:00:43. > :00:47.This week we were all shocked by the news that one of the nicest men in
:00:48. > :00:51.football died at the age of 72. What Graham Taylor did at Watford
:00:52. > :00:53.will never be forgotten. His time with England left him
:00:54. > :01:07.disappointed but never bitter. The sound of hitting a football
:01:08. > :01:10.thrills me. My playing career is over, I'm very fortunate to be a
:01:11. > :01:17.manager and I would like to remain one, simply so I can hear a football
:01:18. > :01:20.being struck. I think that I've got qualities as regards coaching, I
:01:21. > :01:25.think that's what I ought to be doing. I don't want to see the ball
:01:26. > :01:29.still, if it is one touch we play it off one. What the managers run
:01:30. > :01:33.before they can walk. I think the whole business is based on fear
:01:34. > :01:38.anyhow so if you are having a good run and a job comes, out now while
:01:39. > :01:44.you can, and probably that job is the worst job you can go into.
:01:45. > :01:48.Lovely day, isn't it? I would like to feel I could be responsible for
:01:49. > :01:52.helping to create a club to be successful and at the same time
:01:53. > :01:58.setting standards that are worthwhile, good ones.
:01:59. > :02:06.You've got one of these books. It was a Watford family, whether you
:02:07. > :02:13.were a player or one of the ticket staff or whatever. Oh yes! We all
:02:14. > :02:17.matted together and it was the most amazing place to be and Graham
:02:18. > :02:22.created all of that. Football is a simple game, not as investigated
:02:23. > :02:29.game, again for the man on the terraces to people. What a
:02:30. > :02:33.magnificent goal! I have worked with a lot of professional people and he
:02:34. > :02:38.ranks up there, that is the kind of person he is. He never ceases to
:02:39. > :02:41.amaze me. He has mentioned to me about the passion you has four
:02:42. > :02:46.Watford football club and football and I like to feel I have the same
:02:47. > :02:50.passion and on that basis you will get a good relationship. What you
:02:51. > :02:56.should have been saying is saying something early, talk to him. Let's
:02:57. > :03:02.go again. Here we are in the FA Cup for the first time, it will never be
:03:03. > :03:06.the same again. Aston Villa's latest manager, Graham Taylor, who has come
:03:07. > :03:09.from First Division Watford... I'm putting my reputation on the line
:03:10. > :03:14.and people might say what a full list thing to do but it is what
:03:15. > :03:18.makes me tick. Big clubs can slide all the way and if you can alter
:03:19. > :03:24.that and stop the decline, the chances are they will come back
:03:25. > :03:26.because they are a big club. I want international footballers to enjoy
:03:27. > :03:31.playing international football. If there are youngsters watching, you
:03:32. > :03:36.can get a position like Gary Lineker is captain of his country but you
:03:37. > :03:40.have to keep working hard. I have an 83-year-old mother-in-law that once
:03:41. > :03:44.his autograph! He had a passion for England, gave most of his life to
:03:45. > :03:49.English football. He was straight down the middle and told how it was
:03:50. > :03:54.and some people didn't like it but I loved it. Bitterness doesn't come
:03:55. > :03:59.into it but what comes into it, I wanted so much to be successful. I
:04:00. > :04:05.wanted us to win the World Cup. Perhaps I was foolish to think like
:04:06. > :04:10.that. Immediately leaving the England job I needed a period of
:04:11. > :04:13.recuperation. There would only be a handful of clubs that I would have
:04:14. > :04:18.come back into football for. It is my job to try to make sure the
:04:19. > :04:24.morale of the whole club stays high also if you give it a real go and
:04:25. > :04:30.you lose it lets not worry because you may just surprise yourself. At
:04:31. > :04:34.the end of the day, when a ball is kicked come when a game is played,
:04:35. > :04:36.on a football pitch, I have a feeling in the pit of my stomach
:04:37. > :04:44.that this is where I belong. In a moment we'll hear
:04:45. > :04:48.from Martin Keown, who used to play for Graham at Aston Villa,
:04:49. > :04:51.and Mark Lawrenson, but first let's go to Vicarage Road,
:04:52. > :04:53.where Watford play Middlesbrough this afternoon and all morning
:04:54. > :04:55.people have been leaving their tributes to the greatest
:04:56. > :05:05.manager in the club's history. Watford have opened a book of
:05:06. > :05:06.condolence and people have been signing all morning.
:05:07. > :05:08.John Motson is at Vicarage Road where, John, you watched a game
:05:09. > :05:21.Yes, it was on New Year's Day and my wife and I were guests here and on
:05:22. > :05:27.the same table as Graham Taylor and one of his daughters, having lunch
:05:28. > :05:32.in the Graham Taylor Stand behind me. He was his normal self, talking
:05:33. > :05:39.about old times, very convivial with that familiar smile which we all got
:05:40. > :05:45.so used to. And my word, didn't he put a smile on the face of this club
:05:46. > :05:49.when he arrived in 1977? I was here then quite a lot, I live just down
:05:50. > :05:53.the road and I remember the impact he made, not just building a team
:05:54. > :05:58.but a club. He did things that even in those days, in the late 70s, were
:05:59. > :06:03.quite innovative and which other clubs followed as the years went by.
:06:04. > :06:08.He started a family stand on what is now the new Elton John side the
:06:09. > :06:13.ground with Stuart where mums and dads could bring sons and daughters
:06:14. > :06:20.and that was very popular -- with stewards. He brought in experienced
:06:21. > :06:24.men around him, Bertie Mee from Arsenal, one of the most far
:06:25. > :06:31.thinking chief executives in the country, Eddie Plumley from Coventry
:06:32. > :06:36.and they were a community club, starting a restaurant for the people
:06:37. > :06:43.who were here when they went to the First Division in 1982. I think the
:06:44. > :06:46.major thing he did was to get the players out into the community
:06:47. > :06:52.because you hear now about a player turning up and signing a few
:06:53. > :06:57.autographs at a function. Graham had a rotor and two players were sent
:06:58. > :07:01.out two or three times a week to mix with the people of Watford and the
:07:02. > :07:05.surrounding area and that is why there is such a bond between Graham
:07:06. > :07:09.Taylor and this club. I want to go back to the mid-70s because when
:07:10. > :07:15.Graham started as a manager at Lincoln City, the BBC Sports night
:07:16. > :07:19.programme, which went out on a Wednesday night, decided to feature
:07:20. > :07:24.two young managers who were trying to become the next generation.
