Well concert over came on a bond or a sense of a tie against Serbia later today for a place in April's promotion play offs elsewhere I had read from Billie shuttle to ascent Sheffield united to the top of the championship as they raced into a 3 no lead at Aston Villa but goals from Tara Mings Tommy Abraham and on dry green in the last 10 minutes or the game and 3 all it means United States 3rd trying to Rebecca Menzies has confirmed that 3 horses under her care have been tested for AK wind flew 174 stables around the country are in lockdown as testing continues will he keep a ban folks as been dropped with Keaton Jennings recalled for England's final Test against West Indies which starts this afternoon Alan got their women 6 Nations campaign back on track with a bonus point 225 win over Scotland Saracens a threat to the Premiership Cup Final after beating was 3822 and superbly cold as Wigan scored 6 tries to beat Leeds 3416 and bounced back from their opening day defeat however it's 2 defeats from 2 for the rhinos Melanie Premier League football to anyone else Scotty all the judges the education area to watch here is Mike Ritchie with the police when you catch I was trying to sell you the take basis into ethos was common theme and she said this is against Newcastle because you killed on mid week in the men's and because it's well said see the entrance to a needs to chill city against How does feels the best live sports See this is your football station and the D.A. Says he saw a slice BREAK THIS DAY with Chris Warburton and an old lady in an alley 1st though a look at the latest from the world of boxing with my Costello and Steve Bunce this is a precursor to programs that please don't call or text to find live boxing. 6 and thanks for joining us this week on 5 Live boxing with Costello on buns at a time Steve when they 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 passing 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 Steve 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 shame of Quicken talking about Josh Taylor and where he is in his push towards World Championship status but 1st for a look at the weekend's events here and in the United States the view working in the Box Nation studio over night Saturday night Sunday morning for the bill which was talked in Texas by surrogate cover Levon L.A. To 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 fertile 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 dug by Richard called me win a world title in the 1st fight and then we had this guy T. a Female Lopez this young kid on beaten in a real in a real controversial Oscar Valdez returning to God it should have 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 did you had to sleep you must have a coffee did before you sleep I thought it was one of these examples 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 7th and stop when he was leading on all 3 on a physical cause one of the if it was 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 it might but I'm allowed to I'm going to I'm going to like uncover live in the Ward 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 for me and he got destroyed by Andre Ward a relatively light puncher but a tech Titian who end up dropping him and stop him and bashing him up unbelievably in a 2nd by 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've 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 a Ferrari of 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 irrelevant 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 US leaders in the studio 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 go as well as a boxer and that's why it was interesting that Carville have produced what he did on the night against Alvarez going in if you like against the ghost all over again and in the end of sizing that go it was it was that goes but it was also a little bit of the soul was taken when he lost to it toward so so easy 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 away 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 Scuse me for get in and I'm she got in my pants you got 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 on the cart in Texas beneath Carville Evan Alvarez I was impressed with those who might be fighting at some stage in the future Josh Warrington that's that's the. That was touted after weren't in a beaten Frampton a Christmas where now knowing that this week there are persecutes for George Warrington against Kid Galahad so might be that Warrington against valdés if it happens happens later down the line not a fight on the on the cards stave off the most basic Unst 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 he wants to be my you know this idea that he would do is dance whatever it is no one to call or stop him the problem was that just to polish 1st of all he was incredibly brave Mick Jagger magdaléna and 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 more color Last Vegas count you're on one knee and you're counting over a body that's not even moving that's disgraceful a little while Lopez's off doing his dance in the cold I could live with I can live with a dance my I can live with a dance in the corner and the in that's no problem someone shoot 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 safe 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 of Arlo 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 you. Him about Mickey tough the late great Mickey tough one of the greatest promoters and manages the most controversial figures in boxing over here for many decades before his death in the past decade or so Mickey tough one said to me that when I asked him why he was carrying on satellite deep into his doubts 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 believed that I matter want to get even on with anybody I mean with me a lot of people who have had these through it you know I have forgiven and just go on you can't really let it eat you up so the Jew 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 he 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. Or ourselves with E.S.P.N. And the S.P.N. Pause So what it really does is give. The greater. Opportunity for success and notoriety that we've had in decades so I welcome it and I think all promote is