:00:11. > :00:48.Hello, welcome to match of the day to extra. -- Match Of The Day 2. We
:00:49. > :00:56.will look at the weekend's football. The match is already underway at
:00:57. > :01:00.White Hart Lane. It is goalless. The other contenders are jostling for
:01:01. > :01:08.position. Later we have Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea
:01:09. > :01:23.in action. We are joined by John Mortensen, a Liverpool defender and
:01:24. > :01:32.the football writer. Get in touch. You can contact us on Twitter or the
:01:33. > :01:43.BBC sport website. Is one of the stories of the week Arsenal? It has
:01:44. > :01:53.got to be. For people who say it will not last, you have to remember
:01:54. > :01:58.that Arsenal are in a good position. Things would not necessarily
:01:59. > :02:05.collapse because of injury. I think they have got a great chance. They
:02:06. > :02:14.are talking about buying a striker enemy. I think the win so many
:02:15. > :02:22.games. I think everyone is kidding themselves if they think they can
:02:23. > :02:29.get close. Players being ill and players in a variety of positions.
:02:30. > :02:37.One of the matches of the day yesterday was at Upton Park.
:02:38. > :02:41.Absolutely. Midweek as well. That was the game full needed to see
:02:42. > :02:46.whether they could raise their game against West Ham and they
:02:47. > :02:52.categorically didn't. Everything about that game suggested they are a
:02:53. > :02:59.club just not going anywhere. The ball went into the back of the net
:03:00. > :03:06.at White Hart Lane. Tottenham have not scored many goals this season
:03:07. > :03:11.but they have got one against the champions today. Kyle Walker with a
:03:12. > :03:16.free kick from the edge of the area. Hard and low through the Manchester
:03:17. > :03:30.United wall. Tottenham leading by a goal to nil. I am watching the game
:03:31. > :03:36.with Mark Wright. Wright from the start the Tottenham players and fans
:03:37. > :03:44.where not fret. Absolutely. There was a clumsy challenge on the end of
:03:45. > :03:49.the box. It was literally impossible to get it up and down so Walker
:03:50. > :04:00.drove it low into the back of the net. A couple of things to come out
:04:01. > :04:09.of that. It was not the first clumsy challenge that Manchester United
:04:10. > :04:22.have committed. Smalling and Jones are Leon. The interesting thing
:04:23. > :04:30.about that is, can it give Spurs the impetus to attack with pace? There
:04:31. > :04:36.was a really good comment in terms of the wall and jumping. The free
:04:37. > :04:45.kick at the 18 yards box is difficult. Another five yards out
:04:46. > :04:54.you just stand there. Isn't it normally that the wall jumps? I do
:04:55. > :04:58.not think you jump so close. The degree of difficulty is bigger in
:04:59. > :05:05.terms of scoring. Another five yards there is no doubt about it. When it
:05:06. > :05:11.is so close, it is a non-believable skill to get it up and over. For a
:05:12. > :05:22.few minutes it has listed the cloud. It is the first time that
:05:23. > :05:34.United have been any renewed the penalty area. The manager is a
:05:35. > :05:40.genius at the moment. He has no clear to go at the moment. In the
:05:41. > :05:48.papers this morning, not on Drever asked, if you take the Sunday Mirror
:05:49. > :06:01.David the favourite to take over at White Hart Lane. You go to another
:06:02. > :06:09.paper it is Capello, other papers have different names. Another paper
:06:10. > :06:27.asked all the reporters and pundits and nine out of nine said they think
:06:28. > :06:35.Villas Boa will be in the job at the end of the season. It clearly isn't
:06:36. > :06:44.what it all might be. Some players have not been signed. There was talk
:06:45. > :06:51.of another team asking about a top player. There is something to it.
:06:52. > :06:59.But I think there is a little bit of usual suspects about the names that
:07:00. > :07:07.keep getting targeted. He probably still does not know his best team at
:07:08. > :07:13.the moment. If he wins today it will be somebody else tomorrow. The
:07:14. > :07:18.subject of house-buyers have played and the lack of goals has been
:07:19. > :07:22.discussed all season but the position of the manager was not
:07:23. > :07:29.debated until a freak result at Manchester City. I think that is
:07:30. > :07:37.right. Things have come out about his relationships with the players.
