14/02/2016 MOTD2 Extra

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former Newcastle manager John Carver,

Burnley goalkeeper Paul Robinson and journalist Andy Dunn.

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Can Arsenal halt Leicester's title charge?

it is currently goalless at the Emirates.

The top four are all in action today with Manchester City playing

Newcastle find themselves back in the relegation zone

while Sunderland get an important win over Manchester United to move

The Mail on Sunday has papers: the headline "I'm Doomed",

with van Gaal admitting the top four is out of reach.

The Sunday Times, "Dithering United run risk of losing Mourinho".

Andy's paper, the Sunday Mirror, "High Rollers".

The Leicester owner will throw the players a ?1m Las Vegas

It's third against first at the Emirates.

I said it was goalless but goodness knows how. 60 minutes in, both

goalkeepers have been busy, Kasper Schmeichel hearing off his line,

Aaron Ramsey broke from the halfway line, I think he actually had a

chance to put the ball over Schmeichel but did not make proper

contact. 20 seconds later Petr Cech making a blinding save to his right

hand side from Jamie Vardy. Alexis Sanchez went close in the first

minute and Arsenal have had a penalty appeal turned down for

potential handball by Kante. It is all go and it is living up to

expectations. Paul Robinson as I said it has been living up to

expectations. Exactly like the game at the King power. I think it will

be an open game today. Two teams really fighting for the title. Who

would have thought Lester would be there. Fantastic result against

Manchester City and I think today if they get any kind of result I think

they are stonewalled favourites for the title. They will get a boost by

the fact Mertesacker is back, Jamie Vardy will fancy his case against

Mertesacker. That is why Coquelin maybe gives him some protection.

Arsene Wenger and Arsenal will be caught this dilemma, do you set up

to counter Leicester's counterattack style. If you see what I mean. Last

week Pellegrini it looked like he had never seen Leicester play. There

was no provision for their style and City were beaten easily. The

question is whether Arsenal will play their natural game and leave

themselves exposed to the pace of Vardy Riyad Mahrez. Watching the

first 17 minutes it looks as if they are playing their normal game.

