Fulham frustrate Man Utd after Bruno's penalty nightmare!

25:06Of course, I'm not crazy. I know what is the feeling of a player that plays in the team that has to win every match. But I felt that in the past. I don't feel lack of urgency in this moment. What I felt is that we missed the penalty, we missed some chances and then we scored. And I have the feeling that the team was now we have to defend this goal. And that is not lack of urgency. It's maybe urgency in the opposite side. So we just need to focus on our movements, the way we have to play the game until the end. Yeah, defensively, why do you think Fulham kept getting into good positions and with corners as well?

25:46They were always looking dangerous. Yeah, it's normal. I think we tried to press high and was after one, two times, we need to understand that sometimes we need to manage the game to wait for the opponent. Was that the option of Fulham? And sometimes we pushed the ball to the side too soon. It was easy, quite easy for the opponent to mark us. And we wanted to press all the time. We want to do that, but sometimes we have to be better in that moment, understand the game, try to drop a little bit and then start the pressure. So they had more space than us when they were attacking. Bruno's penalty, we saw that the referee kind of bumped into him and he looked upset and disrupted by it.

26:31Did he mention anything to you about that? Do you think it was enough to disrupt him in the way that he took the penalty? No, I think he's not used to miss a penalty. He knows the importance that every moment in this context can have a huge impact on the team. And I felt that during the game he was not so happy, not so involved, because he has so much responsibility and I think he felt that miss the penalty was a use for us. You mentioned the result. Do you think this is something that the team is bringing from last season? This need to get results and you guys need to deal with it better mentally?

27:16That is normal. We just want to win games. And there are humans, they know the context, they read everything and they know they're playing in one club that they need to be better. But for me, during the week, it's completely different. They work really hard. Today, they work really hard. Sometimes not in the good way, but they work. So with that, I can work. And with that, I'm really confident that we are going to get many wins. Thank you, Ruben. Thank you. So Amarim's impressed with the level of work, even if, Louis, it's not quite what he's asking them to do just yet. He said sometimes they're working hard, but in the wrong way.

27:55But there were suggestions that there were improvements last week, despite the defeat by Arsenal. There were certainly signs that there were improvements this week in this performance at times against Fulham. Are there signs that things are moving in the right direction under Amarim? I think so. There is the right communication. He's very honest. He says what he sees. And I like the kind of clear vision that he's got. He's got a clear vision. Yes, they are in a process, so things are not going to be understood by everybody. There are mistakes going to be made and all that. So I like this process.

28:28You still have young players, especially in a forward position. Last year, it was a bit of difficulty to manage that, because you have to teach them, and at the same time, you have to show confidence. Now, I think we saw there is like links coming. You know, it's strength coming. There is courage in taking certain type of position. but yes, they're still liking that dominance in midfield. That's why I think you'll be highlighted that. There is elements where the position of the striker is going to be very decisive. I think we need to play in a way where the two playmakers are a bit narrow. They can give a bit more creativity or whatever, but they need to really be together in all the moments of the game.

29:13This is why I think it's unhappy. sometimes they slow down the speed and get exposed because teams are fit as well. They are committed as well and they need to really put them at a level where they're struggling physically or whatever and that's not the case. So that's why he's not happy, that's why he's frustrated and you think that they can do better. So yes, they score a goal but that's not enough. Man United need to do more and to upset and score second goal and third goal and this is the situation they are in. I think, in a way, I like what he's trying to improve or try to address. And then I think he's coming.

29:48It was quite a big topic of conversation last season that Amirim actually wanted to come in the summer. He didn't want to come in mid-season. He's now had a transfer window. It's now much more looking like his group of players. And we're not at the end of that transfer window yet. Is this almost a clean slate for him, the start of this season? or are we still judging him on what went on last season as well? I think it's a clean slate. Like you said, he'd come in halfway through the season and it wasn't when he wanted to come in. He's had a summer transfer window. Obviously, there's still time to do a few more dealings.

