:00:31. > :00:33.Good afternoon, welcome to Match of the Day 2 Extra on BBC Two,
:00:34. > :00:41.Joining me today - Leicester full-back Danny Simpson,
:00:42. > :00:45.former West Ham and QPR winger Trevor Sinclair and
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:00:52. > :01:03.Leicester are five points clear with nine games to go.
:01:04. > :01:08.Tottenham and Arsenal share the spoils in the North London
:01:09. > :01:11.Pressure grows on Steve McClaren's Newcastle
:01:12. > :01:15.And West Ham continue to fight for the Champions League places,
:01:16. > :01:20.coming from behind to win at Everton.
:01:21. > :01:25.The Sunday Times - Foxes pull away from pack.
:01:26. > :01:31.It also has the headline "Chelsea's shock move to tempt Pochettino".
:01:32. > :01:37.The Mail on Sunday - You'll have to sack me.
:01:38. > :01:47.The Sunday Telegraph - Newcastle prepare to move for Moyes.
:01:48. > :01:54.Leicester five points clear at the top after beating Watford, before we
:01:55. > :01:59.get the thoughts of everyone around the table, let's hear from Claudio
:02:00. > :02:06.Ranieri. Is the biggest danger to you the moment at which people start
:02:07. > :02:11.to think that the title is yours? We have to fight again a lot.
:02:12. > :02:18.Step-by-step, we have to maintain our boot on the ground and continue
:02:19. > :02:26.to fight. Just at the end we can say what happened. Five points clear
:02:27. > :02:33.with nine games to play. I am sorry but we know, every match is in this
:02:34. > :02:39.way, every team can win or lose because now a lot of teams are
:02:40. > :02:46.fighting to remain in the Premier League and then, slowly, slowly. Can
:02:47. > :02:52.I ask you finally, do you get a sense that mutual supporters are
:02:53. > :02:58.behind you? Yeah, I feel this because a lot of people stop me on
:02:59. > :03:02.the way and say if I don't win I want Leicester to win the title.
:03:03. > :03:07.Thank you. There is a good energy behind us and we must continue with
:03:08. > :03:12.this energy. Danny let me asked about him, you would have had
:03:13. > :03:17.perceptions of him managing at other clubs and interviews he has given
:03:18. > :03:23.across Europe, behind the scenes in training has he surprised you? Yes,
:03:24. > :03:27.he has. You see the interviews and he's like that around the training
:03:28. > :03:32.ground, he is funny. They can be serious at times but I did not
:03:33. > :03:42.expect him to be as he is, he is rarely camp. -- he is really calm.
:03:43. > :03:47.It is coming on to us as a team, we can have a laugh and a joke with
:03:48. > :03:53.him, him and Jamie Vardy have some banter in the team meetings.
:03:54. > :04:01.Everything is coming together. But there is a rod of iron as well? Yes,
:04:02. > :04:07.the respect is there from the players. When you play with a
:04:08. > :04:10.manager who is so calm, the media guys were saying you need passion
:04:11. > :04:14.but at times it's about keeping emotion out of it and being able to
:04:15. > :04:17.go out there as relaxed as you can and perform what you do every day in
:04:18. > :04:23.training. From the outside that is what looks like happening. It is. A
:04:24. > :04:28.few of the lads when he first came in were worried, he is foreign,
:04:29. > :04:33.Italian, he would bring in a lot of foreign players. But he came and
:04:34. > :04:49.watched everyone closely and stuck with the core and we have tried to
:04:50. > :04:56.repay that fade. And the players will get a boost from that. Yes. It
:04:57. > :05:02.takes the pressure off? Yeah, you get a new manager, will they bring
:05:03. > :05:09.in foreign players, but he came and straightaway gave us a chance. It is
:05:10. > :05:13.working out. Key embodies what you are all about, because he has a
:05:14. > :05:16.point to prove. These are all players who have been released by
:05:17. > :05:23.clubs, Jamie Vardy was in the non-league, Riyad Mahrez people did
:05:24. > :05:26.not know much about, Mark Albright and left Aston Villa. If you look at
:05:27. > :05:36.Claudio Ranieri and his career there has always been a bridesmaid element
:05:37. > :05:39.to him. You could be presented with the trophy at Chelsea in front of
:05:40. > :05:47.Roman Abramovich, given what Claudio Ranieri went through there, he is
:05:48. > :05:53.only private mission as well. You can see the defence, I am sure he
:05:54. > :05:59.drills you quite strongly? Yes, that is why it helped me get in the team,
:06:00. > :06:03.he is Italian and he expects his defenders to defend. If you don't
:06:04. > :06:14.you will be in on Monday morning in the TV room showing clips. Video
:06:15. > :06:18.nasties! He does not want to embarrass you, he just says whoever
:06:19. > :06:25.plays that position, this is what I expect. As a team, defensively,
:06:26. > :06:28.plays that position, this is what I expect us to work hard. Do you do a
:06:29. > :06:32.lot of shadow play where you will put a ball in a certain position and
:06:33. > :06:38.he will put you in the position you need to be as a defender? Yeah, but
:06:39. > :06:46.more so when we do analysis with the video he will say in this situation
:06:47. > :06:51.I expect you to be there. If you are not, he will flag it up. It is not
:06:52. > :06:57.too embarrassing, it is just what he expects. At the moment we are just
:06:58. > :07:01.peppering you with questions but we will get onto other stuff and it
:07:02. > :07:06.will be more of a discussion. Can I ask you from the perspective of a
:07:07. > :07:11.full-back what having Mahrez in front of you means? I asked Neil
:07:12. > :07:15.Taylor this when Montero was flying at Swansea and he said one of the
:07:16. > :07:19.things which changed was he did not go on the overlap as much because he
:07:20. > :07:27.could not catchment area to go around him! What does having Mahrez
:07:28. > :07:32.in front of you mean for your game? Similar to what Neil Taylor says, I
:07:33. > :07:39.leave them to it. He can go both ways. If I overlap him, I don't want
:07:40. > :07:45.to get in his space. Give him the ball and he is a magician. I just
:07:46. > :07:56.support him and if he needs me he can turn out. Always an option.
