Ali sat down to get to know Richie Wellens and hear about his experiences in football. Below is a list of topics with timecodes: 00:00 - introduction 02:00 - Describing himself as a player 4:30 - Coming through at Manchester United & taking things for granted! 08:00 - Move to Blackpool to make first steps in senior football & 5 years there. 10:45 - Move to Oldham & two seasons there. 12:30 - Finding success at Doncaster with Sean O'Driscoll & James Coppinger! 18:30 - Transfer to Leicester, playing under Sven Goran Eriksson. 22:30 - How he moved into coaching 26:00 - Working as First-Team Coach under John Sheridan at Oldham 27:30 - Becoming Oldham manager as caretaker & early success 30:30 - Mistakes made in early days at Oldham 31:45 - ‘Managing upwards’ at Oldham 32:45 - Players being signed he hadn’t heard of at Oldham 35:15 - Appointment at Swindon and reflections on first three months 38:00 - Discussion about style of play / footballing philosophy 41:00 - Making sure you are defensively sound as a technical, possession based team 43:40 - Adapting to the opposition game-by-game 46:00 - Why he missed Michael Doughty's panenka vs MK Dons! 47:45 - Whether he is interested in analytics: expected goals and other performance metrics. 49:30 - Having his first summer transfer window - what's he targeting? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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