30:21Maybe they will, maybe they won't. But I think once the window shuts, then you know this is his team. Like Louis has been saying there, you've got to take positives out of what we've seen, especially like the man just saying in the first 20 minutes, how they started the game. And they started quick. and Fulham didn't know what to do. But it's just then when you go a goal up, especially when you come to Craven Cottage, you need to go and get the second goal. You need to kill the game off. And they wasn't able to do that. So it's still a bit of indifference there, but there's, like I said, there's positives to take.

30:52And, you know, we spoke about, you know, if you're going to have Cesco up top, the big target man, you've got to have two number tens that want to run off him and, you know, get him behind. We haven't stretched the pitch enough. And, you know, I think Fulham felt comfortable when, you know, he come on that there wasn't really much running in behind and you know I think fitness tells us as well that Fulham looked like they went up a gear and United literally just sat there and you know when you're doing that and you come to a place like Craven Cottage it's going to be tough so it was there was positives in the game and I'm sure the manager will take positives out of it and you know like you say it's a clean slate but you know it's about getting the wins and moving forward and scoring goals.

31:30If they do add more in the transfer window where do you think they're going to be looking to strengthen? Obviously, the goalkeeper situation needs to be sorted out, but do they need to strengthen in midfield, for example, as well? I think so. This is why I think they've been in the transfer market looking for some Brighton players, just to mention. They need power. They need people who are able to take on the ball, maybe suck the opposition, whatever, like technically, but physically as well. There is a moment in the game where you need that. You really need that aggression, but at the same time, that confidence to actually drive on and show that you are dominant.

32:08I don't think that we have that at the moment. It's been said not only by me, but I think that's what you're saying. Then it's all about attitude. I think the approach of the game where they're saying there is maybe sometimes where they think about the results, whatever the approach needs to be a bit more courageous and say, no, we have a style, we have the confidence to score more. And this is where they need to get that level up. It's not about new players or new signing or whatever. It's about this attitude and ensuring that we are good enough and we're going to do that for 95 minutes. Louis said a Brighton player.

32:41Would Baleba or someone like him be the answer for Manchester United? I think you do need someone else in that midfield. I think Casemiro was in there today, Bruno Fernandes was in there and then when it was changed it was Bruno Fernandes and Mason Mount. and Alex Wobie was picking up pockets of space that they couldn't track. There was midfield runners that were running off where you need a midfielder if the centre-backs are picking up the Fulham forwards. You've got to track midfielders there and it just looked like there was spaces opening up. It was a mentality thing that you've got to pass it on and talk to each other and help each other out, but I think there's going to be some more movement in this transfer window and I think Man Utd do need a midfielder that can play as well as defend, can get up and down the pitch.

33:27And if it's that player from Brighton, then possibly he might be the answer. And at the same time, just to look at what Amorino said about the frustration of Bruno Fernandes, we've seen it. I think he was like middle of the park, trying to control the game. It was a bit deeper than he usually is. And you could see his body language was saying, I would love to be involved a bit further up. And I think a player alongside him who some moment can show is say, go on, I've got the confidence and I'm going to actually take care of those situations and create some transition for you to create. And at the moment, that's not the case.

34:02Louis, tell me a bit more about the integration of Szczesko. You've both mentioned him. You've both mentioned how Manchester United are going to need to adapt to that and what he's going to need. How much of it is about him learning how to play with that team, them learning how to provide for him? because 25 minutes against Arsenal, 37 minutes today, it's hard to adapt to him if he's not playing. Yeah, it is hard, but it's a process. You have to believe the understanding of the manager. He sees you, he understands the kind of need that you have to, when you come from another championship, it's not the same.

34:40The Premier League is really tough. I was saying about the welcome package that I receive. You get bullied, you get all those things, and you have to really understand. And by being in Man United, it's not the same. You really have to understand there is pressure coming, there is expectation, all this. And you have to learn when everybody is asking a result, asking goals and statistics. So it's a process. And I think the manager understands that. He tries to get not the same mistakes that maybe he's done with Rasmus. It's not him. But there is element where those players need experience. I always felt like, you know, back in two years ago, I was thinking about Hurricane, those type of players who were able to really teach you a lot of things about his movement and all that.

