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It is brilliant. This is getting better and better. Ronaldo! History | :00:16. | :00:28. | |
boys indeed. They have won the cup, they have won the cup. He's done it. | :00:29. | :00:43. | |
He has done it. Good afternoon, welcome to Football Focus. Arsenal | :00:44. | :00:47. | |
maybe struggling forfeit centre-backs, but I have two, Mark | :00:48. | :00:55. | |
Lawrenson and Martin Keown. This what is is on the way. Friday night | :00:56. | :01:07. | |
lights, but would the stars shine bright on Mourinho's debut. It is | :01:08. | :01:17. | |
our m ambition to win the league. Derby boss Nigel Pearson. | :01:18. | :01:21. | |
Circumstances have been out of work were not something that I | :01:22. | :01:28. | |
particularly... Enjoyed. But they are, that is life. The weekend's | :01:29. | :01:33. | |
football started last night. I was at Old Trafford for Friday night | :01:34. | :01:39. | |
football. Jose Mourinho took charge of his first competitive home game | :01:40. | :01:43. | |
as Manchester United manager. Southampton were the visitors. The | :01:44. | :01:50. | |
hum and buzz of the first home game of the season is always special. But | :01:51. | :01:55. | |
for Manchester United fans, tonight might be even more so. New issue out | :01:56. | :02:02. | |
today. The Theatre of Dreams lived up to its name for the wrong reasons | :02:03. | :02:09. | |
last season. The snooze-inducing matches the stuff of nightmares for | :02:10. | :02:14. | |
the faithful. Manchester United run out of ideas. Another goalless day | :02:15. | :02:20. | |
for Manchester United. The most boring football I have seen at Old | :02:21. | :02:28. | |
Trafford. Quiet, boring. I'm so glad Louis van Gaal is gone and I'm | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
looking forward to the new season. Nay say a change is as a good as a | :02:32. | :02:37. | |
rest. And United have made the most of both this summer. Rooney and a | :02:38. | :02:44. | |
wonderful strike from Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Puts match United 3-0 | :02:45. | :02:52. | |
up. Tonight sees the return of Paul Pogba, four years after he left | :02:53. | :02:57. | |
Manchester United, the world record ?89 million signing will have a bit | :02:58. | :03:01. | |
more expectation on his shoulders than the last time he stepped out at | :03:02. | :03:06. | |
Old Trafford. He has a presence, because of his if I seek. Fizz eke. | :03:07. | :03:13. | |
I think he is more of an attacking player than a defensive player. I | :03:14. | :03:17. | |
think he will bring a vision to create goals and score goals, and | :03:18. | :03:21. | |
that is what we need from last season. The fans have high standards | :03:22. | :03:27. | |
and expect silverware won the United way. Jose Mourinho will hope that | :03:28. | :03:30. | |
his side have that Friday feeling and start as they mean to go against | :03:31. | :03:33. | |
Southampton tonight. It has been some years since a play | :03:34. | :03:47. | |
we are the tag of the world's most ex-pin sieve has been at -- | :03:48. | :03:53. | |
expensive has been at a British club. Ibrahimovic. There is nothing | :03:54. | :04:00. | |
much gravity can do to stop Ibrahimovic from getting the attempt | :04:01. | :04:09. | |
away. Rooney will keep this in. Curled in and Ibrahimovic! 1-0 | :04:10. | :04:17. | |
Manchester United. Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored in the Community | :04:18. | :04:25. | |
Shield. Scored on the opening day at Bournemouth and scores on his home | :04:26. | :04:29. | |
debut against Southampton. Ibrahimovic's flying start | :04:30. | :04:30. | |
continues. Surely it is a trip. Yes, penalty. | :04:31. | :04:53. | |
Manchester United have a penalty. Ibrahimovic counting the Community | :04:54. | :04:58. | |
