25/11/2017 Football Focus

That was absolutely brilliant.

This

is getting better and better.

Cristiano Ronaldo!

Mystery boys

indeed. No team has won it more than

Arsenal.

A hat-trick.

The biggest

Chelsea celebration ever seen.

And I for goal. Leicester take the

lead through Jamie Farr de. Believe

in your ability.

Be determined.

Murray continues his scoring record.

Desire to be in the right place at

the right time.

It is naturally

always want more.

Confidence.

Hat-trick for the striker. Most

important is the accuracy to beat

the keeper.

Good afternoon. A

striker's special for you on

Football Focus, also a bit of an

Ashes later with an Ingush men and

an Australian in the studio. All of

this on the way. -- and English man.

All action from the first home game

in charge by David Moyes at West

Ham. It is looking up for Brighton's

Glenn Murray, who is better with his

feet and his hands.

We were

plasterer? I was plasterer's

labourer. Where you decent? You will

have to ask my dad!

Karen Wilson is

Keane to remind everyone of his

talent.

My son and I went into a job

and he asked for another player

rather than myself.

If Manchester

City win the league, do think

Manchester City will have a reunion

in ten years? No chance. Let's have

a look at the Premier League

fixtures this weekend. We will talk

about Glenn Murray who take on

Manchester United at Brighton. The

late game is a bit of a corker to

talk about, Liverpool against

Chelsea. Tomorrow there are three

games, including Everton, still

looking for a manager against

Southampton. And the leaders

Manchester City go to Huddersfield.

Last night, Jermaine Jenas was there

and Simon brother turned the

commentator.

Not very first match in charge for

David Moyes on the touchline at

Vicarage Road for the his team

getting defeated 2-0 foot appeal

hope for much better tonight. -- he

will hope.

Corrected by Jamie Vardy

for Leicester. It is in from Mark

Allbritton. -- Albrighton. Just the

start that Leicester -- West Ham and

David Moyes did not need. A

challenge inside the penalty area.

It is Albrighton running in.

Albrighton was left looking in vain

at the referee.

Into the box it

goes. Just in front of the post by

Schmeichel.

Whipped in by Lanzini. Ogbonna got

up well. It was going in until the

ball was pushed away.

The ball breaks for Mahrez.

Albrighton over on the far side. In

towards Vardy. Takes it in his

stride. Well taken by Bardy.

Whenever Leicester City move forward

into the final third and they look

far more dangerous and businesslike

than West Ham in the first half. It

has gone in. West Ham United are

level. He celebrates with half-time

on the horizon. West Ham back in the

game and spirits lifted at London

stadium. Kouyate got the touch and

the ball was deflected across the

line. Kouyate will claim that.

Forward by Lanzini. Down he goes.

West Ham once a penalty and Martin

Atkinson says, no. Ayew collided

with Maguire but I think there was

minimal contact between them. You

cannot fault the effort today,

particularly in the second half.

Schmeichel stays on his line as it

bounces around. A great effort, just

over the top of the crossbar. Ayew

went for the spectacular, acrobatic,

athletic. Unfortunately for him, not

quite underneath the bar and into

the back of the net.

It was a shame without the possibly

two to be more clinical in this

game. After they scored in the first

half, we had to score a goal perhaps

to Gil the game just before

half-time.

We are desperately trying

to get a level which we think the

players will need to player to get

results will stop we think we worked

quite hard tonight and we got a

point. It shows we have a long way

to go. We'll have to work harder.

There were moments tonight when

football was a bit better and gave

ourselves more chances.

Let's have a

look at the main goals. Overall, you

were there and commentating. It was

not a Friday night fees. David Moyes

asked the fans to respond. Whether

positives for West Ham?

From a

quality perspective, I did not think

it was there. The fans were

sensational. They were the group of

people who got the game going.

Quality was hugely lacking. Also the

players. The work rate has

increased. The statistics on

sprints, high intensity sprints,

they are up when you compare it to

Slaven Bilic.

Let's look at the

Leicester opening goal. What do you

think of this from Albrighton?

For

Leicester, it is brilliant. The way

that great comes off the line.

Albrighton is

that great comes off the line.

Albrighton is assessing the

situation. When it comes across the

box, he is alert to it. For West

Ham, it is a bit of a nightmare.

Everybody is all watching. Zabaleta,

Ogbonna, they are all forgetting

where the main danger is all stop

this is them main danger man, Jamie

Vardy. We know where he likes to

operate. Read recovers and gets it

up into a decent situation. As he

comes into the box, Ogbonna must

clear that. There is not much you

can do with the manager when it

comes to individual errors. It falls

to Albrighton and he sticks it in

the net.

It is tough for defenders.

