:00:37. > :00:40.Welcome to this week's Football Focus.
:00:41. > :00:42.The top divisions are back after the international break,
:00:43. > :00:50.and we're back with a huge hour, featuring a bit of this.
:00:51. > :00:56.Liverpool against Manchester United is the big one this weekend.
:00:57. > :01:07.We'll find out why Palace v West Ham will be tough for Tomkins.
:01:08. > :01:25.I think it's going to be a weird scenario as well. Emotional,
:01:26. > :01:29.probably, a little bit. You are not expected to play your boyhood team.
:01:30. > :01:31.One of the stars of Italia '90, now Walter's at Wolves.
:01:32. > :01:34.Why MLS star Jack Harrison left Manchester United's academy to go it
:01:35. > :01:38.And On The Balls, City - Norwich chairman and Strictly star
:01:39. > :01:49.I've had text messages after the dancing from Alex Neil, from Russell
:01:50. > :01:56.Martin, the club captain, saying go for it, Ed. What a suit.
:01:57. > :01:58.We'll also hear from the Leicester striker Jamie Vardy,
:01:59. > :02:02.and we have an equally pacy former Fox here in the studio, Dion Dublin,
:02:03. > :02:05.The champions of the last two seasons, Chelsea and Leicester, face
:02:06. > :02:09.In the 3 o'clocks, third-placed Arsenal face a Swansea team
:02:10. > :02:11.being managed by Bob Bradley for the first time.
:02:12. > :02:15.Leaders Manchester City take on Everton, and second-placed
:02:16. > :02:19.Whilst at the other end of the table, the bottom two,
:02:20. > :02:21.Stoke and Sunderland, have a huge match at
:02:22. > :02:25.We start with Monday's rather tasty clash at Anfield, as Liverpool take
:02:26. > :02:30.Sadio Mane nearly signed for United last season, but now he's doing
:02:31. > :02:42.He's been speaking to Juliette Ferrington.
:02:43. > :02:53.For me, it was Liverpool, so when I signed here, I forgot all the clubs.
:02:54. > :02:59.I'm happy to be here. COMMENTATOR: Mane brushes chambers aside and
:03:00. > :03:04.scores Liverpool's! Weigh-in how would you sum up Liverpool's season
:03:05. > :03:09.so far? We have done great, we are doing well and everyone is happy so
:03:10. > :03:12.I think we will keep going. Kleen without putting it bluntly, some
:03:13. > :03:15.players do struggle if you move from quite an amount of money, but for
:03:16. > :03:22.you, you seem to just have settled in. LAUGHTER
:03:23. > :03:27.It is not about the price tag, it is more important to believe in
:03:28. > :03:31.yourself and to work hard every day. When I came and found all the great
:03:32. > :03:36.players in the team, I think they make it easier, because if players
:03:37. > :03:42.play like Coutinho, Firmino, it makes it even better. Before you
:03:43. > :03:46.join Liverpool, what were your own thoughts about Jurgen Klopp? Before
:03:47. > :03:54.I came here, I had a chance to meet him. I remember I was playing for
:03:55. > :04:01.Red Bull Salzburg, so he tried to sign me but it could not happen. He
:04:02. > :04:04.is a good manager, someone who likes his players. Server didn't really
:04:05. > :04:10.come as a surprise that he would come calling again? -- so it didn't
:04:11. > :04:14.really come as a surprise. At the end of last season he called me and
:04:15. > :04:17.said he wanted me to come to Liverpool, and I said straightaway I
:04:18. > :04:20.want to come because was a good moment, the right time and the right
:04:21. > :04:25.coach for me. I am very happy to be here today. Everybody likes him, he
:04:26. > :04:32.is a nice person, and everybody likes him as a man first, and as a
:04:33. > :04:35.coach as well. He is one of the best coaches in the world. I think we are
:04:36. > :04:48.going to challenge for many things with him. So Jurgen Klopp over Jose
:04:49. > :04:54.Mourinho? Big game. Straight bat. There is nothing in this fixture
:04:55. > :04:59.like Manchester United against Liverpool, the one everyone talks
:05:00. > :05:03.about. It is going to be exciting. We are ready, we are just waiting
:05:04. > :05:06.today to do our best and to make the fans happy.
:05:07. > :05:11.He has been a good signing for Liverpool, Klopp tried to get him
:05:12. > :05:15.when he was at Borussia Dortmund as well and he sits their style
:05:16. > :05:18.brilliantly, doesn't he? Yes, he suits their style for me going
:05:19. > :05:23.forward, he is incredibly lively when they have got the ball. He will
:05:24. > :05:26.score a goal out of nothing. I just like his positional sense as well,
:05:27. > :05:31.which is great. We have just chatted about that while watching that, the
:05:32. > :05:35.way they squeeze. It is hard to play against. They create such a drama
:05:36. > :05:39.for the opposition, and I don't think there is a real structure but
:05:40. > :05:43.they are doing, I think it is the nearest man to the ball, go and
:05:44. > :05:48.press. We see that with Milner, the left-back often end in up in a
:05:49. > :05:51.centre forward position. He says don't worry about getting back
:05:52. > :05:57.because we can win the ball high up the pitch, we can do damage. You are
:05:58. > :06:02.so close to the opposition when you get it back. And they are pretty
:06:03. > :06:06.terrifying going forward, they have scored so many goals, this is an
:06:07. > :06:09.amazing stat. Five of that side have scored three or more Premier League
:06:10. > :06:13.goals already so they are coming from everywhere. That says to me
:06:14. > :06:17.they are all sharing the load, all chipping in, doing their part.
:06:18. > :06:20.Whether they are defending or attacking, they are all playing
:06:21. > :06:24.their individual parts. The apartments are doing very well. This
:06:25. > :06:28.goal here, it is just that touch before he strikes the ball which
:06:29. > :06:36.sets him apart. No one can get set and he can do that. It is his pace,
:06:37. > :06:39.though. What do you like or dislike the most. Look at that flick over
:06:40. > :06:44.the keeper. I didn't want to play against pace when I was playing, and
:06:45. > :06:51.he has so much. That is why Martin loved playing against me! LAUGHTER
:06:52. > :06:58.No pace at all. If we are being super harsh, for 30 million quid
:06:59. > :07:04.could he do a bit more going yes, maybe, you can get 34 Dion Dublins
:07:05. > :07:10.for that. I have a vision of that now. What a slow squad that would
:07:11. > :07:13.be. I think he does need to do a bit more defending, because if you work
:07:14. > :07:15.harder, you get lucky, and I think it will score even more goals of the
:07:16. > :07:16.does that. Let's get a United perspective
:07:17. > :07:28.about playing at Anfield Liverpool is the main game of the
:07:29. > :07:30.season. You know, a tough side, especially with the new manager
:07:31. > :07:36.coming in now and we have a different way of playing. But
:07:37. > :07:40.Anfield is a great place to play. The fans are always behind us, on
:07:41. > :07:49.the awaydays, so it will be a great experience for us. COMMENTATOR:
:07:50. > :07:54.Pogba, it's four! He is still the same as it was when he was 18. He
:07:55. > :07:57.hasn't changed one bit. Obviously it is different going out in public
:07:58. > :08:00.now, especially for him, a well-known superstar around the
:08:01. > :08:06.world. That in the changing room we still have a laugh and a joke. With
:08:07. > :08:12.you and Marcus in the team, have you benefited from Jose Mourinho showing
:08:13. > :08:17.his trust in both of you, I suppose? Yes, I think it's great. Obviously
:08:18. > :08:21.when he first came, you have to work hard to get in the team, a lot of
:08:22. > :08:25.big names of the team, but to have that trust and faith in the youth,
:08:26. > :08:29.it gives you a lot of confidence. On the pitch, the lets you play free,
:08:30. > :08:35.which I like to do, get on the ball and make things happen, so he has
:08:36. > :08:37.given us that trust and we are more confident, Whee
:08:38. > :08:48.Kim, we can. This is the United side that played their last game against
:08:49. > :08:53.Stoke. Using the legs of Lingard and Rashford, but do you think on Monday
:08:54. > :08:57.they will have to park the bus a bit against that Liverpool front line?