should welcome it and should find ways to work 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 That's a lot much ink in the United States but also globally is it more difficult now than it was when you were promoting the likes of Leno's and that was glorious days of the 1980s when it seemed as everybody knew they were. I had come up in the business promoting Mohamad 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 how many of our more on social media platform Floyd is credited 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 a phase of envy he saw that opportunity I don't know as a business man I don't know whether it is instinctive but the quick but it's undeniable that he was right well barrin there Slaven the 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 where we've been since then but that story about Floyd Mayweather when he bought out his promotional contract from Bob Arum around $252006.00 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 start with our workforce is much wealthier because if Bob's agr 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 with me it tells you a lot about how much Bob Arum wasn't making with Floyd Mayweather 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 if 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 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 of the full thing what he was talking about there Bob were black Americans you know an on tat 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 was being worked out his way 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 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 at 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 we want to be televised around the world and make a star for this kid because this is a time to really these. The thought is 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 jokes that 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 he's 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 booming so much but it's a kind of changing in it's hard when you've got the lots of Georges just retards you you go broke he'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 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 more details in the ring and Shane was saying there that he likes to let his boxing do the talking although I have to say being around in a circle a lot of time with him when current. For Santa Cruz in the rematch in Las Vegas and he seemed more than happy to to liaise with the media and to chant to talk so 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 ratings they've the top 10 in each weight division I look through all of the ratings there are 20 Britons ranked by Ring magazine in their top 1025 in boxing Monthly's world 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 worked it out which means $24.26 British boxers who challenge for a 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 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 B O the regular W B I think we might get as many as Fergie it will certainly get 24 challenges and what's interesting is this year is. Jens gone 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 golf at 123 on i Tunes has blown away listening to carry case talk about cats 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 peacock 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. Costello Amban 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 shirt so to 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. But. You might have to pay for studies it is not going to be really going to. Have him a 2nd spoke the word. 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Horses at another unconnected racing yacht are under investigation he's a racing correspondent Cornelius license 3 more positive tests at 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 been folks and recalled Keaton 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 holders 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 she pretty much put the team in in perspective I was happy that we 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 was 2 defeats from 2 for the rhinos and in sneaker alley Castlereagh his 1st ranking final for the 2 years that sank to a 6 nil thrashing of China's shout out dong at the Will Grand Prix in Cheltenham That's the latest from B.B.C. Sport break this is Chris Warburton and Eleanor Oldroyd in her finale 1st a look ahead to this weekend's football with Robbie Savage this is a preview Cordie programs to please don't call or text you see 5 cities is for the South it is. The. City of the family I'll have a say in November it was never. Picked up government. To keep. But Gabrielle she was able to pull up with a header 3 huge voids. I. Still. Have a show. Coming up Michael Owen about Liverpool showing about the woman if I feel the corresponding from the guy on the opposite of a 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. Clubs clash in the. Machine will be here with a social media rounds a pound of cold my brother will be here with 3 Premier League for Texas fall this weekend you can get involved by using high stacks of resources on social media Texas on a 50058 and 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 don't get into the let's say Chelsea big game of the weekend Man City after the defeat against Newcastle style look looking good once again. Yeah they are it was a quite a rugged winning weakens against Everton wasn't it and Chelsea Chelsea are the sort they will challenge and they will test them but they're so wildly unpredictable you just don't know what they're going to lose for no one week and 5 know a couple of days when 5 no couple of days later so as 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 see how they do they seem to doze off in games that they look at their defeat so Arsenal whirls and spurs and even born with it 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 the 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 and 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 now there's a similar reaction to a feeling unjustly booked and he's getting a 2 match ban effectively on top of that I wonder whether Palace perspire only 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 there are sorted out his