Now you think, it was done for a reason. You're | :20:59. | :21:03. | |
attracting attention from clubs at the top end. You obviously have | :21:04. | :21:12. | |
ambitions. When I was a lad, I was part of the community. It would be | :21:13. | :21:15. | |
hard for me to leave the club where I have been since I was seven years | :21:16. | :21:19. | |
old. I cannot think about leaving. It is down to us to perform. Next | :21:20. | :21:24. | |
season, I want to be in the Premier League with Sunderland. I have | :21:25. | :21:29. | |
ambitions and I want to be the best I can be, which is to be in the | :21:30. | :21:34. | |
Premier League as well. He has been developing into quite a prospect. I | :21:35. | :21:38. | |
know he says he wants to stay at Sunderland but you can understand | :21:39. | :21:42. | |
why other clubs are looking at them. It is a great time for young | :21:43. | :21:47. | |
goalkeepers coming into the game. There are gaps at the top level of | :21:48. | :21:52. | |
the Premier League where they are searching for goalkeepers, clubs | :21:53. | :21:54. | |
like Manchester City, Liverpool, even Arsenal. Look at some of these | :21:55. | :22:00. | |
saves. This is one thing he has not had to worry about, at Sunderland, | :22:01. | :22:05. | |
the amount of shots he has had the same. He is very busy. When called | :22:06. | :22:12. | |
upon, he pulls of world-class saves. His shot stopping is brilliant. The | :22:13. | :22:18. | |
only question is that you do not get to see that came development as when | :22:19. | :22:21. | |
he is not in the game is much, has he got those concentration levels? | :22:22. | :22:27. | |
They were talking about Joe Hart going on in the summer. It is a good | :22:28. | :22:31. | |
job he did not. Another young keeper has got a chance. A rare bright spot | :22:32. | :22:37. | |
for Sunderland. David Moyes has been forced to explain to the FA the | :22:38. | :22:40. | |
comments he made the Vicki Sparks after the game a few weeks ago. He | :22:41. | :22:44. | |
says the situation is desperate. They have not scored in six games. | :22:45. | :22:50. | |
It is hard to see a way out for them? 20 points, marooned at the | :22:51. | :22:54. | |
bottom of the table, it could not get worse for them. Manchester | :22:55. | :22:59. | |
United tomorrow. David Moyes is hanging on for a job by his | :23:00. | :23:05. | |
fingertips. I cannot see that he will stay. Whether it is | :23:06. | :23:09. | |
compensation, the only reason he perhaps has not gone. These are | :23:10. | :23:13. | |
difficult times for Sunderland. Like Aston Villa, they have been down | :23:14. | :23:16. | |
there for three years, it looks like this time they will fall. Matt | :23:17. | :23:21. | |
Miazga about Luke Shaw. Mourinho, after the Everton game, he said that | :23:22. | :23:26. | |
although Luke Shaw made a contribution, he had the shot that | :23:27. | :23:29. | |
led to the penalty, it he said that he needs to stop playing with me in | :23:30. | :23:35. | |
his brain. What is he trying to get from Luke Shaw? Why is he digging | :23:36. | :23:39. | |
out the player in that way? Kid to come out of the team in September, | :23:40. | :23:44. | |
away at Watford. Ever since he has been picking at him. He left them on | :23:45. | :23:48. | |
the shelf, he did not want to use them. He is laying claim to the good | :23:49. | :23:53. | |
decisions he makes on the pitch. How about trusting him and believing in | :23:54. | :23:58. | |
him? He is a massive talent but the handbrake is on in his career. He | :23:59. | :24:02. | |
needs to get back to where he was needs the manager to support him. I | :24:03. | :24:08. | |
have heard that Mourinho is all about testing the mentality of | :24:09. | :24:12. | |
players. That is what I have heard. He has laid down the god lord. He is | :24:13. | :24:17. | |
looking for a reaction? That is what he has done. I will not back you | :24:18. | :24:22. | |
publicly. Let's see what you're about. You have not followed me in | :24:23. | :24:27. | |
training, I have asked you to ginger diet, your lifestyle, whatever he | :24:28. | :24:32. | |
has asked to do, Mourinho is not happy. He wants him to play -- to | :24:33. | :24:38. | |
prove him wrong. The manager picks you, he has the power. Give him a | :24:39. | :24:43. | |
game and he might surprise you. I think he has the talent to be a top | :24:44. | :24:46. | |
player. There was an announcement | :24:47. | :24:48. | |
from Manchester United this week that Andy Cole, | :24:49. | :24:50. | |
who was on Focus a few weeks ago, has undergone a kidney | :24:51. | :24:53. | |
transplant this week. We're glad it went well and we all | :24:54. | :24:55. | |
wish him a speedy recovery. Highlights of that game | :24:56. | :24:58. | |
on Match Of The Day 2 tomorrow. Martin's back for that with | :24:59. | :25:00. | |
Jason Mohammad and Kevin Kilbane. You can keep tabs on today's | :25:01. | :25:03. | |
games on Final Score. Garth Crooks and Dion | :25:04. | :25:07. | |
Dublin join Jason. And Jermaine's here tonight | :25:08. | :25:09. | |
with Gary and Phil Neville with the best of the action | :25:10. | :25:11. | |
on Match Of The Day. You are both busy. That is Gary | :25:12. | :25:19. | |
Lineker, not Gary Neville, in case you're wondering. | :25:20. | :25:20. | |
Another north-east club fighting the drop are Middlesbrough | :25:21. | :25:22. | |
And Martin Fisher is already at the Riverside for us. | :25:23. | :25:27. | |
At one point, -- one point from the game, Martin, sorry, I know you have | :25:28. | :25:41. | |
a guest with you. Sorry, I lost my mind for a moment. | :25:42. | :25:45. | |
Take it away. Thank you. It is the sunshine that is getting to me. I do | :25:46. | :25:50. | |
