0:00:27 > 0:00:29Hello, and welcome to Match Of The Day 2 Extra.
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0:00:35 > 0:00:39Joining me today, former Liverpool midfielder Stephen Warnock,
0:00:39 > 0:00:40former West Ham midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker, and
0:00:40 > 0:00:43the football correspondent of The Telegraph, Jason Burt.
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0:00:51 > 0:00:57Here's what's coming up...
0:00:57 > 0:01:03It has been a bad day for several teams, but who was it worse for?
0:01:03 > 0:01:08West Brom stay rooted to the foot of the table
0:01:08 > 0:01:09after yet another defeat.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11But it doesn't look great for Everton, either -
0:01:11 > 0:01:14they suffer a third loss in four, and the fans aren't happy
0:01:14 > 0:01:15with Sam Allardyce.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Meanwhile, Swansea are out of the relegation zone
0:01:17 > 0:01:19after a mightily impressive home win over West Ham.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23And Whidbey activate's tit games, Brighton versus Arsenal and
0:01:23 > 0:01:28Manchester City against Chelsea.
0:01:28 > 0:01:29Some of the headlines in today's papers...
0:01:29 > 0:01:32The Mail On Sunday suggest that Germany manager Joachim Loew
0:01:32 > 0:01:34is the favourite to replace Arsene Wenger at Arsenal.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37The Sunday Mirror say Pep Guardiola is planning to sign Andres Iniesta
0:01:37 > 0:01:41and the Sunday Telepgraph lead on VAR getting the go-ahead
0:01:41 > 0:01:46from the International Rules Board -
0:01:46 > 0:01:54that could be at the World Cup.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Let's look at the bottom half of the table.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Everton in tenth to Stoke in 19th are separated by only seven points,
0:01:59 > 0:02:00with nine games to go.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03West Brom are adrift of everyone else, they have lost five in a row,
0:02:03 > 0:02:12seven adrift of their nearest team, and they are eight of safety.
0:02:12 > 0:02:17And yet they did not play too badly at Watford yesterday, despite the
0:02:17 > 0:02:22defeat. So, when we discuss Alan Pardew's future, we have to balance
0:02:22 > 0:02:28the performance with the bigger picture?You do, but it is a results
0:02:28 > 0:02:32business, and I think the way he has tried to come in and played
0:02:32 > 0:02:36football, tried to get the ball down and play, completed the opposite to
0:02:36 > 0:02:42what Tony Pulis wanted to do, it had an effect at first where the fans
0:02:42 > 0:02:46took to it, they wanted to see that side of the game but the results
0:02:46 > 0:02:53have not come, so I don't think it has worked, if you are honest. I
0:02:53 > 0:02:55think it is a big ask the West Brom to come back from where they are at
0:02:55 > 0:03:00the moment, you can virtually write them off.So, when we talk about
0:03:00 > 0:03:04Alan Pardew's future, we will hear from him in a moment, in many ways,
0:03:04 > 0:03:10even though he has not been there long, have West Brom left it too
0:03:10 > 0:03:14late?I think so, it is a difficult situation to come in as a manager in
0:03:14 > 0:03:18these situations and inherit a squad, he has to do their best he
0:03:18 > 0:03:22can do with the players available, they tried to bring in Daniel
0:03:22 > 0:03:26Sturridge, I think goal-scoring was a big problem for them, and he got
0:03:26 > 0:03:32injured. I think a word that has been bandied around a lot this week,
0:03:32 > 0:03:34character, it gets to a point where the players have to take more
0:03:34 > 0:03:38responsibility, there has to be that passion coming from the players.
0:03:38 > 0:03:43Sometimes as a manager and coach you can want to motivate the players to
0:03:43 > 0:03:46be successful, to want to do well, but sometimes the players have to
0:03:46 > 0:03:50take that on board and say, we want to do well, we want to stay in the
0:03:50 > 0:03:58Premier League, we don't want to get relegated. It comes
0:04:04 > 0:04:07about when players police their own dressing room, I have experienced it
0:04:07 > 0:04:10at West Ham and other teams, myself and Stephen played at Aston Villa
0:04:10 > 0:04:12and there were times when we, as players, took charge when things
0:04:12 > 0:04:14were not going right.You have played under him, before we bring
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Jason in, does he expect players to police their own dressing room?I
0:04:17 > 0:04:20think so, yes, he likes characters, he likes players with character and
0:04:20 > 0:04:26personality, and a bit of edge. He will do the best he can do, he will
0:04:26 > 0:04:29always back himself, he always believes himself, he is a fighter,
0:04:29 > 0:04:32that is Alan Pardew, but sometimes he likes that to come from the
0:04:32 > 0:04:36players as well, the players he is managing and coaching, he wants
0:04:36 > 0:04:39that, we can do this, we are going to do this, let's get some kind of
0:04:39 > 0:04:46reaction.I think the problem he has got is, when Alan goes into a
0:04:46 > 0:04:49football club, he gets the media reaction, he is very much a manager
0:04:49 > 0:04:54who makes an impact, things happen quickly, turned it round, it is
0:04:54 > 0:04:58often the longer term problems in terms of sustaining that, people
0:04:58 > 0:05:01talked about he has been a streaky manager in the past, wins five games
0:05:01 > 0:05:07and loses five games. That has not happened at all. Discussions at West
0:05:07 > 0:05:12Brom will be, we are going down, do we make the change to get a manager
0:05:12 > 0:05:16in who will get us back up, do we stick with Alan Pardew and see if he
0:05:16 > 0:05:20is a manager to get us back up? The biggest issue of all this, who is
0:05:20 > 0:05:24going to go there anyway? The last few weeks will have been discussing,
0:05:24 > 0:05:32do we get rid of him, at what point do we get rid of him?