Plenty of possession for Arsenal and a couple of half chances. Definite

shout for a penalty and all of a sudden Leicester are nice and

compact and they break and they have the best chance of the game. And

more pressure contrary to what Arsene Wenger says, more pressure on

Arsenal. More pressure on all of the title rivals and Leicester. I do not

fly decided that now they have more time to think about it, 13 games in

14 weeks and a lot of time to think about it. I do not buy into that. I

think last week Manchester City did not put out any provisions for

Leicester, they were confident in their own ability, we are Manchester

City, this is how we are going to play. I do not think they gave them

enough credit. I wonder whether going forward for the rest of the

season, you talk about whether Arsenal might change about the way

they played, maybe some of the other sides fighting nearer the bottom,

and the start of the season they thought that could be three points

against Leicester but now they will change the way they play which puts

added pressure on. I think that will definitely change, but what

Leicester cannot do is change the way they play. It is Barry Fulton we

stick to their principles. The way they play on the counterattack is

fantastic. What I am worried about, I would love to see Leicester

winning both my one worry as I was involved in Newcastle as a youth

coach when we threw away the lead, and we threw it away, it is amazing

how all of a sudden personalities changed. Coaches and managers, their

attitude change. Everybody in the club. It was like a holiday camp

before that, everything going nicely. We were scoring goals and

event was going for us, we were winning games but all of a sudden

the pressure turned and it turned about now. And how did it change? I

think people got more tight, people started expecting them to go and win

the games where nobody expects Leicester to go to Arsenal and win,

like last week nobody expected them to beat Man City. But all of a

sudden the pressure just gets turned up a little and it starts affecting

people in a different way. I think they have enough personalities

within their team not to affect them. Was that the keys at Leeds? I

was going to say it was very similar. A couple of seasons we were

leading the league with the likes of Manchester United behind us,

experience of being there and doing it. But when you have not been there

and you are expected to win every weekend and it does not go for you,

you do not know how to put it right. You do not have the experience of

being at the front of the pack. And it does change before. Do you think

a couple of things maybe the counter that, Ranieri is more experience

than Kevin Keegan was and has experience of title run ins in Italy

for example. And also, this is the sixth successive game he has picked

the same starting XI. The first Premier League manager to do that

this season which seems Riddick but he is not faffing. They are having

so much fortune in this spell not picking up any injuries. They have

such a tight squad they can allow Ritchie De Laet to go to

Middlesbrough on loan. They have consistency and they know what they

are doing. I think because they have got themselves in this position I

think they are going to succeed. I will tell you why. They have not got

the FA Cup, Champions League, they can put their energy in. That is

their biggest tribute. They can prepare for a game on the weekend

and we have a full week. The other sides around them have not. And they

can also look back on a run of form which if you include the last nine

games of the previous season, 25 this season, they have taken 75

points from 34 games. This is rock solid form. They can say we have

only been bitten by Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool. We are a good team.

We believe we are a good thing. And there is not that much pressure.

That story, the ?1 million visit to Las Vegas. That is probably only

because there is no title win bonus in their contracts. At the start of

the season you are not putting in how much you get if you win the

title. From the outside Ranieri seems completely different to how he

was at Chelsea, highly strung, messing about with the team. I think

that has come into the players. They genuinely are not feeling the

pressure. Can I ask you, Andy, one question that lets out in the

build-up. Arsene Wenger was talking about Mahrez and said in all honesty

he was not really aware of him but then he went on to say that in this

day and age he could not sign a player for ?400,000 because people

would be saying, why have you sign someone for ?400,000. The rest ?40

million people would immediately say it is a great signing. Is that a sad

indictment on the whole industry? In a way it is, it is a reflection of

where they are at. I would not save indictment. Funnily enough Ed

Woodward in the Conference calls are the same thing to American

investors. -- I would not say indictment. Leicester City are

buying in that market, Woodward, explaining, was asked a question

directly by an investor, saying why can we not do what they did? Because

we have to purchase ready-made world-class players. They do not

come at 400 grand. That proves the point that there are bargains out

there if you are prepared to put something by missing, structure,

development staff, to go out and look for it. There are bargains out

there for everybody. The Leicester wage bill is 17th in the family,

only three below them are the three teams that have come up. The

recruitment, chief scout, they deserve a lot of credit. What we're

saying is the recruitment for certain clubs is not necessarily

about finding the best player, it is about spending a lot of money on

so-called marquee signings, to satisfy the market? And investors?

Then football is not a sport. But Mahrez coming from French League 2,

Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool to a certain extent, are not

shopping in that market. Should they be? I don't know. It is hard to say.

They want players who have established themselves in the

Champions League, establish themselves maybe with international

credentials. When was the last time one of those big clubs did not buy a

fully fledged international. If you move onto City against birds, we're

talking about consistency of selection.

Only 18 outfield players have started a league game

They are doing something very similar and until the injury to the

Tongan, the spine tended to be the same. -- injury to Yann Vertonghen.

He has done a fantastic job and as you say he has a very small squad.

