:00:40. > :00:41.There are just five weeks left of the Premier League
:00:42. > :00:46.season, and plenty to pack into the power hour.
:00:47. > :00:49.The words of Shakespeare have inspired the Foxes.
:00:50. > :00:57.Will Craig now get the job permanently?
:00:58. > :01:03.Am I a better number to the number one? Am I a better number one the
:01:04. > :01:06.number two? These are questions I will ask myself but ultimately you
:01:07. > :01:07.can't do anything until the club decides.
:01:08. > :01:08.It's advantage Atletico in the Champions League,
:01:09. > :01:10.but which Premier League legend is Fernando Torres
:01:11. > :01:19.My father, the best player I have played with and I would pay to play
:01:20. > :01:21.with him again. What now for the Gunners
:01:22. > :01:23.after their dreadful Will Reading make a Royal
:01:24. > :01:26.appointment with the And he'll tell you who his pick
:01:27. > :01:41.is for the top gong this season. I think I will go for N'Golo Kante,
:01:42. > :01:44.Player of the Year, and Eden Hazard, player or players!
:01:45. > :01:47.And two beautiful voices in the studio, John Hartson
:01:48. > :01:51.No such thing as an Easter break in football.
:01:52. > :01:57.Seven games in the Premier League this afternoon.
:01:58. > :01:59.We'll have the team news from the early kick-off between Tottenham
:02:00. > :02:03.Some key relegation struggles this afternoon.
:02:04. > :02:06.We'll be live at Watford against Swansea to hear from Motty,
:02:07. > :02:09.and we'll be at the Stadium of Light later as well.
:02:10. > :02:11.Tomorrow sees West Brom at home to Liverpool,
:02:12. > :02:13.and Manchester United against Chelsea at Old Trafford
:02:14. > :02:17.We'll start with last season's Champions, Leicester,
:02:18. > :02:20.away to Crystal Palace this afternoon and only 1-0
:02:21. > :02:24.down to Atletico Madrid going into next week's second leg.
:02:25. > :02:34.Craig Shakepeare has been speaking to Linda O'Brien.
:02:35. > :02:40.Claudio Ranieri is gone but far from forgotten, and a man who was
:02:41. > :02:46.Ranieri's assistant has stepped up to take temporary charge of the
:02:47. > :02:50.team, Craig Shakespeare. Jamie Vardy, clean through, 1-0,
:02:51. > :02:53.Leicester! Fantastic strike from Danny Drinkwater! Leicester City
:02:54. > :03:01.look like a completely different team tonight and they are out of the
:03:02. > :03:04.bottom three. Crisis? What crisis? The first game against Liverpool, it
:03:05. > :03:07.was vitally important that we got back to winning ways and the players
:03:08. > :03:10.started feeling good about themselves because they came under a
:03:11. > :03:15.lot of pressure in that game and had to deal with a lot but the first
:03:16. > :03:21.game was massively important for everybody's confidence. Confidence
:03:22. > :03:25.is a massive thing in football. Also's dominance continued with a
:03:26. > :03:30.goal by Craig Shakespeare. Shakespeare! Those days at West
:03:31. > :03:34.Brom, Walsall and alike prepared you well? When I started off, I never
:03:35. > :03:37.had any great plans to be a manager, although I wanted to do the best I
:03:38. > :03:40.could in the job I was given. Sometimes you have to be the right
:03:41. > :03:44.place at the right time. I understand that but I think if you
:03:45. > :03:47.work away, it is important to keep up to speed with your courses. That
:03:48. > :03:53.is not the be all end all. We know that. But I think they have stood me
:03:54. > :03:58.in good stead. If I can just talk to you about Nigel Pearson, a difficult
:03:59. > :04:01.was it for you to stay without him? It was a shock at the time but I was
:04:02. > :04:05.an employee of the football club and I was told they wanted me to say --
:04:06. > :04:08.to stay. I won't deny the first couple of weeks were hard because I
:04:09. > :04:10.was not sure what is happening but of course, the rest is history in
:04:11. > :04:16.terms of staying on and being part of winning the Premier League. In
:04:17. > :04:19.football, you have do have high expectations. I think you have to be
:04:20. > :04:24.realistic as well. I think that is important. But you must go into
:04:25. > :04:28.every game being competitive and trying to win and that is the most
:04:29. > :04:32.important thing. Shakespeare says he was not the man who unseated
:04:33. > :04:38.Ranieri. We never had any falling out. I'm quite comfortable, as I've
:04:39. > :04:41.said before, in my conscience. Do you get in anyway frustrated it is
:04:42. > :04:45.two months down the line, you are winning all these games and we are
:04:46. > :04:49.still harking back? You don't have do ask the questions! I only answer
:04:50. > :04:54.them if I'm asked. All those questions, again, are they
:04:55. > :04:58.frustrating? They can be. Palace at the weekend, coming up against your
:04:59. > :05:02.big friend. Yes, haven't spoken to him for a while but I have to say it
:05:03. > :05:05.was a thoroughly enjoyable time working with England, although it
:05:06. > :05:09.was shorter than I expected. I got to know Sam in that short time.
:05:10. > :05:14.Nothing surprised me in terms of what he has done in the Premiership,
:05:15. > :05:19.his history there is for all to see. Sam has got them going at the
:05:20. > :05:24.moment. Zaha plays it back to Benteke! 2-1, Crystal Palace and
:05:25. > :05:27.Antonio Conte's team beaten for the first time at home since September.
:05:28. > :05:30.We know it is a different challenge to the games we've had in the past
:05:31. > :05:35.but we are going in there in a rich vein of form, bar the Everton game,
:05:36. > :05:43.in the Premier League. We go in full of confidence. Craig Shakespeare's
:05:44. > :05:46.Leicester Revolution continues. You look as though you've grown into the
:05:47. > :05:50.role. I can't imagine you want to give up at the end of the season?
:05:51. > :05:54.The role of the remit was until the end of the season. Then it gives me
:05:55. > :05:58.a chance as a person to reflect on my own performances. Am I a better
:05:59. > :06:03.number two done number one? A better number one by number two? These are
:06:04. > :06:08.questions I will ask myself but ultimately, I can't do anything
:06:09. > :06:12.until the club decides so we will sit down at the end of the season,
:06:13. > :06:13.that is what I've been told, and see where we go from there.
:06:14. > :06:19.He says he has not changed that much. John, the difference is, they
:06:20. > :06:24.are scoring a lot more goals per game, 2.5 average now, when it was
:06:25. > :06:31.one in the games under Ranieri. He has made a difference. Of course he
:06:32. > :06:33.has. You know, he has got them through the Sevilla tie, into the
:06:34. > :06:37.quarterfinals of the Champions League. They are still very much in
:06:38. > :06:42.the Champions League tie because it is only 1-0, I know lots of people
:06:43. > :06:48.don't give them a chance but whatever he has done, it has worked.
