Gary Lineker Meets Cesc Fabregas

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0:00:38 > 0:00:41The King's Road in Chelsea - for so long now synonymous

0:00:41 > 0:00:43with the capital's fashionable and famous.

0:00:43 > 0:00:46But on Sunday afternoon this stylish corner of west London will be given

0:00:46 > 0:00:48over to some of the leading icons of the football world,

0:00:48 > 0:00:51as the home side take on Manchester United in the latest

0:00:51 > 0:01:00instalment of one of the Premier League's great rivalries.

0:01:04 > 0:01:08It's there for the shot. Across Terry and scores.

0:01:08 > 0:01:17Hasselbaink. Oh, yes. Scholes. Its had to be. This is Zola. Scores.

0:01:17 > 0:01:26Giggs. Superb play by Manchester United. Van Persie. Conte.

0:01:28 > 0:01:29Conte.

0:01:29 > 0:01:32Hello, and welcome to The Premier League Show from Chelsea.

0:01:32 > 0:01:34Joining me today, two dedicated followers of fashion in the form

0:01:34 > 0:01:39of Jermaine Jenas and comedian Elis James.

0:01:39 > 0:01:42Clothe as important as ever to the modern footballer.Of course, we are

0:01:42 > 0:01:48on the King's Road. IsSuited and booted. Not so much for comedians.

0:01:48 > 0:01:52This is new.Is that the best you can say.I can't compete with

0:01:52 > 0:01:57Germain, he is very handsome.You both look very fashionable. Here is

0:01:57 > 0:02:03what we will try on for size today. Gary Lineker meets Cesc Fabregas for

0:02:03 > 0:02:07a wide-ranging chat on his coaches and country. Shane Duffy on adapting

0:02:07 > 0:02:12to the Premier League with Brighton and we will discuss the key talking

0:02:12 > 0:02:16points from a busy seven days. Last Saturday marked the an versery of

0:02:16 > 0:02:21Cesc Fabregass seen your debut and the beginning of ta glittering Kara

0:02:21 > 0:02:25Mbodj rear that seen him Garner trophies so plenty to discuss when

0:02:25 > 0:02:31he sat down with Gary Lineker.

0:02:35 > 0:02:44How are you. Nice to see you. I brought you something.You have

0:02:44 > 0:02:50kind.I don't know if you have it.I have a Barca shirt but not a Messi

0:02:50 > 0:02:59one. It is signed.You are a big fan of him. Do you like it?That's

0:02:59 > 0:03:06great.No problem. This is Fabregas. Cultured play from

0:03:06 > 0:03:18the 18-year-old.Brilliant Fabregas. Fabregas. .You went to Barcelona,

0:03:18 > 0:03:21the famous breeding ground for footballer, what it is about that

0:03:21 > 0:03:26place and why does it produce so many world class players?I think it

0:03:26 > 0:03:32is easy to say, I mean, all the coaches, they are top, all the

0:03:32 > 0:03:34coaches are dedicated, 100% to football. I don't think they have

0:03:34 > 0:03:40any other job, the way the first team play, you play, so, you already

0:03:40 > 0:03:45are growing up, for me, the big advantage you have an identity as a

0:03:45 > 0:03:50footballer, you sign for Barcelona, you know you have certain qualities,

0:03:50 > 0:03:54that the club wants, from you.It has been a hell of a decision to

0:03:54 > 0:03:59move from there, at 16 years old to come to foreign country, big town

0:03:59 > 0:04:06like London.Yes, it was. I just turned 16, and you see Arsene

0:04:06 > 0:04:08Wenger, there waiting for you, cutting his holiday to see you. For

0:04:08 > 0:04:15me it was a bit like, what have I done? They made an offer for me,

0:04:15 > 0:04:19Arsene Wenger was clear, he wanted me to train with the first team

0:04:19 > 0:04:25since day one, and I am not going to lie, it was tough, but, fantastic

0:04:25 > 0:04:29opportunity, I mean at Barcelona it was so difficult and you had the

0:04:29 > 0:04:33like of Iniesta who didn't reach the first team, he was seen at the next

0:04:33 > 0:04:38big thing. I had to make the decision I did it, it happened and

0:04:38 > 0:04:45here I am today.Fabregas.You have worked with some of the great

0:04:45 > 0:04:49managers. Let us start with Arsene Wenger, what were his great

0:04:49 > 0:04:54strengths?For the young player, I think he is the best manager anyone

0:04:54 > 0:05:02can work with.Why?He has attribute, it is near him possible

0:05:02 > 0:05:06to have, which is patience. But he just has patience to see, this guy,

0:05:06 > 0:05:12see something in him, I am going to go for it. You play but bad game,

0:05:12 > 0:05:16you play two bad games but he still trusts you, until he gives ewe

0:05:16 > 0:05:19chance, the right chance to show and to prove yourself, and the other

0:05:19 > 0:05:24thing is the freedom he gives you to play football.