35:23So I think in this situation where if the transfer market is closed and they don't have another addition up the field, I think he has to go with a few games like this where he's brought in, put confidence, he has some nice touches. I really feel like he can create a partnership with those two playmakers just behind him. I think he needs to be closer and I think we will see chances. And as you said, it doesn't look like it's worked out with Rasmus Huelen, not involved in the squad today. The AC Milan deal isn't happening, but Napoli, the latest team to be linked with him. But for Cesc, and you talked about statistics, 16 touches, only one of them in the Fulham penalty area.

36:03Is that down to him not making the runs or him not expecting that the balls are going to be coming into him? A combination? I think it's going to be a combination. You know, he's only been in there a couple of weeks, so he's got to learn a new team, a new style of play, I think, because it would have been different to the club he was at before. You know, Ruben Amrum's going to expect a lot. And like Louis said, when you join a club like Manchester United, there's so much expectation, there's so much noise outside. It's starting to learn what players do, the runs that they do. And, you know, it's a formation where if you're the target man, you're going to need runners off you.

36:36And we said that we said we need the number 10s to be either running behind or getting around him. I think at the time when he'd come on in the game as well, Man United were on the back foot and Fulham had started to grow more and more into the game. So it was difficult, it was tough, but everybody's seen what he can do, everyone's seen what he could produce. It's just learning more in training, getting to know the players even more and then showing his capabilities and his abilities on the pitch. In the end though, just one goal for Manchester United in that one-all draw. Bruno Fernandes missed a penalty.

37:08You've heard us talking a little earlier about the fact that he got that nudge from the referee, which may or may not have put him off his pre-penalty preparations. It was missed by Bruno Fernandes, and he's been talking to Natalie Jedra about it. Shortly before your penalty, it looked like the referee kind of bumps into you. I don't know if that affected your concentration at all, because you seemed pretty upset about it. Yeah, I was upset, obviously. as every penalty taker you have your own routines, you have your own things that you do. It upset me because the referee didn't apologise and that was what triggered me in the moment, but that's not the excuse to missing the penalty.

37:53I just had a very bad hit on the ball. I took my foot to under the ball and that's why the ball ended up going over the bar. So that is that cleared up. Bruno Fernandes saying it did affect him I mean, you talked earlier, Louis, about small margins in football. And just when you've got that penalty-taking routine, it can be something that small that may put a player off their stride. But you talked as well about the fact that he needs support in midfield. It's not just about him producing these big moments, as he has done so many times, these important goals for Manchester United. Other players need to be taking responsibility as well.

38:33It is the truth. so many times he has been the saver, able to actually create in difficult moments where he was pressing, when he was like trying to do the leadership and all those things. So we're asking a lot. And what has been sometimes the focus story, it was about this kind of behavior, lack of maybe calmness in a very important moment. So I do think that it's something that is part of his game. I remember playing with Rayne Wooné and you can't calm those players. You know, it's part of their almost DNA and what they need to fire, to have like that creativity. So it's something I won't say to him, oh, don't do this, don't do that.

39:20No, I think it's more about him to understand there is moment for that. There is like those calmness. It's where when you have this ability, you have this expectation from everybody. and those moments where you have a need of reset, your own reset. So basically it felt like bumped or something like this, pop, a reset. And then you are very focused, you know your quality, you have been doing it for many, many years, bang, bang, it's in the goal and that's it. And it's something that's easy to say on the mic, but I think it's got the quality to do that. And there is definitely other players who can, you know, came and have this confidence and showing that he's not the focus all the time.

40:01As we remember, I remember Paul Pogba was the focus. Every time, even if I was on the stand, we were at his back. I think that's the pressure of Man Utd all the time. It's always about the best player, always about who is the leader. I think that's something that he has learned and he has to cope with it. So it was a one-all draw between Fulham and Manchester United. We'll hear what Marco Silva had to say about that very shortly. and we'll also look back on the earlier kickoffs today where it was a battle of the boardrooms elsewhere, but the new home of Everton, they christened it with a 2-0 victory.

