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:00:18. > :00:23.On tonight's Late Kick Off, we look back on Sunderland's bittersweet day

:00:24. > :00:26.at Wembley. Dennis Tueart, an FA Cup winner with

:00:27. > :00:30.Sunderland and a League Cup winner with Manchester City, and G`ry

:00:31. > :00:33.Bennett, a League Cup and F@ Cup runner`up with the Black Cats, are

:00:34. > :00:37.here to reflect on what's ndxt for Gus Poyet's team.

:00:38. > :00:38.And we discuss the implicathons of Alan Pardew's headline making

:00:39. > :00:49.actions. Welcome along to a new serids of

:00:50. > :00:54.Late Kick Off. I am Steve Bower and I will be here with you every Monday

:00:55. > :00:58.night from now until early Lay. A warm welcome to Dennis and Gary And

:00:59. > :01:02.also to Daily Mirror football journalist Simon Bird. Therd is

:01:03. > :01:09.quite a lot for us to discuss tonight. You can get in touch via

:01:10. > :01:13.Twitter using the hashtag LKONEC. But only one place to start tonight.

:01:14. > :01:19.Sunderland dared to dream and, for 55 minutes, it looked as though it

:01:20. > :01:24.might all come true. You were here in 1973? '73, yeah.

:01:25. > :01:29.Tell us about that day? What do you remember? Absolutely fabulots. Came

:01:30. > :01:34.down on the train. Back samd day. Brilliant. This will be my fifth

:01:35. > :01:40.one. Never seen them win yet. But hopefully, this time. I've barely

:01:41. > :01:41.seen a Man City fan. I don't think they know the game's today, to be

:01:42. > :01:57.honest. CHEERING.

:01:58. > :02:02.This is it. The first big fhnals day of the season. Sunderland enjoying

:02:03. > :02:08.their first trip to Wembley for 16 years. Their first cup final for 22.

:02:09. > :02:18.The 54th League Cup Final is underway at Wembley Stadium. Borini

:02:19. > :02:24.is on the run. He stayed in front of Vincent Kompany here. And hd's in on

:02:25. > :02:37.goal! Borini! Fabio Borini gives Sunderland the Wembley lead Look at

:02:38. > :02:44.Gus Poyet! Listen to the nohse! It is Manchester City nil, Sunderland

:02:45. > :02:53.one. And Sunderland having soaked up some early pressure. Not only well

:02:54. > :02:57.and truly in this cup tie. Just at the moment they are in comm`nd of

:02:58. > :03:03.this cup final. There goes Borini again. Borini is running aw`y from

:03:04. > :03:12.Kompany! Great tackle that. What a tackle! Midway through the 2014

:03:13. > :03:14.League Cup Final. Fabio Borhni's goal has us all set for an tpset

:03:15. > :03:23.right now. Toure! That is unstoppable!

:03:24. > :03:45.Absolutely unstoppable! Kolarov. Dzeko wants it. Dodsn't

:03:46. > :03:55.come to him! Does come, thotgh, to Samir Nasri! CHEERING. City two

:03:56. > :04:05.Sunderland one. Knocked down towards Steven

:04:06. > :04:11.Fletcher. Couldn't get it under control. And the chance to find a

:04:12. > :04:15.team`mate in the middle, and maybe rescue the cup idle, has gone. ``

:04:16. > :04:20.cup final. Sunderland are going to fight to the last. They're going to

:04:21. > :04:24.drag every last ounce of effort out of themselves. Demichelis h`s got

:04:25. > :04:30.the ball away, though, and look at this! Manchester City are swarming

:04:31. > :04:50.forward. It's Toure. It's hhs! It's Navas! It's all over.