:07:25. > :07:31.Graham Taylor was at Lincoln and Alan Durban was at Shrewsbury. The
:07:32. > :07:36.second part of the documentary produced by John Phillips bound
:07:37. > :07:41.Graham Taylor here and Alan Durban was at Stoke. They played each other
:07:42. > :07:48.in the League Cup, extra time was called for after 90 minutes here.
:07:49. > :07:51.Fortunately for the documentary, Graham and Alan worthy opposing
:07:52. > :07:59.managers and that is why you heard that shot, in extra time, the camera
:08:00. > :08:02.went on the pitch and filmed Graham's instructions and that is
:08:03. > :08:07.when to one of his players, and Luther Blissett, I think it might
:08:08. > :08:12.have been you, he said, you don't get cramp at this club! That was the
:08:13. > :08:19.passion and motivation of Graham Taylor. And a personal story, I hope
:08:20. > :08:24.somebody gets that archive out those films because it would make a
:08:25. > :08:28.terrific documentary in memory of Graham Taylor, but one of my other
:08:29. > :08:32.memories was when I went to watch Watford train one afternoon before
:08:33. > :08:36.covering a match on the Saturday. When I was about to leave, he said,
:08:37. > :08:40.I want you to come into the team talk and I thought, what do you
:08:41. > :08:44.mean. All the players were looking at me and I felt so embarrassed. He
:08:45. > :08:49.said to the players, I have been talking to you about doing your
:08:50. > :08:56.best, he said this guy, pointing at me, he should be sacked by now! I
:08:57. > :09:04.thought, that's nice! All he was doing was trying to explain, however
:09:05. > :09:09.comp that you think you are, you always have to go one step further
:09:10. > :09:13.-- competent you are. I am pleased to say that his wife and their two
:09:14. > :09:17.daughters are coming to the match here today and they will get a great
:09:18. > :09:22.reception. I am sure they will and thank you for those fantastic
:09:23. > :09:25.memories. There will be a minutes applause at Watford and across
:09:26. > :09:33.England today in memory of Graham Taylor. Babin is a beautiful stories
:09:34. > :09:38.this week. -- there have been beautiful stories this week. What
:09:39. > :09:43.was he like to play under? He came to the club and pretty much rescued
:09:44. > :09:51.Aston Villa and probably my career at the time. But first they came a
:09:52. > :09:56.difficult chairman, he expressed, I have chosen to come to this club, he
:09:57. > :10:01.had a clear vision and he gave us all a bike with our kicked in and
:10:02. > :10:07.said, you wash it yourselves. -- a bag. He had a vision and he wanted
:10:08. > :10:12.his players to behave in a certain way and I learned a great deal from
:10:13. > :10:17.him looking back. It was a case, if you want to be with me, follow me
:10:18. > :10:21.and we will be successful. We got Aston Villa back into the big-time,
:10:22. > :10:26.the club was on a slippery slide and it was all about this man. 11
:10:27. > :10:31.players came in and 11 went out. They great memories. Those
:10:32. > :10:36.celebrations, the day we got promoted at Swindon, Graham had
:10:37. > :10:41.given as the champagne the day before because he did not think we
:10:42. > :10:46.would make it! I have just spent an hour with Martin, telling me
:10:47. > :10:51.stories, some you can't tell and some after the watershed! But my
:10:52. > :10:56.time with him was mainly at tournaments. He would meet old
:10:57. > :11:00.players that played for him and you could always tell, what are they
:11:01. > :11:04.like with former managers because every single player that played for
:11:05. > :11:13.him absolutely love Tim, they really did. -- loved him. He was normal,
:11:14. > :11:17.and in the mad world of football, normal is very good. He was vilified
:11:18. > :11:22.by some sections of the pressed why what happened at England and may be
:11:23. > :11:30.unfairly labelled as a long ball manager but how will we remember him
:11:31. > :11:33.as a manager? He got the ball up early, no doubt, but his Watford
:11:34. > :11:36.team played with wingers, including John Barnes. When you got in the
:11:37. > :11:38.opposition half then you could play your football
:11:39. > :11:47.they finished second in the old division one. For a club like
:11:48. > :11:53.Watford, it was almost unheard of. And he gave you your England debut,
:11:54. > :12:01.Martin? That was his one mistake! He made me wait for it. But they were
:12:02. > :12:04.great days. He was under pressure, a different type of manager for
:12:05. > :12:10.England but he always used to say, leave your mark, wherever you are in
:12:11. > :12:18.life, and he said left his mark on me and on football. He has left his
:12:19. > :12:20.mark on many and there will be a Menace bubbles across England this
:12:21. > :12:24.weekend as football chance get a chance to remember Graham Taylor --
:12:25. > :12:27.a minute's applause. As Motty was telling us,
:12:28. > :12:29.it's sure to be an emotional afternoon at Vicarage Road
:12:30. > :12:32.and at Sincil Bank next week where the first team he managed,
:12:33. > :12:34.Lincoln, play their FA Cup replay. More on Graham Taylor later
:12:35. > :12:37.in the show and we also have Arsenal's Olivier Giroud
:12:38. > :12:44.on contracts and that goal. He's scoring and providing -
:12:45. > :12:56.West Brom's Matt Phillips I don't want to rest on what is
:12:57. > :12:57.happening at the moment, I want to keep pushing and working on my game.
:12:58. > :13:00.Manchester United are flying, as is the world's most
:13:01. > :13:09.The Seagulls aren't following anyone.
:13:10. > :13:13.We're at Brighton, leading the way in the Championship.
:13:14. > :13:16.Old team-mates at Barcelona, Stoke boss Mark Hughes
:13:17. > :13:23.and Gary Lineker talk about the good old days.
:13:24. > :13:32.The usual, three yards out, typical Gary Lineker!