:07:38. > :07:43.It is not the lot of flexibility. It did not really come out until then.
:07:44. > :07:48.There really are problems about the way they played football. They have
:07:49. > :07:57.a striker who responds to other players. People react to that. He is
:07:58. > :08:05.just waiting up there not receiving the ball. The thing about that, if
:08:06. > :08:12.you look at the players starting, they would love to come inside. If
:08:13. > :08:18.you are a striker it is no good. You only have a certain amount of width.
:08:19. > :08:25.When you come around the back of somebody, you are looking there and
:08:26. > :08:31.looking at the players. As far as Manchester United are concerned, you
:08:32. > :08:39.have watched the first 25 minutes. Is it too easy to say there is a
:08:40. > :08:44.difference now? They are starting to resemble a side that could do
:08:45. > :08:54.something this season. I thought they played OK, Bayern Leverkusen
:08:55. > :09:03.had a disappointing home record. On the night they had absolutely
:09:04. > :09:08.nothing. A great result for United. With Madrid or Barcelona do that? I
:09:09. > :09:16.do not think so. There is still a lot of difference to be -- distance
:09:17. > :09:21.to be covered by United. With a 40-year-old be in the midfield of
:09:22. > :09:37.Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid? They say now. There is a
:09:38. > :09:42.transfer window. The only way you can do business with Man United in a
:09:43. > :09:46.window like that is if somebody exceptional comes up. You look at
:09:47. > :09:58.the players they have got. On the bench even. Anderson will be sold at
:09:59. > :10:09.the next available opportunity. I is Ryan Giggs in the? There is no one
:10:10. > :10:19.else. -- why. I think people see the enormity of the task facing Alex
:10:20. > :10:28.Ferguson. We will his top players be in six or 12 months? Get in touch
:10:29. > :10:36.with us. There are 25 minutes gone at White Hart Lane. Spurs one,
:10:37. > :10:42.Manchester United zero. This is the view on the title race from arson
:10:43. > :11:00.vendor. There is an important period coming up. -- Arsene Wenger. If we
:11:01. > :11:07.get ourselves in a good position I think we will have a very successful
:11:08. > :11:14.season. You can only do your job and see what happens after. Once you do
:11:15. > :11:23.your job well you can relax. Someone created in the you think what Gareth
:11:24. > :11:30.Veal did last season, Aaron Ramsey is doing this season? I take the
:11:31. > :11:38.point. It is kind of similar. Ramsey has just fulfilled the challenge and
:11:39. > :11:44.potential that Arsenal thought they were getting when they signed him.
:11:45. > :11:49.His confidence took a huge knock with the injury sustained against
:11:50. > :11:56.Stoke. Now he is playing out of his skin. There are other players coming
:11:57. > :12:03.in behind him. That midfield is working. The seems to be a
:12:04. > :12:11.partnership that was not really in evidence last year. On the defence,
:12:12. > :12:19.look at Arsenal this season. They are a lot more consistent. The
:12:20. > :12:28.atmosphere they would have felt if Campbell had equalised with have
:12:29. > :12:36.been a lot difference. Centre backs do not get tested to often. That is
:12:37. > :12:44.why they are winning games. How interesting the game will be a week
:12:45. > :12:48.next Saturday. When they played at old Trafford, Arsenal, they were
:12:49. > :12:58.disappointing. They wear a bit reticent. The manager said it was
:12:59. > :13:05.the sense of occasion. There was a bug flying about as well. And beware
:13:06. > :13:11.at Dortmund on the Wednesday. The interchange of those midfield
:13:12. > :13:17.players, you talk about strength and depth of the midfield but what they
:13:18. > :13:25.do, they fill in for each other. When the game is underway, it is
:13:26. > :13:36.incredibly difficult. Khuram Sheikh they are all comfortable anywhere.
