:00:08. > :00:34.Welcome to Match Of The Day 2 Extra on BBC Two,
:00:35. > :00:40.With me this lunchtime, Stoke and Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given,
:00:41. > :00:47.Jonathan Northcroft from the Sunday Times and Andy Dunn from the Mirror.
:00:48. > :00:49.Plenty to get through and you can get involved, too.
:00:50. > :00:55.Just use the hashtag #bbcfootball on social media, or text 85058.
:00:56. > :00:58.These are the subjects we will be talking about over the next 45
:00:59. > :00:59.minutes. More of the same from Chelsea,
:01:00. > :01:02.who lose a seventh league game Jamie Vardy scores for
:01:03. > :01:06.a ninth game in a row as Leicester He'll take charge of them
:01:07. > :01:11.for the first time this afternoon We'll look ahead to the North London
:01:12. > :01:14.derby, with Arsenal in need of a reaction
:01:15. > :01:17.to their midweek defeat in Europe. And we'll keep you across the FA Cup
:01:18. > :01:32.first round. We can look at the newspaper
:01:33. > :01:37.headlines. The sun have used the headline white ban man. The Sunday
:01:38. > :01:42.mail have gone with doomed. The Mirror have gone with Chelsea as
:01:43. > :01:47.well and their headline is fool Britannia. We will move on to
:01:48. > :01:53.Chelsea in a minute. Let's start with the North London derby.
:01:54. > :01:59.It is live on 5Live at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
:02:00. > :02:07.Is it a finely balanced game? Yes, the two microform teams from the
:02:08. > :02:11.opening day of the season, Tottenham have yet to taste defeat in the
:02:12. > :02:16.Premier League. There is a feel-good factor around the White Hart Lane.
:02:17. > :02:20.That makes it finely balanced. There is an optimism that Pochettino is
:02:21. > :02:25.generated. Results in terms of the points tally he has got this season.
:02:26. > :02:32.He has not reinvented the wheel, but it is a young squad, they disunity
:02:33. > :02:36.about it. There was a hint of disunity through Andros Townsend,
:02:37. > :02:40.and Pochettino dealt with it firmly. Even though in terms of league
:02:41. > :02:44.position and results over a long period of time, Pochettino has not
:02:45. > :02:47.done better or worse than previous Tottenham managers, and there have
:02:48. > :02:53.been plenty of those over the last five years, he has generated this
:02:54. > :02:59.idea that stems from the hard work and positive football that the play.
:03:00. > :03:04.Tottenham are progressing. Because they are progressing in this very
:03:05. > :03:08.can way, Shay Given, we have spoken a lot about them this season. There
:03:09. > :03:13.is no soap opera around them. Everything is going very nicely.
:03:14. > :03:18.That is the thing, they are quietly going about their business. They are
:03:19. > :03:24.at the top of the league table, in the top half. The manager works very
:03:25. > :03:30.hard on how they set up and play. We are talking about Chelsea and
:03:31. > :03:33.Manchester United every week, but Tottenham are quietly getting
:03:34. > :03:35.victories. With the way Chelsea are playing, Tottenham will be
:03:36. > :03:42.favourites for a Champions League place. Maybe the situation they are
:03:43. > :03:47.in is quite familiar, on the edge of the top four. You look to the future
:03:48. > :03:53.with Tottenham. Pochettino is building something. Last year, they
:03:54. > :03:58.had temporary, Adebayor, Soldado. That feels like a different era. It
:03:59. > :04:02.is such a different Tottenham. You see faith in the young players. Eric
:04:03. > :04:08.Dier did not start well. He's holding player. Harry Kane is coming
:04:09. > :04:14.into form. He's going to stick with them. He is building for the future.
:04:15. > :04:19.Since when do Tottenham and Daniel Levy build for the future? They are
:04:20. > :04:22.building for the future off the field. Their training ground is one
:04:23. > :04:27.of the best in the Premier League, the new stadium is one of the best.
:04:28. > :04:35.Well he decide to build for the future and give Pochettino and
:04:36. > :04:41.Neagle. Why would they not do that? -- an era. The fact you're throwing
:04:42. > :04:46.that out there suggest that you think he might not do that. They
:04:47. > :04:51.have a good hard-working squad, quite a bit of talent. I think they
:04:52. > :04:57.are shy upfront. Say they do not finish in the top four, but six or
:04:58. > :05:04.seven. What do they do? He has a record. In the last few seasons,
:05:05. > :05:09.they have been fourth, fifth, six, that sort of place in the table.
:05:10. > :05:14.We'll Daniel Levy recognise, this is a relatively young manager with a
:05:15. > :05:18.young squad going places? Will he say, this is for the future, let's
:05:19. > :05:26.build for the long-term, not sell our best players when the bids come
:05:27. > :05:30.in from Harry Kane and Dele Alli. This comes back to the discussion I
:05:31. > :05:35.have had about Mourinho. Not everyone can finish in the top four.
