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And thanks for joining us this week on 5 Live boxing with Costello on burn sort of time Steve when the heavyweight division globally is covered in a veil of confusion and comedy if you don't mind me saying so months and weeks and days rapidly passed and still no dates no venue's and no opponents for the world's finest heavyweights I'm going to hear also this week from Bob Arum stave one of the greatest of all time in terms of promoters over 50 years in the business from play our lead to Pacman the world's greatest promoter and he gives us his unique take on the modern world we're going to look back at the weekend's events here and in the United States and we'll hear from a shame a quick I'm talking about Josh Taylor and where he is in his push towards World Championship status but 1st we'll look at the weekend's events here and in the United States Steve you were working in the Box Nation studio overnight Saturday night Sunday morning for the bill which was top 10 Texas spies surrogate cover live an hour later Alvarez their rematch for the W B O light heavyweight championship I thought all in all that was a 1st car show for fights Mike that you like to think if you want to hear from 2 furtive until 5 past 7 in the morning you make it worthwhile for people to hang up you know afford it was winter I went out. The moon was so bright it was like walking on a summer's day it was a genuine party night walking out into the light night was a great blow away for we had that we had a version of Isaac dog by Richard called me win a world title in the 1st fight and then we had this guy T. Of. Lopez this young kid unbeaten in a real in a real controversial Oscar Valdez return to God it should a full color front and last year and top of the bill surrogate called to live in some kind of crazy redemption fresh from a mountain with the scary priests holy mountain in Greece to the ring in frisk Oh Dallas you can't you can't write headlines like that even Huey even Matt even even the great McAvennie would have struggled to have made sense of the Lucifer was a great night you let them punt try and sleep or you did it how do you had to sleep you must have a coffee then before you sleep I thought it was one of these examples stave where the cover life against Alvarez Alvarez a caused one of the biggest upsets in world boxing last year by beating coverlet for the title I thought it was one of these examples where in the rematch motivation is so much easier to source for the loser 1st time around and I thought that was evident in the work and they. Just the manner in the endevor of this time around he didn't feel like victory was was his right even he felt like he had to go in on it and he did I think some of the some of the. Coverlets problems from the 1st 5 hours were smashed a bit stop 3 times shot 3 times in the 7 and stop when he was lean on all 3 on the physical cause one of the if it was quite slim was Andre Ward a man who'd be a couple of back in 2016 and stopped him in 2007 he said he's a bully he's dependent on fear and I crushed him and I ruined him a got inside his head and I'm not I'm not going to I'm going to stretch something here might but I'm allowed to I'm going to I'm going to like uncover live in the walled fight as he went in and beaten having crushed everybody was known as Crush smashing everybody he was absolutely the man to miss He was the biggest the real beef from the east and he got destroyed by Andre Ward a relatively light puncher but a tech Titian who end up dropping him and stopping him and bashing him up unbelievably in a 2nd for so little bit like a little bit like foreman in the rumble when he got rumbled in the jungle against Ali in a sense and he went in there invincible and he never recovered my you never recovered so when he quit 3 years later he had recovered it took in 13 years to recover before he came back in the ring now I got a little bit of that with cover left because since that since that last case had a couple of wins and then he had the the defeat to our virus but might keep he fell apart we know he tried to commit suicide when he drove his car off the road at 90 miles an hour he's involved in an altercation he claims is innocent but it's going to end up in court on assault charges and then when he was Lois they've gone back to Russia even though he lives in California now he ends up and I made a joke of it but he ends up with this this this far it with a group of monks up in the mountain holy mountain in Greece any rediscovered himself so what we saw was an awful lot of redemption in the ring that night but there was a point and I know you would have seen the end of the 6 round the 6 rounds up he's having a fight flat out the concentrations there are bars looks poor but it's him. Evan because he's making him look poor and he goes back into the 6 rounds of the say that's it now and then we're going to get knocked out in a 7 for what he was exactly the same Look at his face and I said I was really Barry Barry Jones asleep as it is you know we all looked at each other we went our not he's not going to jump on the floor is what it looked like when you said there that it reminded you of how George Foreman was rumbled in the jungle when he was beaten that night George Foreman said that he felt he lost something as a man being gone as well as a boxer and that's why it was interesting that Carville have produced what he did on the night against Al Gore is going in if you like against the ghost all over again and in the end of sizing that go it was that it was that goes but it was also a little bit every so was taken when he lost to it toward So it was suffering from that and then of course he gets smashed to bits by a virus so he's got in the ring you know the expression fire and feel life I know it's cliched no views but Mike if ever there was a professional boxer fighting for salvation fighting for his life it was surrogate couple of a man who bought a way or said some things and done some things in the past which doesn't necessarily make him easy to like but when he came out for the 7th half the body is new color many 3rd quarter 92nd since the last toward when he came out in the 7th he's like rejuvenated 41 clearly I 41 all those one judge Lisa she's going to get in and I'm she got in my pants you get 120100 