-- Jan Vertonghen. It seems a good place to be. The biggest example is

Erik Lamela, he was great going forward when we went there, but now

he is running backward as well. He is buying into the dairy and the way

the manager wants to play. It is there any way he will stay in the

team and players realise that. There have been no problems coming out of

Spurs, normally you are waiting for something to happen but the

chairman, the manager, they will be some rest. The one tiny thing was

Andros Townsend, that has gone. It seems to be a steady ship. His

lamellar again a perfect example of just allowing somebody a bit of time

to get used to everything. I have to be honest it takes foreign players a

bit of time to get used to the Premier League. When he came in and

it was all, the transfer fee on his head, all of these expectations and

he has given him time. He has put him in the team, took him out, put

him back in and now he has got back in and does not want to come out. It

has taken Mesut Ozil over a year, really and he is an established

world-class player. And I think going back to the likes of lamellar,

Spurs have bought into this, they can use 18 outfield players, they

have been fortunate with injuries but they have also had an entire

preseason with Pochettino. Apparently it is rate clear they are

very fit, they are the team that covers the most ground in the

Premier League. Ben Davies 's today in the Sunday Times talks about the

intensity of their training sessions. If all of the players are

praising the sessions and praising that intensity it cannot just be

like that means they have not had injuries. There is science behind

it. Of course and we are talking about Arsenal and Leicester but

Tottenham are out there. People are not giving them enough credit, the

way they are playing and mothers 's old they are getting. We talked

about the squad, the training. Everything is geared up for them. I

would be cautious of ruling them out. But would you put Spurs in the

Leicester group then, as in, everything is going swimmingly, not

party time, but you are not starting to think about it. You have to live

Spurs into that Leicester group of all of a sudden, yes we could

witness. I think Leicester are out on their own. It would not be as big

a shock if Tom did it. But what I will say is Tottenham also have the

distraction of the Europa cup. They now have that carrot. They could

qualify. If you win this competition. I think they will stay

in the top four anyway so they have a comfort blanket but I think they

have a super opportunity. It is so open, fascinating. Spurs, we are

saying how well they are doing but generally in terms of points this is

pretty much where they are nearly every system. 48 points from 25

games. One season at this stage they had 53 points, 11-12. They are

generally around this mark. Now maybe they will feel pressure

because they are being talked up as the team rather than City or

Arsenal, which we will forward, Spurs being talked up as the team to

be challenging rest. Would you expect a response from Manchester

City today given last week? I think so. All of the pressure is on Man

City today. If they have got expectations of winning this Premier

League they have to go and win this game. They have got their problems.

In the centre of defence whether company comes back, he is a factor.

Managerial wise it is interesting, how Pellegrini will react. We have

been talking in the press about how the players are reacting to the news

that Guardiola is coming in. How does Pellegrini react? He says

the right things, that he is going to go all-out to win every trophy.

If you know that the job is ending in a finite amount of time, I cannot

it doesn't affect you. All the rumours were going around about

Steve McClaren coming in in January. And it was difficult. You say that

you don't take notice of it, but players do have one eye on the new

guy coming in. Did you discuss it with the players? Was it an unspoken

subject in the dressing room? When I took over, I said, I'm in charge

from now to the end of the season. This is how it is. If we do well, I

have the chance of the job, if not, I don't. Don't worry about anything

going out on the outside. We have to stay together and do the job that's

in front of us. I think the players want Pellegrini. The way he has

conducted himself, he has been very dignified. He's said to the boys,

enough is enough. I'm going to say what's going on. It's looking stupid

on me, I'm going to put this to bed. And I think the players owe him a

performance between now and the end of the season. This will be the day

that Leicester and Spurs get big doses of reality. Expecting big win

for Arsenal and Manchester City. If you are watching us, there is a

monitor just over there with Arsenal against Leicester on it, so I am

being deliberately rude to everyone in the studio! A very enjoyable,

wide open game. We have played just over half an hour. Giroud just had a

very clever back header into the net, rightly ruled offside. Petr

Cech has made the best save of the game. That was from a Jamie Vardy

header. Wes Morgan has made two important defensive contributions to

Leicester, intercepting a cross from Oxlade-Chamberlain and blocking a

shot from Sanchez. I am here with the former Luton and Leicester boss,

David Pleat. What do you make of it? Leicester has grown in confidence

from the early minutes. Arsenal has grown in approach. Leicester are

getting it forward quicker than Arsenal. Kante in midfield is

absolutely fantastic. He has won challenges and spread the play. A

fantastic game at the moment. Great stuff. 13 minutes remaining in the

first half. Let's go to the deciding one-day international in South

Africa. Not a great day so far for England's Atman. They were bowled

out for 236 after 45 overs. Almost a Test match start from South Africa

in reply. Broad and Topley seeking early wickets that England

desperately need. A second one-day 104 Alex Hales, who played

splendidly. He was ninth out. He got very little support. England rather

frittered their wickets away in Mr siding match. South Africa are 14

for no wicket in the fifth over. Lots of tweets from Newcastle fans.