:13:37. > :13:41.They are interchangeable. A typical team which is very comfortable on
:13:42. > :13:47.the ball. They play football, Arsenal, like an international team
:13:48. > :13:57.should play football. When people keep the ball and get confidence, we
:13:58. > :14:00.make the runs. Let me get the vote for this afternoon. Aaron Ramsey
:14:01. > :14:08.looked miserable when he scored his two goals yesterday. Here is the
:14:09. > :14:28.question, should the player celebrates scoring against their
:14:29. > :14:42.former club? Roberto Soldado was nearly supporting at White Hart
:14:43. > :14:51.Lane. Mark Bright in the penalty area really should have scored. It
:14:52. > :14:56.was an awful mess. I would say he was about seven yards out when he
:14:57. > :15:04.receives the return pass and blazes it over and why. There was lack of
:15:05. > :15:16.confidence, that it was a goal all day long. Another chance coming and
:15:17. > :15:23.all the way across and behind for a Manchester United goal kick. They
:15:24. > :15:30.are under pressure. That should have been to. It is interesting to see
:15:31. > :15:33.Tottenham are playing on the break and in the last couple of
:15:34. > :15:40.opportunities they have created very good chances. Let's move on to
:15:41. > :15:46.Chelsea against Southampton. You will be able to listen to this one
:15:47. > :15:50.on BBC radio five live. Another defeat to Basle, but Jose Mourinho
:15:51. > :15:57.says he is not worried about his team. A one goal situation is fine.
:15:58. > :16:04.If I forget the performance from the last match, our situation is fine.
:16:05. > :16:12.We are a close distance to the leader. We are qualified for the
:16:13. > :16:23.last 16 in the Champions League. We are OK. Our situation is OK. We have
:16:24. > :16:26.to improve stability in our game. We have to improve expectations and
:16:27. > :16:34.individually we have to improve, especially with the younger players.
:16:35. > :16:43.But we are OK. We are going straight back to White Hart Lane. Spurs were
:16:44. > :16:48.on top. They had two great chances to go further ahead. Wayne Rooney
:16:49. > :16:53.has scored. It was terrible defending from Tottenham and Kyle
:16:54. > :17:01.Walker in particular. I cannot believe what I have just seen. He
:17:02. > :17:06.takes the pace of it and it was a lay-off to Wayne Rooney who poked it
:17:07. > :17:11.straight into the back of the net. It has gone quiet inside the
:17:12. > :17:19.stadium. Spurs should be leading by 3-1 at least. When you see Phil
:17:20. > :17:26.Jones do what he did then, why can they not be a central midfield? He
:17:27. > :17:36.is a better player at centre-back. It was a fantastic lay-off by Walker
:17:37. > :17:45.for Wayne Rooney. And Manchester United are not getting fellow uni.
:17:46. > :17:50.They see him as a central defender. You see the quality of that delivery
:17:51. > :17:55.and they miss somebody who can deliver you with quality from the
:17:56. > :18:01.right. Going on about Wayne Rooney. If you think back to the summer when
:18:02. > :18:09.you think about was he going to stay or was he settled and David Moyes
:18:10. > :18:14.made a remark about needing him in case of Robin van Persie. But now it
:18:15. > :18:18.has happened because Robin van Persie is not there and Wayne Rooney
:18:19. > :18:25.is taking on the major striking responsibility and he is playing out
:18:26. > :18:30.of his skin. This is not a great fixture for Chelsea to come back to
:18:31. > :18:38.after what happened during the week. It is such a contrast between the
:18:39. > :18:50.philosophies. There is a lot of stuff from Mauricio Pochettino in
:18:51. > :18:56.the weekday players -- press. You set that against Jose Mourinho who
:18:57. > :19:00.has said in the papers again this morning it is too big a club to be
:19:01. > :19:08.able to put the English lads in. For the purists you would say let's hope
:19:09. > :19:12.that Southampton prevails. There are not too many problems at Chelsea
:19:13. > :19:17.because they have got so many players. I was at tile on Friday and
:19:18. > :19:22.they were talking about the players and they were all raving about the
:19:23. > :19:29.Saints. They are just all together and they all play for each other.
:19:30. > :19:33.There is an energy and a positivity about Southhampton that you could
:19:34. > :19:40.argue is lacking at Chelsea at the moment. Jose Mourinho has said some
:19:41. > :19:47.of his players are tired. Why do you say that? It strikes me with Jose
:19:48. > :19:53.Mourinho we all loved him at first and he used to say things like this.
