00:00 Dan, looking back at the Premier League's weekend action, obviously we're into game
00:07 week 23 now, it's sort of ticking along nicely. Let's just start at the bottom where Luton
00:13 Town climbed out the relegation zone at Newcastle. Obviously you were there, you're a Newcastle
00:18 fan, from your perspective it might not seem as satisfying from Newcastle's view, but we've
00:25 been there as relegation teams, myself as a Wolves fan, you as a Newcastle, you know
00:28 how important these points are and you have to commend Luton for holding on and getting
00:33 a point at Newcastle.
00:34 I thought Ross Barkley was the best player on the pitch actually, and credit to him,
00:37 he was really, really good. Yeah, Luton gave as good as they could have got to be honest
00:45 and in the first half they sort of wouldn't be put away. Newcastle had a host of chances,
00:50 took the lead twice but couldn't get that two goal advantage which would have perhaps
00:54 seen them into the horizon and they probably would have gone on to win the game quite comfortably.
01:00 Everton would probably not be in this situation if it wasn't for that points deduction. I
01:03 know their form is a bit up and down to be honest, certainly after they had the points
01:08 deduction they went on a really good run of form. I think I'm quite confident in saying
01:14 Sheffield United will probably go down and Burnley I think will do very well to beat
01:20 the drop as well. But as I say, Luton there doing well, Everton in amongst it, Crystal
01:26 Palace could be in amongst it, Bournemouth, Nottingham Forest too. So yeah, there's a
01:30 lot of teams in there so hard to predict and it all just depends on who can put a bit of
01:35 a run together.
01:36 Yeah, and just looking at the two West Midlands representatives, Wolves and Aston Villa, I
01:41 mean both fantastic results on the weekend but just looking at it as a bigger picture,
01:46 two managers there that surely in line for the manager of the season role. I mean Gary
01:50 O'Neill was pretty much stripped of everything, he came in a week or so before the season
01:55 started and he's done an incredible job. I mean a brilliant win at Chelsea on the weekend
02:00 for Wolves, the first time they've won at Stamford Bridge since 1979. Matthias Kuhn
02:05 who got Wolves his first ever Premier League away, Hat-trick as well. And then Unai Emre
02:09 as well, you've got to look at him and their race for that Champions League spot that Newcastle
02:13 maybe were going for last season. I mean, two fantastic managers, what do you make of
02:18 their season so far?
02:21 Well starting with Villa, Emre certainly responded well to their pretty poor performance against
02:27 Newcastle in midweek in which they were playing off the park to be honest. I mean Wolves had
02:31 absolutely nothing going into this season. Obviously a manager just leaving, no real
02:36 signs of recruitment in terms of what could be spent in the transfer market. Just for
02:41 where they were and what they'll get to, I think he has to be in the conversation. For
02:46 me he probably is the manager of the season. Unfortunately I don't think he'll get it because
02:51 other people will probably think of the other candidates towards the top end of the table
02:56 which to me is a real, real shame because I think for me Gary O'Neill is my manager
03:01 of the season so far.
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