You expect Ogbonna to clear the

ball. As a defender you always have

to expect the unexpected. The

goalkeeper needed to be a bit

tighter on Albrighton in case there

was a mistake like that. Had he been

able to prevent it? Probably not.

The second goal, the big man has

been moaning all morning. Schmeichel

made some good saves but on this one

he was at fault.

There were a couple

of instances in the game when he

came or did not come. He did a

couple of things which went against

him here. He has to come and follow

through, put his best on the end of

it. He showed it late in the game

that he could not do it. He takes a

couple of steps forward. He thinks

that Jamie Vardy will head the ball

and he stops. The minute he misses

it and it is over his head,

Schmeichel is in no man's land. He

has no chance. Any shot on target or

header on target and it is in the

back of the net, as we can see.

Last

night when I was watching it, I felt

that, sometimes as an outfield

player can you feel like you're

being overly critical of goalkeepers

and something else is going on. I

didn't feel he was being commanding

enough. Nobody was marking him.

Now

that I have seen it, I agree.

As a

former keeper, how much

responsibility do you take full

balls like that in your six yard

area? Would everybody think that it

would have been Schmeichel's?

I am

sure they would. He needed to get

his best in on the end of it. Don't

expect to players to do that for

you. It was in his area. Two feet

inside the six yard box and that is

his area. What kills him is the

couple of steps forward. He does not

pick up the fly off the ball. Once

he realises he has that, it is too

late.

At what point do you make a

decision? When you see the flight of

the ball or beforehand do you decide

you will come and get it?

I think

that is one of the worst things you

can do. You have to set yourself and

stay still and wait for the flight

of the ball. Then you make your

movement. Make of that movement as

direct as possible. If you leave it

longer it is often too late.

England's women were also in action.

They beat Bosnia 4-0. They opened

the scoring in the 19th minute. Then

they made it two. The free kick

found the gap, 3-0. The scoring was

completed from the penalty spot.

England are two from two and they

play has expansion. Kazakhstan were

playing Wales last night. Wales were

narrow 1-0 winners thanks to this

late free kick. Wales top the group.

They have played an extra game to

England but do not forget England

have a game in hand. Now back to

Monday night and Brighton against

Stoke. Premier entertaining draw. --

a Premier League entertaining draw.

In comes the corner kick. What a

fine save! Shoots. A big chance for

Brighton. A lovely ball brought down

well. Stoke have scored. A lovely

ball on the counter.

It is a corner.

That was a really poor decision.

Glenn Murray has gone in here with a

challenge off the ground.

He is

really wound up. A good run. A goal!

1-1.

In comes the cross. It is in

the back of the net and Stoke have

another one with the last touch.

Possession inside the Stoke box.

Across the face of the goal, he gets

it in.

2-2. A really good

entertaining game of football.

Honours even.

We went to meet Glenn Murray,

striker for the Seagulls. Over 30

and still going strong.

That is

genuinely wobbling, it seems to me.

I'm sure it is not.

Let go. You can

feel it with your feet. There is a

little... There is a long way to go.

Are you nervous? If I had said ten

years ago when you are still make

your name at Rochdale you are about

to spend nearly a decade down here

as a Cumbrian, what would you have

said? Would you have believed me?

No

chance.

No chance at all. I get the

impression that you love it here?

I

guess it is. My wife is from

Brighton and my kids are here. It is

a beautiful part of England.

When

you have no hair like this, it is a

bit cold. Let's go inside. It seems

like it has been such an enormous

journey for you. I wondered when you

did not get a start in the first six

games this season, whether you

thought here we go again, I have

reached the promised land.

I had a

bad pre-season and the gaffer did

not think I was right to start the

first game. I worked my way back

into the team starting with

Leicester and then I did my ankle

ligaments. It was a bad start for me

on a personal level will stop you

have a lovely spell before the

international break.

That is you

feeling sky-high, isn't it?

It was

nice to get off the mark against

West Ham.

Brighton are going to win

away in the Premier League for the

first ever time.

The first goal of

the season lifts a bit of pressure

from you.

Are you the same person

that started off all those years ago

with Workington? That was part-time

and you were a plasterer.

I was a

plasterer's labourer. Where you

decent? I don't know for that you

would have to ask my dad. He is to

give me a hard time the lumps in the

plaster. I don't think he wanted me

to become a plasterer. He wanted me

to follow whatever I wanted to do.

That happened with football and I

had a chance to go to America. It

came about through David Irving, the

ex-Everton forward. I played for an

amateur team in Maryport. I was told

I was half decent. It was not

glamorous. It was like a really

enjoyable three years.

This is

amazing when you look at where you

are from, which is Maryport...

Almost as far away as you can get.

It is, 350 miles away. Notable

people, the most obvious one is

Fletcher Christian. But there you

are, Glenn Murray. On the list.

Was the moment when things turned

for you?