:07:57. > :07:59.Yeah. Journalist and fans watching it, you smile because it is
:08:00. > :08:06.beautiful to see, as a professional can you step back and go that was
:08:07. > :08:10.beautiful? Yeah, sometimes in a game I have wrapped it into him and his
:08:11. > :08:17.first touch around the full-back and you just sort of smile to yourself!
:08:18. > :08:21.He has made my password better! LAUGHTER
:08:22. > :08:24.I was lucky enough to play with pie would a cameo and at times you would
:08:25. > :08:36.give him the ball and what he would do to defenders you would be
:08:37. > :08:45.laughing -- play with Paolo Di Canio. Yesterday he had a calmness
:08:46. > :08:50.about him, playing with confidence, what is it, 16 goals? He wanted to
:08:51. > :08:58.get it onto the left-hand side but like Chris wobble you know what he
:08:59. > :09:03.wants to do. The manager plays right wing but he has the licence to drift
:09:04. > :09:10.inside, you can go to the left-hand side because he has the ability to
:09:11. > :09:14.play there as well. He is just a clever player. I think yesterday,
:09:15. > :09:21.his goal, his first touch, he slotted it. Does he give you
:09:22. > :09:27.protection or do you get more protection from Danny Drinkwater and
:09:28. > :09:31.Kante coming over to help you? He is working harder now, we have accepted
:09:32. > :09:36.he won't always get back because we need him up there. But as I said,
:09:37. > :09:42.you have Danny June quarter and Kante who will come over and help me
:09:43. > :09:47.out -- Danny Drinkwater. It is just the way the manager has set us up.
:09:48. > :09:53.You sit next to him in the dressing room, does that help to develop the
:09:54. > :10:00.understanding? Yeah, sometimes with foreign players you can be, it can
:10:01. > :10:04.be a bit like this, but we got to know each other more often pictured
:10:05. > :10:10.by sitting next to one another and we have built the relationship off
:10:11. > :10:19.the pitch. I speak to him in a certain way and he will listen and
:10:20. > :10:23.we help each other out in that way. Have you been in another dressing
:10:24. > :10:33.room that is as close as this one appears to be? No, the closest I had
:10:34. > :10:39.was at QPR, the hole play-off scenario. We really pulled together.
:10:40. > :10:44.But I would say this is by far the best team spirit I have had, on the
:10:45. > :10:51.pitch, off the pitch, we relate close and want to do well for each
:10:52. > :10:55.other. No coincidence, two positive situations, QPR going for promotion
:10:56. > :10:59.and with Leicester you have forged relationships all over the pitch. I
:11:00. > :11:03.know the manager doesn't want people talking about the title and has been
:11:04. > :11:10.playing it down all season but when you are at home in an afternoon are
:11:11. > :11:15.going to go to bid, those thoughts must go through your head? You would
:11:16. > :11:19.be an human for them not? The manager is right in what he is
:11:20. > :11:24.saying, we have to concentrate and focus on the next game which is
:11:25. > :11:32.Newcastle. We cannot affect what Arsenal, Tottenham, Manchester City
:11:33. > :11:37.do. But it is hard sometimes not to, not pay interest in what is going
:11:38. > :11:41.on. The manager wants us to focus on us but wherever we go somebody will
:11:42. > :11:46.tell us the score, somebody will mention it, but he's right in what
:11:47. > :11:54.he says, we just have to focus on our job. Watching Clyde are an early
:11:55. > :11:59.he said he can sense the rest of the country is behind him -- watching
:12:00. > :12:07.Claudio Ranieri there he said. Can you sense that around the country?