not do what the problem is in the studio. Glorious sunshine, out of | :25:51. | :25:53. | |
keeping with the mood on the side. The air in a desperate situation, | :25:54. | :25:57. | |
seven points adrift of safety, and they have not won a game since | :25:58. | :26:02. | |
December the 17th. To try and lift the gloom is a Boro legend, Bernie | :26:03. | :26:09. | |
Sladen, 146 goals, three promotions. It has been a shocking week. | :26:10. | :26:11. | |
Disasters. People said it was a massive week for | :26:12. | :26:41. | |
Middlesbrough. It is. Swansea, I think we had one shot on target. | :26:42. | :26:43. | |
Rudy Gestede could have scored in the dying embers of the game. It was | :26:44. | :26:46. | |
a clear-cut chance. Against Hull, the stats were good, but in that | :26:47. | :26:49. | |
game, we went to my up top. We were exposed defensively and conceded | :26:50. | :26:51. | |
four. It has been disastrous. We played today against Burnley. There | :26:52. | :26:53. | |
are only eight games remaining and it is an uphill struggle. Aitor | :26:54. | :26:56. | |
Karanka has been dismissed by Steve Gibson. How responsible is he and | :26:57. | :26:58. | |
his style of football for the situation? Without a doubt. Albert | :26:59. | :27:02. | |
Einstein came out with a quote many years ago, insanity, doing the same | :27:03. | :27:07. | |
things over and over again and expecting different results. Whether | :27:08. | :27:11. | |
we played home away, it was like playing the same game every week, | :27:12. | :27:14. | |
one up top, we would start of sluggishly. We would have a flurry | :27:15. | :27:20. | |
for 15 minutes then we would good defensive again, Bachini shell. Not | :27:21. | :27:27. | |
good enough. Those are opinions, but we are bottom of the league, we look | :27:28. | :27:30. | |
like we're going down, we are the lowest scorers in the Premier | :27:31. | :27:36. | |
League, possibly the four leagues in England. He had to go. It is Steve | :27:37. | :27:39. | |
Agnew the right man to provide that binds? It has not happened so far. I | :27:40. | :27:45. | |
know Steve personally. I think he's a great guy. I think the players | :27:46. | :27:50. | |
respect him. Was I surprised? Yes. We got the change I thought we | :27:51. | :27:56. | |
needed. It was from within. I was looking for a fresh face. Many years | :27:57. | :28:00. | |
ago, Bryan Robson was struggling after some glorious years. We | :28:01. | :28:05. | |
brought in Terry Venables to assist them. This time we have shovelled | :28:06. | :28:09. | |
the pack. I wish in the best. They could do with somebody of your | :28:10. | :28:14. | |
quality in the team today. It is a game they have to win. | :28:15. | :28:19. | |
Thank you. It looks like a glorious day at the Riverside. | :28:20. | :28:22. | |
One of the real emerging stars of this Premier League season has | :28:23. | :28:25. | |
This week he was rewarded with a new five-year contract. | :28:26. | :28:29. | |
We sent Rachel Stringer to see the teenage Toffee. | :28:30. | :28:31. | |
I think I am just a normal 18-year-old, to be honest. He was | :28:32. | :28:38. | |
the star of the show. Tom Davies is an exceptional prospect. He is | :28:39. | :28:44. | |
tough, he can ride the tackles, he can tackle. Pretty much a | :28:45. | :28:50. | |
breakthrough year, I guess. Can you talk us through it. It started with | :28:51. | :28:55. | |
me coming on against Southampton, I'm getting my field debut against | :28:56. | :29:00. | |
Norwich City. It really ticked on towards Christmas time when I came | :29:01. | :29:04. | |
on from the bench a few times. I managed to get more games in the | :29:05. | :29:08. | |
team. It has happened quickly. I am happy for how -- with how it is | :29:09. | :29:13. | |
going. You have played 17 games, ten starts and a new contract. How was | :29:14. | :29:19. | |
that, putting pen to paper? It was a great feeling. The club have | :29:20. | :29:24. | |
rewarded me for how I am playing. I am thankful to be getting rewarded | :29:25. | :29:28. | |
with a new contract. Playing with the first team was something I | :29:29. | :29:33. | |
doomed. It is a great feeling. The midfielders have been good with me. | :29:34. | :29:38. | |
Phil Jagielka, Leighton Baines, they have always helped me. Who in | :29:39. | :29:44. | |
particular when you first walked out with the first-team? Gareth Barry, | :29:45. | :29:51. | |
players like Ross Barkley. Lukaku, Leighton Baines. It is scary that | :29:52. | :29:54. | |
your training with them but a great experience. Tom Davies did | :29:55. | :30:00. | |
brilliantly. You are a player who gets stuck in. You're not afraid to | :30:01. | :30:05. | |
make a tackle. Your work ethic seems great. We do agree? | :30:06. | :30:09. | |
Yeah, that's what you are taught in the academy. It's natural in my | :30:10. | :30:14. | |
game. COMMENTATOR: He's scored! Well | :30:15. | :30:21. | |
taken. Your uncle was part of that 1970 team for Everton, do you both | :30:22. | :30:25. | |
talk about football together? You look kind of similar, not now | :30:26. | :30:29. | |
obviously. But back when he played, you look similar to him. I spoke to | :30:30. | :30:34. | |
him a lot about it. He's got that medal for the league in the house. | :30:35. | :30:39. | |
I've seen that. It's great to have that experience. And have the | :30:40. | :30:42. | |
feeling from somebody who has done it. He scored 21 goals, but talking | :30:43. | :30:48. | |
of goals. COMMENTATOR: Tom Davies! Everton | :30:49. | :30:53. | |
have a three-goal lead. His first Everton goal is one to remember. | :30:54. | :30:58. | |
