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If With just four weeks left of the season, the sackings and backings

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and ups and downs are all still up for discussion. Who would bd a

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manager? Find out more here on Late Kick`Off. Tonight, we take our hats

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off to a Don who is one of the Football League's longest sdrving

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professionals. It doesn't fdel like that many years since I was making

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my debut. And he has managed in the Premier League, but Southend United

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are the sole focus for one`time Premier league boss, Phil Brown And

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we have the best of the acthon from the weekend, including a vital

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six`pointer for Northampton. And we see how Peterborough did ag`inst the

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league leaders in the Black Country. Good evening, everyone, and welcome

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to late kick`off. Mr Burridge is away this week, so I am sitting in

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the comfy chair, to guide you through this week's action. Ably

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assisted by Football League Writer Chris Dunlavy and old pro Kdvin

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Gallen. And also we'll have a third, very special guest joining ts later.

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Kevin, thank you very much for coming in. It's a pleasure. Good

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man. And Chris, it is an exciting time for all of the teams in the

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region. Yes, they all still have something to play for. It's just

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another Manic Monday in East Anglia, as our sole top flight club have

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relegation and more on their minds. Championship side Ipswich still have

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Premier League ambitions. On Saturday, they faced Blackbtrn

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Rovers at Ewood Park. I suppose Kevin, this is the type of game

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whenever you go up to Blackburn this is a game that you need to be

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winning, to get yourself up into the play`offs, isn't it? I think this

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was an opportunity missed bx aids which the close the gap. `` Ipswich

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to close the gap. Blackburn are mid`table`ish and maybe tryhng to

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sneak into a play`off spot, but for Ipswich, this was a game th`t, if

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they got the three points, they would be well in the hunt to get

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into the play`offs. And you can see, Johnny Williams with a great strike

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on goal, and Paul Robinson with a great save. I suppose it is tough,

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especially when you are awax from home, but when you see someone like

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Jordan Rhodes scoring a goal, it's clinical, isn't it? Especially for

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Ipswich. They let him go after a few games. They have not found ` class

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striker since he left, but that has kind of been a problem all `long. I

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feel that that might be what lets them down again this time, really.

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Let's hear from Ipswich man`ger Mick McCarthy. The first go`l has

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changed the course of it. I thought we let them off the hook. Bdcause,

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at that stage, they were getting frustrated. And I thought wd were as

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good as them, or as bad as them as the case may be. It wasn't ` great

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game. I thought that we werd just shading it. I suppose the bhg

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question is, can Ipswich get into the play`offs? With six gamds left,

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if they win all six, that would probably see them in, but that is a

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big ask, to win six straight games at the end of the season. Lhstening

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to Mick, as he said, it was not the greatest game, they were as bad as

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them, or as good as them, btt once you give Jordan Rhodes a split

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second, that little yard of space, he is so clinical. The defender did

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not get tight enough, and hd has banged it into the bottom corner.

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Chris, do you think Mick McCarthy has the experience that givds him an

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extra edge? He knows what hd's doing, doesn't he? If you look at

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when he came in last season, if he had collected points at the same

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rate in seven months as he has for his whole tenure, then he would have

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made the play`offs last season. Just having a quick look at the table.

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Still five points outside the play`off places, so probablx a

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little bit of a big ask. It is, but, nobody from second down is winning

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with any kind of regularity. Anybody who puts a run together will

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probably be able to make it. Anybody who gets beaten in one game, wins

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another. OK, guys, we will come back to you later on. OK, we've plenty

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still to come, with the verx best of the weekend's action featurhng the

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rest of the region's teams. We see how Colchester's away kit hdlped

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their visitors to a glitterhng golden success in Essex. And we meet

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the man who has enjoyed lifd in the top tier of English football but is

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now thriving with life in Ldague two. He brought me to the football

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club to get promoted quite simply, so that's the deal. As Ipswhch press

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for the top six in the Championship, MK Dons also have aspirations for a

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play`off spot in League one. At the heart of their campaign is skipper

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Dean Lewington. He's closing in on his 500th appearance for thd club

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and on Saturday, I caught up with him ahead of their game at Sixfields

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against Coventry. How are you doing, OK? Good man. Can we have a quick

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word? For sure. Come on. Coling up to 500 appearances, that is a pretty

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special achievement. It is ` lot of games. It does not feel likd that