:05:36. > :05:40.Not every club that thinks they ought to be top four can be top
:05:41. > :05:44.four. You cannot have every season those clubs that miss out throwing
:05:45. > :05:50.the baby out with the bath water because they have not finished in
:05:51. > :05:53.the top four. The project for Tottenham cannot be the top four
:05:54. > :05:58.because they are trying to build a new stadium. They are not investing
:05:59. > :06:08.in the players and wages that other clubs are. Daniel Leavy has got to
:06:09. > :06:13.look at the long-term. Why not this season, in the top four. When you
:06:14. > :06:16.analyse Tottenham, the statistics show that they made more titles than
:06:17. > :06:22.any other side in the Premier League. They try and win the ball
:06:23. > :06:30.back within three seconds, that is Mourinho's big philosophy. --
:06:31. > :06:33.Pochettino's. When you analyse them, do they look high pricing, winning
:06:34. > :06:40.the ball back as quickly as possible? I am surprised. You would
:06:41. > :06:46.not associate Tottenham team with the best tacklers in the week. By
:06:47. > :06:49.all accounts Pochettino drills them. He uses the three second rule to get
:06:50. > :06:54.the ball back as quickly as possible. If you get the ball back
:06:55. > :06:59.in the opposition have, you're creating chances straightaway. There
:07:00. > :07:04.will be Arsenal fans listening who are saying, you crazy Tottenham as
:07:05. > :07:10.much as you like, but you know that we will go on and win the derby 3-1
:07:11. > :07:13.or whatever it may be? Yes, they are catching up with Arsenal, even in
:07:14. > :07:19.terms of the stadium and the manager who can build a dynasty, the
:07:20. > :07:28.longevity that Arsene Wenger has had. Arsenal will show their recent
:07:29. > :07:33.record against Tottenham. They will be favourites, but it is in the
:07:34. > :07:37.balance. The game in midweek for Arsenal, psychologically, they got
:07:38. > :07:44.hammered. They might have expected to lose, but to get that beating, it
:07:45. > :07:49.has an impact. You mentioned that Tottenham do not get many injuries.
:07:50. > :07:54.Arsenal have lots of them. If Koscielny is not fit, Tottenham will
:07:55. > :07:58.have a real chance. Thierry Henry in the Sun newspaper has described
:07:59. > :08:03.Arsenal as Jekyll and Hyde, saying it is sometimes difficult to believe
:08:04. > :08:07.they are the same side. I know he is making that comment after the Bayern
:08:08. > :08:12.Munich results. There are foreign in the lead has been very good. Can you
:08:13. > :08:17.isolate them, if you're in that squad as a player? Bayern Munich are
:08:18. > :08:21.one of the best teams in the world. Even when they played at the
:08:22. > :08:28.Emirates Stadium, they played Arsenal of the pitch. They are so
:08:29. > :08:36.good at home, Bayern Munich. Two months ago, I said Arsenal for the
:08:37. > :08:41.league. You and me both. I did get a text on erect your this week from a
:08:42. > :08:51.Arsenal fan who said that Bayern Munich score four five in every home
:08:52. > :08:55.game, so we made them look average. The Arsenal travelled would have
:08:56. > :09:01.rested players in the Bayern Munich game for the North London derby. I
:09:02. > :09:07.do surprised he maybe did not take out a couple of the bigger players?
:09:08. > :09:11.Yes, use Bayern Munich take players off in the Stuttgart game, which was
:09:12. > :09:17.humiliating for Arsenal. Koscielny is so important to them. He is such
:09:18. > :09:21.a class above the other centre backs. The disappointing thing for
:09:22. > :09:28.Arsenal is the Champions League campaign in general. There was the
:09:29. > :09:35.decision around the goalkeeper, Ospina. It looks like they will not
:09:36. > :09:41.qualify. If they got into the Europa league, it would be a disaster for
:09:42. > :09:52.their scheduling. They need to be out of the Champions League. Would
:09:53. > :09:59.you forget about you? Absolutely. They should play the kids in the
:10:00. > :10:03.last couple of games. It is a broader subject, but I do not buy
:10:04. > :10:11.into how it really should affect you, these games. We will come onto
:10:12. > :10:17.that. I do not understand why it firstly, Sunday is different to
:10:18. > :10:22.Wednesday, Saturday. One viewer says that he thinks that injuries will
:10:23. > :10:25.play a big part for Arsenal today. Ryan says that Pochettino is the
:10:26. > :10:33.best Tottenham manager since Harry Redknapp. Let's move on to the game
:10:34. > :10:41.and the Brittania Stadium yesterday, Stoke beating Chelsea, 1-0. Noel
:10:42. > :10:46.Jose Mourinho to face the media. Ramires got the short straw in the
:10:47. > :10:54.Chelsea dressing room. We played very well, but we did not score.
