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BBC News
14-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Is Mavididi a player to build around for next season?
Former Leicester coach Mike Stowell highlighted winger Stephy Mavididi as one of Leicester's standout performers in Saturday's draw with to the When You're Smiling Podcast, Stowell said: "He was a joy to watch. As supporters, it's not all about hard tackling, strong challenges and running hard. You want to see exciting flair players and he was that player today."Where has that been? Has he been under the weather, has he had a fall out with the manager? We're guessing here, but based on that performance, you pick him every week."Performances like that give you hope for next season. When some of the players like Casey McAteer and Mavididi put in performances like that, you think about building on that with those players for next season. Some of these players will be fighting for contracts and fighting for their place next season."Listen to the full discussion here
BBC News
03-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Gordon red card 'pretty straightforward'
Former Newcastle United defender John Anderson says "poor decision-making" cost Eddie Howe's side as they were knocked out of the FA Cup by Premier League rivals on BBC Radio Newcastle, Anderson said: "It wasn't a good performance. It was really patchy and they couldn't keep the ball."Brighton came with a possession-based game that was slow and methodical. We just couldn't get into it. We couldn't get a goal and we didn't work their goalkeeper enough."It is bitterly disappointing because we came here with expectations."We have said it in many games recently that our decision-making has been poor. We get into good areas but we need to put our heads up and pick somebody out. That final ball was really disappointing yet again, even when we were in really good also raised his concerns about the Magpies heading into the Carabao Cup final without Anthony Gordon, who picked up a straight red card for a foul on Brighton defender Jan Paul van Hecke."It is bitterly disappointing," he said. "He is one of our big players, one of the influential players, one that can make things happen. Not having him there is going to be a big, big blow."They have got to appeal the red card. I don't see them winning it. It seemed pretty straightforward to me."Listen to the full post-match reaction on BBC Sounds
