:00:50. > :00:59.A shot into the back of the net. What a beauty from Jordan Henderson.
:01:00. > :01:05.What an absolute screamer. Silmaani with two goals on his Premier League
:01:06. > :01:11.debut. The Premier League's only 100% record still firmly intact. A
:01:12. > :01:18.brilliant hit there. Another defensive horror show, for West Ham.
:01:19. > :01:22.600th Premier League game Gareth Barry equalises for Everton.
:01:23. > :01:31.Everton's best return from the opening five games in the Premier
:01:32. > :01:36.League season. Southampton. Two goals inside a three minute spell
:01:37. > :01:42.and Stoke are in big trouble here. Harry Kane. Deadlock broken. Their
:01:43. > :01:50.first win over Manchester United in 20 years. It is a day that Watford
:01:51. > :01:53.will talk about for a long time. Wasn't a bad weekend. 36 goals in
:01:54. > :01:57.the Premier League last time out. More of the same please, Dion Dublin
:01:58. > :02:00.knows a thing or two about hitting the back of the net. Mark Lawrenson
:02:01. > :02:06.is also here. And this is what we can look forward to over the next
:02:07. > :02:11.hour. A grand don't come for free. Tony
:02:12. > :02:15.Pulis on reaching 1,000 games in the dug out. As a manager you live from
:02:16. > :02:23.week the week. The one thing I learned early was you have to win
:02:24. > :02:28.games. We will talk style with Kyle as Spurs prepare for a title
:02:29. > :02:32.challenge When you are so close and it is snatched away, it was
:02:33. > :02:38.devastating, we have a season to put it right. It is Arsenal against
:02:39. > :02:41.Chelsea later, who will hand out the capital punishment? We will hear
:02:42. > :02:47.from the Brodge, on the pressure of the Celtic job.
:02:48. > :02:50.It is a great job to be in, and the brutal honesty is there is not many
:02:51. > :02:55.jobs in the south that can compare with the Celtic job.
:02:56. > :03:00.And we have sent Clem to Scunthorpe this week to file a report on the
:03:01. > :03:05.Iron. Should mention that Lawro did score
:03:06. > :03:08.in a European Cup semifinal. Not that I was moaning about it. ! All
:03:09. > :03:17.this to come in the next hour. Let us look at the fixtures in the
:03:18. > :03:22.league. It is a busy Saturday. Big team news there, Rooney being
:03:23. > :03:27.dropped today. 3pm game, a return to Swansea after EFL Cup success for
:03:28. > :03:31.perfect Pep and the leaders. Everton take on Bournemouth, Spurs are at
:03:32. > :03:36.Middlesbrough, without the injured Harry Kane. We are at Anfield where
:03:37. > :03:40.Liverpool host Hull. Sunderland are their first league win of the season
:03:41. > :03:46.and what about Arsenal against Chelsea in the tea time treat? Let
:03:47. > :03:50.us start with Tony Pulis, who today becomes the 250th manager of the
:03:51. > :03:55.modern era to take care of 1,000 senior matches in English football.
:03:56. > :03:59.Before he took his new club to one of his own club we grabbed him for a
:04:00. > :04:05.look forward and back. I have been very fortunate to stay
:04:06. > :04:08.in a professional, I have loved ever since I can remember. I look back
:04:09. > :04:15.and say I am not going to give this up. I want to really make something
:04:16. > :04:19.of this opportunity. When times have dn difficult, it has been that inner
:04:20. > :04:23.belief and nervousness that this might end, and it drives me forward.
:04:24. > :04:27.I guess you would never have thought that you would be where you are
:04:28. > :04:30.right now on this milestone? No, not a chance, I think as a manager, you
:04:31. > :04:34.live from game to game, from week the week. But the one thing I
:04:35. > :04:38.learned very very early was that you know, you have to win game, you
:04:39. > :04:45.know, you have to achieve to stay in the game.
:04:46. > :04:48.It was such a great community, dockers and steelworkers who live
:04:49. > :04:53.there, the families were very close, there was eight of us living in a
:04:54. > :04:58.small terraced house, people pulled together, you know, it was just
:04:59. > :05:01.fabulous, and I don't think I have ever lost that DNA, that
:05:02. > :05:07.togetherness that gets you through, it is that group, that team, that
:05:08. > :05:11.can pull anything round. In a way completely different now, to what
:05:12. > :05:14.you are working and living in. It is such a privileged industry It is not
:05:15. > :05:18.just football. Life has changed completely and you have to move with
:05:19. > :05:22.the time, there is wonderful things that have happened over the years I
:05:23. > :05:26.have been in management and there has been some unbelievable change,
:05:27. > :05:33.but there is also lots of thing I have left behind, that will be
:05:34. > :05:38.always in my DNA, to maintain. Discipline, togetherness, respect.
:05:39. > :05:41.They are vital ingredient, whether it was back then or now. How do you
:05:42. > :05:45.deal with the difficult dressing rooms? I would imagine you have
:05:46. > :05:49.experienced them in your time? The game is difficult enough without
:05:50. > :05:53.having people around making it more difficult, so you have to be strong
:05:54. > :05:57.enough to deal with that, and you know, if people don't suit you, and
:05:58. > :06:01.or you don't suit them, then you move them on and you move them on
:06:02. > :06:08.quickly and you bring people on that do suit you and suit the situation
:06:09. > :06:15.that is needed as a football club. Stoke City this time have won it.
:06:16. > :06:21.The first ever Premier League game at the Britannia Stadium. Stoke City
:06:22. > :06:24.have won it. Do you go back this weekend any differently than what
:06:25. > :06:27.you have done before, because of this milestone or not? I couldn't
:06:28. > :06:32.believe it when they told me the milestone was going to be at Stoke
:06:33. > :06:36.City away, I just, you know, it was just, and you don't want to make a
:06:37. > :06:40.fuss. I don't want to make a fuss of it. I want to carry on and get on
:06:41. > :06:44.with the game. I was there for a long time. I met real accident
:06:45. > :06:47.people, that is what they are in that area, they are grounded. When
:06:48. > :06:50.your mother passed away everybody remembers it, you were in South
:06:51. > :06:55.Wales, you drove up to Stoke that night. Stoke were playing Aston
:06:56. > :06:59.Villa, you went in the dressing room. Stoke went on to win 2-1. The
:07:00. > :07:03.emotion of it all, how did you switch that, did you go into
:07:04. > :07:09.management mode? I got there ten minutes after kick off. I got so
:07:10. > :07:13.wound up and into the game, that it just took over me really, and
:07:14. > :07:16.everything that had happened previously, obviously to see mum
:07:17. > :07:22.pass away and to get up there, that is what mum, I think, that is what
:07:23. > :07:25.my mother would have wanted, and obviously afterwards was different.
:07:26. > :07:30.We had won a game. I wasn't concerned about the game or the
:07:31. > :07:36.team, I was more focussed on mum and the family, and everybody else, but,
:07:37. > :07:40.you know one of the great disappointment, mum was, was dad
:07:41. > :07:44.passing away at an early stage, he has seen nothing of this and he was
:07:45. > :07:49.a big football fan, a nut, he would have loved all of this.