Shield, already has three goals for Manchester United. Make that four! | :04:59. | :05:19. | |
Three points for De Jose Mourinho. Two goals for Zlatan Ibrahimovic. On | :05:20. | :05:31. | |
his home debut. Difficult to be better than we are in this point. | :05:32. | :05:36. | |
Two matches, six points, 5-1 in goal difference. Pogba got his first | :05:37. | :05:42. | |
start. Not the best first touch, but he grew into the game. It shows the | :05:43. | :05:47. | |
penalty of the player. The first touch was bad and counterattack and | :05:48. | :05:51. | |
free kick and opportunity for the opponent. Not affected. Such ego, | :05:52. | :05:59. | |
such personality, so much comfortable. I came here to win. It | :06:00. | :06:04. | |
is what I always wanted. United is a top club. A great team. And we have | :06:05. | :06:09. | |
to win. Get used to win and just carry on like this. There was such | :06:10. | :06:23. | |
anticipation. With Pogba, there were plenty of good touches. Anyone who | :06:24. | :06:27. | |
had watched him play for Juventus last year, forget about the Euros, | :06:28. | :06:31. | |
because he was playing in a strange position. If you watch him for | :06:32. | :06:36. | |
Juventus, he was just sensational. Manchester United need big stars | :06:37. | :06:40. | |
like him and Ibrahimovic as well. And they have made a really good | :06:41. | :06:45. | |
start. Albeit, I think they have played two teams I think will be in | :06:46. | :06:50. | |
the bottom half of the league. But you see what Mourinho's done. He has | :06:51. | :06:57. | |
Shaw back, that is a bonus and the centre-backs who looked good. Pogba | :06:58. | :07:01. | |
in the middle and Ibrahimovic up front. Through the spine of the | :07:02. | :07:05. | |
team, they have started well and they look really strong. He has | :07:06. | :07:11. | |
changed the mood, almost over night. That fortress of Old Trafford, the | :07:12. | :07:15. | |
atmosphere seemed to change, the tempo of their play, Louis van Gaal | :07:16. | :07:21. | |
was criticised a lot for it being too, he was almost monotonous. Now | :07:22. | :07:26. | |
it is the Manchester United of Old Trafford. They have got to keep that | :07:27. | :07:32. | |
going. It is port, you have got to excite the supporters. It is in the | :07:33. | :07:38. | |
DNA. The signings they made and the start they have made it good for | :07:39. | :07:44. | |
them. If anyone would upstage Pogba, it would be Ibrahimovic. He took the | :07:45. | :07:49. | |
penalty as well. That would have been Wayne Rooney's job last season. | :07:50. | :07:54. | |
It would. What has impressed me is the goals he is scoring with his | :07:55. | :07:59. | |
head. He is powerful. He has come up, that is a bit of a changing of | :08:00. | :08:03. | |
the guard. I'm in town. He is a machine when it comes to winning | :08:04. | :08:09. | |
trophies and scoring goals. That has raised the bar and it is good for | :08:10. | :08:14. | |
the youngsters. So much height in Manchester United's team. I remember | :08:15. | :08:20. | |
being in a corridor at Preston of all places when they played Arsenal | :08:21. | :08:26. | |
in the FA Cup. I don't know if you were playing, Martin, and Vieira and | :08:27. | :08:31. | |
the rest were playing and it was a team of giants. It has a big | :08:32. | :08:37. | |
advantage. Then people would look at Vieira and say, how big are these | :08:38. | :08:41. | |
guys. And when you're big and you can play. Even Fellaini is pulling | :08:42. | :08:47. | |
the strings for Manchester United. Southampton didn't play poorly last | :08:48. | :08:50. | |
night, perhaps lacked some cutting edge. Never looked like scoring, did | :08:51. | :08:57. | |
they? They lacked a bit up front. But United had to play last night. | :08:58. | :09:02. | |
Yes, they did, but I think the problem is that there are going to | :09:03. | :09:06. | |
