Best of Goals on Sunday - Joleon Lescott
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Hi there, welcome along. This is the Goals on Sunday podcast.
It is indeed, yeah. Manchester City have surrendered the title to Liverpool after that 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace.
What Premier League matches are highlighted in this episode?
Everton got themselves a good point at West Ham. Arsenal... got paid back by Sheffield United, who just go from strength to strength, and we'll be talking our guest's career. Our guest is... Jonian Lescott. The legend there is. He's got some hidden talents. He totally has.
Stay tuned for that. And, of course, Paul Tierney becomes the first referee to consult the monitor on Pitchside. Welcome along, Jonian Lescott.
Yeah, great to see you. Good to have you here. All good? Yeah, good, thank you, good. Great.
Have you accepted your new life now?
Yeah, it was hard at the start, I'm not going to lie. I didn't kind of retire as early as I would have hoped. I wanted one more season. I was mentally prepared for it after that season, but the options weren't great, to be fair, going into that season. So I kind of took it upon myself with advice from friends and family that it was probably the right time.
It's interesting because a lot of people are talking about that at the moment, aren't they? How you get from one place to another in terms of your end of your career, what you do next. I mean, you're getting into the media though.
Yeah, doing some media stuff, doing various bits and pieces to be fair and enjoying all the aspects of it. But going back to that stage and that part of my life, I kind of underestimated how important the routine was as a player, speaking to all players now that are coming towards the end, I think. We just assume it's the same. Everyone else's lives around you continue as it has. And we've got used to being told where to be, what time to be there and what to do. And then when that stops, it's OK for a summer, four weeks. It never stops.
My wife tells me all the time what to do and what to do.
Yeah, well, yeah, in that sense. But in terms of the work side of things, I was kind of underestimated how used to that I was.
And is it the camaraderie as well? You know, you're with your teammates every day.
How did Joleon Lescott transition from player to media?
People say that. I didn't miss that as much. Not in a bad way, but I've got a lot of friends that I grew up with. They didn't like you anyway. I still get messages from them that say the same things. But in regards to that, most of my friends are friends I've grew up with. So I kind of have that anyway. But yeah, it was nice, obviously. I enjoyed every minute of it and would go back again tomorrow if I could start it all again. But I said, I'm enjoying life right now.
Do you get to go to a lot of games at the moment?
Yeah, various games. I try not to work, even though it sounds funny, I've worked the last couple of weekends, but I try not to work as much on the weekends due to watching kids play football. But yeah, I was at Sheffield Wednesday, Blackburn yesterday. Part of my role at City is helping develop, mentor the players on loan. There's a group of... So who were you watching yesterday? Tosin, Tosin Ajbayo played for Blackburn. A great performance by him and the team, to be fair. That's probably, I've watched... Pretty much every game they've played this season. And that was probably the best I've seen them play. Disappointed for Sheffield. I know they had a great result last week, but they weren't great yesterday.
That progression, players going out on loan and getting character, getting strength, getting maturity, is so important.
Yeah, it's huge.
What challenges do players face when ending their careers?
Just game time. He's come up to 50 starts now, which is a huge accolade for him. Again, like other players, we just underestimate that. how important it is to play and learn. If you can play 50 consecutive games or at any stage of your career is a big achievement.
Yeah, you get to go nice places as well. I understand you're off to Vienna.
Yeah, we've got another player out there. Eric Palmer-Brown is playing for Austria-Vienna, so I'll go and spend some time with him and there, set up and help develop him on the training ground, which again is different.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:12
2
What Premier League matches are highlighted in this episode?
0:12–1:56
3
How did Joleon Lescott transition from player to media?
1:56–3:08
4
What challenges do players face when ending their careers?
3:08–3:48
5
How important is routine for professional athletes after retirement?
3:48–8:14
6
What role does Joleon Lescott play in developing young talent?
8:14–10:54
Speakers
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