:08:58. > :09:00.If United try and park the bus against Liverpool, I think they will
:09:01. > :09:03.come a bit of a cropper because you can't just sit against Liverpool and
:09:04. > :09:07.expect them to Zongo that pressure. They are too good going forward,
:09:08. > :09:13.Liverpool. United aren't watertight at the back either, so you have to
:09:14. > :09:16.be clap for -- expect them to absorb that pressure. They play slightly
:09:17. > :09:22.different to this, Herrera sitting in the middle, that was a bit of a
:09:23. > :09:29.breakthrough the last time against Stoke. This is a huge game. Two
:09:30. > :09:33.giant in our game, dominating football in the 90s. Manchester
:09:34. > :09:38.United now losing that dominance, if they don't win this game, they could
:09:39. > :09:42.be eight or 11 points behind this weekend, Manchester United, so it's
:09:43. > :09:48.a huge game. When you go into games like this, I have played in a few in
:09:49. > :09:52.Scotland, Rangers, Celtic, and I have played United against City, a
:09:53. > :10:00.lot of it goes out the window, it is all about bragging rights and pride.
:10:01. > :10:02.That is all about working as hard as you possibly can to beat your
:10:03. > :10:04.rivals, one-to-one battles, that's what it's like. It is interesting,
:10:05. > :10:07.both managers have tried to take the heat out of this game by talking
:10:08. > :10:11.about the conduct of fans. There's no chance of that! But it is
:10:12. > :10:16.important it doesn't spill over though. Of course, we want to see a
:10:17. > :10:20.game of football. We want to see healthy respect for each other.
:10:21. > :10:23.These two managers are outstanding. Jurgen Klopp has a great record
:10:24. > :10:28.against Mourinho and will want to continue that. Have you seen how
:10:29. > :10:34.Jurgen Klopp has been preparing during international break? Slightly
:10:35. > :10:39.strangely, playing bowls in Formby. He is in bracing the culture. That
:10:40. > :10:45.is a fine straightaway, genes on the Bowling Green. Definitely, and
:10:46. > :10:50.kissing someone else's wife! Bang out of order. One other thing to
:10:51. > :10:54.mention, you will see Liverpool playing in a slightly different kit
:10:55. > :11:01.on Monday night, not their normal sponsor, they are raising money for
:11:02. > :11:05.a global community scheme called Seeing is Believing, and a pair of
:11:06. > :11:11.clot's glasses after the game as well. Raising money for a great
:11:12. > :11:12.cause -- a pair of Jurgen Klopp's glasses.
:11:13. > :11:15.You can listen to that game on 5Live on Monday night.
:11:16. > :11:18.More of that Lingard interview on Match of the Day 2
:11:19. > :11:20.Extra tomorrow lunchtime, and then Match of the Day 2 has
:11:21. > :11:23.moved to Monday night on BBC 1 from 10:45pm, later in Wales.
:11:24. > :11:26.The Premier League show is on Wednesday night on BBC 2.
:11:27. > :11:28.And don't forget you can download Focus from midnight tonight
:11:29. > :11:37.Let's head to Stamford Bridge now, where the Champions of two years ago
:11:38. > :11:39.take on the current conquerors, Leicester.
:11:40. > :11:42.The man whose goals helped fire them to glory, Jamie Vardy,
:11:43. > :11:44.is now the subject of Hollywood movies and book deals.
:11:45. > :12:04.COMMENTATOR: He has done it! Describe what it was like growing up
:12:05. > :12:08.where you lived and what you love to play for the Savic. Just like any
:12:09. > :12:12.normal working class background, local school but all I ever wanted
:12:13. > :12:17.to do was play football, obviously back then with my mates, and at the
:12:18. > :12:22.way really enjoy doing, so I straightway made it as that is what
:12:23. > :12:26.I wanted to do. Back then, where did you play? I played for a local team
:12:27. > :12:29.called York County to start with, and then I got picked up by
:12:30. > :12:32.Sheffield Wednesday, stay there for a number of years, and then
:12:33. > :12:38.unfortunately that is when I got released. Was your time with them
:12:39. > :12:44.like? It was good, getting in with professional coaches, helping me
:12:45. > :12:48.progress. The unfortunate thing is my size, that is why I got rejected.
:12:49. > :12:51.You just think that is what is going to happen to you, you are going to
:12:52. > :12:55.be a professional footballer, but it didn't happen, and heartbreaking to
:12:56. > :13:02.go different ways. What moment do you think your life changed, what
:13:03. > :13:07.made the difference? I think Coventry, being in full-time
:13:08. > :13:12.training every day, and that is all you were doing, and then going to
:13:13. > :13:16.work in a factory for eight hours that day, it made you realise it is
:13:17. > :13:20.what I wanted and that is all I ever wanted to do, so I knew that I had
:13:21. > :13:25.to knuckle down to make it happen. I want to talk a bit about your health
:13:26. > :13:33.regime, because you are famous for drinking two Red Bulls, an omelette,
:13:34. > :13:38.what do the coaches say about that to you? They are fine. Obviously,
:13:39. > :13:46.every single player is different. So if it works for me than I will carry
:13:47. > :13:51.on doing it. Eden Hazard! Leicester City have won the Premier League!
:13:52. > :13:55.CHEERING What was that night is like, in this
:13:56. > :14:01.house, with everybody here celebrating? It wasn't good while
:14:02. > :14:06.Tottenham were 2-0 up, it was very quiet. And then Chelsea got a goal
:14:07. > :14:10.back, and everyone started getting a bit livelier again, and then the
:14:11. > :14:12.second went in and it just fell on erupted! I'm surprised the kids
:14:13. > :14:20.stayed asleep. Leicester back at the ground where
:14:21. > :14:24.they finished last season, Jamie Vardy starting today, just two goals
:14:25. > :14:30.from this season, when the four last time round, do you want to see a bit
:14:31. > :14:34.more from him? A little bit more. An incredible story, lost a bit of his
:14:35. > :14:37.momentum, as have Leicester. 12th in the table now, ten points behind the
:14:38. > :14:41.leaders, so a huge game for them today. Just as much pressure of
:14:42. > :14:46.course on Chelsea though. We will start with the Chelsea side, John
:14:47. > :14:51.Terry back available but only on the bench. This is the side Conte has
:14:52. > :14:54.gone through. It is at the back they have had their issues. Three at the
:14:55. > :14:59.back today. When he turned up at Chelsea, these are the big guys I
:15:00. > :15:03.wanted, and none have been able to come to the club. They haven't, and
:15:04. > :15:07.they are the ones who would have been perfect to play in a three and
:15:08. > :15:10.I don't think he has got it right as yet. Going forward, again, they are
:15:11. > :15:14.one of the teams looking incredibly smooth, very Rolls-Royce like. I
:15:15. > :15:20.think they will have a problem if they play in a three against
:15:21. > :15:26.Leicester. I really do. If you look at those players and look back to
:15:27. > :15:32.the summer how hard they work, is the three summer Azpilicueta is
:15:33. > :15:35.there, we'll Cahill struggle, will Vardy relish those balls into the
:15:36. > :15:39.channel? We have played in a three and it is quite difficult, a tricky
:15:40. > :15:43.thing to do and they have a lot to learn on that system. They have
:15:44. > :15:48.signed a new kit deal this week, Chelsea, ?60 million a season for
:15:49. > :15:51.the next 15 years. Which is bananas. You know Real Madrid get over ?100
:15:52. > :16:02.million each season for a kit deal. Why didn't they hold out for a
:16:03. > :16:06.proper deal? Looking at Leicester, with the Champions League to come,
:16:07. > :16:10.they have made changes as Slimani and Riyad Mahrez are dropped or
:16:11. > :16:14.rested, as you like to look at it. Yes, but as we said, Azpilicueta,
:16:15. > :16:19.Gary Cahill and David Luiz and look at the pressure Anita-macro pays
:16:20. > :16:22.less to have up front. Ahmed Musa is lining and so is Jamie Vardy, the
:16:23. > :16:25.three at the back has got to work for just the otherwise they will
:16:26. > :16:30.concede. Jamie Vardy said his pre-match meal is two Red Bulls and
:16:31. > :16:37.an omelette. Either of you go for something psychotic like that?