be a lot of teams that will struggle to score goals. You would Manchester | :09:07. | :09:10. | |
United the first two games to have won. Which they have done. And they | :09:11. | :09:15. | |
keep losing players, Southampton, another couple out of the door. They | :09:16. | :09:19. | |
have to now regenerate all the time. They are playing quite well. But it | :09:20. | :09:25. | |
is scoring the goals. Long needs to chip in. Now here are the remaining | :09:26. | :09:28. | |
fixtures. Trevor sin Sinclair has been to have | :09:29. | :10:04. | |
a look around at West Ham's new ground. Stoke host Manchester City | :10:05. | :10:09. | |
in the early kick off. Stoke won this fixture 2-0 last season. Joe | :10:10. | :10:17. | |
Allen makes his first start, replacing Shaqiri in the only change | :10:18. | :10:26. | |
from last weekend. For City, Navas is in for Nolito. | :10:27. | :10:31. | |
For the third successive game it is Caballero in goal in place of Joe | :10:32. | :10:41. | |
Hart. Martin, what do you make of this saga surrounding the | :10:42. | :10:48. | |
goalkeeping situation and how Joe Hart has been treated by Pep | :10:49. | :10:52. | |
Guardiola. Suddenly your world has changed. He was No 1 under the | :10:53. | :10:55. | |
previous manager. A new manager comes in, he can't play out from the | :10:56. | :11:00. | |
back as well as Caballero. That is the life of a footballer. It changes | :11:01. | :11:07. | |
in the plink of an eye. -- blink of an eye. There is talk of Everton. It | :11:08. | :11:15. | |
might be good too try to improve his game. As long as the manager has a | :11:16. | :11:19. | |
plan and says we can develop him. But he has been a long time in the | :11:20. | :11:23. | |
game. He has been ten years there now. You have to feel he won't | :11:24. | :11:27. | |
start. It is tough for Joe Hart. He is a far better keeper than | :11:28. | :11:35. | |
Caballero. But Caballero won't be starting in a couple of weeks when | :11:36. | :11:42. | |
they sign Bravo. But listen, Joe Hart will just want to play | :11:43. | :11:47. | |
football. If I were the Liverpool manager, I would be knocking on the | :11:48. | :11:51. | |
door. Let him go out on loan? Yes please! There will be a massive | :11:52. | :11:58. | |
queue of teams to take him. He is a very good keeper. Not great at the | :11:59. | :12:03. | |
Euros. It happens. But all day long. What do you make of City under Pepe. | :12:04. | :12:12. | |
They were not firing on cylinders last week, but a big result big | :12:13. | :12:19. | |
week. Penalty missed. They hit the car three times. They could have won | :12:20. | :12:29. | |
10-0. It is early days for Manchester City. He wants the | :12:30. | :12:33. | |
full-backs to come into midfield and let them play. Which is good. | :12:34. | :12:38. | |
Whether you can do that in the Premier League for a while I am not | :12:39. | :12:42. | |
sure. I think he will improve the players. I think he will get it | :12:43. | :12:47. | |
right. But at the moment, we are all looking and thinking, so far, so | :12:48. | :12:53. | |
good. He is a strong belief of how he wants to play. Seeing central | :12:54. | :12:59. | |
defenders coming out with the ball, Kolarov was ending up with a shot on | :13:00. | :13:04. | |
goal. I think if he could, he would have every player who is a midfield | :13:05. | :13:09. | |
player playing in every position and the goalkeeper. It would be | :13:10. | :13:12. | |
interesting to see if that wins through. There is a balance needed | :13:13. | :13:17. | |
to be successful in this league. Interesting today, because | :13:18. | :13:27. | |
Sunderland at home, right, Steaua Bucharest away. Today is a | :13:28. | :13:32. | |
different. If they can play like they did in midweek, we will say, | :13:33. | :13:36. | |
maybe he has something there. That is the early kick off. Last season's | :13:37. | :13:41. | |