Being a local guy, coming up through the ranks, playing at Goodison Park | :30:59. | :31:01. | |
as well, put it into words of how much it meant to you? I don't think | :31:02. | :31:05. | |
I can, to be honest. The mile says it, though. Yeah, I don't know. I | :31:06. | :31:09. | |
think it's something that you've always wanted to do but you never | :31:10. | :31:13. | |
thought would actually be chiefable. To be on the pitch, playing against | :31:14. | :31:19. | |
the teams that I have done and beating City and scoring, if you | :31:20. | :31:22. | |
would have told me that was going to happen a few years ago, I would | :31:23. | :31:28. | |
never have believed you. Ronald Kooijman said the young players are | :31:29. | :31:31. | |
the future of Everton. Do you talk about the opportunity you have been | :31:32. | :31:35. | |
given and how amazing it is? Yeah because I've come through the | :31:36. | :31:39. | |
academy with most of the lads. It's great to have them and training with | :31:40. | :31:41. | |
your mates basically that you've grew up with. It's strange but good | :31:42. | :31:45. | |
to be there with them. Strange as in you didn't expect it to happen yet? | :31:46. | :31:49. | |
Or you want to pinch yourself and go it's actually happening now? More | :31:50. | :31:52. | |
pinch yourself and think it's actually happening. It's great for | :31:53. | :31:56. | |
all the lads really, that they're going to get opportunities and | :31:57. | :31:59. | |
hopefully we can all be in it together, yeah. He's a very young | :32:00. | :32:04. | |
man. Looks younger now he's shaved the beard off. A bit of a throw | :32:05. | :32:08. | |
back. He's a box to box midfielder. He is. I think he's got a lot more | :32:09. | :32:14. | |
to his game than that as well. To be 18 years old and taking the | :32:15. | :32:17. | |
responsibility that he takes in the midfield. And also improve them as | :32:18. | :32:21. | |
much as he has since he come into the team is impressive. You know I | :32:22. | :32:26. | |
remember coming through as an 18-year-old myself and you're | :32:27. | :32:29. | |
fearless. Especially when you have a manager who backs you. Lovely little | :32:30. | :32:32. | |
goal there at Manchester City. Really set him on the run of games | :32:33. | :32:38. | |
that he's been on. You are fearless. You have that backing of your | :32:39. | :32:41. | |
manager and I think the thing I like about him, he has a natural balance. | :32:42. | :32:45. | |
He can go either way. Sees a pass, for him to go to that next level, | :32:46. | :32:49. | |
probably score more goals, a few more assists and he will be a real | :32:50. | :32:54. | |
player. This boy is going to be a crowd favourite, already he's just | :32:55. | :32:58. | |
gone in there like it's second nature. I mean it's remarkable to | :32:59. | :33:01. | |
see it. Bringing youngsters through again at Everton. He's living the | :33:02. | :33:04. | |
dream. Credit to Everton for bringing one through at cad my as | :33:05. | :33:07. | |
well. I'm going to make you feel old now. He was born on the same day | :33:08. | :33:12. | |
that England squad you were part of got knocked out of the 1998 World | :33:13. | :33:17. | |
Cup.. Terrible, That was a bad day. A good day for the Davies family. | :33:18. | :33:23. | |
It's good isn't it, you mentioned it, the fact that Ronald Kooijman | :33:24. | :33:27. | |
was criticised for not bringing the youth through. He can't be accused | :33:28. | :33:32. | |
of that here. No, they're doing that. They need it. It's an ageing | :33:33. | :33:36. | |
team. They've got to start putting some of the youngsters in there but | :33:37. | :33:40. | |
at the same time, getting a good enough balance to get results. And | :33:41. | :33:45. | |
they take on Leicester this weekend. We talk about this conversation | :33:46. | :33:48. | |
seven, eight weeks ago, it would be very different. Leicester are a | :33:49. | :33:51. | |
transformed side. They go to Atletico Madrid in the Champions | :33:52. | :33:54. | |
League next week in the quarter finals. It's weird hearing it. The | :33:55. | :34:01. | |
way they've turned it round is phenomenal. They knew they had it | :34:02. | :34:05. | |
within themselves to do it. Them going to Atletico and being on this | :34:06. | :34:08. | |
run already of not only winning games but keeping more clean sheets | :34:09. | :34:13. | |
is what's going to - they're going to need that to fall back on. | :34:14. | :34:16. | |
Players coming back into the team and scoring goals as well. They seem | :34:17. | :34:19. | |
to be pulling their weight now. When you get to this level of the | :34:20. | :34:24. | |
Champions League, the quarter finals - Anything can happen. I can hear | :34:25. | :34:29. | |
coaches in my ear saying it's in the a tap you can turn on and off. | :34:30. | :34:32. | |
Leicester have proved maybe it is. Since they turned on the tap, | :34:33. | :34:35. | |
they've been incredible in the Premier League. Who would bet | :34:36. | :34:39. | |
against them now. Atletico Madrid's know how will be too much for | :34:40. | :34:42. | |
Leicester. One other thing I want to show you. This is my highlight of | :34:43. | :34:47. | |
the season so far. I know George Boyd scored in the goal, but this | :34:48. | :34:51. | |
was the highlight of Burnley against Stoke. Look at Charlie Adams corner. | :34:52. | :34:57. | |
Have you seen this yet gentlemen. Blame the groundman. The poor | :34:58. | :35:05. | |
groundmen says it's handball. Look at his face here. This is | :35:06. | :35:08. | |
embarrassing, how do I respond. I've got to laugh. They love it on the | :35:09. | :35:15. | |
bench. That's a beautiful moment. We are on until one with all this still | :35:16. | :35:17. | |
