:00:00. > :00:00.That place looks familiar doesn't it?
:00:07. > :00:14.The whole of Football Focus comes live from West Ham's new home today.
:00:15. > :00:35.This is Rys. Lord of the slide. Are we ready? See you a the bottom!
:00:36. > :00:46.Ruin titles! -- run titles!
:00:47. > :01:02.Cristiano Ronaldo. I think this is beginning to change.
:01:03. > :01:14.COMMENTATOR: He has done it! You have got to be kidding me. I'm stuck
:01:15. > :01:17.in the slide! I'm not sure how that happened. But
:01:18. > :01:21.anyway, that was a bit tasty! As we make our way
:01:22. > :01:24.inside from The Orbit, this is what's coming up
:01:25. > :01:26.between now and 1pm. Who better to stoke
:01:27. > :01:36.the flames than Zlatan? It is two clubs from the same city
:01:37. > :01:39.and two clubs that want to win the title. A lot is happening in both of
:01:40. > :01:42.the clubs so there is a lot of things to talk about.
:01:43. > :01:46.Another of the world's greats - Andres Iniesta - opens up.
:01:47. > :01:50.Michael's Keane to win the battle of the brothers.
:01:51. > :01:52.And Clem's been to see the Championship leaders,
:01:53. > :02:00.Huddersfield, who are fishing for promotion.
:02:01. > :02:09.And a little bird tells me about a trip to Sweden. In the wild with no
:02:10. > :02:13.mobile phones, no toilet. It wasn't nice to be fair.
:02:14. > :02:25.Thank you to you the guys at The Orbit.
:02:26. > :02:34.We have West Ham past and present with us for the next hour.
:02:35. > :02:42.Cresswell, Nolan, St Clare. It is a smashing goal.
:02:43. > :02:44.Trevor Sinclair, former captain Kevin Nolan,
:02:45. > :02:46.and current left-back Aaron Cresswell, who's out
:02:47. > :02:52.with a knee injury but fit enough for us today.
:02:53. > :02:58.How many weeks until we see you back? Four to five weeks and then I
:02:59. > :03:01.will be back playing hopefully. This is where you will be doing the
:03:02. > :03:05.business for West Ham. It looks truly amazing. I know it is very
:03:06. > :03:09.different to Upton Park, but you were the captain at West Ham when
:03:10. > :03:13.this was in the planning process and now standing here and seeing the
:03:14. > :03:17.West Ham colours everywhere, it looks amazing? If you want to move
:03:18. > :03:21.forward with your club and what they're trying to build here, it is
:03:22. > :03:27.fantastic for where they want to go. As you said, I was here when they
:03:28. > :03:33.were planning this. We did a lot of promotion work for it and to see the
:03:34. > :03:39.actual thing today, it is amazing. Trevor, we will be speaking to David
:03:40. > :03:43.Sullivan later on, the principal owner, they had Champions League
:03:44. > :03:46.banners on the first drawing, that's the hope, they want to play European
:03:47. > :03:50.football here? That's the ambition for the club. I feel they're going
:03:51. > :03:55.the right way about it. Everybody is not happy. All the fans are not
:03:56. > :04:00.happy. You've got certain fans, the older generation, they have been
:04:01. > :04:04.doing to the same pub and now they are having crayfish and avocado
:04:05. > :04:07.sandwiches and it has all changed for them! What a perfect
:04:08. > :04:12.opportunity. The rest of the country are quite jealous and they have made
:04:13. > :04:16.a great job of it. Trevor makes a good point, there will be lots of
:04:17. > :04:20.fans who don't like it and won't like it for a while. Upton Park was
:04:21. > :04:24.a special place? Yeah, it was a special place and I was only there
:04:25. > :04:29.for two years, but this is fantastic. I'm looking forward to
:04:30. > :04:33.playing here. Kevin, you must have special memories of playing at Upton
:04:34. > :04:37.Park. Yes, this feels sanatised, but it will feel like home after a
:04:38. > :04:43.while? It just takes time and everything to bed in. I think,
:04:44. > :04:46.obviously, bowling everyone has got the special memory or little piece
:04:47. > :04:52.in their heart which they will always go back to, but this place
:04:53. > :04:57.can be the next level for West Ham and I think just give them time and
:04:58. > :05:00.let them bed in and I think it will be a special home for West Ham in
:05:01. > :05:04.the future. One of the things the manager talked about, he doesn't
:05:05. > :05:08.like the distance from the dug-out to the pitch. It is a long way to
:05:09. > :05:12.walk to the technical area. We will be down there later. The dressing
:05:13. > :05:14.room is probably the biggest you have seen in your entire life. We
:05:15. > :05:17.will be in there later. The Old Firm - Celtic and Rangers -
:05:18. > :05:21.are already at it. We shall keep you updated on that
:05:22. > :05:23.throughout the show. The Manchester derby kicks off
:05:24. > :05:26.in about 25 minutes. Both United and City go into it
:05:27. > :05:29.with a 100% record so far. Who better to hear from than
:05:30. > :05:54.Zlatan Ibrahimovic, # I always try to follow in the
:05:55. > :05:58.steps of the last man. HR I'm just myself and I don't pretend to be
:05:59. > :06:08.somebody else. I know what I can do and I work hard for it.
:06:09. > :06:12.COMMENTATOR: He is Zlatan. I have no reason to pretend to be
:06:13. > :06:19.somebody else because I don't need it. I believe in hard work. You work
:06:20. > :06:25.hard, you get paid back and you don't work hard, you don't get
:06:26. > :06:28.anything back. According to my philosophy because you can have
:06:29. > :06:33.talent, but talent will not reach you to the maximum top. With
:06:34. > :06:37.everything you have done, do you feel at home on the Premier League
:06:38. > :06:42.stage and in Manchester at the moment? I think Manchester United,
:06:43. > :06:46.the club is making me feel at home. They are making it easy for me and
:06:47. > :06:51.you can see in people's eyes that they're happy. They're feeling like
:06:52. > :06:56.they have hopes and now, it is up to us to give them back what they
:06:57. > :07:00.deserve and if you're a supporter of Manchester United, you deserve to
:07:01. > :07:03.have a lot of things back and that we will do everything to bring them.
:07:04. > :07:12.COMMENTATOR: Manchester United going for the kill. A wonderful strike
:07:13. > :07:17.from Zlatan. There were comparisons with Eric Cantona, does that flatter
:07:18. > :07:22.you? I think every player has his own story. He has a fantastic
:07:23. > :07:26.history with the club here. That, nobody will take away from him. He
:07:27. > :07:29.will remain in the supporters' heart for a long time and probably
:07:30. > :07:34.forever. I take it as a compliment. I see myself as a winner. The new
:07:35. > :07:39.coach is a winner also. I like to win. I'll do everything to win. He
:07:40. > :07:44.thinks the same thing and he won and I won. We won when we were young and
:07:45. > :07:48.we will win when we are a little bit older and not old! A little bit
:07:49. > :07:55.older. What sets him apart? What makes him such a special coach? In a
:07:56. > :07:58.short time he is very successful and he is direct at everyone. He is not
:07:59. > :08:03.a coach that goes behind your back. He will tell you if you're not good
:08:04. > :08:09.enough, you're not good enough and I prefer that it is like that. You
:08:10. > :08:13.played for Pe Guardiola. How would you describe Guardiola today? Today,
:08:14. > :08:16.I don't know him. I knew him from the time in Barcelona and I think a
:08:17. > :08:21.lot of things happened from that time until now. Everybody knows he
:08:22. > :08:26.is a good coach. No doubt. I mean wherever he went, he won. He has
:08:27. > :08:32.been very successful. So how he works today, I don't know. I
:08:33. > :08:35.wouldn't care a less because he is not my coach.