top two meet in the late kick off. But it has been an inauspicious | :13:42. | :13:47. | |
start for Arsenal and Leicester. There is not just discontent from | :13:48. | :13:52. | |
the Arsenal fans, it is just plain booing. Why go into a season and | :13:53. | :13:58. | |
kiss goodbye to the first few months. Arsene Wenger is starting | :13:59. | :14:04. | |
the campaign on the back foot. I focus on my job and do what I think | :14:05. | :14:09. | |
is right. I think I have shown in 20 years, it doesn't work too badly. We | :14:10. | :14:15. | |
have to address our defensive weaknesses from last week. And try | :14:16. | :14:20. | |
and analyse what happened and to check our injuries, because we had | :14:21. | :14:26. | |
two difficult injuries. Leicester lost as well, the first game of the | :14:27. | :14:34. | |
season. It will be already a game with big tension. They failed in | :14:35. | :14:41. | |
their first game. Will Claudio Ranieri have concerns over the way | :14:42. | :14:47. | |
they have kicked off their title defence? He will be concerned. There | :14:48. | :14:52. | |
is always nervousness at the start. The player I'm most concerned about | :14:53. | :14:59. | |
for Arsenal is Vardy, because all that attention around him. Arsenal | :15:00. | :15:02. | |
wanted him. They made that clear. Maybe he could be the play hear the | :15:03. | :15:06. | |
would be up for this most. I didn't see the fire in his belly last week. | :15:07. | :15:12. | |
I expect Vardy to turn up in this one. That will be an outstanding | :15:13. | :15:18. | |
game. And Arsenal were interested in Mahrez. He was honest saying if | :15:19. | :15:23. | |
Madrid or Barcelona were coming in, you have got to go. They were not, | :15:24. | :15:27. | |
so he signed a new contract. We have been in this position of having won | :15:28. | :15:32. | |
the league, the next season it is tough. Because everybody wants to | :15:33. | :15:37. | |
beat you. Even more so with shall I say without risking the upset of | :15:38. | :15:42. | |
Leicester fans, little Leicester, in comparison to the big teams, it will | :15:43. | :15:47. | |
be a tough season. Tough match for both teams. Your former club, | :15:48. | :15:51. | |
Arsenal, we seem to have this conversation a lot. Summer signings. | :15:52. | :15:59. | |
Each season. Frustrations. Arsenal haven't done business early. Let's | :16:00. | :16:05. | |
see what comes back, maybe Ozil and Giroud. Talk of Sanchez playing down | :16:06. | :16:09. | |
the middle. The game with Liverpool was a shock for the Arsenal fans. | :16:10. | :16:14. | |
There was a lot of discontents and it is one where I feel they need too | :16:15. | :16:20. | |
get behind the team. If this is to be Arsene Wenger's last season, we | :16:21. | :16:25. | |
don't know. But get behind the team. Liverpool were outstanding. The | :16:26. | :16:30. | |
central defenders are inexperienced. You look at what they spent, | :16:31. | :16:38. | |
Manchester City spending 47 million. Money needs to be spent. Amaze id | :16:39. | :16:50. | |
Koscielny didn't start. On Monday, Antonio Conte got off to a winning | :16:51. | :16:55. | |
start for Chelsea. But they left it late against West Ham. | :16:56. | :17:06. | |
Cesar Azpilicueta was bundled over. Right footed and roof of the net | :17:07. | :17:14. | |
puts Chelsea ahead. Oh that is a nasty one and he is on a yellow. | :17:15. | :17:20. | |
Comes back to Collins and he slammed in the equaliser. To Costa, edge of | :17:21. | :17:29. | |
the D. Turns and shoots and surely wins it for Chelsea. Conte danced | :17:30. | :17:36. | |
down the touchline and screamed and yelled. That was Monday, tomorrow | :17:37. | :17:43. | |
West Ham play their first Premier League game at the former Olympic | :17:44. | :17:47. | |