:16:38. > :16:41.Psychotic, Martin? We had a slow sugar diet going into games. You go
:16:42. > :16:43.in at a level states what he's doing is really unusual. I wouldn't
:16:44. > :16:50.suggest young players follow it but it has worked for him and it has
:16:51. > :16:55.become a ritual. It is an individual thing, there was chicken and beans
:16:56. > :16:59.and that stuff. The classic Alan Shearer. Yes and a lot of players
:17:00. > :17:03.have tried to find what fits them. What was your slow sugar meal?
:17:04. > :17:08.Porridge in the morning and then rise, things which are easy to die
:17:09. > :17:11.just on the day of the game is all with a good idea. You have a
:17:12. > :17:16.chocolate bar outside so you've obviously changed your preparation!
:17:17. > :17:17.Don't tell the boss. But he had it with broccoli.
:17:18. > :17:21.West London for the early game and it's South London for the late one.
:17:22. > :17:23.Crystal Palace take on West Ham at 5.30pm and Eagles defender
:17:24. > :17:26.James Tomkins takes on his former Hammers team-mates for the first
:17:27. > :17:28.time since his summer move across the capital.
:17:29. > :17:39.It was like my second time, West Ham, when I was a kid growing up.
:17:40. > :17:44.Seven or eight years old, 19 years I had it West Ham and it made me the
:17:45. > :17:52.player I am today. It made me the person I am today because I spend a
:17:53. > :17:56.lot of time there. You know, obviously, I did not get as much
:17:57. > :18:00.game time as I wanted last year so I took the decision, I could easily
:18:01. > :18:03.have sat at West Ham and maybe had a bit part to play this year or
:18:04. > :18:06.whatever but I wanted to change it and get some first-team football in
:18:07. > :18:12.me and I wanted to come to Palace and have a new start, really.
:18:13. > :18:18.I'm really excited about it. I feel I have settled in pretty quickly and
:18:19. > :18:21.the lads have been brilliant to me and all the staff so I hope it
:18:22. > :18:26.continues and with results going this way, it seems to be going well
:18:27. > :18:30.for us. 19 years is a long spell of your life. Was that the toughest
:18:31. > :18:35.decision you have had to make? Yeah, for sure. It did not come lightly,
:18:36. > :18:42.the decision. Everyone said it was an easy decision to come and play
:18:43. > :18:45.football, it was but West Ham, like you said, was the team I've grown up
:18:46. > :18:48.with and all I knew as a kid. It was my local team as well. I wanted to
:18:49. > :18:52.come to Palace. I felt that the club was going somewhere and I wanted...
:18:53. > :18:56.And with Alan Pardew, I knew from West Ham, growing up as a kid when I
:18:57. > :19:00.was 15 or 16, he got me training with the first-team and gave me my
:19:01. > :19:04.first of first-team football, I travelled to the FA Cup final with
:19:05. > :19:07.them which was a massive experience for me. Unfortunately, West Ham lost
:19:08. > :19:13.to Liverpool with Steven Gerrard producing that magic. Gerrard! Those
:19:14. > :19:17.things were brilliant, for Alan Pardew to give me that experience in
:19:18. > :19:26.the first team, and to come and play with him again was exciting. You
:19:27. > :19:30.know, I have always loved playing at Palace as a West Ham player, the
:19:31. > :19:34.great atmosphere it gives. It has continued this year. The fans have
:19:35. > :19:38.been brilliant. As a home player now as well, it seems that much more
:19:39. > :19:44.special, you know? Benteke will attack it and score! Christian
:19:45. > :19:48.Benteke is an intimidating figure as a striker and you have close contact
:19:49. > :19:52.in training. What is he like to play against? I try not to get too close
:19:53. > :19:56.to him in case I injure myself or him! I don't want him to be an fit
:19:57. > :19:59.for Saturday. But he's coming to the team and hit the ground running,
:20:00. > :20:04.scored goals out of nothing, that is the kind of player we need, always a
:20:05. > :20:07.handful, I've played against him a few times and in the air he's
:20:08. > :20:12.brilliant. There's not a much better leap in the league than him. You are
:20:13. > :20:16.a London boy and a London derby, is it anything different or is it just
:20:17. > :20:20.another game, as they say? I think it does for me, playing for West
:20:21. > :20:26.Ham, it is going to be exciting. It is going to be a weird scenario as
:20:27. > :20:29.well. And emotional, a little bit. I know you are not expected to play
:20:30. > :20:32.your boyhood team as a kid growing up but I'm excited about the
:20:33. > :20:36.challenge and you know, I'm sure they will turn it around. It is one
:20:37. > :20:39.of those things, getting used to the new stadium, I think but we don't
:20:40. > :20:44.want them to turn it around on Saturday! But I hope they do in the
:20:45. > :20:50.future. If I look up on Saturday and I see the name, Tomkins, 90 plus
:20:51. > :20:53.one, winning goal, I just wonder how you would react? LAUGHTER
:20:54. > :20:56.I don't know, I'd have to wait and see if it comes to it but I'm not
:20:57. > :21:01.thinking about that, I'm thinking about trying to stop goals worse.
:21:02. > :21:02.There will always be a bit of that as well. What it's all about the
:21:03. > :21:07.team. We have moved to the touch-screen to
:21:08. > :21:12.have a look at James Tomkins and quite an prediction if it comes off.
:21:13. > :21:16.Good luck! Before we talk about that, did you avoid a player in
:21:17. > :21:21.training? That would be a sign of weakness, Dan, no. We had to take
:21:22. > :21:24.on, imagine playing against Thierry Henry everyday. You had to get stuck
:21:25. > :21:28.in otherwise he would embarrass you. I wanted to ask you about that
:21:29. > :21:32.because I spoke to us and bring a few seasons ago and he said he used
:21:33. > :21:36.to have to tell you off quite regularly for tackling Henry.
:21:37. > :21:41.Martin, what are you doing? We need him at the weekend! But I took what
:21:42. > :21:45.I did in training into the games but it was the same everyday. I can see
:21:46. > :21:49.that from your face and a very good Arsene Wenger impression! Looking at
:21:50. > :21:53.the season, Palestinian start the season very well but they are aids
:21:54. > :21:56.and on a decent run, could equal their league record of six games
:21:57. > :22:00.unbeaten if they get the better or at least don't lose to West Ham
:22:01. > :22:04.today. -- -- Palliser started the season. In terms of Tomkins, what is
:22:05. > :22:10.he doing well? You both rate him highly. He's made a difference,
:22:11. > :22:15.shored up the defence. We have some clips and I'm sure Martin will chip
:22:16. > :22:19.in as well. Three or four clips on the way he played the game. I'm
:22:20. > :22:23.going to pause it right there. That is the first defender. That is not
:22:24. > :22:27.Tomkins, the first Palace defender, challenging for the ball, where
:22:28. > :22:34.should you be? Alongside or certainly giving cover in behind.
