:00:07. > :00:12.Doesn't matter what level you play out, or and what division your team
:00:12. > :00:22.is in. This is the time of year to differentiate between is the man
:00:22. > :00:24.
:00:24. > :00:28.and the boy is. -- and the boys. Tonight, keeping the dream alive.
:00:28. > :00:33.An extraordinary promotion hat- trick is still on for Stevenage.
:00:33. > :00:36.We've got to win a game of football and finish in the top six. MK Dons
:00:36. > :00:45.are also on the Wembley trail gunning for the Championship,
:00:45. > :00:49.determined to learn the lessons from last year's play-off pain.
:00:49. > :00:56.This situation, make sure you remember this. Don't hide behind
:00:56. > :01:01.the pay of defeat. -- the pain of defeat. Southend could yet avoid
:01:01. > :01:03.the hassle of the play-offs. Automatic promotion is still up for
:01:04. > :01:09.grabs. Hello, good evening. Also tonight, football's latest attempt
:01:09. > :01:14.to sort out its financial problems. How will it affect our clubs?
:01:14. > :01:19.Norwich are safe, but what next for Paul Lambert? Here to discuss that
:01:19. > :01:25.and much more, Perry and Craig. Good evening. Feeling the pressure?
:01:25. > :01:29.Excited? I can feel the tension rising. Pretty exciting, isn't it?
:01:29. > :01:32.What a final weekend of the regular season it promises to be at the top
:01:32. > :01:36.of Leagues One and Two. MK Dons, Stevenage and Southend all taking
:01:36. > :01:46.it to the wire the pressure's on some are sure to be feeling it more
:01:46. > :01:54.
:01:54. > :01:58.than others Will they do it? Can If you can keep your head when all
:01:58. > :02:03.about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you. When you can
:02:03. > :02:08.trust yourself went all man down to but make allowance for their
:02:09. > :02:16.doubting, too. Yours is the earth and everything in it. And which is
:02:16. > :02:20.more, you will be a manner, my son. And you might get promoted.
:02:20. > :02:23.don't know if a judge Kipling was a football fan but his words ring
:02:23. > :02:31.true when you're in a promotion pressurised environment. Being
:02:31. > :02:36.involved in a shake-up for a club that just two years ago were at a
:02:36. > :02:40.Conference outfit is absolutely enormous. I don't feel any pressure
:02:40. > :02:45.for what was achieved before, but for what we have to achieve now.
:02:45. > :02:50.His team have proven they can handle the pressure of Player of
:02:50. > :02:56.campaigns but Gary Smith is experiencing it for the first time.
:02:56. > :03:04.-- of play-off campaigns. I have not found the happy medium I need.
:03:04. > :03:09.It has been 24/7 Stevenage. Is that healthy? I do not think it is for
:03:09. > :03:12.long-term. The everyone has their different approach to management.
:03:12. > :03:17.They have both been successful. There is important because when you
:03:17. > :03:20.have got an ambitious set of players which is our dressing room,
:03:20. > :03:27.there is a drive and determination might they have never see him
:03:27. > :03:31.before. As long as from Monday to Saturday at 3pm when Matt first
:03:32. > :03:36.whistle goes you prepared the team and made the calculated decisions
:03:36. > :03:42.that you feel are right for the game, then the players have to do
:03:42. > :03:46.the next a bit because that is their job. MK Dons cross Robinson
:03:46. > :03:50.are learning the hard way. They fell short last year to local
:03:50. > :03:57.rivals Peterborough. The pressure before was typically tense. The
:03:58. > :04:00.anguish of defeat was clear. words to them on the pitch, take
:04:00. > :04:06.everything you can from this situation. Make sure you remember
:04:06. > :04:10.this. Don't hide yourself behind the pain of defeat. How different a
:04:10. > :04:16.team are you now? What have you learned psychologically which will
:04:16. > :04:20.stand you in good stead? We have planned a very strategic process of
:04:20. > :04:27.how we now prepare for the play- offs. Different things we will do
:04:27. > :04:33.in events, physically, mentally. I believe in psychology, massively.