:04:51. > :04:57.It's a horrible walk that one. Going up the stairs to get the losers

:04:58. > :05:02.medal. And the fans, they m`de us feel proud. I am very proud of the

:05:03. > :05:07.team. That was the main thing today. Because we knew who was in front of

:05:08. > :05:11.us. We knew the quality thex had. And everything needed to work

:05:12. > :05:16.perfectly for us. You know, it needed to be against the most

:05:17. > :05:21.special player from Manchester City. And we put it in an average, normal

:05:22. > :05:25.way for about 55 minutes or so. But then, a wonder goal from a strong

:05:26. > :05:29.player, one of the best in the world probably today, changed the game.

:05:30. > :05:32.And in two minutes, they were coming and difficult to hold. But we

:05:33. > :05:36.reorganised and we have another goal and a few approaches. And another

:05:37. > :05:40.day, you take better chances and better touches in the last third and

:05:41. > :05:45.you come back in the game. But proud of the way that we play the game.

:05:46. > :05:49.And I am proud of the fans, because they supported us all the w`y until

:05:50. > :05:54.today. I know, for me, it is a great feeling. It is probably the double

:05:55. > :05:58.or triple the times I felt. And it's a great feeling, emotions,

:05:59. > :06:02.especially against a big te`m. And when nobody expected us to be in

:06:03. > :06:06.front against Man City here at Wembley. You keep doing it hn these

:06:07. > :06:12.big games. Newcastle, cup thes, cup final now. You've got a lot of big

:06:13. > :06:17.league games to go. Are you going to keep on doing it? That means I am

:06:18. > :06:21.made for a big team. So we will see what happens until the end of the

:06:22. > :06:26.season. Play for Sunderland. Try to be not only the big teams, but also

:06:27. > :06:31.the small ones. And we will see in the summer. We knew it was going to

:06:32. > :06:35.be tough. We had to play 100% today to get anything out of the game In

:06:36. > :06:39.that sort of sense, the lads can keep their heads up high. Btt I ve

:06:40. > :06:43.always said, when you get to this stage, it's about winning. So we are

:06:44. > :06:45.very disappointed. I'm proud of the team and team`mates and man`ging

:06:46. > :06:48.staff and coaching staff. A tremendous effort getting to the

:06:49. > :06:53.final of this competition. Just disappointing to lose. And hf I m

:06:54. > :06:56.honest, we lost to two wonddr goals there. Sometimes, you have to hold

:06:57. > :07:01.your hands up. But it's difficult to do that at the minute. I sax this

:07:02. > :07:06.from day one. My job was to stay in the Premier League. Because it was

:07:07. > :07:10.nearly an impossible job. Wd were right down at the bottom and too far

:07:11. > :07:16.from the rest. Somehow, slowly, we started doing special things. Given

:07:17. > :07:20.the chance to play here. I hope this gives us that extra experience to be

:07:21. > :07:24.go and be good in the leagud. Make sure we stay in the Premier League.

:07:25. > :07:31.So, the fifth successive defeat at Wembley for Sunderland. But who

:07:32. > :07:35.knows? They could be back there even this season. All three of these

:07:36. > :07:41.gentlemen were at Wembley ydsterday. Dennis, Gus Poyet spoke abott spirit

:07:42. > :07:44.and pride. Can they use that as a springboard to try and survhve in

:07:45. > :07:48.the Premier League? He is going to have to get them up again. He got

:07:49. > :07:51.them up mentally and physic`lly Great attitude. He pulled ott one

:07:52. > :07:55.little stroke, which no one was expecting. He played Borini front on

:07:56. > :07:59.his own. Everyone was perhaps expecting Altidore, but maybe even

:08:00. > :08:03.Fletcher if he was fit. And he played Borini. It surprised me,

:08:04. > :08:07.because I thought it would hold the ball up there. But he was going for

:08:08. > :08:10.Borini's pace. And on the d`y, that is what got the first goal. He

:08:11. > :08:13.really moved Demichelis and Kompany around at the back. They weren't

:08:14. > :08:17.comfortable as they have bedn. I have seen them many times this

:08:18. > :08:21.season. That period, that first`half, he really put them under

:08:22. > :08:25.pressure. There was no easy sitting on the ball at the back. It worked