I went to Stockport for a

while, scored three or four goals in

12 games. Got the opportunity at

Rochdale. I started to become

prolific there.

It begs the

question, how many more of you and

all those names that have come from

the non-leagues are there out there?

Look at the team I am playing in

now. The likes of Lewis Dunk,

Stevens, Shane Duffy.

All from the

Football League and flying in the

Premier League now. The gaffer has

stayed with the players who have

done well for him and they continue

to do well for him.

If you were

watching yourself in action, how

would you describe yourself?

Not

that easy on the eye. A languid

style. People question how bothered

I am about the club I play for or

how hard I work for the team I'm in.

Whereas I am working as hard as I

can. But I have sort of a lazy

style.

Do you think about your own

career when you head off to Old

Trafford on the journey you have

been on?

You appreciate it as you

get older. But I would be going

there to score goals.

Will your old

man be there shouting, he makes

lumpy plaster in the background?

He

will be there cheering me on!

STUDIO: Very nice down on the coast.

Whenever I see a piece like that,

it's a real encouragement for people

playing at a lower level who think,

I could be like Glenn Murray. Four

in four playing in the top division

in the country and playing well this

season.

If they have any aspirations

of being like Glenn Murray,

listening to that video will give

them an understanding of how

difficult the road has been for

himself, going over to America and

playing in front of basically nobody

by the sound of it, keeping up his

spirits, but having the belief in

himself that if he keeps scoring he

will get to where he deserves to be.

He's had a couple of injuries that

he has come back from as well. Fair

play to him.

It shows the difference

a mentality makes. Many players with

the same degree of talent might have

thought this isn't for me.

There are

many players with infinitely more

talent that don't make it, or who

make it for a split second and then

fade away because they take it for

granted. They don't work enough for

it. These guys coming through the

lower levels, the one thing they do

know how to do is graft. Look at

players like Glenn Murray, Jamie

Vardy, and even Chris Smalling.

Jose

Mourinho talked about what he would

like to see going forward. In terms

of how they play, Paul Pogba, he

scored on and set one up against

Newcastle last weekend.

He is a

world talent, Paul Pogba, and he

will improve the side. The biggest

thing I liked in this particular

game, he seems to have an air of

freedom about him to get forward and

create. You can tell he's getting

back to full fitness, but in the

games where they haven't had him,

it's been clear that his influence

in the midfield area, that

commanding aura he has about himself

to be able to receive the ball in

tight areas. They have lacked that.

They have impact is huge.

That's

been from the start of the season as

well. The arrival of Matic has been

enormous for him. Not just for

Manchester United but also Pogba

because it takes so much

responsibility and work off him.

We

haven't spoke about Matic that much

since Pogba has been injured. They

need each other. We were lauding

Matic for all the good work he was

doing, but when Pogba got injured,

we thought they were looking a bit

there in terms of ability on the

ball, which Pogba gives you.

Going

forward Pogba gives you that. Matic

doesn't have that in his armoury but

they complement each other well.

On

the Premier League show he was

talking about playing the trumpet

with Lloyd, Eric Cantona.

What music

do you listen to?

Pop, rock, jazz.

Do you play an instrument? Do you

play an instrument?

I used to. Do

you?

I used to play the trumpet.

When I was banned after the Crystal

Palace... Yeah.

Made good use out of

his nine months out of the game.

That's still on the iPlayer if you

missed it. Good news about Michael

Carrick. He has not played since

September because of irregular heart

rhythm, but he's back in training

and has had treatment for that.

Messi has signed a big contract to

his Barcelona career. The buyout

clause is 600 million.

There will

still be people out there who buy

it.

If that's the case, stop the

world, I'm getting off!

Jermaine Jenas is double shifting

with Match of the Day alongside Alan

Shearer and Gary Lineker.

Middlesbrough manager Garry Monk

will be on Match of the Day 2 extra

tomorrow. The late game today is

Liverpool against Chelsea featuring

two summer signings who have hit the

ground running.

COMMENTARY MONTAGE:

Salah tees it up

and finds the back of the net.

Magnificent finish from Salah.

Good

ball, good header, good goal.

Alvaro

Morata. Beautiful header, lovely

goal.

Mohamed Salah can't stop

scoring in a Liverpool shirt.

Morata, 1-0 Chelsea.

Fire and ice. We hope it's more Game

of Thrones than Torvill and Dean.

That's the 5:30pm kick tonight. You

crossed over at Chelsea together. He

came with a big reputation, Mo

Salah. But he never really fit into

that Chelsea side.

He was only 21

when he came to Chelsea. He was at

Basel, who have done well in

European football, but they are a

small club, so the jump from Basel

and playing in that competition to

the Premier League was enormous for

him. And to be fair he didn't get a

lot of opportunities to play and get

rhythm and find his feet.