:07:50. > :07:53.You get stereotyped, the style of football you play, do you feel
:07:54. > :07:57.underappreciated at all? No, I think what I do, is I go into football
:07:58. > :08:01.club, look at the strengths of the team, and then get the best results
:08:02. > :08:06.I can. We went to Palace, and I looked at the team there, and it
:08:07. > :08:09.took us two or three weeks to find, you know, the right system, that
:08:10. > :08:16.suited the players because it is not about the manager. It is finding the
:08:17. > :08:20.system that suits the player, some people will differ and I have
:08:21. > :08:25.different opinions than me, that is the way I have always worked. The
:08:26. > :08:31.majority of supporters at the clubs I have worked with will appreciate
:08:32. > :08:35.what I have done. Even at West Brom, the most important thing is that you
:08:36. > :08:39.are set in your ways and in your mind, and you make sure the players
:08:40. > :08:43.are focussed and ready to go for the next game. Would you go into
:08:44. > :08:47.management now if you were younger? I would never change my career, I
:08:48. > :08:50.would never change what I have had. Management has changed. It is
:08:51. > :08:54.getting the a point where two years, three years at the moment and people
:08:55. > :09:00.want change, if you are lucky to get that long, and that is most probably
:09:01. > :09:03.the difference. Fascinating insight and the League
:09:04. > :09:07.Managers' Association will induct Pulis into their Hall of Fame in the
:09:08. > :09:10.spring. A thousand game, which ever way you look at it is a real
:09:11. > :09:16.achievement, particularly in the modern game That is not bad. That is
:09:17. > :09:21.20 season, 50 games a season, I am not really heard many bad words
:09:22. > :09:27.spoken about him, in general, in the footballing word. To be able to
:09:28. > :09:31.manage players from 20 years ago, manage players now, you know you
:09:32. > :09:36.must be doing something right. I like the way he gets a response from
:09:37. > :09:40.his players when he going into a in football club. I have a lot of
:09:41. > :09:46.respect for him, he will continue do what he is doing. He looks like a
:09:47. > :09:50.grizzly old buffer, he is old school, he really is. And away from
:09:51. > :09:54.football he is is a different person, the thing s there is no grey
:09:55. > :09:59.area with him, it is black and it is white. The achievement is fantastic,
:10:00. > :10:04.one of only 25, and I think that is the key, in the modern era to be
:10:05. > :10:07.able to do that, straightaway, everyone is writing West Brom off
:10:08. > :10:15.and they have had a couple of good results. But he gets criticised
:10:16. > :10:20.sometimes for style of football. He faces a pretty uncertain future with
:10:21. > :10:24.new owners coming in. A lot of fans who have said his previous clubs he
:10:25. > :10:29.has been, we need a different way of playing for we need to move on, they
:10:30. > :10:34.have not all done as well, when he has left, so I think it is be
:10:35. > :10:38.careful what you wish for, tone Egyptian the kind of person who will
:10:39. > :10:42.stabilise your club. I heard him describe as not an edge of the seat
:10:43. > :10:48.manager more of an under the seat manager. He won't be bothered. It is
:10:49. > :10:52.funny his thousandth game comes against a team he managed for half
:10:53. > :10:57.of those, Stoke are in real trouble. This is them getting real beaten.
:10:58. > :11:01.You say they are in real trouble. They had a bad start last season. If
:11:02. > :11:07.they win today they will have more points at this stage of the season
:11:08. > :11:12.than last. It is nature, they have had a couple of againsts. They have
:11:13. > :11:17.good player, good manager. Need to tighten up. I am not too worried.
:11:18. > :11:21.Peter Coates is a top bloke. If it comes to January and they are
:11:22. > :11:27.struggling he will have the cheque book out. Conceding goal goals like
:11:28. > :11:33.they have. That is the only worrying thing I think for Stoke. I think
:11:34. > :11:37.they have good player, they have a good manager but conceding goals
:11:38. > :11:43.from crosses in the box is what they are worried about. Put some stripes
:11:44. > :11:46.on and he could still be playing for then. Another man who has had a
:11:47. > :11:51.difficult week is Jose Mourinho, last Sunday's defeat at Watford was
:11:52. > :11:56.the first time since 2002 one of his sides lost three games in a row. The
:11:57. > :12:02.defeat stopped Northampton midweek but the critics haven't gone away. P
:12:03. > :12:09.The only thing that upsets me a little bit is the kind of criticism
:12:10. > :12:16.to my players, because, my players are my players. I should protect
:12:17. > :12:24.them. I would love to protect them, and from you, I can't. It is a
:12:25. > :12:28.feeling of frustration, but with me, it is fine and the Einsteins they
:12:29. > :12:33.need monetary policy to leave, they can't coach, they can't sit on the
:12:34. > :12:40.bench they can't win matches, they can speak, they can write, they can
:12:41. > :12:45.criticise the work of other people, but I am, I am a good man, I am a
:12:46. > :12:51.man of good will, do lots of charity, I help so many people, so
:12:52. > :12:56.why not to feed also the Einsteins, so that is fine. I am not sure she
:12:57. > :13:01.has any Nobel Prizes but Simon Brotherton does no the team news
:13:02. > :13:04.from Old Trafford and big news Simon, surrounding Wayne Rooney. The
:13:05. > :13:08.news is he is not starting the match today. Wayne Rooney is on the bench.
:13:09. > :13:14.It is one of four changes to the side beaten at Watford last weekend.
:13:15. > :13:21.Daley Blind replaces Luke Shaw, Jessie Lingard makes his second
:13:22. > :13:28.league start of the season, and Juan Mata and Herrera play.
:13:29. > :13:32.Leicester's line up is unchanged following the 3-0 win over Burnley.
:13:33. > :13:37.Schmeichel is absent with a muscle injury. Looking forward to this one,
:13:38. > :13:42.lose today and Jose Mourinho will suffer three league defeats in a row
:13:43. > :13:50.for only the second time in his managerial career.
:13:51. > :13:52.So that Wayne Rooney is the big team news for Manchester United today.
:13:53. > :13:56.Jose Mourinho said before the match he wanted a bit more buzz up front.
:13:57. > :14:00.He has gone with Lingard and Rashford. There is the team to take
:14:01. > :14:04.on Leicester. I have been having a look at social media. Response from
:14:05. > :14:05.Manchester United fans is is that he has made the right decision and a
:14:06. > :14:15.brave decision. What do you think? I think Rooney has played himself
:14:16. > :14:19.out of the team, his form has been off. He's not playing well enough at
:14:20. > :14:24.the moment to be in the starting XI, simple as. I believe he's not the
:14:25. > :14:28.only one who's having a bit of a stinker. You would have kept him in
:14:29. > :14:32.the team? Yes. There are other players having bad games as well.
:14:33. > :14:36.This is an Wayne Rooney we've seen out all over the past few games, he
:14:37. > :14:42.has had a bit of a stinker but other people have had bad games, too. When
:14:43. > :14:45.did Wayne Rooney last play really well for England and Manchester
:14:46. > :14:51.United? I think it has been a while. You can't take anyone away from his
:14:52. > :14:58.unbelievable ability, he's just not playing well. Only time will tell if
:14:59. > :15:01.he has made the right decision, if Lindgard and Rashford, and do well
:15:02. > :15:06.they will say, great decision. Interesting to watch Mourinho in the
:15:07. > :15:11.last few weeks. He has had a bit of a pop this week at the press. Only
:15:12. > :15:16.the NHS got away with it this week! He also picked out some individual
:15:17. > :15:20.players. What I found interesting is there's been a reaction and leaks
:15:21. > :15:23.coming out of the dressing room, which is quite rare, when a manager
:15:24. > :15:27.of that size comes to a club and he's only been there a few weeks.