0:05:24 > 0:05:28And Fabregas, he has made it four. Arsenal's youngest ever player and

0:05:28 > 0:05:33goal scorer.I know what he did to me is not really normal, because of

0:05:33 > 0:05:39the, of the age I had especially, because I was 16, and to give me

0:05:39 > 0:05:45that, that freedom after all the time he made me captain at 21.A

0:05:45 > 0:05:49brilliant goal, scored by their captain Cesc Fabregas.That

0:05:49 > 0:05:54responsibility on the pitch at such a young age, for me it is like a

0:05:54 > 0:06:01second dad. I always said that. Eventually you returned to Barcelona

0:06:01 > 0:06:05of course and Guardiola, was he hugely influential in that decision?

0:06:05 > 0:06:10Yes, it wasn't easy, because I had a big responsibility at Arsenal. The

0:06:10 > 0:06:15club gave me basically everything, and, you feel sometimes, you can let

0:06:15 > 0:06:20them down a little bit because they trusted me so much, but I stayed

0:06:20 > 0:06:29there eight year, I gave everything that I had for the club, and I hoped

0:06:29 > 0:06:35maybe I wasn't happy with.Such as? Different thing, different things

0:06:35 > 0:06:40that maybe I shouldn't talk about, that Arsene Wenger knows them all

0:06:40 > 0:06:46because I explain him all my reason, but I felt it was the time to change

0:06:46 > 0:06:53and, and to have a new motivation. Guardiola, is he on a different

0:06:53 > 0:06:59level?Yes, he is a fantastic coach, no-one can deny that, everywhere he

0:06:59 > 0:07:03has been, he has been able to, to make that impact about what he

0:07:03 > 0:07:10wants.You played under great coach, there is Wenger, Guardiola, there is

0:07:10 > 0:07:13Mourinho, Conte, the real contrast in style, and personalities, who do

0:07:13 > 0:07:18you think improved you the most? That is is a tough question. I can

0:07:18 > 0:07:24only say that the one thing I am rally proud of is all the managers

0:07:24 > 0:07:30that you mentioned, that I have been able to adapt myself, my football to

0:07:30 > 0:07:35each one of them. Every one knows that I loved to have the ball at my

0:07:35 > 0:07:42feet. I would always prefer a team that has 70% possession like Arsenal

0:07:42 > 0:07:46and Barcelona. Now we don't have as much possession but I have to do

0:07:46 > 0:07:50other things that the manager demands, and I adapted very well in

0:07:50 > 0:07:55the last two years, with Mourinho I had an incredible season, that was

0:07:55 > 0:07:59one of the best of my career, the Premier League, the first time I won

0:07:59 > 0:08:05it, I remember going on my knees, with such a relief they, holding my

0:08:05 > 0:08:09hands up like, saying than you, it was a competition, I played it so

0:08:09 > 0:08:16many years and some of them I was close, to be able to win it with a

0:08:16 > 0:08:20fantastic team under Jose was fantastic experience.It was

0:08:20 > 0:08:23strange, I said that extraordinarily good season under Jose and it fell

0:08:23 > 0:08:27apart. Why do you think that was?I still wonder myself, some time,

0:08:27 > 0:08:32because it was such a shame, and, and you go to bed some time, and you

0:08:32 > 0:08:37think about many thing, sometimes you cannot sleep and sometimes it

0:08:37 > 0:08:43bothers me, because I could see it from the outside as a fan, I could

0:08:43 > 0:08:47think myself, like these guys aren't even trying, they forgot to play

0:08:47 > 0:08:53football. You felt that the six months, we were not close to what we

0:08:53 > 0:09:00really were, just a year or less before it happened and we felt bad

0:09:00 > 0:09:06for it.How is your relationship with Jose?Good. We still talk

0:09:06 > 0:09:13today. He is probably the manager I have had the best feel, the best

0:09:13 > 0:09:19connection, apart from Arsene Wenger, but the one I kept most

0:09:19 > 0:09:22contact with was Jose.Then Conte comes in and you runway with the

0:09:22 > 0:09:28league.Yes. It took time as well, because I remember at the beginning,

0:09:28 > 0:09:35it took a while to get on with it, to start well.It's three.How did

0:09:35 > 0:09:43he turn it round?The loss at Arsenal.Arsenal outstanding.