:22:35. > :22:37.Just there? Just in case. Yes. Tomkins just comes into shop, in
:22:38. > :22:42.behind, covering the defender, perfect position to be. His
:22:43. > :22:46.positional play is good. If I pause that, this is Tomkins, right there,
:22:47. > :22:50.on the move, because the danger is right there, the Centre forward.
:22:51. > :22:56.Once that has gone, he has to get into position alongside his four
:22:57. > :23:01.defenders. His movement is perfect. If I play it on, you will see, he
:23:02. > :23:05.goes in, no danger so he goes back into the four, looks over his
:23:06. > :23:10.shoulder, stays within the width of the posts and clears. That is
:23:11. > :23:13.decision-making? Yes, which is more important, the space of a player?
:23:14. > :23:17.You have to decide the top players can comfortably make the correct
:23:18. > :23:19.decision in a calm way, to give yourself the best chance, so you are
:23:20. > :23:23.nice and organised and not panicking. You see that from front
:23:24. > :23:32.players in possession but defenders have to show as well. Just pausing
:23:33. > :23:35.it, Tomkins there, going back into position without the ball,
:23:36. > :23:37.defending. Look at how many times he looks over his shoulder to check
:23:38. > :23:39.where the forwarded. Three times, just so he knows where the danger is
:23:40. > :23:43.and where his partner is when he comes to defending. When you get
:23:44. > :23:47.this right, it is like putting on an old pair of slippers as a defender,
:23:48. > :23:50.it is so easy. Looking at this one, running it on, it is just about
:23:51. > :23:57.staying goal side. Stay on your feet. And being calm. Don't dive in.
:23:58. > :24:01.Pick it out and think of this as a routine as a player, you win the
:24:02. > :24:04.ball but make a pass as well, be composed and he finds it as well. I
:24:05. > :24:09.can't believe West Ham allowed him to leave. This is the last one where
:24:10. > :24:13.he is patient, takes it from Wilfried Bony. But for me, he has
:24:14. > :24:17.shored up the defence and it works very well and the big thing is, he
:24:18. > :24:22.defends first. When he has time to play, he will. Great signing, for
:24:23. > :24:25.me. And the team he has left, West Ham, we have been talking about
:24:26. > :24:29.their defensive issues so far and we have picked an two of the three
:24:30. > :24:33.goals that Martin is serious about, that they conceived in the last game
:24:34. > :24:38.against Southampton. -- furious about. You think the defending is
:24:39. > :24:42.particularly bad? It is, your mindset has to be that you are
:24:43. > :24:49.secure. Defenders can't have bad games. You have to be organised and
:24:50. > :24:54.got to want to defend. That is OK at the moment. I'm not sure why
:24:55. > :24:57.Antonio... He should be pushed up further. The full-back should get
:24:58. > :25:01.him out of there, for a start. He's never really been a full-back. Keep
:25:02. > :25:07.an eye on Ryan Bertrand. He's right there. They have got players behind
:25:08. > :25:11.the ball. But that all changes. It is the ball played in behind, they
:25:12. > :25:14.are not in a line and the full-back... Bears Ryan Bertrand.
:25:15. > :25:19.And Havard Nordtveit, the right-sided defender. He is a
:25:20. > :25:22.midfielder being asked to play full-back. He's not going after the
:25:23. > :25:25.ball with any real intention, no one picking up in the box and it is so
:25:26. > :25:30.simple for Charlie Austin to put it away. It is criminal, really. And
:25:31. > :25:34.the other one, for me, is even worse. I don't know... You know, I'm
:25:35. > :25:39.going to play it and then pause it because it is that bad from the
:25:40. > :25:42.beginning. Their's the two defenders side-by-side, I will put one circle
:25:43. > :25:48.on them because they are so close together. Winston Reid has come out
:25:49. > :25:50.and Arbeloa is sitting in. Sat back to defend and they are having a chat
:25:51. > :25:55.about what they are doing that night. Maggie Lieu Arbeloa should be
:25:56. > :25:57.thinking about getting it a full-back and Ogbonna organising. No
:25:58. > :26:04.one is doing anything when they are in possession of the ball. Get into
:26:05. > :26:08.position quickly. If I played like that with you in defence and we were
:26:09. > :26:11.behind each other, that is just the law of defending, don't go in front
:26:12. > :26:15.of each other, stay by the side, stay like this and you can see each
:26:16. > :26:19.other but watch what happens. It is so simple, schoolboy defending.
:26:20. > :26:23.Slaven Bilic is the manager and he knows a thing or two about this
:26:24. > :26:27.position. Just organise it on the pitch. But it is a mindset. People
:26:28. > :26:31.underestimate defenders. Listen, the front players can lose their front
:26:32. > :26:35.door key but not the defenders. You have to be reliable, people who can
:26:36. > :26:37.be good -- relied upon by those defenders can't be. Don't lose your
:26:38. > :26:39.front door key! If we go back to the table,
:26:40. > :26:43.Manchester City are still top despite their first defeat
:26:44. > :26:56.of the season at Manchester City and their 100%
:26:57. > :26:58.Premier League record will be put to the test, here, against the
:26:59. > :27:05.division's only other unbeaten outfit. In towards the near post!
:27:06. > :27:11.Almost turned in by David Silva. Now Rose. Son makes the running to the
:27:12. > :27:14.centre of the penalty area and it has gone in! An own goal by
:27:15. > :27:19.Aleksandar Kolarov. And Tottenham Hotspur have the lead, here. You
:27:20. > :27:25.have to say they are putting down the mark. It might fall kindly for
:27:26. > :27:29.Son and into Dele Alli! Tottenham 2-0 Manchester City as Dele Alli
:27:30. > :27:35.sweeps the ball home. Now it is with Aguero. Against the post and away.
:27:36. > :27:39.City as well, a bit of panic in the way they played and Tottenham were
:27:40. > :27:44.just really intense. Dele Alli could be in on goal, down under the
:27:45. > :27:48.Challenger Fernandinho and to Spurs. Bravo doing his best to put off the
:27:49. > :27:52.Tottenham striker and he's done a good job of it and make the state.