:12:08. > :12:12.Yeah, I did about and fans are saying that if 13 does not win and
:12:13. > :12:25.they want us to win it, it is nice to hear -- that if the team does
:12:26. > :12:29.not. It is still long way to go. Spurs and Arsenal plans do not want
:12:30. > :12:36.you to win it, we will talk about that game in a minute, in the
:12:37. > :12:45.Scottish Cup we have goal. A second of the afternoon for Celtic,
:12:46. > :12:57.possibly their best move of the game, Gary Mackay-Steven is putting
:12:58. > :13:04.it into the net. At the moment 2-0. 27 minutes gone. David says get
:13:05. > :13:13.Danny Drinkwater in the England team. Brian says that the league is
:13:14. > :13:18.Leicester's to throw away. I will not get you to comment on that! Lots
:13:19. > :13:23.of messages on Arsenal, one saying that a draw is not good enough for
:13:24. > :13:27.Arsenal, they needed six points this week and got one. Another seeing
:13:28. > :13:36.Arsenal are still without a win in five games, is it time for Arsene
:13:37. > :13:40.Wenger to call it a day. I was speaking to an Arsenal fan who was
:13:41. > :13:43.wondering why there was not a lot of talk in a newspaper about Spurs
:13:44. > :13:54.lacking bottle after letting a lead slip? That is fair criticism after
:13:55. > :14:00.all the stick we have given Arsenal for similar things. But he is
:14:01. > :14:04.building a team to challenge for the title, Mauricio Pochettino. They are
:14:05. > :14:10.still three points ahead of Arsenal without the same outlay on players.
:14:11. > :14:14.This is a long-running debate about Wenger, I personally think he should
:14:15. > :14:18.stand down in the summer, it has just gone on, you look out Mauricio
:14:19. > :14:23.Pochettino is developing teams, this was Arsenal 's window of opportunity
:14:24. > :14:28.to win the title for the first time since 2004. With great respect
:14:29. > :14:37.Leicester, will there be another Leicester next season? Chelsea will
:14:38. > :14:39.come back strong with the new manager, Manchester United will
:14:40. > :14:44.invest and probably have Mourinho. Manchester City have Pep Guardiola
:14:45. > :14:48.coming in. They are eight points behind with three times the wage
:14:49. > :14:53.bill of Leicester City and that is why the focus is on Arsenal. I think
:14:54. > :14:58.it is valid, losing against West Ham, the fact that Dele Alli played
:14:59. > :15:02.90 minutes, for me he was clearly not fit. He has a problem with his
:15:03. > :15:06.ankle. Brilliant for the player to want to play, normally a player has
:15:07. > :15:10.a broken eyelash and they are out for a couple of weeks, he wanted to
:15:11. > :15:13.play but he was not moving right. He has made his mark this season with
:15:14. > :15:19.the intensity and fitness and workrate but was not able to do
:15:20. > :15:23.that. I thought manager budgeting or should have at least brought him off
:15:24. > :15:29.at some stage. He made the golfer Kane. That is a valid point but I
:15:30. > :15:33.think he needs to rest his ankle to get back to where he needs to be and
:15:34. > :15:41.if you keep playing it would heal quickly. Psychologically it helped
:15:42. > :15:47.Arsenal yesterday. Down to ten men, 2-1 within five minutes, I would say
:15:48. > :15:51.not one person would think they were going to get back in it just because
:15:52. > :15:55.of the results in the last few weeks. I think it might have helped,
:15:56. > :16:02.ten men and they got back into it and got a point out of it. That
:16:03. > :16:07.might give them a boost. Then when you result came in, they had archly
:16:08. > :16:29.lost places. Luke says you have to worry for
:16:30. > :16:35.them. Please contact us. I know you got sent off against Arsenal but out
:16:36. > :16:43.of both, Arsenal have your new home and away the season and you have
:16:44. > :16:56.taken ten two points. -- four points. What was for the? The Spurs
:16:57. > :17:04.away game was very tough. We nicked it. Every area of the pitch, they
:17:05. > :17:10.were at it. Going forward, as a defender, they were attacking us and
:17:11. > :17:19.you could feel that threat. And they were defensively strong. Even though
:17:20. > :17:28.we took points from Spurs, as a team, I felt they were stronger. But
:17:29. > :17:37.Arsenal, the players, like Sanchez, as a team, I would say then... If
:17:38. > :17:39.you look at the stats, they have covered the second bus distance out
