1 00:00:07,924 --> 00:00:09,467 {\an8}[tense music playing] 2 00:00:14,597 --> 00:00:15,473 [camera shutters] 3 00:00:16,266 --> 00:00:18,309 [Stewart] People told me it would play out this way. 4 00:00:21,146 --> 00:00:22,522 Negotiating with Josh, 5 00:00:22,605 --> 00:00:24,149 um, it's all moving along... 6 00:00:24,607 --> 00:00:26,735 and Jack calls me and said, 7 00:00:26,818 --> 00:00:30,447 "Thanks very much, Josh has come in, picked up his stuff and said he's gone. 8 00:00:31,573 --> 00:00:33,658 You could've told me you've accepted an offer." 9 00:00:33,742 --> 00:00:36,244 And I said, "Well, hold on a minute. I haven't done anything." 10 00:00:36,703 --> 00:00:38,288 [stammers] "I haven't accepted anything." 11 00:00:39,122 --> 00:00:40,832 -[reporters murmur] -[Stewart] So I-- 12 00:00:40,915 --> 00:00:43,293 I haggled the best I could. You know, we ended up with... 13 00:00:43,501 --> 00:00:45,587 I think it was a million and a half euros. 14 00:00:46,796 --> 00:00:49,382 It's not a great deal, but it's the best we could get. 15 00:00:49,466 --> 00:00:51,009 [helicopter propellers thumping] 16 00:00:51,092 --> 00:00:53,136 But a million euros... 17 00:00:54,429 --> 00:00:56,806 isn't worth anything in comparison to promotion. 18 00:01:01,269 --> 00:01:03,396 -["Shipyards" by The Lake Poets plays] -♪ On the river ♪ 19 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,483 ♪ Where they used to build the boats ♪ 20 00:01:08,651 --> 00:01:13,198 ♪ By the harbor wall The place you loved the most ♪ 21 00:01:15,366 --> 00:01:17,952 ♪ I can see you there alone ♪ 22 00:01:18,036 --> 00:01:20,413 ♪ But, oh, you know ♪ 23 00:01:22,290 --> 00:01:23,500 ♪ I'll be there ♪ 24 00:01:26,002 --> 00:01:27,003 ♪ Soon ♪ 25 00:01:29,255 --> 00:01:33,802 ♪ All your life You worked your fingers to the bone ♪ 26 00:01:36,304 --> 00:01:40,809 ♪ You worked hard For every little thing you owned ♪ 27 00:01:42,977 --> 00:01:45,772 ♪ That you gave away for years ♪ 28 00:01:45,855 --> 00:01:48,108 ♪ As if you'd known ♪ 29 00:01:48,233 --> 00:01:49,818 [trains rumbling] 30 00:01:49,901 --> 00:01:54,781 ♪ They were calling out ♪ 31 00:01:56,658 --> 00:01:59,035 ♪ But if you could see me now ♪ 32 00:02:03,331 --> 00:02:06,209 ♪ And if you could see me now ♪ 33 00:02:08,962 --> 00:02:11,714 ♪ I hope that I'm making you proud ♪ 34 00:02:14,217 --> 00:02:20,056 ♪ I hope that I'm making you proud ♪ 35 00:02:24,144 --> 00:02:25,603 ♪ Proud ♪ 36 00:02:26,187 --> 00:02:28,565 -[crowd hums] -[indistinct yelling] 37 00:02:28,982 --> 00:02:30,650 [electronic music playing] 38 00:02:31,818 --> 00:02:34,112 Come on, lads! Come on! 39 00:02:37,448 --> 00:02:38,616 [crowd swells] 40 00:02:41,077 --> 00:02:42,287 [fans yelling indistinctly] 41 00:02:42,370 --> 00:02:43,496 [crowd cheers] 42 00:02:46,124 --> 00:02:47,834 -[crowd swells] -[man exhales in frustration] 43 00:02:50,295 --> 00:02:52,881 [yelling indistinctly] 44 00:02:54,632 --> 00:02:55,633 [crowd oohs] 45 00:02:55,717 --> 00:02:58,136 [Barnes] He's done well here to bring it down... 46 00:02:58,219 --> 00:03:00,388 -[commentator 2] Great ball. -...and puts a good ball in! 47 00:03:00,471 --> 00:03:02,932 And it bounces off Maguire, behind. 48 00:03:03,016 --> 00:03:04,601 [crowd shouting] 49 00:03:08,813 --> 00:03:10,940 Chase it. Go on. 50 00:03:11,608 --> 00:03:14,194 [Barnes] O'Nien's cross in, looking for Wyke's header. 51 00:03:14,319 --> 00:03:16,154 -Wide. -[crowd shouting] 52 00:03:18,072 --> 00:03:19,157 [Jack screams] 53 00:03:26,164 --> 00:03:27,415 -[ball clanks] -[crowd swells] 54 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:30,001 [crowd oohs] 55 00:03:35,173 --> 00:03:36,758 [fans yelling indistinctly] 56 00:03:43,181 --> 00:03:45,266 I'm afraid we've got nobody upfront 57 00:03:46,059 --> 00:03:48,978 who can score goals and who can hold the ball up. 58 00:03:49,354 --> 00:03:52,941 In the past, we haven't played well but Maja took the chances. 59 00:03:53,107 --> 00:03:55,985 He had one touch the whole of the game, he'd put the ball in the net. 60 00:03:56,361 --> 00:03:58,988 Another draw, disappointing. Two points dropped. 61 00:04:07,205 --> 00:04:09,749 The scenario is, if they don't get a striker in, 62 00:04:10,208 --> 00:04:13,795 there is now going to be added pressure on Jack Ross 63 00:04:13,878 --> 00:04:15,546 and on the way he sets his team up, 64 00:04:15,922 --> 00:04:17,715 for those other players to score goals. 65 00:04:17,799 --> 00:04:20,593 [electronic music continues, then fades] 66 00:04:31,646 --> 00:04:34,315 [Jack] When the Josh Maja situation was developing, 67 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,944 we always knew that we were in, um... a difficult position. 68 00:04:39,487 --> 00:04:41,614 [indistinct shouting] 69 00:04:43,491 --> 00:04:44,367 [ball thuds] 70 00:04:44,492 --> 00:04:47,578 You get to January and you've a player that's going to be out of contract, 71 00:04:47,662 --> 00:04:50,790 and contribution over the first half of the season had been so good. 72 00:04:51,416 --> 00:04:55,920 and had raised his profile so much that it was going to be challenging. 73 00:04:57,505 --> 00:05:00,216 Because I had a... a really close relationship with him, 74 00:05:00,300 --> 00:05:01,467 I liked him a lot. 75 00:05:03,136 --> 00:05:05,847 But it also has an impact on the players that are left 76 00:05:05,930 --> 00:05:07,181 and the staff that are left. 77 00:05:08,224 --> 00:05:09,684 [continued indistinct shouting] 78 00:05:11,352 --> 00:05:12,228 [tense music playing] 79 00:05:12,312 --> 00:05:14,647 [Aiden] It was a difficult situation for the club, obviously, 80 00:05:14,731 --> 00:05:16,482 with Maja letting his contract run down 81 00:05:17,108 --> 00:05:18,943 and getting offered a lot more money elsewhere. 82 00:05:20,445 --> 00:05:23,698 I'm not going to lie and say that he's not going to be a big miss. 83 00:05:24,615 --> 00:05:28,328 If you take, what's he scored, 16, 17 goals, out of one team, 84 00:05:31,039 --> 00:05:32,290 it's a massive hole in our team. 85 00:05:33,916 --> 00:05:36,377 The fans are now looking to promotion and... 86 00:05:37,003 --> 00:05:39,630 getting possibly excited at the prospect of it. 87 00:05:41,591 --> 00:05:42,717 Hopefully they get a... 88 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,553 get a couple of other players in to fill that void. 89 00:05:49,223 --> 00:05:50,725 -[tense music fades] -[car hums] 90 00:05:50,808 --> 00:05:54,312 [Stewart] I felt a little bit let down. And-- And a little bit deceived. 91 00:05:56,105 --> 00:05:58,191 I don't like being on the wrong end of a deal. 92 00:05:58,900 --> 00:06:02,487 But I also felt a real determination not to be stitched up again. 93 00:06:03,321 --> 00:06:07,033 So we are now likely to be in a position 94 00:06:07,950 --> 00:06:09,369 that we don't want to be in, 95 00:06:10,244 --> 00:06:12,038 that I was dreading. 96 00:06:12,580 --> 00:06:15,458 Because clubs will now know we need a striker 97 00:06:15,833 --> 00:06:17,460 and we've got six days to get one. 98 00:06:17,543 --> 00:06:19,545 {\an8}-[tense music resumes] -[seagulls cawing] 99 00:06:23,716 --> 00:06:27,220 {\an8}Well we've given them what they want. [stammers] I don't understand it. 100 00:06:29,055 --> 00:06:30,348 Yeah, just-- just bin it off. 101 00:06:30,556 --> 00:06:32,517 What an absolute joke of an idiot. 