:19:54. > :20:02.We look at him and say, any more excuses you can come up this week
:20:03. > :20:08.with? I think it is born out of frustration. I think he thought he
:20:09. > :20:13.had a better team than he has got. The Chelsea supporters are still
:20:14. > :20:18.confused about his attitude towards Juana matter. He does not seem to be
:20:19. > :20:25.keen on him any more. He has not played since December or November
:20:26. > :20:29.the 4th. Do you buy into what he said that at a bigger club you
:20:30. > :20:34.cannot bring the British talent through like they can at
:20:35. > :20:39.Southhampton? I do not think it is the case at all. It is all about the
:20:40. > :20:45.manager having the belief as Mauricio Pochettino said. Some of us
:20:46. > :20:54.may have thought our players ready, and look at the force of nature they
:20:55. > :21:02.come out to be. Sometimes you do not know presumably until they are on
:21:03. > :21:09.the field. The class of 92. It is relevant with the class of 92. But
:21:10. > :21:24.Jose Mourinho is all about today. He is not a manager that is going to
:21:25. > :21:30.clamp up. I think it's why Jose Mourinho is all about Jose Mourinho.
:21:31. > :21:34.There is no way Chelsea can produce a classic 92 because they have not
:21:35. > :21:42.had many English players come through the academy. There are a
:21:43. > :21:50.whole host of players still out on loan. Ian has sent a text saying,
:21:51. > :21:53.how do you think the FA should react to the inflammatory comments made by
:21:54. > :22:00.the whole city owner in the Independent today, which is Richard
:22:01. > :22:06.Rae, who has interviewed the owner of whole. The headline is
:22:07. > :22:13.astonishing. It says, I do not mind them singing city until they die,
:22:14. > :22:20.they can die as soon as they want. It is hugely inflammatory. The
:22:21. > :22:26.background is his desire to make Hull city into the whole city
:22:27. > :22:30.Tigers. He is the owner of the football club. It demonstrates the
:22:31. > :22:34.real problem clubs like Hull and Cardiff have where they want to be
:22:35. > :22:38.in the premier late and they want somebody with the money to get them
:22:39. > :22:42.there and when that individual gets them there and they want to make
:22:43. > :22:48.changes to the name and the kit, they are hostage to fortune and that
:22:49. > :22:53.individual. We have an ongoing problem with overseas owners, not
:22:54. > :22:57.necessarily all of them, but there is a different conception as to what
:22:58. > :23:02.football means and the legacy and the supporters and the history that
:23:03. > :23:07.goes through their families, which is understood by people who have
:23:08. > :23:13.grown up with it, but not by chairman and owners who have come in
:23:14. > :23:17.in the last few years. Changing Cardiff's kit to read went down
:23:18. > :23:21.badly with many fans. They did not complain when they went into the
:23:22. > :23:27.Premier League. I think they are still complaining. They are happy to
:23:28. > :23:35.be in the Premier League, but they are upset at their heritage being
:23:36. > :23:39.taken away. It is about foreign owners against British owners.
:23:40. > :23:48.Southhampton's owners it is talked about them is how to do it. We all
:23:49. > :23:56.agreed that they are good owners. It is hard for the Premier League. This
:23:57. > :24:01.guy, his biographical background is a working-class lad made good. You
:24:02. > :24:10.cannot apply a fit and proper person test to somebody like this. Money
:24:11. > :24:21.makes the rules, that is what is happening. Good afternoon, Phil. It
:24:22. > :24:26.looks like a glorious afternoon in whole. Do you have sympathy with the
:24:27. > :24:34.whole city fans and the fact they want to stay as Hull city and not
:24:35. > :24:39.the Tigers? I think so. It is a strange atmosphere at the stadium at
:24:40. > :24:44.the moment. It is not one where you come to the stadium on a match day
:24:45. > :24:49.and you expect that level of excitement and expectancy. It is not
:24:50. > :24:54.really in the air at the moment. There is an animosity in the air at
:24:55. > :24:59.the moment if truth be known. I have got a few fans who have said things
:25:00. > :25:04.to me walking from the car park into the media room. I was given the
:25:05. > :25:09.information about the article in the Independent and it is quite scary
:25:10. > :25:14.and scandalous, if truth be known. These owners who come into the game,