to come: Mark Warburton on becoming | :35:18. | :35:20. | |
a City ground slicker. It's six on the spin | :35:21. | :35:22. | |
for Mr Brown's boys at Celtic. I love winning trophies, maybe a bit | :35:23. | :35:32. | |
greedy that way. I enjoy every single moment of it. ( | :35:33. | :35:39. | |
One of the biggest questions in football right now | :35:40. | :35:43. | |
is whether Arsene Wenger will still be in charge | :35:44. | :35:46. | |
We'll check in with Martin on his thoughts in a moment. | :35:47. | :35:51. | |
At the Emirates everyone is playing the waiting game. | :35:52. | :35:56. | |
Years ago, you'd come to this stadium and expect a home win. Now, | :35:57. | :36:03. | |
there's a lot of angst and nervousness. We've basically got a | :36:04. | :36:08. | |
club in Civil War. Wenger just doesn't want to leave. I would just | :36:09. | :36:15. | |
love the management of the club or Arsene Wenger to come out and say | :36:16. | :36:19. | |
either way. This current indecision is no good for anyone. | :36:20. | :36:26. | |
The people who shout loudly are going to get heard. Being at the | :36:27. | :36:30. | |
games week in, week out, I can understand the mounting frustration | :36:31. | :36:33. | |
of all the fans. There are fans at the moment protesting saying they | :36:34. | :36:36. | |
want him to go. You've got fans that are trying to show their support for | :36:37. | :36:40. | |
him. It's leading to arguments. We were on the way to the stadium and | :36:41. | :36:44. | |
we were asking people do you think Wenger should stay. Loads were | :36:45. | :36:48. | |
saying yeah, we think he should. Who will we get? I find myself in the | :36:49. | :36:53. | |
minority now saying yes, he should stay on and get us back to that | :36:54. | :36:56. | |
level. I think he can. I think we could have a team that could | :36:57. | :37:00. | |
potentially challenge for the title. They never are better than the last | :37:01. | :37:04. | |
season. Wenger has played out the same season time and again. I can | :37:05. | :37:07. | |
absolutely understand the frustrations. The team is going | :37:08. | :37:11. | |
backwards. The team are looking more and more unlikely to get anywhere | :37:12. | :37:15. | |
near a league title. COMMENTATOR: It's Sergio Aguero. | :37:16. | :37:21. | |
Arsenal are behind again. We'd love to be proved wrong but I don't see | :37:22. | :37:25. | |
it getting any better. It's a tiny minority who would like to see him | :37:26. | :37:28. | |
sacked. If you said how many people would like to see him go at the end | :37:29. | :37:32. | |
of the season and go respectfully, I think that rises a lot more and | :37:33. | :37:37. | |
probably the highest I've ever seen it here. He's been a great servant | :37:38. | :37:42. | |
to this club. He's always been loyal to the club. We don't want to see | :37:43. | :37:46. | |
him hounded out. I don't think he has let the club down at all in the | :37:47. | :37:51. | |
last 21 years he's been here. He's brought incredible success. He would | :37:52. | :37:55. | |
not possibly want to leave after what would potentially be his worst | :37:56. | :37:58. | |
season, were we to finish fifth or sixth. It would be a real shame if | :37:59. | :38:04. | |
he and the results, say next season, are so poor that he ends up being | :38:05. | :38:08. | |
sacked. We should never be scared of change. | :38:09. | :38:10. | |
COMMENTATOR: Arsene Wenger has said finishing in the top four is not as | :38:11. | :38:14. | |
easy as it looks. Two points from the last 18 has increased that | :38:15. | :38:23. | |
challenge. Ozil. Mesut Ozil with a most welcome breakthrough for | :38:24. | :38:29. | |
Arsenal. He's looking for Sanchez. There's the link up between the two | :38:30. | :38:35. | |
again. On the end of it is Theo Walcott. Giroud. He's going for | :38:36. | :38:43. | |
goal. And what a goal. Arsenal back to winning ways. They knew they had | :38:44. | :38:48. | |
to win and they have won comfortably in the end. Arsenal 3, West Ham 0. | :38:49. | :38:54. | |
When you go through a difficult period, the happiness goes, the | :38:55. | :38:59. | |
confidence goes quickly and comes back slowly. When you're such a long | :39:00. | :39:04. | |
time at the club and you care really about people who care about the club | :39:05. | :39:07. | |
and you know how sad they are when it doesn't go well, so I can take | :39:08. | :39:12. | |
care of myself because I'm used to deal with difficult periods. But you | :39:13. | :39:16. | |
want people who love the club to be happy, so I'm happy. | :39:17. | :39:23. | |
Arsenal are at Crystal Palace on Monday night. Throughout this season | :39:24. | :39:29. | |
you have been unwaivering in your support for Arsene Wenger. It seems | :39:30. | :39:35. | |
the frustration is building. In the press conferences he is asked what's | :39:36. | :39:39. | |
going to happen next season. It goes on and on. I think the uncertainty | :39:40. | :39:43. | |
is affecting the players. They're not the strongest group mentally. | :39:44. | :39:45. | |
The quality of the players is in question. The manager has put the | :39:46. | :39:49. | |
players there, so obviously he's comparable as well. It's now this | :39:50. | :39:54. | |
talk about this catalyst for change that is being talked about. The | :39:55. | :39:57. | |
chief executive said this summer would be a catalyst for change. | :39:58. | :40:07. | |
There had been talked about Viera or Berkkamp coming in? Arsene Wenger | :40:08. | :40:11. | |
hasn't done that change until now. I find that hard to believe. Is he now | :40:12. | :40:14. | |