:13:33. > :13:34.Eight games in the Premier League this afternoon,
:13:35. > :13:40.It's Tottenham at home to West Brom in the early kick-off,
:13:41. > :13:42.Hull City play their first league game under Marco Silva
:13:43. > :13:46.We'll be live at their fellow relegation strugglers Sunderland
:13:47. > :13:50.West Ham play Palace at 3pm - without Dmitri Payet,
:13:51. > :13:53.We'll talk about Diego Costa's omission from the Chelsea squad
:13:54. > :13:56.as the leaders travel to Leicester, and there's a double dose
:13:57. > :13:58.of Manchester against Merseyside on Sunday.
:13:59. > :14:00.Although no-one in Merseyside or Manchester cares
:14:01. > :14:05.We start, though, with one a man who this week signed
:14:06. > :14:25.a new contract at Arsenal, Olivier Giroud.
:14:26. > :14:35.Olivier Giroud! What a goal! Brilliant improvisation. It was very
:14:36. > :14:40.special, I never score a goal like that, even if I try. Sometimes as a
:14:41. > :14:46.striker, you don't have the ball as you want to have so you have to deal
:14:47. > :14:52.with that. Sometimes you have to do the right gesture. He has got no
:14:53. > :15:00.right to get anything on that, that was an unbelievable finish. If you
:15:01. > :15:05.don't try, it's not going to happen. He tried the impossible and it came
:15:06. > :15:11.off. I was so happy and a bit surprised because it went so fast
:15:12. > :15:19.and yeah, I think God helped me a little bit! Olivier Giroud with the
:15:20. > :15:26.header and it is in, they were 3-0 down and they have turned it around!
:15:27. > :15:29.He is skipping away in delight. A couple of people told me about Mike
:15:30. > :15:35.celebration, I just wanted to celebrate the goal with the fans as
:15:36. > :15:41.quick as I can -- my celebration. I was almost sprinting to get back to
:15:42. > :15:46.the kick-off so the opponent was even not ready and I told my boys, I
:15:47. > :15:56.am going to simulate the Scorpion kick if I score so that's it. Giroud
:15:57. > :16:02.we were talking about a new contract since the beginning of the year so
:16:03. > :16:08.I'm very happy to carry on with the Arsenal family. I want to win more
:16:09. > :16:17.trophies. Hopefully it's going to be this year. I hope that he's going to
:16:18. > :16:27.stay, he built this club and I don't think he was the, anyway, we hope
:16:28. > :16:32.that he will sign a new contract. -- I don't think he will leave. It's
:16:33. > :16:37.always hard when you see the team doing well and you're not on the
:16:38. > :16:43.pitch, you're not sure what you can do, so I was lucky to a difference,
:16:44. > :16:44.I was very pleased to score important goals, especially in the
:16:45. > :16:57.last minute. What do you to make of Giroud?
:16:58. > :17:01.Eco-cabin on the fringes this time around but he has made himself
:17:02. > :17:06.essential. He has battled back really well, because you wouldn't
:17:07. > :17:11.say he would be in Arsenal's best 11, he's a different tool in the
:17:12. > :17:15.box, comes off the bench, scores late goals, you wonder how many
:17:16. > :17:20.strikers are out there in Europe that are better than him. He does
:17:21. > :17:24.seem to be going up a level with his goals now, there is a determination
:17:25. > :17:28.in his play, maybe around the negotiations, it's good news for
:17:29. > :17:34.Arsenal, collection of players are signing new contracts. Does he get
:17:35. > :17:42.in their best 11 this season, no, that he sit on the bench and change
:17:43. > :17:45.the game, yes. You talk about him signing a contract, Koscielny has
:17:46. > :17:51.done that, Francis Coquelin, the players they really want to sign our
:17:52. > :18:01.method Ozil and Sanchez, there are rumours that also wants reassurances
:18:02. > :18:02.about the future of Arsene Wenger. I can understand that, it's another
:18:03. > :18:11.negotiation tool, it hasn't signed the other players I think Sanchez is
:18:12. > :18:15.a player that gets the kind of support from Arsene Wenger that is
:18:16. > :18:22.surely didn't get at Barcelona. I am not sure how it's going to pan out
:18:23. > :18:25.with Ozil. First home game in charge for Paul Clement at Swansea. John
:18:26. > :18:29.Hartson will be watching this match. What do the locals make
:18:30. > :18:31.of the appointment because, like Bob Bradley, he hasn't managed
:18:32. > :18:41.in the Premier League? I don't think he was the broad's
:18:42. > :18:45.first choice, they spoke to the likes of Chris Coleman and Ryan
:18:46. > :18:52.Giggs, they didn't get either of them. I think they had previous
:18:53. > :18:55.discussions with Paul Clement before they appointed Bob Bradley and they
:18:56. > :18:59.didn't get that one over the line. They have got their man now, and
:19:00. > :19:03.like everything else, he has to start winning games full stop
:19:04. > :19:06.defensively Swansea have considered the most goals in the Premier
:19:07. > :19:11.League, he has to strengthen in certain areas, mainly defence and
:19:12. > :19:17.once he starts picking up points, the crowd here, like every other
:19:18. > :19:26.manager, will back him. I wonder if that is a shrewd appointment, to
:19:27. > :19:31.bring in Claude Maca lately -- Makelele. He will also have to hold
:19:32. > :19:39.onto Llorente. The issues that they have with King Acosta, looking for
:19:40. > :19:46.something to replace him if he was to go -- Chelsea have with league
:19:47. > :19:51.Acosta. That put pressure on Swansea wanting to keep Llorente, they only
:19:52. > :19:56.just signed him in the summer. Going onto Makelele, Paul Clement worked
:19:57. > :20:04.with him a bit at Chelsea, both him and Makelele worked with Ancelotti
:20:05. > :20:11.for 18 months, both as assistants, it's somebody he knows and trusts
:20:12. > :20:16.must ultimately, he the now. It is his relative he wants to bring in
:20:17. > :20:22.now. He is a big fan of the Swans. From one former Arsenal star
:20:23. > :20:26.to another, with the news that Kelly Smith has retired this week
:20:27. > :20:27.at the age of 38. She became England's first female
:20:28. > :20:29.professional footballer when she signed for New Jersey
:20:30. > :20:32.in 1999 and during two separate spells with Arsenal she won five
:20:33. > :20:35.FA Cup winners medals. At international level
:20:36. > :20:37.she represented England at six major tournaments and Great Britain
:20:38. > :20:39.at the 2012 Olympics and scored 46 goals.