:25:15. > :25:20.and you have mentioned a few and John Motson makes a great point,
:25:21. > :25:23.about being fit and proper, but not understanding the heritage of
:25:24. > :25:28.football in this country. It is not just the heritage in the Premier
:25:29. > :25:31.League and of making money because the Premier League provides that, it
:25:32. > :25:38.is about understanding the needs of the fans. You cannot say what this
:25:39. > :25:43.guy said. It is totally not proper. The hard part of this where Steve
:25:44. > :25:48.Bruce is concerned is he has two prepare for a Premier League game
:25:49. > :25:54.and I have been told by many experienced managers who tell me how
:25:55. > :25:59.to manage, it is managing up as opposed to managing down. It is not
:26:00. > :26:04.just managing the players, it is managing the guys above you. What
:26:05. > :26:10.does Steve Bruce do? You know in his heart of hearts that the wrong thing
:26:11. > :26:17.has been said and he has two get that message across. Howell have
:26:18. > :26:21.made a decent start to the season and they are going into a game
:26:22. > :26:26.against Liverpool and they want the crowd to be on their side for that
:26:27. > :26:31.game because they will need the crowd. They do not want the crowd
:26:32. > :26:35.concentrating on picking a fight with the owner, which understandably
:26:36. > :26:41.a lot of them will be doing today. Absolutely. That is 1,000,000%. All
:26:42. > :26:46.I can do is draw on my experiences when we have this wonderful club in
:26:47. > :26:52.the Premier League. It has been said a million times about every other
:26:53. > :26:55.club and the 12th man, but the supporters kept this club in the
:26:56. > :27:01.Premier League in the first season. If you did not have the supporters,
:27:02. > :27:06.there was no chance of the club surviving in that league that
:27:07. > :27:10.season. It is a great point. It has to be understood from all the
:27:11. > :27:17.factions, the people that are in charge, and it is the last thing
:27:18. > :27:21.that Steve Bruce needs, to have a distraction and to come out and play
:27:22. > :27:25.in a difficult game against Liverpool. Three points today and
:27:26. > :27:30.that would be 17 points from 12 or 13 games and you are almost halfway
:27:31. > :27:35.there in terms of your survival campaign and it is an important game
:27:36. > :27:42.and the 12th man is so important. Enjoy the game. If you are a proper
:27:43. > :27:46.supporter and you feel so strongly about it, you protest like mad
:27:47. > :27:50.before the game, then you get behind your team, and if you want to
:27:51. > :27:57.protest after the game you go and protest. The atmosphere might be
:27:58. > :28:06.interesting. There are plans for a real banner campaign, city until we
:28:07. > :28:13.die and the rest of it. They will not allow banners. They tried to
:28:14. > :28:19.take one down last week. Some kind of flair went off and it was kicking
:28:20. > :28:24.off in the crowd. There is a good column on the Independent on Sunday,
:28:25. > :28:31.forgive the promotion! The columnist said forget renaming the club, take
:28:32. > :28:36.the shirt sponsor a way which only brings about 2 million quid to the
:28:37. > :28:42.club and put Tigers on the front of the shirt. What more do you need? I
:28:43. > :28:47.remember what Phil said. I remember how at Old Trafford the last time
:28:48. > :28:51.and what an atmosphere. He is so right about the fans, they made an
:28:52. > :28:59.incredible noise. To jeopardise that is daft. In my opinion he has
:29:00. > :29:04.written a load of nonsense on the Rugby league World Cup, but this
:29:05. > :29:12.column on Hull city is good. Loads of comets have come in on Facebook.
:29:13. > :29:15.Not just from fans either. This man owns the football club, but he does
:29:16. > :29:23.not own the city and he needs kicking out. Tell your hard-core,
:29:24. > :29:27.most loyal customers to die. Genius. Hull city will always be Hull city.
:29:28. > :29:34.Foreign ownership is killing our clubs. As Ian Herbert pointed out,
:29:35. > :29:38.you cannot throw them all in together, foreign owners, because
:29:39. > :29:50.Southhampton and Manchester City do an awful lot for that community. I
:29:51. > :29:58.do not disagree with any of that. But there will come a day when 14 of
:29:59. > :30:07.the 20 clubs would be under foreign ownership. It might not be far away.