Dan says, I am embarrassed to be a Newcastle fan. No fight from the

players. Ian, it is time for McLaren to admit defeat and walk away. We

need someone who can motivate players and not excuse them. Another

says, relegation is a certainty with McLaren in charge. He is clueless.

Let's hear from the manager of Newcastle. You are going away to

warm weather training. Some Newcastle fans wouldn't mind a bit

of warm weather training, and they probably deserve it. They follow you

through thick and thin, and they have had no reward today. It is a

training camp. We have tried to arrange a game over here because in

18 days, we need a game in between. We can only fix a game abroad. They

were the only ones who could players, teams out of season, just

playing pre-season for the second half. We tried to get a game here.

But wherever it is, it is a camp. It's not warm weather training. It

isn't a social. It is work. Who would like to explain the difference

between warm weather training and a training camp in warm weather? It

was too defensive. No one would blame 18th going and finding... They

dead in the game until March the 2nd. Sunderland will be going away

to Dubai. You cannot blame a team for going away when they have a

chance to get some warm weather training. That is what it is. Why

does he feel the need to defend it? Do you feel there is a difference,

we will hear from Allardyce at the moment, but do you think there is a

real difference between the two in body language? You might think body

language is important. Allardyce seems continually bullish, and

McLaren maybe doesn't. I think Sam is like that because he sees the

team is progressing. Since he bought the three players in the window,

they have made huge strides. A good performance against Liverpool and a

win against City yesterday. But Steve spent 51 million in the

summer, 29 million in the January window, so there is more pressure on

him. Everybody is expecting Newcastle to get out of this

trouble. After the performance yesterday, we are in trouble. I

genuinely think it is an element of personal character. No matter what

happens at Sunderland this season, Sam does not believe he has anything

to prove. But Steve does. He is very sensitive to the perception out

there that he hasn't been a success, he hasn't been as good as he could

have been. He has had limited success club wise, but he will think

that his England managerial career didn't end in the way he wanted it

to. He is under pressure again. He feels he has a lot to prove himself.

He has a lot to prove after Newcastle spent all this money. The

pressure is always there in that job. I have played under both

managers, and Sam in that situation as Sunderland... I looked at

Sunderland's performances and fixtures, and everything in my body

said that Sunderland would be relegated. But another part of me

said, Sam doesn't get relegated. When he took that job, I said they

will not get relegated. And I still believe they won't. With his man

managerial skills, he gets the best out of people. If he has the right

type of foot ball, he will play the right type of football. They did

well at the start of the season. If you asked Sam what he was doing with

a training camp, he would not be so defensive. He might say, we are

going to a warm weather training camp, and we might go out and have a

beer together! The amount of times you arrange things like this, and

you have a bad defeat on the Saturday and you have to fly off.

Because they have bought in three or four players in the window, it is a

great opportunity to get together. There were 11 individuals on that

pitch yesterday. So this might be a great time to look at the video,

spend time together and find out about personalities. If they are

going to perform like they did yesterday, they are in trouble.

You've got to get 40 points. You've got 24 at the moment. We've got to

win five games and get a draw. We've only won six all season. In terms of

points per game, that would be relegation form. It is easy to say,

we are going for warm weather and we may even go for a beer, if you have

just beaten Manchester City rather than... But back to Newcastle, they

don't have a leader. They were 3-0 down after 15 minutes yesterday.

There is nobody saying, let's sit tight and go more direct for ten

minutes. Let's get our shape. They are still trying to play out and

back when they are 3-0 down. There's too much division in the team. His

Coloccini and leader? Not really. He is the captain of the foot wall

team, but he is not like the old-fashioned captain, like Shearer

away. Coloccini is not vocal. He plays for himself, if I'm honest.

