Gary Lineker
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They've also got a game in hand on a couple of teams above them.
So I think in terms of their overall spending, it'll be interesting to see how they can cope because we all know, don't we, the gulf between the championship and even the spending in the championship and that of the Premier League is vastly different.
But boy, oh boy, they're...
They've had a good time.
We were doing this part of the show before the Sunday fixtures, but there were two classic cup ties, Wrexham, Chelsea and then Mansfield.
Mansfield had a real good go, didn't they?
Actually, if you'd have plonked that pitch back in the 80s, and I know it looked bubbly and a little bit muddy, at this time of year, you'd have gone, oh, what a great pitch.
But yeah, Riso's impressed.
I thought, you know, it's great to see Nigel Clough on the touchline.
Obviously, I played with him for England.
And you probably did as well, didn't you?
Because you came in at the end of your career.
Yeah.
I don't know.
Very intelligent football.
He's played just... He's one of those that probably...
You'd be a false nine now.
You'd describe him more possibly a 10.
But intelligent footballer, didn't give the ball away.
Good to play with.