:30:08. > :30:13.That is two thirds. At that point they can vote for things and carry
:30:14. > :30:22.them. Like relegation. That is your fear but mine is that we might play
:30:23. > :30:27.in Hong Kong! They tried to bring in the 39th game. Do you share those
:30:28. > :30:36.fears? Khuram Sheikh I do not think I feel so strongly about that as
:30:37. > :30:48.John and Mark. I would imagine, and I do not know the detail, but it
:30:49. > :30:53.does, I do agree that this does reveal to us all that some of these
:30:54. > :31:01.owners just have the fans over a barrel. At Cardiff, he was saying
:31:02. > :31:17.can we have more goals from long range and more throw wins? There was
:31:18. > :31:29.talk that too much had been plagued for Madal. Good luck. -- had been
:31:30. > :31:41.paid. It is half-time at White Hart Lane. Once each. Tottenham will be
:31:42. > :31:49.kicking themselves for not having taken their chances in this first
:31:50. > :31:57.half. Carol Walker in particular will be kicking himself for the goal
:31:58. > :32:07.they conceded. Wayne Rooney stabbed it into the roof of the net. Mark
:32:08. > :32:16.Bright, which way do you see this one going? I can only see it going
:32:17. > :32:22.one way. Manchester United. Spurs have had numerous opportunities.
:32:23. > :32:27.They created more opportunities than anyone else in the Premier league,
:32:28. > :32:40.the convert one goal every 20 chances. The scored a goal early in
:32:41. > :32:43.the game then started to drop deep. Manchester United slightly
:32:44. > :32:50.vulnerable, they could have had a try for another goal. The defending
:32:51. > :32:57.was really sloppy. The ball was knocked down to Rooney and then in
:32:58. > :33:01.the back of the net. Problem missing chances. Manchester United had one
:33:02. > :33:14.good one and he stuck it in the back of the net. Good day when this and
:33:15. > :33:20.close the gap? I think so. The performance Suarez is in at the
:33:21. > :33:26.moment. Manchester City against Swansea, you have got to wish
:33:27. > :33:32.Swansea good luck. They have to keep the score down to something less
:33:33. > :33:42.than six! I am going to cover that game after I finish here. Manchester
:33:43. > :33:48.United average for her game. The problem is not just trying to cater
:33:49. > :33:54.for that but there are two main strikers are now injured. I think
:33:55. > :34:00.Manchester City are probably going to roll them over. I do not mean
:34:01. > :34:09.that as any disrespect to Swansea. They have played quite well away
:34:10. > :34:25.from home this season. They played well against Valencia. There are
:34:26. > :34:30.contrast in strikers. The main man has slipped under the radar as one
:34:31. > :34:38.of the most phenomenal signings of the summer. He is a good provider
:34:39. > :34:43.from the right. He plays white. And he has got the partner up there.
:34:44. > :34:52.We'd asked of them are still playing with one, really. It is the speed of
:34:53. > :34:59.things, the momentum. Arsenal will be a real taste of where they are
:35:00. > :35:05.at. Voting has closed. I will give you the results. If they kiss the
:35:06. > :35:12.badge the first week there is nothing going for them. It should be
:35:13. > :35:20.under what circumstances did you leave the club. If they booted you
:35:21. > :35:26.out you are bound to celebrate. If I had BBS subsections in her it would
:35:27. > :35:40.have taken up all the time. -- previous subsections. Just on the
:35:41. > :35:44.two upfront then. We touched on this on Wednesday night, do you think
:35:45. > :35:53.modern day centre haves are used to coping with two upfront, the strike
:35:54. > :35:59.partnership? They are defenders and that is the way it is. You have got
:36:00. > :36:05.to be able to call. Fullbacks come in. There is absolutely no excuse.
:36:06. > :36:14.If they cannot, they are not good enough. We are talking every week
:36:15. > :36:20.about Martin being under pressure. I will just take one newspaper at
:36:21. > :36:33.random. The Observer sports section says Jolt admits the future is not
:36:34. > :36:39.in his hands. Everything I have read about the Fulham owner is that he is
:36:40. > :36:49.not trigger-happy. Here's more inclined in his other sports
:36:50. > :37:01.franchises to give the guy a goal. All that is said about the players
:37:02. > :37:09.on the bench. Can you imagine the discussion when they brought him in?
:37:10. > :37:15.It would be amazing to know. It would be great to hear what they
:37:16. > :37:24.were saying to the players on the bench yesterday. Presumably as a
:37:25. > :37:31.player the dynamic would be the boss is no longer the box. The thing
:37:32. > :37:36.about Fulham yesterday for me is that the performance was pathetic.