taking time to consider whether or not he's going to be happy with | :40:15. | :40:19. | |
these sort of changes, structural changes behind-the-scenes? He's very | :40:20. | :40:22. | |
much done it himself. He's been the manager. The training, he does the | :40:23. | :40:26. | |
core of the session. He runs the club from the middle but top and | :40:27. | :40:30. | |
downwards. So I don't know how he's going to take to some change that | :40:31. | :40:33. | |
will come in. We will see if that happens. I believe he'll stay there. | :40:34. | :40:38. | |
It's looking like he'll sign for a couple of years. They need to put | :40:39. | :40:42. | |
people in the club. I'd like to see the likes of Bob Wilson perhaps | :40:43. | :40:46. | |
coming into the board. Really the think-tank, the decisions of the | :40:47. | :40:52. | |
club, it's got to go, it's got to - what does the club want, what are | :40:53. | :40:56. | |
they aiming for? We need that message quickly. Arsene Wenger needs | :40:57. | :40:59. | |
it address this and make an announcement quickly. Does it depend | :41:00. | :41:03. | |
on whether they finish in the top four this season in Season? Or is | :41:04. | :41:08. | |
that immaterial? On whether he stays or goes? If he finishes in the top | :41:09. | :41:12. | |
four, it's a hell of a job, I have to say. It's never been so hard to | :41:13. | :41:16. | |
get into the top four. A grow with Martin, though, the thought of | :41:17. | :41:19. | |
bringing in somebody else, say it goes brilliantly next season and | :41:20. | :41:25. | |
they win a title and they brought in Patrick Viera, he's the person who | :41:26. | :41:28. | |
will take the credit for that, not Arsene Wenger. That's why I'm not | :41:29. | :41:32. | |
sure I see that happening. Maybe it's good management to stock it | :41:33. | :41:37. | |
with - if they're the right people. It might give him new ideas and | :41:38. | :41:42. | |
challenge him. I think it will have a positive impact on Arsenal. | :41:43. | :41:45. | |
Whether that will happen or not He's very loyal. I don't see any of the | :41:46. | :41:49. | |
staff going. It might be that they add to the staff. Fascinating to see | :41:50. | :41:51. | |
what happens. Arsene Wenger not the only manager | :41:52. | :41:53. | |
whose future is in doubt. West Ham's defeat at the Emirates | :41:54. | :41:56. | |
was their fifth in a row. Jonathan Pearce is at | :41:57. | :41:59. | |
the London stadium. JP, good afternoon. Slaven Bilic is | :42:00. | :42:08. | |
a man feeling the pressure today. Yes, good afternoon everyone. The | :42:09. | :42:11. | |
cochairman of the club has said today that the board has 100% | :42:12. | :42:15. | |
backing for Slaven Bilic. He's talked about their utter faith in | :42:16. | :42:19. | |
him to turn things around. It's no time for knee-jerk reactions, says | :42:20. | :42:24. | |
the joint chairmen. Slaven Bilic himself has said in his newspaper | :42:25. | :42:27. | |
column yesterday, it's time to lay everything on the line here today. | :42:28. | :42:30. | |
There's a huge game, five defeats in a row. I don't think they'll be | :42:31. | :42:34. | |
changing him, even if they suffer a sixth defeat on the spin for the | :42:35. | :42:40. | |
first time since the spring of 2010. If he stays in the summer is a | :42:41. | :42:44. | |
different matter. That win could give them the gap over Swansea. But | :42:45. | :42:48. | |
I think he stays. You talked about West Ham's recent form. Swansea | :42:49. | :42:52. | |
themselves have had a dip. They had that bounce when Paul clement came | :42:53. | :42:55. | |
in. But it's one point from 12 for them. Yeah, he got a couple of good | :42:56. | :42:59. | |
away wins in the first two, three games in charge. But their away form | :43:00. | :43:03. | |
has been dismal overall, eight defeats in ten. Worrying how they | :43:04. | :43:10. | |
collapsed. I know they had an injury to Fabianski. They may have to make | :43:11. | :43:15. | |
a change there. It was worrying the way they collapsed late on. There | :43:16. | :43:19. | |
will be changes for both sides. I wouldn't be surprised if Sako plays. | :43:20. | :43:24. | |
That Fabianski question, is he fit or not, is a big one for Swansea. | :43:25. | :43:28. | |
Thanks. Gorgeous in London as well. Feel bad being stuck in the studio | :43:29. | :43:32. | |
today. The weather is beautiful out there. | :43:33. | :43:33. | |
It's not just at the foot of the Premier League | :43:34. | :43:36. | |
where the pressure is on, but in the Championship too. | :43:37. | :43:38. | |
The man charged with securing Nottingham Forest's safety | :43:39. | :43:40. | |
is Mark Warburton and Clem's been to meet the new boss. | :43:41. | :43:48. | |
At the end of the day, it's a fantastic club with a great history, | :43:49. | :43:54. | |
a great tradition, a huge fan base. It's a fantastic opportunity for us. | :43:55. | :44:00. | |
The first day when you walk into that lobby at the City Ground, and | :44:01. | :44:04. | |
the great man's bust is there, what are you thinking? I like all | :44:05. | :44:09. | |
football fans, I remember those games. I look back at the two | :44:10. | :44:13. | |
amazing achievements. Any job you go into there's always responsibility, | :44:14. | :44:16. | |
there's always that weight of expectation bearing down. If you | :44:17. | :44:19. | |
cave in under it, you have a problem. The club has a clear goal, | :44:20. | :44:23. | |
along with many other clubs in this division, to get back to the top | :44:24. | :44:26. | |
flight. Many clubs will say the same. What we have to do is make | :44:27. | :44:31. | |
that happen, plain and simple. Is it manageable would be my question. It | :44:32. | :44:38. | |