0:05:46 > 0:05:50They are going to go down, I think that is it, people will say they
0:05:50 > 0:05:52have to keep fighting but they have to think now of the longer term
0:05:52 > 0:05:55future, do they stick with him as a manager or cut their losses in a
0:05:55 > 0:05:59sense and think, he is not going to be the man to bring us back up and
0:05:59 > 0:06:02we need to make that change now and give us the best chance possible of
0:06:02 > 0:06:05being promoted. I am going to give you all the chance to Aston?!-- to
0:06:05 > 0:06:08answer the question in a moment. But under Alan Pardew they have
0:06:08 > 0:06:09collected the fewest points and scored the fewest goals in that
0:06:09 > 0:06:11time. It is tough but it is not about me,
0:06:11 > 0:06:14it is about West Brom and it is tough for the fans and the players
0:06:14 > 0:06:18to experience gained that are so tight we just cannot get ourselves a
0:06:18 > 0:06:22win. Obviously that is putting us in a very difficult position. We will
0:06:22 > 0:06:27not give up the fight, we will keep going until we get something.What
0:06:27 > 0:06:32would you do? I will get Jason to answer his own question! Because he
0:06:32 > 0:06:39has taken teams up from the championship, yes?Yes, he has.So
0:06:39 > 0:06:45what would you do?We were talking of air and said when you have an
0:06:45 > 0:06:49owner who has not got the best interest of the club at heart, it is
0:06:49 > 0:06:54very difficult to put someone in place, it is almost like the Chinese
0:06:54 > 0:06:58consortium have come in now and they are trying to run the club in a
0:06:58 > 0:07:02certain way. John Williams, who I worked with at Blackburn, is an
0:07:02 > 0:07:06amazing chairman. Suddenly he is taking the flag for party's
0:07:06 > 0:07:10appointment and that is the end of the relationship so he has left the
0:07:10 > 0:07:14club now. It is a very difficult situation for the club and they
0:07:14 > 0:07:18almost need someone who has got the interest of the club to step forward
0:07:18 > 0:07:24and say... I think they have just reappointed someone?The previous
0:07:24 > 0:07:29chief executive...Whether they are looking in the background now with
0:07:29 > 0:07:33Alan and saying, do you want to be here, do you want to take the club
0:07:33 > 0:07:40back up, or do you see it as you cannot do any more at this club?
0:07:40 > 0:07:44Would you keep him and go, you know what, we will give you a chance to
0:07:44 > 0:07:48bring us back up?I think when you look at his record he is more than
0:07:48 > 0:07:53capable of doing it, but I think he will leave the club.I think I would
0:07:53 > 0:08:00honestly keep him. I am a believer in David versus Goliath, I love
0:08:00 > 0:08:03being the underdog and I don't think they are fully done, I think they
0:08:03 > 0:08:07have an opportunity to turn things around. I have never seen the
0:08:07 > 0:08:12Premier League as competitive as it is from bottom to eighth or ninth...
0:08:12 > 0:08:16But when you are losing game after game, where you are looking in the
0:08:16 > 0:08:19changing room or to get the confidence from someone because I
0:08:19 > 0:08:23could be sat next to you and you are feeling even worse than me and the
0:08:23 > 0:08:27guy next to you is feeling even worse, it is difficult for someone
0:08:27 > 0:08:31to lead the team. You mentioned Daniel Sturridge before, when he
0:08:31 > 0:08:34walked in the changing room they probably thought, here is a guy who
0:08:34 > 0:08:42can fire us back of the league, and they lose him after five
0:09:00 > 0:09:03minutes of the first game.What is interesting is the striker they
0:09:03 > 0:09:05wanted was Troy Deeney, he scored the goal yesterday, he is that
0:09:05 > 0:09:07strong character in the dressing room, but they could not get him
0:09:07 > 0:09:11because Watford quite widely said, we are not selling him to one of our
0:09:11 > 0:09:13relegation rivals, and it bit them yesterday. He is the type of
0:09:13 > 0:09:15character Alan Pardew blogs, I think Troy Deeney is one of the best
0:09:15 > 0:09:17characters in the Premier League, he shows that commitment and desire,
0:09:17 > 0:09:21some fans might not like him but he makes you want to watch football, he
0:09:21 > 0:09:23is from that old school generation that really cares.To answer the
0:09:23 > 0:09:25question...It was your question, to be fair!I suspect they will make
0:09:25 > 0:09:29the change. I think they need to look at the work he has done over a
0:09:29 > 0:09:32wall at the club and only they know that. I think public incidents will
0:09:32 > 0:09:34have gone against him such as what happened in Barcelona, that will not
0:09:34 > 0:09:37go well at all in the club, the fact they got rid of the chairman
0:09:37 > 0:09:41suggests they don't have a lot of faith left in the manager either. I
0:09:41 > 0:09:45think what they will do is, if they are going to go down, a few of the
0:09:45 > 0:09:49players will go, they have got clauses in the contract, Jonny Evans
0:09:49 > 0:09:53and so on, I think they might go for a younger manager, try and reboot
0:09:53 > 0:09:58the club, get some younger players in. I would not be surprised if they
0:09:58 > 0:10:00go for someone like Michael Atherton who was at the club before,
0:10:00 > 0:10:05assistant manager at Leicester City, they might be looking at that
0:10:05 > 0:10:09profile going forward to bring them back up.Thank you for your texts
0:10:09 > 0:10:13and tweets. One says, sacking their manager thinking they should be a
0:10:13 > 0:10:17top table club, they should be happy to be in the Premier League. These
0:10:17 > 0:10:20small teams have too much ambition, the Bible should be all, anything
0:10:20 > 0:10:26else is a bonus. They are his words, not mine, West Brom fans!
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Giving fuel is a new contract in the summer and then appointing Pardew
0:10:29 > 0:10:38were the mistakes,
0:10:38 > 0:10:40were the mistakes, he is tactically clueless, his handling of the taxi
0:10:40 > 0:10:41four was shocking. One final question about John
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Williams, somebody being a fantastic chairman. As a player, what do you
0:10:44 > 0:10:48look for in a chairman? As in, why was he a fantastic chairman for you?