:04:33. > :04:37.That is part of my role and job. And we will prepare for these games
:04:37. > :04:45.as if we are still depending on them. Is there ever a moment you
:04:45. > :04:50.are not thinking about football? How do you deal with stress? I am
:04:50. > :04:54.on the golf course at 3pm. One man that has done it before is Paul
:04:54. > :05:01.Sturrock. Promotion success at Plymouth and Sheffield Wednesday
:05:01. > :05:06.has taught him the recipe required for promotion success. I am a great
:05:06. > :05:16.believer that if you train hard and work hard, have a good work ethic
:05:16. > :05:21.at the football club, you will do well. The players play with each
:05:21. > :05:25.other as well. Bonding days of available. And we will have some
:05:25. > :05:29.more of them for the play-offs. Psychologist Phil Johnson has
:05:29. > :05:34.worked with a number of clubs in the region and helped managers like
:05:34. > :05:38.Paul Sturrock bring out the best in their squad. He is a great thinker.
:05:38. > :05:43.And he is a great strategist, so I am pretty sure he will have done
:05:43. > :05:48.his homework and he will be working out his plan for the team, what he
:05:49. > :05:53.expects of them, how he wants to deliver it. That is what the
:05:53. > :05:56.players are telling me that they will look for in their managers. So,
:05:56. > :06:02.they are looking for calm, controlled, and they are looking
:06:02. > :06:11.for leadership. If you can keep your head, glory awaits. For some,
:06:11. > :06:15.it is the way you win that matters most. Do not do suspect the fact
:06:15. > :06:22.that you have been beaten, or understanding that he will be
:06:22. > :06:27.beaten, and know what that is like. Went all round it is fast and
:06:27. > :06:31.furious, you've still got morals and standards you should abide by.
:06:32. > :06:38.When or will lose, we will conduct ourselves in the right way. We will
:06:38. > :06:42.have a party if we win but not with the opposition are next to me.
:06:42. > :06:47.It is nervous times for these clubs. As a player, these are the games
:06:47. > :06:51.you want to play in. Each player will handle pressure in individual
:06:51. > :06:56.way. As long as it suits them and the make the right decision on the
:06:56. > :07:01.pitch, that it's all right. It is also the clubs as well. Everyone
:07:01. > :07:08.seems to be doing it differently. And they are all really calm, I
:07:08. > :07:12.think, from that, and they are all heading it -- into wit in form as
:07:12. > :07:16.well. You cannot bet against the village at this time of year, I've
:07:16. > :07:22.have. The play-offs, are they a lottery? It is the best thing that
:07:22. > :07:28.has been introduced into football for 20 years. Colchester, planing -
:07:28. > :07:35.- play meaningless games, in front of thousands of people, so I think
:07:35. > :07:38.now the play-offs are fantastic. Stevenage no victory over Bury at
:07:38. > :07:41.the Lamex next week will guarantee them a place in the play-offs
:07:41. > :07:44.thanks to a battling point at Sheffield United. They were under
:07:44. > :07:48.pressure because Notts County and Carlisle, they knew they had to get
:07:48. > :07:56.something out of the game to keep to the play-offs. Magnificent crowd
:07:56. > :08:00.as well. It is Stevenage's first ever visit, too. To jump into that
:08:00. > :08:10.lion's den and play the way they did, they do not get enough credit
:08:10. > :08:17.for that. This is Patrick echelon down the right. This is all about
:08:17. > :08:21.desire. And your application. If you look at the replay, they have
:08:21. > :08:27.run 70 yards to get into the penalty box. They get a little bit
:08:27. > :08:31.of luck... He deserved the goal for the run. He would do that five
:08:31. > :08:35.times in a game and he wouldn't get anything, so he has got to keep
:08:35. > :08:41.doing it, and that epitomises Stevenage, the desire and
:08:41. > :08:47.dedication. To go 2-0 up at the ground like that, they can handle
:08:47. > :08:52.the pressure. To go to a place like that and come our way with a point,
:08:52. > :08:57.they will have taken the -- of they would have taken a point. Scott
:08:57. > :09:07.Laird, my favourite player now. is not a good judge of players!