:10:55. > :11:00.That is football. If you play well and you do not score and you can
:11:01. > :11:07.see, you lose the game. Was it strange not having Jose Mourinho
:11:08. > :11:13.with you today? Yes, it is strange. When we look to the bench, we can
:11:14. > :11:26.see Jose on the bench. Today, he is not there. We have the assistance on
:11:27. > :11:32.the bench. It is strange, because Mourinho is our coach. You have
:11:33. > :11:38.described Chelsea as specialists in losing, Andy Dunn. Obviously a
:11:39. > :11:42.reference not make adding a need to explain the reference. Good luck to
:11:43. > :11:46.you on social media in the next 24 hours. The Avelar seven Premier
:11:47. > :11:52.League games, the first time Jose Mourinho has lost seven games in a
:11:53. > :11:56.season. Specialists in losing, it was almost complimentary in the
:11:57. > :12:00.context of yesterday's game. They played as well as I have seen them
:12:01. > :12:07.play in a long time and they still lost. They still find a way to lose
:12:08. > :12:13.the game or draw the game. -- or not draw the game. It has become an
:12:14. > :12:18.unusual habit for Chelsea, for Jose Mourinho, and for Roman Abramovich.
:12:19. > :12:23.They could not respond when Stoke scored. A response would have been
:12:24. > :12:27.automatic in any season over the last ten, the response would have
:12:28. > :12:34.been to Matic. Yesterday they could not respond, and that is worrying.
:12:35. > :12:36.On Wednesday night, Jonathan Northcroft, the most positive thing
:12:37. > :12:42.was how they did respond when Dynamo Kiev brought it back to 1-1. They
:12:43. > :12:47.went again and they did not struggle when they conceded. I went to the
:12:48. > :12:51.Brittania Stadium thinking that they had turned a corner, but everything
:12:52. > :12:56.is so fragile about Chelsea. They fall back into bad habits. Without
:12:57. > :13:03.Mourinho there, it let us look at the Teemore and not just write about
:13:04. > :13:07.him. The striker is not scoring and they are defending terribly, which
:13:08. > :13:11.is a lethal combination. It means you can play well and lose. Stoke
:13:12. > :13:20.have played them twice in three weeks. You can give away as many
:13:21. > :13:24.secrets as you want. Did you feel before both games that they are more
:13:25. > :13:29.vulnerable than they have been? Was that the discussion? It was a good
:13:30. > :13:32.time to play them. They played really well yesterday. In the cup
:13:33. > :13:39.Game two weeks ago they played really well as well. We won on
:13:40. > :13:44.penalties. In the media the next day, you read, Chelsea are terrible.
:13:45. > :13:50.Chelsea are a great team. For whatever reason, results are not
:13:51. > :13:53.going their way, and we at Stoke have to capitalise. That is the
:13:54. > :13:58.other thing, everyone that is playing them at the moment will be
:13:59. > :14:04.thinking, the air of invincibility last season as champions has gone.
:14:05. > :14:08.As human beings, the confidence will drop. They are champions of
:14:09. > :14:15.England, but the urge you mean beings. Yesterday, they were playing
:14:16. > :14:20.very well. It is true. You're in the stadium and you almost -- you always
:14:21. > :14:25.thought that Stoke would score, especially with players like
:14:26. > :14:31.Shaqiri. And Arnautovic. With Mourinho not there, you can strip
:14:32. > :14:38.away the controversy and the cult of Mourinho, around the whole issue,
:14:39. > :14:42.and you look at the players. Defensively, they are vulnerable.
:14:43. > :14:45.The left back yesterday had a terrible time. The different
:14:46. > :14:51.defensive combinations always looked like they can be got at. They did
:14:52. > :14:55.yesterday. It was a good move from Shaqiri, and Chelsea could not deal
:14:56. > :15:02.with it. You go there yesterday, and you think, I cannot see any way that
:15:03. > :15:08.Stoke will not score at any point. I went there last year when Stoke
:15:09. > :15:13.played Chelsea. That was the game when Phil Bardsley absolutely lumpy
:15:14. > :15:17.Eden Hazard. It was in Chelsea's face. And you thought, Chelsea will
:15:18. > :15:23.still make this. That is the difference.
:15:24. > :15:30.Manchester United, one the air of inVincibility goes, players play
:15:31. > :15:35.different against you. Stoke knew what they were up against. They had
:15:36. > :15:41.a lot of mental strength. We'll wait for Chelsea to become vulnerable.