:27:53. > :27:56.Congratulate Tottenham for the performance. If you play like today,
:27:57. > :27:58.with passion and intensity, I think we have quality enough to fight in
:27:59. > :28:04.everything. We will talk Spurs in a moment at
:28:05. > :28:07.West Brom and I wanted to mention the managers at the Etihad today
:28:08. > :28:10.because Ronald Koeman and Guardiola were team-mates and roommates at
:28:11. > :28:13.Barcelona and I were both part of the site where Ronald Koeman scored
:28:14. > :28:16.a 92 goal in and between the European Cup but Coman says that
:28:17. > :28:23.Guardiola does not ask for advice any things have changed! He's the
:28:24. > :28:27.top of the tree and everything is looking at him and asking what he
:28:28. > :28:31.does. I don't think Ronald Koeman is too far away. Don't underestimate
:28:32. > :28:36.income in the higher echelons of managers, he feels he is just below
:28:37. > :28:41.it. And he is at the moment. But Everton are doing very well. Let's
:28:42. > :28:44.talk about today. There is a man who is currently top of the system is
:28:45. > :28:48.vital Manchester City. I know Barcelona will come in a Champions
:28:49. > :28:54.League but if he is fit, do you have to play him? You have got to. For
:28:55. > :28:57.me, going forward, he is possibly the most positive... Not an out and
:28:58. > :29:02.out striker, but in behind he can make anything happen. Passes are
:29:03. > :29:05.good, the weight of pass is good, you will get your goals and works in
:29:06. > :29:09.Granby hard. You have to play him. A grubby but good managers find the
:29:10. > :29:15.right position for pleasant Kevin De Bruyne is showing what he is capable
:29:16. > :29:18.of just off the front in the -- position for players and Kevin De
:29:19. > :29:22.Bruyne is showing what he is capable of. One man not only is this list
:29:23. > :29:26.but in the top scorer chart is Romelu Lukaku with five in five. Do
:29:27. > :29:30.you think we have seen him develop this season under Ronald Koeman? I
:29:31. > :29:34.always felt he was a pussycat and now he's turning into the tiger he
:29:35. > :29:37.needs to be. He's able of a man, everything in his game, rejected by
:29:38. > :29:43.Chelsea, really but I'm sure they are that now. This is a team,
:29:44. > :29:47.Everton, that are going from strength to strength. He is the
:29:48. > :29:50.icing on the cake. For me, Lukaku is the kind of player that needs
:29:51. > :29:54.boundaries. You have to tell him what to do because if you don't give
:29:55. > :29:58.him any challenges and restrictions, he will float through the season,
:29:59. > :30:01.just being OK but that is not good enough. Ronald Koeman have to tell
:30:02. > :30:08.him to do his job and score goals otherwise he's not playing. Give him
:30:09. > :30:12.challenges and targets. One final look at the table because the team
:30:13. > :30:13.currently Segunda Tottenham, the only unbeaten side left in the
:30:14. > :30:14.Premier League. And this week, the manager
:30:15. > :30:16.Mauricio Pochettino sat down for a chat with our very own former
:30:17. > :30:33.Spur, Jermaine Jenas. How are you? I'm very well, how are
:30:34. > :30:40.you? Nice to see you. Shall we go into this lovely place and have a
:30:41. > :30:44.chat? COMMENTATOR: There remains only one unbeaten team in the
:30:45. > :30:48.Premier League tonight, and that is Tottenham Hotspur. The fans saw that
:30:49. > :30:51.as a real breakthrough moment that said, you know what, Spurs now
:30:52. > :30:58.officially ready to challenge the title. Is that the way you see it as
:30:59. > :31:03.well? It is difficult for me, I think it is too early. I think we
:31:04. > :31:12.are building a very nice project, a very nice team, and I think we are
:31:13. > :31:17.in a moment that we need to believe, and show that we are capable of
:31:18. > :31:25.managing big things, big games. We are young, we have a young squad,
:31:26. > :31:29.but I think that if you play with the passion that we play, and you
:31:30. > :31:36.show the quality that we show with Manchester City, all this possible.
:31:37. > :31:42.COMMENTATOR: Diego Costa, there is Hazard! What a goal by Eden Hazard!
:31:43. > :31:47.The title has gone for Tottenham. Just a touch on last year, would you
:31:48. > :31:51.put that down to? I think it was an experience that must learn from. It
:31:52. > :31:58.was not a physical problem, it was mental. When you lose the focus, it
:31:59. > :32:02.is impossible to move your body. It is strange to translate the message
:32:03. > :32:06.that we need to always enjoy, enjoy the training sessions, enjoy playing
:32:07. > :32:11.football. When you don't have passion, energy, emotion, then you
:32:12. > :32:16.can lose how we lost the last few games last season. At what point
:32:17. > :32:27.during your playing career did you think I'm going to be a coach? I
:32:28. > :32:30.think it was 27. 27? Wow. Yes, 27, in Paris. At that moment I started
:32:31. > :32:35.to think in another way. Before I was only focused on myself, and to
:32:36. > :32:39.be ready to compete, but in that moment I started to think oh, I like
:32:40. > :32:45.that, oh, why did the manager take that decision? And in that moment I
:32:46. > :32:49.started to realise that I was very interested. Something is was taking
:32:50. > :32:56.over. Yes, I started to grow up inside myself. You said when you are
:32:57. > :33:00.27 you started thinking about coaching, where you still playing
:33:01. > :33:05.for Argentina? Yes, I remember a game when you played against
:33:06. > :33:12.England... LAUGHTER It's a penalty! Michael Owen brought
:33:13. > :33:18.down by Pochettino! It was a good tackle, very good tackle! And after
:33:19. > :33:21.many years, that was good for me, because all the people in England
:33:22. > :33:27.remembered me! So it worked! LAUGHTER
:33:28. > :33:43.This club is known for its strong Argentinian links. Number seven,
:33:44. > :33:50.Ardiles! What a fantastic run! Who scores, amazing goal! Were you aware
:33:51. > :33:56.of the identity that Spurs have other player and especially in
:33:57. > :34:05.management now? Yes, I hear from Tottenham when I was in Argentina,
:34:06. > :34:11.from Ossie. Tottenham were known very well in Argentina. It is
:34:12. > :34:16.fantastic. Thank you for your time, mate. A pleasure. Can you just tell
:34:17. > :34:24.Dele Alli that I was better than him! I'm only joking. With me, we
:34:25. > :34:26.were better than Dele Alli, of course.
:34:27. > :34:32.I wish! Welborn, Jermaine, fascinating insight. There were
:34:33. > :34:35.talks about him potentially going elsewhere but he stayed at Spurs and
:34:36. > :34:39.seems to be loving the job there and he is involved in every thing. There
:34:40. > :34:43.is talk at their training ground there is a feeling of excellence
:34:44. > :34:46.they are trying to achieve at Tottenham, new stadium, it is a new
:34:47. > :34:54.beginning them. Outstanding manager. Just missed out last year, talked
:34:55. > :34:57.about the mental toughness. Let's not forget that Harry Kane is
:34:58. > :35:01.injured at the moment and still getting great results. Very calm
:35:02. > :35:04.under pressure, very calm in his interviews, never gets flustered,
:35:05. > :35:08.and I think that filters down to the players, the way they play. A big
:35:09. > :35:13.few months, I know they beat Manchester City, they have the EFL
:35:14. > :35:18.Cup coming, and Premier League fixtures, it is too weak every week,
:35:19. > :35:21.and the Champions League. That is the pressure now, to be the best
:35:22. > :35:24.team in the league convincingly and deserved it, can they now click on?
:35:25. > :35:29.They are now on the same level, people want to beat Spurs even now,
:35:30. > :35:38.can they handled the pressure? Is the squad strong enough? On West
:35:39. > :35:45.Brom, Nacer Chadli has taken on his old team-mate, in an interview in a
:35:46. > :35:49.newspaper this week, he said that Alderweireld, the Tongan, stay at
:35:50. > :35:52.Spurs, you are enjoying it, and he said no, I want to go and play
:35:53. > :35:55.football every week. He said it is the first time I have played in the
:35:56. > :36:00.team where I have to do so much running without the ball and he is
:36:01. > :36:04.leading that challenge. He comes from a team, Spurs, with pricing,
:36:05. > :36:08.may be the philosophy is what he is talking about, Tottenham it is about
:36:09. > :36:11.what they do with the ball and that balance but he has certainly done
:36:12. > :36:16.brilliantly, three from four games he has scored. Chadli. There is
:36:17. > :36:20.nothing that beats playing every week. If you work as hard as you
:36:21. > :36:23.have to work when you are playing for West Brom and you get
:36:24. > :36:25.performances, it is a much more satisfying because you know you are
:36:26. > :36:31.actually putting the work in and at the moment he is reaping the rewards
:36:32. > :36:34.of working really hard. West Brom have Spurs, Liverpool, Man City and
:36:35. > :36:41.Leicester in the next games. Good luck, lads! LAUGHTER
:36:42. > :36:42.Thank you for that, Dion. We are just about halfway through. Still
:36:43. > :36:46.plenty to come. We'll hear the extraordinary
:36:47. > :36:47.journey of the English And we have Predictions from a man
:36:48. > :37:07.who loves to dance in yellow. Chelsea are a girl already, Diego
:37:08. > :37:08.Costa has good for them against Leicester.
:37:09. > :37:10.Despite my suggestion, they didn't play Jenga with Zenga.
:37:11. > :37:13.He's been in the Wolves dugout for a few months.