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41:22Fulham were 1-0 down at home, but they came back to draw 1-1 in their first home match of this new Premier League season. Let's hear what Marco Silva made of it. He's with Natalie Jedra. Marco, a lot of resilience, a lot of diligent performance, tactical tweaks. So, which was the most important thing today to get the point against Manchester United?

41:48Many things. The commitment with the plan, first of all. Of course, the attitude, our will, the desire. Of course, again, the players that come in, they made a massive impact in the game too. And overall, looking to the game, first 15 minutes better, Man United, they started better than us. We had some difficulties to adjust and with some normal things, some runs in behind. In the first 15 minutes I think we lost almost all of them and they built from that moment. They had two very good moments with Mateusz to score. We had a great one with Josh as well, great, great one from Josh. 1v1 with the goalkeeper too, but they started better.

42:37From the first 20 minutes I think we did control really well. The way you press, it'll be tired, sometimes medium, but the way we were prepared for our pressure we didn't give many spaces to them. And after they just created some moments from set pieces, nothing more from the first 25 until the end of the game, nothing more. They scored, great reaction from the boys, proud from the reaction really in the difficult moment of the game. The way the goal came and all that stuff, a clear foul. But the boys reacted very well. You finished the game stronger, you finished the game around their box with some good moments for us as well.

43:14I'm proud of the fans, the way they were with the team, as always, until the last whistle. It was very important for us. We didn't win, we wanted to win. It was important to start with the three points at home, but we have to understand that we face a big team too. I saw you were very frustrated with their goal. Can you understand why the VAR wouldn't change that decision? I cannot understand. I would like to explain everything to you from the first wheel until the last. But I don't have this. It's not my job. I don't have these competences as well. I don't want to go in this direction. I think everybody in the world saw what's happened this afternoon at Grave & Cottage.

43:50Your subs doing well is a story that we've known for a while. What's been important for you from the manager's perspective to manage this group of players, because we know you don't have a very large group of players. And is this as well a good argument for you to have more signings, because you can use really well this group of players that you have? And we need, I'm repeating always, we have a great group of guys, lots of boys, as you want to call them, they have their families, all the things, but they are guys that they give always everything for their shirt, They have the right mindset, open mind always to try to learn.

44:27We adjusted some things this week to prepare well the game strategy point of view and they understood, they executed well and they are giving everything as always. And the guys that love the football club, they love them as well. They have to be proud of course. We as a club, we need help. Myself and the players, they need help and they need the new sign-ins to give different conditions for us to give different solutions at the end, to have more competitiveness every single day because just in this way you can grow. But as you mentioned, the players that came in, they were brilliant again. Last week was the same, last season was the story of our season two.

45:04But if you don't have the right guys, then they understand, for example, Harry Wilson, he has had a great, great press season, probably was the player more highlighted during the press season. And related with our strategy, today he started on the bench, massive impact from him. Raul, that started last week, this week on the bench. And of course, Emil, he helped the team last week with the build-up of the goal for the corner. This afternoon he scored. He knows how it's important for us and he can score goals and arrive in the right spots. Thank you, Marco. Thank you very much. Louis, there was a lot that was familiar about that Fulham side, not least because they only made one signing over the summer, that was the goalkeeper, Bernd Leno, but also this ability to bring substitutes on who will change the game for them.

45:45Emile Smith-Rowe scored 94 seconds after coming on. Talk to me a little bit about Marco Silva's in-game management of his team. I think when you look at what he has brought to Fulham, it's the capacity to play really sleek football. They know how to pass the ball, especially when I was very impressed with Andre Perra over the years. And now they have this confidence, really like from the back, from the midfield. They have the power, the size, those guys. I used to play with Luis Boamorte with Barrières, we are not that big and now they are the unit. So they have the great balance and at the same time they brought some players who really can finish.