and I felt it was a shutout it was close to a master class and I know I've always was poor but he kept kept on be in Pour couldn't couldn't do a thing awful it was awful it was masterful couple of I was really pleased the undercard in Texas beneath Calvillo and Alvarez I was impressed with Valdez who might be fighting at some stage in the future Josh Warrington that's that's the fight that was touted after weren't in a beating from 10 a Christmas we're now knowing that this week there are persecutes for George Warrington against Kid Galahad so it might be that Warrington against Valdez if it happens happens later down the line not a fight on the on the cards stave off I'm OK. Yes against magdaléna Lopez being touted by many as one of the best prospects in world boxing he's got a lot to do to convince me just share I'm just saying as they have but I mean it struck me when I watched Lopez there Steve I think he's in danger of becoming another kind of a tree and BROWN Yeah I think I think you know what it wants to be like you know this idea that he would do is dance whatever it is no one to call or stop him the problem was that was just too Paula 1st of all he was incredibly brave Mick Jagger magdaléna and he you know when he was doing well when he was having a fight and it was great stuff but he got knocked out nastily unnecessarily The referee should have definitely moved in certainly before the 2nd of those left hooks and then to start to deliver mark or Las Vegas count you on one knee and you count it over a body that's not even moving that's disgraceful a lot of why Lopez's off doing these dance in the corner I could live with I can live with the dance my I can live with the dance in the corner and doing that's no problem someone shoots someone so much you get in a car with Dennis live in order but it was that movement or whatever he did right behind Diego magdaléna head he's 6 inches from the head that's outrageous just show some sense save to scoop him out but it was a cracking show it was already through it was a cracking show the kind of show that Bob Arum would have been proud off one of the if not the greatest promoter of all time he's been involved since Mohammed Ali and George followed back in 1966 he was in London just recently we heard from him on a podcast a couple of weeks ago giving us his assessment of the heavyweight division right now and how he thinks Tyson Fury is the biggest name in a division across the United States I was talking to him generally about his career about the changing consumer habits and how the boxing fan now gets access to the big fights and I started by talking to him about Mickey tough the late great make it off one of the greatest promoters a manager is the most controversial figures in boxing over here for many decades before his death in the past decade or so Mickey Duff once said to me that when I asked him why he was care. Being on satellite deep into he said he's got some many people to get even with and I put that to BARON Well that really isn't my story I know Mickey said that he believes that I'm mad I want to get even on with anybody I mean with me a lot of people who have had these through it you know I've forgiven and just go on you can't really let it eat you up so the jewel look to get revenge that is a waste of your time it would be a waste of my time what I like is promoting fights developing fight is and I think it's very very rewarding but the truth is I don't want to get revenge on anybody. How do you assess the not just the television landscape but now the broadcast landscape with streaming and other ways of accessing the coverage of boxing now how how much better is it for the fans and how much more difficult as it may be for you as a promoter boxing is in demand by everyone because the leagues are all tied up in deals whether it's English Premier Soccer American football the American baseball so those are difficult to really use to build a streaming network or a regular network but boxing is there to be grabbed by everybody whether it's the zone with the Herman is an odd school or ourselves with E.S.P.N. And the S.P.N. Pause So what it really does is give. The greatest opportunity for success and notoriety that we've had in decades so I welcome it and I think all promoted this should welcome it and should find ways to or. Together it's no secret here. I had one more fight left with Eddie Hearn in the U.K. But because he has the opportunity to make a good bit of money fighting Crawford in the United States and the generously went along with it and that's the way it should be I mean we in boxing now have the opportunity to really grow the sport I've been doing this for more than 50 years and for example in the U.K. I have never seen boxing as robust as it is now. And in terms of. Promoting the likes of a Terrence Crawford it that's a lot much change in the United States but also globally is it more difficult now than it was when you were promoting the likes of Leno and I was glorious days of the 1980s when it seemed everybody knew they were. I had come up in the business promoting my home and Ali and I was. A friend and close to people like Jesse Jackson and Reverend Sharpton guys like that and so I had then I believe that I understood the urban community in the United States well I did for the old guys but not for the young kids so that completely completely was not in my radar so I just had no idea what was happening out there with the rap singer years and the kind of. Enthusiasm and how many of them were on social media platform Floyd to his credit did and when they after that was very successful and says a lot for his perception almost as a businessman it wasn't described as if he said and he saw that opportunity I don't know was a businessman I don't know whether it was instinctive but the quest but it's undeniable that he was right. Well there and there's they even though I'm fascinated by that Floyd Mayweather story there's lots to go out in that interview with Bob Arum and we're going to come on very shortly to talk about the heavyweight scene as it stands now because of his comments a few weeks ago on where we've been since then but that story about Floyd Mayweather when he bought out his promotional contract from Bob Arum around 20052006 for $750000.00 they're admitting that Mayweather saw an audience a