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Because, at times, there were players who felt they wanted to
0:10:51 > 0:10:55leave the club to go elsewhere and he backed the manager when the
0:10:55 > 0:10:57manager wanted to keep those players, it was Mark Hughes and
0:10:57 > 0:11:02there were players who wanted to leave, who had ambitions to go to
0:11:02 > 0:11:06other clubs, he stuck by Mark Hughes 100%, he always backed the managers
0:11:06 > 0:11:10when they came in, Sam Allardyce, Paul Ince, he backed them with
0:11:10 > 0:11:16whatever they wanted to do, backed them 100%. If they said, we want to
0:11:16 > 0:11:19go on a warm weather training camp to benefit the players, that is
0:11:19 > 0:11:24fine,
0:11:30 > 0:11:33you are the manager, he gave them sole control of the club and let
0:11:33 > 0:11:37them go on with it because he knew he was not a manager.Have you been
0:11:37 > 0:11:39at clubs where players have known that you could maybe play a chairman
0:11:39 > 0:11:41off against a manager?I haven't myself but I know it happens at
0:11:41 > 0:11:44other clubs and it is a sad thing to see in football because the players
0:11:44 > 0:11:47should not have that power, the players should get on with the job
0:11:47 > 0:11:50in hand and the managers deal with tears and relate to the chairman.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Let's move on to Everton, they are tense but have only 12-macro out of
0:11:53 > 0:11:5611 league games, they were beaten at Birtley yesterday, here is Sam
0:11:56 > 0:12:02Allardyce with Guy Mowbray. Talking about the frustration with
0:12:02 > 0:12:06the fans at the end, do you feel how they feel?They won't believe it but
0:12:06 > 0:12:11I feel worse because it is my responsibility so I go home and say
0:12:11 > 0:12:16to myself, and have been for a while, how do I put this right, then
0:12:16 > 0:12:21set out a plan and do the best but that week's training to show the
0:12:21 > 0:12:25players what they have got to do against each team they come across
0:12:25 > 0:12:33and hope they go out and show their abilities. I think that, for me, to
0:12:33 > 0:12:39see them underperform in the second half, not the first, but the second
0:12:39 > 0:12:45half, is very disappointing for me. But it is my problem to sort it out.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50Everton fans were furious yesterday, particularly in feeling that
0:12:50 > 0:12:54Allardyce didn't necessarily really care, they were judging it on
0:12:54 > 0:12:58whether he laughed at an inappropriate time or smoked in an
0:12:58 > 0:13:03interview, whatever it may be.Can you understand the fans'
0:13:03 > 0:13:06frustrations? Definitely, Everton fans have always been passionate. It
0:13:06 > 0:13:10is not just a football club to them, it is a way of life. You can
0:13:10 > 0:13:15understand how they feel for a club like Everton, I find it puzzling as
0:13:15 > 0:13:18well with the recruiting they have done, the players and the squad, why
0:13:18 > 0:13:23are they in this position? I just don't understand why they are in
0:13:23 > 0:13:25this situation right now and some has gone in there and he has his
0:13:25 > 0:13:28style of play, whether it is working with the players and personal
0:13:28 > 0:13:36present at the club, I don't think it is working at the moment.Do you
0:13:36 > 0:13:39think it is huge mismanagement at the highest level? And I'm not
0:13:39 > 0:13:42talking about Allardyce here, I'm talking about right at the top of
0:13:42 > 0:13:51the club?It is two years last week since the majority shareholder
0:13:51 > 0:13:55became so at Everton and they are no better and have spend an awful lot
0:13:55 > 0:13:58of money and you wonder who is really calling the shots at the top
0:13:58 > 0:14:01of the club. They are trying to progress with the new stadium, Bill
0:14:01 > 0:14:08Kenwright is still chairman, Steve Walsh 's director of football,
0:14:08 > 0:14:11managers come and go, it seems a mission mash, no direction at the
0:14:11 > 0:14:17top of the club. They seem to have wasted a huge amount of money,
0:14:17 > 0:14:21fortunes have been wasted at Everton, and they haven't moved
0:14:21 > 0:14:24forward.You would question the recruitment, what direction are they
0:14:24 > 0:14:28going with the players they have recruited? Are they trying to get a
0:14:28 > 0:14:31more footballing team, are they trying to go for building a
0:14:31 > 0:14:36foundation with players to work with for the next couple of years?When
0:14:36 > 0:14:41they bought those players last summer, I said, how many were top
0:14:41 > 0:14:45four, top five, top six clubs want? They did not buy players that others
0:14:45 > 0:14:48were going for and were paying a premium for them all. Jordan picks
0:14:48 > 0:14:52would you could argue but he would not necessarily be a first choice
0:14:52 > 0:14:57keeper at other clubs so they were spending lots of money.With the
0:14:57 > 0:15:01others are sniffing around Michael Keane?Manchester United were but
0:15:01 > 0:15:04they did not necessarily regard him as a first choice player. You are
0:15:04 > 0:15:07right, he is probably the other player, but they were not fighting
0:15:07 > 0:15:12big clubs to get these players.You look at Klaasen, though, he
0:15:12 > 0:15:17potentially was in the eight Eksteen that was playing well in Europe and
0:15:17 > 0:15:21a lot of teams were looking at him but to come from the Dutch lead to
0:15:21 > 0:15:26the Premier League and do it week in, week out is a massive ask.But
0:15:26 > 0:15:31you bring in Bruni and Klaasen and Sigurdsson, who will play?You bring
0:15:31 > 0:15:35in three Number Ten expert but don't replace the biggest problem, which
0:15:35 > 0:15:38is Lukaku, and everyone is turning around and saying, we would take
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Lukaku back in a heartbeat but I know Everton fans at the time were
0:15:41 > 0:15:45sailing he is not good enough to go to United but they would have him
0:15:45 > 0:15:51back now but still has not replaced the problem. If you are get 60, 70
0:15:51 > 0:15:54million four Lukaku and more, how can you not replacing with a proven
0:15:54 > 0:15:57goal-scorer?