:20:40. > :20:45.A true pioneer. Time now to hear from one
:20:46. > :20:48.of the form players Since November last year,
:20:49. > :20:51.only Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been involved in more goals
:20:52. > :20:53.in the division than He's been talking to
:20:54. > :21:15.Juliette Ferrington. How would you sum up the season you
:21:16. > :21:19.have had so far? It to me a few games to get going, coming to a new
:21:20. > :21:24.club, you need to get used to everything, new players, manager, I
:21:25. > :21:29.feel like I put a lot of pressure on myself to hit the ground running,
:21:30. > :21:32.great performances from the beginning, maybe putting too much
:21:33. > :21:38.pressure on yourself will end up negative. I've always liked, I think
:21:39. > :21:44.he has got everything a top player today needs, he has power, strength
:21:45. > :21:48.and quality on the ball. His big weakness is his belief and he
:21:49. > :21:52.shouldn't have any doubts at all. The manager took me out of the side
:21:53. > :21:59.for the game against Man City, it was a bit of homework for me to take
:22:00. > :22:02.a step back. Sometimes you need someone to put an arm around you and
:22:03. > :22:08.tell you you're doing all right, keep working on your game and things
:22:09. > :22:17.will happen. Since then things have really clicked for me. You have
:22:18. > :22:25.taken the pressure off yourself? Maybe. The boys have been great as
:22:26. > :22:28.well I can't speak highly enough of the boys, it's a great changing
:22:29. > :22:34.room, no real cliques or groups or anything like that, everyone is all
:22:35. > :22:42.in amongst each other, you have tough days, then you have days when
:22:43. > :22:47.it's time to get serious. Those are the things that count. Those
:22:48. > :22:50.characters and personalities, that experience, what can you take from
:22:51. > :22:58.what is around you on a day-to-day basis? Aaron Fletcher has played for
:22:59. > :23:01.Scotland, in the Champions League, the Manchester United he brings that
:23:02. > :23:06.experience -- Darren Fletcher. He really sets the standard, for any
:23:07. > :23:11.other player, you can only learn from that and match that to be able
:23:12. > :23:18.to contribute in training and on match days. He sets the bar high.
:23:19. > :23:28.Who comes a close second to him? Myself! Something just clicked with
:23:29. > :23:36.you. The game against Leicester, I thought I was playing reasonably
:23:37. > :23:41.well, scoring a goal, the assists, it brings you work with the team and
:23:42. > :23:47.from there, you just go on. How much further can you go, how much more
:23:48. > :23:50.have you got to give? I hope I'm not quite in order to rest on what's
:23:51. > :23:53.happening, I want to keep wishing on, still plenty more I can do, I
:23:54. > :24:08.can get more goals and more assists. Just to let you know the team news
:24:09. > :24:12.at Spurs. Spurs are unchanged from their last Premier League game
:24:13. > :24:17.against Chelsea. West Brom have made one change, Jonny Evans is out with
:24:18. > :24:27.a calf injury. Jonas Olsson comes in at centre half. Phillips has been
:24:28. > :24:32.spectacular. What is that stat you have got? We know you love us that.
:24:33. > :24:38.You can't set me up when I haven't got one! He is second only... You
:24:39. > :24:47.rock me to repeat the same stat from earlier? In terms of what he's
:24:48. > :24:52.delivering, do you think that Tony Pulis so that when he got him? I
:24:53. > :24:55.think a lot of seen that on one or two have tried to take in the fall
:24:56. > :25:01.but in that position, it's all about end product. Graham Taylor would
:25:02. > :25:05.have said to someone like that, what did you do today? How many crosses
:25:06. > :25:09.did you get in, did you get any shots in? You would see the penny
:25:10. > :25:15.has struck with him, he has always had the ability. Tony Pulis gets
:25:16. > :25:21.great credit for him becoming more of a team player, he was a bit
:25:22. > :25:31.selfish as a player at QPR. He missed out on the last few Scotland
:25:32. > :25:36.squads. I will bet he will! You were interested in how Spurs were going
:25:37. > :25:41.to line up today, they have gone with a line-up that really works.
:25:42. > :25:45.They played this against Chelsea and maybe you thought it was just the
:25:46. > :25:48.counteract what Chelsea do but if there is a team that is most suited
:25:49. > :25:53.to this than the premiership, I haven't seen it. I feel they can get
:25:54. > :25:57.Eric Dier into the team, the three at the back, probably the best three
:25:58. > :26:03.out and out defenders in the Premier League, the full-backs, and then
:26:04. > :26:07.Moussa Dembele and the Wanyama are underrated, there restored the
:26:08. > :26:15.balance about that team, the mythic. The wingbacks are better than the
:26:16. > :26:20.Chelsea ones. In terms of Dele Alli, don't know Pochettino said, about
:26:21. > :26:24.the killer instinct and being so crucial, last season, the game
:26:25. > :26:28.against West Brom was when Dele Alli was given retrospective three match
:26:29. > :26:31.ban for the punch on Claudio Yacob. Pochettino said he wanting to show
:26:32. > :26:38.that naughtiness, he likes that side of him. Listen, he played with a
:26:39. > :26:43.fellow at Arsenal everybody loves, Dennis Bergkamp, did he have a nasty
:26:44. > :26:48.side or what! Unbelievable! Will those great players have got it.
:26:49. > :26:50.Just keep a lid on it but that age makes him what he is. Sharp elbows,
:26:51. > :26:54.Dennis Bergkamp! Tottenham's win over Chelsea 10 days
:26:55. > :26:56.ago tightened things up at the top Liverpool are five points off
:26:57. > :27:00.the leaders, five points behind them are Manchester United,
:27:01. > :27:01.their opponents tomorrow. Steve Bower has been
:27:02. > :27:25.speaking to the world's most Life is good. We enjoy it every
:27:26. > :27:29.minute, every moment. Is it everything you thought it would be,
:27:30. > :27:34.coming back? I have been here before. The weather didn't change!