:15:42. > :15:44.Stoke should take credit too. Created a few more chances than just
:15:45. > :15:51.the goal. Chelsea are still a good team. Two things, we'll come on to
:15:52. > :15:55.Jack Butland. If you are a goalkeeper behind the back four that
:15:56. > :16:03.is constantly changing, how difficult is that for that defensive
:16:04. > :16:10.five? I feel a bit for Asmir. The number one is out with a knee
:16:11. > :16:15.injury. Begavich has come in for stick. If you're changing the back
:16:16. > :16:21.four. Asmir is one of the better players. He made a mistake for one
:16:22. > :16:26.of the goals last week. If you've not got a settled back four as a
:16:27. > :16:31.goal keep are, he's says -- goalkeeper. He's settling in and
:16:32. > :16:34.taking a lot of flack himself. A back four constantly changing, how
:16:35. > :16:43.difficult is that for that back four as well? As a unit, we always harp
:16:44. > :16:46.back to David seamen and Adams. The same back four, the understanding
:16:47. > :16:53.you have is unbelievable. The only way to do that is playing week in,
:16:54. > :16:56.week out. The more the back four are changed, people's form dips or
:16:57. > :17:00.suspension or injury, it is difficult for the goalkeeper and
:17:01. > :17:04.back four to look solid. We had a few chances yesterday. Could have
:17:05. > :17:08.scored maybe another goal. You mentioned, Jonathan, gave everyone
:17:09. > :17:12.the chance to concentrate on the team yesterday rather than Mourinho,
:17:13. > :17:17.did it show why maybe he wanted the players in the summer when you
:17:18. > :17:21.watched yesterday? It did. He wanted a young centre back. He definitely
:17:22. > :17:27.needs stability there. He also, interestingly, Chelsea tried to get
:17:28. > :17:34.Marcial and tried to compete with United. The only worry is Diego
:17:35. > :17:38.Costa. His dark side, if you like, his ill discipline is coming out at
:17:39. > :17:42.the same time his goals are fading. He's scored six in 28. He doesn't
:17:43. > :17:50.have backups. You can't be a top team in that situation. You can see
:17:51. > :17:55.why he wanted another striker to put pressure on Costa. I suggest Ryan
:17:56. > :18:02.Shawcross isn't that much over on the dark side is he a very fragrant
:18:03. > :18:07.man? Fresh. You play half an hour of high-level football. He's not going
:18:08. > :18:15.to be fragrant. No, just a bit of deoat rant. Thank you very much for
:18:16. > :18:20.your texts and tweets on Chelsea. Jags, I think Chelsea miss the
:18:21. > :18:25.Drogba influence. Benjamin said Chelsea lost four games since they
:18:26. > :18:30.conceded a goal. Would Chelsea fans be happier if they were boring but
:18:31. > :18:34.at the top? Aside from the good football Stoke played yesterday and
:18:35. > :18:42.this season, Jack Butland, the number one at Stoke? Has been
:18:43. > :18:47.sensational this year. He's been our player of the season. Ever ary week
:18:48. > :18:54.has been consistent. Big saves in games. He's only 22, extremely young
:18:55. > :18:59.in goal keeping terms. If you look at my age, he's 18 years left in
:19:00. > :19:04.him. This conversation is getting more depressing for you by the
:19:05. > :19:11.minute! I'll get me coat. He's starting out in his career. Stoke's
:19:12. > :19:21.a fantastic club. Great goal keeping coach and the gaffer. Great faith in
:19:22. > :19:24.him. He has a huge fuel future. He's pushing Joe Hart in the England
:19:25. > :19:31.squad. Great for England both will go to France next summer. He's going
:19:32. > :19:35.to be put into these England games. Roy Hodgson hates ex-peermenting. If
:19:36. > :19:43.you're going to learn anything, is Jack Butland ready. If Joe gets
:19:44. > :19:48.injured a week before the tournament and Jack's not played any games
:19:49. > :19:52.we'll say why didn't he play in November in friendly games? Joe
:19:53. > :19:58.won't lank me for saying this, but it's a great opportunity for Jack to
:19:59. > :20:03.play at that level. I interviewed him for 5 live. He was interested in
:20:04. > :20:06.the dynamic between the first or second choice goalkeeper but how you
:20:07. > :20:12.still have to work very much of the team for the benefit of the greater
:20:13. > :20:17.team. Yes, he wants to be England's number one, but, at the same time,
:20:18. > :20:24.he'll work with Joe Hart to provide competition for him as well. The key
:20:25. > :20:27.thing about goalkeepers, every game we start early, train together, work
:20:28. > :20:32.hard together. Pretty much get on well together. We can't pick the
:20:33. > :20:39.team. The goal keeping coach doesn't pick the team. The manager does.