:37:14. > :37:15.The extremes of Premier League managerial experience face each
:37:16. > :37:17.other at the Emirates shortly, as Arsene Wenger takes on Swansea's
:37:18. > :37:37.We had last year a very negative experience with Swansea that killed,
:37:38. > :37:42.basically, our opportunity to win the championship. We have a good
:37:43. > :37:46.opportunity as well to show that we have learned from that. Bob Bradley
:37:47. > :37:53.has a big experience, he is not a beginner. He is equipped to deal
:37:54. > :38:01.with what is requested from him. Arsene is right there with the top
:38:02. > :38:04.managers, and to be in a club for 20 years, where the football that's
:38:05. > :38:11.been played is such a reflection of the man. This is a fantastic thing.
:38:12. > :38:15.The response of the players has been fantastic. There have been some
:38:16. > :38:20.moments this week in training where I get a little bit louder and harder
:38:21. > :38:23.and the whole bit, but I couldn't ask more from a group of guys so
:38:24. > :38:28.far, so little by little, that's how we grow as a team.
:38:29. > :38:33.Straight to the Emirates and our Match of the Day commentator. Not
:38:34. > :38:39.the easiest place to go for your first game in the Premier League,
:38:40. > :38:44.but he doesn't lack confidence, does he, Mr Bradley? Now, he doesn't, and
:38:45. > :38:47.nor should he, because he has a coaching CV that spans more than 25
:38:48. > :38:51.years. Obviously he is best known here as an international manager,
:38:52. > :38:54.but I think that Premier League football, which is something he has
:38:55. > :38:58.always had on his agenda of things that he wanted to do, and now
:38:59. > :39:03.finally he has the chance to do it. It's not the first time he's been
:39:04. > :39:07.linked with clubs. Hull City in the summer spoke to him as well, I
:39:08. > :39:12.understand, but here he is at Swansea, starting here against
:39:13. > :39:15.Arsene Wenger's Arsenal. It is a big ask of course, particularly Swansea
:39:16. > :39:19.in this terrible run of form and Arsenal flying. On Arsenal, there is
:39:20. > :39:24.a ridiculous that around, Bob Bradley will be the 147th manager
:39:25. > :39:38.that Wenger has faced in the Premier League. That is amazing, Bradley is
:39:39. > :39:46.the 211th manager to take charge of a Premier League game. Wenger is one
:39:47. > :39:50.of the very few people who can have that sort of longevity over Bob
:39:51. > :39:55.Bradley. His career goes back even further than the American's, but
:39:56. > :39:59.even though Bradley has managed in many countries over many years, this
:40:00. > :40:04.is new. This will be a big day for him and we look forward to seeing
:40:05. > :40:07.how his team adapts to his style, and so far, from what I hear, they
:40:08. > :40:12.are pleased with what they have done on the training ground with him.
:40:13. > :40:18.Enjoy the game this afternoon, I'm sure somebody is trying to work out
:40:19. > :40:20.those 64 right now. A look at the bottom of the table for you.
:40:21. > :40:22.Swansea just above the relegation places, and the bottom
:40:23. > :40:24.two face each other at the Bet365 Stadium
:40:25. > :40:34.It is stuck against Sunderland. Neither of these two sides with a
:40:35. > :40:39.win so far this season. Dion, of those to whom would you be the most
:40:40. > :40:45.concerned about? Sunderland. Why? I just don't know where they will get
:40:46. > :40:51.their points from, Dan. I look at their fixtures and think I just
:40:52. > :40:55.can't even getting through. They can score goals but they just leaked to
:40:56. > :41:00.many, week in, week out, for me. Talking about West Brom and their
:41:01. > :41:03.worrying fixture list. Stoke have talked about a bit of light relief
:41:04. > :41:06.from their next two fixtures, certainly opportunities in this neck
:41:07. > :41:11.seven games to get up and running in the Premier League this season. Yes,
:41:12. > :41:15.looking at Hull away, Swansea, interesting to see how they go.
:41:16. > :41:19.There's a chance now, this is a moment for them to it and start to
:41:20. > :41:22.get out of trouble, Stoke. And they are in trouble, they can't have a
:41:23. > :41:26.series of results they have had an say anything is fine. The balance of
:41:27. > :41:29.the problem for them. Without being steely, they have brought in some
:41:30. > :41:33.really good players but it is not Gelling at the moment. The nice
:41:34. > :41:38.thing for Stoke and Mark Hughes, he can look back at losses in Angola,
:41:39. > :41:42.we ain't bad. And they started poorly. We ain't bad and I can turn
:41:43. > :41:46.it around, we can give good performances beat teams we need to.
:41:47. > :41:49.Whereas if you look at Sunderland, I find it hard to find the same
:41:50. > :41:54.comparison. You say they started poorly, but all in the last three
:41:55. > :41:57.seasons Stoke are finished in ninth spot. Another stat for you!
:41:58. > :41:59.Keep across all today's games with Final Score.
:42:00. > :42:01.It's on the website and Red Button from 2.30pm.
:42:02. > :42:03.Sue Smith alongside Kevin Kilbane for that today.
:42:04. > :42:07.And then Match of the Day is at 10.25pm, with Gary joined
:42:08. > :42:13.Five minutes earlier than it sometimes is.
:42:14. > :42:16.Let's head to America now, where a young Englishman is taking
:42:17. > :42:19.the MLS by storm after taking the brave decision to leave
:42:20. > :42:21.Manchester United's Academy at the age of 14 to take up
:42:22. > :42:25.Jack Harrison's move is now paying off, as he's starring alongside
:42:26. > :42:27.Lampard, Pirlo and Villa for New York City.
:42:28. > :42:48.New York I think deep down inside is where I wanted to be. Just a dream
:42:49. > :42:52.come true to be able to play here. It all came from my mum one I was
:42:53. > :42:57.around 14 years old. She introduced the idea of coming to America.