is 26 in 24 years since Cloughy left. I'm very well aware of that. | :44:39. | :44:42. | |
You have to ask the right questions. I was lucky that Frank was here as | :44:43. | :44:46. | |
sporting director. I worked with Frank previously at Watford, | :44:47. | :44:49. | |
Brentford and Rangers. Many of the questions he knew I would ask, he'd | :44:50. | :44:53. | |
already investigated. I had the answers ready. Got the assurances I | :44:54. | :44:57. | |
was wanted and I made the decision. Have you had discussions with the | :44:58. | :45:01. | |
owner that might reflect going forward in the Championship and | :45:02. | :45:04. | |
might reflect going forward in League One? No, the focus is very | :45:05. | :45:08. | |
much on us what we have to do. We haven't spoken about any other | :45:09. | :45:12. | |
matters. It's one game at a time. We almost have a mini season here now. | :45:13. | :45:15. | |
You haven't spoken about the possibility of getting relegated and | :45:16. | :45:20. | |
how you would move forward? No, I don't mean that in a holier than | :45:21. | :45:24. | |
thou. I'm aware of the situation we're in. Players and staff know it. | :45:25. | :45:27. | |
We have to focus on Nottingham Forest. We have no control over | :45:28. | :45:32. | |
other results and situations and referee's calls and the weather and | :45:33. | :45:36. | |
the pitch. Games come thick and fast. The games that follow in | :45:37. | :45:42. | |
Blackburn, Cardiff City, and everything else that happens, focus | :45:43. | :45:50. | |
on Forest. I heard you addressing the players and reminding them of | :45:51. | :45:52. | |
the day-to-day jobs that are out there and things. I mean, do they | :45:53. | :45:57. | |
need lifting? Do they need reminding of that, is this a gravity process | :45:58. | :46:00. | |
for them? Everyone in whatever profession you get lost, immersed. | :46:01. | :46:04. | |
Sometimes you can't see the wood for the trees. Sometimes you need the | :46:05. | :46:07. | |
reminder that we are really fortunate. They are skilled, | :46:08. | :46:10. | |
professional athletes. Of the hundreds of thousands of people who | :46:11. | :46:16. | |
play football, these guys are at the football. If you can't enjoy playing | :46:17. | :46:21. | |
football go and change your job. How was the experience up north affected | :46:22. | :46:23. | |
you? Learned from it, absolutely. You always have to learn. Many good | :46:24. | :46:29. | |
things, some different things. Different experiences but the fact | :46:30. | :46:32. | |
is you feel better for it. I know David does as well. This is David | :46:33. | :46:37. | |
Weir. Of course. We work closely together. We enjoyed that | :46:38. | :46:42. | |
experience. Brentford like-wise, you come to forest here hoping you can | :46:43. | :46:45. | |
bring those experiences, lessons learned and apply them here | :46:46. | :46:50. | |
accordingly. How do you counter those that have been picking away | :46:51. | :46:53. | |
about your time at Rangers, what would you say? I think it's fair. I | :46:54. | :46:56. | |
don't want to give you the same old rhetoric. The fact is we kept our | :46:57. | :47:00. | |
counsel. What happened happened on that evening. The LMA produced a | :47:01. | :47:07. | |
statement on our behalf, which I hope was well received. The thing to | :47:08. | :47:11. | |
do now is maintain counsel and take the same stance, there's a legal | :47:12. | :47:14. | |
process under way. We'll see how it develops. Good to have you back. | :47:15. | :47:16. | |
Great to soo eyou. He has a big job on his hands at a | :47:17. | :47:26. | |
big club. What is your perspective on Forest? It has been | :47:27. | :47:30. | |
disappointing, a bad season, lots of uncertainty surrounding ownership of | :47:31. | :47:35. | |
the club. Players underperforming. They found themselves two points | :47:36. | :47:38. | |
away from the drop. For a club that went down to League One, as big as | :47:39. | :47:44. | |
Forest are, and got themselves out of the situation, and were chasing | :47:45. | :47:47. | |
promotion through the play-offs for a number of seasons, to be where | :47:48. | :47:51. | |
they are, it is a disaster. Mark Warburton has a massive job on his | :47:52. | :47:55. | |
hands. Today at home to Huddersfield, a team that are flying | :47:56. | :47:59. | |
in a Championship. The big game is the game on Good Friday against | :48:00. | :48:02. | |
Blackburn. Blackburn are at home to Huddersfield, a team | :48:03. | :48:29. | |
that are flying in the Championship. The big game is the game on Good | :48:30. | :48:31. | |
Friday against Blackburn. Blackburn are taunted against Barnsley. They | :48:32. | :48:33. | |
could get something. They lost in midweek. That is a real six pointer | :48:34. | :48:36. | |
and to determine what happens with Forest this season. You sound | :48:37. | :48:38. | |
nervous. Very nervous. He is gripping onto the chair. It is third | :48:39. | :48:40. | |
place Huddersfield at home for Forest today. Clem Azad BBC sport | :48:41. | :48:43. | |
HQ. Good afternoon. It is a big weekend in the promotion race. Yes, | :48:44. | :48:45. | |
it has started already, good afternoon. Brighton beat QPR last | :48:46. | :48:47. | |
night, Glenn Murray with his 21st goal of the season. Three victories | :48:48. | :48:50. | |
in 64 Brighton. They are in the form team in England. There tends away | :48:51. | :48:53. | |
when, a club record for the second tier. 16 wins, that is the best in | :48:54. | :49:02. | |
any professional league in Europe. Before we assess where that result | :49:03. | :49:06. | |
leaves his team, let's hear from Chris Hughton, the Brighton manager. | :49:07. | :49:13. | |