:15:28. > :15:35.I'm not sure, nothing is watertight any more. You guys are on Twitter
:15:36. > :15:40.and all that stuff. I think he's anxious because he doesn't know his
:15:41. > :15:43.best team. He's absolutely totally frustrated and he's a very bright
:15:44. > :15:48.man and his thinking, crikey, this is a bit like Chelsea last year.
:15:49. > :15:50.We're thinking, is a bit like Chelsea last year? They have only
:15:51. > :15:54.played a handful of games, it doesn't mean a great deal. He is
:15:55. > :15:58.frustrated because he would expect them to be doing much better, but
:15:59. > :16:02.also he just doesn't know his best team at the moment. Everyone has a
:16:03. > :16:08.different first 11 for Manchester United. If you asked people they
:16:09. > :16:17.would all give you a different 11. I would put Carrick in. So would I.
:16:18. > :16:20.Let me ask you about Leicester. They won against Burnley 3-0 last week
:16:21. > :16:26.and they seem to have found a decent fella in Islam Slimani. A different
:16:27. > :16:31.kind of player, a big lad am a big powerful add-on doesn't mind getting
:16:32. > :16:33.stuck in. You see that header. In amongst the big lads, putting his
:16:34. > :16:37.head in where it hurts and getting lucky with this one, but he's a
:16:38. > :16:42.different kind of player to Jamie Vardy. He will mix it and take the
:16:43. > :16:50.weight off Jamie Vardy. Together, what defences do... What do they do,
:16:51. > :16:56.go hard or back off? Slimani, you might have seen Andre Gray was fined
:16:57. > :17:00.and suspended for four matches by the FA after those four-year-old
:17:01. > :17:04.comments made on social media. Leicester are in Champions League
:17:05. > :17:08.action next Tuesday, as Tottenham, who travelled to Moscow. Kyle Walker
:17:09. > :17:11.will be an important passenger on that flight. He's been telling Garth
:17:12. > :17:23.Crooks that Spurs are ready to go again.
:17:24. > :17:29.You look as though you're right on top of your game. These days you
:17:30. > :17:33.seem as effective in the opposition's box as your own box. I
:17:34. > :17:37.think I admit your order over the last season and a half. I've tried
:17:38. > :17:41.to concentrate on my defending. I think I'm always going to be a
:17:42. > :17:45.threat going forward but my first job first and foremost is defending.
:17:46. > :17:50.You're very serious, I'm told you are the Joker in the pack, is that
:17:51. > :17:57.true? I've been told to be serious today! Walker ahead of Erik Lamela.
:17:58. > :18:02.Dele Alli. There is a third. The goal you set up for Dele Alli, I
:18:03. > :18:05.thought that was sensational. That's a big part of my game I wanted to
:18:06. > :18:13.improve on this season, setting up goals. I got one against Everton. I
:18:14. > :18:21.assisted Lamela, and to do that for Dele Alli and be involved in the
:18:22. > :18:25.goal against Sunderland as well. And he was relaxed and just stroked it
:18:26. > :18:31.home. Believe it or not I played up front until I was 16. That's long
:18:32. > :18:37.gone! How much does playing for England give you the confidence that
:18:38. > :18:41.is perhaps showing now? Langfield country is a great honour. I think
:18:42. > :18:46.it's more to do with the competition that I have around me for club and
:18:47. > :18:49.country. -- playing for your country is a great honour. Kieran Trippier
:18:50. > :18:55.always snapping at my heels at Tottenham. I think that's what's has
:18:56. > :18:59.made me up my game or. As a young lad, did you find coping with that
:19:00. > :19:03.pressure and weight of expectation difficult when you first started to
:19:04. > :19:06.play? I think when you're young you don't think about the pressure or
:19:07. > :19:10.anything like that, you just go out and play football. It's when you get
:19:11. > :19:15.23, 24, you start feeling it bit because the crowd, the fans, other
:19:16. > :19:19.players know what to expect of you. When you just come in for your first
:19:20. > :19:22.season, no one really knows anything about you. You don't know yourself
:19:23. > :19:26.if you can handle the Premier League. You're kind of playing off
:19:27. > :19:29.the cuff and that's probably when you play your best football. I think
:19:30. > :19:33.Dele Alli is a prime example of that. Last season he was just
:19:34. > :19:39.playing football like he was in the park. I'm thinking now about when
:19:40. > :19:44.you beat Stoke last season. Suddenly you have doubters like me talking
:19:45. > :19:48.titles. What happened? I think after the Stoke game there was a feeling
:19:49. > :19:52.that maybe we could go on and do something. It was in Leicester's
:19:53. > :19:59.hands. Going to Stamford Bridge was never going to be an easy task.
:20:00. > :20:04.Hazard. What a goal, despair for Tottenham, a two goal lead has gone.
:20:05. > :20:08.We were young and I think from that season we've learned a lot as a
:20:09. > :20:12.team, collectively, and also as individuals. That has taught me a
:20:13. > :20:17.lot. When you are so close and it is snatched away from you, it was
:20:18. > :20:20.devastating. And how we finished the league as well, finishing third was
:20:21. > :20:26.a real disappointment. But we have a season now to put it right. We've
:20:27. > :20:30.started very well, undefeated. Hopefully we can be there or
:20:31. > :20:46.thereabouts. Champions League, FA Cup, titles...
:20:47. > :20:50.What can Spurs achieve this year? We are in all competitions you want to
:20:51. > :20:53.win all competitions. We don't go out there and think, we don't want
:20:54. > :20:56.to win today because we're thinking about another game. I'd love to show
:20:57. > :20:58.my two little boys that daddy has won a medal with Tottenham and
:20:59. > :21:01.hopefully it can be this season. He was talking to Garth Crooks at the
:21:02. > :21:04.launch of a new computer game. He really has progressed. He has always
:21:05. > :21:06.had that ability going forward but he has material does a footballer.