:42:58. > :43:02.COMMENTATOR: Harrison, clever from Jack Harrison and he scores! At
:43:03. > :43:05.first I was really apprehensive, but she said just go and visit, if you
:43:06. > :43:10.like it you can stay out there, if not, we'll come back and figure
:43:11. > :43:15.something out. I ended up loving it. I got a really good feel for the
:43:16. > :43:18.campus. I attended a few classes, played football with the guys and it
:43:19. > :43:23.was all great. The whole community was just an amazing place to be. I
:43:24. > :43:30.enjoy being by myself, I have always been an independent person, so to be
:43:31. > :43:34.in a dorm full of my friends. They are scared, boys can they are
:43:35. > :43:38.scared. The school side was a lot tougher than being in England. I
:43:39. > :43:42.used to get away with a few homework assignments here and there in
:43:43. > :43:45.England, because of training latecomer used to use that excuse
:43:46. > :43:50.all the time. I tried it a couple of times when I came to America and it
:43:51. > :43:53.just didn't work out well at all! Signing for United at such a young
:43:54. > :43:59.age, that is every child's dream, I guess. I had interest from Man Utd
:44:00. > :44:04.and Liverpool, and my mum decided that although I was a Liverpool fan,
:44:05. > :44:09.it was better after the United. As a young kid in the academy, everything
:44:10. > :44:11.tunnel vision, and you want to make it the first team and then think
:44:12. > :44:16.about anything else. Now I'm happy to be where I am. Did you ever think
:44:17. > :44:24.your chance of being a professional footballer had gone? I never
:44:25. > :44:27.believed it was fully gone. I always wanted to pursue it as long as I
:44:28. > :44:30.could, I was still young, being in high school and everything, and I
:44:31. > :44:35.had heard about different ways people had made it in America. But I
:44:36. > :44:38.just never knew when the chance would come. I was fortunate enough
:44:39. > :44:43.to get drafted this year, and be in a place where I love. Can you
:44:44. > :44:48.remember that draft night? On the day it was crazy, a whirlwind. I
:44:49. > :44:51.thought I was going to Chicago, and I was happy they had picked me
:44:52. > :44:55.first, I was over the moon about that, and Mengisteab waiting around
:44:56. > :44:59.for 30 minutes. I was supposed to go off and do interviews but they held
:45:00. > :45:04.me off to the side and I was like, what is going on? And then someone
:45:05. > :45:10.from New York said Europe coming to New York, take your scarf. That was
:45:11. > :45:12.crazy, just happened so quickly. -- you are coming to New York. But I
:45:13. > :45:27.was thrilled. To take him out of the academy, it
:45:28. > :45:34.was quite unusual and an unorthodox route that we took. But we can't
:45:35. > :45:37.think that just because they are at Manchester United's academy that
:45:38. > :45:41.they are necessarily going to end up playing football. I wanted a back-up
:45:42. > :45:44.for him. I remember when he first arrived and he rang me up in the
:45:45. > :45:51.early hours of the morning and said," I love it", and that was it,
:45:52. > :45:55.there was no turning back. He's a very good person, first of all, he's
:45:56. > :46:01.a really good player. He wants to learn everyday, every time, every
:46:02. > :46:06.training. What is it like training with Andrea Pirlo, David Villa and
:46:07. > :46:09.Frank Lampard? To be able to be in the locker room with them every day,
:46:10. > :46:13.an absolute pleasure to be playing alongside three legends at the club
:46:14. > :46:20.and being coached by another great legend as well. It is so humbling to
:46:21. > :46:24.be alongside these guys and to say that I've played with them. Do you
:46:25. > :46:28.feel you have reached your personal goals, done as well as you can in
:46:29. > :46:34.your first season? I think I still have some way to go. I've been
:46:35. > :46:37.fairly happy with how it started, my first professional career. But I
:46:38. > :46:40.know I still have a lot of work to do and I'm willing to work on it
:46:41. > :46:41.with Patrick and the rest of the coaching staff to improve my game as
:46:42. > :46:49.much as possible. What an opportunity for the young
:46:50. > :46:53.man. I know you were impressed with the little team talk in the circle.
:46:54. > :46:58.Great initiative from him and his mum to take him out of Manchester
:46:59. > :47:02.United's Academy. Mothers are always right! I think this is an
:47:03. > :47:05.interesting one because you get a lot of families coming up to me and
:47:06. > :47:08.asking if they should put their sons in academies or go different route
:47:09. > :47:12.and they have been really successful, living the dream and you
:47:13. > :47:17.hope it can push on and maybe one day come back to play in the Premier
:47:18. > :47:20.League. -- he can push on. A lot of players in his position would have
:47:21. > :47:24.said it is not working and that was it and then you will hear the story
:47:25. > :47:29.that he could have been something. But he wanted to add his mum backed
:47:30. > :47:33.him up and he wanted to go for it and be a professional footballer and
:47:34. > :47:36.stuck to his guns. How many games would he have played for Manchester
:47:37. > :47:40.United? This is the problem in the game, the lack of English players
:47:41. > :47:44.for Gareth Southgate to pick but we have to develop them better and this
:47:45. > :47:48.might be another way, sending them to America. I went to New York and I
:47:49. > :47:51.have been to the training ground, seen Patrick and Frank Lampard and
:47:52. > :47:55.seen them training hard and the setup is incredible. For him to get
:47:56. > :47:58.into a side with players like Andrea Pirlo and David Villa, that is a
:47:59. > :48:02.dream for him and you heard what he had to say, it's a dream for him and
:48:03. > :48:07.he's loving it. I bet you were the one who gave the team talks at
:48:08. > :48:10.school? We had a teacher, actually, first year, it was the PE teacher
:48:11. > :48:14.and the second year, it was the maths teacher and he said, just get
:48:15. > :48:18.on with it which was great for my development! I've witnessed one of
:48:19. > :48:25.your team talks, Martin, and it is a scary thing but impressive! We
:48:26. > :48:28.talked about Frank Lampard, there. Talking internationals, he is part
:48:29. > :48:32.of a previous England generation. What do you think of the current
:48:33. > :48:38.crop? England this week, a bit of criticism for the way they played an
:48:39. > :48:43.the draw against Slovenia. This man has come under the cosh but are you
:48:44. > :48:47.positive about going forward under Gareth Southgate? Me personally, I
:48:48. > :48:51.am 100% positive with him. In previous years, we have had managers
:48:52. > :48:55.there and the football team here, a massive gulf in knowing what is
:48:56. > :48:58.going on. Now Gareth is right in the middle, he's worked with the
:48:59. > :49:01.majority of the players in the England squad. I think Gareth is the
:49:02. > :49:13.perfect fit because they know the manager and the manager knows them.
:49:14. > :49:15.He had some big decisions to make this week and he handled them
:49:16. > :49:18.extremely well. You could look at it and say it was premeditated because
:49:19. > :49:21.Rooney was taken out which was a popular decision. I'm not sure it
:49:22. > :49:23.made the team better, I have to say and it is about getting results and
:49:24. > :49:26.the next one is the Scotland game which is huge. But also big for
:49:27. > :49:30.Gordon Strachan who says he will stay in the job despite a really
:49:31. > :49:32.disappointing draw with Lithuania, and defeat against Slovakia. I know
:49:33. > :49:36.you have spoken to him recently and he is enjoying the challenge but he
:49:37. > :49:43.finds himself in a difficult position. Yes, and he is under huge
:49:44. > :49:47.pressure. Gordon lives in Warwickshire, and so do I so we have
:49:48. > :49:51.crossed paths on several occasions. He says he is managing his country
:49:52. > :49:59.and loving it, the biggest job but it is difficult, hard to progress
:50:00. > :50:02.with what he's got. It looks like he's holding it all together. They
:50:03. > :50:05.don't have the footballing greats any more from Scotland, the calibre
:50:06. > :50:11.of player is definitely a problem and I think they need to hang onto
:50:12. > :50:14.him. I agree. Talking football greats, a man who knows all about
:50:15. > :50:16.international football is Walter Zenga.
:50:17. > :50:19.The Azzurri keeper from Italia '90, he has gone on to manage
:50:20. > :50:21.clubs around the globe, and is now at
:50:22. > :50:24.Today, they face Aston Villa, under Steve Bruce.
:50:25. > :50:29.Mark Clemmitt has been for a pow-wow with Walter.
:50:30. > :50:34.When Walter Zenga finally hung up his gloves at the end of his playing
:50:35. > :50:37.career, he briefly worked as an actor on an Italian soap opera. I
:50:38. > :50:41.think it is fair to say his management career has been every bit
:50:42. > :50:47.as dramatic. 16 clubs in eight countries over 18 years. But it is
:50:48. > :50:54.for his heroics with Inter Milan and the national side at Italia 90 that
:50:55. > :50:57.the man nicknamed the Handglider is best known and he still holds the
:50:58. > :51:05.record for World Cup minutes without conceding a goal. As anyone
:51:06. > :51:12.explained to you how much affection we English hold for the Italia 90
:51:13. > :51:15.tournament? Italia 90 is a great memory. Quinn coming in for the
:51:16. > :51:19.header and a brilliant save by Walter Zenga, proving himself to be
:51:20. > :51:23.possibly the best goalkeeper in the tournament. We played in one small
:51:24. > :51:27.final against England in Italy. David Platt became Mighty Mike at
:51:28. > :51:30.Sampdoria. Nice guy. If I don't make a mistake, this was the last
:51:31. > :51:36.performance in the World Cup, in the first four. We don't do it very
:51:37. > :51:42.often, not like your country. Thank you for that. I can't get over the
:51:43. > :51:48.contrast between your playing career and erect Inter Milan for 15 years,
:51:49. > :51:52.and your management career which has taken you everywhere. No, because I
:51:53. > :51:55.signed all the times the contract for one year, first. My career as a
:51:56. > :52:01.player was different because a player, if you sign a contract
:52:02. > :52:05.long-term, you stay at the club. Coaches, it is something that you
:52:06. > :52:11.win the next game, lucky, you have one more week in your hands to work!