:08:26. > :08:29.well. For 55 minutes, it was terrific. Gary, in 1985, yot lost

:08:30. > :08:32.the League Cup final and yotr team were relegated. What lessons can

:08:33. > :08:38.they take? How do they avoid this scenario? I think, if you go back to

:08:39. > :08:42.1985, one thing that we did lose, especially after the final, was team

:08:43. > :08:45.spirit. I think, if you look at those players, they have a good team

:08:46. > :08:48.spirit. A good manager who understands the game. And

:08:49. > :08:51.tactically, he is not afraid to make changes, as we have seen yesterday,

:08:52. > :08:55.playing Borini upfront. He played Colback on the left. And ag`in, what

:08:56. > :09:00.he has got is competition for places. Simon, you have seen plenty

:09:01. > :09:03.of Gus Poyet's press conferdnces. And since he was appointed, you saw

:09:04. > :09:07.them yesterday at Wembley. What did you make of his demeanour at the

:09:08. > :09:10.end? One of the endearing things about Poyet is he shows his

:09:11. > :09:13.emotions. You could hear in his voice he was a little bit upset

:09:14. > :09:15.Quite disappointed. He knew those chances don't come around vdry often

:09:16. > :09:53.That is the manager's challdnge to win a cup.

:09:54. > :09:57.That is the manager's challdnge Especially losing that, everyone was

:09:58. > :10:01.expecting us to get a drubbhng, but I think if you speak to the

:10:02. > :10:05.supporters, yesterday, coming away from the game, OK we have lost, but

:10:06. > :10:11.I have come away with a smile op my face. Up beat, and think if we

:10:12. > :10:15.showed the same spirit. We will stay in the Premier League. Let ts remind

:10:16. > :10:19.you how the Barclays Premier League table looks at the moment.

:10:20. > :10:21.Sunderland in the bottom three, a point behind West Brom and of course

:10:22. > :10:26.they will remain in the bottom three because they are in FA Cup `ction

:10:27. > :10:29.against Hull. The bottom two, Cardiff and Fulham play each other

:10:30. > :10:34.in South Wales. Now, you touched on the sporters

:10:35. > :10:37.there, I remember back in 1873 you said they were like a 12th lan, how

:10:38. > :10:42.important are the supporters in the next 12 league games? It is

:10:43. > :10:46.fantastic watching them. I was at the game. They constantly kdpt going

:10:47. > :10:50.and it was indicative at thd end, when Kompany got his hands on the

:10:51. > :10:53.trophy, some supporters werd still there, thanking their players for

:10:54. > :10:58.their performance, normally at the end of the game, the losing team

:10:59. > :11:04.sporters do one quickly. Th`t I were there, they were with the tdam. It

:11:05. > :11:08.has to be galvanised. The Stadium of Light has to be galvanised for every

:11:09. > :11:12.game this season. And for this month. Let us remind you how the

:11:13. > :11:15.fixtures lock for March for Sunderland, because as we s`y it is

:11:16. > :11:20.FA Cup action this weekend, they could be going back to Wembley. They

:11:21. > :11:24.don't play again until the 05th when they entertain Crystal Palace, then

:11:25. > :11:28.trips to Norwich and Liverpool. The month ends to West Ham. Could they

:11:29. > :11:35.have an idea of their destiny by the end of the month? They are dasy

:11:36. > :11:39.fixtures aren't they! Straight forward. Especially away from home,

:11:40. > :11:44.I think they are performing well at home. What we have to do is take our

:11:45. > :11:47.away form to play at the St`dium of Light, because it is special playing

:11:48. > :11:51.there, but it adds more pressure on. I think the supporters can play

:11:52. > :11:55.their part, being the 12th lan. You have noticed the difference at home,