:27:35. > :27:42.All good. You enjoying your life off the pitch? Always enjoying life. I
:27:43. > :27:44.do football more what I love, I love to dance, I enjoy music, I just
:27:45. > :27:56.enjoy myself. On the pitch, do you feel more
:27:57. > :28:03.comfortable integrating into this new team? The adaptation maybe took
:28:04. > :28:10.a bit. Because when you change players as well, you need some time,
:28:11. > :28:13.now the team is going better and better, I think we all feel much
:28:14. > :28:20.better than the start of the season. What about Jose Mourinho? What is he
:28:21. > :28:25.like to play for? The first few months, it is adaptation for him as
:28:26. > :28:30.well, now we know him better, how he plays and everything, we understand
:28:31. > :28:35.him more, we feel very good foot he has given you an awful lot of
:28:36. > :28:39.support personally? He says, don't listen to anybody, if you need
:28:40. > :28:42.anybody, I am here, be focused on the pitch. That's all I need to hear
:28:43. > :28:54.from my manager. You have had to three different
:28:55. > :29:00.roles in the team, is the one you prefer, the one you feel most
:29:01. > :29:04.suited? Two midfielders or one midfielder next to me, for me it's
:29:05. > :29:11.the same, I would just give my best. Maybe I'm more comfortable if you
:29:12. > :29:14.play in her three because you can go more attacking, both ways, I'm very
:29:15. > :29:20.happy with that, there is no problem. When you first came here,
:29:21. > :29:26.you didn't look as though you felt any pressure, have you changed? I'm
:29:27. > :29:30.a happy man, I'm playing for Man United, great opportunity for me. We
:29:31. > :29:35.want to win titles, we want to win things, I am just a happy man. What
:29:36. > :29:43.is it about this club, the trial of Manchester United around the clock?
:29:44. > :29:48.The club, every game, Bobby Charlton is coming to see us, it is a big
:29:49. > :29:54.family. We stay altogether, when you wear the shirt, you have to be proud
:29:55. > :30:04.of it and give everything. /10! Tell me something! What is your
:30:05. > :30:09.relationship like with Ibrahimovic? When I speak about him, I always
:30:10. > :30:14.life, he's one of the friendliest guys can he joker, outside the
:30:15. > :30:22.pitch, but inside the pitch, he has a big experience and character and
:30:23. > :30:27.they push you to your best, always. Almost a father figure to the
:30:28. > :30:32.younger players? He wrote like it but he's the oldest! He might see
:30:33. > :30:40.this! So he's the Big brother of everyone, maybe most experienced,
:30:41. > :30:45.that's why he can give us advice. So he's almost as important off the
:30:46. > :30:50.pitch as he is on it in the group? That's why we need Michael Carrick,
:30:51. > :30:53.even Wayne Rooney, they are played to listen to because they have the
:30:54. > :30:58.experience, they have been here at the club for a long time and they
:30:59. > :31:00.know the Premier League. On the pitch he seemed to have a tour of
:31:01. > :31:14.the relationship with Ibrahimovic. He should have scored more! But yes,
:31:15. > :31:20.I find him a lot and I feel comfortable because he is a complete
:31:21. > :31:26.striker. Nine wins in a row, can you feel that momentum at the moment? We
:31:27. > :31:31.want to win the league, that is all, it is good to win but to win the
:31:32. > :31:35.league you have to win so we have to keep doing this. We can have 20 but
:31:36. > :31:40.if you don't win the league, there is no point. Manchester United
:31:41. > :31:45.against Liverpool at Old Trafford, does it send a shiver down your
:31:46. > :31:51.spine? The history, a big derby, more than Man City I think. The way
:31:52. > :31:57.you feel the atmosphere is more. It is good to win football against
:31:58. > :32:01.Stoke city, any team in the league, but it is even better, you have more
:32:02. > :32:14.taste when you win against Liverpool because it is a derby. Like this.
:32:15. > :32:19.I'll get there! Where are you on the list in the dressing room for the
:32:20. > :32:26.music? The first DJ always big respect for Ashley Young. You are
:32:27. > :32:31.not far behind? He knows! He hasn't got the dance moves? The best
:32:32. > :32:40.dancer, I don't want to say it but you have to ask the others. They
:32:41. > :32:51.will say Paul Pogba? Probably! One, two... That's it. Top man. Good
:32:52. > :32:57.luck. Thank you. Not sure if he was impressed with Steve's handshakes!
:32:58. > :33:01.He is impressive off the pitch but on the pitch he has really improved
:33:02. > :33:05.and he says Mourinho has given him freedom and both he and the team are
:33:06. > :33:10.playing well. If you remember the game at Anfield which was classic
:33:11. > :33:16.Mourinho, glass half empty. Since then it has been glass half full.
:33:17. > :33:21.Michael Carrick is a massive influence. He has allowed Pogba to
:33:22. > :33:26.raid from midfield and he looks completely different. Mkhitaryan as
:33:27. > :33:31.well. Manchester United now are 50% better than they were in October,
:33:32. > :33:36.completely different and they look really good side. The whole mood has
:33:37. > :33:41.changed and Pogba it's a free spirit and you can see that in his
:33:42. > :33:45.personality. He is bouncing off Ibrahimovic as well. Ryan Giggs has
:33:46. > :33:49.said he reminds him of Cantona and the effect he had at Old Trafford
:33:50. > :33:54.and Pogba says he feels like a father figure but he is in
:33:55. > :33:58.everything the club does. He is that senior player and Pogba is learning
:33:59. > :34:03.from him. He is a serial winner of trophies. And the thing about him,
:34:04. > :34:07.we might have talked about this before but with the younger players,
:34:08. > :34:10.when they try to find him on the pitch and the ball is not good
:34:11. > :34:16.enough, he is like that all the time, he's brilliant with them. Keep
:34:17. > :34:19.trying, keep trying. We have not talked about one of the games of the
:34:20. > :34:24.weekend, this lot taking on Liverpool who have been quite quiet
:34:25. > :34:28.in the build-up. They have Joel Matip and Henderson back in
:34:29. > :34:32.training, Coutinho might start as well so how do they stop Manchester
:34:33. > :34:36.United who have found their rhythm? It needs to be the Liverpool of the
:34:37. > :34:40.first few months when Coutinho was available and they were hounding the
:34:41. > :34:44.opposition and making it difficult for them. Of course they missed
:34:45. > :34:50.Coutinho, Firmino has not been quite the same but Liverpool Miss Mane. He
:34:51. > :34:55.is the only one they cannot replace. He gives them a perfect balance.