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many. It feels like yesterd`y that I was making my debut. I can't believe

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that I have got to that manx. I have always loved football. The thrill of

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the game, Saturday, always keeps me going. There have been a lot of

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changes. What's happening whth the stadium, something different

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happening. Next year, we always want to be better, we were going to try

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and take the club to a bettdr place, so that was always on the b`ck of

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your mind, to try and improve. As a captain, he is top drawer, he has

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shown that, on and off the field, and that is the biggest compliment

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that I can pay to him. Was ht a stressful situation, that whole

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transition to come up to Milton Keynes? Looking back on it, it

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probably was. At the time it did not feel that way. It felt like a bit of

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a challenge. It was quite exciting. It was something different. If I had

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been older, it might have bden harder to do, but because I was so

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young, I had no ties back in London. It was exciting, coming to ` new

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place. He is Mr MK. He has played more games than anyone could have

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imagined, really. I was strtggling to get into the team. And that was

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one of the main reasons why a lot of the boys stayed, first`team

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football, and the opportunities to play. That was the big appe`l of

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coming here. A lot of players got released, and it was a chance for a

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lot of the young boys to cole in and give it a go. As a skipper, he is

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different gear, not just on the pitch, he wears his heart on his

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sleeve, but off the pitch, he is a top man. In the dressing room, he

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gets the lads going and not just Iran football but off the phtch

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completely. `` around footb`ll. He is a top man. And he is good to be

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around. What have you learndd from him? Just really just that dxample

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of going out and leading by how you play, and that commitment to the

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cause, really. What is it lhke working with Karl Robinson? It is

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good. You have to say that! Obviously, yeah. He was herd, and

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Paul was here, and he was the assistant, so they had a working

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relationship for six or sevdn years, so we know each other very well We

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work well together. I have `lways enjoyed playing for him. He's an

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unbelievable fellow. In moddrn football, he could have gond a few

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times as well. And financially, he is certainly not here for the

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finance. He is here because the football club means so much to him.

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So here we are at Sixfields, Coventry City versus MK Dons. And

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this guy is going to be leading the teams out today in this crucial

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match. That's it, boys can you call? Heads

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it is. Good luck. It is headed away. What a shot! You

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could see it going in from the moment it left his boot.

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Is he onside? He is. He chips it over the goalkeeper, and my goodness

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me, what a goal from Izzale McLeod. Wilson goes over and the referee has

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given a penalty. He has savdd this, and parried away again, by Lartin.

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I want to keep on going as long as I can, really. I am only 29, still,

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although it feels like I have been around for a lot longer. But I will

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just keep tracking along. I must say a big thank you to MK Dons for

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fantastic access before and after the match, and also to Coventry

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too. Kevin, you actually pl`yed and roomed with Dean, so what w`s he

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like? He was a good bloke. Never made a cup of tea in all of my time

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that I roomed with him, but he is a solid player, he gives you seven or

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eight tenths every week, and an achievement, at 29, coming tp for

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500 league games, I'm sure he thinks he could maybe get to 700, 800. He

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is only a young lad. He is only 29. Yes, one thing he never does, he

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never gets injured, which is a bonus as a footballer. And if you are the

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manager, you can rely on De`n to give you that level of performance,

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week in, week out, and I cotld see him, going inside a little bit, to

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become a left`sided centre half as he gets older, but he's still very

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good competitor. And it is ` good achievement at that age, to get 500

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games under his belt. Thanks, Kevin. Let's catch up with the rest of the

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League one action, starting up with Peterborough United. This w`s going

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to be a tough ask, facing up to the league leaders. And the bookies were

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not wrong about this one. Yds, Wolves have been steam`rolldring

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everyone. It was hardly a coupon buster. It was a game that

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Peterborough might have hopdd to get something from, but not really

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expected. It played out exactly as much as you would think. It was a

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great finish by the centre half for Wolves to send them on their way,

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and it was pretty one`sided. Sakho causing them also some problems up

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front for Wolves. He has signed from France for them for a few mhllion

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quid, he was bought with thd championship in mind. At thhs level,

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you are not going to come up against him many times. It is a teal that

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should not be in this divishon, really. I suppose as well, that goal

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for Peterborough, did well on a free kick, but it was still a good finish

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by Dave Edwards. Yes, he has been caught out by the free kick at the

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near post, and then the follow`up, it is a penalty, and Sakho steps up,

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and he has gone for power and blasted it against the bar. But they

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looked pretty comfortable. @nd this was the only effort that

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Peterborough had on goal. Wd were no match for Wolves. They were a good

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team. As good a team and probably will win the league, but we should

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have given them more of a g`me. We are capable of doing that.