:06:49. > :06:53.You have do think, does he deserve the job? What more can he do? He has
:06:54. > :06:57.got them winning, that is the bottom line isn't it? He has got Jamie
:06:58. > :07:01.Vardy playing again which makes a massive difference. He starts
:07:02. > :07:04.scoring, you start winning games, momentum, confidence, whatever you
:07:05. > :07:12.want to call it, he's done a really good job. I think the lack of an
:07:13. > :07:15.away goal against Atletico Madrid will be massive in the second leg
:07:16. > :07:18.but the fact they've got there is an achievement in itself. Interesting
:07:19. > :07:21.on the prickly subject of his relationship with Ranieri. Ranieri
:07:22. > :07:23.would not name names when he spoke earlier in the week and Craig
:07:24. > :07:28.Shakespeare answered but did not want to talk about it. Does it
:07:29. > :07:32.matter? Know, obviously it matters more to Ranieri because he's not
:07:33. > :07:36.there any more. But seriously, it does not matter. The problem is, I
:07:37. > :07:43.think Craig Shakespeare surmises that everyone is looking at him,
:07:44. > :07:47.thinking, "Was it you who knifed the former manager?" I don't think it
:07:48. > :07:50.was, I don't know it was but he can manage the team which is what he's
:07:51. > :07:53.doing and it is quite clever from the club because they can have a
:07:54. > :07:57.look around anyway and CU is available and make their own
:07:58. > :08:00.decision on the next manager. To reiterate about the Champions League
:08:01. > :08:05.army don't give them much of a chance. I think Atletico will score.
:08:06. > :08:11.They create a bit of an atmosphere at the King Power and you never know
:08:12. > :08:17.what can happen. Will probably be without Wes Morgan. And Robert Huth.
:08:18. > :08:22.That could be a big factor. Not only that, I'm desperate for them to win
:08:23. > :08:25.and get through but Atletico Madrid RME machine and they can defence in
:08:26. > :08:29.their lives. We know that is the way they play, on the counterattack and
:08:30. > :08:36.in Antoine Griezmann and even Torres, they get goals. More from
:08:37. > :08:40.them in a moment. We also saw the situation with Borussia Dortmund on
:08:41. > :08:43.Tuesday, the good news is Marc Bartra is recovering well. He spoke
:08:44. > :08:47.of the pain and panic and not knowing what was happening. I'm sure
:08:48. > :08:50.you saw Neary sat in's post-match interview and he said it was only
:08:51. > :08:55.during the second half that he started thinking about football. --
:08:56. > :09:00.Neary sat in's post-match. Why did they play the game, then? It is
:09:01. > :09:03.ludicrous and I've been in that position before with title, with
:09:04. > :09:10.Liverpool, when they made us play. -- with Heysel, where they made us
:09:11. > :09:16.play. 31 people died and you don't want to play. It is the fixtures,
:09:17. > :09:22.teams have domestic finals. Does not matter, but the final back. That is
:09:23. > :09:25.what Uefa will say but I agree. The players can't get over such a scare
:09:26. > :09:30.within 24 hours. Here is one for you and I've got to be careful what I
:09:31. > :09:31.said that if someone had died, would they be playing football? Totally
:09:32. > :09:33.not. What is the difference? Borussia Dortmund are in
:09:34. > :09:35.Monaco next Wednesday. By then, we'll know if Leicester
:09:36. > :09:37.have made the last four. One of the men they have
:09:38. > :09:40.to stop at the King Power is Atletico Madrid's Fernando
:09:41. > :09:42.Torres. He's been speaking to
:09:43. > :09:55.Juliette Ferrington. I think the Atletico fans know this
:09:56. > :10:01.is a special time in the history of the club. I saw Atletico from the
:10:02. > :10:06.outside and I knew they have regained the hunger and the passion.
:10:07. > :10:12.I was a kid and I went to the stadium to watch the team. It is
:10:13. > :10:17.what I saw. I think with passion, playing together, aggressive, you
:10:18. > :10:21.know, sometimes you don't play well but he win the games because you
:10:22. > :10:25.want to and everyone works hard. This is Atletico. When you are able
:10:26. > :10:32.to convince all of the players, this way, you can beat anyone, what is
:10:33. > :10:36.happening right now happens. You've got Antoine Griezmann. What is so
:10:37. > :10:40.special about him? We have a few key players and he is one of them. Of
:10:41. > :10:42.course we need him and his inspiration in the big games.
:10:43. > :10:48.Antoine Griezmann comes forward, left footed! Great strike. He's
:10:49. > :10:53.attracting a lot of Premier League interest as well. Did you see him
:10:54. > :10:58.eventually moving over there? I hope not. I hope he can stay with us
:10:59. > :11:02.forever. But that is normal, when some young players become one of the
:11:03. > :11:07.best in the world, everyone wants to sign them. Other teams cannot offer
:11:08. > :11:12.what Atletico is offering you right now. There is no reason to leave.
:11:13. > :11:18.Torres beats Tal Ben Haim and scores! His first goal for
:11:19. > :11:23.Liverpool! And it guarantees him hero status for life! It is ten
:11:24. > :11:28.years since you joined Liverpool. What memories do you have of your
:11:29. > :11:33.time at Anfield? Only good ones. It is a special place for me. It is
:11:34. > :11:37.always going to be like that. I felt like I was at home there. I played
:11:38. > :11:41.probably the best football of my career there. I still follow
:11:42. > :11:45.Liverpool, and my son was born there. Liverpool, for me, is part of
:11:46. > :11:52.my life, part of my career, part of my heart. I only have good words for
:11:53. > :11:55.them. Can I ask you about your partnership with Steven Gerrard? He
:11:56. > :12:00.was everything I need on the pitch all together in one player. I was a
:12:01. > :12:03.big fan of him before I went to Liverpool. But playing with him was
:12:04. > :12:08.much better than I was expecting. It was amazing. By far the best player
:12:09. > :12:12.I ever played with. I would pay to play with him again. When you were
:12:13. > :12:18.on your flight from Liverpool to London, when you signed to Chelsea,
:12:19. > :12:24.you said you just felt empty. Yeah, because I left behind me a very good
:12:25. > :12:31.three and a half years. You know, the situation was different because
:12:32. > :12:35.when Rafa Benitez left, and Alonso left, and all the promises that the
:12:36. > :12:42.owners made to the team were not true. We were not building a team to
:12:43. > :12:46.win. And that was the reality. I wanted to be the best and I needed
:12:47. > :12:52.to go to a team who would give me the tools to become the best. I
:12:53. > :12:57.needed to find my own way. And maybe it was not probably the best period
:12:58. > :13:02.of the year, in January but you know, sometimes you can't choose
:13:03. > :13:06.when you are going to move. But then, I had a very good three and a
:13:07. > :13:10.half years at Chelsea despite what everyone thinks. I also have very
:13:11. > :13:14.good memories there. Chelsea gave me the opportunity to win trophies. I
:13:15. > :13:20.won the Champions League and the Europa League and the FA Cup. I was
:13:21. > :13:23.happy to make it. Willian will beat Stephen Jordan that and Torres is
:13:24. > :13:29.away. Fernando Torres, who has never scored against his former club, can
:13:30. > :13:34.feed Willian, and Liverpool's title challenge the rails. That game in
:13:35. > :13:36.2014 when Steven Gerrard slipped, unfortunately, so close to the
:13:37. > :13:42.title, you could have scored, couldn't you, really, in that game?
:13:43. > :13:47.I had a team-mate next to me in a better position. But surely you
:13:48. > :13:50.could have scored? It was there! I felt so story for Steven Gerrard
:13:51. > :13:53.because we had chances to win the Premier League Liverpool, it was so
:13:54. > :13:57.close and I know how important it was for Liverpool to win the Premier
:13:58. > :14:05.League after so many years. It was so unfair for Steven because they
:14:06. > :14:09.deserve to win the prem league and in that one second, everything
:14:10. > :14:13.changed. How would you sum up Chelsea and Liverpool this season? I
:14:14. > :14:17.think Chelsea is a tough team, who play together, who run together, a
:14:18. > :14:20.very difficult team to play against and this is what Chelsea fans like.