:20:40. > :20:45.When Joe Hart plays for England I'm sure he's supportive. We call it the
:20:46. > :20:53.goalkeeper's union. We are very much supportive. You need it at club and
:20:54. > :20:58.international level. Last year, it's fantastic. You have a role to play
:20:59. > :21:02.in the squad. Particularliy internationally when you go away
:21:03. > :21:08.with that squad of 23 players. It is important you have goalkeepers
:21:09. > :21:12.working together. Going back to Arsenal, they are supposed to hate
:21:13. > :21:17.each other. That must be tricky. Every day knowing, I hate you you
:21:18. > :21:24.hate me. You had a number two there for a long time. Steve Harper? We
:21:25. > :21:29.get on great. It's most... Get on well will you... I was reading a
:21:30. > :21:36.book on Germany and how they reinvented themselves. Can and
:21:37. > :21:42.Lehmann. The most significant thing in 2006 when it went to penalties
:21:43. > :21:47.against Argentina, Cannes shook Lehmann's hand. It changed
:21:48. > :21:51.everyone's mentality. You're injured, so out of the play-offs for
:21:52. > :21:55.Ireland against Bosnia? A big week for Ireland. The had an operation a
:21:56. > :22:02.couple of days ago. Definitely not playing. If we can go to Bosnia on
:22:03. > :22:08.Friday and get at least a draw, I think we'll go through on Friday
:22:09. > :22:13.night in Dublin at the of an Eva. It comes down to these two massive
:22:14. > :22:17.games. Do you go to watch? I'm not going to Bosnia. Not decided on
:22:18. > :22:23.Monday. See how Friday night goes. I'm on crutches and stuff. Might be
:22:24. > :22:29.as well going home. We've taken them away. We'll give them back in a
:22:30. > :22:33.minute! FA Cup first round weekend. Couple of shocks already this
:22:34. > :22:39.weekend. Let's see if Didcot can provide the next one. They are at
:22:40. > :22:47.home to Exeter. Played 33 minutes here in the well appointed main
:22:48. > :22:51.stand. Capacity 150,000. Didcot 14th holding their own against
:22:52. > :22:55.ex-Terrell. Exeter have within just two FA Cup Thais in nine years. They
:22:56. > :23:02.started uneasily, did Exeter. They are now having the better of the
:23:03. > :23:05.game. Taylor and Harley leading. A lovely shot from McAllister. The
:23:06. > :23:10.keeper dived full length to turn that away. Exeter on top. We've
:23:11. > :23:16.played 33 minutes. Didcot the lowest ranked team still left in the
:23:17. > :23:26.competition. 0-0. There's a special FA Cup Final score on BBC One from
:23:27. > :23:32.1.55pm. Highlights of all the FA cup first round Tyson BBC Two from
:23:33. > :23:36.6.30pm. Back to the Premier League. Remi Garde taking charge of Aston
:23:37. > :23:41.Villa against Manchester City. Who's he gone for? He's taken three
:23:42. > :23:46.training sessions this week but made six changes from the 3-1 defeat at
:23:47. > :23:50.Tottenham. Interestingly, four of the signings are back in the side
:23:51. > :23:58.today. Richards is back from suspension. He replaces Joleon
:23:59. > :24:17.Lescott. Amavi is in place of Richardson. In comes back Una
:24:18. > :24:29.Westwood and Agbonlahor. Grealish is a substitute. I saw them rip is aeer
:24:30. > :24:39.apart. Yaya Toure continues in this slightly more forward role in
:24:40. > :24:46.midfield playing off Bonne. As he ended with Manchester City, let's
:24:47. > :24:57.mention that city do look very good with father napped Ian owe? It lets
:24:58. > :25:03.tour aattack and score goals. What would you do with Silva when he
:25:04. > :25:07.comes back? Let him play. Long-term, Silva has to play. Fernando is a
:25:08. > :25:13.fairly ordinary footballer. He's the one I'd look to get out of the team.
:25:14. > :25:19.I'd still try to give Yaya Toure some platform to go further forward.
:25:20. > :25:25.I'm coming across Osi are dill less now. Let's go on to Villa. Jonathan
:25:26. > :25:29.says this may sound ridiculous, the team selection is just as important
:25:30. > :25:35.as the result today. I want to see a transformed team. Just a bit from
:25:36. > :25:39.the team news, maybe a few of the journey men, I don't mean that in a
:25:40. > :25:46.disrespectful way, players who've had two or three clubs have been
:25:47. > :25:50.left out by Remi Garde? I think it's extremely significant team
:25:51. > :25:55.selection. You've a couple of those players he the the club brought from
:25:56. > :26:01.France who we were led to believe under Tim Sherwood were nowhere near
:26:02. > :26:13.developed enough or ready to play for Villa's first team. Veretout
:26:14. > :26:21.being one. That selection smacks of, do we now believe what we were told?
:26:22. > :26:25.These were too raw, too inexperienced, physically not up to
:26:26. > :26:30.the Premier League. Now we'll find out. A really exciting selection for
:26:31. > :26:36.Villa fans. Not saying it's the right one. Won't know until we see
:26:37. > :26:40.it. A dramatic one. Some Villa fans were saying after Monday night's
:26:41. > :26:44.defeet at Spurs, we have concentrated on all the young ones
:26:45. > :26:48.brought from France but there are a lot of players at Villa who have
:26:49. > :26:52.been around a bit and are still trying to find the club where they
:26:53. > :26:56.are going to be successful? Possibly. Going back to the team
:26:57. > :27:02.sheet for today, Remi Garde's making a statement. He knows these French
:27:03. > :27:06.players than anybody sitting here or at Aston Villa loo. He'll have seen
:27:07. > :27:12.them in the French league. He has faith in these players. They are
:27:13. > :27:19.ready to play. Going back to Lescott and Richardson, other players parked
:27:20. > :27:29.to one side, even Jack Grealish on the bench. Gil came on on Wednesday.