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Colchester United at home to Tranmere Rovers. And Joe Dunne would

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have been desperate for the three points. It is just such a tough game

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for them. Especially becausd Tranmere are down there with them.

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The bottom of League One is a grim place to be at the moment. One or

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two points separating sever`l teams. It is so tight. These kind of games

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are the ones that you have got to win. The funny thing is, Tr`nmere

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playing in Colchester's awax kit because the officials had a problem

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with it. That is not great for Tranmere, the kit man, he whll be in

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trouble for that. But that hs a great finish. This was a big game

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for both teams. To come out on top. Freddie Sears always pops up with

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the goal. I think he is thehr leading goal`scorer now. He is

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always there, ready for a chance. I just like this guy, Akpa Akpro. He

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was too hard to handle for Colchester. He's a quality player.

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So is Sears. I was speaking to Freddie when he was at West Ham and

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he was on loan everywhere, trying to get a game, just trying to settle

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down somewhere. And he has done that. And we're starting to see how

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good he is now. Stevenage away to Shrewsbury. We thought it w`s tight

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with Colchester, but Shrewsbury and Stevenage right down at the very

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bottom. Obviously disappointing If they could have nicked a dr`w they

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would have kept Shrewsbury below them but if Shrewsbury win this game

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and one more then they have gone ahead of them. Stevenage ard now

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rock`bottom.They have got a big fight on their hands. Chris Day

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your former team`mate, he w`s pretty much under pressure the whole time.

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Still a good player. But th`t is a problem for Stevenage, right down at

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the bottom of the table. It is just so difficult. You think, can they

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get out of that? It is diffhcult. Chris Day making save after save. I

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do not see an effort on goal by Stevenage. It is tight at the bottom

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for Stevenage, it is so tight down there. Notts County almost got out

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of it a little while ago, now they seem to be dragged back in. Notts

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County looked absolutely de`d and buried. Three wins later, they were

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back up at 17th. No one is out of it. It is important to remelber

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where Stevenage were. They were bottom of League One, but they could

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be back in the Conference. Well, just have a quick look at the

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top of the table. And you sde that MK Dons, after a fantastic win at

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the weekend, are just sitting outside of the play`offs. Btt

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Peterborough, even though they lost, are still in there. Well,

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Peterborough have a game in hand and they're three points ahead, so

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they're in the driving seat. But MK Dons had a fantastic win ag`inst

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Coventry. A good team. Got some exciting players and to win away

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from home, I think that will give them a bit of confidence to get the

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momentum for the last six g`mes of the season. Who knows? They can take

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the pressure. Absolutely. Wdll, on to League Two and one or two raised

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an eyebrow when it was annotnced that Phil Brown was dropping down to

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League Two to take over at Roots Hall. But the promise of a new

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stadium and the chance to t`ke over a side pushing for promotion was

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just too good to resist. So, what's Phil Brown like to play

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for? Yeah, he's a top man. He's sorted this place out big style The

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character he has is very infectious. He is full of confidence and it

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always rubs off on you. He wants us to play good football so it's

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enjoyable. We obviously work hard and play good football. Werd the

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rumours true? Yeah, definitdly. He likes a good singsong.

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# This is the best trip I'vd ever been on #. He doesn't mind hf he

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doesn't sound too good. If singing is a pastime, football's his

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lifelong passion. He's 54, ` manager for 16 years ` Bolton, Derbx, Hull

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and Preston. He's been around. The north end conquered, now thd

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challenge of Southend. So, Phil you've been here a year now. How

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would you assess your progrdss? At the moment, it's hunky`dory. No a

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year in charge in any footb`ll club, you know, by definition... H think

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the League Managers Association brought out a statistic that

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lower`league football clubs or lower`league managers... I think the

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average life span of a lower`league manager is 14 months so in two

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months I'm going to be out of work. Brown replaced Paul Sturrock. His

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arrival was seen as quite a coup. You've managed in the top`flight,

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you're now in League Two. Is it vastly different? No, I don't think

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it is. In the lower divisions you see a lot of good players in the

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training ground and they don't carry it onto the field of play. Whereas,

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for me, in the higher divishons you don't see as good a working session

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or a training session Mondax to Friday. But you certainly sde the

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end product on a Saturday. He remains Hull's most successful ever

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manager, guiding them to thd top flight in the first time in 104

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years. He is often rememberdd for this ` 4`0 down, conducting a

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half`time team talk on the pitch at Manchester City. Football dhshes out

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a hand and you've got to pl`y the hand. You could say that I played

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the hand wrongly in the Prelier League. I don't think I did.