It's something the club will have to address. In times like now, when we

are in trouble, we need some leaders. There's not many leaders at

any football club. The leaders are a dying breed. Trying to find them is

not easy. Still goalless at the Emirates, but better news for

England's cricketers. Reece Topley is on a hat-trick. He has dismissed

Quentin De Kock and du Plessis. Quentin De Kock was originally given

not out, but it was reviewed. It was an inside edge on the fire pad. Good

use of the review from England. Three have been overturned today.

The umpiring has been poor. Let's move on to Sam Allardyce, and hear

from him after their win over Manchester United. I've showed a

commitments, a desire and a will to try to get ourselves out of the

problems we are in. My constant need for the correct decision-making

processes on the field, it is always me, are you doing the right things

in the right areas? Keep to the basics, sought out that right, and

you have enough ability to get on the end of it, and then it is up to

you to take the advantage and go on to win. And gladly, we have done

today. When you are playing under him, is that what he reinforces all

the time, basic decision-making? He wants you to do the right thing and

stick to a game plan. He is very clear on what he wants and expects,

and if you don't give him that, he's not... The players either love him

or hate him. If he doesn't like you, he will make life uncomfortable for

you. But if you buy into what he does and give him everything, he is

great to play for. Are those messages easy to understand? Before

the game against Man U yesterday, he spoke in a press Conference about

how it was hard to get that message across to some of the players. And

that is a site that has some experience. O Shea, Brown,

Cattermole. They are not kids. He has had to bring players in the

transfer window. Newcastle bought very attacking, he bought very

defensively. The players did a really good job for him. He is

talking about the formation, the structure and dynamics of the team,

the system he wants to play, rather than the message. When you watch

them, it is the back four, one in front... It is so simple. You are

saying they have all bought into what he wants them to do. He has now

found a formula. He looks like he has a settled side. The one thing he

has got, and he has said on a number of occasions, clean sheet. Got to

keep clean sheets, stay in the game. He has kept a few clean sheets, but

he has signed a player who can deliver the ball into the box, so

they can score goals from set plays. That's why they have a huge chance

now. Do you think there is a sphere in modern management about keeping

things simple? Is there a fear about how we will talk about it, how the

fans will talk about it? Not all footballers are simple people, but

we want the basics. Working with Alan Shearer, we were on the

training ground, and I was explaining something to him about

making this run. I was explaining it to Alan! And he said, can you show

me what you mean. And I did. He is a top England international football,

and he still needed showing. You have to go to basics, narrow

everything down, and be particular, but don't overcomplicate it. We will

come back to that. Let's go to the Emirates. Arsenal fans always worry

when Atkinson referees. Rihad Mahrez has missed his last two penalties.

The duties are handed to Jamie Vardy. He stands on the edge of the

penalty area. Drives it in! Cech goes the wrong way, and Leicester

are at it again. This time at the Emirates Stadium, just before

half-time. They lead before a girl -- they lead by a goal to kneel.

Another big step towards the most unlikely title win.

The goodness me he thumped that. You don't save them. Did you see the

incident? Three referees. Can we go back to David Craig? Did you see the

incident? That's back David Pleat. Certain penalty, clumsy challenge.

Jamie Vardy was clever, but just prior to that Kante had made a run

and got upended and there was a booking for the Arsenal player.

Martin Atkinson played on. You mentioned him, Mr Chapman, he has

refereed Arsenal, I was looking, 12 times, five wins, five losses, two

draws. I was not casting aspersions, all I am doing is reflecting on some

fans were saying. Of course, Martin. Sorry... I will leave you alone

David. Massenet tinctures see how both sides respond. It is an amazing

end to the first half. You could not score as a better time. Everybody

changes in the team talk. The game is set up. I have watched bits and

pieces and I'm not surprised the way the game has developed. When you

have got a player like Jamie Vardy who likes to get across people. He

is always honourable. He is unbelievably confident at the moment

having had the season he has had. David mentioned maybe he induced

challenge but that is what he is doing. The way he dispatched the

penalty, the confidence is sky high. Against the poll, only a player and

his utmost confidence can do that. Against Aston Villa he did not get

enough credit for that attempt that was kept out when Okazaki scored the

rebound, it was an unbelievable attempt from a player who basically

seems to be getting more confidence and getting better when a player you

do not normally associate someone. You are right that he injured the

challenge, Monreal put his foot there. Strikers do that, clever

strikers do that. And with goalkeepers, when they come out nine

times out of ten the striker could quite happily jump over the

goalkeeper but they leave their leg in and they go. Aaron Ramsey has

just been booked as well and they are off their feet at the Emirates.