102 00:06:34,185 --> 00:06:38,106 We've matched the offer twice and what they're now saying is, 103 00:06:38,356 --> 00:06:40,441 they don't have authority to accept the offer, 104 00:06:40,817 --> 00:06:43,653 um... so, uh, give us another offer. 105 00:06:44,737 --> 00:06:46,697 And, um... I think the view of it is 106 00:06:46,781 --> 00:06:48,491 that they think we're desperate. 107 00:06:49,826 --> 00:06:52,620 'Cause we've got to sign two strikers, T.C. 108 00:06:54,038 --> 00:06:56,040 And at the moment, we haven't got anybody. 109 00:06:56,833 --> 00:07:00,294 Marquee is ten million. What a fucking joke. 110 00:07:00,503 --> 00:07:04,424 I'm going to offer them one and a half and say that's the best we can do. 111 00:07:04,507 --> 00:07:05,591 And what I'm thinking is... 112 00:07:05,675 --> 00:07:08,010 [Stewart in interview] Football is a... is a unique industry. 113 00:07:08,636 --> 00:07:12,056 The... The financial bartering 114 00:07:12,140 --> 00:07:13,808 is just like nothing you've ever seen. 115 00:07:13,891 --> 00:07:16,060 [Stewart on phone] Phone the person you spoke to and say, 116 00:07:16,144 --> 00:07:20,064 "This is a joke and this is the offer, so either fucking take it or don't." 117 00:07:21,190 --> 00:07:22,024 Yeah? 118 00:07:22,108 --> 00:07:24,694 [Stewart in interview] Having got to the position that we've got ourselves 119 00:07:25,236 --> 00:07:28,322 if we don't go up, it'll be absolutely gutting. 120 00:07:28,448 --> 00:07:29,532 [mellow music playing] 121 00:07:29,991 --> 00:07:33,077 And League One is fun for Sunderland for a season, 122 00:07:33,911 --> 00:07:36,581 you know, getting stuck down here will not be fun. 123 00:07:36,664 --> 00:07:37,832 -[man murmurs on phone] -Yeah. 124 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:40,877 So I'm absolutely desperate to go up. 125 00:07:41,836 --> 00:07:43,212 But it's in the balance. 126 00:07:44,464 --> 00:07:45,298 And I feel that. 127 00:07:47,091 --> 00:07:50,178 [brooding music plays, then fades] 128 00:07:50,511 --> 00:07:52,597 -[men chanting gregariously] -[upbeat music plays] 129 00:08:03,024 --> 00:08:05,276 [Barnes] Behind Barry, McCann's delivered the ball, 130 00:08:05,359 --> 00:08:06,194 and it's swept home. 131 00:08:06,277 --> 00:08:08,529 -[crowd cheers] -And no surprise, Will Grigg. 132 00:08:08,613 --> 00:08:09,947 Right place, right time. 133 00:08:10,031 --> 00:08:11,032 [chanting continues] 134 00:08:11,115 --> 00:08:14,410 ♪ Will Grigg's on fire Your defense is terrified ♪ 135 00:08:14,494 --> 00:08:18,080 ♪ Will Grigg's on fire Your defense is terrified ♪ 136 00:08:18,164 --> 00:08:19,749 -[crowd swells] -♪ Will Grigg's on fire ♪ 137 00:08:19,999 --> 00:08:21,584 ♪ Your defense is terrified ♪ 138 00:08:21,876 --> 00:08:23,377 ♪ Will Grigg's on fire ♪ 139 00:08:23,461 --> 00:08:26,380 [fans chant rhythmically] 140 00:08:31,135 --> 00:08:32,178 [chanting fades] 141 00:08:35,014 --> 00:08:36,599 [man] Yeah, we're looking at, um... 142 00:08:37,141 --> 00:08:38,851 bringing in Will Grigg from Wigan. 143 00:08:38,935 --> 00:08:39,894 Um... 144 00:08:39,977 --> 00:08:43,272 {\an8}We've made a substantial offer. 145 00:08:43,648 --> 00:08:47,276 {\an8}At the moment, um, that's been turned down. 146 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,446 I've put another call in, he's gone back to his people 147 00:08:50,821 --> 00:08:51,739 and, um... 148 00:08:51,906 --> 00:08:55,576 to see if, um, we can conclude and reach an agreement 149 00:08:55,660 --> 00:08:57,370 on... on bringing Will. 150 00:08:57,787 --> 00:08:59,121 {\an8}[mellow music playing] 151 00:09:00,873 --> 00:09:02,458 {\an8}-[phone rings] -[man] Ticker's off. 152 00:09:02,959 --> 00:09:04,252 {\an8}-[Stewart] Go on! -[man] Go on! 153 00:09:05,336 --> 00:09:06,504 {\an8}Hello, mate. 154 00:09:06,587 --> 00:09:07,964 What is silly money? 155 00:09:08,714 --> 00:09:10,049 [Stewart chuckles] 156 00:09:12,134 --> 00:09:14,971 There's a long way between that figure, them two figures. 157 00:09:17,139 --> 00:09:19,475 {\an8}I know there's some ridiculous people in football, 158 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:21,185 {\an8}but is he actually fucking mental? 159 00:09:22,645 --> 00:09:24,438 -Two million pounds? -[Richard] Yes. 160 00:09:25,022 --> 00:09:27,275 -That's the conversation they've had? -That's... 161 00:09:27,525 --> 00:09:31,237 It would take silly money and it would be over two million. 162 00:09:32,154 --> 00:09:33,072 No! 163 00:09:34,365 --> 00:09:35,866 -Do you not believe me? -No. 164 00:09:36,158 --> 00:09:37,076 Why would I lie? 165 00:09:37,702 --> 00:09:39,787 -[exhales steadily] -Why would I lie to you? 166 00:09:40,830 --> 00:09:41,956 [Stewart sighs] 167 00:09:42,248 --> 00:09:44,875 [stammers] No, his football club's taking the Michael, really. 168 00:09:45,084 --> 00:09:46,794 They know-- They know we want them, so... 169 00:09:47,545 --> 00:09:50,881 Fuck's sake, man! [takes a deep breath] 170 00:09:51,507 --> 00:09:52,508 [exhales sharply] 171 00:09:54,635 --> 00:09:55,469 [sniffs] 172 00:09:56,345 --> 00:09:58,097 -Don't take it personally. -Eh? 173 00:09:58,180 --> 00:09:59,849 Don't take it personally. 174 00:10:00,057 --> 00:10:02,935 -[line ringing] -Just taking the piss. 175 00:10:03,978 --> 00:10:05,855 [Sky News host] Welcome along to Transfer Centre. 176 00:10:05,938 --> 00:10:07,273 It's getting close now, isn't it? 177 00:10:07,356 --> 00:10:10,401 Not much more than 24 hours to go 178 00:10:10,484 --> 00:10:13,112 until the January transfer window closes. 179 00:10:13,195 --> 00:10:15,281 11 p.m. tomorrow night, remember. 180 00:10:15,364 --> 00:10:18,200 [Jack] The January transfer window is always the most difficult one 181 00:10:18,659 --> 00:10:21,495 because it's mid-season. But in that window, I think it's more 182 00:10:22,496 --> 00:10:23,873 the identification and recruitment 183 00:10:23,956 --> 00:10:26,167 of the right player is the most important thing. 184 00:10:27,418 --> 00:10:29,920 There has to be some sort of strategic approach to it. 185 00:10:30,046 --> 00:10:32,173 [indistinct chatter on radio] 186 00:10:32,340 --> 00:10:34,383 I think you have to be careful you don't get caught up 187 00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:37,553 in the hype of having to do something dramatic. 188 00:10:40,598 --> 00:10:43,184 [newscaster] Sunderland, with a day left in this window, 189 00:10:43,267 --> 00:10:47,438 have had two bids rejected by Wigan for striker Will Grigg. 190 00:10:48,856 --> 00:10:52,193 [Stewart] You just can't work out who at Wigan is actually deciding. 191 00:10:52,610 --> 00:10:55,821 You know, if they've given permission for the conversation 192 00:10:56,113 --> 00:10:57,782 and we've hit the asking price... 193 00:10:58,366 --> 00:11:00,785 um... they might be thinking they can screw us 194 00:11:00,868 --> 00:11:03,412 down to the last million, we'll get desperate and offer more. 195 00:11:03,788 --> 00:11:04,622 It's just ridiculous. 196 00:11:06,707 --> 00:11:09,001 [pundit 1] It's a pivotal moment in their tenure, isn't it? 197 00:11:09,085 --> 00:11:10,503 Because, you know... [stammering] 198 00:11:10,586 --> 00:11:14,507 ...if we start February without a striker, 199 00:11:14,590 --> 00:11:16,801 well, look at last season, you know. 200 00:11:16,884 --> 00:11:17,760 {\an8}It would be almost... 