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It looks pretty serious out there but you seem to have brought an

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element of fun to it, too. Well in weather like this and conditions

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like this, it's the best job in the world. You come out here for a

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couple of hours and... The place ` I said a couple of weeks ago ` is

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bubbling. People are wanting to play and wanting to get in the tdam and

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that's the best thing you c`n ever wish for as a manager.

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A nice piece of salmon, acttally. So you're right in there, in the

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play`off mix. Were you hoping for that in your first year in charge?

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Er, yeah... It was part of the remit when I did the interview with the

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chairman. To go hand`in`hand with the building of a new staditm.

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Obviously, that, when we cut the first sod, which I'm hoping is going

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to be next month, will coincide with the... It's a 12`to`14`month build

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so when you work and do the maths, you know, hopefully we'll bd in a

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higher division if not two. I've got a wealth of experience in a lot of

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the higher divisions and he's brought me to the football club to

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get promoted, quite simply. So that's the deal. I accepted the

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deal. I'm just hoping that he accepts my side of the barg`in,

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which is to start building ` new stadium. And that is key for you?

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Without a shadow of a doubt. That's part and parcel of why I'm here It

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would be crazy for me to cole all this way down in terms of four

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divisions if we didn't have a bigger plan to get promoted, first and

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foremost. And then go forward as a bigger business, as a bigger

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football club. Training over but a manager's work is never dond. Time

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to make a surprise visit to a fan who's been in hospital. I don't feel

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this is hardship by any strdtch of the imagination. This is a nice

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thing to do. To put a smile on somebody's face. You know, let him

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know a little bit about... Xou know, since he's been in hospital and had

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the hip replacement, what is going on at Southend. I don't think

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there's nothing better than the manager going knocking on hhs door

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and paying him a visit. Good afternoon! How are you? A

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5,000`piece jigsaw has kept him busy. After barely missing ` match

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in 40 years, the manager's get well present? DVDs of the games Chris

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hasn't been able to make. Mx end of the bargain was to be able to

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perform at home this season. You know, cos we only won six g`mes at

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home last year. Now we've only lost four out of 20. Well, this hs a bit

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better than having a relative bring you a bunch of grapes. It is, it is.

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Never mind a card. To see Phil Brown knocking on my front door, ht's

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unbelievable. OK, then? Ple`sure. See you later.

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Well, Tom Williams reporting there, and great to see Phil Brown, a

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massive character, in Leagud Two. Let's take a look and see how the

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Shrimpers got on at Cheltenham this weekend. And it just shows, Chris,

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doesn't it, that Southend, on the back of three wins in a row, have

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just got the confidence to keep themselves in that play`off. Yeah,

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well, it did look like they were slipping, didn't it, when Plymouth

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and York ran the charge? It looked a little bit like they might just fall

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out of it but as I was saying earlier, three wins in Leagte One or

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League Two will pump you right up there and it's done it. And Kev

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Byron Harrison giving Cheltdnham the lead. I suppose the fact th`t

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Southend went on on and got the three points shows how much

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confidence they've got to bounce back. Yeah, exactly. When you're on

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the run of a good spell and you go 1`0 down, it doesn't matter. You

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always have that belief that you can get back in. They caught a bit of a

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scuffer but it doesn't mattdr. It ends up in the back of the net. But

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here we go, clean through. @nd that's actually a bit of luck. It's

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a deflection. That's what h`ppens when you're winning games. That

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little slice of luck goes for you. I'm pleased for Phil Brown because

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it looks like he's having a great time there. He looked reallx happy

:21:24.:21:27.

in that video footage. He's having the time of his life! Certahnly

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does. Unfortunately, at the opposite end of the table, Northampton

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struggling but, Chris, absolutely fantastic start. And what a goal

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this is. Absolutely. You'd have been proud of that one, Kev, wouldn't

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you? It was so good we showdd it twice! Kev, have you ever scored a

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goal like that before? Just the once, in training.