I thought it would be a tight game. Moments would change it. Fortunately | :49:14. | :49:18. | |
we got the moments. I see next Friday being equally as tough as | :49:19. | :49:25. | |
this one. It will be close. We have a group of teams below us that are | :49:26. | :49:29. | |
really pushing. We need to make sure that we win enough games to keep the | :49:30. | :49:34. | |
gap as big as what we need to. Let's have a look at the top of the | :49:35. | :49:39. | |
Championship table. Newcastle can return to the summit with a victory | :49:40. | :49:44. | |
at Sheffield Wednesday. That is at 5:30 p.m.. If, and this is a big if, | :49:45. | :49:50. | |
if Huddersfield were to lose at Forest this afternoon, if Reading | :49:51. | :49:54. | |
were to lose at Norwich City, and Huddersfield were to lose again at | :49:55. | :49:59. | |
home to Preston on Good Friday afternoon, five o'clock, Good Friday | :50:00. | :50:02. | |
at the time, Brighton now they could be on winning day -- one win away | :50:03. | :50:10. | |
from the Premier League. And Newcastle, who kick-off against | :50:11. | :50:14. | |
Leeds that night as well. Just a couple more wins and they will | :50:15. | :50:16. | |
receive their just rewards. They have both been up there all season. | :50:17. | :50:22. | |
What about League One and League Two. Plenty to tidy up? Yes, Chris | :50:23. | :50:28. | |
Wilder to be celebrating for the second successive season, the first | :50:29. | :50:31. | |
manager to get promotions in successive seasons at different club | :50:32. | :50:35. | |
since Neil Warnock in the mid-19 90s. If Sheffield United win today | :50:36. | :50:41. | |
at his former club, Northampton Town, Coventry could be exiting | :50:42. | :50:45. | |
League One as well. Just six days after winning a Wembley final in | :50:46. | :50:49. | |
front of 70,000. They will be down if they lose at home to Peterborough | :50:50. | :50:55. | |
today. Chesterfield could also be on their way as well as they lose at | :50:56. | :50:58. | |
home to Port Vale, although it would take some freaky results involving | :50:59. | :51:02. | |
relegation contenders beating play-off contenders. It could be | :51:03. | :51:08. | |
congratulations on the third is in households if Doncaster beat | :51:09. | :51:13. | |
Mansfield. The manager's four of promotion in ten years. Thank you. | :51:14. | :51:22. | |
A busy day of football and a busy weekend for sport on the | :51:23. | :51:25. | |
After us today on BBC One there's live coverage from Rouen | :51:26. | :51:28. | |
of the crucial Davis Cup doubles match between Great | :51:29. | :51:31. | |
Meanwhile, BBC Two tonight is the perfect place for live | :51:32. | :51:34. | |
and uninterrupted coverage from Augusta of the third | :51:35. | :51:36. | |
And tomorrow, a year out from the Commonwealth Games | :51:37. | :51:39. | |
on Australia's Gold Coast, you can enjoy the best | :51:40. | :51:41. | |
of the action from the World Triathlon Series event. | :51:42. | :51:43. | |
As we heard, no happy ending for Mark Warburton at Rangers, but | :51:44. | :51:46. | |
across the city of Glasgow it's been virtually a non-stop | :51:47. | :51:49. | |
Last Sunday brought a sixth successive league title for | :51:50. | :51:58. | |
Celtic are champions of Scotland. They could get used to this. | :51:59. | :52:06. | |
Champions again. Three in a row. I love winning trophies -- I love | :52:07. | :52:09. | |
winning trophies. I am maybe greedy that way but I enjoy every single | :52:10. | :52:15. | |
one. Five in a row, Celtic are champions. For me, getting older, | :52:16. | :52:19. | |
the memories are precious. How much have you enjoyed this season? It has | :52:20. | :52:24. | |
been fantastic, I have enjoyed every single moment. The gaffer has been a | :52:25. | :52:30. | |
breath of fresh air. He knew I had a few injuries last year but he wanted | :52:31. | :52:33. | |
me to continue being captain and he knew I could get back | :52:34. | :52:45. | |
to my best. Everything has went to plan, touch wood. I have trained | :52:46. | :52:49. | |
every day and I feel as fit as I have been. Scott Sinclair, looking | :52:50. | :52:52. | |
to work a 1-2 with Patrick Roberts. What a finish from Scott Sinclair. | :52:53. | :52:54. | |
Let's get the title party started, he says. It is a seventh title in | :52:55. | :52:59. | |
all for you, the sixth on the trot for Celtic. How does this team you | :53:00. | :53:04. | |
are playing in compare? I have had some great memories of great Celtic | :53:05. | :53:10. | |
sides. My first victory with Gordon. This one, the team is looking fitter | :53:11. | :53:13. | |
and sharper than it ever has. I am playing the best football I have in | :53:14. | :53:17. | |
a long time. For me, this team is right up there. The gaffer is always | :53:18. | :53:22. | |
pushing boundaries, trying to make people better. Your two games away | :53:23. | :53:28. | |
from a domestic treble, which would be some achievement for Brendan | :53:29. | :53:30. | |
Rodgers in his first season as manager? We have a massive game at | :53:31. | :53:35. | |
Hampden Park against Rangers. The last game at Celtic Park was not the | :53:36. | :53:39. | |
best we have a lot of making up to do. We can beat anyone. We need to | :53:40. | :53:44. | |
believe in ourselves. Scott Brown blasted into the roof of the net. | :53:45. | :53:52. | |
Dembele. Scott Sinclair is on again. Do you worry about high profile | :53:53. | :53:55. | |
players leaving Celtic in the summer? Obviously quite a few | :53:56. | :54:00. | |
players will be on the wanted list? That is what happens when you're a | :54:01. | :54:04. | |