0:09:43 > 0:09:50Chelsea have real, real problems. Straightaway, after we won 2-0 at

0:09:50 > 0:09:56Hull, the team plays well, we were at the high level and I think

0:09:56 > 0:09:59straightaway, the mentality of the players were like, hold on, this

0:09:59 > 0:10:05system works well, it fits every player, everyone felt really

0:10:05 > 0:10:08comfortable in that system and from there, we just took off and nothing

0:10:08 > 0:10:14would stop it.Kind of brings me round to this season. There are a

0:10:14 > 0:10:18lot of mutters that the players are not happy because they have to train

0:10:18 > 0:10:22too hard, is there new truth to this?No, no. Not at all. The only

0:10:22 > 0:10:26thing that we can say is that last year there was no Champions League,

0:10:26 > 0:10:32and it is a real truth, and we know, you know, I know that it's, it is

0:10:32 > 0:10:35tough when wow are involved in the Champions League, you know, when you

0:10:35 > 0:10:41have the whole week to train, hiss methods and the fitness coach, you

0:10:41 > 0:10:46know, his mentality is very Italian mentality, we have to run and be

0:10:46 > 0:10:49fit, and recover well, but this year, because of the Champions

0:10:49 > 0:10:53League, we are not having that much time, because every three came --

0:10:53 > 0:10:56days you cannot play on the Wednesday, play Saturday and

0:10:56 > 0:11:00Thursday, what you are going to run? It is impossible, you need to

0:11:00 > 0:11:05recover, you need to be well back for the weekend, so that is not

0:11:05 > 0:11:09true.There have been times when you have not been first choice, how

0:11:09 > 0:11:13frustrating is that for someone that lives to play so much?Well, to be

0:11:13 > 0:11:20honest, last year was the first time really, that I, I wasn't first

0:11:20 > 0:11:25choice, and it was tough. It was tough. I will not deny that, because

0:11:25 > 0:11:31when you play 13 year, you know, at the top and you've always been very

0:11:31 > 0:11:36important do your coaches and to the team and all of a sudden you feel

0:11:36 > 0:11:41like, well, you are not even nearly part of the team, because for a few

0:11:41 > 0:11:47games I wasn't even involved, and then, I said listen, I complain and

0:11:47 > 0:11:52I moan and I cry, or, I show this manager that I am the best here and

0:11:52 > 0:11:57that I can play, maybe it is true his style when it first came it is

0:11:57 > 0:12:01not the most suitable to me, maybe, but I will adapt and work hard to

0:12:01 > 0:12:04make him see I am very important for this team and that is what happened

0:12:04 > 0:12:09and the second part of the season, when I had my chance I took it, and

0:12:09 > 0:12:16since then, until today I played every single game.

0:12:16 > 0:12:22Iniesta, this is it. That is goal. Spain have surely won the World Cup.

0:12:22 > 0:12:26You have won the World Cup, European Championship, league, cups

0:12:26 > 0:12:31everywhere, what was the greatest, must be the World Cup, I suppose,

0:12:31 > 0:12:37coming, creating the goal as well. Well.Well done Fabregas.That must

0:12:37 > 0:12:43be some feeling.That is the best I have ever had. Being involved in

0:12:43 > 0:12:49that final, and changing the game, how I helped it to happen, and be

0:12:49 > 0:12:52involved in that goal, and when the referee whistles the end of the

0:12:52 > 0:12:57game.Try and describe that.I can't. I swear I can't. It is just,

0:12:57 > 0:13:04it was such a relief, it was such a, a proud moment, how lucky I am. I

0:13:04 > 0:13:10cannot believe it I am here. We are all crying like baby, the first

0:13:10 > 0:13:18person I see is Xavi. He had won everything. He was crying, hugging.