:17:40. > :17:43.of all of the Premier league teams, Bournemouth have got so much energy
:17:44. > :17:49.and Pochettino works those players very hard, he has a freshness,
:17:50. > :17:54.double sessions and the foundations of their to have a very good run in
:17:55. > :17:58.this season and once you start the season, it is difficult to improve
:17:59. > :18:02.fitness, that work was done in the summer and they are reaping the
:18:03. > :18:09.rewards. Are you suggesting the game has moved on past Arsene Wenger? The
:18:10. > :18:16.issue with Arsene Wenger, heavily debated last night, the fans were
:18:17. > :18:19.positive, they went into meltdown and the focus on Arsene Wenger is
:18:20. > :18:22.this is one of the most visionary managers we have ever seen in
:18:23. > :18:33.professional football over 140 years. And he is a legend. When he
:18:34. > :18:39.came in and he transformed the whole with that beautiful passing on the
:18:40. > :18:44.pitch, refuelling. Invincible is, he transformed English with all so I
:18:45. > :18:50.wonder if that legacy is being tarnished by the fact that Arsenal
:18:51. > :18:53.are drifting. They might do the double and retain the FA Cup and
:18:54. > :19:00.three in a row is impressive but this was their opportunity to win
:19:01. > :19:05.the title in a slightly fallow season, with respect to Leicester,
:19:06. > :19:11.and the criticism that he is getting his deserved but the broader picture
:19:12. > :19:17.of that has Arsene Wenger being an unbelievable influence in this
:19:18. > :19:21.country is true. Back to yesterday, I know that you were watching it and
:19:22. > :19:29.whenever Eric Dyer did not get that second yellow card... I mean, it was
:19:30. > :19:37.back to the age-old thing of consistency. I didn't speak much
:19:38. > :19:43.about that, I thought it was soft but seeing that yesterday, but was
:19:44. > :19:47.fair, for pulling back, so the second one was worse than the first
:19:48. > :19:55.so why was that not a yellow card? It is just consistency. Starting on
:19:56. > :19:59.the yellow, and then more yellows. What is about as a player when you
:20:00. > :20:08.can hear the noise outside the dressing room? -- what is it like. I
:20:09. > :20:12.felt like I let the boys down, in the dressing room, the worst thing
:20:13. > :20:17.was I felt helpless. Everybody was out there and I was not allowed to
:20:18. > :20:24.go out, I was alone in the dressing room. Time to reflect? It was a long
:20:25. > :20:31.time, 55 minutes. Did you go into the shower? For ten seconds! I got
:20:32. > :20:38.them to put it onto the television but I could hear the crowd and there
:20:39. > :20:42.was that really on the television, and it was 1-1, and the last 30
:20:43. > :20:52.seconds, I could you the fans celebrating. Thanks for that,
:20:53. > :20:55.Welbeck. And after that... When you are coming off and the manager has
:20:56. > :21:03.his job to do and you're out of the equation and you completely blanks
:21:04. > :21:06.you walking off, that must be harsh. He is slightly arm around the
:21:07. > :21:12.shoulder, dirty blanket? No, the lads are just unbeaten in the last
:21:13. > :21:17.30 seconds and they came over to me. That shows the team you have got. --
:21:18. > :21:28.they were just beaten. It is not your fault, it is just one game. We
:21:29. > :21:39.had just eaten City and Liverpool. Move on. We have two games, West
:21:40. > :21:46.Brom, Man United, Crystal Palace against Liverpool at 1:30pm. And the
:21:47. > :21:48.last thing that the Crystal Palace manager would have wanted after 11
:21:49. > :21:54.Premier league matches without victory is to lose key players and
:21:55. > :22:00.they are Wayne Hennessey and Connor Wickham. He's scored two braces in
:22:01. > :22:09.the last two games, Hennessey is the regular goalkeeper. McCarthy and
:22:10. > :22:18.Adebayor coming in, and Ledley is in. Liverpool, Mamadou Sakho coming
:22:19. > :22:25.in, Daniel Sturridge is on the bench. The band on behalf of the
:22:26. > :22:34.none, they are not a one-man team but the lack of Bolasie has been a
:22:35. > :22:40.problem. And they don't have any goal-scorer? That is a huge talent,
:22:41. > :22:47.Bolasie, coming out of the blue, and we talk about balance and agility
:22:48. > :22:51.and speed and power, he has been so useful for Crystal Palace and he has
:22:52. > :22:57.been sorely missed and you not believe they can get a result.