:09:07. > :09:07.
:09:07. > :09:14.That makes him the top goalscorer. We just saw a little groups of -- a
:09:14. > :09:18.little glimpse of a style he is trying to implement. They will have
:09:18. > :09:26.been disappointed to let two goal slip, but they can guarantee their
:09:26. > :09:31.own destiny now by beating Bury next week. Stevenage as a fortress,
:09:31. > :09:36.and they will get a good crowd. I fancy them to get a point. They
:09:36. > :09:41.could meet these guys in the play- offs. Does this send a
:09:41. > :09:47.psychological message to Sheffield United as well? Definitely. There
:09:47. > :09:53.is no fear. Stevenage, they have played in front of 30,000, they
:09:53. > :09:57.enjoyed the atmosphere. It is a good time to play Sheffield two
:09:57. > :10:05.months -- Sheffield United. They have had a off-field problems, lost
:10:05. > :10:10.their striker. Gary Smith has done a terrific job, hasn't he? He has
:10:10. > :10:14.been a great manager. This is what he had to save.
:10:14. > :10:19.It is disappointing we haven't come away with three points, but that
:10:19. > :10:24.single point has probably put us in quite a commanding position, which
:10:24. > :10:28.it is that we control where we go and what we need to achieve. Next
:10:28. > :10:34.week, we haven't got to be listening to any radios, we haven't
:10:34. > :10:40.got any messages coming down, we have got to win a game of football.
:10:40. > :10:49.If they do, they are in the top six. Can they do it? I wouldn't want to
:10:49. > :10:59.play Stevenage. They have proved they come good at this time of year,
:10:59. > :11:02.
:11:02. > :11:09.so they will not be good opponents. than others. A great opportunity
:11:09. > :11:16.now. They just want it in their hands. They can focus totally on
:11:16. > :11:20.their job. These other fixtures next week. Colchester can do
:11:20. > :11:24.Stevenage a favour by beating Notts County and Carlisle are travelling
:11:24. > :11:31.to Oldham. So, looking at the fixtures, it is in Stevenage's
:11:31. > :11:35.favour. Bury have got nothing to play for, so they will play a high
:11:35. > :11:40.intensity game. I fully expect them to be in the play-offs. You must
:11:40. > :11:50.have been impressed by the drop Karl Robinson is doing. They are
:11:50. > :11:51.
:11:51. > :11:55.hitting form, to. He talks a lot of sense, and it is a matter of
:11:55. > :12:03.following his dreams. Somebody might scoop him up. What if they go
:12:03. > :12:08.up? That is the million dollar question. Obviously, Coral Robinson
:12:08. > :12:17.could rest a few players as well, because the play-off place was
:12:17. > :12:24.guaranteed. This is the second touch of the substitutes. 15th goal
:12:24. > :12:29.of the season. He is a class act. They have got a lot of class
:12:29. > :12:35.players. I don't think Huddersfield will like playing them, they are
:12:35. > :12:39.dropping off the pace. Let's have a look at the top of League 1. Let's
:12:39. > :12:47.show you that confirms they do play Huddersfield and they do have that
:12:47. > :12:54.two. Advantage. They will be hoping to have that home leg second. --
:12:54. > :13:00.there two point advantage. There is a glimpse of the future in that
:13:00. > :13:07.team. Carl Robertson could be in demand. And hears the fixtures for
:13:07. > :13:16.next week as well between the two clubs. Huddersfield, will they
:13:16. > :13:25.finish in 4th? I think they will win. I think Carl Roberts and might
:13:25. > :13:35.chop and change a bit. The rest a few players. Those boys can do
:13:35. > :13:38.