0:13:18 > 0:13:22It was a really special moment. I don't think anything can come close

0:13:22 > 0:13:26to this. It's Spain. European champions.

0:13:26 > 0:13:31World Champions. You are in your 30s now.Yes.How

0:13:31 > 0:13:36would you like to end your career, here or...?I don't know and I don't

0:13:36 > 0:13:41want to think about it because every time I make plans, they never go the

0:13:41 > 0:13:48way I want. So I just get op with it, whatever comes comes,I must say

0:13:48 > 0:13:52if they are not going the way you want they have had an extraordinary

0:13:52 > 0:13:56career, I don't know what you want. You have won everything, there is

0:13:56 > 0:13:59one major competition you haven't won, the Champions League.Correct.

0:13:59 > 0:14:05Is that the one you need to tick off?I would love to, I am, it is

0:14:05 > 0:14:10not an obsession s obviously, I've won things that I could never

0:14:10 > 0:14:15imagined, but it is a thing that it's, it is here, you know, I keep

0:14:15 > 0:14:22it, and I would love to win it in one year, so hopefully with Chelsea.

0:14:22 > 0:14:26Don't play well, and it has been really interesting talking to you.

0:14:26 > 0:14:30Thank you. Really interesting to hear from Cesc

0:14:30 > 0:14:34Fabregas at this stage of his career, been through so many great

0:14:34 > 0:14:39club, won so much and still, agonising over things that go wrong,

0:14:39 > 0:14:44want to adapt his game and reach the highest heightsThe fact he wants to

0:14:44 > 0:14:48adapt his game or has to, a new Mag has come any thought that was

0:14:48 > 0:14:52fascinating. I felt that right at the top of the game, the players

0:14:52 > 0:14:57like Cesc Fabregas have a mentality of I am fan fab I have won World

0:14:57 > 0:15:03Cups if you are coming to manager me we will do it my way. For him to

0:15:03 > 0:15:06understand Antonio Conte came in, he was sat on the bench. It wasn't I am

0:15:06 > 0:15:11going to spit my dummy out, it was what can I do to get back in the

0:15:11 > 0:15:15side. He probably worked harder and went on to lift the trophy again,

0:15:15 > 0:15:21and, that, that was fascinating to me, I have to say.

0:15:21 > 0:15:25And I hope in a way it's kind of how you would expect top sports people

0:15:25 > 0:15:29to be. He went always find everyone wants to do everything around you

0:15:29 > 0:15:34but his relationship with his managing -- his managers is

0:15:34 > 0:15:40interesting, isn't it?He has won two European Championships and a

0:15:40 > 0:15:43World Cup, countless titles and he has sleepless nights because the

0:15:43 > 0:15:50dodgy six months with Jose Mourinho. Have a sleeping pill, get over it!

0:15:50 > 0:15:55Maybe that is why I am not a footballer. I'm so impressed by that

0:15:55 > 0:16:00drive, to have that. I was amazed he is only 30, he clearly still has

0:16:00 > 0:16:05back inside him.He didn't have a great week in Europe and neither did

0:16:05 > 0:16:09Chelsea. Not a particularly straightforward season for them so

0:16:09 > 0:16:14far. What is the crux of what has not gone right for them so far?It's

0:16:14 > 0:16:19quite simple, I think, when you look at Leicester when they won the

0:16:19 > 0:16:23league, they didn't have any European football. They fell into a

0:16:23 > 0:16:27rhythm of training, play at the weekend, and Chelsea did exactly the

0:16:27 > 0:16:32same thing last year, no European football to worry about, found their

0:16:32 > 0:16:36rhythm and went on to win the league fairly comfortably. This year, all

0:16:36 > 0:16:41of those issues are out there in terms of training schedules, players

0:16:41 > 0:16:44getting more injuries, has Antonio Conte not really found the balance

0:16:44 > 0:16:49between pushing the players and resting them?Can take and Havard

0:16:49 > 0:16:58haven't been the players they were last year either?True, Hazard

0:16:58 > 0:17:01didn't have a great pre-season. That is needed when you are getting into

0:17:01 > 0:17:05the rhythm of things. I just don't like to hear these kind of leaks

0:17:05 > 0:17:09that are coming out of the club. When I hear things like players