:34:56. > :34:57.Liverpool will try to press and I think they will have the energy but
:34:58. > :34:58.Manchester United will have too much.
:34:59. > :35:01.That game will feature on Match of the Day 2 which is on BBC 2
:35:02. > :35:07.Alan Shearer and Phil Neville in the studio for that one.
:35:08. > :35:08.The late game today sees leaders Chelsea travel
:35:09. > :35:20.You might remember this from last season.
:35:21. > :35:28.First time out to the right to Mahrez, three in the box and he
:35:29. > :35:35.killed it in for Jamie Vardy! He has scored again. -- he curls it in.
:35:36. > :35:42.Albrighton, that was blocked and the cross comes in and it is Mahrez, the
:35:43. > :35:49.edge of the box, lovely control, turning and tries to beat
:35:50. > :35:55.Azpilicueta and the beats Courtois as well! Double trouble for Chelsea!
:35:56. > :36:06.Pedro, a good ball in. Loic Remy got one back but it was not enough. I
:36:07. > :36:12.think in this moment I feel ashamed to be in such a bad position. Three
:36:13. > :36:16.days afterwards Mourinho was sacked and the club revealed this week it
:36:17. > :36:20.cost them ?8 million but now the new man in charge is manager of the
:36:21. > :36:25.month for the third month in a row but he has a big job because the
:36:26. > :36:29.major story today in the papers it's all about this man, Diego Costa.
:36:30. > :36:37.Apparently his head has been turned by a potential move to China.
:36:38. > :36:44.?30 million a season apparently to go to China and Conte said you are
:36:45. > :36:51.not playing this weekend. Correct from the boss? Absolutely. He is
:36:52. > :36:55.reasserting himself as to who is the manager. Costa as football utopia,
:36:56. > :37:01.top of the league, scoring every week, he has found his form, what is
:37:02. > :37:04.wrong in his life? Suddenly he falls out with his manager. He has brought
:37:05. > :37:11.him to heal, he will come back quietly with an apology. If you get
:37:12. > :37:17.60 million quid for him, let him go. Have you seen the Chinese football?
:37:18. > :37:24.It's a lot of money. It's rubbish. He is at his peak. ?30 million a
:37:25. > :37:30.season... You become a mercenary. He is at his peak. The team is built
:37:31. > :37:35.around him, absolutely terribly, he is a top player. If he wants to go
:37:36. > :37:41.to join and be bored for 18 hours a day, good luck. Could it derail
:37:42. > :37:44.Chelsea? I don't think so coming is a quality player you don't want to
:37:45. > :37:48.be without and I think the manager is managing it in the correct way.
:37:49. > :37:52.They tell me he's like this committee can go off on one and
:37:53. > :37:56.comes back the next day and it is all forgotten. Chelsea are hoping
:37:57. > :38:02.that is what will happen. If he went, they don't win the league.
:38:03. > :38:09.Simple as that? Yes. Because of everything he is. You could see it
:38:10. > :38:13.then, he was trying to take him off, but the manager was saying, I'm in
:38:14. > :38:17.charge, not you. It is a difficult dressing room at Chelsea and the
:38:18. > :38:21.manager has done well this season and he is asserting himself.
:38:22. > :38:26.Leicester were at Goodison Park in the cup last week with one of Kim
:38:27. > :38:32.and complaining about a lack of transfer activity. -- Ronald Koeman
:38:33. > :38:37.complaining. They have signed Morgan Schneiderlin. A few Everton fans
:38:38. > :38:43.miffed he has taken the squad number two because they don't feel a
:38:44. > :38:47.midfielder should be doing that. There is a long history of people
:38:48. > :38:52.playing with weird numbers but is it a shrewd signing to get him back
:38:53. > :38:55.with Ronald Koeman after his career stalled at Manchester United? He is
:38:56. > :38:59.a good player and he gives them a bit of stability in there. He knows
:39:00. > :39:03.how the manager wants to play, Ronald Koeman is taking his time to
:39:04. > :39:08.get it right, Ross Barkley is improving and I think Everton will
:39:09. > :39:09.finish the season well. And the manager knows which buttons to press
:39:10. > :39:13.for Schneiderlin. The big news in world football this
:39:14. > :39:17.week was the confirmation from Fifa that the World Cup will be expanded
:39:18. > :39:20.to 48 teams from 2026, but it's not about the money
:39:21. > :39:29.according to the Fifa President, We knew already that 60 more
:39:30. > :39:38.countries in the world will participate in the biggest sports
:39:39. > :39:47.event -- 16 countries. And I think this goes a long way into the
:39:48. > :39:50.direction of making people participate in football in a more
:39:51. > :39:52.concrete way. At the moment, 32 teams
:39:53. > :39:55.start the tournament in eight groups of four,
:39:56. > :39:58.with the top two going through to the knockout stages
:39:59. > :40:01.and a grand total of 64 matches From 2026, there will be
:40:02. > :40:05.48 teams - a quarter They'll start off in 16 groups
:40:06. > :40:10.of three, with the top two going There will be a grand total of 80
:40:11. > :40:14.matches in the tournament, but the winning team
:40:15. > :40:30.will still play seven games. It will bring Fifa in about an extra
:40:31. > :40:34.?500 million. They are saying it opens up the chance for other
:40:35. > :40:40.nations to experience the World Cup. Africa will get a lot more than the
:40:41. > :40:43.four countries that have previously qualified. I feel it is to spread
:40:44. > :40:47.the name of the game and it has to be a good thing to get more people
:40:48. > :40:50.playing and growing the game but what does it do to the tournament?
:40:51. > :40:55.They are saying it will be the same number of games. Give more people an
:40:56. > :41:01.opportunity. Same number of games to win it. There are 80 matches. And
:41:02. > :41:05.the final group games will no longer kick off at the same time so you
:41:06. > :41:08.could have a scenario where a lot of teams know that a goalless draw or a
:41:09. > :41:12.certain result would send them through. And it will probably be in
:41:13. > :41:15.two or three countries at the same time, it would have to be. It would
:41:16. > :41:19.have to be huge otherwise. The Stoke manager, Mark Hughes,
:41:20. > :41:22.never played at a major finals with Wales but he did
:41:23. > :41:24.enjoy life overseas. He's been talking to a former
:41:25. > :41:40.team-mate at Barcelona. Mark, it is over 30 years now. I
:41:41. > :41:41.hadn't realised. July 1986 was when we signed for Barcelona. I have got
:41:42. > :42:00.a few clips to have a look at. I will leave you to translate. You
:42:01. > :42:05.always better at Spanish! Barcelona manager Terry Venables has signed
:42:06. > :42:12.2-mac of his compatriots to help the campaign. You look browner than the!