:08:36. > :08:41.COMMENTATOR: For history and for the here and now, the Manchester derby
:08:42. > :08:45.is hard to beat. The media building up the derby and it is two clubs
:08:46. > :08:48.from the same city. Two clubs that want to win the title and a lot of
:08:49. > :08:53.things are happening in both of the clubs. So there is a lot of things
:08:54. > :08:58.to talk about. Who doesn't like to play the big games? The big games it
:08:59. > :09:03.is nice to play. It is a fantastic feeling and I try to prepare myself
:09:04. > :09:07.in the same way like every game because you see the guy who lifts
:09:08. > :09:10.the trophy, you don't remember one game, you remember the trophy you
:09:11. > :09:13.lift. Would the Premier League trophy complete everything for you
:09:14. > :09:18.in your career? It is a big challenge. I won a lot of trophies
:09:19. > :09:27.and in every country I came, I won. If I could win here, it would be
:09:28. > :09:31.fantastic. The only thing would be what would they talk about then? It
:09:32. > :09:36.depends what I want, if I want them to still talk or not! I think they
:09:37. > :09:41.will always still talk, don't worry. They'll find something new.
:09:42. > :09:45.Fascinating. Steve with the questions there to Zlatan. We have
:09:46. > :09:50.moved down pitch-side with these two. We will get their views on the
:09:51. > :09:55.Manchester derby in a minute. Zlatan plays and Guy Mowbray has the rest
:09:56. > :09:59.of it. Thanks, Dan. Yes, it has been a build-up of intrigue and sub-plots
:10:00. > :10:10.that continued through to the team news because a rumour spread that a
:10:11. > :10:21.player was ruled out. Wide players Juan Mata and Anthony Marshal
:10:22. > :10:31.replaced. For City, the full-backs changed. Guardiola left out two key
:10:32. > :10:34.players. That to combat Manchester United's set piece threat. Brava
:10:35. > :10:55.makes his debut. If you just switched on your TV,
:10:56. > :11:02.we're Football Focus live from West Ham's new stewed stadium. -- new
:11:03. > :11:06.stadium. Rashford on the bench. I know you are a fan of him and what
:11:07. > :11:10.he can do? A huge fan. The way he gets about the pitch. His build up
:11:11. > :11:13.play. His link up play to the rest of the team. Superb for a young man.
:11:14. > :11:18.He is fearless and you see him come off the bench and score against
:11:19. > :11:24.Hull. He got put down to the under 21s for England, you think will he
:11:25. > :11:27.have a sulk? No, he scored a hat-trick and said, "Don't put me
:11:28. > :11:31.down here again." He scored the winner last season. I'm surprised
:11:32. > :11:34.and disappointed for the boy. What about, from your prospective, you
:11:35. > :11:40.played against him a couple of times last season, he scored the
:11:41. > :11:45.unbelievable goal in the FA Cup. He is a really raw talent, isn't he? He
:11:46. > :11:49.is and I remember when he first burst on to the scene and we played
:11:50. > :11:54.them in the FA Cup and he scored that wonderful goal. I'm sure he
:11:55. > :11:58.will be giving Jose Mourinho a headache and Sam for England. I'm
:11:59. > :12:09.really looking forward to him this season. Can we hear him? Kevin, from
:12:10. > :12:14.your prospective, on the other side of things, many were saying that
:12:15. > :12:16.Guardiola might not go with any strikers without Sergio Aguero, that
:12:17. > :12:21.will be interesting to see how that works out? Me and Trev were talking
:12:22. > :12:26.about him earlier. He is a fabulous player and he has got Sergio Aguero
:12:27. > :12:33.who is ahead of him. This is his chance. He can prove what he can do
:12:34. > :12:35.to Guardiola. Guardiola will know his full po continuation and it is
:12:36. > :12:39.just whether he can do it. It will be interesting to see it today and
:12:40. > :12:42.I'm looking forward to it. We always build these games up and it is
:12:43. > :12:46.nil-nil and it is really boring for 90 minutes! But the side angle is
:12:47. > :12:50.the back story between Guardiola and Jose Mourinho, they are not best of
:12:51. > :12:54.friends. Guardiola is 7-3 ahead in the head-to-head and the dug-out
:12:55. > :12:57.tussle will be fascinating throughout the season, Trevor?
:12:58. > :13:00.Listen, everyone is looking at Manchester in the Premier League,
:13:01. > :13:04.maybe from the whole of the world as the capital of football. This is a
:13:05. > :13:07.huge game and for it to come so early in the season, it is a massive
:13:08. > :13:11.treat for the fans. For either side it is a great way to put a marker
:13:12. > :13:14.down and say, "Listen, we are the boss of Manchester and we're going
:13:15. > :13:18.to run the Premier League." So many sub plots and so many different
:13:19. > :13:22.layers, it is one of them where you don't really need all the sub plots
:13:23. > :13:28.to a Manchester derby, it is a big enough game as it is, but when you
:13:29. > :13:33.have these, it adds extra spice and I can't wait. Zlatan is one of the
:13:34. > :13:37.best players in the world. He made a difference already coming to
:13:38. > :13:50.Manchester United and they are a big side, aren't they, with pog ba?
:13:51. > :13:59.Pogba? He Drogba first and he has done the same. He brought Zlatan in
:14:00. > :14:05.and Pagba and it will be interesting seeing the small lads of Manchester
:14:06. > :14:08.City against the might today. I'm really looking forward to seeing
:14:09. > :14:11.what he is about today because he had the needle with Guardiola. So I
:14:12. > :14:16.think he will be massively up for it. Taking your West Ham hat off for
:14:17. > :14:21.a minute, Aaron, do you think title wise it will be a straight shoot-out
:14:22. > :14:28.between those sides, would you throw Chelsea in or Spurs? You have got
:14:29. > :14:31.Chelsea, Tottenham, Manchester United, Arsenal, so I think it will
:14:32. > :14:35.be exciting and I'm looking forward to playing against them all and it
:14:36. > :14:38.will be a tough challenge. From a player's point of view, the fact
:14:39. > :14:44.that two of the top managers are playing in the Premier League, I
:14:45. > :14:50.know you're not playing for them, it must be something you talk about
:14:51. > :14:54.before the match? I remember talking to Mark Noble and he was saying it
:14:55. > :14:57.is going to be tough against Jose Mourinho's side. I'm certainly not
:14:58. > :15:02.looking forward to playing against them. Trevor, I know it is early to
:15:03. > :15:08.ask you about the title, do you think it is a Manchester shoot-out?
:15:09. > :15:13.Not really. I think Chelsea put good performances, they look solid. They
:15:14. > :15:18.have brought quality in as well. And I think with all the expectancy and
:15:19. > :15:22.the spotlight on the Manchester clubs I think it might be a good
:15:23. > :15:25.thing for Chelsea to just sneak under the radar and keep tapping
:15:26. > :15:31.away with the wins and hopefully they can have a good charge for the
:15:32. > :15:34.title as well. Listen, you get the kudos of having three or four of the
:15:35. > :15:39.best managers in the world, it is superb.