stadium and Trevor Sinclair has been to take a look at their new digs. | :17:48. | :17:54. | |
West Ham United - five happy years I spent at this great club. Such | :17:55. | :18:03. | |
history, such a unique set of fans. This season, marks a change for the | :18:04. | :18:07. | |
Hammers, a new start at London stadium. Fresh hope and ambition to | :18:08. | :18:20. | |
rise back among the elite and experience the glory of yesteryear. | :18:21. | :18:26. | |
Hurst, what a good goal. First thing that I realised when I came here was | :18:27. | :18:32. | |
the sheer vastness, it is enormous. For me, almost it feels like | :18:33. | :18:35. | |
Wembley. It is that grand and that big. Sinclair, good try by Sinclair. | :18:36. | :18:47. | |
My playing days, it was 35,000, always full, the fans would be | :18:48. | :18:51. | |
literally breathing on you as you ran down the wing. It was quite | :18:52. | :18:56. | |
intimidating for the opposition. As an opposition player, I'm going to | :18:57. | :19:00. | |
think I'm up for this. I am not sure West Ham want that. How are you, | :19:01. | :19:04. | |
welcome to London stadium. Thank you. Before we start, I have noticed | :19:05. | :19:11. | |
there is not one photo of me. I'm a bit upset. Well I will have an | :19:12. | :19:18. | |
urgent inquiry and see where we can put you. I think that toilet has | :19:19. | :19:24. | |
space on the wall. Stunning stadium, I was at Manchester United stadium | :19:25. | :19:28. | |
at the Boleyn ground and I I have never heard an atmosphere like that. | :19:29. | :19:32. | |
Can that replicate that? It has taken six years to deliver the | :19:33. | :19:36. | |
stadium. People thought it would never happen. At types that included | :19:37. | :19:40. | |
me. It is one of proudest things that I have done. The way the roof | :19:41. | :19:44. | |
has been designed to capture the noise and atmosphere and the way the | :19:45. | :19:49. | |
seats come up close to the pitch. It is different to the Boleyn. But it | :19:50. | :19:54. | |
is equally as special. You look at Manchester City and what they did in | :19:55. | :19:59. | |
2003. I made the move from West Ham to Manchester City and they moved | :20:00. | :20:04. | |
into the common wealth stadium. Maybe they have a picture of you. | :20:05. | :20:07. | |
Within ten years, Manchester City have won the league. Is that | :20:08. | :20:11. | |
something West Ham are going to try and replicate. It is our ambition to | :20:12. | :20:15. | |
win the league. That is what we are here for. Everything we achieve is | :20:16. | :20:20. | |
done by those players on the pitch and that is why it is important to | :20:21. | :20:24. | |
attract the best talent and retain the best talent and build the best | :20:25. | :20:28. | |
talent. You can have the best stadium in the world, if you don't | :20:29. | :20:32. | |
have the best team, you haven't done your job properly. West Ham was | :20:33. | :20:37. | |
always supported by working class. How important is to make them feel | :20:38. | :20:43. | |
welcome? It is essential to take our past into the future and not forget | :20:44. | :20:47. | |
the things that make West Ham special. This stadium offers a | :20:48. | :20:52. | |
different kind of future, a new future, I hope a better future and | :20:53. | :20:55. | |
that is why we are pleased to be here. Wow. Not quite the same as the | :20:56. | :21:07. | |
dustbins we got ice baths in. How that is a large. I remember watching | :21:08. | :21:13. | |
Usain Bolt warming up in London before he won the 100 metres. Now it | :21:14. | :21:20. | |
is part of West Ham Stadium. It is pleasing to see the 52,000 season | :21:21. | :21:27. | |
take holders that have bought tickets and you see the words, built | :21:28. | :21:33. | |
together and the names inscribed on the wall. They are taking the fans | :21:34. | :21:37. | |