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All jokes aside, it was a f`ntastic finish because that's a narrow angle

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when you're on the run and `t pace, you've only got that split second to

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find that little gap, and hd did. And Emile Sinclair could have made

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it a lot more comfortable btt then blocked on the line. But I suppose

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three points ` they'll just be delighted with that. Yes, they're in

:22:12.:22:14.

a massive battle for surviv`l and they're three points off Wycombe,

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who won as well. Imagine, if they haven't got those three points, they

:22:19.:22:20.

would have been right in thd mess. Chris took a huge gamble by going

:22:21.:22:32.

there and leaving Oxford. I know he wasn't particularly happy at Oxford

:22:33.:22:35.

but it was still a massive gamble and they were a long way off when he

:22:36.:22:39.

took over. I hope for his s`ke that they do do it. Let's see thd very

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top of the league cos for Phil Brown, the three wins in a row has

:22:44.:22:46.

really cemented their play`off position. Yeah, Oxford lost again,

:22:47.:22:49.

as well so that's giving thdm that extra three points. But looking at

:22:50.:22:54.

the footage, the team look happy, the manager looks happy, and when

:22:55.:22:57.

you've got a happy camp, thhngs can happen. So if they get into the

:22:58.:23:00.

play`offs and they can maintain that form and team spirit... Is ht Phil

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Brown's experience? The fact that he's had the experience before in

:23:04.:23:07.

the play`offs? Does that help Southend? Well, yeah, and the other

:23:08.:23:10.

experiences had as well. He insists that he didn't do anything wrong in

:23:11.:23:14.

the Premiership but I think there's certainly people who think he did. I

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think it would admit he's mdllowed a bit. `` I think he would adlit he's

:23:21.:23:29.

mellowed. He's not the char`cter he was with Hull. So I think kdeping a

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happy camp and keeping everxone .. It has the got the confidence going.

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Welcome I'm delighted to sax that Ewan Roberts has joined us here in

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the studio. So, Ewan, thanks very much for coming in. Chris Htghton,

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the big news in the Premier League yesterday ` Chris Hughton s`cked.

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Were you surprised? Certainly livened up my Sunday night `nyway!

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Not really. I think it's bedn coming for a while. I'm probably strprised

:23:52.:23:54.

that the club have decided to do it now with five games to go. H think

:23:55.:23:58.

they could have come to this decision a lot earlier. When they

:23:59.:24:01.

lost 7`0 at Man City. Or thdre was a period in December, beginning of

:24:02.:24:04.

January, when the club didn't win a game in eight. I think that would

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have been a good time to have done it. I was looking at the cltb's

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results over the last few ydars And I think since December 22, 2012

:24:13.:24:15.

they've only won 12 out of 44 games. That simply isn't good

:24:16.:24:18.

enough. And Chris knows... We all know he's such a nice man and we

:24:19.:24:22.

wanted him to do well but at the end of the day, it's about results. I

:24:23.:24:26.

suppose that result at the weekend, losing 1`0 to West Brom, just shows

:24:27.:24:29.

what a dire position they are in, just sitting above relegation. And I

:24:30.:24:34.

think the atmosphere was quhte poisonous at Carr Road. I w`sn't

:24:35.:24:44.

there but it's the worst atlosphere there's been down there for many

:24:45.:24:47.

years. I was at Swansea the week before. The performance wasn't good

:24:48.:24:50.

enough. They've lost their last six away performances and lost them

:24:51.:24:53.

heavily. Only scored 15 goals at home. People have thrown, "he is

:24:54.:24:56.

negative, he's defensive". Xou can't be like that at home, I don't think.

:24:57.:25:01.

Away from home, that's fine. But if you're going to be defensivd at

:25:02.:25:04.

home, you can't then concedd five at Liverpool, seven at man citx, for at

:25:05.:25:13.

Arsenal, Manchester United. `` four at Arsenal. Southampton, Sw`nsea...

:25:14.:25:15.

Just haven't been good enough, I'm afraid. What about Neil Adals?

:25:16.:25:18.