:27:30. > :27:36.Played well well. Grealish, no-one's guaranteed. These French players, he
:27:37. > :27:41.has faith in. Doesn't look like they've done things as a club wrong
:27:42. > :27:47.way round. Usually you appoint the manager, sign the players. They've
:27:48. > :27:51.bought a set of players and found a manager who knows them and can work
:27:52. > :27:56.with them. He has banned them from speaking French? He says he wants
:27:57. > :28:01.all the squad to speak English on the training ground. It takes a long
:28:02. > :28:06.time to learn the language, especially if you're a young
:28:07. > :28:13.footballer. I remember one of Tim's last infer views where he was asked
:28:14. > :28:17.if the lank wage is an issue. He said, no, I physically move them
:28:18. > :28:23.around the ground. I'm not having a go. He can show them with where to
:28:24. > :28:26.go. Not having a go. Clearly if these young French players are
:28:27. > :28:31.learning English, he can speak to them in French. He wants English to
:28:32. > :28:36.the the dominant language on the ground. It's Manchester City v Aston
:28:37. > :28:42.Villa. You expect City to win. You can put out a young, exciting
:28:43. > :28:46.liningup. Give the Villa fans something to give hope for the rest
:28:47. > :28:52.of the season. They'll need that. If they were to lose today, they'd be
:28:53. > :28:57.six points off safety. They need to play like a Europe Pa league team.
:28:58. > :29:01.If you look at points per game. We talk about new manager bounce. Look
:29:02. > :29:05.at Sunderland, if the squad's not good enough, you can put Sam
:29:06. > :29:09.Allardyce in there, survival specialist and things don't change.
:29:10. > :29:15.We'll find out how good that Villa squad is. Fabbon Delph ask on the
:29:16. > :29:20.bench for Manchester City. If he comes on will Villa fans hammer him?
:29:21. > :29:25.He did a lot for the club. A bit of a circus about his move to
:29:26. > :29:31.Manchester City. Going to stay, going. That may be on Villa fan's
:29:32. > :29:35.minds. You want to see a club of that size, the fan base and history
:29:36. > :29:40.at the club, you want to see them at least in the top half of the league.
:29:41. > :29:44.Where they're at in the league is a shame. They have to turn it round.
:29:45. > :29:49.They have to get a real run of form going to stay in the division. Did
:29:50. > :29:54.you find that history inspiring or a burden? Probably a lot of players
:29:55. > :30:01.think it's a burden. Because I'm round the block a few times, it's
:30:02. > :30:04.fine by me. Younger players, the expectation levels is very high.
:30:05. > :30:10.Sometimes, Villa are playing away from home. Today, there will be a
:30:11. > :30:15.big crowd, I can't see past a man City victory. Some of the players on
:30:16. > :30:21.the pitch, it is a tough ask for some of them. If Aston Villa win two
:30:22. > :30:31.games on the trot they may be out of the relegation zone. Joel, this
:30:32. > :30:35.villa team needs guard to -- Garde to get bind them. Sort the defence
:30:36. > :30:44.out and the team may gain confidence to attack.
:30:45. > :30:46.What a start it's been for Leicester, who are joint top.
:30:47. > :30:49.Claudio Ranieri spoke to Jon Acres after yesterday's 2-1 win over
:30:50. > :30:56.When you took the job at the start of this season, in the summer, could
:30:57. > :30:59.you have imagined that you would be level at the top of the table on
:31:00. > :31:11.points with Arsenal and Manchester City in November? Of course, no. You
:31:12. > :31:21.know very well, November is not me. It is important to take points. The
:31:22. > :31:25.target is 40 points for us. If Jamie Vardy had missed that penalty, what
:31:26. > :31:32.would you have said to rehab Mariners, who gave him the ball? It
:31:33. > :31:39.was all right. -- Riyad Mahrez. Jamie wanted to take the penalty,
:31:40. > :31:45.that was normal. What a run he is on, nine matches. Have you worked
:31:46. > :31:51.with many strikers in the past who have gone on that sort of run? Yes,
:31:52. > :32:04.Gabriel Byrne district, I think he scored in the first 11, at
:32:05. > :32:08.Fiorentina. -- Gabriel Batistuta. The record in the top flight in
:32:09. > :32:13.England is a living, but that was before the Premier League was
:32:14. > :32:19.invented. Ruud van Nistelrooy is the record in the Premier League with
:32:20. > :32:23.ten. Earlier on, you were saying that we have got to stop banging on
:32:24. > :32:28.about where Jamie Vardy has come from and recognise years atop la
:32:29. > :32:34.striker. Yes, let's send the fairy tale. He is a very exciting English
:32:35. > :32:38.striker. The Leicester fans will not want to hear it, that he will be the
:32:39. > :32:43.subject of interest from other big clubs in January or next summer.
:32:44. > :32:52.He's quick, direct, and he is improving. You do not have to be a
:32:53. > :32:58.world at 22, 23, you can improve. His runs are always intelligent now.
:32:59. > :33:03.Every time, he picks the right run. He seems to be getting quicker, his
:33:04. > :33:10.finishing, it is accomplished and composed. He has that composure
:33:11. > :33:15.about him know when he is through. He is beyond the story, he is a
:33:16. > :33:19.proper Premier League star. He is also working with the manager who is
:33:20. > :33:23.really right for him. That was a great name for a Ranieri to bring
:33:24. > :33:31.out of the hat, the Argentinian at Fiorentina. He promotes football.