0:15:57 > 0:16:01Here are some of the text messages, Julia says get rid, that smile
0:16:01 > 0:16:04leaving the page says it all. Another, the owner should not have
0:16:04 > 0:16:08appointed him to begin with. Daniel Evans says it may be controversial,
0:16:08 > 0:16:14but Everton could be sucked in easily. There are worse teams, but
0:16:14 > 0:16:19it would not surprise me. Some Everton fans were pointing out
0:16:19 > 0:16:23yesterday, this was the early game, they kept saying, we thought Sam
0:16:23 > 0:16:27Allardyce was a strong defensive coach, and knew how to organise the
0:16:27 > 0:16:31team. There have been lots of games since he has taken over where
0:16:31 > 0:16:36Everton have looked a shambles, defensively?I think the smirk is
0:16:36 > 0:16:42because of that. Almost like, what am I working on in training? I am
0:16:42 > 0:16:45working on things in training and you're not relating it onto the
0:16:45 > 0:16:49pitch. That is what fans are being frustrated about, that smirk. It is
0:16:49 > 0:16:53the thought in his head, I am trying my hardest, but they are not getting
0:16:53 > 0:16:58it on the pitch. That is one of the things that I see. Defensively, he
0:16:58 > 0:17:01is very, very good. I worked with him at Blackburn and the work that
0:17:01 > 0:17:04he carried out on the pitch, you knew where you stood on the pitch,
0:17:04 > 0:17:09you knew what your role and your job was. Those idle errors. The first
0:17:09 > 0:17:12goal, Pickford should be higher from his line. -- the individual errors.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16He should know that anyway, that comes in training. That's knowing
0:17:16 > 0:17:22your job. Then Michael Keane, struggling during the game, I think
0:17:22 > 0:17:31he found it tough going back to Burnley, the boos got to him. But he
0:17:31 > 0:17:34can't deal with individual errors while they are happening on the
0:17:34 > 0:17:37pitch, he has to put it right in training, but it keeps happening,
0:17:37 > 0:17:42time after time.Then you have to take responsibility for that. People
0:17:42 > 0:17:45say individual errors, but if there are always individual errors, there
0:17:45 > 0:17:50is a structural problem in the way you set out your team?You do, but
0:17:50 > 0:17:55if it, does Michael Keane play yesterday in front of Jagielka? If
0:17:55 > 0:18:01he is fit, I don't think he does. He is playing the team that he has to
0:18:01 > 0:18:05deal with. If Leighton Baines was fully fit, he is playing left-back.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09But to go back to your point, a lot of people would look at Michael
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Keane, he is in the England squad, thinking, you know, this is an
0:18:12 > 0:18:16exciting young player. It's not a terrible player to put on the pitch.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20Don't get me wrong, but it is not a Sam Allardyce signing, that is when
0:18:20 > 0:18:24you go to Steve Walsh and say, tell me, what did you see in certain
0:18:24 > 0:18:28players? That is what a lot of Everton fans are saying. I am in the
0:18:28 > 0:18:33area and I hear that all the time, what is Steve Walsh doing? What is
0:18:33 > 0:18:36his job? Is he the sole person bringing his players in ordered him
0:18:36 > 0:18:39and Ronald Koeman sit down in the summer and say, these are the
0:18:39 > 0:18:44players, they agreed on them?On the Michael Keane thing, then we will
0:18:44 > 0:18:48move on, he was sensational for Burnley last season. There is a
0:18:48 > 0:18:51school of thought that Michael Keane was sensational for Burnley because
0:18:51 > 0:18:55of the system that Sean Dyche played, how he uses his full-backs,
0:18:55 > 0:18:59the support around him, maybe protection in front of him. I don't
0:18:59 > 0:19:02know if he will be able to answer this or not, but did you feel at any
0:19:02 > 0:19:07point in your career that you were flying at a certain club, in a
0:19:07 > 0:19:10certain system, because of how everything was set up, and then you
0:19:10 > 0:19:18move somewhere else and struggle because that club wasn't necessarily
0:19:18 > 0:19:22suited to your game?For me, I was quite fortunate, all of my clubs
0:19:22 > 0:19:25that I was at I was in the system, everything worked well with each
0:19:25 > 0:19:30other. We were told where we should be when the ball is on this site,
0:19:30 > 0:19:33you need to be here, these are your options. I was fine with that. I
0:19:33 > 0:19:39didn't have issues. What people have to understand is that the younger
0:19:39 > 0:19:42generation, the young guys coming through, it is a lot more individual
0:19:42 > 0:19:47man management. You have to spend a little bit more time, individually,
0:19:47 > 0:19:50to get them to understand certain aspects of the game. As you said, a
0:19:50 > 0:19:54lot of it does come from the manager. You have your system, even
0:19:54 > 0:19:58if it means you go on the training pitch and set your team out on that
0:19:58 > 0:20:01formation, with no opposition, you say this is where you need to be,
0:20:01 > 0:20:07this is what I want, you have to do it.Sometimes you don't get two
0:20:07 > 0:20:10world-class players that gel together. It doesn't always happen.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14Sometimes you get one lesser player and one really good player. I'm not
0:20:14 > 0:20:18saying he was a lesser player, but when I was at but then I had Morton
0:20:18 > 0:20:23against Pedersen in front of me. I knew if I ran forward, he was behind
0:20:23 > 0:20:31me. If I went into a tackle and missed, I knew he was behind me,
0:20:31 > 0:20:34covering. We had relationships on the pitch. Leighton Baines, at the
0:20:34 > 0:20:41peak of his career, with Stephen Pienaar, it just happens. You get
0:20:41 > 0:20:44that sometimes within teams. Ashley Williams and Michael Keane, they
0:20:44 > 0:20:46look like they have never played together before. That is me being
0:20:46 > 0:20:52very harsh, but it is very true. Michael Keane may not be able to
0:20:52 > 0:20:56play, he might not feel comfortable with Martina playing outside him. He
0:20:56 > 0:21:00does not know where he is moving. He is a right back playing at
0:21:00 > 0:21:03left-back, not naturally suited to that side of the pitch. There are
0:21:03 > 0:21:06fundamental things that are happening that have a knock-on
0:21:06 > 0:21:13effect in the team.Stephen Warnock, Nigel Rio
0:21:15 > 0:21:20Nigel Rio Coker with us.
0:21:24 > 0:21:36Here we are the Lamex... Amex.
0:21:36 > 0:21:42It is interesting that you talk about the calm of Brighton in the
0:21:42 > 0:21:46maelstrom of relegation. It has felt very much like that at Brighton &
0:21:46 > 0:21:51Hove Albion. I am joined by the chief executive. Paul, you have not
0:21:51 > 0:21:55really made any negative headlines. You have hardly been on the back
0:21:55 > 0:22:00pages. I imagine that is how you like it, and that is very much Chris
0:22:00 > 0:22:05Hughton's demeanour?He is very calm, he does not get too high on
0:22:05 > 0:22:11the highs, or too low on the lows. We have tried to compete as best we
0:22:11 > 0:22:14can, we knew it would be a big step up, and there have been a couple of
0:22:14 > 0:22:18games where the gap between us and the top six has shown. Overall I
0:22:18 > 0:22:21think we have given a decent account so far, but we still have work to
0:22:21 > 0:22:28do.You said you tried to be in games, there have only been two
0:22:28 > 0:22:31heavy defeats, Liverpool and Chelsea, every other game has been
0:22:31 > 0:22:36really tight?Even those games, we felt we had good chances. Maybe the
0:22:36 > 0:22:40scoreline was a little bit flattering to those clubs. But we
0:22:40 > 0:22:45played well for many parts of the games throughout the season. You
0:22:45 > 0:22:49know, we have enjoyed the experience so far and we are working very hard
0:22:49 > 0:22:52to keep in this league.The club has come a very long way. People know
0:22:52 > 0:22:59the back story about Goldstein, Priestfield, everything else. But
0:22:59 > 0:23:04you are the biggest show in town. I have lived in Sussex nearly 20
0:23:04 > 0:23:07years, a big county, with the greatest of respect to Crawley Town
0:23:07 > 0:23:10and the thriving non-league scene, you are the big show in Sussex. How
0:23:10 > 0:23:16much further can this club go? How much can it expand and develop more?