0:17:09 > 0:17:13aren't happy with the training schedules and Antonio Conte is

0:17:13 > 0:17:16having to defend it, I didn't hear any of that when they won the

0:17:16 > 0:17:20league, so it worries me to hear it now.Does it mean you don't have the

0:17:20 > 0:17:25right players?It shows how imperative -- how competitive the

0:17:25 > 0:17:30Premier league is now that they are the champions and yet man city are

0:17:30 > 0:17:38incredible, Manchester United have becoming credible under Jose

0:17:38 > 0:17:46Mourinho and if you stay still, you will end up faith, which shows just

0:17:46 > 0:17:52how good the Premier league is.I wonder which Chelsea we will see at

0:17:52 > 0:17:55the weekend against Manchester United. Jose Mourinho does not care

0:17:55 > 0:18:01if he has a dull victory, if he has more points at the end of the

0:18:01 > 0:18:04season, he doesn't care what the swashbuckling side across the city

0:18:04 > 0:18:07are doing.He had his way of managing and his style which is that

0:18:07 > 0:18:11he will look at the fixture list, his games away from home, as he did

0:18:11 > 0:18:15when he went to Anfield and thought, I need to get a result here. We

0:18:15 > 0:18:22don't have to play the game to win well, as he did against Spurs. That

0:18:22 > 0:18:29was a must win game. I think this is nightmare game for Antonio Conte. I

0:18:29 > 0:18:32can see them making it very frustrating for them, possibly

0:18:32 > 0:18:38nicking a win because Chelsea aren't in great form.He is such a

0:18:38 > 0:18:43pragmatist. And that shushing thing. He is a character. I don't even know

0:18:43 > 0:18:47who the real Jose Mourinho is. He seems to be playing a role.I

0:18:47 > 0:18:51personally love it. It's a very liberal way of putting a coat of

0:18:51 > 0:19:01armour on, isn't it?It was 1-1 wins for Manchester United and Chelsea

0:19:01 > 0:19:04last week but here is what health has been going on in the last seven

0:19:04 > 0:19:06days.

0:19:11 > 0:19:19Silber has Walker wide. Walker, a tap in for Raheem Sterling. Another

0:19:19 > 0:19:24wonderfully well worked goal. 28 points from a possible 30. What an

0:19:24 > 0:19:31opening this has been for Pep Guardiola's side.Oh, it soon. Aaron

0:19:31 > 0:19:40Ramsey. Three points for the gunners on the 800th match of Arsene

0:19:40 > 0:19:43Wenger's Premier league career. There is more to come from us and

0:19:43 > 0:19:55this is what we want.What a finish. A big embrace for his friend.

0:19:55 > 0:20:04Liverpool back to winning ways. Antonio, a poor delivery.Easily

0:20:04 > 0:20:13back to Speroni. Saha can't find a way in. Can he? Oh my word, he does.

0:20:13 > 0:20:192-0 down at the break, Crystal Palace bring it back to 2-2.We are

0:20:19 > 0:20:27gutted. We can't concede a goal like this.There is great, was being

0:20:27 > 0:20:33impeded by Davis but still got free. And away from Rooney. And he picks

0:20:33 > 0:20:42out Mahrez. What a goal that is! Finished by Jamie Vardy. Claude Puel

0:20:42 > 0:20:46must be thinking he has inherited one heck of a side if they can do

0:20:46 > 0:20:51that.I think, I don't know, never perfect but it was interesting to

0:20:51 > 0:21:04see that.Here is good Manson, he shoots, save, I really good save.

0:21:04 > 0:21:11Into the mix once again. Crosby! He scores. Burnley break the deadlock.

0:21:11 > 0:21:17Three points that move them up to within three of the top six.It's a

0:21:17 > 0:21:22nice looking October. Like I say, it's not a sprint, it's a marathon.

0:21:22 > 0:21:32Sean Dyche marking his five-year anniversary at Burnley with that win

0:21:32 > 0:21:36over their opponents. Surely five years gets you a statue with the way

0:21:36 > 0:21:40things are in the Premier league?It has been remarkable what he had done

0:21:40 > 0:21:46in the five years, that is what is special. The fact he took them up

0:21:46 > 0:21:50and when they came down for a year, the owners stayed with him and I

0:21:50 > 0:21:53think that was special. That has enabled him to have the stature he

0:21:53 > 0:21:59has now. If he does go, it will hurt them but he will for ever be thought

0:21:59 > 0:22:03of in a good light.He is being linked with every job going at the

0:22:03 > 0:22:08moment. The one that seems to be sticking at the moment is evident.