market that he couldn't quite tap into and couldn't. In any way relate to and I think if you're looking at the best business moves made by a boxer rather than a promoter or a manager in the history of the sport that can't be far short of number one when you go on to look at what he did since then creating like a $1000000000.00 worth of pay per view revenue revenue you know it. How much of that went his own pockets who knows but he's become a very very rich man and even Bob Arum saying much much wealthier than he would have been having stuck with our workforce is much wealthier because if Bob's agreed agreed to sell his contract 475-0000. Even in 2005 that's not a law that's not that much Mike you know I mean you know let's not if you set off a guard at some beats and he's already won World sidles you know he's a limping success was 9 years earlier he's moving from whites handling good fight as easily I'm always surprised by that low figure but at the same time what Floyd took was a giant leap of Fife OK a giant leap for perhaps part of what was built into ball balancing There was thinking I'll get 750000 now but don't worry it will be back in 6 months anyway be back in a year and I can carry on making money money when it tells you a lot about how much Bob Arum wasn't making with Floyd might have but Floyd Mayweather took that jump and at that time Mike there wasn't the brand recognition that's available now there wasn't you know he didn't walk into an enormously established in industry he walked into something that was being created be informed as he jumped in and then as he joined it so he he he was part of that and it moves away from perhaps just straight forward music in it's far more as Bob said you know the urban culture what he was and what Bob's what Bob was center of I mention in as many high place black cultural figures as possible while Sharpton and Jesse Jackson I'm surprised you didn't mention Diana Ross who of course was ringside all of the Feist of Ali in the sixty's and the seventy's I mean you could have added the you know the Supremes in the Marvelettes you could a flute could afford the feel the full thing what he was talking about there Bob were black Americans you know and on tap market and Floyd jumped in and embraced black Americans and sucked in that marketplace and come on. And that it controlled it and absolutely lord it over and still does to this day which is why he generates the sums he generally but we were talking about and he mentioned on the podcast a couple of weeks ago state that he felt Tyson Fury at the moment would be ranked by most Americans as the number one heavyweight in the division and it's still a pretty confusing state all this time and we didn't think we'd wait this far into this the pain to the new year to to get some settled dates and matches Furia Wilder is I'm convinced an absolute down there I think what's being worked out is where to announce it and maybe where to have it whether it's New York whether it's Las Vegas what was Los Angeles again watching seasons they've in the bill generally at the O 2 got me to thinking about what's what's lurking beneath those 5 world champions that Britain have at the moment Anthony Joshua Callum Smith a super middleweight Josh Warrington we've spoken about him down at the lighter whites Charlie Edwards and Cal yeah fire and just Taylor is ranked number 2 by Ring magazine which gives you an indication of how he's making an impact globally in the sport now and I was talking last week to his trainer shame again who was around at the retirement announcement of George Groves who of course he trained in the latter part of George's career and Shane was telling me how they've been feeling frustration that the lack of momentum now in just Taylor's Korea yet I mean it is not necessarily losing momentum it is just you know Josh has been extremely active in his career. Goes east he's he's made huge waves so quickly and since going to torment you know I feel like coming away from it he's going to be he's going to be recognized as the number one in the division. Over bearing in mind he wins it but something of a full confidence in him doing is just you know we want to be if we want to be televised around the world and make a star for this kid because this is a time to really These are fires that will make him a household name and. I think you know keeping the momentum is key. Given the top level fighters you've been involved with Shane what is it about Josh trail over there makes him a long in the top category. Well it's a combination between is is and and his toughness you know he's a hard hard bloke and. You know even loves to fight in close peace he's not face he's a little bit too brave sometimes. He listens you know he's had a couple of so not you know sort of not setbacks but so realisations in his career with the victor Postell fight you know he'd been in against hard punches and needn't really take Possum's power too seriously got hit with a good shot but that that natural fire and spirit he has he's able to hold of the right times and that's the stuff that me as a coach I can't teach him so he's got the ability to become a superstar in this in this division. And also in Britain is going to be hard because there's boxing I mean so much but it's a kind of changing in it's hard when you've got the watts of Georges just retards you you go Brooke who's on his way out pawn There you go the main face in A.J. But you know they're looking for. A lighter sort of star and I think Australia's that guy is speed and his power and he always it will be an exciting fights because he's brave you know he's brave as hell and and Shane is right and his father was the ultimate cross over you know he was read a quote Barry when he was box it wherever it was just the yes Mr Eastwood It was spec to the press loved Mick we're going in the in the but it didn't seem like it was hard work Stephen if it is for George Taylor then you've got to be careful that it doesn't undermine what ethos in the ring and Shane was saying there that he likes to let his boxing do the talking although I have to say on the occasion I've been around him a secular lot of time with him when confronted for Santa Cruz in the rematch in Las Vegas and he seemed more than happy to to liaise with the media and to chant a talk. Maybe it's different around fight