:14:21. > :14:25.It will be a miracle if they don't win the Premier League. And I think
:14:26. > :14:28.Liverpool, again are in a situation that they have really good players,
:14:29. > :14:32.they play such good football, they have gaps during the season that
:14:33. > :14:38.they lose many points, and first place is far-away. But they have to
:14:39. > :14:42.be more consistent. They are in the way. I like what the manager is
:14:43. > :14:47.doing. The players they are signing are very good players and hopefully
:14:48. > :14:51.they can become a better team in the coming years and they can finally
:14:52. > :14:55.win the Premier League. And when you look back on your time in England,
:14:56. > :14:58.what were your happiest moments and biggest regrets? The only regret I
:14:59. > :15:02.have is not winning the Premier League in seven years but I have
:15:03. > :15:04.fantastic memories. Everything I went through in England was worth
:15:05. > :15:13.it. Fascinating interview and honest on
:15:14. > :15:17.the reasons for leaving Liverpool, talk about how devastated he felt
:15:18. > :15:22.when he left and talk about the owners not backing up promises. The
:15:23. > :15:27.two pretenders who came in, who had no money. Yeah, you know what, you
:15:28. > :15:34.actually forget how brilliant he was. Because they've had Suarez
:15:35. > :15:37.since. I am not saying he pales into insignificance and he doesn't and
:15:38. > :15:40.his goal record and the goals he scored and her to teams apart. He
:15:41. > :15:45.was absolutely brilliant. But I have to say, the ?50 million he got for a
:15:46. > :15:49.man with one knee was like sale of the century. It's worth pausing on
:15:50. > :15:53.what he said about Steven Gerrard, he said the best player he ever
:15:54. > :16:03.played with, bear in mind this is a man who won the biggest tournaments
:16:04. > :16:07.there are in football. Them as a pairing were almost telepathic.
:16:08. > :16:11.Gerrard would pick it up, he would just pick it and Torres was on the
:16:12. > :16:18.run. They were sensational together. I still feel he has a few goals in
:16:19. > :16:24.him. He is not as dynamic as he was and what we have seen. ?50 million
:16:25. > :16:30.at the time was good money for him. What do you think about Griezman? He
:16:31. > :16:33.is a world-class player. Manchester United seem desperate to get hold
:16:34. > :16:39.of. I think everybody would want to take him that can afford him. Do you
:16:40. > :16:43.think he will stay at Madrid? They're talking about the new
:16:44. > :16:51.ground. You know what, you look at the strikers, we were talking about
:16:52. > :16:56.this before, Aguero and Costa. I wouldn't be surprised if it's
:16:57. > :16:59.already done. Really? Yeah. Wouldn't be surprised if he is already sort
:17:00. > :17:03.of, his agents have had talks and there is a deal on the cards. That's
:17:04. > :17:11.how it normally happens with a big European player. OK. Whilst Atletico
:17:12. > :17:12.Whilst Atletico are bidding to reach their third
:17:13. > :17:12.Champions League final in four seasons, Arsenal are now in real
:17:13. > :17:14.danger of missing out on the competition for the first
:17:15. > :17:26.On Monday night, there was more disappointment at the Palace.
:17:27. > :17:43.It's a must-win game for Arsenal. Benteke roizs and wins a header.
:17:44. > :17:51.He slips and stumbles ap Townsend! It's Crystal Palace 1, Arsenal 0.
:17:52. > :18:13.To Benteke again. A chance! It's 2-0 to Crystal Palace! What a
:18:14. > :18:16.finish Cabaye. It's Townsend, will he get there
:18:17. > :18:19.ahead of the goalkeeper? He bundle it is to the ground and the referee
:18:20. > :18:28.points to the penalty spot. The crowd tonight will tell you if he
:18:29. > :18:35.scores! Crystal Palace 3, Arsenal 0. Arsenal looked lacking in ideas and
:18:36. > :18:41.penetration and largely toothless. Who was the relegation side today?
:18:42. > :18:44.Exactly. Crystal Palace are three points off the relegation zone,
:18:45. > :18:51.conceded 50 goals and that looked like it was us. I have loved it. I
:18:52. > :18:56.love to remember him as a great rather than what we have now.
:18:57. > :19:02.Whether you want him to stay or you don't want him to stay, when you are
:19:03. > :19:06.asked does he deserve a new contract, of course he doesn't. It's
:19:07. > :19:11.a miserable time for Arsenal fans. Let's talk about Palace. Two wins in
:19:12. > :19:15.a week against teams in the top six. It's a massive turnaround, they're
:19:16. > :19:18.more clinical as well now. They are. When you think when Sam Allardyce
:19:19. > :19:22.first went into the football club and we were talking off air earlier,
:19:23. > :19:26.the same thing happened at Sunderland. When Sam first went to
:19:27. > :19:30.Sunderland they didn't win, didn't have a great record but he has a
:19:31. > :19:33.look at it, sees what he has, has work with them and just turns things
:19:34. > :19:39.around. It's been a remarkable run of form that Palace have been on.
:19:40. > :19:42.Complete contrast to Swansea. Paul Clement comes in and they have the
:19:43. > :19:47.bounce. When Sam came in, I think first game was at Watford, they had
:19:48. > :19:52.a draw. Struggled to win. Now all of a sudden his methods and tactics are
:19:53. > :19:57.starting to work. They were great against Arsenal. Didn't take much to
:19:58. > :20:04.be fair. It was fully deserved and they played well. He has guys doing
:20:05. > :20:09.what they're paid to do. Zaha create crosses. Townsend, yeah, Cabaye is
:20:10. > :20:13.starting to look a player. Palace have the points in the bag. I think
:20:14. > :20:16.they've four of the top six in their last few games of the season.
:20:17. > :20:20.They've got the points on the board. You feel they're safe and
:20:21. > :20:27.comfortable? On 37? Yeah, I really do. 37 is enough, I really do. Is it
:20:28. > :20:34.37? Sorry, 34. Do you want my glasses! One more win they may need.
:20:35. > :20:38.When you play the top four, top four might be done. Might not be that
:20:39. > :20:42.much of a fixture. From Arsenal's point of view, some of the fans have
:20:43. > :20:46.been calling players cowards after that performance against Palace. Is
:20:47. > :20:55.that too strong? I think it is. I think there's been too many inept
:20:56. > :21:06.performances from the whole team. Losing ten-2 to Bayern Munich,
:21:07. > :21:11.losing silly goals, there doesn't look togetherness as a team, they're
:21:12. > :21:16.playings as individuals. Not getting players on contract. Sanchez. Arsene
:21:17. > :21:23.Wenger has been magnificent in his first, ten, 12 years, but no title
:21:24. > :21:28.for 13 years and too many performances that make the players
:21:29. > :21:31.look weak and I think it's time for him to go, personally. Every day
:21:32. > :21:36.when the club does not make a decision and it's the club who needs
:21:37. > :21:41.to make a decision, you are just diminishing his legacy. As one of
:21:42. > :21:46.the supporters came on and said, build a statue, he has been an
:21:47. > :21:50.absolutely, been a genius with that club. The crowd want Arsene Wenger
:21:51. > :21:55.to announce that he is going. So that they can give him a rapturous
:21:56. > :21:59.standing ovation. Six lap of honours with every game. He can go out as a
:22:00. > :22:03.hero, if you like. It may well be he goes out without being in the
:22:04. > :22:06.Champions League for the first time in his entire reign. It's an
:22:07. > :22:11.incredible record. Will they Finnish the top four? No. His record is
:22:12. > :22:16.fantastic which makes it worse. It's such - he is such a clever,
:22:17. > :22:20.intelligent man. It's as though he has not got a best mate who goes
:22:21. > :22:23.this might just be the time to go and you will be remembered by
:22:24. > :22:25.everybody, Manchester United fans, Tottenham fans, Chelsea, will go by
:22:26. > :22:33.the way how good was that guy? Across North London,
:22:34. > :22:33.the cockerel could soon be crowing. Since losing to Liverpool
:22:34. > :23:00.in February, six wins in a row have Another Harry Kane hat trick!