:15:40. > :15:42.You can watch highlights on Match Of The Day later and the Old Firm derby
:15:43. > :15:54.is on Sports Extra. Andres Iniesta is coming up later on
:15:55. > :15:57.much of that -- global focus. He's not bad? Not bad.
:15:58. > :16:00.Let's take a look at the rest of this weekend's
:16:01. > :16:04.We'll talk Burnley v Hull with Michael Keane shortly.
:16:05. > :16:07.Stoke are looking for a first win of the season against
:16:08. > :16:09.West Ham take on Watford here at 3pm.
:16:10. > :16:12.Liverpool play their first home game of the season - in front
:16:13. > :16:15.of the new Main Stand at Anfield - against Leicester at 5:30pm.
:16:16. > :16:17.There's just one match tomorrow, Swansea against Chelsea,
:16:18. > :16:20.And it's Sunderland v Everton on Monday night.
:16:21. > :16:23.You can make your predictions for all those games -
:16:24. > :16:25.as well as matches in the Scottish Premiership -
:16:26. > :16:29.Jack Wilshere should make his Bournemouth debut
:16:30. > :16:33.He's joined his close friend Benik Afobe on the south coast
:16:34. > :16:55.after moving from Arsenal on Deadline Day.
:16:56. > :16:59.Jack Wilshere is a world-class player, has a great football brain
:17:00. > :17:04.and understand everything that is going on on a football pitch. We had
:17:05. > :17:10.a chat together and he himself was concerned that he would not get
:17:11. > :17:14.enough competition early enough. The thinking behind this is that he gets
:17:15. > :17:20.regular football, to come back to what he is, a world-class football
:17:21. > :17:22.player. For him to go to a club like Bournemouth, coming from Arsenal,
:17:23. > :17:27.where he has been his grip having the majority of the boring games, it
:17:28. > :17:30.is going to be a bit of a shock at times. I'm pleased for him that
:17:31. > :17:33.first he is staying in a Premier League. We hope for him that he
:17:34. > :17:37.stays fit because we know about his talent. This might just be the
:17:38. > :17:45.platform he needs. I think it is a really clever move by Eddie Howe.
:17:46. > :17:51.We are very excited to welcome Jack to the football club. I think a
:17:52. > :17:55.high-profile name, someone who is regarded as the very best in his
:17:56. > :17:58.position, can only, I'm sure, help the players that we have to raise
:17:59. > :18:03.their game to new levels. That is in our thinking. He's friends with
:18:04. > :18:04.Benik Afobe and had some nice words about us and decided this was the
:18:05. > :18:25.place to come. It's going to be really interesting
:18:26. > :18:27.to see if he stays fit, what sort of player he could be for Bournemouth
:18:28. > :18:31.this season? If he gets regular games come he's going to be one to
:18:32. > :18:34.watch, isn't he? Yes, we have seen over the years and I think
:18:35. > :18:38.Bournemouth is the best thing for him. He had options like Roma but he
:18:39. > :18:42.needs gametime and he certainly going to get it at Bournemouth.
:18:43. > :18:45.There's no reason he can't go and play every game and I'm sure he will
:18:46. > :18:50.perform to the level he can. Kevin, we know he is fragile and Eddie Howe
:18:51. > :18:53.has said this week is not taken part in full training and they need to
:18:54. > :18:56.manage carefully. That is what is going to be great for Jack Wilshere,
:18:57. > :19:01.is that Eddie Howe understands what he needs and he is going to be one
:19:02. > :19:04.of the main men at Bournemouth. No tears or graces about it. He could
:19:05. > :19:08.not get going at Arsenal because they have so many quality players,
:19:09. > :19:11.and even when he did get back to full fitness, he was not getting the
:19:12. > :19:16.gametime he needed whereas as Eddie Howe said, he's not doing all the
:19:17. > :19:18.training but he is doing what is right for Jack Wilshere and what
:19:19. > :19:23.will hopefully be right for Bournemouth. That is sensible, he's
:19:24. > :19:26.a powerful athlete anyway, quite short and powerful and he would
:19:27. > :19:29.imagine that if he is going into training every week, every day, of
:19:30. > :19:33.course he will pick up knocks. The best thing if you want to get him
:19:34. > :19:36.out on a Saturday, which is what matters, keep him wrapped up in
:19:37. > :19:41.cotton wool of it and keep him fit and ticking over. Then you will get
:19:42. > :19:45.him on Saturday. Let's get it right. We know what quality he has got when
:19:46. > :19:48.he is fit and has half a dozen games under his belt, he is one of the
:19:49. > :19:52.best midfielders, especially in a final third, who is English. Eddie
:19:53. > :19:54.Howe is one of the most forward-thinking managers and can
:19:55. > :19:58.get him fit and on the pitch and then Jack can show what he's got. He
:19:59. > :20:01.was left out of the first England squad under Sam Allardyce, do you
:20:02. > :20:05.know very well, you played with him at Bolton, Newcastle and I was going
:20:06. > :20:09.to say here at West Ham but it was Upton Park. It's very confusing, we
:20:10. > :20:12.keep on moving stadiums! What have you made of England under big Sam,
:20:13. > :20:19.one game and a fortunate result but is he the right man to make changes,
:20:20. > :20:23.Kevin? You know him so well. He's the right man at the time. Hopefully
:20:24. > :20:27.we are going to start winning games, after such a disappointing European
:20:28. > :20:30.Championships. I think he is the perfect man to go in and make the
:20:31. > :20:35.changes he needs and I don't think he is scared to drop the big names
:20:36. > :20:38.or to make the big decisions will stop I think we got a lot of stuff
:20:39. > :20:43.wrong in the Euros but hopefully now we will start moving forward and you
:20:44. > :20:46.will see the likes of error and, hopefully, getting called up. We
:20:47. > :20:52.have a couple of lads who will be playing today here who are going to
:20:53. > :20:56.be in and around the squad, too. Exciting times and I'm looking
:20:57. > :21:01.forward to seeing how he handles it. No pressure, Erin, you need to
:21:02. > :21:05.perform now! He's got to get back in the team first. Four or five weeks
:21:06. > :21:09.away. Sam Allardyce broadsheet West Ham and did he make an impact on
:21:10. > :21:13.your career? How did he affect you? He brought me to the club and I
:21:14. > :21:17.can't thank him enough for it but for me, it was a big step up. Coming
:21:18. > :21:21.to the perennially, I did not know what to expect and fair play to him,
:21:22. > :21:25.he took the gamble. Hopefully I've paid him back. In all seriousness,
:21:26. > :21:28.it must be a name of yours, international football, many people
:21:29. > :21:31.will say you should have been in the squad for the Euros are now when you
:21:32. > :21:35.are back fit and playing regularly, surely that is something that is
:21:36. > :21:40.your aim for the season? Yes, but I've got to get back in the squad
:21:41. > :21:44.burst! I was one of the people that was saying I thought Erin did so
:21:45. > :21:47.well last season at left-back. I thought he definitely had
:21:48. > :21:51.opportunities to be in the squad. -- I thought Aaron. When he is get fit,
:21:52. > :21:55.it is definitely a carrot for him. There's a lot of love for Cresswell
:21:56. > :21:56.here. You need to get on the selection board!