time when there's when is a bit more pressure on him than there was there when he was you know in an earlier stage of his career but I had 14 fights think he some talent now I know he's out a welter of amateur experience but as I said number 2 in the Ring magazine writing saved the top 10 in each weight division I looked through all of the ratings there are 20 Britons ranked by Ring magazine in their top 1025 in boxing Monthly's were ranking so a lot of potential for fighters like Just Taylor and those who are not quite as advanced as him just yet to push through and maybe challenge for a world title sometime soon I don't think is maybe I think just Taylor included I think between a worked out which means 24 and 26 British boxers who challenge for world title this year that's less slightly expanding on the rings top 10 and box in Monthly's top 10 and dragging one of the 2 guys that of not the of not made the top 10 but I still think we'll get a chance and then I think there's another half a dozen with an outside chance of being slipped in and these are for the 4 major titles like that's going to be the I.B.S. The W B O W B I or W B said it can't be for the interim W.P.A. Or the regular W B I think we might get as many as Fergie it will certainly get $24.00 challenges and what's interesting is this year is we were Jens gong it's an 11 month boxing year. And you know I'm I'm saying that what we'll have 21 including the world champions we could have 35 British boxers in world title fights just reflecting on what we were talking about last week's they've there's been a lot of interest in over reaction to carry case masterclasses you on the list out the dealing of cats dealing with cuts in the corner Gulf at one to 3 on i Tunes has blown away listening to carry case talk about cuts would love to hear more bits like this to know more about the people behind the boxes Smokin Joe enjoyed a chat about the impact of digital media Thanks also to Benjamin rubble mark 4.6 on Twitter Steve Gadd C.C.C. Said Kerry Kayes was eyeopening pardon the pun I think you could do better than that fer children more from the cats man about what happens in a minute between rounds than watching boxing for 40 years Bill Simpson ready Graham at Shepherdson Kevin FITZSIMMONS Jimmy McGoldrick Nick Taylor who we've also heard from an e-mail today Oliver Ward dynamo L F C Christopher Scott Rossini Richie Boucher all saying it was a fascinating fascinating interview with Kerry carries a couple of slaps on the wrists they've got I see says Chamberlain see feels the need to say let's get it right a quadrillion times per podcast if you actually look back Mike hadn't shown me that this spice it might in the show me that but that's the 1st time that that phrase has been mentioned on the show you've dragged us down spicy I'm really disappointed in you you've dragged us down let's get it right you've tracked this down in case he wears as had a dig at me Costello bad who is Swedish not American yet got that wrong when he For James the gal eventually got around to saying American based on what he can get that he was against pick up what is Liberian Swedish so Gambian Gambian off was like B. It was a pull back to Jackie's like stateless and you know what you know you know what might you know but he generally came over last year he came over to the see him at the gym in east London to the gym run by the Bowers brothers with Dubois and Co. Right and he's involved also refugee projects you know we may be we may be needed maybe down the line Asterix Let's get it right we need to speak about it Jack because he's a very interesting guy a manager S. Castellan been Seppi B.C. Dot co dot U.K. Keep them coming thank you very much for all of your reviews and responses on email i Tunes and on Twitter stay this one from Howard radio already off he says all right fellows a few episodes ago bouncy mention that his 2nd sport is surfing was bouncy for real Yeah it was for real 17 years of age in the South Pacific still where genuine coconut ask buttons on my Hawaiian shirts out of my one shirts about buttons I've got some vintage buttons and I have surf that we use and you find a big points of served often by being tapped in that dream forever. And now it is no wiser. Now he doesn't have a clue young written room Steve Bunce and bought a wife I'm not 5 lives surfing correspondent in Tokyo I'm going over to the other side on this and I don't mean ice hockey. Well. You might have to pay for those studies it is not going to be really going to. Have him a 2nd spoke the word. Because it is in a desperate situation and still no movement on that limb pick controversy but we've seen a few people discussing the podcast they have on the boxing reddit so we're going to set up a thread this week for anyone who wants to talk to other fans of the podcast just search for Reddit boxing Costello and dancing get involved if you're interested and we might read out some of the responses and they debates next week but that's it for now from 5 Live boxing with Costello months. Her. Home digital B.B.C. Sense small street gun but this is B.B.C. Radio 5 Live the latest news headlines on 5 Live I'm sure that bundle the N.H.S. As number of young knife crime victims admitted to England's hospitals has risen by more than 50 percent in 5 years more than a 1000 people and aged 10 to 19 spent at least one night in hospital in the 12 months to March. 