201 00:11:18,219 --> 00:11:20,763 {\an8}an equally-sizable disaster 202 00:11:20,846 --> 00:11:23,099 -not to bring someone in. -[pundit 1] A missed opportunity? 203 00:11:23,182 --> 00:11:24,517 I think we'd struggle to go up. 204 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:26,560 [tense music intensifies, then fades] 205 00:11:27,728 --> 00:11:28,771 [seagulls cawing] 206 00:11:29,980 --> 00:11:32,024 [BBC host] It's everybody's favorite day of the year, 207 00:11:32,108 --> 00:11:34,694 unless you happen to be one of those people that hates it. 208 00:11:34,777 --> 00:11:37,196 It's transfer deadline day, the window will shut 209 00:11:37,279 --> 00:11:38,406 at 11 o'clock tonight, 210 00:11:38,656 --> 00:11:41,575 {\an8}still plenty of time for all sorts of things to happen. 211 00:11:41,659 --> 00:11:43,661 {\an8}Got in the studio, Nick Barnes. 212 00:11:43,744 --> 00:11:45,830 {\an8}We'll start with Sunderland. 213 00:11:45,913 --> 00:11:48,749 At the moment, um, it looks like they're getting knocked back 214 00:11:49,208 --> 00:11:51,293 left, right and center, for a striker. 215 00:11:51,711 --> 00:11:54,797 Stewart Donald and Sunderland have been desperately trying to get Will Grigg, 216 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:56,799 and they've chased that particular player, 217 00:11:57,425 --> 00:11:59,176 but the problem with that 218 00:11:59,260 --> 00:12:01,137 is they're not getting the other players either. 219 00:12:01,220 --> 00:12:03,806 So from a position where they're looking for two strikers... 220 00:12:03,889 --> 00:12:05,641 -[BBC host] Yes. -...they might not get any. 221 00:12:07,268 --> 00:12:09,770 [Stewart] We'll give ourselves one last shot with Will Grigg. 222 00:12:09,937 --> 00:12:12,189 I'm going to put an offer in in a second... 223 00:12:12,273 --> 00:12:15,067 [stammers] ...and talk-- Can you just talk to the guy? 224 00:12:15,151 --> 00:12:16,193 One and a quarter million. 225 00:12:17,403 --> 00:12:19,822 [Stewart] I've put some pressure, which probably in hindsight 226 00:12:19,905 --> 00:12:21,699 I shouldn't have done, by saying, 227 00:12:21,782 --> 00:12:24,076 you know, we'll definitely get X amount of players. 228 00:12:24,493 --> 00:12:26,036 You know, we'll try and do that, 229 00:12:27,455 --> 00:12:28,748 but there's no guarantee. 230 00:12:30,124 --> 00:12:32,585 You've told us a million, we've gone a million and a quarter. 231 00:12:33,169 --> 00:12:35,588 Take it or leave it now, that is it. 232 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:39,341 Okay. Cheers, mate. Bye. Let me know. Bye. 233 00:12:43,721 --> 00:12:44,555 [taps pen] 234 00:12:44,847 --> 00:12:47,558 I'll double-check how badly Jack wants him. [sighs] 235 00:12:51,479 --> 00:12:54,732 -Hi, Jack, how are you, mate? All right? -[Jack] I'm surviving. 236 00:12:55,065 --> 00:12:58,819 To be honest... Stewart, I know this is not the ideal way to look at it, 237 00:12:59,403 --> 00:13:01,113 but see with the offer you've put in? 238 00:13:02,031 --> 00:13:04,867 He's not worth any more than that. Not a chance. 239 00:13:05,034 --> 00:13:08,996 If you were getting him for that money, which Rich said is still a good offer, 240 00:13:09,330 --> 00:13:12,249 then fine, but not the figures they're talking about. It's mental. 241 00:13:12,333 --> 00:13:14,210 I wouldn't do it, he's not worth it. 242 00:13:14,293 --> 00:13:16,670 [Stewart] No, fine, okay. It's just that owner panicky thing 243 00:13:16,754 --> 00:13:19,089 -that, at the end of the season... -No, I know. 244 00:13:19,173 --> 00:13:20,633 ...bringing somebody on for half an hour 245 00:13:20,716 --> 00:13:22,426 who's got that bit of experience or whatever. 246 00:13:22,510 --> 00:13:24,637 [Jack] Yeah. I get that. 247 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:27,389 I know that's your-- I just think, please don't go daft in it, 248 00:13:27,473 --> 00:13:29,225 -because he's not worth that. -Okay. 249 00:13:29,308 --> 00:13:32,228 -I'll speak to you in a wee bit. -All right, Jack. Cheers, mate. Thanks. 250 00:13:32,311 --> 00:13:33,395 -Bye now. -Cheers. 251 00:13:37,066 --> 00:13:38,901 [mellow electronic music playing] 252 00:13:38,984 --> 00:13:40,402 -Bye-bye. -[man] See you. 253 00:13:41,445 --> 00:13:45,115 [Jack] Stewart knows that I like... I like structure, I like organization, 254 00:13:45,199 --> 00:13:46,617 I like to know exactly where I am. 255 00:13:46,700 --> 00:13:48,661 And it was the last day of a window, 256 00:13:48,828 --> 00:13:50,830 on the last hours of a window closing 257 00:13:52,164 --> 00:13:55,459 and you didn't have time to recruit a replacement as such, 258 00:13:55,543 --> 00:13:57,211 that is the worst thing that can happen 259 00:13:57,294 --> 00:13:58,420 to a manager because... 260 00:13:59,171 --> 00:14:04,093 then you know there is no possibility of finding somebody else. And... 261 00:14:04,176 --> 00:14:06,220 it can make the rest of the season challenging, 262 00:14:06,303 --> 00:14:08,556 and ultimately as a manager, you'll be judged on that. 263 00:14:11,058 --> 00:14:13,811 [presenter] I think there's... From what I'm hearing, there's a... 264 00:14:14,144 --> 00:14:16,772 another bid on the table, and I think Sunderland 265 00:14:16,856 --> 00:14:19,441 are waiting to hear if their most recent bid 266 00:14:19,525 --> 00:14:20,442 has been accepted. 267 00:14:23,362 --> 00:14:25,531 -[mellow music playing] -[sighs heavily] 268 00:14:28,701 --> 00:14:29,827 [blows air] 269 00:14:30,286 --> 00:14:32,663 I want a 30-goal striker and I can't get one. 270 00:14:32,746 --> 00:14:34,039 [Richard] So do Real Madrid. 271 00:14:35,291 --> 00:14:36,876 I don't care about Real Madrid. 272 00:14:39,837 --> 00:14:41,714 You're not going to get what you want. 273 00:14:42,923 --> 00:14:43,883 You're not. 274 00:14:44,842 --> 00:14:48,012 Well, you either... You're either a quitter 275 00:14:48,345 --> 00:14:49,722 -or you're a trier. -It's not... 276 00:14:49,889 --> 00:14:51,974 There's also a sense of realism. 277 00:14:52,641 --> 00:14:57,354 Yeah, all right. Well, look... when-- when it gets to too late... 278 00:14:58,814 --> 00:14:59,815 I get that. 279 00:15:00,941 --> 00:15:04,904 But we've exhausted... exhausted everything 280 00:15:05,237 --> 00:15:06,697 for the last three weeks. 281 00:15:07,948 --> 00:15:09,909 [Neil] Whatever the scenario is, 282 00:15:09,992 --> 00:15:11,535 they don't want to sell to us. 283 00:15:12,036 --> 00:15:15,039 [stammers] You're not gonna agree with me so you won't want to listen to this. 284 00:15:15,122 --> 00:15:16,749 -[Richard laughs] -You might want to leave. 285 00:15:17,917 --> 00:15:20,294 What about one more dive in for our main man? 286 00:15:22,004 --> 00:15:24,173 What about one more dive in for our main man? 287 00:15:24,924 --> 00:15:26,467 -I knew you'd do this. -Yeah. 288 00:15:26,550 --> 00:15:27,885 I knew you'd do this. 289 00:15:28,802 --> 00:15:32,598 -Uh... Up the offer. -I knew you would do this. 290 00:15:33,098 --> 00:15:34,308 From what it was. 291 00:15:34,808 --> 00:15:35,643 [Tony] You're joking? 