:21:57. > :21:59.Another man who was thought unlucky to miss out on the England squad
:22:00. > :22:03.He could come up against his twin brother today, Will,
:22:04. > :22:09.Juliette Ferrington has been to see the Burnley brother.
:22:10. > :22:21.Michael Keane... Michael Keane, a very good tackle. Can we go back to
:22:22. > :22:26.where it all began for the memories of playing against Will? It started
:22:27. > :22:29.off playing on my local field at home with one of my friends who
:22:30. > :22:32.lives close and Will and he took us to his local team, I think we were
:22:33. > :22:36.eight and it turned out we were the best two players there and we ended
:22:37. > :22:40.up winning the league twice and my dad became manager and then we left
:22:41. > :22:43.and they got relegated! People talk about the band of Brothers. We see
:22:44. > :22:48.it with other teams but Burnley seem to have something really special. It
:22:49. > :22:51.is basically down to the manager and the staff, the players he brings in,
:22:52. > :22:55.the team spirit is bullied, we do quite a lot together off the pitch,
:22:56. > :22:58.quite often the same back four plays and we know each other and you saw
:22:59. > :23:03.that against Liverpool. The manager said it's probably the best easy.
:23:04. > :23:09.Andre Gray looking to turn inside! -- best he has seen. Are you more
:23:10. > :23:13.comfortable in the Premier League this time? Yeah, I think with the
:23:14. > :23:17.early win, it takes the weight off the shoulders and we can relax. We
:23:18. > :23:20.are confident after last season, 23 games unbeaten and we brought back
:23:21. > :23:24.into the start of the year, unlucky against Swansea but we take a lot
:23:25. > :23:28.from the few games already this year and hopefully we can build on it.
:23:29. > :23:31.Burnley had to battle hard to keep Michael Keane at the club over the
:23:32. > :23:35.summer with Leicester making three bids but Keane starts in a claret
:23:36. > :23:40.jersey. He must have pulled off a masterstroke to bring you here, ?2
:23:41. > :23:44.million or so, a couple of years ago and now you were rated ?17 million
:23:45. > :23:48.in the summer. Yeah, it's one of those things that at the time, I was
:23:49. > :23:51.disappointed to leave Manchester United and I thought maybe given a
:23:52. > :23:54.few more chances I could have done well there but I came here and got
:23:55. > :23:57.on with it and the manager has helped me in abundance. The bids
:23:58. > :24:03.coming in the summer were flattering. You don't mind the price
:24:04. > :24:05.tag then? The higher, the better, it shows you are doing well and if
:24:06. > :24:09.someone is willing to pay that for you, you must be doing well. There
:24:10. > :24:14.was a contract on the table as well. Are you a contract rebel? Not at
:24:15. > :24:17.all, it is one of those things, it is a tough decision and you have to
:24:18. > :24:22.think about it properly, your future. At the minute, I'm really
:24:23. > :24:25.happy at Burnley and a massive season for me, my first full season
:24:26. > :24:28.in the Premier League. I want to get as many games under my belt as
:24:29. > :24:34.possible and take it from there. You're getting rave reviews, Rio
:24:35. > :24:38.being one of them. He was my idol like United and he always used to
:24:39. > :24:41.help me and we keep in contact now. -- at United. Do have someone like
:24:42. > :24:50.that, such a big player at a big club giving advice, you can't ask
:24:51. > :24:53.for more. To have people like that on your side is brilliant. What
:24:54. > :24:55.about the England situation? People think you might have got a call up
:24:56. > :24:57.under the new manager. Does it present new opportunities for you?
:24:58. > :25:01.Yes, playing in the Premier League gives you a chance to prove you are
:25:02. > :25:04.good enough and may be the one just gone was a bit too soon, only three
:25:05. > :25:06.games played but hopefully in the near future, I can prove to the
:25:07. > :25:09.manager I'm good enough to be in the squad. It is difficult in the
:25:10. > :25:13.Championship and it's not going to happen but now I'm in the
:25:14. > :25:17.perennially, it's got to be the aim. -- Premier League.
:25:18. > :25:22.Coverage of that game on final score and you can listen to update on the
:25:23. > :25:25.radio when you're out and about. We were out there but look how long the
:25:26. > :25:29.tunnel is that the London Stadium, 50 or 60 metres to get the pitch and
:25:30. > :25:35.we are not other dressing room yet. Let's have a wander. The dressing
:25:36. > :25:39.rooms are this way. I'm delighted to say we have got our doorman, thanks.
:25:40. > :25:43.Let's break through into the tunnel area with pictures of the great
:25:44. > :25:46.players and West Ham's current team on the walls. Now this place is
:25:47. > :25:50.huge. I know we have showed you quite a few dressing rooms over the
:25:51. > :25:53.years on Football Focus but look at the manager 's office, it is as big
:25:54. > :25:58.as some dressing rooms. It is picked a sofa, any server! About a million
:25:59. > :26:02.shares and that is where Slaven Bilic will be in a few hours' time.
:26:03. > :26:06.There's a secret door somewhere. It is this one, it is always a lot,
:26:07. > :26:10.don't know what is in there. Maybe we will find out later! These are
:26:11. > :26:14.the West Ham coloured showers. You can't have a football dressing room
:26:15. > :26:19.without tiles of the team's colours. This is always a big one. Would you
:26:20. > :26:25.like to see the baths? Yes, if the answer. Have a look, one hot, one
:26:26. > :26:28.cold, I have reliably been told and one more interesting fact for you is
:26:29. > :26:31.that when they were designing these dressing rooms, got to close the
:26:32. > :26:35.door, we were told about that, when they were designing the dressing
:26:36. > :26:40.rooms, Sam Allardyce was the manager at the time. So he designed a huge
:26:41. > :26:43.expanse of a dressing room, massive. If you come around here, it is not
:26:44. > :26:47.quite as big as you might expect it to be because when Slaven Bilic took
:26:48. > :26:50.over, he redesigned things and made it a bit smaller and cosier so you
:26:51. > :26:55.could get the atmosphere of a dressing room, where we have the
:26:56. > :26:58.guys at the moment. When you walk around the stadium, Trevor, you come
:26:59. > :27:01.in and you think it should be enormous but you can understand why
:27:02. > :27:05.Slaven Bilic wouldn't want it like that, but so they were in each
:27:06. > :27:08.other's faces of it. Yes, you want to be together and see each other
:27:09. > :27:11.and he probably wants to speak to the lads at half-time before the
:27:12. > :27:15.game, does not want to be shouting over vast distances. It serves its
:27:16. > :27:21.purpose, you have your own space but it is nice and cosy as well. Kevin,
:27:22. > :27:24.this is proper, all mod cons. More pressure on Aaron Cresswell but
:27:25. > :27:29.there are no excuses because the club take care of everything. Yes,
:27:30. > :27:33.when they designed it, they left no stone unturned. It is top-notch what
:27:34. > :27:36.they have got now, the facilities and everything. I think they have
:27:37. > :27:39.the players and this year, they will have a good season. They are going
:27:40. > :27:43.to find it tough because people will enjoy coming to this fantastic
:27:44. > :27:46.stadium. You want to walk out on the pitch and produce the best. I think
:27:47. > :27:51.they will find it tough but I still think they will do well. They will
:27:52. > :27:55.have to turn the hot water off in the away dressing room to make it
:27:56. > :28:00.uncomfortable! All the old tricks! Have you got a seat yet? There's a
:28:01. > :28:03.spare peg here, I'll have to take this one. The facilities are
:28:04. > :28:08.fantastic, the showers and the hot and cold plunges, all the
:28:09. > :28:11.facilities. We had a meeting with the gaffer earlier in the season and
:28:12. > :28:15.he said, "Just because we have a new training ground and new stadium, it
:28:16. > :28:18.does not mean points on the board". We have to work harder and as Kevin
:28:19. > :28:22.said, players are going to enjoy coming here where's Upton Park on a
:28:23. > :28:27.Tuesday night is a different story. Who are the characters question
:28:28. > :28:32.might give us an insight. Kevin, for me, but he's left now. That the
:28:33. > :28:37.reason they got rid of him. He was in charge of the music? James
:28:38. > :28:42.Collins, but his choices are not the best. We'll have to get you back!