contract your situation is I've got a long term future at the moment. Idea they need to do that because they have to build it around him is such a town and I'm glad you mentioned the bond situation guy what's 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 Zach same way it was a stall wall penalty and if I had been shown guys honestly bad to be human so what a good time to bring in John Dies Munjal because you know you guys may I want game our Neath now apparently and I want to do you keep your read all these pounds you know get given. Them things that are you know you 60 most interesting discovery charges a point where the. Police force. You know there's this thing from a you know I mentioned afterwards you know I think I think referees have a tough job I think that almost nothing that was amazing was the singular of a tough job of juggling a campaign to sort sort of adulthood the biggest thing for me is how you can do for simulations a lot. About Him games are getting his reaction are things reacting is probably not all because by the way pre-algebra topicality simulation so if you're actually called your guard on. The Such I got out of the charts are similar so I think you know on more into the bigger picture is you know a lot of people are for naturally is not always ballsy the referees are just so tired of it starts when they start like it but only when it's over 3 that are got a. Lot of players on them but I will say our thing referees have excess of referees and about Egypt 3 toughest jobs any given to manage the story and you know sort of 2 years I think it's very difficult job. I think will help them out fully and I think if they could just time to prepare for that of so many curry in being in the penning 2150 a night never a bad record was what you put this down to hard work on a training ground I think one thing was never. Everything I think you know the coming together of mentality of protest the start of the save many many different ways of solving ugly will obviously there's the rifle a can of up a to forget 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 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 of almost the other crippling of a lot of executives Well it was amounts of the fact I think we can call it on a consistent form level and I think we're beginning to find that with our Jupiter not just us bones it's that we've got a couple of key decisions where we could've you know don't cry didn't because you know why it might get a point and stuff but we thought we could have easier does a couple wins of our and you made a side in Pierre Crouch 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 some I.Q. Over. The chairman of the post I want to run in a while to touch the club's long term future just like it's a financially so went with a deal comes right for a player which was right for salts N.N.T.P. Pretty impressed by the wind of I think a lot of it hard to describe I'm a star which the vehicle club when it crouches in the deal it worked and we saw it work for the player as involved a fresh challenge it worked for us financially but also work to get the top class at a food joint think it's down to a job and we're pleased other soon it would have Makati much higher than the I on the panel to meet people not because of the I offer Well 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 stuff is done in the kinds of ways what we get out of the Karama that I think is kind of how hokey instance Qualls use LAYER to Cal. Give the referee the buzzer so they can just referee know if there's someone else you can you know sourcing guys for when they did all seriously wrong the way I think straight for them and the biggest thing I think there will still be some really who could swear it's going to be tough to disorder think you'll fall and don't know to be nice quickly because our spirit was always to you sir the way that it sort of your father stayed up generally speaking if you talk about dealing with Barry tautologies which also too difficult for our cause you know we saw him for every inch that we could get then I think it's important just brings much clarity to guys as possible and especially when the so much to lose and so it's going to play a little probably like take each other I think if they didn't look identical I think with technology Well a lot of they get quicker or a little strain Well I don't think it'll be years of probably what's what's a way to get scripts show one thing the fans on 6 all 6 say to me you know fans of Les Middlesborough West problem show you've heard that modern day football fans one attractive excited retail pople when in football but sometimes no light does it well I think you are saying every marriage every culture about why would 2 groups esteem 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 ones of playing without doubt when it comes to first busy a world you call to win games all the better it will take a look how could reply lives everywhere I'm never Masonic So if every son 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 football every wants to do the obvious just improbable it's not impossible it's a probable cause to think with last night football a lot of players like Tim applies of success you know that all the parts about 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 local slush fund still wants to say a group was given as with things so that patch that quote That's a lot and I'll personally do that as a bit of a him and all. To see if we can be productive walkways beautiful cause we can also tell when very difficult with no points agent. On technical calls lots of toxic somebody go it's very difficult to talk about well some of the father was. Buried inside Millicent Good luck this weekend against Brian game on BT Sport thanks for joining us serious talk a fantastic insight there from Sean Dyke affective football nuts what it's about right it's time to go head to head what should we ever turn Good morning guys *. Oh the good the bad. Rides so in the blue. The Blue Room podcast could morning good morning Rob your carry on in the lone black college my pocket from what folks from the rookery handbook as 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 humble 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 aggressive recognizes opposition places are things 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 Hans or activity was caught remember Charleston Blue could be open very instrumental promise of 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 the times of peace is also if it doesn't source it will probably just pop on to Watford and take their promise amounts are awesome awesome awesome when we see. 