292 00:15:36,101 --> 00:15:36,936 [Stewart] No. 293 00:15:37,436 --> 00:15:38,270 [Tony] Fucking hell. 294 00:15:38,938 --> 00:15:40,940 -Leave it with me. -[Stewart murmurs] 295 00:15:41,023 --> 00:15:43,025 I just think we need him, T.C. 296 00:15:43,734 --> 00:15:45,194 -[Tony] All right, okay. -Or not. 297 00:15:46,278 --> 00:15:47,696 -Leave it with me. -[Stewart] Um... 298 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:48,864 I think Jack can do that. 299 00:15:48,989 --> 00:15:52,034 [stammers] Yeah, we might have to change the number at the front. 300 00:15:53,494 --> 00:15:56,205 -All right, lemme see. -All right, okay. Cheers. Bye. 301 00:15:57,206 --> 00:15:58,207 Cheers, mate. Cheers. 302 00:16:01,669 --> 00:16:03,545 -[phone rattles] -I knew you'd do this. 303 00:16:03,629 --> 00:16:06,674 [Stewart chuckles] I've waited as long as I can. 304 00:16:07,675 --> 00:16:08,968 We've done good business. 305 00:16:09,385 --> 00:16:12,596 -I know you'll argue this isn't-- -[Richard] I'm not arguing with you. 306 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:14,848 -All right. Good. Okay. -[Richard] At the end of the day, 307 00:16:15,265 --> 00:16:17,267 I've always said to you, it's your money. 308 00:16:17,559 --> 00:16:20,229 But I don't think it's the right thing to do. 309 00:16:20,854 --> 00:16:23,357 -[sighs deeply] -Because you fell into the trap 310 00:16:23,774 --> 00:16:26,443 of January transfer windows. 311 00:16:29,405 --> 00:16:30,447 [pen rattles] 312 00:16:30,531 --> 00:16:31,490 [chair creaks] 313 00:16:32,700 --> 00:16:33,701 [Stewart sputters] 314 00:16:34,201 --> 00:16:35,619 {\an8}[tense music playing] 315 00:16:42,459 --> 00:16:44,294 [Stewart] They know it's 11 o'clock, don't they? 316 00:16:51,301 --> 00:16:52,136 [phone rings] 317 00:16:52,219 --> 00:16:53,053 [Neil] Here we go. 318 00:16:53,762 --> 00:16:56,390 -Is that him? Do you want me to take it? -[Richard] I don't mind. 319 00:16:56,473 --> 00:16:59,893 -[bangs table] -Yeah. Hoped that would. 320 00:17:06,817 --> 00:17:08,110 [Stewart fidgets with bottle] 321 00:17:10,195 --> 00:17:12,072 Brilliant. Thank you, Mike. Thank you. 322 00:17:12,322 --> 00:17:14,408 Cheers now. Thank you, Mike. Bye-bye. 323 00:17:16,035 --> 00:17:18,162 Adamant. Nothing's changed from last night. 324 00:17:20,164 --> 00:17:23,083 They won't... They are not selling him at all. 325 00:17:23,751 --> 00:17:25,753 [Stewart tapping bottle] 326 00:17:27,963 --> 00:17:29,339 {\an8}[tapping continues] 327 00:17:30,090 --> 00:17:32,926 {\an8}[inhales and exhales deeply] 328 00:17:34,303 --> 00:17:37,181 Doesn't sound to me as if there's much more you can do, really. 329 00:17:37,848 --> 00:17:39,850 Do you want to be a dog with a bone? 330 00:17:40,100 --> 00:17:42,311 [stammers] You want to keep on, but you don't want 331 00:17:42,394 --> 00:17:43,771 to rub people up the wrong way. 332 00:17:43,979 --> 00:17:45,189 -I know. -You know? 333 00:17:45,272 --> 00:17:47,232 Or give people the message that you're so desperate 334 00:17:47,316 --> 00:17:48,525 they can do whatever they want. 335 00:17:48,609 --> 00:17:51,570 -Yeah. So it's that-- -[stammering] It might be-- 336 00:17:51,653 --> 00:17:54,698 It might be best with Wigan to leave them for a bit now. 337 00:17:54,823 --> 00:17:56,075 -Yeah. -I think. 338 00:17:56,366 --> 00:17:58,118 Um... I think so. 339 00:18:01,371 --> 00:18:04,083 [man 1] I can't remember the deadline day 340 00:18:04,625 --> 00:18:08,128 where it was this late on and you're like, "Oh, shit, we're in trouble 341 00:18:08,212 --> 00:18:10,214 if we don't get the signing in now." 342 00:18:11,507 --> 00:18:13,217 [man 2] I don't know how it's gonna get done 343 00:18:13,300 --> 00:18:14,301 unless they then just say, 344 00:18:14,426 --> 00:18:16,970 "Here you go, here's all the money in the world, let's have him." 345 00:18:19,181 --> 00:18:21,475 [man 3] Stewart Donald maybe has been a bit naive, 346 00:18:21,558 --> 00:18:23,143 maybe he's been a bit unaware 347 00:18:23,227 --> 00:18:27,022 the way you should act as a chairman of one of the biggest clubs in England. 348 00:18:30,651 --> 00:18:32,778 {\an8}[Stewart] We played poker as long as we can play it. 349 00:18:33,487 --> 00:18:35,030 We can't play it any longer. 350 00:18:37,366 --> 00:18:39,910 [Richard] You could make a calculated judgment. 351 00:18:39,993 --> 00:18:40,828 Yes. 352 00:18:41,578 --> 00:18:45,541 And the calculated judgment you're making is-- is not really very calculated. 353 00:18:45,707 --> 00:18:48,043 -Is it not? -No, not in my opinion. No. 354 00:18:48,127 --> 00:18:50,379 At this point, it doesn't make financial sense. 355 00:18:50,462 --> 00:18:51,421 At this point, now. 356 00:18:51,547 --> 00:18:53,173 Which is all we can judge it on. 357 00:18:53,882 --> 00:18:57,469 You won't be saying that if he scores a hat trick in a playoff final. 358 00:18:57,553 --> 00:18:59,680 -It doesn't mean to say-- -[phone rings] 359 00:19:00,681 --> 00:19:04,685 Yes, so what I'm saying is, even if you didn't get acknowledgment tonight, 360 00:19:05,602 --> 00:19:09,231 it's in there, it's in there, and it's all... timing is everything. 361 00:19:09,398 --> 00:19:10,983 Yes, yes, yes... Yeah, yeah. 362 00:19:13,652 --> 00:19:15,028 [Stewart] I like a deal... 363 00:19:15,988 --> 00:19:18,490 -[mellow music playing] -...that makes me feel alive. 364 00:19:20,450 --> 00:19:23,579 You know, you can overcomplicate lots of things. 365 00:19:25,038 --> 00:19:26,540 You've just got to go with your gut. 366 00:19:28,083 --> 00:19:29,835 -[stammers] Do-- -[Tony murmurs on phone] 367 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:32,588 Do one last shot at one, one and one, tell Mike, and that's it. 368 00:19:34,173 --> 00:19:35,883 -What? -[Stewart] One and one. 369 00:19:37,259 --> 00:19:39,219 -Are you sure? -[Stewart stammers] Yeah, I think... 370 00:19:39,303 --> 00:19:40,888 I'm worried about it, T.C. 371 00:19:42,556 --> 00:19:45,767 [stammering] And say that is it, we can do no more. 372 00:19:49,938 --> 00:19:54,026 {\an8}[presenter 1] Sunderland, as we know, yesterday made a bid of £1,25 million 373 00:19:54,401 --> 00:19:56,695 for Will Grigg. I can tell you, 374 00:19:56,778 --> 00:19:58,530 they are so desperate to get him, 375 00:19:58,739 --> 00:20:02,242 they have now made a bid of £3 million, rising to four, 376 00:20:02,534 --> 00:20:03,994 for the Wigan striker. 377 00:20:05,245 --> 00:20:07,623 [Stewart] Just phone him back and say we need a yes or no now, 378 00:20:07,706 --> 00:20:09,291 or we're gonna miss the deadline anyway. 379 00:20:09,374 --> 00:20:11,043 It's too late. It'll be too late. 380 00:20:11,126 --> 00:20:13,128 [Richard] We've got literally 20 minutes now. 381 00:20:13,962 --> 00:20:17,382 I've moved to 16, he's just being greedy now. 382 00:20:17,799 --> 00:20:19,927 [presenter 2] Grigg isn't even in the North East, 383 00:20:20,010 --> 00:20:21,803 he's still back towards Wigan. 384 00:20:21,887 --> 00:20:23,889 I don't know how it works in terms of a medical. 385 00:20:23,972 --> 00:20:25,849 [Stewart] No, no, no, he's been cocking about 386 00:20:25,933 --> 00:20:27,351 for 25 minutes, trying to haggle. 387 00:20:27,726 --> 00:20:29,394 He's got to sign the contract. 388 00:20:30,062 --> 00:20:33,273 Tell him he has got one minute to get us the forms back or we're done. 389 00:20:33,357 --> 00:20:34,441 [phone rings] 390 00:20:35,067 --> 00:20:37,069 [Richard] Just sign that paper and send it back. 391 00:20:37,402 --> 00:20:38,612 [Stewart] Fucking five minutes. 