with them and it is pleasing to see. A magnificent new stadium. But Karen | :21:38. | :21:52. | |
Brady setting out our ambitions. What sort of statement of intent | :21:53. | :21:57. | |
does this have for West Ham. It was almost the deal of the krntry to | :21:58. | :22:03. | |
find themselves -- century to find themselves in a new stadium. It is | :22:04. | :22:08. | |
important from the Emirates when Arsenal moved, making it home. | :22:09. | :22:13. | |
Bringing that successes makes it a home. But the players, it is a | :22:14. | :22:18. | |
partnership and they're good at putting things together and buying | :22:19. | :22:21. | |
the right players. They were magnificent last year and just | :22:22. | :22:24. | |
missed the top four. They started the season a bit rocky and of course | :22:25. | :22:30. | |
Europe in midweek. Payet is key and Carroll to turn up and start to | :22:31. | :22:35. | |
play. Saw them play Monday, it wasn't fantastic against Chelsea. So | :22:36. | :22:39. | |
improvements to be made. But the club is moving in the right | :22:40. | :22:42. | |
direction. It will be a great atmosphere. Now to White Hart Lane. | :22:43. | :22:55. | |
Tottenham play Palace today. Guy, Spurs will hope to build on that | :22:56. | :23:00. | |
performance against Everton? Yes you will notice the big hole in White | :23:01. | :23:07. | |
Hart Lane, because building has started on the new stadium that | :23:08. | :23:12. | |
Spurs will have. In two years they have have a new stadium next door. | :23:13. | :23:18. | |
The Northumberland Park project has started. On the field, yes, Spurs | :23:19. | :23:23. | |
performed better in the second half than in the first at Goodison. That | :23:24. | :23:32. | |
was due in part to the intro-Dux for Vincent -- introduction for Vincent | :23:33. | :23:37. | |
Janssen. He partnered Harry Kane. So he may start and Spurs would go with | :23:38. | :23:45. | |
two up front. That would mean sacrificing one player. I wonder if | :23:46. | :23:49. | |
it is the sway Spurs do start. They had a slow start last season. And | :23:50. | :23:55. | |
Mauricio Pochettino has spoken of his team not being quite ready and | :23:56. | :23:59. | |
need more rest. His players have a heavy workload. We may not see the | :24:00. | :24:09. | |
real Spurs for a new weeks. For Palace, Benteke in? Yes a big | :24:10. | :24:15. | |
statement and it needed to happen. 27 million rising to 32. A record | :24:16. | :24:21. | |
deal. Alan Pardew will have a smile back on his face, because he was | :24:22. | :24:26. | |
perturbed at losing players. Only two wins from the last 22 Premier | :24:27. | :24:31. | |
League games tells its own story. Something needs to change. He is a | :24:32. | :24:35. | |
big one. He should play a big part for them. Connor Whickham doesn't | :24:36. | :24:40. | |
get the number of goals needed to make Palace a force. Benteke didn't | :24:41. | :24:45. | |
have a great time at Liverpool, but he may be more suited to Palace. But | :24:46. | :24:52. | |
he won't play today. Palace will hope they can catch Spurs cold. | :24:53. | :24:56. | |
Thank you. You can follow that game on final score this afternoon. | :24:57. | :25:21. | |
Why do you think finding a good atmosphere within a squad, within a | :25:22. | :25:29. | |
team is so elusive and difficult? For many? If a player, we have | :25:30. | :25:36. | |
eleven, you know, eleven can play at the befwining. Ginning. If you're 12 | :25:37. | :25:45. | |
or 13, the players know it is OK. It is not forever. You will be in the | :25:46. | :25:50. | |
starting line up if they're good enough. Do you explain why players | :25:51. | :25:58. | |
are left out. . They can ask me on Sunday. If they asked before it | :25:59. | :26:02. | |
would show lack of respect for the game. The most important thing is | :26:03. | :26:06. | |