:11:56. > :12:00.Dennis. Again, talking about challenge fors the coach, that is

:12:01. > :12:06.his biggest challenge. He s`id the team, to counter attack, be strong

:12:07. > :12:10.at back, press in the midfidld and counter attack. At home it will be

:12:11. > :12:13.reverse, he will have to take the initiative. This is where the

:12:14. > :12:18.supporters can give their stpport. They have to be patient, don't get

:12:19. > :12:23.overanxious, because it is not the first goal in the first ten minute,

:12:24. > :12:29.it is the first goal. If it is the 90th minute. I remember in the mid #

:12:30. > :12:32.0s and that grey Liverpool team I used to say they don't care whether

:12:33. > :12:37.they win the game in the first minute or the 92nd minute, that is

:12:38. > :12:39.an important aspect that, the supporters and the player themselves

:12:40. > :12:43.had the believe in, Manchester United went for years, Gary, winning

:12:44. > :12:48.the last few minutes and th`t was a real art they have. They have lost

:12:49. > :12:53.it now but it is something hs a Sunderland... Dennis has taken a

:12:54. > :12:56.good word, belief. You have to remember when Gus Poyet camd in and

:12:57. > :13:01.took over, we only had one point and there was a lot people saying, they

:13:02. > :13:04.have thrown the towel in. Hd has got us not just in touching distance,

:13:05. > :13:09.off the bottom, you are talking there is Fulham playing Cardiff we

:13:10. > :13:13.would want a draw in that g`me. The only thing which is going to catch

:13:14. > :13:16.up with Sunderland is games. I was copping to that. They are playing

:13:17. > :13:22.Hull. If they win that, a ctp competition is going to a hdlp or

:13:23. > :13:28.hindrance He just wants to see find out the best team. Put them out

:13:29. > :13:33.there and get momentum and get wins. He won't care if it the cup or the

:13:34. > :13:38.league. They can get a lift. It creates a positivity, in thd fans

:13:39. > :13:41.have watched their team at Wembley. Everybody still hat a smile. Locking

:13:42. > :13:45.at the fixture, Poyet has bden stressing this for money, hd has

:13:46. > :13:50.been telling the players don't wait till next month, do it now. You lock

:13:51. > :13:54.at the fixtures and if they can get nine months they could be s`fe by

:13:55. > :13:59.the end of March, so Poyet will be banging that in, do it now, don t

:14:00. > :14:03.wait till April to do it. Pdople are talking about a pile up of fixture,

:14:04. > :14:06.Dennis will will tell you, the players would want to play games

:14:07. > :14:12.rather than train. If it is two games a week or three, they will

:14:13. > :14:17.want to play games. In 73 wd played nine games in the cups. Fixture

:14:18. > :14:23.congestion but we had a momdntum. The other big talking point was Alan

:14:24. > :14:26.Pardew, and the events at the KC Stadium.

:14:27. > :14:33.Newcastle's 4`1 victory at Hull was their seventh away win in the

:14:34. > :14:39.Premier League this season. But it wasn't the result that made all the

:14:40. > :14:44.headlines. Here is manager @lan Pardew's verdict on the inchdent

:14:45. > :14:48.between him and Hull's David Meyler. It was a situation where I shouldn't

:14:49. > :14:53.have been there. You know, H've been involved in a couple of inchdents in

:14:54. > :14:56.the line. And probably becatse I'm too near the action. I will be

:14:57. > :14:59.sitting down from now on. And quite rightly after that. I apologise to

:15:00. > :15:03.everyone. I shouldn't have got involved in it, really. It's not the

:15:04. > :15:11.first time you've been involved in touchline incidents. But probably

:15:12. > :15:20.the worst incident? Well, ydah. I mean, I don't mean no damagd to the

:15:21. > :15:24.guy. But I have put my head forward. I was just trying to push hhm away,

:15:25. > :15:27.really, with my head. And I shouldn't have done that. Btt I

:15:28. > :15:31.apologise to everyone concerned I think that is a little bit of a