0:23:16 > 0:23:19The first priority is to stay in the Premier League. Obviously to become
0:23:19 > 0:23:22an established and stable Premier League club. We know that takes a
0:23:22 > 0:23:27lot more hard work. Beyond that, we have great infrastructure, we have a
0:23:27 > 0:23:30fantastic stadium, we sell out every week, a world-class training ground.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33We are fortunate to have a wealthy and committed owner that loves the
0:23:33 > 0:23:37club and has done for many years of his life. We feel we are in a good
0:23:37 > 0:23:44place, but we also know there are many other clubs
0:23:52 > 0:23:55that want to be part of the elite 20 in the Premier League. We know this
0:23:55 > 0:23:58is not going to be easy to stay in this league and we know that
0:23:58 > 0:24:01establishing ourselves will be even harder. It will be a tough few weeks
0:24:01 > 0:24:04ahead but we're looking forward to it.What is harder, do you feel, as
0:24:04 > 0:24:06somebody that is running the club, the tension that comes from trying
0:24:06 > 0:24:08to get into the Premier League, something that Brighton experienced
0:24:08 > 0:24:11for a few seasons, or the ten shall try to make sure that you stay in
0:24:11 > 0:24:14it?You would think that staying up would be harder than getting in,
0:24:14 > 0:24:17doesn't feel like that. It has been a very enjoyable season. Chris and
0:24:17 > 0:24:19the players take a huge amount of credit, just from the way that they
0:24:19 > 0:24:21have maintained good form, confidence throughout the season,
0:24:21 > 0:24:24belief in themselves. Even when we went in a bad patch, they maintained
0:24:24 > 0:24:28the belief and came through that. We have another big test here today.I
0:24:28 > 0:24:33look forward to that. Thank you for joining us. It promises to be a good
0:24:33 > 0:24:37afternoon as Arsenal come to the Amex, one of the big games for the
0:24:37 > 0:24:38people of Sussex.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42Thanks, Steve.
0:24:42 > 0:24:50We have full commentary from 1.30.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53All the makings of an awkward afternoon for Arsenal and Arsene
0:24:53 > 0:24:58Wenger. Unsurprisingly, Chris Hughton is naming an unchanged team
0:24:58 > 0:25:02to the one that beat Swansea 4-1 last weekend. Glenn Murray continues
0:25:02 > 0:25:05to lead the line. He scored seven goals in his last nine games and
0:25:05 > 0:25:11that means the recent arrivals upfront have to satisfy themselves
0:25:11 > 0:25:16with a place on the bench. Arsene Wenger's response to back-to-back
0:25:16 > 0:25:19defeats against Manchester City, three changes today. Hector Bellerin
0:25:19 > 0:25:23is left out of a Premier League game for the first time this season.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27Calum Chambers replaces him. Jack Wilshere is back. He could not play
0:25:27 > 0:25:31on Thursday because of an ankle injury. Aaron Ramsey is missing out
0:25:31 > 0:25:34today. I understand that as a precaution, he had a slight groin
0:25:34 > 0:25:38problem, the first leg of the AC Milan tie in the Europa League is
0:25:38 > 0:25:43coming up on Thursday. The third change sees Alex Iwobi coming in,
0:25:43 > 0:25:48replacing Danny Welbeck.
0:25:48 > 0:25:54If history tells us anything, it would be that Arsenal, criticised,
0:25:54 > 0:25:59huge pressure on Arsene Wenger, who will replace him, knowing them, they
0:25:59 > 0:26:03will put five past Brighton this afternoon?3-0 up in ten minutes!
0:26:03 > 0:26:09That is what happens?You hear them saying wounded animal, absolutely
0:26:09 > 0:26:13right. The talent in that team, they could do that easily.And then the
0:26:13 > 0:26:23whole thing starts again?Then they play AC Milan, that is a difficult
0:26:23 > 0:26:28tie. We have gone beyond the tipping point, I think. The defeats against
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Manchester City, albeit against Manchester City, it has change the
0:26:30 > 0:26:34atmosphere right at the top of Arsenal, not just the fans and
0:26:34 > 0:26:37media. There is a real sense that we are probably reaching the end game
0:26:37 > 0:26:41now. The Europa League is perhaps the one thing that might save them.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45You are right, they could quite comfortably go and destroy Brighton
0:26:45 > 0:26:49today. I don't think they will. I think it is a tough game. I am a big
0:26:49 > 0:26:54fan of Brighton, Chris Hughton, they had an amazing season. Structurally,
0:26:54 > 0:26:57they are an amazing team. Builds everything from the two Centre
0:26:57 > 0:27:03halves, which is very unusual. The way they have managed the season so
0:27:03 > 0:27:06far, getting through to January with basically just Glenn Murray upfront,
0:27:06 > 0:27:11and now
0:27:11 > 0:27:18and now they have brought in Locadia to give them more options.Like you
0:27:18 > 0:27:21said, Arsenal is a wounded animal. You have to be careful when they are
0:27:21 > 0:27:24backed into a corner. At the same time, do they have characters in the
0:27:24 > 0:27:28dresser in saying, you know what, let's capitalise and really turn
0:27:28 > 0:27:31this around? We have had a tough week, who will be in the dressing
0:27:31 > 0:27:35room coming to say we need to win this game? Who will come out, stand
0:27:35 > 0:27:41up and be counted? I just don't see it.The way you are questioning
0:27:41 > 0:27:46that, it would imply that there are not many?Jack Wilshere is back in
0:27:46 > 0:27:50the team, I'm a big fan, a great player, true Arsenal player, how
0:27:50 > 0:27:58many players will follow him and let him lead the team?