:23:01. > :23:08.Alli! Eriksen!
:23:09. > :23:15.They're on their way to a big win and three points.
:23:16. > :23:17.This is dangerous, it's Eriksen. It's deflected and Alli equalises.
:23:18. > :23:27.Son is in behind! And it's in!
:23:28. > :23:35.Eriksen, 3-1! Oh, what a goal, Alli! What a goal,
:23:36. > :23:36.what a season, what a player. Son absolutely buried it. Tottenham
:23:37. > :23:46.emphatic winners today. They're at home to Bournemouth this
:23:47. > :23:55.lunchtime and Jonathan Pearce The big Spurs team news, Harry
:23:56. > :23:58.Kane's return is perfectly timed to increase the pressure on Chelsea at
:23:59. > :24:07.the top and fire Spurs to a 14th consecutive home win in all
:24:08. > :24:17.competitions. Their best one in 30 years. Bournemouth looking for a
:24:18. > :24:30.first away win in 2017 and a first against Spurs in 60 years, making
:24:31. > :24:35.one change. Stanislas is back. And Mings back from a ban is on the
:24:36. > :24:38.bench. Harry Kane back in the line-up, they've not really
:24:39. > :24:44.struggled without him. They haven't. I watched them last weekend against
:24:45. > :24:48.Watford and they were absolutely mesmerising at times. Son was
:24:49. > :24:56.outstanding. Eriksen on the other side. Trippier not playing today,
:24:57. > :24:59.kAI Walker is back in, but Trippier when he gets forward hardly wastes a
:25:00. > :25:05.ball and delivers crosses with great quality. We saw another great
:25:06. > :25:10.performance from Alli last week. His manager thinks he should be on the
:25:11. > :25:14.PFA players list. Totally agree, he should be in the top six.
:25:15. > :25:17.Unbelievable. It's his second season so he has not had a second season
:25:18. > :25:21.syndrome, if anything he has got better. He can be anything he wants.
:25:22. > :25:27.He is that good, that lad. That's the Tottenham point of view. This is
:25:28. > :25:31.a game you were at last week, John. How good can he be? He is good at
:25:32. > :25:37.the moment. One of the best in the world. He is still very young. He is
:25:38. > :25:44.mobile. Great feet. Great in the air. He scores goals. He has
:25:45. > :25:47.everything. Is there a better player of his age across Europe? I am
:25:48. > :25:58.struggling to think of one. That's high praise. That's the Tottenham
:25:59. > :26:02.point of view. From Bournemouth's perspective Mings is back after a
:26:03. > :26:06.ban. Josh King has scored plenty of goals recently and against teams at
:26:07. > :26:10.the top. He is a good player. He is quick. Looking to run in behind
:26:11. > :26:14.defences. Lots of goals in him. I think Bournemouth recently they've
:26:15. > :26:17.taken points at Liverpool. They've taken points off Manchester United.
:26:18. > :26:20.Southampton. So, you know, I think they'll be all right, Bournemouth.
:26:21. > :26:23.Josh King playing particularly well at the moment. Reaction to that game
:26:24. > :26:27.this afternoon. Jacqui Oatley in the chair,
:26:28. > :26:30.with Danny Mills and Kevin Kilbane. Then at 10.20pm, it's
:26:31. > :26:32.the debut of Frank Lampard Gary and Alan Shearer
:26:33. > :26:36.will show him the ropes. And after us today, it's Day 1
:26:37. > :26:39.of the Snooker World Championships. Jason gets the pleasure of spending
:26:40. > :26:52.the next fortnight in Sheffield. You have made it this far. Don't
:26:53. > :27:02.leave it to chance. Leave it all on the pitch. No holding back. No half
:27:03. > :27:04.measures. No guts, no glory. The FA Cup semifinal, Chelsea versus
:27:05. > :27:07.Tottenham next Saturday live on BBC One.
:27:08. > :27:09.We shall be live at Wembley next Saturday.
:27:10. > :27:14.Still to come today, we have a former Chelsea favourite
:27:15. > :27:19.And we're with a Reading team who would love to be at Wembley
:27:20. > :27:25.Before that semifinal next Saturday, Conte's Chelsea have a visit
:27:26. > :27:28.to Old Trafford tomorrow afternoon, in the final instalment of a trilogy
:27:29. > :27:37.which has pitted Jose Mourinho against his former club.
:27:38. > :27:43.We were all guilty of our phenomenal season with the Premier League and
:27:44. > :27:48.the League Cup and we were all guilty of our second season, in the
:27:49. > :28:04.second season only one went home. Wonderful goal by Eden Hazard!
:28:05. > :28:41.4-0. Defeat is becoming humiliation. Manchester United down to ten.
:28:42. > :28:49.It's Chelsea's game. Chelsea 1, United 0. You say that, for me it's
:28:50. > :28:52.just a game. One more game. Conte certainly got the upper hand
:28:53. > :28:55.at the moment. Manchester United in 5th, John. Four points off the top
:28:56. > :29:00.four. Do you think it's a concentration on
:29:01. > :29:04.the Europa League for them to get into the Champions League? I think
:29:05. > :29:09.people have been saying about this question, but it's got to be Europa
:29:10. > :29:13.League because you win a Cup. Secondly, you qualify for the
:29:14. > :29:16.Champions League. I think they've got really tough fixtures still to
:29:17. > :29:22.come in the Premier League, the likes of a visit to Arsenal. City, I
:29:23. > :29:29.think. City. Chelsea. So, I think he will target the Europa League. But,
:29:30. > :29:32.there is still good teams in the likes of Lyon, Ajax, so competition
:29:33. > :29:36.still to come for them. It's home draws that have done them in. Five
:29:37. > :29:38.of six home games have been drawn in this year so far. There is lots of
:29:39. > :29:41.points which traditionally Manchester United would pick up in
:29:42. > :29:45.that position. Old Trafford is not the nightmare it used to be for
:29:46. > :29:53.visiting teams. It used to be, if you got a corner, you did a lap of
:29:54. > :29:56.honour. It is just not the same. With losing that fear factor that's
:29:57. > :30:00.why they've got obviously some of the poor draws, shall we say. Yes,
:30:01. > :30:04.they've created chances but the Manchester United of old would have
:30:05. > :30:07.won all of those games. They take on Chelsea this weekend. Look at
:30:08. > :30:11.Chelsea' remaining games. It's different pressure when you go for
:30:12. > :30:15.the title. But in the reverse fixtures for these seven teams
:30:16. > :30:19.they've won them all this season and won on aggregate 16-1. Does that
:30:20. > :30:24.tell you they are going to stroll to the title?
