The Football Show - Mason Mount, Nathan Jones, Paul Merson and Gary O'Neil
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What are the latest headlines in the football world?
Good morning. Welcome along to the football show here on Sky Sports. You can get involved using the hashtag Sky Football Show. Plenty coming your way over the next couple of hours. Going to catch up with Nathan Jones, going to hear from Mason Mount and speak to Gary O'Neill and our very own Paul Merson. Joining me from the outset this morning, Don Goodman and Keith Andrews. Gentlemen, welcome along once more. It's been a long week. I've missed you. Don, what have you been up to? Well, a bit more golf, as you can probably imagine. Should be getting that handicap down soon. But no, just really preparing, getting my schedule for when football returns and getting really excited, actually, five days away from the big restart.
I know there have been problems in the world, but I do think football is going to help people just get a little bit of good back in their lives and a bit more excitement. Keith, for you, are you sharing the same sense of looking forward to it all kicking off again?
How does Nathan Jones feel about returning to Luton Town?
Yeah, very much so. Just echo what Don said there, I suppose, waiting for that vote on Monday, Tuesday from League 1, League 2. What would happen probably materialised how we felt it would, if we're being entirely honest. So, we've got playoffs to look forward to, obviously. So, yeah, delighted to see it come on back next week. Really excited for it. So that's from our point of view. We can get the views now of Sun, who has voluntarily gone back inside the managerial madhouse. Nathan Jones has returned to Luton, a place he knows very, very well indeed. Nathan, first and foremost, congratulations on the role. And how have the first few days been?
Yeah, it's been good. As I said, it's a little bit of a condensed because you have to sort of come back in after sort of 10 weeks off and then prepare a team to go back into championship football, which is difficult because it's, you know, it's a real intense, intense time. But it's been good. The real good group here.
What challenges does Mason Mount face in the Premier League?
I knew that that was one of the main factors of me coming back. So, no, it's been good.
Obviously, it's one of the stranger times, shall we say, with regards to getting back into football, especially from your point of view, Nathan, right in the centre of what's been going on, obviously, on a global scale. How did it come about and how quick was it to get sorted?
Yeah, look, I'd had a call. Obviously, I knew the previous manager left and I had sort of made my peace with Luton a while back, which I needed to because it was a little bit of an acrimonious exit. And then I got a call a few weeks ago and said, look, would I be interested? They felt... that I was right for the club at this stage, not just to try and keep them up, but obviously for the club. And it came about there and I sort of had a few conversations with people I already knew and sort of I've got a good relationship with and then was obviously offered the role.
Nathan, there's a couple of things really that you've already sort of touched on there that I wanted to ask you. Number one, what has been the fan reaction? I know there's no sort of not been football, so you haven't had a game at the stadium, but social media, the local news, etc. Have you had a good reception? And number two, you alluded to how difficult the championship was.
How has Paul Merson's experience shaped his views on the Premier League restart?
Obviously, you've done really well with Luton in League One. I've noticed that the three teams that were promoted from League One last season are in the bottom three of the championship this season. Is there a massive gap or is it one that you think that those three teams perhaps should be doing slightly better?
Look, it's wrong for me to comment on three teams that I haven't had anything to do with this championship season. But it's definitely a step up. A step up in quality, athleticism. It's relentless leagues and real good teams. A lot of ex-Premier League teams and so on. So it definitely is a step up in quality. We recruited a certain... type of belief that could that was that was going to be adaptable for the championship we were all obviously needed to add a little bit more quality as as as well but we felt that there's a squad here that's that's capable of of staying up now that's going to be tough from from this position but we're going to give it a go i mean as for the fans
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the latest headlines in the football world?
0:06–1:03
2
How does Nathan Jones feel about returning to Luton Town?
1:03–1:57
3
What challenges does Mason Mount face in the Premier League?
1:57–3:17
4
How has Paul Merson's experience shaped his views on the Premier League restart?
3:17–4:33
5
What insights does Gary O'Neil provide about the evolving role of a football manager?
4:33–6:39
6
How does racism continue to impact football today?
6:39–7:45
7
What are the expectations for the upcoming Euro 2020 tournament?
7:45–8:21
8
How do players adapt to playing without fans in the stadium?
8:21–1:34:32
Speakers
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