:15:32. > :15:35.wake`up call to sit down. And I will from now on. Do you expect the

:15:36. > :15:39.punishment from the powers that be? Well, I don't know. I haven't had

:15:40. > :15:42.too many problems in the past, what I've had to deal with. But xou get

:15:43. > :15:46.involved in a situation that just took the gloss off what has been a

:15:47. > :15:50.magnificent performance frol my team. I set my team to break to set

:15:51. > :15:53.them up to break quickly. And time after time, we could have scored

:15:54. > :16:00.today. The players were terrific. It was only myself that unforttnately

:16:01. > :16:04.had poor performance all rotnd. Newcastle reacted straightaway.

:16:05. > :16:09.Today, Alan Pardew has been charged by the FA of improper conduct and

:16:10. > :16:15.has until Thursday to respond to that charge. Diamond, I am

:16:16. > :16:22.interested to know, when it happened, what was your reaction. ``

:16:23. > :16:26.Simon. The initial reaction was David Miller was at fault, but the

:16:27. > :16:32.replays came up and you saw the replays immediately. `` Davhd

:16:33. > :16:38.Meyler. I have covered the club for 12 years, the most socking hncident

:16:39. > :16:43.was one fight. That left as physically shaking. This was not

:16:44. > :16:49.quite up there, but not far off It is shameful for Alan Pardew

:16:50. > :16:52.individually and for the cltb. The FA reacted quickly, improper conduct

:16:53. > :16:58.charge, but what do you think that could lead to, such as stadhum

:16:59. > :17:02.bands? The FA have left it wide open. It has been called a

:17:03. > :17:09.nonstandard instant, never seeing a manager do this before. The guidance

:17:10. > :17:14.we have had is a stadium ban is possible, so Alan Pardew cotld not

:17:15. > :17:18.go near his team from one hour before kick`off until afterwards, no

:17:19. > :17:23.communication, but a three`lan panel will sit in the next week to decide,

:17:24. > :17:30.and it could be a five`game stadium ban, such as Paul Ince had. Is

:17:31. > :17:34.allowed in the ground? Gill macro may be see them in the hotel at one

:17:35. > :17:42.o'clock, then leave it to John Carver. That is the seriousness

:17:43. > :17:46.Dennis, at your time at Manchester city, you are pointed Joe Royle and

:17:47. > :17:52.Kevin Keegan, and if one of your managers do that, I would your board

:17:53. > :17:57.react? The way Newcastle have started, very quickly making a point

:17:58. > :18:02.felt, warning of formal contact fine, then waiting to see what the

:18:03. > :18:44.FA, but, nonstandard issue, skirmishes, is he blameless in

:18:45. > :18:50.this, the player? I think D`vid has done very well. He could easily have

:18:51. > :18:55.gone down and make a real bhg deal of it. If that happened, wh`t would

:18:56. > :19:02.have been said. David Meyler reacted well to it as well. I do not think

:19:03. > :19:06.he needed to go back to Alan Pardew after it was started. He is not

:19:07. > :19:11.completely blameless. Maybe a yellow card was about right. I would

:19:12. > :19:18.imagine, if it was some othdr player, they would have been rolling

:19:19. > :19:24.on the ground. Wasn't someone banned against Juventus? He was banned from

:19:25. > :19:29.the stadium? And if that happens, what effect on the dressing room?

:19:30. > :19:36.Without the manager, who gives the tactics? Maybe the coach? Btt the

:19:37. > :19:43.manager is the boss, the le`der and it does take an edge of it. It would

:19:44. > :19:47.take an edge off for me. If the coach was speaking to me, you would

:19:48. > :19:52.think all right, but it is ` big mess, you need your leaders there.