:30:25. > :30:30.They are the best team. We witnessed it twice this season, Manchester
:30:31. > :30:33.City the other week at home, did not play particularly well and won, big
:30:34. > :30:39.difference, and then they had three games at Christmas time when they
:30:40. > :30:42.won 1-0 on three occasions which were all very tight and did not play
:30:43. > :30:45.well. That is how you win the league. We talk about fixtures all
:30:46. > :30:50.the time, why do we bring them up? Crystal Palace in the last week have
:30:51. > :30:54.beaten Chelsea and Arsenal, two of the teams in the top five.
:30:55. > :30:57.Sometimes, lesser teams play better, they get up for playing the bigger
:30:58. > :31:04.sides. I don't think fixtures make a difference. Not now, John, we've got
:31:05. > :31:07.to talk about something else! That is why do the best league and I
:31:08. > :31:12.think someone like wild yell has realised how difficult it is in this
:31:13. > :31:16.league because it -- I think someone like Wadia has realised how
:31:17. > :31:20.difficult it is because you can't go to Crystal Palace and win 4-0 like
:31:21. > :31:24.you can go to a lesser team in La Liga and roll them over. I want to
:31:25. > :31:28.talk about something about Ajax, would you touched on, the average
:31:29. > :31:31.age of the team again shall go was 22 with four teenagers in the
:31:32. > :31:37.starting line-up and this is a staggering statistic, it is now 1650
:31:38. > :31:43.consecutive matches they have played having at least one academy graduate
:31:44. > :31:47.in the side, going all the way back to 1982. Phenomenal. Absolutely
:31:48. > :31:51.phenomenal. It is a great plan because you bring them through and
:31:52. > :31:56.they get coached by former world-class players. Edwin van
:31:57. > :31:58.Bazaar, Marc Overmars. Dennis Bergkamp, in those positions, you
:31:59. > :32:02.are polishing the diamonds all the time and eventually they go for 20,
:32:03. > :32:06.30, 40 million euros and it starts again, amazing way to run a club.
:32:07. > :32:09.Time to talk Chelsea and who better to give his views on the league
:32:10. > :32:11.leaders than than their former striker, Didier Drogba?
:32:12. > :32:13.He's about to become a player-owner of Pheonix Rising
:32:14. > :32:29.Oh, magnificent! What a goal by Didier Drogba. Oh, Didier Drogba!
:32:30. > :32:32.Lovely to see you again, beautiful day at Chelsea Harbour, you are back
:32:33. > :32:36.near the club you won all those titles, FA Cup 's and famously the
:32:37. > :32:40.Champions League as well. How do you look back on your time at Chelsea? I
:32:41. > :32:45.can see a massive smile across your face! Yeah, because this is where we
:32:46. > :32:51.used to stay the night before the games. We had a lot of lunches here
:32:52. > :32:55.and dinners, great moments, great moments. What have you made the
:32:56. > :33:00.clubs you used to play for this season? It is good see them back at
:33:01. > :33:06.the level we expect them to be, you know. It looks like we will be
:33:07. > :33:10.champions again. I can't wait for Chelsea to play in the Champions
:33:11. > :33:15.League next year. Bearing in mind how well they are playing this year
:33:16. > :33:18.with virtually the same team, what happened last year? You know, I
:33:19. > :33:22.think they just had a bad season, you know. As players, we are
:33:23. > :33:26.responsible for everything. It is easy to blame the manager because it
:33:27. > :33:33.is easier to get rid of one person and 22. Do you think it hurt him? --
:33:34. > :33:39.to get rid of one person than 22. It hurt him because he loves Chelsea,
:33:40. > :33:44.yes. Can he recover? He is strong and powerful and will recover. Let's
:33:45. > :33:48.talk about the new Chelsea and Antonio Conte. Is it all down to the
:33:49. > :33:53.change to three at the back? What has he brought to the team? I think
:33:54. > :33:58.it is down to the tactical change and also down to his mentality. You
:33:59. > :34:03.know, you can see him on the bench, the way he is working, it is a
:34:04. > :34:07.combination of everything. Having a bad season last year, having a lot
:34:08. > :34:11.to prove, like, for example, Eden Hazard, Diego Costa, what they are
:34:12. > :34:15.actually doing now is playing at the level we want them to be at every
:34:16. > :34:19.time. It is fantastic to watch them play. Whenever you interview a
:34:20. > :34:22.Chelsea player this season and you mention N'Golo Kante, a smile comes
:34:23. > :34:27.on their face because they appreciate the job he does for the
:34:28. > :34:32.team. If you had to vote for Player of the Year, would you give it to
:34:33. > :34:40.him ahead of some unlike Hazard? -- someone like Hazard? Eden won't be
:34:41. > :34:43.happy because he's my man. I think N'Golo Kante, because we don't speak
:34:44. > :34:48.a lot about these kind of players and I would go for County, Player of
:34:49. > :34:53.the Year, and Eden Hazard, player of players. -- I would go for N'Golo
:34:54. > :34:58.Kante, Player of the Year. Covering all the bases. Let's talk about your
:34:59. > :35:03.man, Eden Hazard. How good is he and how good could he be? Could he be on
:35:04. > :35:10.the level with the likes of Messi and Ronaldo? Right now, he's at 75,
:35:11. > :35:15.80% of his talent. That is quite scary for the opposition! But that's
:35:16. > :35:21.the reality. I take it you want him to stay at Chelsea? I think it is
:35:22. > :35:24.important for Chelsea to keep their best players. If you want to win the
:35:25. > :35:28.Champions League again, you have to keep your best players. There is one
:35:29. > :35:36.striker I wanted to talk to about, a young man, 23 years old, Romelu
:35:37. > :35:39.Lukaku. Now... Yes? Roberto Martinez, his international boss who
:35:40. > :35:44.used to be the boss at Everton, recently said he could be the best
:35:45. > :35:48.number nine in the world. Is he right? When you look at the
:35:49. > :35:55.statistics, and his age, and the way he is progressing, I think he could
:35:56. > :36:02.be right. There's a rumour that you are meant to be brokering this deal
:36:03. > :36:06.to get him back to Chelsea. Me? Have you not read that? Listen, if that
:36:07. > :36:12.was the case, he would have been back at Chelsea a long time ago! The
:36:13. > :36:18.power of Drogba! It's not the power of Drogba, it is just the fact I
:36:19. > :36:24.know he loves Chelsea and the club needs people who feel something for
:36:25. > :36:29.the club. And he does. And more than that, he wants to prove that he can
:36:30. > :36:34.make it, you know. I would be happy to see him again in a Chelsea shirt,
:36:35. > :36:38.but you know, I don't decide for him. Nobody will decide for him. I
:36:39. > :36:40.think he already knows what he wants to do.