:21:07. > :21:09.Yes, and it's a massive thing in life, maturity. I think he's
:21:10. > :21:11.suddenly aware of his role in the team, what he's got. He's lightning
:21:12. > :21:13.quick. His defensive work has certainly improved. I think he
:21:14. > :21:20.probably feels comfortable in his own skin. He's realised he's a
:21:21. > :21:25.defender. What he has done, it's hard to see this if you are not
:21:26. > :21:28.really at the training ground, but he must have worked on stopping
:21:29. > :21:32.crosses coming in, stopping his winger getting the ball in the box
:21:33. > :21:37.where the danger is. After he's done that he thought, I've got the going
:21:38. > :21:41.forward bit down to a tee. He's combined the two and I think Spurs
:21:42. > :21:50.are a better team for it. And a good coach, Pochettino. Yes. Look at
:21:51. > :21:58.this. Kyle Walker is one of the few players who have signed long-term
:21:59. > :22:02.contract. It is a cardboard cutout. A fan asked if they could have a
:22:03. > :22:06.contract like that with Pochettino and they did oblige, sticking his
:22:07. > :22:09.head on Eric Dier's. I know we're taking the Mickey out of Spurs, but
:22:10. > :22:12.the fact they are not selling those players, which they may have done a
:22:13. > :22:17.few years ago, tells you everything you need to know? To me that's the
:22:18. > :22:21.manager saying to the people, we need to keep what we have here, in
:22:22. > :22:25.regards quality and names, in order to attract other quality and names
:22:26. > :22:29.to the quality we've got already and now they're building what I consider
:22:30. > :22:32.a very strong squad, that will challenge again this season for the
:22:33. > :22:40.top spot. I think it's down to Daniel Levy. The recruitment? Not
:22:41. > :22:43.the recruitment, the whole contract and the money thing, that's his
:22:44. > :22:49.baby. Keeping the players, Lawro. Yeah. What about Harry Kane. The
:22:50. > :22:56.last time they played a Premier League game without him they had
:22:57. > :23:00.Adebayor and Soldado up top. This is where he hurt his ankle. Dion you
:23:01. > :23:07.are struggling to look at this. He is going to be a big mess, Harry
:23:08. > :23:10.Kane? He will be a massive mess. Will Vincent Janssen slot in? We
:23:11. > :23:15.don't know. For Tottenham to be successful they have to get to the
:23:16. > :23:18.point, a bit like Manchester City, if a Guerreiro is missing, you don't
:23:19. > :23:23.realise he's missing because somebody else comes and steps in. --
:23:24. > :23:28.if he is missing. You're asking a guy who's just come in the Premier
:23:29. > :23:34.League to do so. We will talk about Spurs' trip to CSKA Moscow in focus
:23:35. > :23:36.for. Before that they are at Middlesbrough today. If you're on
:23:37. > :23:40.Middlesbrough fan thinking, why aren't you talking about us? Fear
:23:41. > :23:45.not, Guy Mowbray is waiting to do exactly that. I wonder, your
:23:46. > :23:50.assessment of how Middlesbrough have started this season? It's almost too
:23:51. > :23:54.soon to tell, I think. Partly because of the fixtures they've had,
:23:55. > :23:58.with the exception of their win at Sunderland, with the revival of the
:23:59. > :24:02.Wear Tees derby, it's been a bit low for Middlesbrough so far. They have
:24:03. > :24:06.done OK but not really... They went to Everton last week, they got a bit
:24:07. > :24:10.of a stuffing, 3-1 but it could have been more. They've done OK but there
:24:11. > :24:14.is a lot still to do for Middlesbrough. It could be three
:24:15. > :24:18.defeats in a row today. If they can get a result here today I think
:24:19. > :24:21.people will say they will be fine as the season progresses. If they
:24:22. > :24:24.crashed to a third successive defeat it will be the other side of the
:24:25. > :24:30.coin. The big game and a full house. This is the first time they have
:24:31. > :24:34.played a team from last season's top four. A great opportunity for
:24:35. > :24:39.them... You said it's too early to tell, but today might give us a
:24:40. > :24:44.better indication of that? This is the one, although in a way it could
:24:45. > :24:47.be seen as a bonus game. Aitor Karanka has already spoke of a mini
:24:48. > :24:52.league developing around them, the likes of West Brom and Sunderland,
:24:53. > :24:54.even Stoke, which is a surprise to me. Talking about the mini league
:24:55. > :24:59.and the games they have to win. Spurs could be seen as a bit of a
:25:00. > :25:01.bonus. One of the criticisms of Middlesbrough, one of their
:25:02. > :25:05.strengths, they came up last season with one of the tightest defences in
:25:06. > :25:11.the championship, only conceding eight in 23. But they can be a
:25:12. > :25:17.little bit dull. People want them to have a bit more -- bit more of a go.
:25:18. > :25:22.I think I would like to see them, decree in home games, in the future
:25:23. > :25:26.games coming up, Perry Negredo with Jordan Rhodes, who hasn't yet had a
:25:27. > :25:29.crack at the Premier League. Maybe two upfront is the way for
:25:30. > :25:34.Middlesbrough. It doesn't seem to be an Aitor Karanka's nature. Well they
:25:35. > :25:37.have on offer at the end of the season? They will be bottom half,
:25:38. > :25:42.but I think with the talent they have, they should be OK. Thank you.
:25:43. > :25:45.Highlights of that game match of the date night. Following that, Spurs
:25:46. > :25:54.fans in particular might want to stay tuned for this... This is
:25:55. > :25:59.called -- you know why this is called football? Because it measures
:26:00. > :26:05.a foot from one end to the other. That's a lot of trouble. I don't
:26:06. > :26:10.know what that is! I will come, give a little fake... Come up to me and
:26:11. > :26:17.give a little fake. Just like that. Just like that! You have to try.
:26:18. > :26:23.I think we will have to keep an eye on Jan Vertonghen's marking this
:26:24. > :26:27.afternoon. Later today Arsene Wenger takes charge of his 55th game
:26:28. > :26:31.against Chelsea. In that time the Blues have had 12 managers across
:26:32. > :26:47.two decades but the game remains as juicy as ever.
:26:48. > :26:59.The regrets we had in the last two games is we could play 11 against
:27:00. > :27:02.11. -- couldn't play. It's not necessarily to push any prior,
:27:03. > :27:09.because I think the players are ready. It doesn't matter how they
:27:10. > :27:13.played before, it's a game where you have to go in, give everything,
:27:14. > :27:16.concentrate on every detail in the game. Chelsea is one of those teams
:27:17. > :27:20.that every year is in the race for the title, so it will be one of the
:27:21. > :27:24.teams you have to beat if you want to win the Premier League. Quite a
:27:25. > :27:32.few games everyone wants to play. We want to win these games.
:27:33. > :27:40.I think the details can decide. If you can win you can be more and more
:27:41. > :27:47.confident. We know that we face a good team, big rivals. I'm sure
:27:48. > :27:53.Arsene will fight until the end to win the title. It looks like it's a
:27:54. > :27:59.new era, it's a bit more balanced, and we feel we have a good
:28:00. > :28:05.opportunity to change what I call the inconvenient facts of recent
:28:06. > :28:08.years. Those inconvenient facts are that
:28:09. > :28:12.it's five years since Arsenal last beat Chelsea in the Premier League.
:28:13. > :28:16.Both level on points, ten points from five games so far this season.
:28:17. > :28:21.What have you made of the pair of them? I think Arsenal look better
:28:22. > :28:23.than Chelsea, to be honest. I Chelsea are completely unhinged with
:28:24. > :28:30.what Liverpool did to them last week. I think Wenger's purchases
:28:31. > :28:35.means more competition for players. Mustafi looks like a very good
:28:36. > :28:39.player. You can put your mortgage on them being in the top four. Not sure
:28:40. > :28:43.about Chelsea. But the great thing with Chelsea with a new manager, no
:28:44. > :28:46.European football. So you have a chance to build, you have a chance
:28:47. > :28:50.to work on the training ground and you have a chance to instil your
:28:51. > :28:55.methods on the players. At the moment, they are so-so. I disagree
:28:56. > :29:00.with Lawro, I think Chelsea will do well. They did get unhinged by
:29:01. > :29:05.Liverpool, Liverpool were the better side, but Chelsea, going forward,
:29:06. > :29:13.just have that little bit more. An impressive win for Arsenal against
:29:14. > :29:17.Hull and a win in the EFL Cup. On the Chelsea thing, it's a surprise
:29:18. > :29:19.that most people thought Antonio Conte icon and Italian manager,
:29:20. > :29:24.loves the defensive side of the game. They also have Kante and yet
:29:25. > :29:28.they have only had one clean sheet and that was against Burnley. Yes,
:29:29. > :29:31.you would expect better from what they have tried to start with. I
:29:32. > :29:37.think they will get it right. I think last season, it was a massive
:29:38. > :29:41.thorn in their memories for the players. That will be hurting them.