:52:12. > :52:17.How do you form a bond when you go to a new country? I live here in
:52:18. > :52:24.Wolverhampton. I don't want to look for a house elsewhere because in my
:52:25. > :52:28.opinion, I have to feel the city, the fans, the club and everything.
:52:29. > :52:34.This is normal, in my opinion. The funny thing is, I arrived here with
:52:35. > :52:38.one dress suit, one pair of jeans and one T-shirt because I came
:52:39. > :52:44.directly from holidays. You got the call to come and take over at Wolves
:52:45. > :52:49.while you were on holiday? In July, where are you normally? I'm not
:52:50. > :52:52.going to tell you, but... Simple as that? I'm sure you realise you've
:52:53. > :52:59.got rather a game this weekend, the Derby, just the kind of situation
:53:00. > :53:04.you love, you thrive on? The problem is, every game is a story apart, not
:53:05. > :53:08.the same as before. This game, we play against a team that is a big
:53:09. > :53:15.team, come from the Premier League, new manager, but we have do play as
:53:16. > :53:20.a wolf, think about ourselves and make our game and this is our way.
:53:21. > :53:25.How ambitious is this football club? I'm ambitious and I don't know how
:53:26. > :53:30.many times I need, if I need a month or a year or two years. But I'm sure
:53:31. > :53:36.this club will be back in the Premier League. This club has got
:53:37. > :53:41.the facilities, the passion, the story of the club. We have to bring
:53:42. > :53:44.this club back into the perennially. It has been an absolute pleasure.
:53:45. > :53:54.Thank you so much. Cheers! The Handglider's team on the table
:53:55. > :53:57.at the moment. It has been four season since Wolves were in the
:53:58. > :54:01.Premier League but he is saying or the right things, the man who played
:54:02. > :54:08.for his country 58 times. You know what? He has possibly taken a job in
:54:09. > :54:12.the hardest league to be successful in in the world, the Championship,
:54:13. > :54:14.the fan base is huge, though, the club in stature is huge and they
:54:15. > :54:19.have let themselves down recently and they need to get back to the
:54:20. > :54:22.Premier League. It is a hell of a challenge for him. They say he
:54:23. > :54:26.turned up with one suitcase and it is going to be doing some wild! I'm
:54:27. > :54:37.sure he has got more clothes now! View be waking up in hotels all over
:54:38. > :54:39.the place, the games, so thick and fast in the Championship, I've
:54:40. > :54:42.played there are a couple of times, it is so far removed. We played
:54:43. > :54:44.together in the Championship for Leicester and old lads like us were
:54:45. > :54:46.moaning every five minutes because there was a game on Tuesday and
:54:47. > :54:51.Saturday, Tuesday, Saturday, I dread to think what he will be like! New
:54:52. > :54:55.Chinese owners from today their games are available on pay TV in
:54:56. > :54:56.China as well, so it is Aston Villa today.
:54:57. > :54:59.We saw a bit of Steve Bruce during that interview.
:55:00. > :55:01.After resigning as Hull manager in July, he's back,
:55:02. > :55:12.Let's's hear from him. I've been out for three or four months. It is the
:55:13. > :55:16.first time in 40 years I have not been involved with a football club
:55:17. > :55:20.on the first overseas. I found that remarkably strange. I do believe I
:55:21. > :55:25.have got one of the biggest clubs in in this country. This is a huge, big
:55:26. > :55:31.football club. It is a privilege to manage it. It is arguably the
:55:32. > :55:34.biggest club I've ever managed. You know, this club is steeped in
:55:35. > :55:39.history of winning things. The expectation is always still going to
:55:40. > :55:42.be there. I hope I can live up to the billing. He has got a
:55:43. > :55:47.magnificent record and Bae why you are so happy now. Is he the right
:55:48. > :55:51.man for you? He is coming yet, you don't get time any more, Roberto Di
:55:52. > :56:00.Matteo did not get time, it did not work, fair enough, get someone else
:56:01. > :56:04.in and to choose Steve Bruce, for me, he's the right man for the job
:56:05. > :56:07.with who is on offer. I think he's the top of the tree. He knows the
:56:08. > :56:09.job backwards and he will get lots of respect from the players and he
:56:10. > :56:12.is going into a football club which we both played for with lots of
:56:13. > :56:15.history. The pressure is on him. He is sitting there saying a lot of
:56:16. > :56:18.things about the club that a lot of managers in the past have said but
:56:19. > :56:21.he's got to try to turn it around. It is a tricky team to play for. The
:56:22. > :56:26.fans are difficult. We were promoted, we relegated -- were
:56:27. > :56:32.relegated and we cannot. 13 away games to go up when we played for
:56:33. > :56:36.them but playing at home was always a disaster. Thereafter on factors
:56:37. > :56:39.that go against you. You have to understand that and turn the
:56:40. > :56:41.juggernaut around. Villa can be very successful but you have to
:56:42. > :56:45.understand how the club works which is what he has to do. I think he
:56:46. > :56:50.will do well, know when to go forward and defend. He is so
:56:51. > :56:53.knowledgeable, Steve Bruce. I'm hoping he can turn them around for
:56:54. > :56:59.the fans more than anyone. He's lost a bit of weight and got a tan. Lost
:57:00. > :57:04.a bit of timber! I'm sure it won't last! On final score this afternoon
:57:05. > :57:08.as well, talk about Mike Phelan who has got the Hull job permanently and
:57:09. > :57:12.Derby have got Steve McClaren back at the club as well, bottom six in
:57:13. > :57:15.the Championship. A quick shot of Martin in his prime, we can't leave
:57:16. > :57:22.Aston Villa without talking about that. That, my friends, is a haircut
:57:23. > :57:23.under terror shorts! Sorry about the shorts! Shouting at his team-mates
:57:24. > :57:25.like normal. Thank you, gentlemen.
:57:26. > :57:27.We're back at midday next week. We leave you with the predictions
:57:28. > :57:30.of a man who's struggling to find The Norwich chairman
:57:31. > :57:34.has other things to do It's been wild.
:57:35. > :57:46.It's exhausting. The idea of doing the Charleston
:57:47. > :57:49.or the samba, being the Mask in the character of Jim Carrey,
:57:50. > :57:52.these are not things I've ever done So I'm totally out
:57:53. > :57:57.of my comfort zone. People might think the chairman
:57:58. > :58:00.of a football club shouldn't be wearing quite such a bright suit
:58:01. > :58:02.but I think the fans appreciated I was wearing yellow and green
:58:03. > :58:05.and still supporting the football All my family for generations
:58:06. > :58:10.have supported the club. In fact, one of my uncles
:58:11. > :58:12.who just died this week, aged in his early 90s,
:58:13. > :58:15.took me to my first game against Leeds in the FA
:58:16. > :58:17.Cup in January 1973, So I have been watching
:58:18. > :58:21.Norwich for decades. The idea I could be part
:58:22. > :58:25.of the board and part of the club I've had text messages
:58:26. > :58:31.after the dancing from Alex Neil and from Russell Martin,
:58:32. > :58:32.the club captain, Manchester City three,
:58:33. > :58:43.Everton one. I think it was a hiccup last week
:58:44. > :58:46.for Manchester City. They are storming it and I think
:58:47. > :58:49.Everton won't be strong enough. I'm hoping for another goal
:58:50. > :58:52.from Nathan Redmond, Katya and her husband Neil are big
:58:53. > :58:59.Liverpool fans and despite that, I'm going for Liverpool three,
:59:00. > :59:02.Manchester United one.