:33:32. > :33:34.The counterattacking style, it is perfect for Jamie Vardy. Going back
:33:35. > :33:40.to England, if he's going to be used, do not put out on the left and
:33:41. > :33:47.may contract back. Use him as he is used at Leicester. We should have a
:33:48. > :33:51.look at him at international level. They are playing good opposition in
:33:52. > :33:57.Spain and France. That will test them, Spanish defenders, French
:33:58. > :34:03.defenders, they know a trick or two, it will see how he has developed. If
:34:04. > :34:10.he does come in in those games and plays up front and does not score,
:34:11. > :34:14.or does not rip Spain and France apart, will not then go the other
:34:15. > :34:19.way, negatively? I do not think that will happen. He is not going to play
:34:20. > :34:27.all those minutes against Spain and France. He will get the chance, I am
:34:28. > :34:31.sure. Just as it has taken time for him to develop into this top player,
:34:32. > :34:37.it will take him time to become a top international player. He has to
:34:38. > :34:42.be given time to get used to the environment, the surroundings, the
:34:43. > :34:47.atmosphere around the squad. The demands of international football
:34:48. > :34:51.are different. When he plays at international level, he will not get
:34:52. > :34:53.five chances, he might get one. He has to be ready for that one chance
:34:54. > :34:58.and take it. Roy Hodgson says he'll only take
:34:59. > :35:01.fully fit players to the Euros, which has been interpreted
:35:02. > :35:04.as a warning to the likes of "I would rather have 23 players who
:35:05. > :35:20.are all fit and ready to go. That sounds like common-sense, but
:35:21. > :35:22.we have been hit in the past with lots of England squads were less
:35:23. > :35:29.than fully fit players have been taken. Daniel Sturridge's name was
:35:30. > :35:34.part of the question. He is now the date. You think, England never learn
:35:35. > :35:40.from their history. Taking injured players to tournaments is something
:35:41. > :35:44.they repeat again and again. If you're talking about Jamie Vardy,
:35:45. > :35:48.England meet his pace up front. If Daniel Sturridge and Welbeck are
:35:49. > :35:53.going to be entered, that is another reason why he has got to play. Do
:35:54. > :35:57.you think that if and when Daniel Sturridge and Welbeck comeback, they
:35:58. > :36:01.will have to prove themselves again? Or will they jump back to the
:36:02. > :36:07.top of the queue? You would like to think it would go on current form.
:36:08. > :36:12.The concern for Daniel Sturridge for every Liverpool and England fan is
:36:13. > :36:17.what is the underlying problem. You never play a game when you're 100%.
:36:18. > :36:21.You're always feeling something, but once you go across the white line,
:36:22. > :36:25.you do not feel anything, you would run through a brick wall because
:36:26. > :36:31.you're in the zone. Getting Daniel across the line is the biggest
:36:32. > :36:35.problem for Liverpool and England. It seems obvious, in terms of Daniel
:36:36. > :36:41.Sturridge, I think he would go back to the top. He has been good enough.
:36:42. > :36:48.He has not had enough games, but for Liverpool, yes. For England, his
:36:49. > :36:52.performances have been good enough for him to be classified as an
:36:53. > :36:56.established England player. I think he will but in terms of not taking
:36:57. > :37:01.fit players, they have done it before with Wayne Rooney in 2006 and
:37:02. > :37:08.even David Beckham stayed in Japan and Korea when he probably should
:37:09. > :37:12.not have, fitness wise. Roy Hodgson might take an unfit player, but it
:37:13. > :37:20.will depend on who the player is. It is as simple as that. Will he take a
:37:21. > :37:30.not fully fit Danny Welbeck, no. Will he take Wayne Rooney in the
:37:31. > :37:34.same circumstances, yes. One viewer agrees with Shay Given that Asmir
:37:35. > :37:39.Begovic has been the best player for Chelsea. He has prevented greater
:37:40. > :37:44.embarrassment. Get in touch with us. Let's get the half-time score from
:37:45. > :37:49.Didcot. It is 0-0. In the drizzle. Exeter
:37:50. > :37:54.with more of the game but Didcot have survived. The goalkeeper with a
:37:55. > :38:00.couple of decent saves. Clinton Morrison has come close for the
:38:01. > :38:04.visitors. The kiosk in the corner is doing a brisk business selling
:38:05. > :38:14.chips. The lowest ranked team in the FA Cup are still in the competition.
:38:15. > :38:19.Back to the Premier League, and victory for Norwich yesterday. This
:38:20. > :38:25.is Alex Neil. We changed their style yesterday. We were not keeping
:38:26. > :38:29.enough clean sheets. We were playing pretty well in games but we were not
:38:30. > :38:34.getting the points we needed so we opted for a different tactic. I
:38:35. > :38:38.thought the lads responded well. At times, conceding possession at home
:38:39. > :38:42.is not something we are used to do, certainly since I have been here,
:38:43. > :38:47.but I thought we had the best opportunities in the game. When it
:38:48. > :38:51.counted, we managed to put one in the net. We were solid at the back.