0:27:58 > 0:28:04Let's move on to Swansea and West Ham. They have lost two out of three
0:28:04 > 0:28:08games out of Carlos Carvalhal. I had a Swansea fans say to me recently
0:28:08 > 0:28:12that while they are very grateful for what Carlos Carvalhal has done,
0:28:12 > 0:28:15they have a slight fear that they might be turning into Sunderland, in
0:28:15 > 0:28:18the sense that every year they started badly, they bring somebody
0:28:18 > 0:28:24in, he gives them an amazing lift, they stay up, but it can only go on
0:28:24 > 0:28:27for so long?That is the problem now, the one worry they will have.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31It is something they have to address in the summer. We don't want to be
0:28:31 > 0:28:36in the situation, like the last three seasons, the turnover of
0:28:36 > 0:28:39managers is probably the most within a Premier League club. It is
0:28:39 > 0:28:42absolutely frightening what they have done. But you can't go away
0:28:42 > 0:28:46from the job that he has done. Five games ago they were bottom of the
0:28:46 > 0:28:52league. It just shows you that if you can hit a run of form and you
0:28:52 > 0:28:56can pick up results, where it can catapult you to, but I don't see
0:28:56 > 0:29:00many teams around them doing it. We talk about Brighton, just then. They
0:29:00 > 0:29:04got Glenn Murray, who can score goals. I don't see many other teams
0:29:04 > 0:29:08having a striker that is going to go on a run of seven in ten, that he
0:29:08 > 0:29:17has scored. That is how you're going to stay in the lead. With Swansea,
0:29:17 > 0:29:21they seem to have a collective unit, where everybody is chipping in with
0:29:21 > 0:29:26goals. The form of them has been fantastic.The changes they have
0:29:26 > 0:29:29made, it has always been the same time of year, three or four years in
0:29:29 > 0:29:33a row they sacked the manager in December. I think they recognise the
0:29:33 > 0:29:36biggest problem has been recruitment. They had three of four
0:29:36 > 0:29:45bad transfer windows. To be fair to Carvalhal, who will obviously stay,
0:29:45 > 0:29:47this is a big summer. That is what they need to address. They made
0:29:47 > 0:29:53mistakes that managers are paid for. Is it a lesson to a lot of us,
0:29:53 > 0:29:56particularly in the media, fans as well, just because something doesn't
0:29:56 > 0:30:00necessarily go well at one club, in the end, because it did go well for
0:30:00 > 0:30:03him at Sheffield Wednesday for a long time, just because it goes
0:30:03 > 0:30:07badly towards the end and you lose your job, does not make you a bad
0:30:07 > 0:30:14manager?Not at all. Modern day football now is that there is such a
0:30:14 > 0:30:17quick turnaround of managers. It is a results business. Managers now are
0:30:17 > 0:30:19not given the opportunity to build something at the club, build an
0:30:19 > 0:30:24everlasting dynasty, like Alex Ferguson did at Manchester United,
0:30:24 > 0:30:28Arsene Wenger, to make Arsenal who they are. Managers are not going to
0:30:28 > 0:30:30be given that opportunity. They are under so much scrutiny now that they
0:30:30 > 0:30:36need to get results. You need quick reaction, instant impact.
0:30:36 > 0:30:41From a Western perspective, not good yesterday, here are David Moyes'
0:30:41 > 0:30:44thoughts. Simple header at the back post, you
0:30:44 > 0:30:47hope to head it away, I thought we should have saved the first one and
0:30:47 > 0:30:51we gave away a goal for the third one from a corner kick and forth one
0:30:51 > 0:30:57from a penalty kick, it was a poor performance but the worst since I
0:30:57 > 0:31:01have been at West Ham, but we have got to work to get out of it and we
0:31:01 > 0:31:05are going to have to do much better and get back to doing much more like
0:31:05 > 0:31:06the things we were
0:31:06 > 0:31:10doing six weeks ago. Do you sense a frustration very
0:31:10 > 0:31:16similar to Sam Allardyce? I am telling you to do this and you are
0:31:16 > 0:31:21not doing it?!Definitely! The first goal yesterday comes from switching
0:31:21 > 0:31:26off at the back post. When you have players who are inexperienced and in
0:31:26 > 0:31:30a relegation battle or down that end of the table, there was a lot of
0:31:30 > 0:31:34pressure on you and you have got to do good job week in, week out, and
0:31:34 > 0:31:38it comes with experience so they are missing the likes of Collins,
0:31:38 > 0:31:42Winston Reid went off injured, it will be a massive concern for David
0:31:42 > 0:31:46Moyes because at the other end of the pitch they have goals, and out
0:31:46 > 0:31:50to Mitch, Hernandez, Campbell when fit. He will be a massive plus for
0:31:50 > 0:31:55them if he
0:32:01 > 0:32:04gets back before the end of the season. Antonio is flipping between
0:32:04 > 0:32:06hamstring injuries at the moment, in and out of the team, and on his day
0:32:06 > 0:32:10he is a threat. But at the back end of the pitch, he needs to keep it
0:32:10 > 0:32:12tight, he will look at that and think, if we keep clean sheets, we
0:32:12 > 0:32:15can score goals.Do they have character? Or is it simply Mark
0:32:15 > 0:32:19Noble and everybody else?They have got Mark Noble and James Collins who
0:32:19 > 0:32:22have been at the pub for a long time, they have got character there.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25The thing now is they need to get everyone else to buy into the club
0:32:25 > 0:32:30of what it means to play for West Ham, and that is a difficult thing.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34Sometimes you need a good solid foundation of British players to let
0:32:34 > 0:32:37foreign players understand what it means. When West Ham play Tottenham,
0:32:37 > 0:32:41let them know what it means to the fans and is as players that this
0:32:41 > 0:32:46derby
0:32:48 > 0:32:51derby means so much, we need to win this game. It is them now stepping
0:32:51 > 0:32:54up to the plate to give players around them to buy into it, it is a
0:32:54 > 0:32:57tough task.Did you find playing for West Ham different to playing for
0:32:57 > 0:33:00any other club? I would be interested to know.West Ham is a
0:33:00 > 0:33:04special part because it is more than a football club, it is generation to
0:33:04 > 0:33:08generation to generation. It means so much to the fans, it is a family
0:33:08 > 0:33:12thing. You could not grow up in a West Ham household and support any
0:33:12 > 0:33:18other team.But do you not find that at Villa or... That is not a
0:33:18 > 0:33:23criticism of Villa, I just find West Ham such, I love going there, I find
0:33:23 > 0:33:29it fascinating.It is fascinating, that is just what I was told from so
0:33:29 > 0:33:32many West Ham fans, you just buying into it, even in the championship,
0:33:32 > 0:33:39West Ham fans, when you play Millwall, you have to win that game,
0:33:39 > 0:33:43they don't care about the rest of the season but you have to beat
0:33:43 > 0:33:46Millwall!But you do get that at most clubs, don't you, you have to
0:33:46 > 0:33:50beat other clubs. At Villa, we had to beat Birmingham, we had to beat
0:33:50 > 0:33:55them, we knew we had to win that game or at least not get...