:22:58. > :23:04.Without Connor Wickham, someone on this run of form, you want them to
:23:05. > :23:10.still be in that team? Yes, I do not know if you have ever been standing
:23:11. > :23:14.next to him, he is massive. He is a serious heavyweight. That is a huge
:23:15. > :23:22.blow and given away the table they should be fine but a lot of this is
:23:23. > :23:25.the curse of England speculation. Tipping the manager to be the next
:23:26. > :23:33.England manager, and then the results tend to head south, which
:23:34. > :23:39.happens with Alan Pardew. They have fallen off the cliff. Going forward,
:23:40. > :23:45.so much ambition, speed, and all of a sudden they cannot win. Luckily
:23:46. > :23:53.they have 33 points but you would fear for them. Probably 35 should be
:23:54. > :23:59.fine. What is he like to play for? For me, he is one of the better
:24:00. > :24:05.managers I have worked with. He was great for me that you cancel, the
:24:06. > :24:19.years that we came in, we had a very good team, we had Cabaye, Ben Arfur,
:24:20. > :24:25.Joey Barton. We had a good team, it was a very good squad. And he made
:24:26. > :24:28.that impact and we ended up getting into the Europa League and finished
:24:29. > :24:36.in fifth place but as a manager of men he was top-class. He would get
:24:37. > :24:42.you in with his speech and even tactically, he made sure that the
:24:43. > :24:48.tactics were spot-on for the game. For me, he is a top manager.
:24:49. > :24:51.Newcastle at the moment are a very different club, second from the
:24:52. > :24:59.bottom. Eaten at home by Bournemouth. Here is Steve McClaren.
:25:00. > :25:05.You needed a very big performance, are you disappointed? Very
:25:06. > :25:10.disappointed. But was definitely a performance that if we carry on like
:25:11. > :25:15.that, that is going down material without any doubt. The only positive
:25:16. > :25:20.is we have got ten games left to go and we know that in those games, we
:25:21. > :25:29.have to find those fighters. I thought that Janmaat, Colback, the
:25:30. > :25:33.epitomised what we needed to win today but they did not epitomised
:25:34. > :25:39.that and that is being brutally honest. And we cannot dress that up,
:25:40. > :25:45.we cannot play like that and hope to stay up. It must change and we have
:25:46. > :25:50.to be more consistent and people have to step forward and at the
:25:51. > :25:54.present moment, not enough of them are doing that and we also need
:25:55. > :25:59.characters are injured back on the training field and back onto the
:26:00. > :26:09.pitch. Unfortunately -- fortunately, we have got ten left, and that is
:26:10. > :26:13.enough to show the fight, it is a four team league at the minute, they
:26:14. > :26:16.will play everyone around us but today, that was not good enough.
:26:17. > :26:24.Celtic have got their third against Morton. As a Newcastle fan, Henry
:26:25. > :26:26.Winter, without give you hope? You would have thought about getting
:26:27. > :26:32.that road map out for the championship and when you think,
:26:33. > :26:37.that is his opportunity to send the message, the best managers do that,
:26:38. > :26:41.Ferguson, Jose Mourinho, using the media to get his message across and
:26:42. > :26:45.he comes out their and you are depressed listening to him, his
:26:46. > :26:48.shoulders slumped and that is just the press conference. Everybody
:26:49. > :26:55.knows what he is like the players and the fans must be going crazy.
:26:56. > :26:58.The thing about Steve McClaren, you have been coached by him and we have
:26:59. > :27:03.seen that he is a good coach, he will move everyone around and you
:27:04. > :27:07.will get them set up properly but in terms of going through those gears,
:27:08. > :27:11.the motion, saying the right words at the right time, getting the
:27:12. > :27:16.tactics right, he is not top grade, we saw that with England,
:27:17. > :27:20.Middlesbrough, will spring, occasionally, but he is a coach
:27:21. > :27:28.whereas what Newcastle want is a younger Bobby Robson, somebody to
:27:29. > :27:33.inspire them, even Keegan, he had his faults but he lifted his
:27:34. > :27:38.players. The fans will be depressed. It is a huge task when they keep on
:27:39. > :27:44.performing so inconsistently. And when you look at Norwich and Alex
:27:45. > :27:49.Neil, but this honour, the manager's Egger 's job is to pick up those
:27:50. > :27:52.players and then lose and from that interview, I am not getting that and
:27:53. > :27:57.they have lost some games, the Liverpool game, he did look like...
:27:58. > :28:02.Told the players of any responsibility? When you watch them,
:28:03. > :28:07.you know, I have no idea whether they do or not but it is not look
:28:08. > :28:11.like any of them have any individual responsibility? But the job of the
:28:12. > :28:16.manager is to pick them up as a unit and individually and from what I
:28:17. > :28:19.have seen, Alex Neil might have struggled after his appointment and
:28:20. > :28:26.I think that Steve McClaren is struggling also. He came to QPR, he
:28:27. > :28:35.was the coach. And with those lads, he was top-class. Yes, relent.
:28:36. > :28:40.Fulham, he was very good. I do not know what is going on. That is not
:28:41. > :28:43.the Steve McClaren that we know. I was coached by him at England and he
:28:44. > :28:47.would get into the circle before training and would be pushing the
:28:48. > :28:56.ball is round, he is infectious. That is the issue, he is too chummy.