:28:43. > :28:45.There we go, we will re-sign you. Watford will be in the away team
:28:46. > :28:48.dressing room here today for the freebie kick. We will talk about
:28:49. > :28:50.them or later. They are still looking for their first win of the
:28:51. > :28:51.season. Here's a sneak preview of
:28:52. > :28:53.Thursday's The Premier League Show, going behind the scenes
:28:54. > :29:11.with Troy Deeney and world The old punching machine! Do you
:29:12. > :29:19.want to go first? This is your game. I have not hit one of these in the
:29:20. > :29:25.longest. LAUGHTER That has got to be over 900. 797. I
:29:26. > :29:38.will follow up after someone has hit a 500. Oh, yeah. He got nervous! I
:29:39. > :29:46.was like, no. The thing is, once you start, you can't stop. Oh, my. I
:29:47. > :29:51.think it's broken! I actually think it is broken! Nothing has happened.
:29:52. > :29:55.You can see that next week and I think last week's programme is
:29:56. > :29:59.available on the eye player. We are making you lot run around today!
:30:00. > :30:02.Trevor has done his hamstring. If we had the GPS on, you would have
:30:03. > :30:06.covered some distance already but we will keep you moving for the rest of
:30:07. > :30:09.the programme. This is the running track you might recognise from the
:30:10. > :30:12.Olympics, running right the way around the stadium underneath the
:30:13. > :30:17.temporary seating. This is where West Ham can prepare for the game,
:30:18. > :30:20.they have put some stress balls, hurdles and bikes out here, getting
:30:21. > :30:25.things ready. This is next-generation preparation, Trevor.
:30:26. > :30:33.It is superb facilities and I think it is where Usain Bolt was doing his
:30:34. > :30:38.warm up during the Olympics 2012. They were all down here. A bit of
:30:39. > :30:42.history. Todd thank you for that, Trevor. From a Watford point of
:30:43. > :30:45.view, they had a difficult start to the season, one point from their
:30:46. > :30:49.three games. Where do you think they will go after surprising many people
:30:50. > :30:53.last time around? Last year, they were the surprise package of the
:30:54. > :30:57.League. They did really well. I think they've recruited well and
:30:58. > :30:59.changed manager which I couldn't quite understand, but it will be
:31:00. > :31:03.interesting. I think they are all bedding in. They will be a tough
:31:04. > :31:07.team again to beat today for West Ham. But yeah, I think they will be
:31:08. > :31:10.OK. I think it will be, you know, a bit tough getting to know their
:31:11. > :31:14.manager and where they go from there. They have started games well.
:31:15. > :31:18.They have thrown away five points from leading positions. So they
:31:19. > :31:24.start well, but they don't seem to be able to keep hold of it. West Ham
:31:25. > :31:32.have to be on their toes today. I was keeping my eye on the West Ham
:31:33. > :31:39.Twitter feed. What's going on here? They struck together. I don't know
:31:40. > :31:41.what's going on there. LAUGHTER
:31:42. > :31:45.He is getting his nose in all the time! When you have been playing
:31:46. > :31:49.with him last season and hopefully looking forward to doing it again
:31:50. > :31:51.this season, having somebody like that on the same side of the pitch
:31:52. > :31:57.as you, what difference does that make? I know what he is capable of
:31:58. > :32:00.and what he can do. It makes my job easier especially going forward, but
:32:01. > :32:04.obviously, he has done well last season for West Ham and I'm sure he
:32:05. > :32:08.will take it into this season, we have seen what he did in the Euros
:32:09. > :32:14.and he was fantastic and from a West Ham point of view, hopefully he can
:32:15. > :32:18.continue that on. I was asking the lads what he is like in training.
:32:19. > :32:23.They are saying he is up there. We have not seen the best of him yet.
:32:24. > :32:29.It will be interesting to see if he can bring that out this season. If
:32:30. > :32:34.we had a sprint down here, who would do it? Aaron is injured. Aaron
:32:35. > :32:40.still. It is probably the correct answer.
:32:41. > :32:46.Five miles away at the Emirates, over there, five miles is where
:32:47. > :32:50.Arsenal play Southampton at 3pm and John Motson is commentating on that
:32:51. > :32:56.one, we can say hello. A new season. We have not seen you so far. If
:32:57. > :33:01.Arsenal are going to challenge for the title, they have to win games
:33:02. > :33:05.like this? Absolutely, Dan, it is Arsene Wenger's 20th anniversary as
:33:06. > :33:09.Arsenal manager on 1st October. Quite a landmark there and of
:33:10. > :33:13.course, in those 20 years they have never finished outside the top four,
:33:14. > :33:17.but here he is, only three games into the season, chasing the top
:33:18. > :33:21.three because they are actually five points behind Chelsea and the two
:33:22. > :33:25.Manchester clubs at the start of play today. Now the talk among
:33:26. > :33:30.Arsenal fans this morning is are we going to see our two new players?