392 00:20:38,946 --> 00:20:40,322 [suspenseful music plays] 393 00:20:40,948 --> 00:20:43,200 -They've signed it? -[Richard] Yeah, it's all agreed, 394 00:20:43,283 --> 00:20:44,201 and they've signed it. 395 00:20:44,493 --> 00:20:45,744 [suspenseful music fades] 396 00:20:47,204 --> 00:20:49,122 [Stewart] Yeah. He's agreed it and he's signed it. 397 00:20:49,206 --> 00:20:51,750 -Now whether they get it back in time. -[Richard murmurs] 398 00:20:51,833 --> 00:20:53,460 [Stewart] I'll phone you in a minute, T.C. 399 00:20:54,586 --> 00:20:58,340 [stammering] I'm resigning as chairman next December. 400 00:20:59,299 --> 00:21:00,801 I can't fucking do this again. 401 00:21:01,426 --> 00:21:05,097 {\an8}Sunderland waiting by their phones patiently, nervously, 402 00:21:05,347 --> 00:21:08,517 {\an8}to find out if Will Grigg will become a Sunderland player. 403 00:21:10,018 --> 00:21:12,980 I can't believe they've gone out to have a chatter about it. 404 00:21:16,900 --> 00:21:18,110 [Stewart sighs] 405 00:21:18,986 --> 00:21:20,904 -[phone rings] -Hello, Stewart Donald. 406 00:21:20,988 --> 00:21:21,822 How we going? 407 00:21:25,325 --> 00:21:28,537 [stammers] I haven't really absorbed that. So we've got a deal? 408 00:21:29,746 --> 00:21:30,956 Can we tidy the player up 409 00:21:31,039 --> 00:21:32,207 and get that done? 410 00:21:32,666 --> 00:21:34,001 -[man murmurs on phone] -Yeah? 411 00:21:34,584 --> 00:21:37,504 I'm not sure I can afford to pay the pizza delivery man that's turning up. 412 00:21:37,963 --> 00:21:39,464 [laughs] 413 00:21:40,841 --> 00:21:44,386 We know if you try something and fail, you might try again. 414 00:21:44,678 --> 00:21:47,681 You might try a third time, then you'd probably give up. 415 00:21:47,764 --> 00:21:49,433 Well I tell you what, you'd be wrong. 416 00:21:49,558 --> 00:21:52,102 'Cause it's sixth time lucky for Sunderland tonight. 417 00:21:52,185 --> 00:21:53,937 They've finally had an offer accepted 418 00:21:54,021 --> 00:21:55,856 for Will Grigg. 419 00:21:56,606 --> 00:21:57,524 [man] So Will Grigg 420 00:21:57,607 --> 00:22:00,902 actually on fire, and he's headed to the Stadium of Light. 421 00:22:00,986 --> 00:22:04,114 which is-- I hope someone puts him out before he gets there 'cause we need him. 422 00:22:05,657 --> 00:22:06,491 [Stewart] Whatever. 423 00:22:07,242 --> 00:22:08,452 -Yeah. -[Richard] Come on, mate. 424 00:22:08,535 --> 00:22:10,120 -[Stewart groans] -Chairman! 425 00:22:10,203 --> 00:22:11,330 [Stewart] Do you mind? 426 00:22:12,289 --> 00:22:14,041 What you doing? [laughs] 427 00:22:14,833 --> 00:22:17,627 Told you we might get one, if you leave me to the negotiations. 428 00:22:21,631 --> 00:22:22,466 [exhales] 429 00:22:22,716 --> 00:22:23,800 [mellow music plays] 430 00:22:25,093 --> 00:22:26,803 This football club is going to kill me. 431 00:22:29,014 --> 00:22:30,057 [exhales sharply] 432 00:22:31,391 --> 00:22:32,559 [mellow music fades] 433 00:22:50,452 --> 00:22:51,661 [steam hisses] 434 00:22:54,790 --> 00:22:55,707 [oil sizzles] 435 00:22:57,250 --> 00:22:59,795 [man] We've signed Will Grigg. Everybody's happy again, 436 00:22:59,878 --> 00:23:01,713 it's all sweetness and light. 437 00:23:01,797 --> 00:23:03,173 You know, everybody's pleased 438 00:23:03,799 --> 00:23:08,011 because they've got promised something and he's fulfilled the promise. 439 00:23:09,054 --> 00:23:10,972 [man 2] We've got a definite promotion, I think. 440 00:23:11,390 --> 00:23:13,850 I think we're... I think we're on the way. 441 00:23:14,643 --> 00:23:16,436 -[mellow music playing] -[indistinct chatter] 442 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:19,523 [Charlie] In terms of maintaining the trust of the fan base as well, 443 00:23:19,606 --> 00:23:22,317 that we are owners who deliver on what we promise, 444 00:23:22,526 --> 00:23:24,194 I think it was really important in that way. 445 00:23:24,277 --> 00:23:27,197 -[indistinct chatter continues] -[all laugh] 446 00:23:28,698 --> 00:23:30,117 [man 3] From where we've come from, 447 00:23:30,659 --> 00:23:33,078 with the uncertainty and the silence, 448 00:23:33,370 --> 00:23:35,038 I think, yeah, we can't argue, can we? 449 00:23:35,580 --> 00:23:37,999 He knows what he's doing. Stewart Donald knows what he's doing. 450 00:23:42,003 --> 00:23:45,715 -Absolutely brilliant. -[man 4] Stewart... Stewart. 451 00:23:45,799 --> 00:23:47,676 -[crowd chatters and laughs] -[steam hisses] 452 00:23:50,429 --> 00:23:52,514 Stewart, that's the best piece of transfer business 453 00:23:52,597 --> 00:23:53,682 we've had in a long time. 454 00:23:53,765 --> 00:23:55,475 [stammers] Well, maybe. Maybe. 455 00:23:55,559 --> 00:23:56,893 -I've been flaked out. -[men laugh] 456 00:23:56,977 --> 00:23:58,395 Twenty-four hours I've been like-- 457 00:23:58,478 --> 00:24:01,106 -I'm not surprised to hear it. [laughs] -You look tired. 458 00:24:01,189 --> 00:24:03,942 [man 5] The guys that came in, I was chuffed to bits with, to be honest. 459 00:24:04,526 --> 00:24:07,779 Definitely think we can go forward, and automatic promotion, 460 00:24:07,863 --> 00:24:09,364 possibly win the division. 461 00:24:09,448 --> 00:24:12,492 -Yes, I'm fine. Lovely to see you too. -[crowd chatters and laughs] 462 00:24:12,576 --> 00:24:13,410 [man yells] 463 00:24:13,493 --> 00:24:16,955 ♪ Will Grigg's on fire Your defense is terrified ♪ 464 00:24:17,205 --> 00:24:18,790 ♪ Will Grigg's on fire... ♪ 465 00:24:18,999 --> 00:24:21,460 ♪ Ooh! La-la-la-la-la! ♪ 466 00:24:21,585 --> 00:24:22,752 ♪ La-la-la-la-la! ♪ 467 00:24:22,836 --> 00:24:24,254 [crowd buzzes] 468 00:24:30,844 --> 00:24:33,138 [announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, 469 00:24:33,221 --> 00:24:35,390 young and old, will you please give a big, 470 00:24:35,474 --> 00:24:39,186 huge, Wearside welcome to your new striker, Will Grigg! 471 00:24:39,269 --> 00:24:41,313 [crowd cheers and applauds] 472 00:24:58,288 --> 00:24:59,831 [dramatic music playing] 473 00:25:03,043 --> 00:25:05,170 [crowd chants] 474 00:25:07,172 --> 00:25:09,591 [Charlie] When Stewart and I first went to the North East... 475 00:25:10,550 --> 00:25:12,636 -[crowd shouts] -...I didn't quite know what to expect. 476 00:25:13,428 --> 00:25:15,764 And I don't think they knew what to expect from us. 477 00:25:18,183 --> 00:25:21,394 Some of the Sunderland fans who I've got to know a bit better 478 00:25:21,686 --> 00:25:25,565 have said, for Southerners, Stewart and I seem quite down-to-earth. 479 00:25:27,692 --> 00:25:32,072 I... I don't think I perhaps understood the spirit of the North East 480 00:25:32,489 --> 00:25:34,449 as well as I might have done when I went up there. 481 00:25:34,866 --> 00:25:35,951 And I think, perhaps, 482 00:25:37,452 --> 00:25:39,454 they thought that we would be something 483 00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:41,706 other than what they've actually found us to be. 484 00:25:46,169 --> 00:25:49,297 But, you know, that remains to be seen, because if things all go horribly wrong, 485 00:25:49,381 --> 00:25:50,966 then I'm sure they'll go back to thinking 486 00:25:51,049 --> 00:25:52,759 that we're a bunch of pretentious Southerners 487 00:25:52,842 --> 00:25:54,678 who didn't know what they were doing. [laughs] 488 00:25:56,304 --> 00:25:58,682 -[intercom chatter] -[crowd cheers] 489 00:26:00,058 --> 00:26:03,520 I swear the music before games is getting louder 490 00:26:03,895 --> 00:26:05,313 here at the Stadium of Light. 