:29:42. > :29:45.They will still be embarrassed by last season. This is new, a new
:29:46. > :29:49.manager has come in, he is in charge on the players know where they
:29:50. > :29:53.stand. There won't be any second chance as the players. He's a
:29:54. > :29:58.manager that says that's way is, do it or get out. I think Chelsea will
:29:59. > :29:59.be right up there in the top four. I like the way you disagree on
:30:00. > :30:22.virtually everything. No I don't! We will look at Wenger weeks 20
:30:23. > :30:27.years in charge at Arsenal. Chelsea's O'Connor questions at
:30:28. > :30:34.home. We can find Damian Johnson, you have a fellow alongside you who
:30:35. > :30:39.remembers how it used to look. That is right. John Aldridge, an FA
:30:40. > :30:42.Cup winner with Liverpool. Well-known this these parts, the
:30:43. > :30:48.builders have been in during the summer, what does this say about
:30:49. > :30:52.Liverpool's ambition? We are fine finally have moved into the 21st
:30:53. > :30:57.century. I have to say I have been coming here since the mid-sixties. I
:30:58. > :31:03.took a step back, it was daunting, but it is spectacular and generates
:31:04. > :31:06.more atmosphere, with 8,500 more fans in the stadium, and at the
:31:07. > :31:13.Leicester game was-of-it was superb. Excellent. Is there still a way to
:31:14. > :31:18.go in terms of catching up the likes of the two Manchester clubs, Arsenal
:31:19. > :31:21.and Chelsea? Probably so with the amount of money, especially the
:31:22. > :31:27.Manchester clubs have at the moment, but we have come a long way, in 12
:31:28. > :31:31.months with Jurgen Klopp. Klopp, there is a lot of positives to take
:31:32. > :31:34.within that year, the players he has brought in, where he seems to be
:31:35. > :31:38.taking, especially against the top team, we have only lost one game in
:31:39. > :31:43.14 with the top sides. But you know, think it is well in place, we have
:31:44. > :31:46.the new stand in place now, he signed a new contract, five, six
:31:47. > :31:51.year contract and hopefully he will stay there for the next five years
:31:52. > :31:56.and take news the right direction. Does it help he has had a preseason
:31:57. > :32:00.with the team? He did take over, it was Brendan's team. I thought he has
:32:01. > :32:05.done pretty well with another man's tools but he has brought six or
:32:06. > :32:08.seven players in, so you know, he stamped his authority on the team
:32:09. > :32:12.and the place, absolutely. Are you one of those Liverpool fans,
:32:13. > :32:18.obviously you are an ex-player as well who is starting to think yes we
:32:19. > :32:23.have a chance at the title here? No. I have said that far too many times.
:32:24. > :32:28.Don't get carried away, we are going in the right direction, I think what
:32:29. > :32:32.Pep Guardiola has done within the first month, is ridiculous, he, I
:32:33. > :32:36.thought it would have taken a bit more time for his to settle his mark
:32:37. > :32:40.on the club and they are flying. You keep on taking each game as it come,
:32:41. > :32:44.keep on taking the points and see where it takes you. Thanks John,
:32:45. > :32:51.good to see you, Liverpool against Hull. Thank you. Nice to see John on
:32:52. > :32:59.the programme. More from Anfield during Final Score you can watch
:33:00. > :33:04.that on the Red Button from 2.30 and then on BBC One at 4.30. Match of
:33:05. > :33:09.the Day 10.30 tonight. If that is not enough for you, then
:33:10. > :33:14.focus will be available on the BBC iPlayer from midnight tonight, you
:33:15. > :33:19.don't need to miss a thing, which is almost an Aerosmith Song. Still to
:33:20. > :33:25.come before one. Walk this way for Bournemouth. They
:33:26. > :33:30.are planning a bright future there. Eddie shows us how. Graham Alexander
:33:31. > :33:33.on Scunthorpe's wild start to the season.
:33:34. > :33:38.This is the thing with football. One day you are in the gutter, the next
:33:39. > :33:43.you're in the stars. And the Dutch master, Michael van Gerwen steps up
:33:44. > :33:47.for Premier League predictions. Still plenty to get through then, to
:33:48. > :33:53.Glasgow next where Brendan Rodgers has been assessing Celtic's start to
:33:54. > :33:59.the new season, with Rob. Liverpool have sacked Brendan
:34:00. > :34:02.Rodgers, the club made the move after a Derby draw. Brendan Rodgers
:34:03. > :34:05.has been confirmed as the new manager of Celtic. In making the
:34:06. > :34:08.decision to come here was there a danger your heart might rule your
:34:09. > :34:12.head because you had grown up as a fan? You certainly consider that, I
:34:13. > :34:16.think there is a professional element you have to think what is
:34:17. > :34:20.the best thing for your career? I wanted to play for Celtic. I was
:34:21. > :34:24.never able to do that so the next best thing would be to manage it.
:34:25. > :34:29.You think to yourself, would bit a huge regret if I was offered a job
:34:30. > :34:33.and didn't take it? I would maybe never be offered the job again, that
:34:34. > :34:35.would have been a regret. If you are playing Champions League football
:34:36. > :34:41.and domestically you are challenging each year, it is a great job to be
:34:42. > :34:44.in, and the brutal honesty of it is there is not many jobs in the south
:34:45. > :34:49.that can compare with the Celtic job. What it doesn't have is the
:34:50. > :34:57.platform of what, say the Premier League has.
:34:58. > :35:04.Dembele, he is on a hat-trick. Scott Sinclair might just have tied up all
:35:05. > :35:07.three points for Celtic. How was the experience in It was special. You
:35:08. > :35:11.count have asked for a better firm game in the Old Firm. We wanted to
:35:12. > :35:15.make the supporters proud. We want, like I say we wanted to put a marker
:35:16. > :35:20.down against one of our rivals, maybe for the league title. So to
:35:21. > :35:24.win the game 5-1 and to have the place packed out, it was a real
:35:25. > :35:30.special feeling. It was an emotional day for you
:35:31. > :35:37.because it was five years after your dad died and 31 years to the day of
:35:38. > :35:44.the death of Djokovic Stein. As soon as I saw the date I earmarked it. I
:35:45. > :35:49.missed the Swansea Arsenal game, I flew back to Ireland, and was with
:35:50. > :35:53.him when he died, so ironically, a game that I would have loved have
:35:54. > :35:57.have been at five years later, he wasn't able to be at. Hope flip he
:35:58. > :36:03.would have been proud watching that. I went to the Celtic musical which
:36:04. > :36:06.was a brilliant show, it emphasises about the legacy Djokovic Stein left
:36:07. > :36:11.at the club. At the end when it came on the time line and seen he passed
:36:12. > :36:23.away on that day, it was poignant it matched the same day as my father
:36:24. > :36:29.died. Is he onside? Barcelona 7, Celtic 0. How damaging was the 7-0
:36:30. > :36:34.score line? There is many words that can describe it. There is a bit of
:36:35. > :36:40.humiliation in it, because no matter how good the team are, and how great
:36:41. > :36:46.the players r it is still very difficult. We had come off the back
:36:47. > :36:49.of a great performance and result in the Rangers game and we go within a
:36:50. > :36:53.matter of four days of playing on a real low because of the Barcelona
:36:54. > :36:57.experience. So my job as the manager is to stabilise all the motions that
:36:58. > :37:05.have gone on between the two game, reinforce the great start we had
:37:06. > :37:09.made. It is Manchester City and they are flying under Pep Guardiola. He
:37:10. > :37:13.has done brilliant since he has gone in there, he has honed them into a
:37:14. > :37:16.real aggressive team. We look to learn from that, Barcelona
:37:17. > :37:22.experience, it is a huge change for us at home. We won't be as passive
:37:23. > :37:26.as what we gr that game, and hopefully be much more aggressive in
:37:27. > :37:29.our play. Talk about the Champions League in a
:37:30. > :37:34.moment, do you think he has a reputation to restore after
:37:35. > :37:38.Liverpool? A little bit, because that year where Liverpool very
:37:39. > :37:42.nearly won the league in honesty was Suarez Sturridge and Gerrard, they
:37:43. > :37:47.were seven sayingal, but you know, he did a good job there, I think the
:37:48. > :37:52.problem is, that there is, he has to win the league, Scotland, he has to
:37:53. > :37:56.win at least one of the cup competitions but the gulf between
:37:57. > :37:59.the level of football that Celtic play against all the other team in
:38:00. > :38:05.the Scotland and the Champions League is just massive. Some of the
:38:06. > :38:11.players did mention the embarrassed word and hue mail -- humiliation and
:38:12. > :38:14.they got Manchester City to come next week. You know what a special
:38:15. > :38:20.atmosphere they can produce, but can they trouble Manchester City? I
:38:21. > :38:24.don't think they will have the ball long enough, I really don't. I think
:38:25. > :38:29.the 63,000 fans that are crammed into that stadium will make an
:38:30. > :38:32.amazing noise, but I just think City have too much, I think Lawro is
:38:33. > :38:36.correct, I was fortunate to play for Celtic, only for a short period of
:38:37. > :38:39.time but I got a feel of what it is about, what the club is expected to
:38:40. > :38:43.do. They have 70% of the play most gapes they play when they are in the
:38:44. > :38:47.league, they will do well to get 30 or 40% of the ball. City are that
:38:48. > :38:51.good. Very difficult and Lawro is right. The gulf is huge. And they
:38:52. > :38:56.have won nine from nine so far, Manchester City. What do you think
:38:57. > :38:59.of Pep Guardiola's hard ball with Toure and his agents, saying if you
:39:00. > :39:04.don't apologise you are not playing again? I don't understand the fuss
:39:05. > :39:07.about that. One of the first thing he did at Barcelona was sell your
:39:08. > :39:12.man, he sold him to Manchester City so he told him that day you might be
:39:13. > :39:17.a good player but I don't rate you, everyone is wasting their breath.