:33:31. > :33:37.The centre-back who cost a lot of money from Valencia, the German
:33:38. > :33:40.international and another player not as expensive, but nevertheless, an
:33:41. > :33:44.option in attack. Now, they're both in the squad and I think one or both
:33:45. > :33:49.might start because knowing Arsene Wenger he will have one eye on
:33:50. > :33:52.Tuesday's match in Paris against PSG in the European Champions League and
:33:53. > :33:57.that often encourages him to rest a player or two on the Saturday before
:33:58. > :34:02.and I'm thinking of Sanchez because I have been told he played both
:34:03. > :34:06.games for Chile last week, 90 minutes each and has come back very
:34:07. > :34:11.late. So we might just see a change in the Arsenal team there. As for
:34:12. > :34:17.Southampton, well their new manager Dan has got quite an act to follow
:34:18. > :34:20.because it takes some believing that the Saints finished sixth, seventh
:34:21. > :34:26.and eighth in the last three years in the Premier League. Obviously
:34:27. > :34:29.under cue man and pot chen owe, but the only bad news for the new
:34:30. > :34:33.manager and Arsene Wenger as he completes his 20 years is
:34:34. > :34:41.Southampton have not won on Arsenal territory for 29 years! A beautiful
:34:42. > :34:47.stat to finish with. Thank you John. It is lovely to have you on Football
:34:48. > :34:54.Focus for another season. You can see the goals on Match Of The Day
:34:55. > :35:01.later on. Talking goals. In the Old Firm derby, Celtic are a goal up
:35:02. > :35:08.against Rangers. You can listen to that one on Five
:35:09. > :35:12.Live sports extra. We can going to walk down the tunnel. We have been
:35:13. > :35:18.to Wembley for the FA Cup Final and it is almost as big as the national
:35:19. > :35:22.stadium. It is gigantic. It is nothing like Everton, Kevin, you
:35:23. > :35:25.can't even go side by side at Everton, can you? You are going
:35:26. > :35:31.single file, but as you say, there is plenty of room here. I remember
:35:32. > :35:35.walking out o play a final for West Ham at Wembley, I mean, this is just
:35:36. > :35:39.quite as impressive, you know, walking down here now. What are you
:35:40. > :35:46.like pre-match? Are you quiet? Do you like to get in people's faces? I
:35:47. > :35:52.think I'm pretty quiet. I like to stay as chilled as I can and focus
:35:53. > :35:57.on what the job is going to be. As Kev said it is not like Everton
:35:58. > :36:05.where you stand shoulder-to-shoulder. That's rare
:36:06. > :36:11.for a Scouser! I'm just saying. I remember Martin key own talking
:36:12. > :36:16.about the tunnel. He said it was an excuse to get an elbow in. It is the
:36:17. > :36:22.longest tunnel I walked down. As you come out into the sunshine, you get
:36:23. > :36:25.that feeling, the smell, the atmosphere, it feels like a proper
:36:26. > :36:32.serious football ground, doesn't it, Kevin? Yeah, looking at it now, it
:36:33. > :36:38.looks amazing. Walking out here, I mean, I'm just hoping that West Ham
:36:39. > :36:41.can hit the ground running here and produce what they did last season
:36:42. > :36:44.because they have got the players, the squad and the manager and
:36:45. > :36:48.everyone in place and the facilities here now. So hopefully it will be a
:36:49. > :36:51.great season for them, but it will be tough because, you know, I'm
:36:52. > :36:55.enjoying it, I've got a buzz standing here, I imagine what these
:36:56. > :36:59.Watford lads are when they first walk out in a couple of hours time.
:37:00. > :37:03.Talking new stands and new parts of the stadium as well. There is a bit
:37:04. > :37:08.of a change at Manchester United, sorry at Liverpool as well. Fans got
:37:09. > :37:15.the chance to see the first signing of the new main stand, the champions
:37:16. > :37:19.are in town, a game against Leicester at 5.30pm, 8500 seats
:37:20. > :37:24.added taking the capacity up to 54,000. We have had a few camera
:37:25. > :37:30.issues, but we have not gone anywhere. Don't panic!
:37:31. > :37:36.You two are both Liverpool fans. It is not a big secret, don't panic. It
:37:37. > :37:41.will make a big difference, I know finance is so important, that's
:37:42. > :37:46.?25,000 million, ?30 million extra per season, isn't it, Kevin? I have
:37:47. > :37:51.seen the images of it on the social media and it looks special. It will
:37:52. > :37:55.be special. It is always, you know, it has always been a special place
:37:56. > :37:59.when I played there because where we're from, but I think now it is
:38:00. > :38:03.what they need. They need to keep, you know, to keep up with the big
:38:04. > :38:07.boys if you like, the Manchester Uniteds, the Cities, they've got to
:38:08. > :38:11.start expanding that stadium and that's hopefully the first part of
:38:12. > :38:16.it all. I'm sure it is one that goes in your diary. You need to be fit at
:38:17. > :38:25.the end of the season, a penultimate home game. You can watch highlights
:38:26. > :38:41.against Liverpool against Leicester. Leicester on Match Of The Day.
:38:42. > :38:49.We must reflect on some sad news this week with the passing
:38:50. > :38:52.of Sylvia Gore, who has died aged 71 after suffering from cancer.
:38:53. > :38:55.She was an icon of the women's game and scored the first ever official
:38:56. > :38:57.England international goal, against Scotland in 1972,
:38:58. > :38:59.after the FA had lifted their 50-year ban on women
:39:00. > :39:04.She once scored 134 goals in just one season and was nicknamed
:39:05. > :39:19.I had the pleasure of meeting her on a number of occasions and she was a
:39:20. > :39:26.wonderful lady and she will be sadly missed.
:39:27. > :39:30.We're with you until 1pm. A new power hour from midday to 1pm. Are
:39:31. > :39:34.we allowed to call it the power hour? Yes, we are.
:39:35. > :39:36.Andres Iniesta is one of the most decorated
:39:37. > :39:39.Eight league titles, four Champions League medals,
:39:40. > :39:43.two European Championships and one World Cup.
:39:44. > :39:44.The Barcelona maestro is now 32 but showing few
:39:45. > :43:26.It is Iniesta. This is him. That's the goal!
:43:27. > :43:34.The book is out now. We were just talking there, there there is a
:43:35. > :43:37.wonderful bit in the book where Guardiola had first taken over at
:43:38. > :43:42.Barcelona and there were concerns about the way they were playing and
:43:43. > :43:47.lack of results and Iniesta went into the office and said, "Stick
:43:48. > :43:50.with it. We'll win the lot." He is an instrumental player on and off
:43:51. > :43:54.the pitch? That's amazing from a player and when Guardiola was there,
:43:55. > :43:58.to hear that, I think, that probably, you know, probably gave
:43:59. > :44:02.him a little bit of goose bumps on the back of the neck. He is such a
:44:03. > :44:09.quality player who has done it all now if you like, but done it all
:44:10. > :44:13.with him, he came into him after a poor start and said, "We believe in
:44:14. > :44:19.what you're doing. It will change." He was a younger player then. It
:44:20. > :44:25.maybe like Paul Scholes, we look back on Paul Scholes' career and
:44:26. > :44:29.think great footballer, do you think he was a different scale? If you
:44:30. > :44:33.look at the stuff he won and the stuff he scored goals n the World
:44:34. > :44:38.Cup, Euros, Champions League finals, he has done the lot. Great respect
:44:39. > :44:41.to him and certainly the Barcelona players respect him and so does
:44:42. > :44:46.Guardiola. So I think ten years down the line he will be one of the
:44:47. > :44:56.greatest definitely. Some goal news. We've a goal flash. Manchester City
:44:57. > :45:01.leading Manchester United by a goal to nil. Talking Champions League,
:45:02. > :45:06.Barcelona in the same group as Manchester City and Celtic. Let's
:45:07. > :45:12.bring in the principal owner of West Ham. Champions League is exactly
:45:13. > :45:15.where this club want to be, isn't it? You want to be talking about
:45:16. > :45:17.playing on Tuesday night against the likes of Barcelona and Manchester
:45:18. > :45:26.City? We would love to be but you have to
:45:27. > :45:29.realise how good the top four or six teams are in England and we start
:45:30. > :45:33.the season in four competitions, we are out of one and we would still
:45:34. > :45:38.like to win the other three. It is unlikely but possible. We have got
:45:39. > :45:43.Accrington here a week on Wednesday. That is a game which we have made
:45:44. > :45:48.affordable, we have a board who support affordable family football,
:45:49. > :45:52.tickets are ?10 for adults and ?5 for children, starting prices. If we
:45:53. > :45:56.beat Accrington, we are two matches from the semifinal, three matches
:45:57. > :46:02.from being in Europe again. If you get a decent draw, that is a cup you
:46:03. > :46:08.can win. Very good plug for your ticket sales! I'll just repeat that,
:46:09. > :46:12.?10 for adults, ?5 for Jordan! We will have 40,000-50,000 here a week
:46:13. > :46:16.on Wednesday which is phenomenal for the club and the floating
:46:17. > :46:19.supporters. Today, we could have sold 30,000 more tickets but we
:46:20. > :46:24.don't have the capacity at the moment. It will level off over time.