:38:52. > :39:03.Our first clean sheet in the league, which is great. Newcastle and place
:39:04. > :39:10.-- Norwich only had 30% possession in that match. Is this the way that
:39:11. > :39:14.the game is going? It is interesting. There was a marked drop
:39:15. > :39:20.off in the statistics in the home percentage possession. At the
:39:21. > :39:27.lowest, it had been 40% in the modern game, all the way up to 61%.
:39:28. > :39:30.Comparing Norwich City and Bournemouth, Eddie Howe said that he
:39:31. > :39:34.was not changing anything, he was going with what he had, and if he
:39:35. > :39:42.was relegated, that is the way it is. Alex Neil has said, we have got
:39:43. > :39:47.to change, they went to 4-4-2. They got the three points. I am always
:39:48. > :39:52.suspicious of a manager that says, this is my philosophy, it has to be
:39:53. > :39:59.like this every game. That is not the reality of sport. Every opponent
:40:00. > :40:04.is different. It is good to see a young manager learning and trying
:40:05. > :40:10.things. You have to have the players to implement that. If Eddie Howe
:40:11. > :40:14.thought, I will try 33% possession in the next game, that might work,
:40:15. > :40:21.would he have the players that could carry that out? Players that could
:40:22. > :40:27.defend that well. Is it very hard to switch from being a team that wants
:40:28. > :40:30.the ball and wants to dominate possession and has done something of
:40:31. > :40:34.a certain way to a team that stays back, does not keep hold of the
:40:35. > :40:39.ball, waits for a mistake and goes? Is that hard? You need to change the
:40:40. > :40:43.drills you do in training. Going back to Eddie Howe, they have come
:40:44. > :40:47.through the Championship, blasted teams away, and yesterday, they
:40:48. > :40:52.played Newcastle and the Newcastle goalkeeper was man of the match.
:40:53. > :40:56.They created so many chances. Why would you want to change how they
:40:57. > :41:01.play, they just need to be more clinical in front of goal. The
:41:02. > :41:05.results will come. They must get to a stage in the season when they
:41:06. > :41:10.think, we are not winning, we are adrift at the bottom. We need to try
:41:11. > :41:14.something. If you play in a football team, it must be hard to say,
:41:15. > :41:22.listen, you do not need to have the ball that much. Mourinho showed that
:41:23. > :41:28.in his Inter Milan team in games against big European sides. It must
:41:29. > :41:33.be difficult. Alex Neil was saying, we were at home yesterday, we are
:41:34. > :41:37.going to sit back and take them. You could not do that to West Brom.
:41:38. > :41:47.Swansea were going to want the ball. You knew that. Just be in the centre
:41:48. > :41:53.circle for the whole man two minutes! We mentioned Jurgen Klopp.
:41:54. > :41:56.He said, if you play Champions League on Wednesday and Saturday,
:41:57. > :42:00.what is the difference between Thursday and Sunday, is the only
:42:01. > :42:06.benefit that you like the tournament more? I saw that and thought,
:42:07. > :42:12.hallelujah. When he speaks common sense, you just think, great. Yes,
:42:13. > :42:18.he says that sort of thing. We have not seen him in defeat yet, but
:42:19. > :42:22.every interview he gets, -- every interview he gives, there is a smile
:42:23. > :42:26.on his face. He puts fun into football. There is nothing wrong
:42:27. > :42:32.with that. His reaction to the Jordon Ibe goal, how's he must feel
:42:33. > :42:40.when he sees that big smile, that sort of emotion. He reminds me of
:42:41. > :42:44.Bobby Robson. He was about man management. He puts his arm around
:42:45. > :42:49.you, here's hugging you. He gets the best out of players. The lads want
:42:50. > :42:56.to play for him. We were at Stamford Bridge the other week, and we were
:42:57. > :43:03.behind the dugout. He was giving Nathaniel Clyne and Jason Mill --
:43:04. > :43:14.James Milner pelt is. When they came off, he gave them a big hug. He
:43:15. > :43:20.said, I do not need my team at 4am on Friday morning. The difference is
:43:21. > :43:28.not too big. We have to play, we have to rest. They slept very well
:43:29. > :43:31.on the plane. Thank you very much for -- thank you very much to
:43:32. > :43:37.Jonathan Northcroft and Andy Dunn, and Shay Given. Thank you for all
:43:38. > :43:42.your comments. Ryan says, I was said that Ranieri was great for
:43:43. > :43:45.Leicester, great man management. He plays great football. Danny says,
:43:46. > :43:52.this is certainly my favourite ever Leicester team. It tops the
:43:53. > :43:54.Martineau Neel team. And, Jamie Vardy is on a fabulous run. Hard
:43:55. > :43:57.work and ability. I'll be back
:43:58. > :44:00.for Match Of The Day 2 tonight, with You can keep across the FA Cup first
:44:01. > :44:03.round on BBC One with a special