0:22:08 > 0:22:13It won't be a huge surprise to Everton fans because he has been so

0:22:13 > 0:22:18coveted but it would almost put him be a risky move to leave the club

0:22:18 > 0:22:24where he is so segmented and settled?Maybe he is too

0:22:24 > 0:22:28comfortable, maybe at ever ten the club will tell him to clear his

0:22:28 > 0:22:35throat. Maybe that is the movie needs. Needs Bill Kenwright to say,

0:22:35 > 0:22:41Abbas Tapsell, maybe gargle. He has been so good at Burnley but in the

0:22:41 > 0:22:47current climate you only get ten or 12 games, so it must be a very

0:22:47 > 0:22:52appealing move to such a big club, but a risk.And Manchester City, can

0:22:52 > 0:22:57we get a word on them? The talk now is can they go a season unbeaten and

0:22:57 > 0:23:00Kevin De Bruyne has told us it's much harder than when Arsenal did

0:23:00 > 0:23:06it. Don't expect that.Should that be a name for them? I don't think it

0:23:06 > 0:23:10will be an aim for them at the moment. Not at this stage of the

0:23:10 > 0:23:20season. I think he right as well, I don't think they can go a whole

0:23:20 > 0:23:23season unbeaten. They are playing some of the best football we have

0:23:23 > 0:23:25ever seen in the Premier league. Arsenal did it, Manchester United

0:23:25 > 0:23:28managed it and this Manchester City side show out just as much.They are

0:23:28 > 0:23:33such an exciting team to watch, I love them.I loved hearing Pep

0:23:33 > 0:23:37Guardiola saying that he realised he had to score at least three before

0:23:37 > 0:23:44he can take his foot of the gas.He needs to start shushing people.And

0:23:44 > 0:23:49a quick word, Jermaine, I know it wasn't Premier League, but that

0:23:49 > 0:23:53victory over row Madrid for Tottenham? It was absolutely

0:23:53 > 0:23:58remarkable. They went to Dortmund a couple of years ago and kind of

0:23:58 > 0:24:02failed that test. Last year in the Champions League, it didn't go well

0:24:02 > 0:24:05either. This was a chance for Moritz Pochettino to look at his squad and

0:24:05 > 0:24:10say this is what I've built, this is what I am proud of, and they could

0:24:10 > 0:24:14go on from here. It could be the clicking point were Dele Alli as

0:24:14 > 0:24:20well?I think we are being a bit harsh on him.Not harsh, I am just

0:24:20 > 0:24:24suggesting we could bring him back to the standards of last year.Yes,

0:24:24 > 0:24:30this will only do good for his confidence so I would expect more

0:24:30 > 0:24:32going forward.

0:24:32 > 0:24:34Following a 34 year exile from the top flight,

0:24:34 > 0:24:36Brighton & Hove Albion are experiencing their first ever

0:24:36 > 0:24:37Premier League campaign.

0:24:37 > 0:24:40After a slow start, the Seagulls have taken flight,

0:24:40 > 0:24:42and one man central to that is Irish defender Shane Duffy.

0:25:00 > 0:25:04We've surprised a few teams already so far and a lot of pundits out

0:25:04 > 0:25:05there felt they didn't

0:25:05 > 0:25:07so far and a lot of pundits out there felt they didn't expect us to

0:25:07 > 0:25:10do so well so far and we are just taking it game by game and not

0:25:10 > 0:25:15getting ahead of ourselves.Brighton are going to win away in the Premier

0:25:15 > 0:25:21league for the time.To be where you are in the table after ten games,

0:25:21 > 0:25:25that goes to show how could you actually are.It's just a belief in

0:25:25 > 0:25:29the squad, I think. From the manager, we believe as well we have

0:25:29 > 0:25:33got a good squad. The last couple of years where everyone knows each

0:25:33 > 0:25:37other and he has brought in a couple of good signings that has helped us

0:25:37 > 0:25:41this season. It's a tough league and as easy in the points, it's not a

0:25:41 > 0:25:44massive difference between the bottom three and where we are, so