Early in

the season Liverpool fans said he

was missing his one on one chances.

But he already has 14 goals this

season, more than Liverpool have had

in previous seasons with the likes

of Steven Gerrard and Daniel

Sturridge being top scorers. A

phenomenal record considering he has

already missed chances as well.

It

is scary. Liverpool fans will say he

could have had 20, and that is

credit to himself. He keeps putting

himself in that situation. Initially

I was one of the people who didn't

think he was able to edge out people

like Lallana and Sadio Mane to make

the position his own, and

consequently received a lot of abuse

from Egyptian national team fans on

Twitter! I do apologise. But he has

been a sensation, going to a club

that size and putting in those

performances, he has been brilliant.

Well done on issuing the apology.

Good pundits do.

From a Chelsea

perspective, the linkup between Eden

Hazard and Morata, that will

encourage you.

He has been sorely

missed, Hazard. He has said the

break has probably done him the

world of good, having that injury.

We saw last weekend, the linkup play

between Hazard and Morata was

exceptional. Fabregas, people

haven't spoken about Fabregas as

much, and he's instrumental in

pulling the strings from a deeper

position, albeit West Brom gave him

a free rein.

Talk of Liverpool

struggling defensively. Interesting

that only Scot Arfield has scored at

Anfield in the Premier League this

season, only conceding one goal at

home in the Premier League.

They do

need to focus on it. Everybody

thinks it's a nightmare. And

midweek, the situation didn't help.

But if they look at Anfield as a

fortress for keeping clean sheets,

they will get results. But that

didn't help in midweek.

I don't

think so. All this still to come...

Callum Wilson on being back in the

goals at Bournemouth. Neil Warnock

will be talking 50 years in

football. And Leicester striker

Jamie Vardy on his World Cup

aspirations. We can go to St James'

Park next where Newcastle play

Watford in the three o'clock

kick-off. Guy Mowbray is therefore

Match of the Day. I am sure you have

seen Marco Silva's press Conference

this week. Fair to say he's fed up

with questions about Everton.

He's

not going to answer any more and it

looks like he might not do. Looking

at how the betting has taken a turn,

a usual good indicator, it looks

like Martin O'Neill could be going

to Goodison Park. I'm sure that will

delight the Watford supporters. I

have travelled up on the train to

Newcastle today and one supporter

was keen to point out that Marco

Silva has bought a house in

Hatfield, proof positive that he

wants to stay for that to years that

Watford give their manager as a

maximum these days. Watford are

playing well under Marco Silva. One

of my favourite statistics is that

they have scored two goals in every

single Premier League away games

this season. Newcastle have to go

for it today. They have lost three

in a row. It bodes well for an

entertaining game. Hopefully that

hasn't put the mockers on it.

Can't

believe you have built it up into an

entertaining game. I hope it isn't

last on Match of the Day. Some

movement in the directors box at

Newcastle.

Nothing just yet. The

opening bid has been tabled and I

understand it is less than 300

million and Mike Ashley wants

considerably more to relinquish

control of Newcastle. From the other

side of things, he has been keen to

state he wants something wrapped up

by Christmas. I believe the business

term is that he is a motivated

seller, whatever that means, and the

people interested, led by Amanda

Staveley on behalf of the PCP

investment group, they are

apparently very keen buyers. The

feeling is something will be struck

at Newcastle and in the New Year

they could be in new hands,

different owners. It's undoubtedly

the case the fans have been wanting

at for years. There have been five

or six reported takeover bids before

that have come to nothing. They have

wanted Mike Ashley out for a

considerable amount of time and the

feeling is there is not a better

time to get rid. Midway through the

Premier League, Rafa Benitez in

charge, and they are doing as well

as they could be expected to do at

this stage. Nothing confirmed yet,

but the ball is rolling. I don't

know anything about business.

Guaranteed thriller for Guy Mowbray.

Marco Silva, if an estate agent is

to be believed, he will stay at

Watford. Speculation around Everton,

but Martin O'Neill has changed that

a little bit.

He has. It's a bit

surprise in to me, but maybe that's

because it's too difficult to get

Marco Silva away from Watford. Maybe

he has decided he doesn't want to

make the move. It's all speculation

at the moment. They have explored

that Avenue and he will be their

number one choice, I would think.

It's more than a month since Everton

sacked Ronald Koeman. David Unsworth

remains in caretaker charge for

tomorrow's trip to Southampton.

This

is an amazing job. Who wouldn't want

to be manager of Everton?

Sliced

into his own net by Jonjoe Kenny.

We

have lost a date and that's

disappointing. We are judged by

results.

David Unsworth has more

experience than on the candidates

applying for that job.

3-2 to

Everton. He is missed and surely

Everton will win the match now.