:28:57. > :29:00.Alex Neil is a fighter, I would not want to cross them but Steve
:29:01. > :29:08.McClaren, he wants to be the friend of the players. He was like that at
:29:09. > :29:14.QPR, he was close. You can be a friend as a coach? Yes, everyone of
:29:15. > :29:21.us could go to him. Whether he was playing or in the stand. I do not
:29:22. > :29:25.know as a manager. And I still know some of those lads at Newcastle but
:29:26. > :29:29.I have not spoken to them for a while. I am not sure what is going
:29:30. > :29:36.on. That is what happened with Harry Redknapp. And those QPR fans were
:29:37. > :29:39.very pleased with that, Harry was a manager, Steve McClaren was the
:29:40. > :29:44.coach, and then Harry would give that team talk and that was a
:29:45. > :29:49.fantastic combination but as a manager he does not have the right
:29:50. > :29:52.formula. Dan says, I love people criticising the Newcastle fans, zero
:29:53. > :29:59.effort from the players every week. I am surprised that some former
:30:00. > :30:02.players are criticising the fans, saying they are not creating an
:30:03. > :30:07.atmosphere for the players. They have every right? Every right to be
:30:08. > :30:12.as disgruntled and angry as they are, given the way the club has gone
:30:13. > :30:16.over the last ten years? You could argue it is even longer than that.
:30:17. > :30:20.In terms of trophies. They are amongst the most loyal in the
:30:21. > :30:27.country. It is a one club time and you go there, Ferguson had this, you
:30:28. > :30:32.would go there, go to the ground and it would be like a match day even if
:30:33. > :30:37.it was not a non match day, this cathedral on the hill and they would
:30:38. > :30:41.go there and it would worship. It is a remarkable place. I would agree,
:30:42. > :30:46.it is hard to criticise an area of the country but has not had the best
:30:47. > :30:49.times economically and with what they have to pay for tickets and
:30:50. > :30:54.they keep turning up and they keep getting lets down and the one thing
:30:55. > :30:59.that the fans want is just pride in the shirt. You have played there. If
:31:00. > :31:04.you just give everything, for the team and that shirt...
:31:05. > :31:10.But if you stand back and let Charlie Daniels go on a long run and
:31:11. > :31:17.put the ball in the back of the net you deserve what you get don't you?
:31:18. > :31:22.Yes, I was there four years and up until now it was probably the best
:31:23. > :31:30.time of my career. If every single player is fighting on the pitch the
:31:31. > :31:34.fans are happy. The whole city is basically Newcastle, Newcastle. The
:31:35. > :31:40.petrol station, go for food, the waiter or waitress, everything, all
:31:41. > :31:44.people, everyone is focused on Newcastle. If you give 100% they are
:31:45. > :31:49.happy, so you cannot criticise the fans I don't think. Do you think a
:31:50. > :31:55.lot of players realise this, that if you give 100% we will be all right
:31:56. > :32:00.with you? Look at Aston Villa as well as they just around yesterday.
:32:01. > :32:05.As soon as you cross the line that is the minimum you should give, bad
:32:06. > :32:10.game or a good game, as long as you give 100% the fans will back you and
:32:11. > :32:13.they are not seeing that Newcastle. Was Alan Shearer right last night
:32:14. > :32:19.when he said the whole club is a mess? Steve McClaren is on the
:32:20. > :32:25.board, how does that work? He should not be on the board, how does that
:32:26. > :32:29.work? Will he sat himself? He might come out later and give himself a
:32:30. > :32:33.vote of confidence! It is like Arsenal, Wenger has too much power
:32:34. > :32:39.there. What Alan Shearer said last night it was like having a fan
:32:40. > :32:43.there. It was outrageous, you could see how much it meant to him as a
:32:44. > :32:48.Newcastle lad and the players are not showing it. He is disappointed
:32:49. > :32:54.that so many good players, this proverbial hotbed of football, so
:32:55. > :32:57.many players go away at a young age. Newcastle United should build a
:32:58. > :33:05.blockade on the A-1 to stop these talented kids moving away. I am not
:33:06. > :33:12.sure they would be allowed to do that... But another message here
:33:13. > :33:16.saying I am lost for words, this is the lowest the club has been in the