the game. Being involved is important, but I won't change my | :26:07. | :26:11. | |
decision. The problem is with the talk. The troouft would be you're | :26:12. | :26:17. | |
not good enough. -- troouft. I don't want to say this. But it is clear. | :26:18. | :26:25. | |
-- truth. The players say what do I have to change. That is a good talk. | :26:26. | :26:30. | |
So OK. If you're not in, you should be disappointed. But not too | :26:31. | :26:35. | |
disappointed. It is life and you cannot remember the few games you | :26:36. | :26:40. | |
didn't make in your career. I was never left out. That is good. No | :26:41. | :26:45. | |
talent, no skills, but never left out. Gary getting some home truth | :26:46. | :26:56. | |
fwrs s from Jurgen Klopp. We must reflect on some sad news with the | :26:57. | :27:05. | |
death of Dalyan Atkinson at the age of 48. He started in Suffolk in | :27:06. | :27:11. | |
1985, moving to Sheffield Wednesday and home to Aston Villa at the start | :27:12. | :27:15. | |
of the 90s. He scored some famous goals. Match of the Day's first | :27:16. | :27:20. | |
Premier League goal of the season against Wimbledon in October 1992. I | :27:21. | :27:29. | |
is a great run. Wh about the finish? That is not bad either. A master | :27:30. | :27:37. | |
piece from Dalian Atkinson. Along with the opening goal at Wembley in | :27:38. | :27:43. | |
the League Cup victory over Manchester United in 1994. | :27:44. | :27:50. | |
And choose the evening, Aston Villa fans paid their respects before and | :27:51. | :27:56. | |
during their home game against Huddersfield, I minute's applause | :27:57. | :28:00. | |
beginning in the tenth minute, corresponding with the numbers he | :28:01. | :28:03. | |
will run his shirt during his four years at Villa Park. Our deepest | :28:04. | :28:09. | |
sympathies go out to all of his friends and family. Martin, you | :28:10. | :28:15. | |
played against him. What was he like as a footballer? Quite formidable. | :28:16. | :28:21. | |
He and Dean Saunders played as twin strikers, so much pace. You saw it | :28:22. | :28:25. | |
therein that goal. It is sad it has ended for him in this way. When he | :28:26. | :28:30. | |
came out of the game, he struggled with life after football. It is a | :28:31. | :28:35. | |
battle for lots of people. The PFA helped him through difficult times. | :28:36. | :28:44. | |
It is a tragedy. Aston Villa travel to Derby County today, one of the | :28:45. | :28:46. | |
favourites for promotion to the Premier League. Our reporter has | :28:47. | :28:49. | |
been to see Nigel Pearson, who is rebuilding his career in the | :28:50. | :28:52. | |
championship after being sacked by Leicester. Good to have you back. | :28:53. | :29:03. | |
How did you spend your time away? It was a break I did not plan for. I | :29:04. | :29:08. | |
certainly would not have expected to be out as long as I was. There we | :29:09. | :29:14. | |
are. An interesting year in many ways. Not always enjoyable. I found | :29:15. | :29:20. | |
some aspects of it quite difficult. I have not been out of work for a | :29:21. | :29:24. | |
while, and the circumstances of being out of work were not something | :29:25. | :29:31. | |
I particularly enjoyed. That is life. At the time when you were | :29:32. | :29:38. | |
digesting the aftermath of leaving Leicester, they became the big issue | :29:39. | :29:43. | |
in time. How did you view events at the King Power Stadium? In a very | :29:44. | :29:47. | |
detached way. On a personal level, that does not mean it was | :29:48. | :29:51. | |
particularly easy for people around me, my family in particular. I am | :29:52. | :29:57. | |
actually very pleased, delighted for the players and the staff. They have | :29:58. | :30:05. | |
gone on and achieve something bad, really, in the modern game, is | :30:06. | :30:10. | |