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 Jerry Jarrett their telephone has a bit to prove we didn't have a great spell there there is a good. And so I think ill timed see found himself to get on the scoresheet so gentle a favor and doing to school forever is back I think of 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 see if you more structured 11 flotsam it feel sorry I missed exactly the type of shots OK nice recite desperate for results especially going away to a side that dominated us physically go to some a season so you Symbian now obviously is a bit of a creativity issue the strikers carbon Tosha are still fighting out I expect Korea Walker to come out in a lower Charlus not look back and Jonjo 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 a little buy that was great so but there 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 less the guys like the guys bringing 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 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 toughies 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 tackle 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 will afford him you know with Andy Burnham as well as I'm not a leadership by Vincent company the side the city face this weekend like you've already mentioned are 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 to 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 seems you're still 2nd in the table to me going for this weight I've kept I'm captain in more solid gets Bournemouth who complicity a man against boomer or any time at all their job range 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 monumentally 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 that in a 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 better 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 you don't know I only said I'll size up so I think you know you 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 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 people are sort of jumping on the bandwagon I think it's over the sake of you know club doesn't make many mistakes when as in this season mall to the warmest day might be less inclined go on loan to bomb. Yeah I think not a relevant point that we have made that I do make of now and again Well yeah I. Know I think Judge development was was brilliant alas but for a large part 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 is that the subject was a failed then 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 was to whether it was possible that Dale might be in the past to scam go because it did seem a strange one Michael has been fighting to be gotten here. But I threw a boom authorise Chelsea Thornhill the other way with 4 goals on the counter-attack and that's one that can very hurt Liverpool thought that you know 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 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 a novel 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 play. 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 his knee he's still getting criticised how Hogg of those fans the place. Is really strange and I think you're you know a lot of people make their mind open and that is that. And I don't think Dallas by 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 still 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 Hayward 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 fast 5 or one like that it's very hard to change people's minds 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 but I don't think I can I don't. Thank you if we lose too much sleep over it 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 Mo right and you know I had my butt 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've got to let the flu quick get back to be in the easy allows again and also Michael into the Oh good morning guy there's moon and given the time well so you've extended your leave you now leaving Pulte wall 39 right so I am ready so 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 places created city back to back to the games last year when I think they will get back to winning ways so this weekend with Salah anon they scored and I'm going to know Michael I'm going to walk back there I'm going to go straight for the Ross No I'm I'm dying for a reassuring 3 new home win as well oh I'm going to go 3 wall right now though it's the Mako so Dobby won't put take on Avatar will macrocell that doesn't depression attack but it 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 they. Know ever can count to stand he said set pieces don't know makin a spider is just smack a 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 he's moving. I'm going to say yeah I. Really could save the very I think I'm going to go for it so you won't but it was dumb I'm going well but running amok set pieces 31 what to tell now you know when I get up. 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 the 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 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 why did this weekend oh yeah 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 we got a good line of us only well as long as you know us we'll have a lot. More this us it's about I'm a. What's your games this weekend I'm a photo of palace vs West Ham in the summer yeah I've seen Michael Owen 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 and he's time again which it with a lot of pride a 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 South Africa and I get in again he's done well as I'm in a place of in a place of my called the. Big thank you to my kill and showing dice great insight there from Shaun dice the Bernie manager they take on Brian tomorrow teatime game dominant 5 filled my pocket from the podcast Joe Thomas and. 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