:19:53. > :19:57.The manager said disciplinary tone. And when he is one of the m`in

:19:58. > :20:01.offenders, it is a weaker c`se when disciplining players. The great pity

:20:02. > :20:06.is I think Alan is a great football coach and could go on furthdr beyond

:20:07. > :20:10.Newcastle, and we know he h`s England ambitions and peopld laugh

:20:11. > :20:14.at that, but there are not lany English men doing better th`n Alan

:20:15. > :20:21.Pardew, and his temperament ruining his reputation. He said he would

:20:22. > :20:25.have to sit on his hands, whth will we see a different paramedic

:20:26. > :20:28.paramedic? Think so. He has never lost that thing, he thinks he is one

:20:29. > :20:32.of the lads and one of the players still, he has been a very elotional

:20:33. > :20:36.expressive guy on the touchline and to us in the media, which wd

:20:37. > :20:40.appreciate. He will have to reign back and be the cool headed

:20:41. > :20:46.analytical one, rather than the guy in the fight and technical `rea Are

:20:47. > :20:49.you fearful for Newcastle's image? It is damaged now. I don't think it

:20:50. > :20:55.will get worse, that is verx sad. But I think what Alan did s`y, and

:20:56. > :20:58.he will put JC, John Carr vdry in the technical area which maxbe a

:20:59. > :21:02.good thing and let him get tsed to sitting back and communicathng in a

:21:03. > :21:07.different way, that is what the guys out there, they want to comlunicate

:21:08. > :21:10.directly with any little twdaks and tactical changes or encouragement,

:21:11. > :21:13.that is why they are there. He has to get used to communicating

:21:14. > :21:18.messages in a different way. I think that is possible. OK. Well `way from

:21:19. > :21:27.Wembley, and Hull, it was a busy weekend of action for the rdst of

:21:28. > :21:31.the teams. Middlesbrough's run would whthout a

:21:32. > :21:39.goal stand at seven Championship games and 12 hours of play. But the

:21:40. > :21:41.manager said he was frustrated and angry after Jacob Butterfield's

:21:42. > :21:49.early effort was ruled not to have crossed the line.

:21:50. > :21:53.In the second half, Wednesd`y's Ben Hutchinson tested the Middldsbrough

:21:54. > :21:57.goal and Danny Graham waste wasted the chance to score his first goal

:21:58. > :22:02.since rejoining the club. K`mara missed the follow up. Their

:22:03. > :22:06.frustration was computer. Three minutes from time, when Dean

:22:07. > :22:13.Whitehead handled the goal bound shot.

:22:14. > :22:20.Off went the former Sunderl`nd midfielder. The manager expressed

:22:21. > :22:26.his displeasure and Nuhiu scored from the spot.

:22:27. > :22:35.Boro are 14th, 12 points adrift of the play`offs.

:22:36. > :22:41.The visit of League One prolotion contenders Brentford represdnted a

:22:42. > :22:45.Sterne test for Carlisle and their manager. . Amoo went closest but

:22:46. > :22:50.cone find the finish to beat the keeper.

:22:51. > :22:57.At the other end Brentford's Alan judge brought the best out of onloan

:22:58. > :23:03.Sunderland stopper Pickford. The visitors had an effort ruled out for

:23:04. > :23:11.offside, but a welcome point from a goalless draw keeps Carlisld two

:23:12. > :23:16.points above the relegation places. In League Two, Hartlepool wdre

:23:17. > :23:22.comfortable winners at home to bottom of the table Torquay. But the

:23:23. > :23:27.away side came close early on when O'Connor forced a save from Scott

:23:28. > :23:37.Flinders. Then referee Fred Graham was called

:23:38. > :23:43.upon, to break up this altercation. Manchester United loanee Jack Barmby

:23:44. > :23:51.set Pools on their way in the 3 st minute.

:23:52. > :23:54.Barmby turned provider as hhs corner was headed in by Luke James for his

:23:55. > :24:03.14th of the season. The third goal was one the fans had

:24:04. > :24:08.been waiting for. Marlon Harewood opened his `ccount

:24:09. > :24:16.for the club with a composed finish. Hartlepool are five points off the

:24:17. > :24:20.play`offs. York stretched their unbeatdn run to

:24:21. > :24:23.five game, thanks to victorx over Exeter.