:42:13. > :42:17.I was a young 23 in years and attitude to life. It was hard work
:42:18. > :42:27.for me whereas I think your attitude to it help you succeed better than I
:42:28. > :42:33.did. Our debut. Lineker and Hughes helped make it a winning start for
:42:34. > :42:40.Terry Venables. Do you remember? I remember because I scored after two
:42:41. > :42:50.minutes. The usual, three yards out. Typical Lineker goal, based career
:42:51. > :42:57.on it! We had Terry Venables as coach of course. He was great, I
:42:58. > :43:06.liked him as a guy. He clearly knew the game very well. He knows this is
:43:07. > :43:14.his responsibility. You used to give the translate a terrible time. It
:43:15. > :43:21.happened every time he joined in. Put the brakes on and went you shot
:43:22. > :43:26.him, go again. You can see how interested I am because Kerry is
:43:27. > :43:33.talking about forward pressing. -- Terry. You had switched off and I am
:43:34. > :43:39.not far behind you! Gary has the angle to cut it off. He knew his
:43:40. > :43:45.stuff. He was ahead of his game, people talk about the high press
:43:46. > :43:50.now. It is interesting seeing the coaches it always is, and it is the
:43:51. > :43:53.old adage that old coaches are thieves. You see is a body like
:43:54. > :43:59.Terry Venables working and you forget what happened when you were
:44:00. > :44:04.under his tutelage -- somebody like. Do you think it helped you, nowadays
:44:05. > :44:12.you get so many foreign players, when you are managing them,? Without
:44:13. > :44:16.a shadow of doubt. To be able to go back to those experiences helps me
:44:17. > :44:20.when I am speaking to the guys and I use it obviously when we are trying
:44:21. > :44:25.to acquire good players. It is useful to say, I used to play for
:44:26. > :44:29.Barcelona and Bayern Munich. It helps get them alert and think, hang
:44:30. > :44:31.on, I can't remember him playing, but I will look on Google and see it
:44:32. > :45:01.if it's true. Exactly. That is my attitude to it, clearly!
:45:02. > :45:07.Completely the wrong way to embrace the culture of another country! I
:45:08. > :45:11.regret to this day that I didn't embrace it as I should have. When
:45:12. > :45:15.you go abroad you have to go with the mindset to stay as long as you
:45:16. > :45:18.can and if you do that, you can be successful and you give yourself
:45:19. > :45:24.time to understand different cultures and languages and you can
:45:25. > :45:26.get a better experience. Whereas my attitude was, I will do it for a
:45:27. > :45:37.couple of years and get back home. Harry Kane has put Spurs ahead
:45:38. > :45:38.against West Brom. More of that interview available on the website
:45:39. > :45:43.and the iPlayer. Sunderland have been in the bottom
:45:44. > :45:59.three since September. David Moyes has spent a lot of the
:46:00. > :46:05.week trying to bend people off. Yes, Patrick Van on hold was linked with
:46:06. > :46:09.a move to Crystal Palace, and a week ago there was a reported approach
:46:10. > :46:13.from West Ham to sign Jermain Defoe, that was knocked back. It is vital
:46:14. > :46:19.that Sunderland hang onto their assets, with the Chief Executive
:46:20. > :46:24.stating they would be very limited transfer funds available. The key to
:46:25. > :46:29.it all is Jermain Defoe, if he did go, that would be seen as Sunderland
:46:30. > :46:37.effectively waving the white flag. He has scored 11 goals, those of you
:46:38. > :46:40.who look at our website regularly and the productions might be
:46:41. > :46:44.familiar with the University of Salford supercomputer Sam which is
:46:45. > :46:51.valued Jermain Defoe at something over ?41 million. I do know how they
:46:52. > :46:56.have worked it out but for a 34 year wow!
:46:57. > :47:00.Dropping towards them are Crystal Palace, who are away
:47:01. > :47:02.at West Ham this afternoon, a club coping with this news
:47:03. > :47:21.We had a situation with a player, it is Dmitri Payet. He wants to leave.
:47:22. > :47:27.We don't want to sell our best players, we want to keep them. He is
:47:28. > :47:33.definitely one of them, or our best player, that's why we gave him such
:47:34. > :47:41.a long contract. And he refused to play for us. That really hurt Slaven
:47:42. > :47:45.Bilic, to say that. They gave him a ?1 million bonus after the Euros,
:47:46. > :47:49.signed him on a contract in February, a big deal, can you see
:47:50. > :47:53.anything from his side of things that the club have matched his
:47:54. > :47:57.ambition? Not really, think there is a responsibility as a young man to
:47:58. > :48:01.behave in the right way, no one forced into sign the contract, yes,
:48:02. > :48:06.he is outstanding and is not happy with the situation but you are there
:48:07. > :48:10.to play, to refuse to play is scandalous, from the player's point
:48:11. > :48:16.of view. It is almost club versus the player, is the strongest, are
:48:17. > :48:20.there any winners? He needs to get out there and play. It is
:48:21. > :48:24.disappointing it should become so public. What does it do to the
:48:25. > :48:30.dressing room, to the dynamic? If you have a player like that, you
:48:31. > :48:32.don't want to know him. Have either of you experienced that, someone who
:48:33. > :48:37.has not wanted to be there and had that influence of dragging them
:48:38. > :48:43.rolled down? A little bit, not naming names, but in the end the
:48:44. > :48:46.player has to get on with job. Do players communicate that does it
:48:47. > :48:51.have to come from the club? I don't imagine you would stand for that in
:48:52. > :48:57.a dressing room you were in? To know it is a matter of time before he's
:48:58. > :49:02.going, the club was there an awful long time before Dmitri Payet was
:49:03. > :49:08.there and will be there afterwards. The club have to win otherwise what
:49:09. > :49:11.is the point? Grifter palace of signed Geoffrey Schlupp, it is
:49:12. > :49:17.crucial for them, they are slipping down the runway. -- Crystal Palace.