:39:18. > :39:22.Don't get me starting on -- started on the agent because I might swear
:39:23. > :39:26.and it is not even 1.00. You are feisty today. Talking of causing
:39:27. > :39:33.trouble, Mr Joseph Barton, do you think we have seen the last of him
:39:34. > :39:36.in that shirt? Yes. I believe so. Because he doesn't want to play for
:39:37. > :39:41.the club or because he can't repair that damage? I think, you know, I
:39:42. > :39:47.don't think it is about so much the argument with the player, must be
:39:48. > :39:52.one of the coaching staff, it has to be for the club and mark Warburton
:39:53. > :39:55.to act in the way he has acted. We have been in dressing rooms where
:39:56. > :39:58.players have been fighting at half-time. Sometimes it is quite
:39:59. > :40:03.good because it revs everybody up. There is more to that than just him
:40:04. > :40:06.and Halliday. That That is the difference, that is what I would
:40:07. > :40:10.have explained. Lawro is right. If you have a bust up with a player it
:40:11. > :40:15.is fine, you want that, it shows passion some time, when you are
:40:16. > :40:19.having it with the staff, something said, fisticuffs, that staff member
:40:20. > :40:22.has chosen by the manager, you have challenged the manager's judgment,
:40:23. > :40:27.so, it is very difficult to key keep a player on if that is going to
:40:28. > :40:33.happen. Promising career ruined Ening by a niggling brain injury.
:40:34. > :40:37.Thank you Mark. Manchester City made it five from five with a 4-0 defeat
:40:38. > :40:41.of the Bournemouth whose forward thinking manager opened the club
:40:42. > :41:03.doors to the BBC this week, in walked Gary Lineker.
:41:04. > :41:10.Thank you for having me down. Here it is. Not one of the biggest ground
:41:11. > :41:13.in the Premier League. You could say that, it is unusual for the Premier
:41:14. > :41:17.League teams to come down and play in this environment, but the pitch
:41:18. > :41:21.is lovely, that is the thing that usually the association is, you get
:41:22. > :41:24.smaller ground, horrible pitch, pitch is beautiful, so from that
:41:25. > :41:28.perspective there can be no complaint. The playing surface is
:41:29. > :41:32.important for you because you like to keep on the ground, you are not
:41:33. > :41:38.the English manager from throw back times are you, you like to play.
:41:39. > :41:43.Yes, we like to play, and we made a vow, a pledge to ourselves, that on
:41:44. > :41:47.promotion we wouldn't change, we would keep doing what has got us to
:41:48. > :41:52.this position, we played outstanding football in the Championship. I
:41:53. > :42:01.wouldn't want to be a manager if I changed what I believe in. This is
:42:02. > :42:06.my office. Quite a cold office. It is chilly isn't it! Someone has put
:42:07. > :42:10.the air conon. They certainly have. You have a few philosophical things
:42:11. > :42:14.going on here, do you spend a lot of time thinking about the game, does
:42:15. > :42:20.it sometimes kind of become an obsession in some ways? Yes,
:42:21. > :42:24.absolutely, it very much my life, obsession is probably the word. Do
:42:25. > :42:26.you have to have certainly have. You have a few philosophical things
:42:27. > :42:29.going on here, do you spend a lot of time thinking about the game, does
:42:30. > :42:31.it sometimes kind of become an obsession in some ways? Yes,
:42:32. > :42:34.absolutely, it very much my life, obsession is probably the word. Do
:42:35. > :42:36.you have to have a word with yourself, "Hang on get a bit of
:42:37. > :42:40.perspective"? No, I can't do that, I think you have to accept when you
:42:41. > :42:42.are in this type of job, that is how it is going to be until you are out
:42:43. > :42:45.of it. How ambitious are you? I have always
:42:46. > :42:47.been incredibly am by shurks as a player I was determined to get to
:42:48. > :42:51.the top. Never got there, as a manager, my thoughts are slightly
:42:52. > :42:55.different. I am very ambitious for this club, for myself... That is why
:42:56. > :42:59.I asked the question, if you are that ambitious as a person and a
:43:00. > :43:05.coach, do you not feel at some stage to get to the, you know, the top or
:43:06. > :43:11.be perceived like mourn or Guardiola, do you feel you might
:43:12. > :43:15.have to move on? Down the line maybe, but I think when you in this
:43:16. > :43:22.seat you have to think really short-term, if I want to be the best
:43:23. > :43:29.manager I can be, I have to get now right, and that is why say I am
:43:30. > :43:33.ambitious for this club. If you had said to me Bournemouth could get in
:43:34. > :43:38.the Championship I would have said it is a tough ask. If you said they
:43:39. > :43:43.could have win, I would have said that is impossible. If you said can
:43:44. > :43:48.they maintain their Premiership status, I would have laughed. We
:43:49. > :43:53.have proved the sealings don't exist for us. How have you done that Hard
:43:54. > :43:57.work. There is no secret. And intelligence. Loads of different
:43:58. > :44:02.things but the main thing is hard work.
:44:03. > :44:06.He is highly regarded but he knows it is about results and their
:44:07. > :44:11.results of late they are not particularly good are they.