:46:25. > :46:30.The guys were talking about what Upton Park had and the magic that
:46:31. > :46:33.was there. Do you miss the ground? No, I think you have to look
:46:34. > :46:38.forward. The atmosphere is very, very good here, much better than
:46:39. > :46:43.anyone anticipated. It is the West Ham stadium, much better than anyone
:46:44. > :46:48.ever anticipated. It is different but you can't live your life in the
:46:49. > :46:54.past. You have to look forward. This is an unbelievable move for the
:46:55. > :46:59.club. It puts us at another level as a football team. All we have to do
:47:00. > :47:03.now is deliver on the pitch and bring in the players and the players
:47:04. > :47:07.have to perform and the manager has to gel them as a team and hopefully
:47:08. > :47:12.we will have a good season. David, you say you are very unlikely to win
:47:13. > :47:17.the league. But Leicester did! That is what I was going to say. The
:47:18. > :47:22.bookmakers believed it was impossible, made Leicester 5000-1.
:47:23. > :47:27.No one is 5000-1 this season, even Burnley are only about 750-1 and
:47:28. > :47:31.Hull, so the impossible has happened. For years, the bookies
:47:32. > :47:36.have been giving you 5000-1 knowing you have no chance of ever
:47:37. > :47:39.collecting, taking it every year but by God, they had to pay out last
:47:40. > :47:44.year and we are all shocked! It is possible but I would say even now,
:47:45. > :47:49.from where we are, we have given good teams a 6-point start and you
:47:50. > :47:53.can't pull it back. But it is not impossible to finish fourth. Last
:47:54. > :47:58.year, there was just a little moment where we had a real chance of
:47:59. > :48:03.finishing fourth. We conceded too many goals late in the season. You
:48:04. > :48:07.expect a lot of players back today? Reds we have a lot back today. A
:48:08. > :48:12.much better team and we expect a much better performance today. I
:48:13. > :48:18.said, drive, go away, I'm it go away with the questions. You can stay
:48:19. > :48:20.around for the moment. What about the expectation? Huge stadium,
:48:21. > :48:25.fantastic facilities, beautiful ground, what about the pressure on
:48:26. > :48:29.the players, will it be different? I think it is the same of last year.
:48:30. > :48:33.Football supporters are not stupid. The ground does not give you a
:48:34. > :48:36.better team. We did very well last year and we would love to do as well
:48:37. > :48:39.or a little bit better last year and we would love to win a cup or have a
:48:40. > :48:45.cup final. I'm sure what the players want is what the supporters want.
:48:46. > :48:50.Last year, Liverpool underperformed and so did Chelsea. They have both
:48:51. > :48:54.started well. If the old order going to be re-established this season? Is
:48:55. > :48:58.it the same old top five or six or is somebody like us or Leicester
:48:59. > :49:02.again, or Southampton or Everton, who have started the season very
:49:03. > :49:06.well, going to get back in and smashed them to bits? Only time will
:49:07. > :49:11.tell. That is the most exciting thing in the Premier League. Nobody
:49:12. > :49:16.knows. Leicester smashed the old order. Southampton got into the top
:49:17. > :49:21.six. We were seventh, and Chelsea and Liverpool were below us. It is
:49:22. > :49:30.whether that can continue or is the old order re-established this
:49:31. > :49:34.season? Thank you for joining us. Accrington, ?10 for adults, ?5 for
:49:35. > :49:39.children! And I promise to sit down. Great to have the one but some more
:49:40. > :49:44.goals, Celtic 2-1 Rangers at half-time and Manchester City are
:49:45. > :49:47.still leading United 1-0. Kevin De Bruyne with that. Make sure you
:49:48. > :49:49.watch the end of the programme because we have Premier League
:49:50. > :49:57.predictions from Dave Batista, who is in a film... I've seen the
:49:58. > :50:01.rushes, it's unbelievable. You are plugging everything today! Go away,
:50:02. > :50:04.David, you can go away but thank you very much. Bit rude!
:50:05. > :50:13.Last night, Reading took on Ipswich in the Championship, it was 2-1, all
:50:14. > :50:16.the goals were penalties and Reading got the last minute when an Mick
:50:17. > :50:22.McCarthy was none too happy. Huddersfield are at least today.
:50:23. > :50:27.Mark Clemmitt has been to see the table toppers. -- at Leeds.
:50:28. > :50:33.Huddersfield, birthplace of rugby league and just over a century ago,
:50:34. > :50:39.home to a football powerhouse that won the FA Cup and three consecutive
:50:40. > :50:42.league titles. It is now 45 years since Huddersfield Town were last in
:50:43. > :50:52.the top flight. Are they on the road back there?
:50:53. > :50:59.Now, I wanted to be honest with me. Did you know anything at all about
:51:00. > :51:02.Huddersfield when came here ten weeks ago? One I got the first phone
:51:03. > :51:07.call, I'd never heard of this city before but it took me five hours on
:51:08. > :51:10.the Internet and then I got all the information I needed. Did you
:51:11. > :51:15.encounter a lot of resistance from the players when you brought in the
:51:16. > :51:18.new regime? Changes in training times, double sessions? The
:51:19. > :51:22.experienced players like Dean Whitehead and Mark Hudson are very
:51:23. > :51:28.open-minded, they followed from the first second and I think after four
:51:29. > :51:31.or five weeks, if they have the feeling, "OK, I get stronger and
:51:32. > :51:36.better", it is easy because then they followed. It was tough to get
:51:37. > :51:40.used to. Anyone who says it wasn't is lying because it was tough
:51:41. > :51:48.especially for someone of my age. It has changed the way we do things.
:51:49. > :51:52.That is showing in the results. A trip to Sweden and you took it right
:51:53. > :51:59.back to basics. One idea was if we are able to bring our new signings
:52:00. > :52:03.very early together, bring them into the wildness, without electricity or
:52:04. > :52:08.mobile phones, no toilet, it wasn't nice, to be fair... Very low food,
:52:09. > :52:12.if we are very hungry, you will have to go and catch a fish. I'd heard
:52:13. > :52:16.rumours about what was going to go on so I started to tell a couple of
:52:17. > :52:20.the lads, no mobile phones, you are going to be camping every day. They
:52:21. > :52:24.were like "Seriously, what is going on?" I said I thought with the
:52:25. > :52:33.camping. They got off the bus, heads and hands, "What are we doing here?"
:52:34. > :52:35.That was it, there's your canoe and boat, that's it, four days. In these
:52:36. > :52:38.situations, you have to come together, bond together, and engage
:52:39. > :52:41.with each other and the more you know, the more you are able to work
:52:42. > :52:45.through each other. I know it's only five games but you have had a
:52:46. > :52:48.fantastic start, great victory at Newcastle, a point at Aston Villa.