:33:17. > :33:23.modern era. Another seeing I watched the five-a-side for sports Leith and
:33:24. > :33:33.those players putting more effort than the players do. -- sport
:33:34. > :33:38.relief. Have time at Celtic. 3-0, as expected pretty much on the basis of
:33:39. > :33:42.form. Leigh Griffiths putting Celtic ahead before Gary Mackay-Steven
:33:43. > :33:46.doubled that margin halfway through the first half, then Calum McGregor
:33:47. > :33:49.taking on half of the Greenock Morton team and making it all the
:33:50. > :33:54.way to the ten yard mark before scoring. But Johannson was brought
:33:55. > :33:59.down by Michael Miller just before half-time and it looked to me like a
:34:00. > :34:04.studs up challenge and he had just been booked, but the referee did not
:34:05. > :34:07.seem to see it was him who did it. Johannson has been taken off and
:34:08. > :34:14.looks unlikely to start the second half. Thank you. Danny Simpsons,
:34:15. > :34:19.Henry Winter and Trevor Sinclair here with me. As far as relegation
:34:20. > :34:24.is concerned, you have a table in front of you Trevor, Sunderland just
:34:25. > :34:30.above the drop zone, eight points between themselves and Swansea, so
:34:31. > :34:37.for you, three from four? I think Sunderland stay up. Aston Villa have
:34:38. > :34:40.gone. Newcastle, from what I have seen and the pressure the manager is
:34:41. > :34:44.under and the response the players are giving him, which is literally
:34:45. > :34:51.zilch, and Sunderland were so unlucky not to get the win
:34:52. > :34:58.yesterday. I think Sunderland have bought well in the transfer window
:34:59. > :35:02.in January, brought in a big defender. Sam Allardyce does what he
:35:03. > :35:08.says on the tin, he will keep them up, for me. And Jermain Defoe as
:35:09. > :35:13.well, when you have a goal-scorer like that. Sam Allardyce teams, you
:35:14. > :35:16.have played against them, they are always tough and robust,
:35:17. > :35:24.psychologically strong. One or two issues at Newcastle but I am sure he
:35:25. > :35:30.will keep them up. When you're down there, are you analysing other clubs
:35:31. > :35:37.fixtures? You do. Last year I think if you ask the fans are any of the
:35:38. > :35:42.other players, we were always in games. There was always one goal in
:35:43. > :35:47.it. We were not getting thumped. So we always knew we just needed to
:35:48. > :35:52.keep doing what we were doing and get a few breaks. Once you get one
:35:53. > :35:56.win it gives you the left and you have to kick on from that. Massive
:35:57. > :36:00.difference when you're getting beating by three or four, the morale
:36:01. > :36:05.and confidence pours out the place. But if it's just the odd goal and
:36:06. > :36:10.you have been unlucky I think it keeps the confidence high and the
:36:11. > :36:14.belief amongst the players. Everton against West Ham, West Ham fifth,
:36:15. > :36:21.just a point behind Manchester City. They were 2-0 down, Everton down to
:36:22. > :36:28.ten men, Lukaku missed a penalty and before you knew it West Ham won 3-2.
:36:29. > :36:31.This season has always been special but today felt like a special day
:36:32. > :36:36.with minute and the West Ham supporters greeted it like you had
:36:37. > :36:42.won a trophy, it has that kind of psychology? Definitely. We were a
:36:43. > :36:47.bit tired, although we played good, but the reactions and the
:36:48. > :36:54.transitions especially, defensive transition, we will of its -- we
:36:55. > :37:02.were not sharp enough baby because we had such a big game on Wednesday
:37:03. > :37:06.night against Spurs. But I am pleased not only with the win, I am
:37:07. > :37:11.pleased with how we played. 2-0 down of course I am not happy, but I was,
:37:12. > :37:22.again, proud of the way they were playing. Great day for us. That is
:37:23. > :37:26.an understatement Trevor Sinclair? A remarkable season for them this
:37:27. > :37:31.year. The way the players have gone out and played without fear, Dimitri
:37:32. > :37:36.Payet is a superstar and the impact he has had this year has been second
:37:37. > :37:40.to none. For me he is up there with Mahrez, the goals he has scored,
:37:41. > :37:46.scored eight and created seven or one way or the other, he missed a
:37:47. > :37:50.bit of the season but West Ham as a whole played with a great spirit.