:37:37. > :37:47.Martin Youghal is one of the good guys but he cannot last a couple of
:37:48. > :37:52.more games. Scott Parker was asked about the fighting mentality within
:37:53. > :38:02.the squad. I could see what he was trying to say to be convincing in
:38:03. > :38:08.certain areas. There was not time but I would have liked to hear more
:38:09. > :38:14.from Danny Murphy about Fulham. He was an integral part of the side
:38:15. > :38:18.that played very well since 2001. The team has now been chopped and
:38:19. > :38:24.changed, they have seven different players to the ones that were
:38:25. > :38:29.playing two years ago. I am not sure it is a unit that will have what it
:38:30. > :38:39.takes. There is a very big fixture this week, Fulham versus Tottenham.
:38:40. > :38:45.There are one or two players in the team who are economical with the
:38:46. > :38:53.effort. If you are manager you will turn around and ask about them. They
:38:54. > :38:58.are the problem. The big difference yesterday was when it came to the
:38:59. > :39:04.substitutions and who they could bring on. Alan Dyce was going in
:39:05. > :39:15.with a cloud hanging over his head. The players all made a massive
:39:16. > :39:22.difference. I think they have got some fight about them. They did not
:39:23. > :39:27.look like that the week before when two substitutions were made five
:39:28. > :39:38.minutes before half-time and Joe Cole looked as angry as I have seen
:39:39. > :39:44.him in modern times. West Ham beating Fulham and Norwich beating
:39:45. > :39:50.Crystal Palace, those points make a big difference even at this stage.
:39:51. > :39:59.Talk about West Ham as you wear for a second, it is almost like waiting
:40:00. > :40:05.for Godot. Nobody seems to know when the best player is going to come
:40:06. > :40:10.back. If anybody is going to buy in January it is surely going to be
:40:11. > :40:20.Fulham trying to get a striker. You have got to spend to stay in the
:40:21. > :40:27.Premier league. I was about to say. They will have to spend. Andy
:40:28. > :40:52.Carroll is about to start training? About to, yes. Culture! It is
:40:53. > :41:01.something we have got in the fridge! Now looking at a Spanish teenager.
:41:02. > :41:06.He is an enormous talent. We always knew it would take time for him to
:41:07. > :41:11.get used to the physicality of the British league. He has shown in his
:41:12. > :41:21.last two performances that he wants to help the team. David discipline.
:41:22. > :41:25.-- there is discipline. You can see when he gets on the ball that the
:41:26. > :41:36.code gets excited and something can happen. It highlighted that there is
:41:37. > :41:45.a bit of depth. There are two things about Roberto Martinez. He has done
:41:46. > :41:51.brilliantly in terms of loans in and transfers in and out. When he
:41:52. > :41:57.started they probably had a few too many passes. Straightaway he
:41:58. > :42:06.realised all Donny minute, play a little further up. He has got his
:42:07. > :42:14.rewards. Everton are a good side. One or two of them might be going
:42:15. > :42:24.back. Say sure. That is the only thing. They will have to see if they
:42:25. > :42:34.can replace them. After what Rosie Marie Newell said on Friday. --
:42:35. > :42:44.Jose-Maria Neill. Yes, and what is his relationship with these players?
:42:45. > :42:48.Ross Berkley I thought in the Merseyside derby. The only question
:42:49. > :42:58.for me is when they are up against it a little bit more against tougher
:42:59. > :43:07.opposition, do they have a plan B? They have got United in the week.
:43:08. > :43:14.They have got the Leighton Baines situation to deal with as well, in
:43:15. > :43:20.terms of injury. In Manchester someone said isn't celebrating a
:43:21. > :43:26.goal or not celebrating it this respectful to the team you are
:43:27. > :43:34.playing for? Someone else says it is a ridiculous question! You cannot
:43:35. > :43:40.legislate for feelings, how deeply celebrates is down to how he feels
:43:41. > :43:47.that the time. The question is should a player celebrate when
:43:48. > :43:59.scoring against his former club. 40% said yes, 60% said they should not.
:44:00. > :44:02.Fax for watching and listening, goodbye. -- thanks