:52:49. > :52:53.What is the key for Huddersfield Town staying in the upper echelons
:52:54. > :52:56.of the Championship? The key is to stay in the present, don't look
:52:57. > :53:02.forward, be prepared for every single game. Try to be competitive
:53:03. > :53:06.and make everything as good as we can and make the details right and
:53:07. > :53:11.try everything to get a result. We are Terriers. We are a small dog. We
:53:12. > :53:18.are competitive with the big dogs. But we are aggressive, fearless, we
:53:19. > :53:23.like to be competitive and we always try to our best. I think it was the
:53:24. > :53:27.American humour as Mark Twain who said it is not the size of the dog
:53:28. > :53:35.in the fight, it is the size of the fight in the dog. That is true. Very
:53:36. > :53:40.good! This is exactly what we are. We will not win every game but what
:53:41. > :53:42.we can promise is we will work as hard as we can and we always like to
:53:43. > :53:49.be very competitive. That is how to do it, properties and
:53:50. > :53:56.preparation, working for Huddersfield Town ever done anything
:53:57. > :53:59.like that in your time? I don't think so and it's not something I'd
:54:00. > :54:02.be interested in but it has worked in, top of the league with four wins
:54:03. > :54:07.and a draw, I think so fair play, it is working for them. Next season, we
:54:08. > :54:13.will prepare for Football Focus by going on a forage pre-season. New
:54:14. > :54:17.diet, I will do that. Commentary on today's game comes from Jonathan
:54:18. > :54:22.Pearce, Watford and West Ham, taking to the pitch at 3pm. JP is up there
:54:23. > :54:25.in the commentary position. We were hearing from David Sullivan and it
:54:26. > :54:27.will take West Ham, the players and the club, time to get used to the
:54:28. > :54:33.brand-new space? It will indeed and there's a big
:54:34. > :54:37.slogan the players tunnel as they come in saying, "The hotter the
:54:38. > :54:41.furnace, the stronger the Iron", referring to West Ham's nickname,
:54:42. > :54:44.the Irons but at the moment, the stadium is cold and a little bit
:54:45. > :54:48.soulless because it is new and it does not have great memories made
:54:49. > :54:52.yet. Yes, West Ham will take time to get used to it. It is a vast bowl,
:54:53. > :54:56.spectacular but that will also help the opponents coming here because it
:54:57. > :54:59.is such a spectacular stadium. At Upton Park, when the players came
:55:00. > :55:03.in, the tunnel was very tight, the fans were on top of you but not
:55:04. > :55:08.here. It is up to the West Ham fans, who always said they are as big a
:55:09. > :55:11.club as Tottenham, Chelsea and Arsenal, to prove it by stoking up
:55:12. > :55:15.the atmosphere otherwise it could be a bit soulless fora few months. And
:55:16. > :55:20.we might see a look at some brand-new Italian strikers today?
:55:21. > :55:24.Yes, West Ham have got Simone Zaza on loan from Juventus. They have
:55:25. > :55:27.been chasing him for a year, and Slaven Bilic was saying how hungry
:55:28. > :55:31.he is, he's a technical player who wants to score goals and get back
:55:32. > :55:34.into the Italian team by starring at West Ham as Dimitri Payet did with
:55:35. > :55:38.the French team after his spectacular season last season for
:55:39. > :55:41.the Hammers. But I watched Zadar last season at Juventus and he did
:55:42. > :55:45.not start many games and only got eight goals but I wonder if he will
:55:46. > :55:51.hit the ground running? In Watford's summer signings, Stefano Okaka, who
:55:52. > :55:55.did score for Anderlecht la season, 17 goals, he's played a couple of
:55:56. > :55:58.times in the Italian side and I think he's a good player to bring in
:55:59. > :56:02.because he will push Troy Deeney and Ighalo a lot harder. Ighalo has hit
:56:03. > :56:04.a drab spell, a drought in front of goal but now they have real
:56:05. > :56:08.condition, that will help Watford Drive and their new manager has the
:56:09. > :56:10.team he wanted brought in so Watford could pick up after what has been a
:56:11. > :56:20.fairly dismal start. -- will help Watford fried. Stop giggling
:56:21. > :56:25.away, you lot! Jonathan Pearce will be on final score and you can hear
:56:26. > :56:28.commentary on much of the day later. You were famously at Leyton Orient
:56:29. > :56:32.and might we see new act in the dugout summarising, Devon? I would
:56:33. > :56:36.not say soon. Hopefully, I'm currently doing my letter a license
:56:37. > :56:44.with the Welsh FA which I am really enjoying. Back-up their next Sunday.
:56:45. > :56:47.-- Mike a licence. To be honest, being out here, I want to get out on
:56:48. > :56:50.the pitch, doing a lot of treading on my own at the minute and
:56:51. > :56:54.hopefully waiting for the call to try to get something sorted and get
:56:55. > :56:58.back out there. Yes, start enjoying football again. We were hearing from
:56:59. > :57:01.David Sullivan, talking about why not West Ham when Leicester did it
:57:02. > :57:04.last season question mark 36 years since West Ham last won a major
:57:05. > :57:08.trophy. Is there the belief among the players that something could
:57:09. > :57:12.happen? We know it is going to be tough to win every trophy -- any
:57:13. > :57:15.trophy, with the big boys this season but we want to be fighting
:57:16. > :57:18.for that, to be up at the top end of the table, when it gets to the
:57:19. > :57:22.semifinal, play at Wembley and in the cup finals and as a player, that
:57:23. > :57:25.is what you want to do. We would love to see you on the pitch soon
:57:26. > :57:29.and maybe in the dugout and Trevor, you are in the studio, your career
:57:30. > :57:35.is finished, my friend! Lets give you a final update on the schools,
:57:36. > :57:36.Celtic leading Rangers 2-1 and Manchester City 1-0 up against
:57:37. > :57:37.United. Thanks to Trevor, Kevin and Aaron
:57:38. > :57:40.and to everyone at West Ham. We leave you with predictions
:57:41. > :57:44.from the actor Dave Bautista who's shooting a new film at this
:57:45. > :58:03.lot's old gaff. We are here, making an action movie.
:58:04. > :58:08.I definitely don't always look this bad! It is all movie make up. Just
:58:09. > :58:13.having fights and a few burns and a motorcycle accident later. The first
:58:14. > :58:15.day we started filming, we did a scene where we were walking through
:58:16. > :58:19.the crowd and they were singing a song about bubbles. I could not
:58:20. > :58:25.understand why bubbles related to football. I got a lot of grief
:58:26. > :58:31.because I was singing the song one as well! Bournemouth against West
:58:32. > :58:34.Brom? That's a hard one for me because I am not familiar with
:58:35. > :58:39.either of the teams. I've never even actually heard of them! I'm going to
:58:40. > :58:47.say it is going to be a 1-1 split, they are going to tie and both walk
:58:48. > :58:51.away happy. Liverpool, just a bunch of tough blokes. I've been there,
:58:52. > :59:00.tough men from that city. 2-1 upset, Liverpool. West Ham against Watford,
:59:01. > :59:02.Watford, you are getting spanked, I'm going with a 4-1 win at home for
:59:03. > :59:07.West Ham. # I'm going blind from
:59:08. > :59:13.this sweet, sweet craving, whoa # Let's lose our minds
:59:14. > :59:17.and go for me, baby... # featuring double Olympic champion
:59:18. > :59:22.Mo Farah.