0:33:55 > 0:34:00Dispatched!You could not come out with a defeat, but that is similar
0:34:00 > 0:34:04at most clubs. I think West Ham fans have a perception of their club and
0:34:04 > 0:34:08how they wanted to be, Sam Allardyce alluded to it when he was manager,
0:34:08 > 0:34:13playing the West Ham wait. What is the West way?It is football, they
0:34:13 > 0:34:16really want to play football, they see their club as a big club and
0:34:16 > 0:34:20want to push into the next level. The problem is, we were discussing
0:34:20 > 0:34:24it earlier, West Ham are in the same category as Everton, when you look
0:34:24 > 0:34:28at the recruiting and the players that have come in, you question some
0:34:28 > 0:34:32of the players that have come in and, if you are a West Ham fan, you
0:34:32 > 0:34:40will look at the club and say, what direction are we heading in? What
0:34:47 > 0:34:50are we training to build?We are getting this player from here, this
0:34:50 > 0:34:53player from there, the same as Everton. I need to get to the Etihad
0:34:53 > 0:34:55because the 4pm game is Manchester City against Chelsea and Guy Mowbray
0:34:55 > 0:34:58is at the Etihad for us. Is this a bigger game for Chelsea, perversely,
0:34:58 > 0:35:01because of the state of the table? Good afternoon, Mark. I think it
0:35:01 > 0:35:05probably is, yes, because if city lose today it will just delay the
0:35:05 > 0:35:08inevitable, they need five more wins, ten games to get them, they
0:35:08 > 0:35:13are going to be the Premier League champions. For Chelsea, as Antonio
0:35:13 > 0:35:17Conte has said, it is the start of an important two or three-week
0:35:17 > 0:35:20period because they cannot afford to have the gap five points to
0:35:20 > 0:35:25Tottenham for much longer. They have Palace in a week's time, Barcelona
0:35:25 > 0:35:29in the Champions League, Leicester away in the FA Cup, they could go
0:35:29 > 0:35:33into the game on the 1st of April to Tottenham adrift, not able to catch
0:35:33 > 0:35:37them, and out of everything else, so the start of an important period for
0:35:37 > 0:35:41Chelsea and they have to try to get something here today, as difficult
0:35:41 > 0:35:46and, frankly, unimaginable as it may seem.Chelsea were the last team to
0:35:46 > 0:35:49win in the Etihad and it is interesting the way the two clubs
0:35:49 > 0:35:54have gone since then?Yes, Chelsea have not changed that much since the
0:35:54 > 0:35:59game in early December 2016 but they have changed in a key area down the
0:35:59 > 0:36:02spine. Dafydd Louise was at the start of their backline, now he is
0:36:02 > 0:36:07nowhere to be seen, injured at the moment, completely out of favour.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11Nemanja Matic has moved on, and Diego Costa has moved on as well.
0:36:11 > 0:36:24Otherwise, pretty much the same Chelsea team that we will see
0:36:35 > 0:36:37today. The difference is when you see who they are lining up against
0:36:37 > 0:36:40because the city team that day, though not too different in terms of
0:36:40 > 0:36:42personnel, had a back three of Otamendi, who has improved, John
0:36:42 > 0:36:45Stones, who was looking nervous at that time in a Manchester City shirt
0:36:45 > 0:36:47but has come on leaps and bounds, and Aleksandar Kolarov, who has gone
0:36:47 > 0:36:49altogether and was never a left-sided central defender in the
0:36:49 > 0:36:52first place. You look at the rest of the team, did bring a particularly,
0:36:52 > 0:36:55even Aguero and David Silber, and you see how Pep Guardiola has
0:36:55 > 0:36:57improved those players. You can talk about the money you spend and the
0:36:57 > 0:37:00players he may have boarded but it is the players who were here already
0:37:00 > 0:37:03that he has made even better that is the key point. Another point is the
0:37:03 > 0:37:06weight managers come and go from clubs, it is all relative, it is all
0:37:06 > 0:37:08how clubs are expected to perform and what they do with their managers
0:37:08 > 0:37:14as a result. He was
0:37:16 > 0:37:18as a result. He was given a in Manchester City terms he did not win
0:37:18 > 0:37:21anything so I suppose he failed in his first year but look at what is
0:37:21 > 0:37:23happening in the second year. There are rewards for patients and
0:37:23 > 0:37:25Guardiola has been fantastic in how he has transformed things this
0:37:25 > 0:37:28season.Nigel, you were nodding along to that last point. You were
0:37:28 > 0:37:30nodding along to everything I said because everything he said was spot
0:37:30 > 0:37:35on!It is about giving the opportunity and Mikey said, you see
0:37:35 > 0:37:39how many players have improved under Pep Guardiola, he pays attention to
0:37:39 > 0:37:42detail, I still speak with Fabian Delph, who I played with at Aston
0:37:42 > 0:37:46Villa, and he tells me a lot about how the training is, what he's like
0:37:46 > 0:37:53as a manager. Everyone is talking about how great Sane is coming he
0:37:53 > 0:37:56said that Pep Guardiola has paid a lot of attention to him and helped
0:37:56 > 0:37:59him understand the tactical side of football and how to get to the next
0:37:59 > 0:38:02level to be spoken in the same breath as a world-class player. If
0:38:02 > 0:38:07you look at how he is playing you can nearly give him that tag because
0:38:07 > 0:38:13he is playing like a world-class player.Does Fabian feel, without
0:38:13 > 0:38:16betraying confidences, does he feel like, which obviously you will have
0:38:16 > 0:38:27to do to answer the question! Does Fabian feel he has crafted a greater
0:38:27 > 0:38:32understanding of football? Definitely, he has said how training
0:38:32 > 0:38:38is structured, he is so different to every other manager, it is
0:38:38 > 0:38:42impossible to train at such a high tempo and turned up to a game on
0:38:42 > 0:38:47Saturday and be lethargic, it is impossible, and he pays so much
0:38:47 > 0:38:50attention to detail, positioning, getting players to understand how