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You give good players a little bit of a sniff it for 5 minutes but I. 5 minutes of the game and possibly not even not the outbreak of highly contagious echoing flu that's cause chaos in racing appears to be growing further positive tests have shown up at the Cheshire stables are trying to Donal McCain and 3 horses at another unconnected racing yacht are under investigation he's a racing correspondent Cornelia slices 3 more positive tests Donald McCain's operation including from razor Spock which potentially significantly left the stables to race at air on Wednesday brings to 6 the number of horses infected in his powerful string hundreds of race horses have been examined there at all training stables that sent runners to fixtures this week where the McCain team was also represented the figure being analyzed rose when reports of sickness emerged at trainer Rebecca Menzies yard near Stockton on Tees in all 174 racing stables are under scrutiny Meanwhile the British Horseracing Authority has rejected claims that it may have overreacted by canceling racing from Thursday until Wednesday next week at least England have ben folks and recall keep Jennings for the final Test against West Indies that gets in the way this afternoon Alan got the woman 6 Nations campaign back on track Miles thanks to a bonus point 225 win over Scotland simply hold as Wigan they scored 6 tries as they beat Leeds 3416 to bounce back from their opening day defeat had coach Adrian Lam happier with the window rather than the performance better than last week in some areas and felt that you know we're a little bit disorganized in defense I thought we probably missed 10 opportunities with the ball so I think that should pretty much put the team in perspective I was happy that we had we got a lot more shape and we played a little bit more rugby but why are now we missed a lot of opportunities in attack and defensively we just looked a bit shady at times it's 2 defeats from 2 for the rhinos and in sneaker alley Carter reached his 1st ranking final for 2 years that's thanks to a 6 nil thrashing of China's Xiao cow dung at the Will Grand Prix in Cheltenham That's the latest from B.B.C. Sport right. This is Chris. First to look ahead to this weekend's football with this is a preview Cody programs to please don't cool taxed B.C. I see these. And the. City of the Premier League I'll have a say in November it was never in doubt. Pick which our coverage is or should just go. To keep to the show we could get real Jersey was able to pull over put the header 3 huge voids. I. Don't think we have a show. Coming up Michael Owen about Liverpool showing about. 5 field correspondent from the galaxy on the observer judge me to talk about this week's big talk aim for. Evidence the Blue Room head to head with my pocket for what was the real curry and as they collapse clash in the. Thomas who will be here with a social media around the pond of call my brother will be here with a 3 Premier League for Dixons fall this weekend you can get involved by using hash tag savage social and social media Texas 18500580 most of. The flu so all my voice is not sounding very good but anyway never mind about that good morning Dom 5 feel how you find things that we have. Not very well done but I'm getting through it all again let's say Chelsea big game of the weekend Man City after the defeat against Newcastle style look looking good once again yeah it was a quite a rugged win in midweek and conservative Muslim Chelsea Chelsea at the Swiss. They will challenge them they will test them but they're so worldly and put it we just don't know what they're going to lose for no one we can 5 know a couple a day that's when 5 no couple of days later so a team that sort of adjusting to playing in the way that Mauritius sorry wants him to do and they're not quite there yet but you know let's let's see how they do they seem to doze off in games that look at their defeat so arsenals and spurs and even born with that there's sort of periods in patches where they just get sort of fall asleep in a completely overwhelmed and that's what city will target in this match on Sunday and Pepper said this week that more than 2 clubs can win the Premier League you mentioned United and Chelsea cat that's not going to happen as this city of Liverpool City Liverpool and Spurs are going outside chance unless a long course for about 87 points if they can win it no not realistically you know I think that they'll be proven that their squad will be too thin ultimately but they still had a brilliant season with United and Chelsea you know why I mean you know it came from way too far back and Chelsea just too inconsistent to win it Crystal Palace against West Ham. Zaha you know he's got another game but as in is you think I was right no I don't think there's a lot of inconsistency there think we got on the ice going on a bit Ashley Barnes his reaction to to being booked for diving in the game but against selling to the other day sort of shows that there is going consistency there and similar reaction to feeling unjustly booked and he's getting a 2 match ban effectively on top of the I wonder whether Palace perspire in the appeal and so they can play him against West Ham this weekend and then maybe take the one match ban against Doncaster in the F.A. Cup next weekend at West Ham a fantastic you know against Liverpool what you're made of debt and rice this is a phenomenon he's an absolute from I can see why carousels got so desperate for him to pledge is future to England Jimmy's he's really grown into I'm glad that US I have sorted out his contract your situation is I've got a long term future at the London stadium they need to do that because they have to build their team around him he's such a talent I'm glad your man. The Bonds hit us because I was not game on T.V. And if I was asked the bonds I'm not being funny Don rightly or wrongly I would have reacted the AG Zakk same way it was a stall wall penalty and the father being shown dies callously bad to be human so what a good time to bring in John Dies months old because you know you guys may I was game how on earth is that not a penalty and I want to do you keep your read all these pounds you know get given. For them things are you know you're 60 I cards you gotta sing it's got a charge of support. Whether. Believe what you say. You know there's this thing from a you know I mentioned afterwards you know I think I think referees are tough job I think that almost nothing I was lazy when the single ever tough job of juggling become part of sort of adulthood the biggest thing for me is how you can do for simulations a lot more. About And they are getting these reactions are things reacting is probably not all because predatory pre-algebra topicality simulate surely they know if you're actually called your guard on. The Such I got out of the toilets are similar so I think you know I'm on more into the bigger picture if you know a lot of people before naturally knockabout always say the stories are just so trite up it starts when I thought I could but only when it's over that I'll get a. Lot less on say so but I will say Arctic referees that we just thought the referees of about Egypt so he took his job so they give