Everything could do with being calms down. They need half-time. They

cannot afford to go down to ten men. They need to get in there and

regroup. He had some words there, Jamie Vardy, after taking the

penalty, I think with Monreal. He has that streak in him. When he said

the signal to the City fans last week and you thought, he is a

confident boy, verging on the cocky. The half-time whistle has gone.

Bullying from the Arsenal fans at half-time. Half -- booing from the

fans hardly at the referee and partly the team. It will be

fascinating to analyse this the night, they think they should have

had a penalty for a challenge on Mesut Ozil. Martin Atkinson then

paid an excellent advantage, as David Pleat said, definite penalty.

Jamie Vardy induced the challenge, but big contact and Vardy stuck the

penalty away briefly. Martin Atkinson the last man to leave the

field gets roundly booing but at the moment Arsenal on their way to a

famous away win. Big second-half to come. Plenty of updates throughout

the afternoon. Let's go back to the Stadium Of Light, Sam Allardyce and

the positive effect on his side. Louis van Gaal now admits that

Champions League is starting to look out of reach. We had to win this

match because we had to be in the race for the top four positions in

the league. Then you have two when this kind of match. But I think we

can only blame ourselves. You mentioned top four, of course that

is still the target but how difficult will that be? Very

difficult. I have said that to the players because you cannot close

your eyes. Last week using the title was within reach and now the top

four is not. Is that the effect on going? I cannot see, I think that is

generally what he believes now. Can wonder understand the way he has

handled himself. He is an experienced manager, he has been

there and won everything but he seems to have such thin skin. Alex

Ferguson dominated that pressroom at Old Trafford and every time the

press poking with a stick now he gives them something every time. Are

you poking him? What has been poking him with the stick has been there

for man's style of play. It is not the questions, which we have to ask

him. This is Manchester United. But he gives great answers. The lowest

amount of points at this stage of the season, the lowest amount of

goals, since the Premier League started of course. These are

legitimate questions. More importantly the way they play.

Yesterday, van Gaal himself said there was very little aggression.

Wayne Rooney said the same thing. When you are saying that the basic

things such as not enough aggression you have to ask questions of van

Gaal. It is very similar to man City with the so-called manager in the

wings, it is a difficult situation. I am a bit surprised Man Utd as a

football club have not tried to help the manager by coming out and making

a statement. I am very surprised. It would help van Gaal because in the

press Conference all they are talking about is Jose Mourinho ready

to come in. Is it a Chelsea situation where the players are

starting to down tools and wait for the next manager because the

performances are deteriorating? So do you think the chief executive is

canvassing the mood of walls. People before making a decision? That might

move of all sorts of people? Two he can make the decision on his own.

Probably with the consent of the Glazer family and a couple of

important board members but in essence Ed Woodward will have the

final say on who is the next manager or whether Louis van Gaal stays.