46:28So I thought that's his style and I really managed to get those consistency through the season. You don't feel that they don't play with that same spirit and this is where I think that they need to keep going and probably find that belief again to not lose those games where sometimes, as I said, they miss 20 minutes and they get punished. And I think that where you can hear his confidence, he can communicate very strongly and very efficiently with those players and he works really well. And also, just to pick up on a point that Louis made earlier on, which is that they have this ability to put in really good performances and get really good results against teams that they wouldn't be expected to get those points again.

47:12Yeah, of course. And I think you look at today's game, obviously, you know, the manager said that the first 15, 20 minutes, they weren't really in the game. But, you know, you look at the way they played and Louis just said then, you know, they're playing out from the back. They're playing through the lines. They're getting players on the ball that can hurt teams. And, you know, like you say, when you've got a Fulham team that come up against teams, Manchester United, you know, Liverpool, Chelsea, whoever it is, they're going toe-to-toe with them. and they're not changing their style. They're wanting to go out and play in a way where they want to have the ball, they want to have possession and they've got people that can score that are on the pitch.

47:48They've got players that come off the bench, which we saw again today, that can score. It's a team game and it's like you say, when you've got that confidence in your teammates to go out there week in, week out and go and produce, this Fulham team, they're dangerous on their day and I think we saw that again today. Earlier today, it was party time in Liverpool at Hill Dickinson Stadium, where Everton crowned their first performance with a 2-0 victory against Brighton. Ilamintiay with the first of them, the assist provided by Jack Grealish, a second assist for him, the first time he's done that in a Premier League game for three years.

48:27and that came from James Garner who hasn't scored in two years. All in all, a fantastic day for Everton at their new stadium. Let's hear from, well, we'll hear from Jack Grealish shortly. We'll hear from David Moyes shortly, but first Jack Grealish. Just how special was the performance for you as well? Yeah, no, it was massive, you know. I think I absolutely love my time, you know, at Man City and I had a great four years there, won a lot of things, but I don't know, this summer I felt like it was time for change and I've said before, you know, in a different interview, as soon as I spoke to the manager David Moyes on FaceTime, I knew this was the place that I wanted to come and yeah, there was a lot of reasons why I wanted to come here and yeah, today shows why.

49:15David, congratulations, of course a historic day, but how proud of you are you of that performance? Very proud, I think everybody who manages against Brighton will tell you how difficult it is to play against them. It was again today but thankfully we were able to find a way of getting a great result for the first game here at the stadium. Frustrating feeling, disappointing because I think we had good elements in the game, we started quite well with greater chances but in football it's about scoring and not conceding goals and we are today not on our highest level. First win, first time of asking here in the atmosphere, it was brilliant all throughout the day.

49:52Yeah, and I think that it will grow. The more the people get used to it and everybody gets used to the stadium and all the things, now we need to give them a top team because we'll certainly get a top stadium. In terms of any more sort of incomings or outgoings in the transfer window, can we expect to see anything else happening at Brighton? I don't think so. Can I ask about the transfer window? Do you see any more business being done before the end? Yeah, definitely do, yeah. Well, very strong from David Moyes there. definitely business will be done. What do you think they need? Well, he's obviously looked at the squad and he's like, we want to maybe get more players in all positions.

50:31You know, you've seen the players they've brought in so far that have been attacking players. They've obviously brought in a left back, but maybe he wants to add some more competition to the squad. And, you know, it's always good to have numbers and squad players and everyone fighting and the competition. That's what you want. You want in the squad, everybody fighting, and having that competition to want to be in that starting line-up. So, like I said there, he was very quick to say that there's going to be definitely more additions. So, I guess we'll have to wait and see. There were one of a few sides to struggle for goals last season, Everton.

51:02And I wonder if the addition of the likes of Grealish and those kind of attacking players and giving them the freedom to play in that system has helped them in terms of their creativity. Yes, because when you have David Moyes as a manager, you know that basically your defense and your midfield is going to be strong, compact. The creation of chances is maybe sometimes a problem, but you have to pick some players who are able to create their own chances, obviously with a very good conversion, because you don't have many situations like this, so you really have to do that. But I think from what I've seen, you know, Jack Rilish is some solution, but they need more.