I

have stood there for two weeks as

the proudest man in the world.

Nobody can take away that.

Delighted

for David Unsworth. He's not a

miracle worker but has been put in a

very difficult situation.

Oumar

Niasse is in.

What will happen with

you now?

What will be, will be. It's

for other people to decide.

They

guaranteed Premiership safety.

David

Unsworth says the man of the Everton

defeat to Atalanta in Europa League

was unacceptable, losing 5-1 at

Goodison Park.

The players know

exactly how I feel. They know I feel

we have let the club down. We put it

to bed, move on and we have a really

important game on Sunday.

STUDIO:

Even know he is much loved by the

players, do you think the defeats to

Atalanta means he has lost the

opportunity to get the job

full-time?

He did need a good

performance and I feel for him

because the situation is very

difficult. On top of that, they are

only maybe one player away from

getting it right. That one focal

point at the top end of the pitch,

somebody quick or who can hold up

the ball. That could be the release

the team needs to perform the way

they do. You can already see a new

manager coming in would purchase one

in January and be hailed as the

saviour. In fairness to David

Unsworth, it hasn't been the shift

they have needed, but he had to take

over a bad situation.

Makes you realise how important

Lukaku was.

He was scoring 45 plus

goals a season. That speaks volumes

will stop when they did not replace

it would always be a major concern

for Everton about where the goals

would come from. Where would that

number of goals come from? Add to

that the turnover of players and new

additions needing time to gel. When

you look at David Unsworth taking

over, he has won one, and lost four.

Let's show you the odds for the next

Everton manager on the floor of the

studio. Marco Silva in there. Sean

Dyche and David Unsworth. Niasse

made unwanted history this week when

he was and for diving. Do you think

it was the right decision? -- band.

We are trying to make a statement

and cut it out of the game. There

need to be harsh punishments. To see

happen to Niasse, hopefully they

will look at it and think twice.

Last night, a West Ham player dived

in the box. There was no penalty and

so he could not be charged.

Is it a

step in the right direction?

100%.

Niasse, he was not penalised on the

night but he did gain an advantage.

In that perspective it is the right

decision. On the night, had he been

punished when he would have got the

yellow card. Now he is missing games

because of it. You have to deter

players from diving.

I'm sure we

will talk about that throughout the

rest of the season. After suffering

two serious knee injuries, Callum

Wilson has found fitness and form

and has been speaking to us.

The corner is turned in. Callum

Wilson for Bournemouth. Wilson, 2-0.

Two defenders in front of him.

Wilson! Callum Wilson will be going

home with the match ball tonight.

Perhaps it for the striker. Did you

expect to come back with such a

bang?

I knew I was feeling good

which is why I asked the manager to

integrate me back in full to viewers

want the first goal. I did not

expect to get a hat straightaway.

The new school two in five, six

minutes can you have 45, 50 minutes

to score another goal. My son asked

for four goals that day and when he

said it was a bit taken back.

You

had two horrific injuries.

On both

knees. When you have one, you think

your injury time has passed you can

have little niggles here and there

but you do not expect to have

another long-term injury like that.

Callum Wilson has been ruled out for

the rest of the season with a

ruptured anterior cruciate ligament.

In terms of rehab, getting through

it mentally, which one?

Probably the

first one. I did not know what stage

I was at. Whenever they said, I

would be of crutches in four weeks,

I would try and walk of them in two,

three. I was trying to rush each

stage and get back as soon as

possible. I did not give myself the

time my body needed. This second

time I used all my experience.

You

are injured. A long time and it

looked like you used motivational

quotes to get through it. There is

one on your background Twitter.

I

like that one. That quote is

relevant to my life. And I put it

up, I had not returned back. I was

starting to feel a little bit better

in myself but I knew it was all

about how I did return. What defines

us is how we come back after a fall.

I'm back up again. Hopefully

starting to rise well.

Telephone

little bit about your son. He now

thinks you are a footballer again.

-- tell us a little bit.

He had

never seen me play. He would always

say, daddy, when you going to play?

It probably fell to him like I was

not a footballer. We went into the

club shop to get a shirt and he

asked for another player and not

myself. I thought this adds to

change, daddy does play. Now he is

asking for my name.

Three wins from

four, it looks like you are starting

to turn things around again. What do

think that is down to?

Probably my

return!

No, I'm joking.

Swansea this

weekend. It will be a tough game.

They are down there in the league

but so were we. They are due a few

good games. We need to make sure

they do not turn things round

against us. Hopefully my son will

not say too many.

It is great to see

him smiling after a difficult couple

of months and years. Somebody who

has suffered with injury, to come

back from two cruciate ligament

injuries, we have talked about the

mentality of Glenn Murray but you

need to be strong to do that.

One is

bad enough. Everyone was saying they

can he do it in the Premier League?