491 00:26:05,397 --> 00:26:07,357 We can barely hear ourselves think these days, 492 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:09,901 the way the music has been cranked up. 493 00:26:10,527 --> 00:26:12,404 -[intercom chatter] -[crowd applauds] 494 00:26:12,779 --> 00:26:15,448 [pundit] I think the squad is a bit stronger than it was 495 00:26:15,532 --> 00:26:16,658 at the start of the window. 496 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,369 I think everyone's aware they've paid 497 00:26:19,452 --> 00:26:21,913 probably a little bit more than Will Grigg's worth. 498 00:26:21,997 --> 00:26:23,790 There's no doubt it's given the players a lift. 499 00:26:23,873 --> 00:26:27,127 ♪ ...I'm sure I am I'm Sunderland 'til I die ♪ 500 00:26:27,210 --> 00:26:29,212 ♪ Sunderland 'til I die ♪ 501 00:26:29,421 --> 00:26:31,256 ♪ I'm Sunderland 'til I die ♪ 502 00:26:31,631 --> 00:26:35,010 ♪ I know I am, I'm sure I am I'm Sunderland 'til I die ♪ 503 00:26:35,260 --> 00:26:37,387 ♪ Sunderland 'til I die ♪ 504 00:26:37,470 --> 00:26:39,180 [singing fades] 505 00:26:42,267 --> 00:26:43,893 [presser squeaks and clicks] 506 00:26:55,363 --> 00:26:57,574 [Grigg] Obviously, you know, it was a quick turnaround 507 00:26:57,657 --> 00:27:02,078 to get myself up here, but, uh, we've got a really busy period coming up, 508 00:27:02,162 --> 00:27:03,788 it's going to be pretty intense, but... 509 00:27:03,872 --> 00:27:06,875 my job is to score goals and it's probably one of the hardest things to do. 510 00:27:07,334 --> 00:27:08,335 But, um... 511 00:27:08,418 --> 00:27:09,628 that's what I was brought here for. 512 00:27:09,711 --> 00:27:13,006 No pressure on you, because if fees are anything to go on, 513 00:27:13,423 --> 00:27:16,343 you're the-- it's the highest transfer fee for a League One player. 514 00:27:16,426 --> 00:27:18,845 So you need to provide the goals. Is that a pressure you enjoy? 515 00:27:18,928 --> 00:27:22,015 Yeah, no problem at all. No, I've always seemed to know, 516 00:27:22,098 --> 00:27:23,808 the bigger the crowds, the bigger the games, 517 00:27:23,892 --> 00:27:25,935 I... I seem to, uh, I seem to thrive off it. 518 00:27:26,019 --> 00:27:29,856 So it's a massive opportunity for myself and obviously I'm really proud to be here. 519 00:27:29,939 --> 00:27:34,194 So my personal target would probably... just get to ten goals and go from there. 520 00:27:34,402 --> 00:27:39,949 Um, it's obviously a big ask, ten in 16 would be a really good return, 521 00:27:40,075 --> 00:27:41,826 but, um, it's something I back myself to do 522 00:27:41,910 --> 00:27:43,453 and something I think the team needs. 523 00:27:44,788 --> 00:27:45,830 [child] I can't find it. 524 00:27:46,206 --> 00:27:47,874 -[Stewart] Can you not find it? -[child] No. 525 00:27:48,291 --> 00:27:49,167 Okay. Are you ready? 526 00:27:49,376 --> 00:27:50,377 [child] I'm looking. 527 00:27:50,877 --> 00:27:52,879 -Eh? -I'm looking right now. 528 00:27:52,962 --> 00:27:54,589 I only gave you one job. 529 00:27:55,965 --> 00:27:56,800 I'm really... 530 00:27:56,883 --> 00:27:59,219 Have you hid it? It's got all my money in, Cody. 531 00:27:59,344 --> 00:28:01,429 -I'm looking. -Have you hidden it? 532 00:28:01,971 --> 00:28:04,265 -No, I'm looking. -You're joking, aren't you? 533 00:28:04,933 --> 00:28:06,768 [laughs] No. 534 00:28:06,851 --> 00:28:09,187 [Stewart] Every game as you get to this stage of the season 535 00:28:09,270 --> 00:28:10,522 feels more and more important. 536 00:28:10,605 --> 00:28:12,941 And I just took the judgment call with Will that... 537 00:28:13,817 --> 00:28:16,986 you know, his... his proven goal-scoring record 538 00:28:17,404 --> 00:28:18,988 might just be the difference 539 00:28:19,197 --> 00:28:21,324 and it's difficult to put a price on that. 540 00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:23,159 [indistinct chatter] 541 00:28:24,619 --> 00:28:26,538 -[utensils clatter] -[Stewart] Right, let's do it. 542 00:28:26,621 --> 00:28:27,747 [Lora] Let's do this. 543 00:28:28,123 --> 00:28:30,583 -We're transferring the money. [kisses] -[laughs] 544 00:28:31,251 --> 00:28:32,711 -[Stewart] It's not funny. -Good luck. 545 00:28:32,794 --> 00:28:34,337 [tense music playing] 546 00:28:41,803 --> 00:28:43,304 {\an8}[crowd applauds] 547 00:28:45,348 --> 00:28:46,683 {\an8}[indistinct chatter] 548 00:28:46,766 --> 00:28:47,851 [fan] Let's go, lads. 549 00:28:51,479 --> 00:28:53,606 [Stewart] I know we've paid top dollar for Will, but... 550 00:28:53,773 --> 00:28:56,359 if you get a good performance and he scores a couple of goals today, 551 00:28:56,609 --> 00:28:58,570 it'll feel like the best money I've ever spent. 552 00:29:01,364 --> 00:29:02,198 {\an8}[tense music fades] 553 00:29:02,282 --> 00:29:03,408 [children laughing] 554 00:29:03,575 --> 00:29:05,702 [Barnes] It's a gray afternoon, there's a breeze. 555 00:29:05,785 --> 00:29:09,497 Certainly not as windy as it's been over the last 24 hours. 556 00:29:10,790 --> 00:29:13,418 Will Grigg makes his debut and it would be remiss of me 557 00:29:13,543 --> 00:29:16,421 not to say we all hope he's on fire. 558 00:29:16,588 --> 00:29:18,006 [electronic music plays] 559 00:29:20,925 --> 00:29:22,677 [crowd buzzes] 560 00:29:23,052 --> 00:29:24,095 [whistle blows] 561 00:29:24,846 --> 00:29:26,222 [crowd shouts] 562 00:29:33,354 --> 00:29:34,898 [players yelling indistinctly] 563 00:29:41,029 --> 00:29:42,822 [crowd applauds] 564 00:29:45,366 --> 00:29:46,826 {\an8}[crowd chants] 565 00:29:47,202 --> 00:29:49,245 ♪ Sunderland, Sunderland! ♪ 566 00:29:49,954 --> 00:29:52,165 Well he's all on his own with three defenders, 567 00:29:52,248 --> 00:29:53,374 so just pass the ball to him. 568 00:29:57,712 --> 00:30:02,842 {\an8}[Stewart] My job is to give Jack what he wants, um... 569 00:30:02,926 --> 00:30:04,928 and I've given Jack the management team he wants 570 00:30:05,178 --> 00:30:08,139 and I've given him the players that I think he's asked for. 571 00:30:10,099 --> 00:30:12,143 The pressure, then, is on Jack to deliver. 572 00:30:14,521 --> 00:30:15,522 [electronic music fades] 573 00:30:15,647 --> 00:30:17,315 -[fan] Ooh! Fucking hell! -[crowd oohs] 574 00:30:17,565 --> 00:30:18,566 [fan 2] Is he all right? 575 00:30:18,691 --> 00:30:21,486 [fan 1 applauds] That was right on Grigg's head, that was. 576 00:30:23,822 --> 00:30:26,407 [Barnes] ...blue kit. Drives it right through the center... 577 00:30:26,491 --> 00:30:27,992 -[cheering swells] -...but Grigg's offside. 578 00:30:29,202 --> 00:30:30,537 -[crowd cheers] -Nice finish, mind. 579 00:30:31,663 --> 00:30:32,497 But it's a free kick 580 00:30:32,580 --> 00:30:34,833 -to Oxford. -[commentator 2 laughs] 581 00:30:34,916 --> 00:30:37,085 [commentator 2] He's just getting a feel, getting a feel. 582 00:30:37,168 --> 00:30:38,753 [tense music playing] 583 00:30:44,425 --> 00:30:48,388 [Barnes] A substitution can be made now. O'Nien to come on. 584 00:30:48,638 --> 00:30:51,015 -[commentator 2] Will Grigg, I'd imagine. -[crowd chants] 585 00:30:51,140 --> 00:30:52,600 [Barnes] And it's, uh... 586 00:30:52,684 --> 00:30:54,227 I can't see the number. Yeah, it's Grigg. 