successful club. We have been this season. People will want Scott | :54:05. | :54:09. | |
Sinclair, Moussa Dembele. We need to keep hold of them as long as | :54:10. | :54:13. | |
possible. I know we have not got the money that the English Premier | :54:14. | :54:16. | |
League has got but we have the Champions League to look forward to | :54:17. | :54:20. | |
and let's hope we can get back into that next season and the lads can | :54:21. | :54:24. | |
push on. Brendan Rodgers and Celtic do it in style. He has enjoyed his | :54:25. | :54:29. | |
time in his first year at Celtic. The training has been great, the | :54:30. | :54:34. | |
games have been great, the crowds have been fantastic. The football we | :54:35. | :54:38. | |
have played has topped everything. Will you be leading at Scotland | :54:39. | :54:42. | |
against England on the 10th of June? I was waiting on that one. I hope | :54:43. | :54:46. | |
so. I have spoken to the gaffer and garden. We have had a chat about | :54:47. | :54:52. | |
holidays. I believe if I am selected I can play on the 10th of June. I | :54:53. | :54:58. | |
went into retirement due to me being injured at the end of last season. | :54:59. | :55:02. | |
Now I believe I am a lot fitter and stronger and I can push my body with | :55:03. | :55:07. | |
56 games a year for Scotland. If I could captain my country against | :55:08. | :55:11. | |
England it would be massive for me. It sounds like you have fallen in | :55:12. | :55:14. | |
love with football again? Last season I fell out of love with | :55:15. | :55:21. | |
everything, myself, football. It is that believe, that smell that comes | :55:22. | :55:24. | |
on my face going to the training ground every morning, knowing that I | :55:25. | :55:28. | |
can play in the high tempo game in the Champions League and compete. | :55:29. | :55:32. | |
Rob Maclean asking the questions. Brendan Rodgers has signed a | :55:33. | :55:37. | |
four-year contract yesterday. We could see more of these | :55:38. | :55:43. | |
celebrations, Kolo Toure leading the dance. You were at Celtic Park on | :55:44. | :55:47. | |
Wednesday to watch your son play for Partick Thistle. What have you made | :55:48. | :55:51. | |
of Celtic? They have been outstanding. I think they will go | :55:52. | :55:55. | |
unbeaten for the whole season, I do not think that has ever been done. | :55:56. | :56:00. | |
Fair play to Partick Thistle forgetting a draw because they are | :56:01. | :56:06. | |
so much better than everyone else, Dembele, Sinclair. Kolo Toure is a | :56:07. | :56:10. | |
great lad. I told him to carry on playing. He swapped church with my | :56:11. | :56:15. | |
son, which was pride for me to witness. I want to show you this | :56:16. | :56:20. | |
from Scotland, St Johnstone's Danny Swanson and Richard Foster, sent off | :56:21. | :56:25. | |
for fighting. They have been fined four weeks wages by the club. | :56:26. | :56:29. | |
Apparently they sorted it out later. Jermaine, you were at Newcastle when | :56:30. | :56:33. | |
Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer were sent off for fighting each other. How | :56:34. | :56:36. | |
long does it take to dressing room to get over that or is it gone and | :56:37. | :56:41. | |
forgotten? It is done in seconds. We had a moment as soon as the game | :56:42. | :56:44. | |
finished where we came into the changing rooms, and went, do what | :56:45. | :56:48. | |
you need to do in the middle of the changing room. The lads were | :56:49. | :56:53. | |
disappointed in themselves. We got over it. It was a weird situation. | :56:54. | :56:59. | |
You get over things like that in football. They were laughing about | :57:00. | :57:03. | |
it? They were genuine friends. That is why it was weird. When the | :57:04. | :57:07. | |
intensity of the game gets to that point and you're not playing well, | :57:08. | :57:12. | |
emotions overflow. Apologies to Miles Storey, but we think this is | :57:13. | :57:16. | |
the worst mess of the season so forth. Aberdeen against Inverness. | :57:17. | :57:21. | |
You wonder how that possibly happens. Sorry about that. You're | :57:22. | :57:23. | |
not sorry at all. Thanks very much to | :57:24. | :57:26. | |
Martin and Jermaine. We saw St Johnstone's Richard Foster | :57:27. | :57:39. | |
involved in that altercation. He also answers to his fiancee, Amy | :57:40. | :57:44. | |
Macdonald. She took some time out to take on Mark Lawrenson in Premier | :57:45. | :57:46. | |
League predictions. Goodbye. I think when I first became a fan | :57:47. | :57:57. | |
and started to get really into football aid was through the Dick | :57:58. | :58:01. | |
Advocaat Diallo with Rangers. At that point, there were so many | :58:02. | :58:05. | |
amazing players, people like Lorenzo Amoroso. He became a cult hero at | :58:06. | :58:11. | |
Rangers. Probably someone like him was my ultimate favourite. Layback | :58:12. | :58:16. | |
for Richard Foster. What a sweet strike. It is such a completely | :58:17. | :58:22. | |
different dynamic, watching football when you have a family member who | :58:23. | :58:28. | |
plays. It is a lot more difficult. Your heart is constantly pounding. | :58:29. | :58:35. | |
Aguero seems to be back in good form. He has scored lots of goals | :58:36. | :58:39. | |
recently, so I think Man City will be too strong for Hull. 4-0. I think | :58:40. | :58:47. | |
Sunderland could probably do with a good slap. They need to show some | :58:48. | :58:53. | |
fight if they are going to avoid relegation. Man United have been | :58:54. | :58:59. | |
blighted by lots of draws the season, but I still think they will | :59:00. | :59:02. | |
be too strong for Sunderland and they will win | :59:03. | :59:03. |