He sustained one and then another.

That hat-trick last week RBC felt

very sweet. It is all the hard work

he has put in which makes him

deserve the little moments. It tells

you a lot about the character of a

person. Technically, Callum Wilson

is not the most gifted. He works

hard and gets his open to good

situations. He knows where the back

of the net is.

Former fans will tell

you, if he keeps playing like this,

no reason why he will not have a

sniff to get into the World Cup

squad.

I think it is premature at

the moment. Off the back of two

cruciate ligament injuries, it is

horrendous. He has done really well

to get where he is also a need is a

good six months, rest of the season

behind him.

Of the month of the

season, more managers have been

sacked in November than any other

month, 33 in total. The team that

Bournemouth take on this weekend,

Swansea, Paul Clement is another

manager who is in a difficult

situation. Everyone is looking at it

and thinking, is he next? How does

he get them out of that?

He is under

a lot of pressure. Performances have

not been good at all. That kind of

organisation he brought initially

when he first arrived seems to have

gone. They look soft at the back.

The reason why managers get sacked

in November is it is shopping time

in January.

That is why. We have had

Black Friday. Paul Clement is under

pressure. West Brom are another club

looking for a new manager. Time has

run out for Tony.

He shoots and finds the back of the

net. For West Bromwich Albion, the

Warriors continue.

Nine top-flight

games without a victory. It hurts to

go such a long time about winning a

game.

It is tough but he will come

through it.

Tony Pulis did an

outstanding job at West Brom.

Fabregas! At the back post was

Marcos Alonso. It is the results

business. The man with that decision

is in town. Eden Hazard art does the

rest. Question increases -- the

pressure increases on Tony Pulis.

He

has never been relegated. That is

why would not get rid of him yet.

The directors will decide what they

will do. The book club is more

important than anybody. -- the

football club.

They are away at

Tottenham. John Motz and is there

for us. -- Motsom. That is the

current legend at White Hart Lane. I

understand you have a former legend

alongside you at Wembley.

I have

indeed. It is 40 years next year,

the 1978 World Cup in Argentina,

that I first met this gentle man. I

got myself into the Argentine

training camp, which was not easy. I

was given the pleasure of

interviewing our dealers. You could

not speak English and I could not

speak Spanish, so it was a great

interview.

We had no clue what we

were saying that it was funny.

What

was also funny, when I got back to

Argentina, the first person to ring

me up was Keith Birkenshaw. He said,

what you know about him? Lo and

behold...

You are not asking for a

fee now? You work in Argentina and

we were here with Ricky and the rest

is history.

Amateur the culture

shock was that when you first came?

-- how much of a culture shock was

that? It was a bit tough. Not like

it is right now with the internet.

The club helped us tremendously

right from the very beginning. It

was a happy time.

Overseas players

were quite fresh to the game. You

managed to bring your family here

and settle down quite quickly.

We

were one of the two first

foreigners. Looking at the Premier

League now, you might not recognise

that. We brought our family here and

in fact, for wiki and me, it was an

adventure. -- Ricky.

Everybody looks

back on the 1981 cup final. Where

does that stand in all your

memories?

All I would say that is

bigger than that was when we won the

World Cup in 1978. 1981 was such an

occasion. It was beautiful. You

remember the song but that day it

was about Ricky. It was beautiful,

the best day in his life. He scored

not a bad goal.

A great time. A lot

of people probably will not remember

that you also... You were the

manager of Tottenham but you are

also the manager of West Bromwich

Albion. You came to Wembley with

them and won a play-off.

They have

been very friendly to me all through

the year. Just before I arrived to

Spurs, because we did so well, we

played some lovely football and we

were promoted at Wembley, it was

very beautiful. Because that I

became the manager of Tottenham.

One

thing that Spurs fans will remember

about your time as manager, you

played with five forwards.

Is that

not exactly. Our mentality was to go

forward. We wanted to go forward all

the time. We did not want to

speculate. I had a career as a

player at Tottenham and I know what

Tottenham wanted and we wanted to

play that way.

How far can this team

go?

It can go all the way. It is a

wonderful team. In my opinion they

have the best manager in the world

right now. He is doing a fantastic

job here. I cannot praise him more.

We have a very young and very

competitive squad with a lot of

quality. The future is very good.

My

word!

Before we finish, I want to

present this. This is the first game

that you commentators for Spurs and

this is a programme from that

particular day.

I remember that. It

was Spurs against Manchester United

in 1972. Thank you very much. Really

kind of you.

Thanks a lot. Lovely

stuff. Good to see they have given

you the screws and the bracket for

the back. He is picking up presence

wherever he is going. On the West

Brom situation, Alan Pardew is

overwhelming favourite to take over.