:36:41. > :36:47.We wish him all the best on the move to America. Talking about the PFA
:36:48. > :36:49.Player of the Year, Drogba said he would go for N'Golo Kante just over
:36:50. > :36:56.Eden Hazard but where would your vote go if you had one? Ibrahimovic
:36:57. > :36:59.for me, personally, because of his age, a lot of people doubted the
:37:00. > :37:04.signing but he's come back with 28 goals. Not just the goals but the
:37:05. > :37:07.assists as well, his presence around the football club. I think young
:37:08. > :37:13.players would have learned from him. My vote would be going to Zlatan. It
:37:14. > :37:17.has to come from the team who are going to win the league, genuinely,
:37:18. > :37:21.by definition. As good as N'Golo Kante has been, he is more of a
:37:22. > :37:26.destructive player. I think Eden Hazard has been sensational, he just
:37:27. > :37:29.keeps winning games for them. How good is that? Talking about another
:37:30. > :37:34.man on the list, Romelu Lukaku. Drogba says he is keen to get him a
:37:35. > :37:40.move back to Chelsea at some stage. His future is a massive decision and
:37:41. > :37:44.something Everton need to sort out. Yes, if he wants to stay and I think
:37:45. > :37:48.Ronald Koeman wants players who want to play for Everton. He's been there
:37:49. > :37:51.three years, scored over 20 goals in his previous three seasons. They
:37:52. > :37:56.won't want to lose him. They will offer him a king 's ransom, as much
:37:57. > :38:00.as they can physically pay. It is whether or not Lukaku wants to be
:38:01. > :38:04.there. Ronald Koeman will want players in his team that want to
:38:05. > :38:09.play for the football club. I wonder if they can do a deal, like
:38:10. > :38:14.Liverpool bid with Suarez, saying, "Give us one more year so we can get
:38:15. > :38:20.someone else in as well in that year, then you can go"? To allow
:38:21. > :38:25.them to rebuild. I know you like your statistics. Not! There's one
:38:26. > :38:29.regarding Manchester City and Claudio Bravo, the last seven shots
:38:30. > :38:32.he has had have all led to goals. I know he's only played a few games in
:38:33. > :38:36.the last three months but he has not made a save in the Premier League
:38:37. > :38:41.since the 2nd of January. But he's great with a ball at his feet. He
:38:42. > :38:46.does not want to get his hands dirty and the ball hurts a bit. The worst
:38:47. > :38:51.save percentage in the Premier League. ?17 million. I don't know
:38:52. > :38:56.why you are even asking me the question. That is probably the end
:38:57. > :39:02.of that discussion. Going back to the other end of the table. It seems
:39:03. > :39:06.like Hull or Swansea will go down with Middlesbrough or Swansea this
:39:07. > :39:10.season. Swansea had a great start of the Paul Clement and we will pick up
:39:11. > :39:15.with Watford this weekend and John Motson is that Vicarage Road. I know
:39:16. > :39:18.you have the sheepskin on. Disappointing to see it when I think
:39:19. > :39:22.it is, but surely it's the last time you wearing it this season?
:39:23. > :39:31.It's going into storage, but actually, I'm taking it to a lady
:39:32. > :39:35.who will make me one for next season so stand by. I always like my
:39:36. > :39:39.statistics and Swansea have never finished lower than 12 in their six
:39:40. > :39:43.seasons in the Premier League. They are treading new Waters. When you
:39:44. > :39:47.think about it, several clubs have looked towards a survival package
:39:48. > :39:50.this season by changing their manager. I'm thinking of Sam
:39:51. > :39:55.Allardyce at Palace, Craig Shakespeare at Leicester, Marco
:39:56. > :39:58.Silver at Hull and when Paul Clement first arrived, you may remember the
:39:59. > :40:02.away win at Liverpool. It rather looked as though he might work the
:40:03. > :40:06.magic down at the Liberty Stadium but since then, Swansea have rather
:40:07. > :40:10.fallen off the perch, or bearing in mind they are the Swans, stopped
:40:11. > :40:14.swimming. They have only taken one point from their last five games.
:40:15. > :40:19.I'm afraid that is relegation form. They are in the bottom three. I saw
:40:20. > :40:23.them play at West Ham last Saturday, a dull game, West Ham were desperate
:40:24. > :40:28.but Swansea did not look to me like a team who were on the brink of a
:40:29. > :40:34.revival. They have really got to get something out of this game today at
:40:35. > :40:38.Vicarage Road. What about the Watford perspective? They are safe,
:40:39. > :40:43.37 points, top half of the table but will it be enough to keep Walter
:40:44. > :40:47.Mazzarri in the job? Good question because the pot so family have run
:40:48. > :40:56.this club successfully, it might be said, on a diet of chop and change.
:40:57. > :41:00.-- the Pozzo family have run the club. Slavisa Jokanovic took them to
:41:01. > :41:03.the Premier League, who is now manager of Fulham, and he might get
:41:04. > :41:06.back to the Premier League. Quique Sanchez Flores came in and kept them
:41:07. > :41:10.in the Premier League and then they axed him. I'm not sure that is going
:41:11. > :41:14.to happen to Walter Mazzarri but there is concern about the club that
:41:15. > :41:18.he has not managed to master English yet. Having said that, what about
:41:19. > :41:22.when Pochettino came to Southampton? He had an interpreter with him for
:41:23. > :41:29.nearly two years. Bear in mind also that of the 18 players that I expect
:41:30. > :41:32.to be on duty for Watford today, there are 14 different
:41:33. > :41:35.nationalities. What do they say in the dressing room? I will have to
:41:36. > :41:39.ask Troy Deeney when I see him later. But one thing is for certain
:41:40. > :41:43.about today, in the 72nd minute of the game, this ground will break out
:41:44. > :41:49.into applause all around the stadium because they still want to register,
:41:50. > :41:54.if that is the right word, the memory of Graham Taylor. The stand
:41:55. > :41:57.behind me is named after him and I am also able to reveal, although it
:41:58. > :42:02.has already been announced, but I want to tell you that Graham's wife
:42:03. > :42:05.Rita is here again today and on the 29th of July, Watford fans already
:42:06. > :42:09.have it in their diaries, there will be a memorial match here between
:42:10. > :42:12.Watford and Aston Villa, the two clubs who Graham Taylor achieved so
:42:13. > :42:18.much with. That is what I'm looking forward to by the way. While I go
:42:19. > :42:20.and take my coat off, I'm going to get a ticket for the match.
:42:21. > :42:25.Brilliant stuff, thanks for that, John.
:42:26. > :42:31.Let's look at Swansea's next few fixtures. The Arendse is back this
:42:32. > :42:34.weekend. I know you've been a great admirer, not just of his style but
:42:35. > :42:40.the way Paul Clement used in the early games. That's right, he got
:42:41. > :42:43.two goals away at Liverpool. A focal point for them. I think Sigurdsson
:42:44. > :42:48.likes to play around the corner, and have someone he can hit, someone who
:42:49. > :42:51.will get hold of the ball for him. The wide players know they can put
:42:52. > :42:55.the ball in the box. If Arendse is not heading for goal, he is stopping
:42:56. > :42:59.defenders from getting a good header out. I would like to see them get
:43:00. > :43:06.something today. One win in seven, they need to stop the rot, even if
:43:07. > :43:09.they come away with a point from Watford, just take a bit of momentum
:43:10. > :43:12.into the home game next week against Stoke. The penultimate game of the
:43:13. > :43:16.season as away at Sunderland to take on West Ham today. Leon Osman is
:43:17. > :43:22.that the Stadium Of Light, covering the game for five live.
:43:23. > :43:28.Nice to talk to you. I know you know David Moyes well and it's been a
:43:29. > :43:32.difficult few weeks for the Sunderland manager. It has.