:37:51. > :37:54.Coming from 2-0 down at Goodison Park is incredible and they deserved
:37:55. > :37:58.it. Once they got the first goal they could sense it and they have
:37:59. > :38:04.the players, getting crosses in and looked dangerous. I was listening to
:38:05. > :38:07.Antonio this morning saying Slaven Billic had told them get the ball in
:38:08. > :38:13.the box because they are not buoyant at the pending in the air from set
:38:14. > :38:18.pieces in particular. -- they are not brilliant at defending in the
:38:19. > :38:23.air. It is horses for courses, they can change it and mix it up. I am
:38:24. > :38:31.surprised that people are surprised that Slaven Billic has been a
:38:32. > :38:34.success. Just meeting him and going into press conferences with him he
:38:35. > :38:39.is a very uplifting and powerful personality. The main aim for West
:38:40. > :38:42.Ham this season was to stay in the Premier League so they go to the
:38:43. > :38:48.yellow Brick Stadium with that status intact so they can then sell
:38:49. > :38:56.season tickets all around the area. -- go to the Olympic Stadium. When
:38:57. > :39:04.you hear players talking so highly of Slaven Billic before he took the
:39:05. > :39:10.job that speaks so much to me. You knew he would have an impact on the
:39:11. > :39:14.players. He comes up with wonderful phrases, saying he would have to go
:39:15. > :39:20.and buy a dictionary to express more words to express the poetry he feels
:39:21. > :39:26.about Dimitri Payet. And that is gold for us as journalists. Antonio
:39:27. > :39:29.was saying when you have some daylight Dimitri Payet and the
:39:30. > :39:36.opposition focus on him it creates space for other players. Yesterday
:39:37. > :39:42.there were 12 players around Mahrez every time he got the ball which
:39:43. > :39:47.left space for Kante and Danny Drinkwater to get at it and switch
:39:48. > :39:51.it and dictate. That is credit to him, he has adapted to that. Not let
:39:52. > :39:58.it get to him, he just gets on with it. That is the keyword, adapting.
:39:59. > :40:01.West Ham getting crosses in because they thought Everton were
:40:02. > :40:12.susceptible, talking about Mahrez being able to adapt, you have to be
:40:13. > :40:19.able to adapt throughout the game. Drinkwater used the ball so well
:40:20. > :40:23.yesterday. A message saying West Ham will take fourth, quality teamwork
:40:24. > :40:30.and the right mentality. Another seeing West Ham have class and
:40:31. > :40:37.resilience. I pointed out you have 27 different teams but you support
:40:38. > :40:42.them all on Twitter, but a fourth place was between Manchester City
:40:43. > :40:47.and West Ham that would be a dilemma wouldn't it? I am just going to go
:40:48. > :40:54.and sit in that corner! It would be a dilemma. That is all I am saying,
:40:55. > :41:03.I am not going to ask you who... Good! Everton fans have every right
:41:04. > :41:07.to be angry as well don't they? Yeah and there is a sizeable movement, if
:41:08. > :41:11.that's the right word, against Martinez which I think is slightly
:41:12. > :41:16.harsh. He is trying to play the right way, developing them but as
:41:17. > :41:22.ever with his teams he just needs to work more defensively. Going forward
:41:23. > :41:27.they have fabulous players, Lukaku, Ross Barkley. But one or two
:41:28. > :41:33.mistakes made by individuals so can you blame Martinez for that? A lot
:41:34. > :41:39.of Everton fans have judging by social media, which are the
:41:40. > :41:42.substitutions. Aaron Lennon was taken off yesterday, if you are down
:41:43. > :41:48.to ten men you still had to keep some kind of threat. I have been to
:41:49. > :41:53.Goodison Park recently where his substitutions were hammered by the
:41:54. > :41:58.supporters. This is one of Leicester 's biggest things, I am giving away
:41:59. > :42:02.some secrets, but Jamie Vardy goes and stands on the left wing, Mahrez
:42:03. > :42:06.on the right. You have to double up on both of them because Jamie Vardy
:42:07. > :42:12.has the speed and Mahrez is twinkle toes. So you have less to deal with
:42:13. > :42:16.defending and when you get the ball you cause problems because there is
:42:17. > :42:22.a mass of hole in the middle. I think the problem with Everton is
:42:23. > :42:25.that going forward is fine but they are not getting the balance right
:42:26. > :42:29.and they are conceding too many goals. If it was an individual
:42:30. > :42:33.error, that will happen but some of the goals they conceded yesterday,
:42:34. > :42:37.that is not about individual error is it about being in the right
:42:38. > :42:45.position for certain scenarios. As Danny said earlier, Claudio Ranieri
:42:46. > :42:48.analyses where players should be. The player has to come across until
:42:49. > :42:55.the hole and that is not happening at Everton in my opinion. Simon says
:42:56. > :43:01.enough is enough, Martinez is not a Premier League manager, we cannot
:43:02. > :43:06.defend. Another seeing that if the man who has invested all the money
:43:07. > :43:11.into Everton is checking if there is a 14 day cooling off period! Another
:43:12. > :43:19.seeing Martinez is a joke, can blame the red card and missed penalty but
:43:20. > :43:28.enough is enough. Do you still keep an eye on your old team? Yeah. But
:43:29. > :43:38.for the first time ever in my life I am looking at it hoping we don't
:43:39. > :43:43.win! -- they don't. If they are on TV I was watch them however. I am
:43:44. > :43:47.hoping to go to the Europa League game against Liverpool at Old
:43:48. > :43:57.Trafford, I'm hoping I can go to that. What I do always watch for the
:43:58. > :44:01.results. Thank you for coming on, and to you gentlemen, West Ham are
:44:02. > :44:04.Manchester City? We are out of time, lucky you! Goodbye.