:49:18. > :49:22.I think this player is a really good sign, he has a lot of pace, whether
:49:23. > :49:28.he plays left back or more advanced, Sam will make things happen. He
:49:29. > :49:30.knows there is a nervousness playing in that new stadium for West Ham and
:49:31. > :49:34.they need the points today, Palace. A reminder that Final Score
:49:35. > :49:36.is on the Red Button from 4pm this afternoon,
:49:37. > :49:38.with Martin back to lock And Match of the Day
:49:39. > :49:42.is from 10.30pm tonight, with Gabby Logan joined
:49:43. > :49:47.by Danny Murphy and Ian Wright. To the Championship,
:49:48. > :49:50.where five league wins in a row have seen Brighton take top
:49:51. > :49:51.spot from Newcastle. It's been a season of success
:49:52. > :49:54.so far, but also great struggle, as Mark Clemmitt has
:49:55. > :50:14.been finding out. They are going top of the table with
:50:15. > :50:18.half a season go! Five consecutive wins, unbeaten in 18, how aware are
:50:19. > :50:25.you the players of all those statistics? We are aware because see
:50:26. > :50:31.them on social media but I don't think the group buy into it too
:50:32. > :50:34.much, what has been is gone and we are focusing on the future and
:50:35. > :50:37.hopefully we can do some thing special by the end of the season.
:50:38. > :50:43.What are the key characteristics of this group? Hard work, keeping
:50:44. > :50:47.upbeat on the ground and not getting sucked in by the league table. It
:50:48. > :50:53.sounds like you are the image of the manager, that is exactly what he is
:50:54. > :50:57.like! You could say that coming definitely keeps our feet on the
:50:58. > :51:01.ground. Don't take this the wrong way, I don't think I realised your
:51:02. > :51:07.goal ratio was as good, a goal every two starts. Almost, I think. For a
:51:08. > :51:15.man who didn't pay attention to stats! I like that one. I have done
:51:16. > :51:23.it in most divisions now. Long may it continue. There is a team spirit,
:51:24. > :51:26.it is manifested in the death of the Father for Anthony knockout, the
:51:27. > :51:33.unity of the squad in going to the funeral... He's a big character
:51:34. > :51:35.interesting room, when we might be down, that role has been reversed,
:51:36. > :51:42.just before Christmas, we need to keep him up. He told me just before
:51:43. > :51:47.the funeral that he would come with his girlfriend but I didn't know
:51:48. > :51:52.about the other players. When I saw the bus arrived at the funeral, I
:51:53. > :51:58.started to cry, it was so emotional, I will never forget that moment.
:51:59. > :52:02.What a contrast over the last few months, the highs on the field and
:52:03. > :52:08.that terrible low of it. Yes, some good memories in Brighton before
:52:09. > :52:16.this happened, and obviously I cannot compare football with that
:52:17. > :52:20.kind of thing in life. Obviously if I speak just about football, I think
:52:21. > :52:25.I have had the best time since I started my career. It has been in
:52:26. > :52:32.Brighton. It seems to have helped you to share your grief publicly. Of
:52:33. > :52:36.course, because it's always important to have people behind you
:52:37. > :52:42.in these moments, I needed that support, and the biggest support I
:52:43. > :52:46.had was from the club. When I came back after the funeral, I was still
:52:47. > :52:52.so emotional, I was crying every day in training it was obviously the
:52:53. > :52:57.toughest moment in my life. But since I think I saw the first goal,
:52:58. > :53:05.gave me so much more motivation to push forward and get better. An
:53:06. > :53:14.emotional moment for him, he kisses the picture of his death, it means
:53:15. > :53:17.so much to him. It it is always good to think about promotion, I was
:53:18. > :53:25.talking about this with my dad in hospital at 40 passed away. He said,
:53:26. > :53:30.if you can go up this season, I will be so happy, because I would be
:53:31. > :53:39.doing what he asked me to do before he passed away. Really good to hear
:53:40. > :53:40.Anthony being so honest. We talked about the relationship between
:53:41. > :53:46.players and clubs can he will never forget the way his club have traded
:53:47. > :53:50.him to stop he has talked about unity, Brighton certainly have it.
:53:51. > :53:54.We have both played there. It is a fantastic club and now under the
:53:55. > :54:01.leadership of the chairman, and Chris Hughton, I seriously hope they
:54:02. > :54:08.get promotion poster by get smashed at Preston today but I hope they get
:54:09. > :54:14.promotion! They are in great shape. Definitely, has always been a great
:54:15. > :54:18.place to play, we didn't have the training ground, but it's great to
:54:19. > :54:21.see that club on the way up. They take on Preston this weekend.
:54:22. > :54:24.One FA Cup third round game to bring you up to date
:54:25. > :54:27.with from Monday night, when League 2 Cambridge United took
:54:28. > :54:29.the lead against Championship high flyers Leeds United through Uche
:54:30. > :54:34.A different Leeds came out after the break.
:54:35. > :54:36.Stuart Dallas got the equaliser from Alex Mowatt's cross.
:54:37. > :54:40.Mowatt then grabbed the winner to set up a fourth round tie at AFC
:54:41. > :54:44.And Leeds won again last night in the league.
:54:45. > :54:46.They are up to third in the Championship
:54:47. > :55:02.Predictions this week from UFC middleweight champion
:55:03. > :55:05.Michael Bisping are on the website but we are going to finish
:55:06. > :55:08.We've heard a lot of wonderful stories about
:55:09. > :55:13.He was a man who had time for so many.
:55:14. > :55:15.He was a man who will be fondly remembered today,
:55:16. > :55:18.particularly at Vicarage Road, where in the late 70's he turned up
:55:19. > :55:20.alongside a pop star, and changed the club forever.
:55:21. > :56:52.Defence didn't move out to catch him, and there is Jenkins!
:56:53. > :56:58.That's a good try and a lovely golden!
:56:59. > :57:58.Played in early, he slides in! I say! An historic night indeed in
:57:59. > :58:05.this corner of Hertfordshire. Callaghan!
:58:06. > :58:47.What a magnificent goal from John Barnes!
:58:48. > :58:49.He has saved, Luther Blissett again! Go!