:13:38. > :13:44.Stevenage's favour. MK. It was a brilliant start. It is a cross in.
:13:44. > :13:50.Henderson does well to get his 10th goal of the season. The difference
:13:50. > :13:56.was their finishing was good. Just as Tom East month. He has been a
:13:56. > :14:01.good player for them. Another young player coming through. The Player
:14:01. > :14:11.of the Year vote came through. But he hasn't scored since October. 27
:14:11. > :14:18.games. I cannot believe I didn't win more trophies! Lloyd James came
:14:18. > :14:24.back in. I am pleased they've finished on a high at home because
:14:24. > :14:29.he has won a football's good guys. Hopefully, they can get a few
:14:29. > :14:38.players in over the summer. Hopefully they can push on. They
:14:38. > :14:44.were able to attract lots of players. His name in the game, John
:14:44. > :14:48.Maude, his name will get better players. They can push on. That is
:14:48. > :14:58.not the most fashionable club, Colchester, but they can do it
:14:58. > :15:00.
:15:00. > :15:04.No sooner are Norwich City celebrating Premier League survival
:15:04. > :15:07.than the jungle drums are beating. Does he stay or does he go now?
:15:07. > :15:10.That's the big question as speculation increases over Paul
:15:10. > :15:14.Lambert's future. They might not be listening to their radios at the
:15:14. > :15:18.Lamex next weekend, but there are sure to be a few Southend fans with
:15:18. > :15:28.their ears glued to the wireless at Roots Hall on Saturday - automatic
:15:28. > :15:36.
:15:36. > :15:45.promotion still a possibility 13th goal of the season for Bilel
:15:45. > :15:55.Moshni. In great form with 10. Out of 12. Paul Sturrock was a very
:15:55. > :15:56.
:15:56. > :16:02.To go to the last game of the season with the joints of going up
:16:02. > :16:10.automatically is fantastic. We shot ourselves in the foot a little bit
:16:10. > :16:15.and confident was eroded. But in the end, to have this bonus is
:16:15. > :16:22.fantastic. Their away record is something else. I think it is
:16:22. > :16:29.testament to how many options that they have with Bilel Moshni and
:16:29. > :16:32.Harris and Dickinson. Ryan Hall has got a few goals from midfield. I
:16:32. > :16:37.think they probably enjoy playing away from home where they get a bit
:16:37. > :16:41.more of a chance to express themselves. The league table shows
:16:41. > :16:48.that they have a great opportunity to finish in the top three. They
:16:48. > :16:55.have the best goal difference. Crawley and Torquay both play away,
:16:55. > :17:00.Southend at home. Can they do it? fancy them strongly. Hereford had a
:17:00. > :17:06.brilliant wind at Crawley, Torquay have not won for four games. I
:17:06. > :17:10.think Southend have got a fantastic chance. You are not so sure? I have
:17:10. > :17:20.a bit of a feeling for Crawley. I think they will pull it out out
:17:20. > :17:25.
:17:25. > :17:29.Accrington. Northampton, they have not finish the season brilliantly,
:17:29. > :17:35.one win in the last eight, but the job was already done, safety was
:17:35. > :17:45.the main concern. They have not won any games in April but all work was
:17:45. > :17:49.
:17:49. > :17:59.done before that, making them sales signed a new contract, gets his
:17:59. > :18:19.
:18:19. > :18:29.I think a couple of clubs in our region are looking at him. He is
:18:29. > :18:34.
:18:34. > :18:44.not a Bosman because his under 24 game to go to reach the magical 50
:18:44. > :18:47.point barrier. This week, the Championship clubs
:18:47. > :18:53.agreed to a new financial regulations and you wrote about
:18:53. > :19:03.this, the carnage of debt crisis. What is this Financial Fair Play
:19:03. > :19:05.