People say, why sack Tony Pulis when

he has never been relegated? People

say, some of the football that is

being played, it is not nice to see.

Wolverhampton Wanderers are playing

so well down the road as well but

that may be a feature as well.

The

results are not good enough. There

was so much unrest within the West

Bromwich Albion Stadium that you can

understand why the decision was made

in the end.

I think it is to do with

the last 20 games. We are talking

about the back end of last season at

the beginning of this season and he

has only one two games. No manager

would keep their jobs after that.

His record keeping teams in the

league is excellent.

Talking about playing five upfront

with Ossie Ardiles as boss. Dele

Alli played deeper with Spurs in the

Champions League. Do you like to see

him in that position?

No. He's

wasted. The closer he is to Harry

Kane, the more chancy has of scoring

goals in the box.

Sounds like you

are a 5-up top man! Cardiff City are

one of the stories of the

Championship so far, second in the

table behind walls. We have been to

see the boss spending more than half

a century in the game.

# Fairy tales can come true

# It can happen to you

# If you are younger tart. -- if you

are young at heart.

50 years Komula golden anniversary

in your marriage with football. No

signs of divorce just yet.

I've had

a few close walk-outs in the last

few years. Thought about retiring on

numerous occasions.

What is it you

say you love about the Championship?

You said this week you don't really

want to be a Premier League manager

and you didn't enjoy that time and

don't want to do it again.

I didn't

say I don't want to do it again, but

I don't really enjoy the Premier

League. I can't put up with chairman

talking to players and going out

with players. I don't like that type

of players. It's a modern thing with

owners and chairman wanting to

become more involved. The modern

manager has so many other things to

worry about now than when I started.

Should you be promoted with Cardiff,

what will you do then?

We have to

worry about that one it happens. We

are miles away from getting

promoted. We have only played 18

games. It's great that clubs like my

old club Sheffield United, and

Cardiff, unfashionable clubs,

without any disrespect, we don't

have the money of Wolves,

Middlesbrough, Derby County, Aston

Villa. They are clawing to get back

in the Premier League. It's good we

have two smaller clubs going for it.

You are Yorkshire and no. Is that

why you have been so successful in

what you have done?

I do say what I

think, and it has cost me a few quid

over the years. Well, my wife. In

the end about ten years ago she

said, I've had enough now. Whenever

you get fired now, I want the same

amount and me and the kids are going

to spend it. -- whenever you get

fined now. So my fines are double

now!

You took about a good dressing

room spirit and good players. That

seems to be the key, the secret, to

what you want to get out of a team

you work with.

Going back to my

Notts County and Forest days. Brian

Clough was still managing. I spoke

to a man who played for Brian

Clough. I asked what it was about

him. He said, if I saw him on the

other side of the road, I would just

walk away, I wouldn't notice him.

But on Saturday, I would die for

him. I thought, that's what I want

from my lads. I've had seven

promotions, nobody has had eight.

When I look back at those seven

promotions, every one of those teams

over the last three years has had

reunions, Scarborough, Notts County,

Huddersfield, Plymouth. Sheffield

United. They all have reunions. The

thing I say about the Premiership,

if Manchester City win the league

this year, will they have a reunion

in ten years? Will the top clubs,

Manchester United, have reunions? No

chance. It's all about individuals

now. All those teams I remember all

have characters and great team

spirit. They get together again and

they always the same when I see

them. They are getting older, but

the spirit is there. It brings back

the memories, all the time, when I

go back to these reunions. Let's

hope we can have a Cardiff City one

in a few years.

STUDIO: Quite a wall chart. Eight

promotions if he gets them up in 50

years in football. That's through

playing and managing as well. A

remarkable achievement.

It certainly

is. First and foremost, to be in

football for 50 years is in itself a

remarkable achievement. Let alone

his history as a manager has been

excellent. Everywhere he has gone,

he either got promoted or kept teams

in the league. That's a massive

accomplishment.

One game in the

Championship already underway, 0-0

between Barnsley and Leeds United.

That kicked off at 12:30pm. A great

story from League 1, Wigan winger

Ryan Colclough was substituted after

scoring twice in his side 's 3-0

victory over Doncaster on Tuesday.

That was to get to the birth of his

son. The waters broke after he

scored his first, he left the pitch

after scoring his second, and there

he is celebrating the birth of his

second son, Harvey. Wigan will we

part of our FA Cup on the road show

when Wigan take on Fylde. Back to

the Premier League, Crystal Palace

play Stoke at 3pm. We can talk to

co-owner Steve Parish at Selhurst

Park. Thank you for joining us. You

are bottom of the league, but you

must feel that with recent results,

particularly at home, you are moving

in the right direction. ...

Unfortunately, we can see Steve, but

we can't hear him. We can try to

come back to him when we have sorted

out the sound. We can hear from

Jamie Vardy while we wait. Fingers

crossed we get to Steve Parish. The

World Cup draw takes place in Moscow

next week. It's live on BBC Two.