:44:12. > :44:19.I think they have won two games in 13... A bright manager, good
:44:20. > :44:24.manager, but he's having to live with that the other week, he could
:44:25. > :44:30.be the new Arsene Wenger, could be the new England manager. He must
:44:31. > :44:34.hate that? Ramus, let him get on and win some games. Doing a good job
:44:35. > :44:38.with Bournemouth and linked with all these ridiculous stats and jobs. We
:44:39. > :44:42.can't let people just sit there and do their jobs. We always find
:44:43. > :44:48.something to talk about. Let him breeze. I like him as a manager, 38
:44:49. > :44:52.years old and I think he's done a great job with a very small Premier
:44:53. > :44:56.League football club. And his ethos and the way his football team plays
:44:57. > :45:00.is great. He needs to win some games. Well done for talking about
:45:01. > :45:04.him without talking about him! Warm up against Everton, which gives us a
:45:05. > :45:17.perfect opportunity to say... Remember this?
:45:18. > :45:29.Mori, and it's in. Lukaku, got his shot in. Everton defending stoutly.
:45:30. > :45:39.Smith. What a cracker! Josh King. Stanislas has equalised for
:45:40. > :45:44.Bournemouth. It's gone in, it's Ross Barkley, and Bournemouth have a
:45:45. > :45:50.chance again here. It's their, Stanislas again. I don't believe
:45:51. > :45:55.this is 3-3. One of the best Premier League games of the season, surely.
:45:56. > :46:00.Motty enjoyed that slow one so much we have sent into the south coast
:46:01. > :46:04.again. They use in the dugout, making decisions. That was one of
:46:05. > :46:08.the games of last season but I doubt Ronald Koeman would allow his side
:46:09. > :46:11.to be so relaxed at the back? No. And what people forget, that Ross
:46:12. > :46:17.Barkley goal that came in the 90th minute gave Everton 3-2 but because
:46:18. > :46:21.they celebrated Forcillo so long on the pitch with some of their fans,
:46:22. > :46:25.the referee added two minutes more of stoppage time in which Stanislas
:46:26. > :46:29.scored the equaliser. In a sense that was a pivotal game. I'm sitting
:46:30. > :46:34.on the bench, by the way, where Roberto Martinez was then and were
:46:35. > :46:39.Ronald Koeman will be today. Let's look at what has happened to the two
:46:40. > :46:43.club since the draw. Bournemouth and Eddie Howe saw that as part of their
:46:44. > :46:46.revitalisation, enjoy and keep their Premier League place. I've just been
:46:47. > :46:49.talking to the German who says he thinks that was the turning point in
:46:50. > :46:54.their season, as they went on to gather some good results around the
:46:55. > :46:59.Christmas period. -- talking to the chairman. For Everton it was
:47:00. > :47:02.different. Out went Roberto Martinez, in came Ronald Koeman.
:47:03. > :47:06.Their season tailed away. But look at them now, second place in the
:47:07. > :47:11.Premier League, unbeaten in league matches, though they and Bournemouth
:47:12. > :47:16.lost to lower division opposition in the FA Cup. Ronald Koeman is
:47:17. > :47:21.gradually rebuilding the Everton team. The fans love Bolasie on the
:47:22. > :47:26.right wing, Ashley Williams in at centre-back. Looking pretty good.
:47:27. > :47:30.Despite the League Cup defeat, they will go into the game with renewed
:47:31. > :47:34.confidence because Romelu Lukaku, missed the game midweek, is coming
:47:35. > :47:39.back, all being well, into the side. That's about where things are. I
:47:40. > :47:43.know you do like a statistic. It's been widely reported this week that
:47:44. > :47:49.this is Everton 's best start with season for 38 years. That is true.
:47:50. > :47:55.It was 1978-79. What they didn't want to say is in that season
:47:56. > :47:59.Everton were unbeaten until their 19th game, just before Christmas.
:48:00. > :48:03.That's a target for Ronald Koeman, isn't it? The manager then was
:48:04. > :48:07.called and we they finished fourth. Knowledge is power! Taken a good
:48:08. > :48:15.start and added a bit of Motty magic. More from John on Final Score
:48:16. > :48:18.and Match of the Day. Gary Lineker's full interview with Eddie Howe is
:48:19. > :48:28.available on BBC iPlayer as part of The Premier League Show. Match of
:48:29. > :48:32.the Day two extra is on tomorrow. And Match of the Day in the company
:48:33. > :48:37.of Robert Kilbane and Robbie Savage. That is followed by the Women's
:48:38. > :48:41.Super League. Manchester City will clinch the title if they avoid
:48:42. > :48:49.defeat. A number of players involved tomorrow were also in action on
:48:50. > :48:51.Tuesday. England's women took on Belgium. Nikita Parris but the
:48:52. > :48:57.lioness is in front. England had qualified for the finals of 2017 but
:48:58. > :49:01.this secured top spot. Karen Carney with the second a nice little
:49:02. > :49:06.celebration, possibly for the Ryder Cup next week. Scotland got a 2-1
:49:07. > :49:10.win. Two goals from the prolific Jane Ross, enough to win group
:49:11. > :49:14.winners Iceland. The second from the spot after that penalty was given
:49:15. > :49:18.away. The draw is in November for the Euro rose, on the same day as
:49:19. > :49:22.the US presidential elections. It will be a busy one.
:49:23. > :49:25.I've been trying all morning to think of an elaborate link to get
:49:26. > :49:30.from Abraham Lincoln to Lincolnshire but I gave up a few hours ago. That
:49:31. > :49:34.is where we go next. Scunthorpe have started the season remarkably well,
:49:35. > :49:39.currently top of League 1 and Mark Clemmit has been to see if The Iron
:49:40. > :49:42.born can make it all the way to the throne this season.
:49:43. > :49:46.For a club more accustomed to life in the bottom of the division, the
:49:47. > :49:49.last decade has been kind to Scunthorpe United who have twice
:49:50. > :49:54.been promoted to the championship. Under Graham Alexander they may well
:49:55. > :49:58.be going back there. Since he took over six months ago this weekend
:49:59. > :50:04.they have won a whopping 75% of his games in charge. Of all the managers
:50:05. > :50:09.currently working in senior English football, only Pep Guardiola can top
:50:10. > :50:13.that. The players have been superb since I
:50:14. > :50:17.came in in March. They have won a lot of games. Their work ethic has
:50:18. > :50:21.been superb. This is the thing with football. One day you are in the
:50:22. > :50:23.gutter, the next you are in the stars. It's the game I love and love
:50:24. > :50:29.being part of and hopefully that will continue. Alexander clips it
:50:30. > :50:35.right in the corner. Can you explain? No. If you asked me when I
:50:36. > :50:40.was playing if I'd missed it I would say yes. It's probably the biggest
:50:41. > :50:43.surprise for me, after retiring. Because I went straight into
:50:44. > :50:48.coaching and managing I didn't have a chance to miss it. The thing I get
:50:49. > :50:51.a buzz from is seeing these boys training, enjoy their training,
:50:52. > :50:56.playing and competing. I enjoyed every minute but now onto the next
:50:57. > :51:01.age. By my reckoning you have played 1000 games combined. You will
:51:02. > :51:06.appreciate the experience that the gaffer brings, having done 1000 on
:51:07. > :51:11.his own. It must have a huge effect in terms of respect, on the changing
:51:12. > :51:14.room? I think so. If you look at his career, what he's done, what he
:51:15. > :51:18.achieved and how he conducted himself off the pitch, it takes some
:51:19. > :51:22.doing even to get to the 500 mark. I'm approaching that myself. It's
:51:23. > :51:26.hard, but credit to him. He implements that with the team, how
:51:27. > :51:32.we play and how we perform. It feels like this is a very different club
:51:33. > :51:36.to the one you knew as a player 28 years ago? Yes, I came here as a
:51:37. > :51:40.16-year-old out of school and managed to a professional football
:51:41. > :51:44.player. I came stayed until I was 23. When I came back as a manager in
:51:45. > :51:49.March it seemed so familiar. I still had that excitement, coming round
:51:50. > :51:52.the corner there was the ground in all its glory. I get a buzz from
:51:53. > :51:57.that. The biggest one was coming in and winning games and working every
:51:58. > :52:03.day. It was a great feeling. You are 30, you are 35, the gaffer played
:52:04. > :52:07.until 41. I'm not suggesting for one second you are journeyman, but
:52:08. > :52:10.football has its ups and downs. There will be part of a club on a
:52:11. > :52:17.run like this, it must give a tremendous buzz to the whole squad?