:43:33. > :43:35.Sunderland are really struggling, not only to win games but score
:43:36. > :43:38.goals. They are under severe pressure to try to remain in a
:43:39. > :43:42.Premier League. It looks to everybody outside the city of
:43:43. > :43:47.Sunderland that they are down but Sunderland have not given up hope.
:43:48. > :43:50.Quite a few of your former Everton team-mates there, Jack Rodwell,
:43:51. > :43:54.Darron Gibson and Steven Pienaar. Whatever happens to Sunderland, it's
:43:55. > :43:58.going to be quite a big rebuilding programme in the summer. Absolutely,
:43:59. > :44:02.there will have to be. Sunderland looked like they are going down. You
:44:03. > :44:05.will have players like Jermain Defoe and Jordan Pickford, the goalkeeper,
:44:06. > :44:11.who will be hot property for someone. It will be depending which
:44:12. > :44:14.players they can keep, moving forward, as you have stated, he has
:44:15. > :44:17.got players he knows like Rodwell and Gibson and he will want to keep
:44:18. > :44:21.them because he knows what they are capable of doing. I want to ask you
:44:22. > :44:24.about another former team-mate, Ross Barkley, who's been in the headlines
:44:25. > :44:29.a lot this week for different reasons, was punched in a Liverpool
:44:30. > :44:37.bar. We know the club want to sign him on a changed contract. We have
:44:38. > :44:39.talked about Romelu Lukaku here. How important is it that they sought out
:44:40. > :44:42.Ross Barkley's future at Everton? It is important, I think Ronald Koeman
:44:43. > :44:45.is right in what he is saying, they are offering him a new contract and
:44:46. > :44:50.it will be on the table to sign and they want to keep him but it does
:44:51. > :44:53.not look likely, if that happens, Everton will not be held captive and
:44:54. > :44:57.they will get money for him that is the way it looks like it might be
:44:58. > :45:01.going. He's been the subject of some garbage in the paper this week,
:45:02. > :45:04.Kelvin MacKenzie's column as been reported to Merseyside Police and I
:45:05. > :45:08.understand Everton have banned the Sun today as well and he has been
:45:09. > :45:11.suspended by the paper. A pretty strong response from both those in
:45:12. > :45:17.Liverpool and outside it to the column this week. It is and
:45:18. > :45:23.justifiably so. Liverpool in general have had a long-term problem with
:45:24. > :45:27.the Sun newspaper. This is just going to antagonise the situation
:45:28. > :45:32.further. Good to talk to you. We will listen to you later. Of course,
:45:33. > :45:35.all this coming this week on the 28th anniversary of the Hillsborough
:45:36. > :45:42.disaster is welcomer poor taste and poor timing.
:45:43. > :45:49.Kelvin MacKenzie has consistently vilified the club and supports, now
:45:50. > :45:51.he has upset the everians and deserves -- Evertonians and deserves
:45:52. > :45:56.everything he gets. To the Championship,
:45:57. > :45:58.where there is only one game this afternoon,
:45:59. > :46:00.as all the other teams Fifth-placed Reading are away
:46:01. > :46:03.at Aston Villa and looking good for the play-offs,
:46:04. > :46:05.despite their 7-1 defeat Mark Clemmit has been
:46:06. > :46:13.testing his diplomatic skills. How are you? OK.
:46:14. > :46:33.How are you? Good, thank you. You are still smiling. Yeah, always.
:46:34. > :46:40.I mean, shall we, last weekend, are you over it, are you OK? Yeah, of
:46:41. > :46:43.course. It's one of those, you know, as a football player or a career in
:46:44. > :46:47.football you are going to get something like that. For me this
:46:48. > :46:52.year has been like brilliant. Especially the way how we want to
:46:53. > :47:02.play. It's not easy, start from the back as a goalkeeper, you know, we
:47:03. > :47:06.have a lot of, you know... That's what it's about! I have good news
:47:07. > :47:09.for you, we don't have the rights to the FL any more so we won't be able
:47:10. > :47:17.to show that. Fantastic. What happened?
:47:18. > :47:22.We had that one result, we can't get one result derail us, this week's
:47:23. > :47:26.been fine. In football you do learn to sulk for a day and try and forget
:47:27. > :47:32.about it and we move on. What's it like to have worked for the gaffer?
:47:33. > :47:37.It would be hard to put into words really how much he's done for the
:47:38. > :47:41.club. I mean, you know, in the summer there was, the club wasn't in
:47:42. > :47:44.a great position at all, there were players out of contracts, players
:47:45. > :47:47.leaving. He would be the main reason as to why we are doing well and I
:47:48. > :47:54.think all the players would say that.
:47:55. > :47:57.Bearing in mind all the goals you have got from Bournemouth two years
:47:58. > :48:00.ago and then didn't really work out in the Premier League, is this
:48:01. > :48:06.unfinished business for you? Of course it would be a dream for me to
:48:07. > :48:10.get promoted this season with Reading and try to have a go next
:48:11. > :48:14.season. As you know, still some games remaining and we have to work
:48:15. > :48:20.hard to make sure we are in the play-off and after you never know
:48:21. > :48:24.what can happen. There is a high profile Muslim, with all that's
:48:25. > :48:29.going on in the world, do you feel the need to be a figurehead to
:48:30. > :48:34.spread the message of tolerance, of integration? Do you see yourself
:48:35. > :48:40.like that? Of course it's really bad what we see around the world now,
:48:41. > :48:44.but as a Muslim player and to be especially in this country I am very
:48:45. > :48:47.happy. I always say that. The respect of the people, all the
:48:48. > :48:52.players, the managers, the staff, even the fans, you know, I don't
:48:53. > :48:57.have any problem. You have announced in a year's time you are going to
:48:58. > :49:00.finish the game so how are you feeling as your football career
:49:01. > :49:04.nears an end? I feel good to be fair, I think my position right now
:49:05. > :49:10.is really good because I am pushing for something could be amazing at
:49:11. > :49:16.the end of season and next season if we are in a Prem that will not
:49:17. > :49:21.change my mind and I will have last one and try to enjoy it as much as
:49:22. > :49:24.possible. You could look back on a huge 12 months in your life, and
:49:25. > :49:27.back into the Premier League would be the climax? With the national
:49:28. > :49:34.team it was undescribable, that would be hard to put into words. And
:49:35. > :49:39.then came back and we started doing well club-wise and it's been a good
:49:40. > :49:44.sort of ten months or so. If, touch wood, that was to happen, then yeah,
:49:45. > :49:50.the last 12 months would be something, hard to match, I think.
:49:51. > :49:55.We will talk about the rest of the teams in a moment.
:49:56. > :49:58.While we were watching that Spurs have scored twice against
:49:59. > :50:03.Bournemouth. Dembele and Son. They're picking up from where they
:50:04. > :50:07.left off last week against Watford. You don't like talking about
:50:08. > :50:13.fixtures as you made clear! I will ask him. I need to talk to somebody!