587 00:30:54,310 --> 00:30:55,144 [tense music fades] 588 00:30:55,228 --> 00:30:57,522 {\an8}-[chanting continues] -[intercom chatter] 589 00:31:01,067 --> 00:31:03,528 {\an8}[Barnes] Sunderland, with Dunne, trying to play the ball 590 00:31:03,611 --> 00:31:04,445 {\an8}down the touchline. 591 00:31:04,571 --> 00:31:08,241 {\an8}A break for Watmore. [intensifies] Watmore rolling it into the path of Grigg. 592 00:31:08,491 --> 00:31:10,285 [excitedly] Grigg in the penalty area... 593 00:31:10,368 --> 00:31:11,870 -[crowd oohs] -Blocked by the goalkeeper 594 00:31:11,953 --> 00:31:14,497 off his left foot from 12 yards. 595 00:31:16,958 --> 00:31:19,335 [commentator 2] You expect Will Grigg to put them away. 596 00:31:19,419 --> 00:31:21,713 [Barnes] You thought that was going to be the opener. 597 00:31:21,796 --> 00:31:23,423 [commentator 2] They're the opportunities. 598 00:31:24,424 --> 00:31:25,842 [Barnes] That was the chance. 599 00:31:29,721 --> 00:31:32,682 Inside from Feeney to Thompson, who gives it away to Baldwin. 600 00:31:32,765 --> 00:31:34,976 [intensifies] He's lifted it over top for Grigg to chase. 601 00:31:35,059 --> 00:31:37,687 Grigg trying to get on the end of it, pushes it past the goalkeeper. 602 00:31:37,770 --> 00:31:39,856 -[crowd roars] -Oh, he's missed! Just missed it! 603 00:31:40,356 --> 00:31:41,190 Side netting... 604 00:31:41,274 --> 00:31:44,027 -[commentator 2] I can't believe it. -...when he'd got round the keeper. 605 00:31:44,611 --> 00:31:47,030 -Can't believe it. -It looked like he was odds-on 606 00:31:47,113 --> 00:31:50,700 to equalize, and he's pushed it into the side netting. 607 00:31:53,995 --> 00:31:56,539 -[crowd shouting] -[commentator 2] Well... 608 00:31:56,623 --> 00:31:58,917 I'm afraid Will Grigg is not on fire. 609 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:00,627 [commentator 2] He's not on fire. Correct. 610 00:32:00,793 --> 00:32:02,170 {\an8}[tense music playing] 611 00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:09,218 {\an8}[Barnes] Well Grigg, two gilt-edged chances. 612 00:32:09,802 --> 00:32:12,847 If he'd put those away, it may have been a different story. 613 00:32:12,931 --> 00:32:14,515 Yeah, it's all ifs and buts, 614 00:32:14,599 --> 00:32:15,433 you know... 615 00:32:16,142 --> 00:32:18,269 We said before we brought Will Grigg in 616 00:32:18,811 --> 00:32:20,897 that he's got to hit the ground running. 617 00:32:21,606 --> 00:32:24,484 [Barnes] Disappointment. Frustration, no doubt. 618 00:32:24,567 --> 00:32:25,860 Again, they didn't lose. 619 00:32:26,319 --> 00:32:28,196 But it heaps more pressure. 620 00:32:37,246 --> 00:32:41,918 Will Grigg's second opportunity. I guess you put it down to the fact 621 00:32:42,001 --> 00:32:44,796 he hasn't played a lot recently and has just come back in, 622 00:32:44,879 --> 00:32:46,839 -but it was a glorious opportunity. -Yeah... 623 00:32:46,923 --> 00:32:49,884 Both the clear opportunities he had tonight, 624 00:32:49,968 --> 00:32:51,469 he would, um, he would always 625 00:32:51,552 --> 00:32:52,512 back himself to score. 626 00:32:52,595 --> 00:32:54,514 For me, I'm pleased to see him in those positions, 627 00:32:54,597 --> 00:32:56,432 it's why we brought him to the club. 628 00:32:56,516 --> 00:32:58,518 And if he keeps putting himself in those positions 629 00:32:58,601 --> 00:33:01,104 and we keep creating opportunities for him, then he'll take them 630 00:33:01,187 --> 00:33:03,856 because his track record will suggest nothing otherwise. 631 00:33:04,357 --> 00:33:05,525 [crowd chants in the distance] 632 00:33:05,608 --> 00:33:08,653 [man] The only thing I don't agree with is his tactics, it's not working. 633 00:33:09,195 --> 00:33:11,990 [man 2] In my opinion, Jack Ross does not know his best team 634 00:33:12,073 --> 00:33:16,327 and I think some of his inefficiencies are actually starting to come 635 00:33:16,411 --> 00:33:18,121 and show him up a little bit now, Gary. 636 00:33:18,204 --> 00:33:19,455 [indistinct chatter] 637 00:33:19,539 --> 00:33:20,790 [tense music fades] 638 00:33:21,332 --> 00:33:25,461 [Graham] The one thing I would say with the Will Grigg situation, and, um... 639 00:33:25,962 --> 00:33:29,716 {\an8}[stammers] If he's chosen Will Grigg to... And I might sound quite harsh here, 640 00:33:29,924 --> 00:33:31,676 {\an8}but I can't think of any other way to word it. 641 00:33:31,759 --> 00:33:35,263 If Will Grigg was his signing and that's who he wanted, 642 00:33:35,346 --> 00:33:38,349 how come he can't find a way to play a style that suits him? 643 00:33:39,267 --> 00:33:41,436 [takes a deep breath] Um... 644 00:33:41,853 --> 00:33:45,732 Well, uh, Will Grigg was the number one target 645 00:33:46,274 --> 00:33:47,483 that we had in January. 646 00:33:47,567 --> 00:33:50,111 And that was Jack's target. 647 00:33:50,194 --> 00:33:51,738 I pushed the boat out, 648 00:33:51,946 --> 00:33:56,701 beyond probably what we felt was a sensible pricing, um... 649 00:33:56,784 --> 00:34:00,288 [stammering] ...so you can discuss how much we paid for him, 650 00:34:00,913 --> 00:34:04,751 but the reality of it is, once, you know, we've then signed him, 651 00:34:04,834 --> 00:34:06,461 it's then down to Jack to... 652 00:34:07,211 --> 00:34:09,756 [stammers] ...to put him in the team as he sees fit, 653 00:34:09,839 --> 00:34:11,299 or whatever it is now. 654 00:34:11,382 --> 00:34:13,176 [Graham] I don't think he fits into the system, 655 00:34:13,259 --> 00:34:15,303 and my concern with that is, yes, he wanted him, 656 00:34:15,386 --> 00:34:17,430 but like, why did he want him? 657 00:34:17,513 --> 00:34:20,975 Because since he's came, well, he doesn't fit into the team. 658 00:34:21,559 --> 00:34:24,187 Fair enough, the statistics show he scores goals and stuff like that. 659 00:34:24,270 --> 00:34:25,813 Great, as a fan you see that, 660 00:34:25,897 --> 00:34:29,067 but do you not look at players that fit into your style of football 661 00:34:29,150 --> 00:34:30,818 so you don't have the Will Grigg situation? 662 00:34:30,902 --> 00:34:32,361 [Stewart] Yeah, but, um... 663 00:34:32,445 --> 00:34:35,490 [stammers] ...I think the view was that he would fit into the style of football. 664 00:34:36,115 --> 00:34:36,991 Um... 665 00:34:37,116 --> 00:34:39,619 [Graham] So who's to blame for that, Jack Ross, or Will Grigg 666 00:34:39,702 --> 00:34:42,663 -not being up to the standard you expect? -Well is it a question of blaming, 667 00:34:42,747 --> 00:34:45,833 or is it a question of saying, he hasn't hit the ground running yet? 668 00:34:45,958 --> 00:34:49,128 [Graham] I think there's reasons to say there's maybe a level of blame there. 669 00:34:49,212 --> 00:34:53,257 [stammering] I just... I... Graham, you know, we've... 670 00:34:53,341 --> 00:34:56,803 we've got so many interesting questions where Stewart and I can add some value, 671 00:34:57,303 --> 00:35:00,890 and making micro man-in-the-pub analysis 672 00:35:00,973 --> 00:35:03,309 of why this or that player, is Jack getting the best out of him? 673 00:35:03,893 --> 00:35:06,562 As a board, we're not going to get into that kind of discussion. 