:52:18. > :52:20.Yes, it's fantastic. Not just for us old-timers but the whole squad. We
:52:21. > :52:27.finished last season strongly, won the last six. We have maintained a
:52:28. > :52:31.good pre-season and started the way we finished last season. It's not
:52:32. > :52:34.the normal run-of-the-mill job. Professional football, it's a
:52:35. > :52:38.fantastic privilege and you have to work hard at it. We didn't just talk
:52:39. > :52:42.about what we did at the end of last season but went in depth to what we
:52:43. > :52:45.did well, broke it down to what we do on the pitch and the lads have
:52:46. > :52:49.continued to do that. There is a long way to go. We have only played
:52:50. > :52:54.eight league games. As long as we keep that work ethic up, seeing the
:52:55. > :53:00.quality in the ranks, there's no reason we can't continue. I did get
:53:01. > :53:05.that age right good night? I looked older, I've had a hard life! Ages on
:53:06. > :53:12.the number, likely say. We'll keep going.
:53:13. > :53:17.The tune on that with Unadkat. All the music from today's football
:53:18. > :53:21.focus is available on the playlist. Chris Smalling has put Manchester
:53:22. > :53:25.United ahead against Leicester at Old Trafford, they lead 1-0. You
:53:26. > :53:29.must know Graham Alexander well from your time at Preston. He seems to
:53:30. > :53:33.have been one of those blokes who has the right attributes to be a
:53:34. > :53:37.manager, sit in the dugout and speak to new players. If you listen to
:53:38. > :53:42.him, he's talking about hard work and he worked extremely hard as a
:53:43. > :53:46.player, to get over 1000 games, as well. A great striker of the ball.
:53:47. > :53:51.Didn't have any great pace, if he had great pace he would have played
:53:52. > :53:55.for one of the top four teams. A good manager, young, ambitious, new
:53:56. > :54:01.ideas, a proper bloke. I think you will enjoy this, Scunthorpe players
:54:02. > :54:05.weren't eating alone in that piece. Look at this, then sharing their
:54:06. > :54:09.dinner at Glanford Park... Have a look when we go across. There are
:54:10. > :54:17.some pensioners taking advantage of an early bird special! It looked
:54:18. > :54:21.like a scene from Cocoon. You are landing in all sorts of grief today!
:54:22. > :54:28.Scunthorpe played Sheffield United today. Dion Dublin's old club
:54:29. > :54:36.Coventry, they have their lowest positions in the 1950s. It is a
:54:37. > :54:42.worrying start, is net for Tony Mowbray's men? Absolutely awful. You
:54:43. > :54:46.better get Dion Dublin's fingers in his ears. A continuing tale of woe.
:54:47. > :54:52.34 years in the top flight, came to an end in 2001. Taken over by an
:54:53. > :54:57.investment fund nine years ago. Since then another relegation, seven
:54:58. > :55:01.managers, time in exile at Northampton. Haven't really sorted
:55:02. > :55:05.their own stadium out because the Ricoh Arena is owned by wasps. I
:55:06. > :55:08.think I even heard tales this week wasps are trying to squeeze out the
:55:09. > :55:12.young players from the Academy to use that for themselves. The main
:55:13. > :55:16.training ground is subject to proposals for housing. This week the
:55:17. > :55:19.local paper launched a petition which has been signed by 12,000
:55:20. > :55:28.people to try and squeeze the owners out. They have themselves a ban
:55:29. > :55:32.survey can't talk to the managers. Tony Mowbray has to go to Gillingham
:55:33. > :55:39.with the youngest players in the AFL to try and get his first win That is
:55:40. > :55:43.one of the quake games we will be covering in Final Score. Plymouth
:55:44. > :55:48.Argyle, beaten player finalist in League 2 last year, only had three
:55:49. > :55:53.players contracted in the summer. Signed 16 and yet today they
:55:54. > :55:58.entertain Hartlepool United, looking for their eighth consecutive win. We
:55:59. > :56:04.have had a goal in the early kick off in League 2. Grimsby are 1-0 up
:56:05. > :56:09.at Mansfield. Omar Bogle is currently the top scorer with eight
:56:10. > :56:12.goals. Preston beat Wigan 1-0 last night in the championship. If you
:56:13. > :56:17.look at today's games in that division there is one standout
:56:18. > :56:23.match? Two Champions League winners going head-to-head. Rafa Benitez and
:56:24. > :56:30.Roberto Di Matteo. All the talk of calls about Villa has been about
:56:31. > :56:34.midfielder Jack Grealish on his extracurricular activities. Subject
:56:35. > :56:38.to an investigation by the club. Having attended an all-night party
:56:39. > :56:47.last weekend, we are told. Obviously he does have previous. Tim Sherwood
:56:48. > :56:50.and Remi Garde both reprimanded him and Roberto Di Matteo has had to do
:56:51. > :56:55.the same this week. Lovely to hear from you. We will try to keep this
:56:56. > :56:58.regular throughout the season. We have quick time from a comment or
:56:59. > :57:04.knew about Jack Grealish. What would you do with him? I can't really say,
:57:05. > :57:10.a lot of expletives. He is a player that could achieve a lot, but I just
:57:11. > :57:14.think he's letting himself down, letting the club down, letting the
:57:15. > :57:17.fans down. People around him aren't helping. Get your finger out, do
:57:18. > :57:22.your job, earn your money, that's what I'd say to him. He got too much
:57:23. > :57:26.too early. But still has the talent if he gets it right. That's the
:57:27. > :57:31.frustrating bit. Gentlemen, thank you. It's been lovely, most of the
:57:32. > :57:35.time! If you have missed anything, we are on BBC iPlayer from midnight
:57:36. > :57:39.and back at the same time next Saturday. Following us is the
:57:40. > :57:47.Champions League of Darts. We will check out with the reigning
:57:48. > :57:49.matchplay champion Michael van to win taking an Mark 'The Beast'
:57:50. > :57:56.Lawrenson in Premier League Predictions. It is fantastic, of
:57:57. > :58:00.course, the biggest name of darts playing on the BBC. It is something
:58:01. > :58:07.new and I am looking forward to it. I support PS3. When I was growing up
:58:08. > :58:17.Ruud van Nistelrooy, that was probably the main man. And Romario
:58:18. > :58:27.and Ronaldo. Arsenal and Chelsea, that's a good
:58:28. > :58:32.one. I'd go for... A draw, 2-2. A couple of duchies did I think it's
:58:33. > :58:47.going to be... 1-1. Burnley against Watford, I'm not
:58:48. > :58:49.sure who is a Burnley supporter, but I still think it's going to be a
:58:50. > :59:07.draw, 1-1. # And put your hands
:59:08. > :59:13.where I can see them