impossible. Do you feel any sense of connection, win the trophy went up, | :30:11. | :30:15. | |
pride in what they achieved? Pride, yes, connection on a personal level, | :30:16. | :30:19. | |
in terms of knowing them. Once you are no longer a part of something, | :30:20. | :30:28. | |
you're no longer of it. They probably did not realise how hard | :30:29. | :30:30. | |
you work by those events, that it took you long time to process it. It | :30:31. | :30:35. | |
did because it came as a big shock. Some people would say, maybe you | :30:36. | :30:38. | |
should not be shocked, but it came as a shock. A lot off a shock. I am | :30:39. | :30:46. | |
talking about it now, and really, it is something I am not overly fussed | :30:47. | :30:50. | |
about talking about to be honest with you. It is a situation that has | :30:51. | :30:57. | |
been dealt with over a period of time by myself. We have moved on. | :30:58. | :31:03. | |
What were you looking for a new club? A job which genuinely | :31:04. | :31:10. | |
interested me and lots of different levels. There is lots of potential. | :31:11. | :31:15. | |
We just need to make sure we do the hard work in terms of producing a | :31:16. | :31:19. | |
side that is capable of making the step we are looking to make. It is | :31:20. | :31:25. | |
never easy. Darby, Aston Villa, early in the season. Talk about the | :31:26. | :31:29. | |
Premier League fixture in the Championship? I have been asked that | :31:30. | :31:33. | |
already, looking like a Premier League fixture. Both clubs will hope | :31:34. | :31:43. | |
it will be in the near future. How close were you to being in the | :31:44. | :31:45. | |
opposite technical area this weekend? No comment. It did not | :31:46. | :31:50. | |
quite happen. For whatever reason. There was no crossover. No crossover | :31:51. | :31:58. | |
between the Aston Villa and Derby situation. The negotiations that | :31:59. | :32:03. | |
when Don went on. It did not happen and this opportunity came along. I | :32:04. | :32:07. | |
am delighted to be here. It is great to have you back. Cheers. You can | :32:08. | :32:15. | |
see it still hurts Nigel Pearson. Would you expected not to hurt? Of | :32:16. | :32:19. | |
course it will hurt. It was his former team that he generally | :32:20. | :32:23. | |
amassed and assembled that won the league. It is the greatest story in | :32:24. | :32:28. | |
the history of the Premier League, Leicester wing. His problem at | :32:29. | :32:31. | |
Derby, he missed out on the play-offs last season. One of the | :32:32. | :32:35. | |
major issues at football clubs for managers is not just managing the | :32:36. | :32:41. | |
players, you have also got to manage the way. Let him manage. If I was | :32:42. | :32:46. | |
the owner of Derby, let him manage the club. He has Chris Powell | :32:47. | :32:51. | |
alongside him. Thank you very much for joining us. That is all from me | :32:52. | :32:57. | |
today. Dan Walker will be back next week at midday. If you have missed | :32:58. | :33:01. | |
any of today's sure, it is available on the iPlayer from midnight | :33:02. | :33:05. | |
tonight. We will leave you with some of this week's predictions. Goodbye. | :33:06. | :33:12. | |
It is Sunderland against Middlesbrough. Do you consider this | :33:13. | :33:26. | |
a Derby? It is not the Derby. Your Derby as Hartlepool, Darlington. | :33:27. | :33:31. | |
Sunderland, the chicken Deborah fans, when they know they are going | :33:32. | :33:37. | |
to get beat, the general attitude is, we are not interested. I am so | :33:38. | :33:41. | |
confident. You have not got the chance. Let's get the score | :33:42. | :33:49. | |
prediction. Do not look. One, two, three. It is going to be a tough one | :33:50. | :33:56. | |
for Liverpool. Burnley is an ASCII grown to visit. Liverpool will | :33:57. | :34:02. | |
prevail. The match no one wants to | :34:03. | :34:03. |