Jamie Vardy will hope to be part of

Gareth Southgate's squad for Russia.

He has been speaking to us this

week.

What a screamer!

What a goal that is. Finished by

Jamie Vardy.

Leicester City lead

again. Jamie Vardy did so well

there.

Good to see you. How's life in

Leicester, with another manager. How

have you found that?

It's good, he

has come in with his own ideas and

he's getting as into a couple of

different formations and making sure

we are all on board and know our

roles in different formations. That

can only benefit us, having

different options. When the gaffer

has come in we have had some good

results. We lost to Manchester City,

but at the moment they are on fire.

He's got it through to David Silva.

It's a tap in for Gabriel Jesus.

That's what Manchester City have

been doing so brilliantly all

season.

Everybody is talking about

Manchester City at the moment. You

have had first-hand recent

experience. How good are they, are

they as good as everyone says?

I

chased shadows for a good few half

hours. They are really good. You

can't get to grips with the system.

You have sent a full-backs going to

centre midfield and midfielders

pushing up into attack.

You know how

hard it is to win the league and

what a grind it is. Do you see them

having a blip somewhere?

At the

minute, the way they are playing,

you would say no, but it's football,

so anything can happen.

That night you won the league in

your house. Is that a memory that

will never leave you?

It will never

leave me, but I have just sold the

house!

LAUGHTER

Memory wise, I will never forget,

especially the way it happened.

Was

it a pinch yourself moment?

Definitely, but it was exactly the

same for everyone in the squad. You

won't have seen it happening if you

looked at the start of the season.

But when it did happen, everyone

went into their own little zone of

being ecstatic and then quiet for a

good half an hour, would be what has

gone on.

It's World Cup year. Does

that excite you, the opportunity to

play for your country in a World

Cup?

It would be massive, but I know

to have a chance of being in the

squad I have to play well for

Leicester first and foremost. My

main focus, when it isn't the

international break, is on

Leicester.

More on that on the

iPlayer. We can cross to Steve

Parish again. Over to Selhurst Park,

we will try again. You were talking

about the recent turnaround in form

and reasons to be positive.

Definitely lots of reasons to be

positive. We are happy with the form

but not the results. As Roy Hodgson

says, you don't get what you

deserve, you get what you get.

Hopefully we have some more luck

this week.

How big an influence as

Wilfried Zaha been since he came

into the side. And how important is

it to keep at the club in January?

That's out of the question. We need

to keep going and make sure we get

as high as we can up the league.

Working with Wilfried Zaha around

the club is fantastic. He cares so

much about the club and is a joy to

work with for the manager. He makes

a big difference on the pitch as

well. But we have the people who can

influence the game. Any of those

could come through today and we

don't mind who it is.

You say it's

out of the question in terms of Zaha

leaving in January. In terms of

bringing players in, how early do

you start to plan for a transfer

window like January considering you

have changed the manager as well?

Obviously you try to plan as early

as you can. But you don't really

know who is available until you

start to approach the window. Dougie

Freedman and the manager and meat

will be doing as much work as we can

to try to prepare as best we can.

It

sense of results between now and

then, the games you have between now

and Christmas, stuck at home,

Brighton away, Watford at home,

Leicester away and Swansea atom. I

know there are no easy games, that

you have a relatively easy run-in to

the Christmas period.

I don't know

about comfortable, but the team is

more competitive and more teams know

what it takes to get points in the

Premier League. Every day Mr Battle,

a spectacle for supporters around

the world. -- every day is a massive

battle. It will be different this

year. Last year towards the end of

the season we beat Liverpool,

Arsenal and Chelsea, which got us

the points to survive. This year it

might be the teams around us. We

have to approach each game, try to

get confidence flowing through the

team that we can get wins. First get

in touch and then try to climb up

the league.

Thank you for talking to

us and sticking around. Enjoy the

game and we will see you later.

We're out of time. Jermaine Jenas

and Mark Schwarzer, thank you. There

is a midweek Match of the Day. We

are on the road for the FA Cup next

weekend. And we will leave you with

predictions from comedian Michael

Dapper.

One of the characters I play is

called Big Shaq and he has a song

out at the moment called Man's Not

Hot. It's massive to know

footballers are singing it.

I play Fifa with Danny Welbeck. I

played him, and he won by the skin

of his teeth, and that's because he

played Big Shaq. If he played

Michael... Different story, Tempo

Mac. Prediction is king. I'm the

prince, and sometimes the Prince

eats the King. Liverpool against

Chelsea, the big one... I say draw,

2-2.

It is so mad, if Arsenal are on

form, they will take it, too - one.

If it's an off day, I don't know. I