a guy to manage the story and in also the few years I think it's very difficult job . I think the very will help them out fully and I think if they could just time to prepare for that of so many Korean beat in the parenting 2950 and I have a better record was what you put this down to hard work on the training ground I think assume is everything I think you know the coming together of mentality after a tough start of the save many many different ways of sorts. All we can agree with obviously there's the rifle a can of up a bit of a get we we've all we have a lot of it's called the safe way without some injuries which is very grassroots we don't we already carry many soft tissue injuries returns without a few serious ones but also much of soft tissue so lost that's not a big effect of it but you know the turn of the white point ready by the way the toughness of psychic I think the mentality of I think you know we have call almost we are crippled a lot of executives Well it was amounts of the fact I think we couldn't quite find a consistent form level and I think we're beginning to find that with our Jupiter looking not just us bones it's that without a couple key decisions where we could've you know don't cry then because you know why it might get a point and stuff but we could have easier does a couple wins of our and you made a side in Pierre Krauts you know a limited impact stray away again Southampton You know I mean you know a lot of talk about it and you know we have a business model is very tough for actually an I.Q. 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The chairman of the post I want to run in a while to touch the clubs most of which are not just like it's a financially when when a deal comes right for a player which it was right for salts and the people you trust for the wind of art I think a lot of it hard to describe I'm a star which the the club when it crouches in the deal it worked you know we saw it work for the player has involved a fresh challenge it works for us financially but also works we have a top class at a food joint think it's totally job and we're pleased other soon with them for free to Makati much higher than the ion and the penalty Mii people have because of the I offer Werman I mean you must be welcoming the introduction the season and he said well having to think to be honest I think he's made it because I don't like some most of this economy kinds of always want to get out of the Karama that well but I think it's kind of how hokey instance Qualls use LAYER to calc skipper as a partner so they can just referee know if there's someone else who can you know sourcing guys so when they did all. Seriously we're all aware of it straight to our lives and the biggest thing I think there will still be some some really who could swear it's going to be tough to disorder think you'll fall and I don't know to be nice quickly because our spirit was always to use or the way that we're sort of for their state of generally speaking if you talk about dealing with very tautologies which also too difficult for our cause you know we saw him for every inch that we can get then I think it's important just bring as much clarity to guards as possible and especially when the Such delusions are just going to play with the credit like take each other I think if they didn't look identical are out of sync with technology valid to get quicker or a little strain Well I don't think it'll be years of therapy What's what's a way to get scripts show one thing the fans on 6 feel sick say to me you know fans of less Middlesborough West problem show you've heard that modern day football fans were attractive excited retail pople when in football but sometimes it's not like does it or think you are saying every manager every car child about why would you assess team trans women success is different and useless a lot all what you teach in the past why is it the most skillful why the technical was applied without doubt when it comes to first busy a world you could win games although. It will take a look how could reply lives everywhere I'm never met a solitary soul every fan wants to win so as to inform us and then of course as you said Every manager we turn to if you can we start will and beautiful hope for everyone's to do the obvious just improbable it's not possible it's a probable cause to think with last night football a lot of players like Tim applies or guys success you know that will be parts of them but their families as well as the successes we've got an article family joys of are going to tell you one thing we will do our part to give everything a logical fashion still wants to say a group was given as we think so that quote That's a lot and I'll personally do that as a bit of a him and all stuff that we can we can be productive with one of quite beautiful colors we can but with all the time when i'm very difficult we'll point. Sages. On the cause watch somebody go very difficult. To follow the wife. Spirit inside Millicent Good luck this weekend against Brian game on BT Sport thanks for joining us Syrians take a fantastic insight there from showing diet effective football nuts what it's about right it's time to go head to head what the ever turn Good morning guys. All the good the bad. Rides so in the blue. From Everton the Blue Room podcast Good morning good morning Rob your carry on in the lone black college my pocket from what folks from the rookery and Paul Katz Good morning Mike good morning to Robbie he's got a music. I loved it I stood up right there a guard so ready my Chiara 1st right you know words 30 seconds to answer the question I already Mike ready tell me why your current head coach jabbing a grassy is a better manager than your former head coach my goals over. Where to start one of the nicest things about have is actually spend his time working for the betterment of what for trouble club instead of constantly checking his phone for messages from other clubs who might be on the lookout for a new head coach. He's Friendly's humorous and he's worked hard to earn the respect of the board the players and the fans perhaps most important of all though you have a crazy recognizes opposition set pace is a thing to be defended not just admired as they fly into his own team's net how aggressive is a top shot man is the future before is a strong start. Right