:19:05. > :19:09.I think it is long overdue. In a recession, and clubs have not been
:19:09. > :19:13.cutting their financial cloth accordingly. Police have had to out
:19:13. > :19:18.before any more clubs find themselves in the position. There
:19:18. > :19:20.were only three dissenters and they're probably the big players.
:19:20. > :19:25.Chairman of rubbing their hands because it is giving them a bit
:19:25. > :19:30.more power back. I think it is a very positive step but my only
:19:30. > :19:36.concern is how well it is believed. If it is believed like the fit and
:19:36. > :19:42.proper person test we might be in a bit of bother. Losses have to be
:19:42. > :19:49.limited to a maximum of �4 million from next season among reduces to
:19:49. > :19:52.�2 million eventually. Perry, what do you think of that? Something has
:19:52. > :19:55.to be done because there are too many chairmen are going into
:19:55. > :20:00.football clubs and spending money than they have not got and the
:20:00. > :20:05.people there as a father fund. Portsmouth, in my opinion, won the
:20:05. > :20:09.FA Cup by cheating because they did not have the money. I just hope it
:20:09. > :20:15.is more stringent than the fit and proper persons, because basically
:20:15. > :20:20.anybody could have bought her football club. You talked about the
:20:20. > :20:26.man that owners can put in. �8 million from next season but by
:20:26. > :20:30.2015 that will be reduced to �3 million. That is a massive cut. I
:20:31. > :20:36.think it is really good for the people like Stevenage and MK Dons
:20:36. > :20:41.to have cut their cloth accordingly. Look how well it has worked for
:20:41. > :20:46.them. I think it is a positive thing for the game. There will be
:20:46. > :20:54.sanctioned for clubs that do not abide by the rules. If you do not
:20:54. > :20:59.stay with him the limits there will be a Fair Play Tax which will be
:20:59. > :21:03.shared among so club that to comply. I'm still worried that some
:21:03. > :21:12.chairmen may not take notice because she could go and spend
:21:12. > :21:18.money and not take notice. rules and regulations for the clubs
:21:18. > :21:23.to work to next season. The MK Dons or Stevenage could yet be joining
:21:23. > :21:33.Ipswich and Peterborough, who rounded off their season's a week
:21:33. > :21:43.
:21:43. > :21:48.epitomised their season. They started really well with some
:21:48. > :21:53.excellent football. A good decision by the assistant referee that the
:21:53. > :21:58.ball was in. They had control of the game and then they lost
:21:58. > :22:01.concentration at the back. That has been the story of their season.
:22:01. > :22:09.have been really disappointed by Ipswich, I thought they would be
:22:10. > :22:16.top six. They have dominated some games. But they let Doncaster's
:22:16. > :22:26.backing and needed a penalty to go and win the game. -- let
:22:26. > :22:26.
:22:26. > :22:33.Doncaster's back in. I think Paul Jewell will be looking to buy two
:22:33. > :22:39.strong characters as centre-back. Peterborough, there has been a lot
:22:39. > :22:44.of movement today, Joe Lewis has left the club and Grant McCann has
:22:44. > :22:50.joint the transfer list. It is a massive summer of change. Grant
:22:50. > :22:55.McCann would be a concern to me, because he makes them tick. Some
:22:55. > :23:01.really good players. Paul Taylor as well has been impressive. They
:23:01. > :23:11.don't want to be changing the whole squad. Exactly. Taylor scored a lot
:23:11. > :23:11.
:23:12. > :23:19.of goals, Boyd scored a lot of goals and Grant McCann create a lot.
:23:20. > :23:24.We can see how it ended in the Championship. Ipswich will be
:23:24. > :23:28.looking ahead to next season and Peterborough as well, they were
:23:28. > :23:32.looking for the target of 50, and they reached it. They will be
:23:32. > :23:38.looking to improve on their way form because they have not won away
:23:38. > :23:42.for 11 games. Norwich City's Premier League survival has been
:23:43. > :23:52.confirmed. The only concern for supporters now is the future of the
:23:53. > :23:56.