Obviously you know him very, very well. And the fact that he's gone

:25:19.:25:21.

from being... Baptism of fire or what! The fact that he's gone from

:25:22.:25:24.

being a BBC commentator to suddenly a Premier League manager... Let s

:25:25.:25:26.

have a look at Neil Adams in action. Gary Doherty's coming in on it. It's

:25:27.:25:38.

there! 2`1. Norwich City have turned the game around with two go`ls in

:25:39.:25:43.

the space of four minutes. H suppose it shows just how much passhon he

:25:44.:25:47.

has. I'm not having that ` he knew the camera was on him! He w`s here

:25:48.:25:51.

when I signed in 1997. Been a great servant for the club. He's done a

:25:52.:25:55.

tremendous job with the unddr`1 s, won the FA Youth Cup last ydar. He's

:25:56.:26:05.

got a tough job. He really, really has. Fulham on Saturday. Haven't

:26:06.:26:08.

beaten Fulham in the last 14 games. That I was going to say, Kevin. With

:26:09.:26:12.

Neil Adams coming in, he's got no first` team managerial experience. I

:26:13.:26:14.

just think from listening to Iwan about the poisonous atmosphdre. .

:26:15.:26:18.

Once the crowd turns on a m`nager, the people upstairs make a decision.

:26:19.:26:21.

He'll get the crowd back onside because he's a Norwich man. They'll

:26:22.:26:24.

love him and he'll get the passion back as well. Well, Chris, do you

:26:25.:26:28.

think the fans have a big role to play at the end of the season? They

:26:29.:26:34.

do, yeah. It's well documented that if you sack a manager, results go up

:26:35.:26:38.

for six games, go back down and you eventually end up where you were.

:26:39.:26:41.

But when you've got six gamds left, that counts. One win could do it.

:26:42.:26:45.

That could be all they need. You wonder if they've gone... Thought of

:26:46.:26:48.

the 60 million quid you get for staying in the Premier Leagte and

:26:49.:26:51.

thought, "Well, tear up his contract and off we go". We've seen what Dave

:26:52.:26:55.

McNally said in a press conference earlier and really he's just saying

:26:56.:26:58.

it's over to Neil Adams. If he does well and keep them up, he pretty

:26:59.:27:02.

much could have the job. Th`t is interesting because I think three or

:27:03.:27:05.

four weeks ago, David McNally came out and said, "Yeah, the cltb's got

:27:06.:27:08.

a plan B if things go wrong for Chris". This must be the pl`n B he

:27:09.:27:12.

was talking about, which dods surprise me, I have to say. If Neil

:27:13.:27:16.

goes in and he wins a coupld of games and keeps the club in the

:27:17.:27:19.

Premier League, then the cltb have got a big decision to make. But I do

:27:20.:27:23.

think they've got someone in the background. So do you think if they

:27:24.:27:27.

aren't in the Premier Leagud but in the Championship, they'll h`ve a

:27:28.:27:29.

different manager? It's a tough one for me. I think if they're hn the

:27:30.:27:32.

championship, they probably will give Neil a chance full`timd.

:27:33.:27:38.

Because it's not such an attractive proposition for, say, a Steve

:27:39.:27:41.

Clarke, a Di Matteo, a Malkx Mackay or a Neil Lennon to come in and be a

:27:42.:27:50.

manager of a Championship club. It's a much better situation if the

:27:51.:27:53.

club's in the Premier Leagud. OK, well, should be a fascinating end to

:27:54.:27:56.

the season for the Canaries. Well, don't forget that two our

:27:57.:27:59.

Football League clubs are in action on Tuesday night. As mentioned

:28:00.:28:03.

earlier in the show, Ipswich travel to West Yorkshire to face

:28:04.:28:05.

Huddersfield Town in another crucial game for the Ttractor Boys. While in

:28:06.:28:08.

League One, Trophy winners Peterborough united entertahn

:28:09.:28:22.

Chillingham at London Road. `` Gillingham. Both games are ` 7. 5

:28:23.:28:24.

kick`off. Well, there's still an awful lot to

:28:25.:28:28.

be decided in the next four weeks. There may be tears of happiness or

:28:29.:28:31.

tears of despair but, rest `ssured, you can keep up with your tdam's

:28:32.:28:34.

progress with us here on Late Kick Off. Thanks very much to my guests.

:28:35.:28:38.

Thanks very much, guys, for coming in. We'll be back next Mond`y with

:28:39.:28:44.

James back in the hot seat. But that's all for now. Good night.

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