:50:14. > :50:17.5th place at the moment, if you look at their fixtures, playing a lot of
:50:18. > :50:20.sides at the other end of the table. They're not playing teams around
:50:21. > :50:24.them but playing sides fighting for their life. Hold on, what would you
:50:25. > :50:29.rather play if you need points? That's what I am asking you about. I
:50:30. > :50:32.just told you! Play teams down the bottom and the fact they've
:50:33. > :50:37.something to play for makes it easier for Reading. Three or four
:50:38. > :50:40.clubs fighting for the 6th spot, doesn't matter whether you are six
:50:41. > :50:45.or third, how many times do you see the 6th placed team go on to be
:50:46. > :50:50.promoted into the Premier League? So, Sheffield Wednesday, Reading,
:50:51. > :50:53.Fulham, Huddersfield have done enough, I think. Leeds, great point
:50:54. > :50:58.at Newcastle last night. They're all playing for that final place, that
:50:59. > :51:04.6th spot, if you like. Let's not talk about fixtures any more. I
:51:05. > :51:10.wanted to ask about the best sort of manager who you have seen in
:51:11. > :51:15.training, let's show this again. There is a good touch here. Not bad
:51:16. > :51:20.for a centre-half. Somebody told me he was strong once. Never mind that
:51:21. > :51:28.one. John Robertson was the best for me. Martin O'Neill's assistant. At
:51:29. > :51:32.Celtic. Twice European Cup winner. Unbelievable touch. Didn't really
:51:33. > :51:40.move within about ten yards. Unbelievable. He didn't move because
:51:41. > :51:46.he couldn't! Daglish. You have answered the only question I ever
:51:47. > :51:53.ask about the best is Kenny Daglish. Someone said he was frightening in
:51:54. > :51:58.training. That's really interesting Dan!
:51:59. > :52:00.Thank you. Let's talk about fixtures instead.
:52:01. > :52:02.Clem is in the Sports Centre, loosening up for Final Score.
:52:03. > :52:06.Let's start in the Championship, then.
:52:07. > :52:10.Brighton in the box seat and could start the party on Monday.
:52:11. > :52:18.Yeah, those two are really giving you some today! Huddersfield's late
:52:19. > :52:21.win yesterday against Preston, Leeds equaliser at Newcastle with
:52:22. > :52:27.Brighton's win at Wolves means Brighton have a four-point gap at
:52:28. > :52:32.the top of the Championship. Five games left but a much inferior goal
:52:33. > :52:36.difference. If Brighton beat Wigan on Monday and Brighton have the best
:52:37. > :52:43.home form in Europe, then they are there or thereabouts in the Premier
:52:44. > :52:52.League. What a transformation. Six years ago, left league one at the
:52:53. > :52:56.same time, and Chris Huyton has been the catalyst for me. He has taken
:52:57. > :53:02.them from relegation fodder into a Premier League team in waiting. At
:53:03. > :53:05.the other end of the table after Blackburn's surprise win at For rest
:53:06. > :53:11.yesterday, look at that cluster there. 18th down to 22nd, five teams
:53:12. > :53:18.separated by four points. Birmingham one of them. Zola turned on by the
:53:19. > :53:23.Birmingham fans yesterday after the draw at Rotherham. On Monday another
:53:24. > :53:28.mouth-watering draw is Blackburn against Bristol City. From a league
:53:29. > :53:32.one perspective, there is a couple of famous clubs going in different
:53:33. > :53:37.directions. Yeah, Bolton kicked off against Oldham, they need more wins.
:53:38. > :53:41.If they slip up today Sheffield United would be champions of league
:53:42. > :53:49.one. That would be the first manager since Ian Porterfield in 1980s to
:53:50. > :53:59.win two consecutive titles with wo different teams. Coventry down.
:54:00. > :54:04.Problems potentially only starting. The lease is up at the end of next
:54:05. > :54:09.season, where will it end for them? On Monday, Coventry could be
:54:10. > :54:13.replaced from league two promotion candidates, Plymouth got a point in
:54:14. > :54:18.a derby yesterday. Just need another one at home to Newport on Monday and
:54:19. > :54:22.they'll be in the third tier. Newport fighting for their lives at
:54:23. > :54:26.the bottom of the EFL. Hoping to escape after three consecutive wins,
:54:27. > :54:30.no chance, though for Leyton Orient, their owner has gone missing. Nobody
:54:31. > :54:34.has seen him for several weeks. Staff and players haven't been paid
:54:35. > :54:37.since the end of February. If they don't beat Hartlepool on Easter
:54:38. > :54:38.Monday they'll be in the national league next season. Thank you very
:54:39. > :54:43.much. I think the fella behind you just
:54:44. > :54:46.got a text to say he is on telly! He looks very interested. I bet he wish
:54:47. > :54:49.he had dressed up! So, Newcastle on the verge
:54:50. > :54:52.of promotion and two of their more famous fans,
:54:53. > :54:54.Sting and his son, Joe Sumner, are currently on tour,
:54:55. > :55:12.but instead of Walking On The Moon, # Roxanne, you don't have to put on
:55:13. > :55:19.the red light... Last trophy we won was 1969. Bobby was the captain, he
:55:20. > :55:23.is still my hero. It was fantastic. We need to win another trophy.
:55:24. > :55:31.Footballers all seem much older than me and now they seem like my
:55:32. > :55:35.children. Two highlights were me 5-nil against Manchester United and
:55:36. > :55:45.Champions League Barcelona. The Keegan era, when we had the great
:55:46. > :55:49.players, Ferdinand, Shearer. I like Rafa. I think he stayed because of
:55:50. > :55:54.the support. Newcastle has amazing support. Emotional support. I think
:55:55. > :56:02.being Spanish he would feel that. Let's see what he does in the
:56:03. > :56:05.Premiership, touch wood. Watford and Swansea, independenting Watford are
:56:06. > :56:08.looking good. I think the swans will take a dive. I am feeling sorry are
:56:09. > :56:12.to David Moyes at the moment. I would like Sunderland to get a draw
:56:13. > :56:19.at least with West Ham, let's say 1-1.
:56:20. > :56:28.I think West Brom will score one but won't stop the Klop at the Kop. 1-3,
:56:29. > :56:34.Liverpool. You can see all their predictions on the website taking on
:56:35. > :56:39.Lawro. Something beautiful I want to finish the programme with... Can't
:56:40. > :56:44.be us two! On the theme of music, what did you listen to before a
:56:45. > :56:51.game? Chris Rea. That's how we won the European Cup in Rome. The Road
:56:52. > :57:05.to Hell. A it of U2, the lads were big fans of them and Bono. Ever take
:57:06. > :57:08.part in a pregame karaoke? I like a bit of karaoke, I am Welsh.
:57:09. > :57:11.This is how the Billericay Town of the Ryman League prepared
:57:12. > :57:24.An R Kelly karaoke session, led by the owner Glen Tamplin.
:57:25. > :57:32.# # I made it # I am the world's greatest
:57:33. > :57:41.# I am not a little bit of hope # When my back's against the ropes
:57:42. > :57:46.# The world's greatest. Might start a trend that. It worked, they won
:57:47. > :57:49.the final. 8-3.
:57:50. > :57:52.Paul Konchesky and Jamie O'Hara a couple of the big names in there.
:57:53. > :58:02.We leave you with the nominees for the PFA Player's Player of the Year.
:58:03. > :58:33.Costa to Hazard. Too strong. Chelsea fans rise! Into the box,
:58:34. > :58:38.Ibrahimovic might have got them back into the game.
:58:39. > :58:40.What a special strike. It is the man for all positions. He
:58:41. > :59:00.covers them all. Lukaku is in again. He has scored
:59:01. > :59:05.again. Lukaku has four. Sanchez, magnificent!