From that point of view what John says I agree with, van Gaal's excuse

as to why Manchester United are in silence over the claims Mourinho is

in market is because he says, why comment on stories they don't

believe. If they don't believe then say they are just wrong. Come out

and say that the least they can do is say van Gaal will be there until

the end of the season. I do think it will just become, it will be poking

him at every single press Conference. There might be a time,

he himself has admitted, the story has been confirmed that he offered

to go before Christmas. We know there is uncertainty. You can answer

this as well, a West Ham fan said to me, why did we get criticised last

year for moaning about the style of play under Sam Allardyce as if we

are in the wrong and yet Manchester United fans then van Gaal either

one. The 's answer you are expecting is that Big Sam has a great

relationship with the media. It is an interesting point, actually. I

think because the job that needed to be done at West Ham was keep them in

the Premier League. That is not the job at Manchester United. They need

to be winning. The difference in expectation, the different

parameters. That is sort of the answer... And I expect lots of fans

to be contacting you on your timeline over the next couple of

hours. Back to the cricket: another wicked. Rilee Rossouw has been

caught at extra cover by Alex Hales driving Reece Topley, who has all

three wickets. That brings AB de Villiers to the crease here in Cape

Town in his 200th match. They need captains innings, they are in

trouble at the moment chasing 237, in the ninth over, they are 22-3.

Let's talk about South London, sixth plays, they have won five of the

last six or they have not conceded in the Premier League for nine hours

and 14 minutes. A couple of weeks ago we talked about their switch to

a back three which had been successful and the other big success

was they have got Fraser Forster back. He has been immense, six clean

sheets. I signed him when Graeme Souness came into the football club.

I was Academy director. We were playing a youth cup match and they

did not have a reserve goalkeeper so I asked the scale of the someone as

cover. Jimmy Blackall went out to the grammar school, it was a rugby

school, not a football school, we signed him from a grammar school,

private school, that played rugby as cover in our youth cup. The rest is

history. When he came through the door he could not catch the ball,

his position was all over the place but he developed into one the best

goalkeepers the country and I think there with Joe Hart and Jack

Butland. He has gone from rags to riches. And it was not 14, 15, he

was 17 or 18, he was a late developer. He was given an

opportunity and he has been a huge factor in their success. It is no

cause them is that the results have started to pick up, six on the

bounce clean sheets. They use a great goalkeeper. Physically huge.

These huge. He is agile, his shot stopping, communication improving as

he is getting older. His domination of the box. He instils confidence in

the defence. From goalkeepers now, do they often tend to be, our club

is looking more for good footballers who can go in goal, if you see what

I mean. Or is there still places for actual good goalkeepers first and

foremost? Goalkeeper's job is to keep the ball out. It does not

matter. Now 80% of the game is with your feet, you do not see many

goalkeepers these days catching shots, you have to keep the ball

out, you have to be good with your feet. The modern-day goalkeeper is

an all-round goalkeeper. But the confidence Fraser Forster instils in

the defence is incredible. It is almost tangible. At Old Trafford, it

was amazing, there was no hint of mistrust from his defenders, he

dominated the penalty area. Talking about the new style of goalkeeping.

How much emphasis you put on distribution. Someone who dominates

that the area, the six yard box, extending out to ten or 12 years,

somebody who dominates their is quite rare but he does it. When your

scout came back with a goalkeeper who could not catch, do you wonder?

I was quite happy we had someone. When he came into the football club,

he has such a great society, very intelligent boy, wonderful families,

we knew he would pick things up quickly. He did a lot of work with

the coach. We have seen him progress quickly. It is great to see because

he had this quickly. It is great to see because

when you suffer an injury likely did you can come back not as agile, not

as fit. But he is even the. Pushing for a chance now with the Euros.

Watford in a further bid to Gretel Palace, how worried well Alan Pardew

be? He will be concerned. The one thing about him is every single day

he'll be looking for the solution. What I will say is my will make an

excuse, it is also coinciding with losing Yannick Bolasie, his most

creative player. Goals, assists and energy. He has not got a main

striker, he brought in Adebayor. But he has had a lot of injuries. He has

not talked about it, I am talking about it because people will save he

is using excuses. But looking for a solution, thinking tried to change

the shape yesterday solution, thinking tried to change

searching for that solution. He will find it because he is so thorough.

Like Watford this year, people are not talking enough about the manager

there, turnover of players, the squad he has put together. As you

say they have crept up into eighth place. They have not been given half

the credit they deserve. In the same way Ben Davies said we are more than

Harry Kane and Dele Alli, they are more than Troy Deeney and Ighalo.

Absolutely, the only issue would be people in Spain will come calling

for the manager. Thank you very much, two at Tenby on the night.

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