51:43They need speed, they need maybe a bit of a complementarity because similar profile with Beto and now Barry, I think he's shown some really good quality, good sign that he can link up with other players. But I think I understand why David Moyes over the years always wanted to have like two, pretty much like every position, as Ashley said. And look, for David Moyes, he has to look to the future because he knows that atmosphere is only going to be maintained if the results and the performances are still there in a few weeks, in a few months time. But to start life in Hill Dickinson Stadium with a 2-0 victory and to put in that kind of performance, to have Jack Grealish so heavily involved, how big a win was that?

52:25How great a start to life in their new home? I think when he was sat there last night thinking about the game today, you know, he would have taken that all day. I think the players, the way the performance was, Because, like you said, the new signing is coming in and adding to what was already there. And for Jack Grealish getting the assist, it's about being confidence. We said football is about confidence, the confidence game. So, obviously getting the assist, Ineban Ndai scoring the goal as well. Last one at Goodison, first one at the new stadium. So, confidence is going to be sky high. And like you say, it can only work so long if you're putting on performances on the pitch.

53:02So, they've got to keep doing that. They've got to keep working. Like I say, David Moyes wants two players in each position. So, you know, I'm sure there's going to be additions. But if they could keep performing in that way, you know, not just at home, away from home as well, it could be a totally different season than what we've seen in the last couple of years. Yeah. And it's just today was feel good factor just all the way. There was a Jordan Pickford penalty save in all of that as well. Everything. The scenario is perfect. You could see even some players went to the to the fans and try to really like fire up.

53:32It's it's brilliant. and this is what they need because if they build something special in that stadium, I am sure I would be very surprised that teams come and feel like it's going to be a run-up park. It's not going to be possible. So I do think that Everton has to avoid what they have experienced in the last three or four years because it's been horrific for the fans. They don't deserve that. It's a great club, great city, so I just can't wait for the derby soon. it's coming it's coming and it's going to be potentially a whole different ball game when they're playing in their new stadium someone is laughing here someone is laughing here all else where today it finished 1-0 between Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest the game that was dubbed the battle of the boardroom because of the row they had with the UEFA over which European competition the sides will be playing in next season Crystal Palace went ahead in the game Ismaila Saar with the goal for them but then Nottingham Forest came back into it in the second half.

54:30Their goal scored by Callum Hudson-Odoi and it ended all square in that game. But before the match itself, lots of the talk was around the future of Nuno Espirito Santo. Let's hear what he made of the match itself. And just a couple of things to finish for. It was a lovely touching moment. You went over to the Forest fans at the end. They showed their love and appreciation. I think a lot of them had heard you speak before the game and making the commitment you did to the club. How happy does that make you feel that you're so revered and so wanted by that group of supporters? I think the bond that was created, the team and the fans, it's there to stay.

55:13It's unbreakable. Due to the fantastic moments that we lived last season together, it was a beautiful journey. We'll stick in our memories forever. No matter what happens, we always have this respect and mutual love. And very finally you spoke very openly and said how you hope to build bridges in the coming days and weeks. Edu was here today, the owner wasn't, he was abroad last night watching his other team. But the fact that Edu was here and supporting you, is this a sign that things can grow between everybody in the coming weeks and everybody can be happier and more content? I believe that that's the only way to operate in a football club.

55:50That everybody is on the same page. everybody is it's it's it's helping in the same direction so hopefully we can do it this week and move forward and take these nonsense questions that and narratives that's going around from our from our daily well i think you've done a lot to remove that today well done and thank you for being so open greg was a pleasure thank you so much thank you well as david craig put to nuno Espirito Santo, he has moved today to try and put to bed any of those rumours. He said that he wants to stay on as Nottingham Forest manager. He said he thinks that, you know, that they can work together.

56:30That's what he's hoping to do with Maranakis and with Edu. He also said in his press conference earlier in the week, where there's smoke, there's fire. So it seems to have either his view on it has shifted or the situation has shifted over the last few days. Is there a way in which this can be resolved? Can you see a situation in which Nuno stays on as manager? I think the only thing Nuno can do is take the team and take positives out of games. Winning games, you look at last season, what he did for that club. You don't understand why this has come about so early on in the season. If anything was to change, then you would have thought it would happen before the season had started.