:24:24. > :24:31.All of the goals came in thd opening half an hour, with John McCombe

:24:32. > :24:36.heading the hosts in front. Then a neat turning shot by Michael

:24:37. > :24:41.Coulson doubled the lead for Nigel Worthington's tame.

:24:42. > :24:47.`` teem. `` team. Two minutes later Scot

:24:48. > :24:51.Bennett reduced the arrears. And John O'Flynn should have eqtalised

:24:52. > :24:55.in the second half but the Minstermen end the run of four home

:24:56. > :25:00.games without scoring and climb to tenth.

:25:01. > :25:07.Leap hatch's last minute eqtaliser means Gateshead remain two points

:25:08. > :25:11.outside the Conference play`offs, after a one all draw with Forest

:25:12. > :25:20.Green. They played for more than half the game with ten minute, after

:25:21. > :25:26.Marcus Maddison's red card. A 4`0 defeat away to Annan lean

:25:27. > :25:30.Berwick haven't run since the manager was named Manager of the

:25:31. > :25:35.Month for January. Another defeat for Middlesbrough but today's news

:25:36. > :25:41.has seen Craig hissing net resign from Hartlepool, to take up a number

:25:42. > :25:45.two role back at Middlesbrotgh, so that is a boost for the man`ger and

:25:46. > :25:49.Middlesbrough. And new coach with Craig hissing net in the

:25:50. > :25:52.Middlesbrough academy. Was he destined for that He wanted to break

:25:53. > :25:55.in to management and he had the opportunity to go aening who with

:25:56. > :26:01.Colin Cooper to Hartlepool `nd he has done a tremendous job there a

:26:02. > :26:06.job has come up at Middlesbrough, a job which he can't turn down. He is

:26:07. > :26:09.going back to his home town club. Middlesbrough haven't scored for the

:26:10. > :26:13.last seven game, is that wh`t they are miss, somebody who knows the

:26:14. > :26:18.club? . You You need that lhnk, you have foreign player, you nedd the

:26:19. > :26:22.link, someone who understands the culture, I remember researching my

:26:23. > :26:25.book and joy than Cruyff sahd you need five or six players who

:26:26. > :26:29.understand the culture, the traditions and the history of the

:26:30. > :26:33.club and come through the club as a group together. And that is

:26:34. > :26:37.essential to any club, I thhnk in all my successful teams we did have

:26:38. > :26:42.that six or seven come throtgh. He played for Colin Cooper. Five points

:26:43. > :26:47.off the play`offs, Hartlepool. They could push on if they get another

:26:48. > :26:53.good month. That point is great He is a sparky character and I think

:26:54. > :27:01.maybe the manager is serious, communication isn't so good. I don't

:27:02. > :27:06.think think Hignett is that good at Spanish. It might be missing from

:27:07. > :27:10.Middlesbrough. It is one of the major factors `` e`` factors for

:27:11. > :27:15.coaches and managers, man management, we call it engagement,

:27:16. > :27:19.it is engaging with the, yot understand who you are engaging

:27:20. > :27:23.with, a hop you get your message across, you get people in the

:27:24. > :27:26.dressing room, all different nationalities, personality, you

:27:27. > :27:30.ability to communicate and get them to understand what you want, as an

:27:31. > :27:34.individual and group is perfect Could be a dream role that for

:27:35. > :27:38.Craig. Going back to Middlesbrough. Thank you for your company. My

:27:39. > :27:43.thanks to Simon, Dennis and Gary. It was a long eventful road to Wembley

:27:44. > :27:47.for Sunderland in the Capit`l One Cup, but sadly, there was no fairly

:27:48. > :27:50.tail ending. We will see yot next week.