Mike after spending big last summer how do you rate Michael sell his 1st season and will he still will will he still be in charge of the Toffees at the start of next season. Well obviously a very promising start for the finalists overall of phylum reliant on confidence and that's clearly not there at the moment sponsor activity was caught remember Charleston Blue could be open very instrumental promising that the owners come out this week in the sense of human problems and accept this is a long term project but I'm sure a line from Suva to soldiers to transfer some pieces out if it goes and sources will probably just pop on to watch for them to promise a manager Awesome awesome awesome one researcher at. My ya side of failed us to have a single shot on target against Brighton strikers Gray Davis got tangled the tween name who you back in just gone and sat down who will cause Everton the biggest problems as we all know he does enjoy the limelight and he'll say this big game is a big opportunity to get himself into the headlines for the right reason so I'm backing backing try to get on the scoresheet I also I think an old Everton favorite I don't know if he has a favor actually but Gerry telephone has a bit to prove we didn't have a great spell there it could. And so I think ill timed see found himself to get on the scoresheet so gentle a favor and going to school forever is back I think have something to prove after Dick in full he's incredibly skillful he can change a game to. Maga chalice and cigarettes are both on the bench against Manchester City what other changes to the team you'd like to see silver make tomorrow to get you there when. Well we showed signs of this right on the button so you can say is he more structured 11 flotsam it feel sorry I missed exactly the type of shots OK nice for a side that scripture results especially going away to a side that dominated us physically equal to some a season should some be and how obviously is a bit of a creativity issue the strikers Cobbett when Towson still fight out I expect to see a walkout to come oh no Laura Charlus not back in Georgia you can use more than one here and continue for Coleman and the fact that we're seeing this is a big game against what should pretty much. Merry go and that's why that was great so but the actions mark but the action. I think will just about make this 1010 Mike . I think this is going to go chip go to plan to offer to change 3 know what would come in on it or as a guys like the Jais breading stuff. No You know it's nice guy right Joe 2 good morning in morning 7 as my intro music oh joy from the football daily morning Joe morning was my injuries if you haven't got any because I don't know why only way has excelled when Golf is what you often do let's kick on then with the title race you guys have already mentioned it well I threw that question who is going to win the title out to the listeners at home a lot people seem to be split but not our listeners 60 percent think Man City just 26 percent Liverpool and 14 percent Tottenham so not as close as some people might think on Thursday as well as city as he be Everton to go top but I think it's fair to say quite a few Toffees fans didn't mind if 50 percent of the fans I saw interviewed on the day seemed to want their own side to look. Absolutely menso but fair enough to a level I. Know 3rd of what level I mean I don't see one interview with a guy who claimed he wanted evidence Allee's because a Liverpool fan had spray painted L F C on the side of his dog. Over 150000 of these that in 3 so to him is fair enough Rob let's stick with challenges to mention Man City captain Vincent Kompany was trending number 3 in the U.K. This week has the Belgian star posted a title for Manchester of and attempting to tackle homelessness on the streets of the city raised over $216000.00 pounds on the night and the event was attended by the likes of oak where oh so sure I get brilliant gestures also some reports that he's donated a large proportion of his wages this season to homelessness you know wonderful you know with Andy Burnham as well Diana I'm not a leadership by Vincent company the side the city face this week and the like you've already mentioned our Chelsea but their star player Eden Hazard has made headlines about exits yet again so I wanted to ask you and Dawn if you were even hazard would you stay at Chelsea or would you go to Madrid. I think you'll go to Madrid I think he wants to go to Madrid and he's waiting for me it's put in the Royal for the Chelsea that's acceptable. If I was at an Yeah I'd probably go and play for immigrant OK There we go let's finish with our fantasy football picks than some because last week I went for Gonzalo higuaín not bash I was hit by to brace car member you have probably pole seen just the 2nd in the table today going for this weight I've kept I'm captain in more solid gets Bournemouth complicity a man against boomer or any time at all their job brain stuff once again right but you mentioned rare Madrid there Joel I listen let's bring in the realm of varied X.-Plane now it's only the Ballon d'Or where Michael and Molly most moan I'm really delighted to learn yeah I get better every weightless eyes are so small you know I mean I'm listening to a lot of people said Liverpool ball in it but you know what may have lost one game this season this OK to not stop league now but they win the game and on the go 3 points clear of wonderful season and it's unbelievable Yeah it's I don't think there's this I mean what I would say there's a little nervousness the last game I was I was that I was a little bit nervous especially I descended from the crowd a little bit I don't think the players you know were going to bat for it at night or anything else side up so I think you know we came in hard and level on points I mean what more could you ask for in a start the season it's not the under for this position so it's I don't really buy into a little over half of the wobble of just looking down at the. The last time results I mean the better the Manchester City's so it's only you know what I think it was it was the performance against west of it was pretty average. Jumping on the tarmac and I think it's over the fate of you know club doesn't make many mistakes as well as in the season mall to the warmest day might be less inclined go on