674 00:35:06,646 --> 00:35:08,231 That's just not on. Um... 675 00:35:08,314 --> 00:35:11,317 Discussing individual employees' performance in public, 676 00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:13,945 that's not on, it's not fair. Um... 677 00:35:14,487 --> 00:35:17,532 [stammers] There are so many difficult questions that you can ask us 678 00:35:17,615 --> 00:35:20,201 which move the argument on and which I know fans want to know about. 679 00:35:20,868 --> 00:35:22,829 [fading] Really, Stewart and my views... 680 00:35:22,912 --> 00:35:24,914 [tense music playing] 681 00:35:34,465 --> 00:35:38,052 [Jack] There's a relentless feel about trying to win games all the time. 682 00:35:39,095 --> 00:35:42,306 The fact that we've had to deal with pressure every single game, 683 00:35:42,390 --> 00:35:45,226 every single week, from the beginning of August, 684 00:35:45,601 --> 00:35:47,603 and it's been greater than I imagined. 685 00:35:48,187 --> 00:35:51,482 Um, maybe the way I work increases that 686 00:35:51,566 --> 00:35:53,484 because I'm so intense about what I do. 687 00:35:53,901 --> 00:35:55,444 [indistinct yelling] 688 00:35:57,071 --> 00:36:00,491 And, of course, when you set your ambitions high 689 00:36:01,367 --> 00:36:04,036 and you don't reach that ambition you set at the start of the season, 690 00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:04,954 there is, of course, 691 00:36:05,580 --> 00:36:08,583 people out there who will point to that being a failure. 692 00:36:10,001 --> 00:36:11,169 I think most human beings, 693 00:36:11,252 --> 00:36:15,131 when they read or hear any criticism, will have this little burn. 694 00:36:17,216 --> 00:36:19,886 But if you don't accept that, 695 00:36:22,013 --> 00:36:24,849 then the job could completely swallow you up. 696 00:36:34,525 --> 00:36:36,694 [Stewart] Sunderland is emotionally tough. 697 00:36:38,279 --> 00:36:43,284 But when it's good, you are absolutely invincible. 698 00:36:43,701 --> 00:36:45,703 [no audible dialogue] 699 00:36:51,083 --> 00:36:53,085 [tense music intensifies] 700 00:36:53,169 --> 00:36:56,422 But I would also imagine that when it's bad, 701 00:36:58,591 --> 00:37:00,509 it is a place of despair. 702 00:37:08,184 --> 00:37:09,685 Everybody really wants it. 703 00:37:13,022 --> 00:37:14,982 If they feel it slipping away, 704 00:37:16,317 --> 00:37:17,235 the pressure... 705 00:37:18,361 --> 00:37:19,195 can build. 706 00:37:22,740 --> 00:37:24,325 This is the time for men. 707 00:37:26,035 --> 00:37:27,828 [tense music intensifies, then fades] 708 00:37:28,996 --> 00:37:29,872 [crowd shouts] 709 00:37:30,414 --> 00:37:33,751 [Barnes] McGeady still has it, on the left-hand side of midfield. 710 00:37:33,834 --> 00:37:35,294 Into the middle to Cattermole. 711 00:37:35,378 --> 00:37:37,922 Cattermole rolling it away, trying to get it away from Byrne. 712 00:37:38,005 --> 00:37:40,466 -In the box it goes! -[commentator 2] Penalty! 713 00:37:40,549 --> 00:37:42,510 -[Barnes] Was that a penalty? Yes! -Penalty! 714 00:37:42,593 --> 00:37:43,427 [crowd cheers] 715 00:37:43,511 --> 00:37:47,014 [Barnes] O'Nien was brought down on the corner of the penalty area. 716 00:37:47,098 --> 00:37:50,268 Referee, no hesitation in pointing to the penalty spot. 717 00:37:50,434 --> 00:37:52,061 [commentator 2] It was a definite penalty. 718 00:37:52,144 --> 00:37:53,938 -[Barnes] Definite foul. -[crowd buzzes] 719 00:37:55,690 --> 00:37:59,235 -And so, a chance for Will Grigg... -[commentator 2] Will Grigg. 720 00:37:59,860 --> 00:38:00,987 ...to get off the mark. 721 00:38:03,364 --> 00:38:05,283 [tense music plays] 722 00:38:12,999 --> 00:38:14,709 [crowd sounds fade] 723 00:38:23,592 --> 00:38:24,969 [tense music intensifies] 724 00:38:27,096 --> 00:38:27,930 [tense music fades] 725 00:38:28,055 --> 00:38:29,807 -Grigg, right-footed. -[crowd roars] 726 00:38:29,890 --> 00:38:31,642 [commentator 2] Goal! 727 00:38:31,726 --> 00:38:33,060 [Barnes] You hear the roar? 728 00:38:33,477 --> 00:38:36,105 -[crowd cheering] -He's on fire, finally. 729 00:38:36,856 --> 00:38:37,690 Sunderland 3, 730 00:38:37,773 --> 00:38:39,442 Gillingham 2. Will Grigg... 731 00:38:40,151 --> 00:38:41,152 [intercom chatter] 732 00:38:41,235 --> 00:38:42,361 ...from the penalty spot. 733 00:38:42,486 --> 00:38:45,197 [commentator 2] That'll do him a world of good. Tell you what. 734 00:38:46,115 --> 00:38:47,241 [cheering intensifies] 735 00:38:48,617 --> 00:38:51,203 [Barnes] You can hear the roar from the crowd, 736 00:38:52,705 --> 00:38:56,375 as Will Grigg restores Sunderland's lead. 737 00:38:57,543 --> 00:38:58,419 [cheering fades] 738 00:39:04,091 --> 00:39:06,093 {\an8}[mellow music playing] 739 00:39:08,220 --> 00:39:10,806 The penalty. [stammers] You let Will take the first one 740 00:39:10,890 --> 00:39:14,727 and the manager said that's because you had absolute belief 741 00:39:14,810 --> 00:39:16,896 that Will was going to... was going to score. 742 00:39:16,979 --> 00:39:20,483 Yeah, well, look, it was more... Will wanted the ball. 743 00:39:21,609 --> 00:39:23,110 And, you know, he's not scored. 744 00:39:23,194 --> 00:39:25,446 For a striker, you want to get off the mark, 745 00:39:25,696 --> 00:39:27,531 get that monkey off his back. 746 00:39:27,615 --> 00:39:30,284 You know, I want him to score and I want him to score 20 goals. 747 00:39:31,035 --> 00:39:33,120 Everyone inside this club and inside that dressing room 748 00:39:33,287 --> 00:39:34,789 knows where we want to be 749 00:39:35,039 --> 00:39:38,292 and wants to be promoted, that's... that's where we want to be. 750 00:39:38,876 --> 00:39:41,420 Sometimes you have to be patient, it doesn't all just come at once. 751 00:39:41,629 --> 00:39:43,047 [kids chatter] 752 00:39:44,090 --> 00:39:45,132 [indistinct chatter] 753 00:39:45,716 --> 00:39:48,260 [Stewart] I sense a, um... 754 00:39:48,344 --> 00:39:49,512 a realization... 755 00:39:50,471 --> 00:39:51,764 [murmurs at camera] 756 00:39:51,847 --> 00:39:54,934 ...and you think, "Well, I might need a bit of time here. 757 00:39:55,893 --> 00:39:57,311 Jack might need a bit of time." 758 00:39:58,938 --> 00:40:01,899 And it dawns on you then that you might not go at the speed 759 00:40:01,982 --> 00:40:02,942 that the fans want. 760 00:40:04,568 --> 00:40:06,695 I spent more money in January than budget. 761 00:40:07,363 --> 00:40:10,282 But I... I took the judgment call that it was the right thing to do. 762 00:40:11,700 --> 00:40:14,703 But it's likely, if we don't go up, Sunderland Football Club 763 00:40:14,787 --> 00:40:18,290 is going to cost £25 million to run in League One. 764 00:40:20,042 --> 00:40:21,001 And, um... 765 00:40:21,710 --> 00:40:24,588 What we don't want to do is go down that route, 766 00:40:26,132 --> 00:40:29,176 risk not having enough money to see it through properly. 767 00:40:30,052 --> 00:40:31,220 [Stewart in hallway] Good man. 768 00:40:32,930 --> 00:40:36,016 [Stewart in interview] I'm very mindful of not overstaying my welcome, 769 00:40:36,100 --> 00:40:37,226 I've said it before. 770 00:40:38,811 --> 00:40:41,230 But, you know, the-- the reality of it is, 771 00:40:41,313 --> 00:40:43,315 you start to think about those things. 772 00:40:53,159 --> 00:40:55,369 [mellow music intensifies, then fades] 773 00:40:58,372 --> 00:40:59,373 [solemn music plays]