:23:56. > :24:02.manager, Paul Lambert. The party can begin! What Paul Lambert has
:24:02. > :24:06.achieved in less than 1000 days in charge at Carrow Road is remarkable.
:24:06. > :24:14.First, and is to return to the Championship as runaway leaders of
:24:14. > :24:24.League One. Then, completing back- to-back promotions as runners up in
:24:24. > :24:30.
:24:30. > :24:34.the Championship. Norwich were heading back to the Premier League
:24:34. > :24:38.just two years after being relegated to the 30th of English
:24:38. > :24:42.football, an extraordinary turn around. Paul Lambert has always
:24:42. > :24:47.said keeping Norwich in the Premier League would be his greatest
:24:47. > :24:51.achievement. The problem is that that achievement is being admired
:24:51. > :24:55.far wider than here in Norwich, we talk that he could even be off in
:24:55. > :25:01.the summer. Probably a temptation there but I would like to see him
:25:01. > :25:05.stay. It is probably looking quite good for him leaving at the moment,
:25:05. > :25:10.unfortunately. He has done really well in the three years, we just
:25:10. > :25:16.have to say thank you. I think he will stay, he has done such a good
:25:17. > :25:22.job, the players love him, people here love him. He will not go, in
:25:22. > :25:27.it that Norwich is a fine place. he is going to go he should go to
:25:27. > :25:33.somewhere like Liverpool or Newcastle, not to Aston Villa.
:25:33. > :25:39.Might as well go to pitch which! The man himself is keen to play the
:25:39. > :25:44.straight bat. He cannot do anything to stop that happening. Even the
:25:44. > :25:48.managers, you can never stop that. Players get links to other teams,
:25:48. > :25:56.there is nothing I can do about that, and it is the same situation
:25:56. > :26:01.with myself. It is extremely unfair. Aston Villa have got a really good
:26:01. > :26:05.manager up there and are trying everything they can to stay in the
:26:05. > :26:10.lead so I think it is an unfair comment. Meantime, there is the
:26:10. > :26:14.small matter of preparing for the trip to Arsenal and then the final
:26:14. > :26:19.match of the season, which just happens to be at home to Aston
:26:19. > :26:24.Villa. They probably will be a few Norwich
:26:24. > :26:30.fans who are nervous about losing him. I would be nervous as well. He
:26:30. > :26:35.is a very good young manager, he is ambitious and he is ruthless. He
:26:35. > :26:39.proved that at Colchester, where he did not hesitate to go to Norwich.
:26:39. > :26:46.As long as he leaves in the right way, I'm sure Norwich fans would
:26:46. > :26:50.wish him well. I do not think he will set his sights on Aston Villa.
:26:50. > :26:56.He is such a fiercely determined man, I think he might be setting
:26:56. > :27:06.his sights a bit live if he went past and Villa. That might upset
:27:06. > :27:07.
:27:07. > :27:13.Aston Villa fans! We shall see. It is time to vote for the team of the
:27:13. > :27:20.season. All you have to do is send us your vote for who you think
:27:20. > :27:27.should be in the line-up. You can do that via Facebook or Twitter.
:27:27. > :27:32.Any thoughts on he would get in? love characters and I think Bilel
:27:32. > :27:39.Moshni, the second centre half. He is a bit maverick but he is their
:27:39. > :27:49.talisman. The two lads at MK Dons, Gleeson and Potter, the midfield
:27:49. > :27:56.
:27:56. > :28:05.players. What about you? As a former defender, my vote would go
:28:05. > :28:12.to the Peterborough player. Ryan Hall at Southend perhaps? Yes,
:28:12. > :28:16.another free kick specialist. He there a lot to choose from. It is
:28:16. > :28:21.your plate that count and we will enjoy your team at the end of it.
:28:21. > :28:27.That is it, the Championship team has been done and dusted. Still so
:28:27. > :28:37.much to play for elsewhere. The very best to hour teams involved in
:28:37. > :28:49.