loan to Bournemouth. Yeah I think not a relevant point that we have made that I do make of now and again well yeah. No I think Judge development was was brilliant as a last but for a large parts of the of last season. And you know he's a surgical player we all know he's not a natural right back to handle scolded judge Melba's filled it that the subject was a failed and but I think Alexander Arnold is virtually back now so hopefully that's going to solve the whole problem but yeah I do what you say and I just wonder whether it's possible that Dale might be in the past to scam go because it did seem a strange one Michael has them finally got in here. But I threw a boom authorise Chelsea Thornhill the other way with 4 goals on the counter-attack at this one and can they hurt Liverpool thought that Leno without Joe Gomez in that defense as well can we hurt them at Anfield you think playing on the counter-attack . Well I think the calendar certainly capable of doing livable trashed almost that place not so long ago so you know they've obviously got the souls to the people on earth. But I think you know as much as I still don't believe the Liverpool have on a global I still think they're in good form and everything else I mean you would look at it and think it is a good time to play the you know want to it trees suspension to a big player. You know and just maybe if the crowd get a little bit of us that it might be a good time to play them but on balance Liverpool a father should say and I expect them to get right back on track gotta bail Michael so he's getting criticized once again by the rail Madrid fans and I seem to get the elk now Classico the couple dollar a midweek it was one morning miss an opportunity how hard those fans to please he's got 2 goals in a chat Miss leaf out of one he won 3 or 4 chap is the he's still getting criticised how hogs of those fans the place. Is really strange and I think you're you know a lot of people make their mind off and that is that. And I don't think that was then really that's either a player I mean of course loads of people respect him thankful for what he's Dollar Man and the House not just the most amazing things as you rightly just mention for a lawful for fans it's hard to change the 1st impressions are just on sale that the word I say and when I watch I just don't feel that he's ever been you know taken to like understand or run out of you know a Raul in my time or you know a real fox 5 or. Like that it's very hard to change people's mind a lot of what you do really and it's a shame because he has had an amazing time out no matter what people size. He has that moment live with him and with all the people forever so it's sad in a way of I don't think I can I don't. Thank you so much Lee because he's done what he set out to do over that I would on eventual I'm sure he will come back to the shows right then Moe right and you know I had my bill on the show before but you're going to hear now let's bring in the stock of the show now. It's time to Robbie Savage he's mum but how. Many of these predictions. Good morning Mother 2 good money Rob but you're going to let the flu quick get back to be in the easy allows again and also Michael and Fidel Oh good morning guy there's moon and given the time well so you've extended your lead you now leading Pulte wall 39 right so I am ready so no a we go the games this weekend it's Liverpool against bomb of Liverpool find themselves 2nd in the league after this club and the chance to move 7 points create a city back to back to the games last year when I think they will get back to winning ways so this weekend with solid anon they scored and I'm going to know Michael I'm going back there I'm going to go straight for the rest No I'm I'm dying for a reassuring 3 new home win as well oh I'm going to go 31 right now though it's the Mako so Dobby won't put take on Avatar Well macrocell did on depression and that can have a kind of spent nearly 250000000 pound employees over the last 3 seasons we're out but you're not you can under 30 is a closer to the top 6 than a. No ever can count to send defense set pieces so Numac is a slightly smacking man and get on with it but I don't go in for a while when one else has a funnel of oh well he will know I was moving. I'm going to say yeah I. Really could save the very I think I'm going to go for it so while it was dumb I'm going well but running amok set pieces 31 with the till now you know when I get my pa. I'm going to go for to win 21 and then finally mother the big fixture the weekend it's Man City against Chelsea I thought the title race was already the place now it's all exciting and it's going to be tough but yet you had for Chelsea because they don't know if they're going to go up but they don't they don't play consistent I do you know they're glad I don't need one more have trick to level with Alan she better so I'm growing $31.00 City MO Yeah I'm going to go to one city where I'm going for twists in the Tyro's $11.00 I'm going to go I'm going to go for one month to society all right then Mom why did this weekend oh yes all right this is Love You see I said today I'm Michael what you got planned this weekend yeah I'm down they say for the school show well so far all we have with you are you amazed Yeah yeah yeah we got a good line of us only well as long as you know I will have a lot. More this I see it's about to make. Games this weekend I'm a photo of palace vs West Ham in the summer yeah I've seen my clue in about Real Madrid and got a bell what's your quick thoughts on how I think he's been an unbelievable success there I think you look back East time in which it with a lot of pride to nice he's achieved so much that I do think it might be coming out now that there's a chance to come back to the Premier League in their own back gnowledge things well Chelsea Monita left sided forwards to do so i always going with him so one of those 2 would say I don't listen thanks so much for joining us pleasure really did fantastic staff and I don't like him again he's done well as a place of in a place of my called the. Big thank you to make Thank you and showing dice great insight there from Shaun dice the barely managing they take on Brian tomorrow teatime game dominant 5 filled my pocket from the podcast Joe Thomas an. 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