57:13Give him a window to get transfers in as well so it's a it's a strange situation um and i i don't know how it's going to play out um i'm sure nuno was speaking there and you know we heard him saying that he wants the job and the only way to to sort it out is obviously to talk and and keep things together between him uh the owner and edu so you know i think there's going to be a conversation there has to be a conversation that's going to be talked about and hopefully things will get ironed out and sorted out quickly rather than later. Because this is a conversation, Louis, that has been going on since at least the summer.

57:53That's when people first started to be aware that there was a possibility that despite the seventh place finish that maybe not qualifying for the Champions League could put Nuno Espirito Santos future at Forest in Doubt? That's a crazy situation about football nowadays. The expectations, sometimes, as I said, the conversation you can have in boardrooms are unrealistic sometimes. It comes from a manager knowing exactly his type of players, how long it's going to take. The process is not as mathematical. So all this is a conversation and yes, Edu knows his football. I'm sure that he knows he's a very passionate guy.

58:38There is a lot of elements where you can have like compromise. You have to understand that the club need to go forward, especially after a great season where they've done so many good things together. The fans get behind the manager. So why disrupting that? It's just a matter of having a man conversation and making sure that everything that is toxic, that is negative, should be put on the side. And that's not easy, but it does not mean that it's impossible. Ashley, we need to ask you about Ipswich as well and how things are going there. Look, the results haven't been ideal at the start of the season.

59:11How have the performances been? The performances have been good. You know, we spoke after the game yesterday, obviously a 1-0 defeat, but we had all the possession, we created more chances. and it's just something that's missing. It's just a win that we need to get ourselves going. But the performances have been good. Of course, when we first started against Birmingham away, it was going to be tough. We knew the atmosphere was going to be tough and the Birmingham fans took to me pretty well. But it's one of them things that we look at ourselves after yesterday's game and everybody looks at themselves and takes account for it.

59:46It's a fantastic squad. It's a great group of players, a great group of staff and we're all in it together. We know what we've got to do. We get back on the training pitch from next week and we go full throttle when it comes to the next game, which is Derby at home. The home fans are fantastic. We want to go out there and give them a performance which they're due in a performance where we get ourselves a win and finally get our season started. And at 40, you're still feeling good? I am, yeah, just about. I was saying to Louis, I'm 40, what am I doing? But because I can still get around the pitch and I still play.

1:00:20I've still got that hunger, that desire and that competitive nature to want to win. So I'm still there. I'm giving everything I can in training every day. And I give my experience to the players and even some of the staff as well. So I'm enjoying it. Good luck for the rest of the season. Hopefully see you here again soon as well. Let's take a look at what's coming up for you on Sky Sports Monday Night Football. Newcastle United against Liverpool. there's going to be some atmosphere at that one. 6.30 for all the build-up and reflection on the big talking points of the weekend. Sky Sports Premier League for that.

1:00:57And it's a busy week of Carabao Cup action. On Tuesday night, the feature game is Sheffield Wednesday against Leeds on Sky Sports Football. Remember, you can watch 18 other games on Sky Sports Plus. Your choice of what you'd like to watch. And then on Wednesday, Grimsby against Manchester United on Sky Sports Football. And the three other games will be on Sky Sports Plus. And let's already look ahead to next weekend. It starts on Saturday. Leeds United against Newcastle United. Five o 'clock for all the build-up on Sky Sports Premier League. Super Sunday's got four games. It's Brighton against Manchester City and Nottingham Forest against West Ham.

1:01:32That's going to be your choice of viewing in the earlier kick-offs. The 4.30 is Liverpool against Arsenal. And there's an evening game next Sunday. Aston Villa against Crystal Palace.

1:01:45Thank you very much to Ashley and thank you very much to Louis for joining me here at Craven Cottage where the honours were shared between Fulham and Manchester United.