0:25:44 > 0:25:49we've got to keep ahead of ourselves and with Swansea, who's next, or

0:25:49 > 0:25:53even if it's Manchester United or Manchester City, we have got to take

0:25:53 > 0:25:58them as seriously as if it's Swansea and that's what we're doing. It's a

0:25:58 > 0:26:02game we think we can win and we've got to go their positive and try to

0:26:02 > 0:26:05get three points.To be playing back in the Premier league. Did you think

0:26:05 > 0:26:10he would be playing at this level again?You always have doubts

0:26:10 > 0:26:14because it's so difficult to get back in the league, you think, can I

0:26:14 > 0:26:19get back? But I was believed in my head that I could, given the

0:26:19 > 0:26:23opportunity, and I'm back where I was before I was 18 and it's been a

0:26:23 > 0:26:31great start to the season. There's a long way to go now.

0:26:31 > 0:26:34They'll be more of that interview with Shane Duffie with Juliette

0:26:34 > 0:26:39Ferrington asking the questions on Saturday. He has been important to

0:26:39 > 0:26:43them this season. What have you may generally of Brighton's Premier

0:26:43 > 0:26:48league live so far?I think that Chris Hughton has settled them in

0:26:48 > 0:26:52very well indeed. He gives them that ability to kind of see what is

0:26:52 > 0:26:56happening and decide whether they want to attack and open up or

0:26:56 > 0:26:59whether they want to stay and defend and try to make points. Sometimes he

0:26:59 > 0:27:08gets criticised for it but it is working for them.Of course, they

0:27:08 > 0:27:11are up against your team this weekend.Swansea, I should say, in

0:27:11 > 0:27:13case you didn't know. It's a big month because we are playing

0:27:13 > 0:27:20Brighton, Burnley and Bournemouth. We need to start picking some points

0:27:20 > 0:27:24up because I think we are realistically one of those seven or

0:27:24 > 0:27:27eight clubs that are in the relegation battle.With the likes of

0:27:27 > 0:27:34Brighton.Yes, so I am absolutely gutted that they are doing all right

0:27:34 > 0:27:41and I am also so gutted about losing to Ireland. I couldn't watch that

0:27:41 > 0:27:48interview, I am sorry.

0:27:48 > 0:27:50So it's Brighton for Swansea this Saturday...

0:27:50 > 0:27:52But the Premier League weekend kicks off in the Potteries

0:27:52 > 0:27:54as Claude Puel seeks to extend his perfect

0:27:54 > 0:27:54start with Leicester.

0:27:54 > 0:27:55start with Leicester.

0:27:55 > 0:27:58At 3 o'clock, West Brom will seek a first win in nine matches

0:27:58 > 0:28:00when they travel to Huddersfield, while Burnley visit Southampton

0:28:00 > 0:28:03aiming to move into the top six ahead of Liverpool's tea time trip

0:28:07 > 0:28:09Plenty of fireworks in store on a bumper

0:28:09 > 0:28:11Sunday that features four games, including those heavyweight

0:28:11 > 0:28:12clashes at the Etihad and Stamford Bridge.

0:28:12 > 0:28:15A big day too for Everton as they look to move themselves

0:28:15 > 0:28:16out of the bottom three.

0:28:16 > 0:28:19And it's also a busy weekend of FA Cup action -

0:28:19 > 0:28:22our first round coverage kicks off on BBC 2 tomorrow night

0:28:22 > 0:28:24as non-league Hyde United seek to upset the MK Dons.

0:28:24 > 0:28:25That's all for this week.

0:28:25 > 0:28:28Don't forget, if you missed anything then you can find

0:28:28 > 0:28:29the show on the iPlayer.

0:28:29 > 0:28:31Thanks to Jermaine and Elis.

0:28:31 > 0:28:37Who appeared to get on well.I thought so. High hopes for him. I

0:28:37 > 0:28:42think he's got a lot going for him. High praise indeed.

0:28:42 > 0:28:44We'll be on Tyneside next Thursday, and Newcastle captains past

0:28:44 > 0:28:46and present will meet when Alan Shearer interviews

0:28:46 > 0:28:47Jamaal Lascelles.

0:28:47 > 0:28:50Until then, enjoy an exciting Premier League weekend on the BBC.

0:28:50 > 0:28:50Goodbye.