Rob Green
Queens Park Rangers goalkeeper on Football Focus

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"He’s very good, he has a good size and has great confidence. The good thing at the moment is that young keepers from the academies have gone out on loan and gained experience like Jack has, and it’s been very good for him."

Football Focus

This has to be useful in the goalkeepers' union secret handshake? He could cover two octaves on the piano as well.

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Today is an old-fashioned day for old-fashioned football.

It is always a bit blowy at the Britannia, but today it is really gusting.

David Silva, making his first league start since the beginning of October, is looking particularly windswept as City warm up.

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It was against an old-school Stoke as well.

Back in January 2009, Rory Delap was sent off for kicking out at Shaun Wright-Phillips before James Beattie scored the game's only goal with a far-post header.

Things have changed a bit at the Britannia since then.

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BBC Radio 5 Live

We're teaming up with the Danny Baker Show on BBC Radio 5 live to ask about matches you've played in moving vehicles, vessels or aircraft.

John Cooper: Once played in a football match on top of a multi-storey car park during a geography field trip. Luckily the ball stayed on the pitch! 

Iain, London: When he was in the Royal Navy in the 1940s and 50s my grandad and his crew mates used to box on the ship's deck when out at sea in the South Pacific! 

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Rob Green
Queens Park Rangers goalkeeper on Football Focus

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“He’ll be good, it’s a surprising choice of venue, and he’s in at the deep end because Valencia are a massive club. But if there is ever a guy to do it in his first job, it’s him.

“He’s got every opportunity to do well, and it is a fantastic chance for him.”

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Hughes has been looking back at his time at Manchester City this week with a big dollop of perspective.

"I've no bitterness towards City. I wasn't really their guy," said Hughes. 

"I was appointed by another group of people so when that group changed, if I'm honest, it was only a matter of time before I got replaced. Looking back I probably lasted as long as I could."

Very fair-minded.

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Top of the league, safely into the Champions League last 16 with a game to spare and into the last four of the League Cup.

Manuel Pellegrini might feel that he cannot do much more to keep his job, but City have gone from steamrollering sides at the start of the season to spluttering themselves.

A host of injuries have not helped and today - in the absence of the injured Vincent Kompany and suspended Eliaquim Mangala - they line up with Nicolas Otamendi and Martin Demichelis at the heart of their defence.

Bojan will relish the chance to run at them.

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Cheers Aimee.

"A return of two wins in 11 Premier League games is clearly not in line with the targets that were agreed and set.

"Sheikh Mansour and the board felt that there was no evidence that the situation would fundamentally change."

That was the way, that Mark Hughes was let down gently by Manchester City in 2009.

Six years on, many millions more spent, and after a flying start to this season, Manuel Pellegrini's side have won six of their last 11.

With time ticking down fast on Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich contract, will he be folllowing Mark Hughes out the door by the end of this season?

And with news that Jon Walters has been dropped to the bench, I must also make way as the live text line-up is shuffled and strengthened. Here comes Mike Henson to guide you through the day's action. 

Football Focus

You've got about five minutes to make yourself a cuppa.

Stoke City's influential frontman Jon Walters has dropped to the bench following last week's 2-0 loss at Sunderland.

In one of two changes from that game, Ibrahim Afellay comes in, while Charlie Adam makes way for Geoff Cameron.

Stoke XI: Butland, Pieters, Johnson, Shawcross, Wollscheid, Whelan, Cameron, Shaqiri, Arnautovic, Afellay, Bojan

Subs: Haugaard, Joselu, Wilson, Van Ginkel, Adam, Diouf, Walters

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BBC Radio 5 Live

BBC Radio 5 live begins its coverage of Saturday’s football programme with commentary from the Britannia Stadium, where Stoke take on Manchester City at 12:45 GMT.

That will be followed by full match commentary of the 15:00 kick-off between Manchester United and West Ham, plus updates from around the grounds as the goals go in.

Don't forget it's the FA Cup second round today too. BBC Radio 5 live sports extra has commentary of Northampton's home tie with Northwich Victoria from 14: 55. Just the four divisions between them...

And later this evening you can have your say on the big football stories on 606 with Robbie Savage and Darren Fletcher. That’s on at the logical time of 18:06.

David Silva makes his first Premier League start since the 6-1 win over Newcastle United on 3 October.

And Joe Hart returns after a hamstring problem.

Man City have plenty of injury problems, with Sergio Aguero, Yaya Toure, Vincent Kompany, Pablo Zabaleta and Samr Nasri out, while Eliaquim Mangala is injured.

So Wilfried Bony and Fernando are also drafted in from last week's win over Southampton.

Man City XI: Hart, Sagna, Otamendi, Demichelis, Kolarov, De Bruyne, Fernando, Fernandinho, Silva, Sterling, Bony

Subs: Caballero, Navas, Kelechi, Delph, Garcia, Clichy, Humphreys

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There has been much talk in newspapers and on social media about Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson having an incurable heel condition. 

The midfielder has tweeted to clear up a thing or two about the injury which has sidelined him three months this season. 

Jonathan Pearce
BBC football commentator at The Hawthorns

"Tottenham are enjoying their longest ever unbeaten Premier League run. They're unbeaten in five visits to The Hawthorns and the 'Hurri -Kane' is blowing strongly again.

"Spurs will start as red-hot favourites but West Brom are showing enough resilience to suggest they've fully bought into the Tony Pulis recipe for survival.

"They won't boss possession. They will try to shackle Dele Alli and starve Harry Kane of supplies. Spurs looked jaded against Chelsea. They might have to settle for a draw here."

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Here's an added stat for you: Tony Pulis has lost 99 Premier League games as a manager and his next defeat will see him become one of only 15 managers to have lost a century of games in the division.

It was one of the summer's great transfer sagas. Spurs tried repeatedly, and failed repeatedly, to sign West Brom striker Saido Berahino before the transfer deadline.

And, ahead of Berahino possibly facing his suitors today, Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino appeared to indicate that he might go back in for the England Under-21 player in January.

“I would take the money," former Republic of Ireland skipper Andy Townsend told 5 live Sport.

"He’s a good player, a classy finisher, has an eye for goal, but for a team like West Brom and how Tony Pulis operates, success is competing in the Premier League and staying there every year. I don’t think selling Saido Berahino right now is that detrimental to their Premier League status."

Dear West Brom, we think we can live without inflatable entertainment today - but don't make a habit of cancelling the fun...