Jack Wilkinson

But in terms of open play chances this season, it's really Jack Grealish who's out ahead and behind only Kevin De Bruyne at Man City.

So, you know, he does have that kind of...

the attributes that United are really lacking at the moment but no I mean in terms of Villa I think you know this was a great performance from them last night and they showed lots of good things but you do still kind of worry about them in that relegation battle don't you I mean you know there's a few teams around that have got new managers that kind of

Having that little bounce, but when you don't change your manager, you obviously don't get that bounce.

Dean Smith has sort of had a difficult season and it's not 100% clear whether we're able to turn it around in the Premier League.

So it's still very much a precarious situation for them, I'd say.

Looking forward to those postcards as well.

I am a sprouts man, as long as they're done correctly and done well.

A bit of pancetta?

Yeah, I like a little bit of pancetta.

Just a little bit, okay.

Well in the in terms of the top of the picture at the top of the table

In the last 11 years two teams have been top at Christmas and failed to win the Premier League and both of those teams have been Liverpool and that's a statistic that's been used to beat Liverpool really over the last decade and it's one that I'm sure every fan's like

haunts every Liverpool fan and one that Jurgen Klopp is really been made aware of.

It explains his insistence not to get too carried away with Liverpool's start to the season but what I would say is that if their grip is to start loosening on this title it will

be sparked by something that could happen over such a hectic festive schedule.

Well, what I would say is that you've got to applaud Everton for not only the ambition for going to approach a manager of Ancelotti's stature, but also their ability to pull it off if they are, if they indeed do.

In terms of suitability, I'd imagine that would have been low down on the list of priorities, just simply because an appointment like Ancelotti addresses...

The most pressing issue at Goodison Park for me which is getting the fans onside and we all know what the Goodison Park faithful are like when they are energised and onside.

Whether Ancelotti is the right man long term is irrelevant.