0:38:50 > 0:38:53important distances are, and when certain players are on the ball,
0:38:53 > 0:38:56what is the best for them as an individual and also for the team to
0:38:56 > 0:39:02isolate the player in one-on-one situations? If he is there, let him
0:39:02 > 0:39:05be won on one and you make your space elsewhere, it is that
0:39:05 > 0:39:09attention to detail that has made them go to another level this year.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12Do you think footballers have bought into it because it is Pep Guardiola
0:39:12 > 0:39:15who has been so successful at Barcelona and Bayern Munich and have
0:39:15 > 0:39:19a back catalogue of work to come with it and therefore you accept
0:39:19 > 0:39:23maybe some stuff that you might not accept maybe with other managers? I
0:39:23 > 0:39:30don't know?Definitely, you have to respect what he has done so far in
0:39:30 > 0:39:34world football and as a player you would have to get together as a team
0:39:34 > 0:39:39and understand that this is what he wants to do, this is his style, give
0:39:39 > 0:39:49him the opportunity and see how it goes.He started at Barcelona B and
0:39:49 > 0:39:52all the ideas in his head had to work for them to win games and as
0:39:52 > 0:39:56soon as you are a player and you go, we are winning games here, we
0:39:56 > 0:39:59comfortably winning games, you believe in him, don't you? So
0:39:59 > 0:40:04whether he had a reputation or not, sometimes a manager will come in and
0:40:04 > 0:40:08you might have, you might wonder why they got the job but then they come
0:40:08 > 0:40:17in and you see things yourself and go, well, I get that, I really get
0:40:29 > 0:40:32why he has done that. Thierry Henry did a PC of the day when he said, I
0:40:32 > 0:40:35learned how to play football at 30. You are thinking, at 30?! You Toure
0:40:35 > 0:40:38the Premier League to pieces for years, then went to Barcelona at 30
0:40:38 > 0:40:40and saw a completely different perspective of the game and learned
0:40:40 > 0:40:43the game again. That is great to see.I know Arsene Wenger bridled at
0:40:43 > 0:40:45it when he was asked whether Guardiola has risen the level in the
0:40:45 > 0:40:48Premier League, but he has. People talk about them being freakish, away
0:40:48 > 0:40:51on the run, but it is an admission of failure from other clubs, they
0:40:51 > 0:40:53should be thinking, how is this team so much better than us? Yes, they
0:40:53 > 0:40:59have spent a lot of money, but the players he has bought, look at Sane,
0:40:59 > 0:41:02not every club was looking for him, they spent a huge amount of money
0:41:02 > 0:41:07for Ederson, who else was in for him? He was well known but not
0:41:07 > 0:41:13really well-known. Those signings have come in, those not gone out and
0:41:13 > 0:41:18bought mine Messi, he has bought these players in...They could!But
0:41:18 > 0:41:22he has not, I know he has spent an awful lot of money, but he is
0:41:22 > 0:41:26getting a return on that money. I think the others need to look at
0:41:26 > 0:41:31themselves as well. It is almost like, oh, we can't compete. Why
0:41:31 > 0:41:35can't you compete?Why can't you do things better yourselves? What
0:41:35 > 0:41:39you're saying is right, attention to detail. The players he has gone
0:41:39 > 0:41:43after is players that other clubs were paying attention to, he
0:41:43 > 0:41:47identifies players he believes will work in his system with the squad he
0:41:47 > 0:41:51has.My biggest worry is that, I love him, I think he's brilliant,
0:41:51 > 0:41:59how long is he to stay?People said two, three maximum, almost burned
0:41:59 > 0:42:03himself out. Manchester City is slightly different in that at
0:42:03 > 0:42:06Barcelona the pressure was amazing, Bayern Munich the pressure was
0:42:06 > 0:42:09amazing. Man City is a lot of pressure but he will look back at
0:42:09 > 0:42:13last year and think, I didn't win anything, they stuck by me, I can
0:42:13 > 0:42:17carry on. They will win a lot this year, next year they will expect to
0:42:17 > 0:42:21win again but I think they will stick with him so it is up to him
0:42:21 > 0:42:33almost, the pressure around him is not as great with Manchester
0:42:36 > 0:42:38City as other clubs.It was interesting in the press last year,
0:42:38 > 0:42:41as funds ourselves we looked at him and said, welcome to the Premier
0:42:41 > 0:42:44League, you will find it so much harder. And he did, he found it
0:42:44 > 0:42:47tough, but he adapted and it is a sign of how good he is.I spoke to
0:42:47 > 0:42:50somebody quite close to him in the summer about how he found it and he
0:42:50 > 0:42:53admits it was hard but what he also found is it is a different league,
0:42:53 > 0:42:55the Premier League, the physicality and intensity but also the
0:42:55 > 0:42:57unpredictability of it, that is why they have gone out this season and
0:42:57 > 0:43:00not just beaten teams but we are the destroyed them, they don't go one or
0:43:00 > 0:43:04two up and sit back, they go for the third or fourth to kill the game.
0:43:04 > 0:43:10They know in the Premier League could be 2-0 up at 88 minutes and it
0:43:10 > 0:43:16is not over. One thing he does not complain about animal is the second
0:43:16 > 0:43:22ball, he never complains about the physicality of it will the tackles,
0:43:22 > 0:43:25that is a little crusade at the moment, and on that as well when
0:43:25 > 0:43:28everyone criticised him last year when he said, I am not a coach for
0:43:28 > 0:43:32the tackles, it is obvious what he meant. It is not about flying into
0:43:32 > 0:43:35tackles, it is not having to do that, playing a more technical game
0:43:35 > 0:43:40of football and winning that way.If you look at the squad he has built,
0:43:40 > 0:43:43Manchester City have a good squad that can stay together, Dominic the
0:43:43 > 0:43:54Premier League
0:43:59 > 0:44:01for a a couple of years, that is a club