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Paul Nicholls is not concerned about the Crabbies Grand National trip for Silviniaco Conti at Aintree on Saturday. Scottie Pippen Jersey . The 10-year-old is 10-1 second-favourite with Sky Bet for the race over the extended four-mile-two-furlong course in Liverpool, fully a mile further than the Dom Alco gelding has ever raced.However, the seven-time Grade One winner certainly has the class and hes well-handicapped too, officially 6lb well-in following his latest top-level win at Ascot that was achieved after the National weights were released. With the ground set to be perfectly acceptable for him whatever the weather does over the next five days, the major question mark hanging over him is the trip - but his trainer is confident hell stay.From the day I had him in the young days hes always been a stayer, Nicholls told At The Races.Hes by Dom Alco, like Neptune Collonges and theyre all stayers.Throughout his career in the Betfred Bowls, the King Georges weve always wanted to make plenty of use of him and make every post a winning post as staminas his forte, always has been.With the distance not a concern to Nicholls, what about the fences? Silviniaco Conti has never run over the Aintree spruce, but his handler has tried to prepare him for the experience the best he can.Nicholls continued: We put some spruce on our fences here and he jumped them with Unioniste the other morning when Noel [Fehily] was very happy with him.You need an awful lot of luck in the National but of course were excited by his chance.Silviniaco Conti isnt Nicholls only chance in this years National, with Unioniste, Just A Par, Wonderful Charm and Rocky Creek also set to run from the Ditcheat yard.Unioniste appears to be heading that list for owner John Hales, who won the race in 2012 with Neptune Collonges, another grey son of Dom Alco also trained by Nicholls.Last year Unioniste fell in the National, but hes come down the handicap since and ran well behind Many Clouds at Kelso last time.Nicholls said: Last year he probably wasnt quite right, he lost his confidence jumping but hes got that back and he ran very well at Kelso behind Many Clouds where he stayed on.He is in the mould of Neptune Collonges and if he is anywhere near them jumping the third last hell gallop all the way to the line, hes got a chance.As for the rest of his team, Nicholls was upbeat about the chances of Just A Par, but less so Rocky Creek who has been well beaten on his last three starts.He ran his best race first time up behind Don Cossack but he has been disappointing since, said Nicholls of Rocky Creek.Id be more sweet on the chances of Just A Par and even Wonderful Charm.I havent run Just A Par all winter because of the ground and that last run at Exeter was just what he needed.Last year before he won the bet365 Gold Cup he had the same prep at Chepstow three weeks beforehand and hes in good shape.Hes got the right profile and he stays. 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It was Tottenham at home, recalled the former Manchester United captain. He came in and said: Lads, its Tottenham, and that was it. Brilliant.Keane was using that anecdote to highlight Fergusons knack for knowing exactly what his players needed to hear, but it said even more about Spurs. To their rivals, they were a soft touch; the Premier Leagues nearly team, where managers came and went but the formula stayed the same. Mauricio Pochettino praises his Tottenham side and credits the supporters after their 1-0 win over Watford at White Hart Lane Pochettino, though, is overseeing a transformation. The traditional flakiness has been replaced by what their head coach calls a winning mentality, and Spurs sit second in the Premier League having won seven of their last nine games, including Saturdays utterly dominant 1-0 victory over Watford. They are like animals, said an awe-struck Quique Sanchez Flores. They have everything a team needs to try to be champions.That includes the fearlessness with which they will approach Sundays clash with Manchester City. I think we are different people now, said Pochettino on Saturday. We live in the present, and the group of players, the staff, the club, the president and the supporters believe we are strong and we can win every game. This is important.This Spurs side is built in Pochettinos image. The former Argentina international was a tough, tactically astute centre-back in his playing days. He often references the influence of Marcelo Bielsa as a youngster at Newells Old Boys in his homeland, and he went on to spend most of his playing career at Espanyol, where he had two spells either side of a stint in France with Paris Saint-Germain and Bordeaux. Mauricio Pochettino took points off Pep Guardiolas Barcelona on three separate occasions during his time at Espanyol As a player at Espanyol, Pochettino was a leader, a captain and just generally somebody who people listened to when he talked, Spanish football expert Guillem Balague tells Sky Sports. He was a big-name international and when he returned as the coach in 2009, it was the return of the prodigal son in a way.Espanyol was Pochettinos first job in management and he inherited a side that looked doomed to relegation from La Liga, but within a month he had overseen their first away win against arch-rivals Barcelona in 27 years, and they ended the season in 10th place after an extraordinary run of eight wins from their last 10 games.For the next three seasons Pochettino kept Espanyol competitive despite the club being in what Balague describes as financial disarray. Key players were repeatedly sold but Pochettino put his faith in youngsters from their academy and the bold approach paid off. No coach took more points from Pep Guardiolas Barcelona, says Balague. With what he had, it was a fantastic achievement. Pochettinos managerial methods have received hefty praise Espanyol played with the high-intensity style that would become a hallmark of his Southampton and Spurs sides. It was possession football, with building from the back, says Balague. He gave the players the confidence to do exactly that and he made us [the fans] enjoy it. The results werent always great but for three seasons they were good enough and we were enjoying the football.Pochettinos side began to slide in the 2012/13 season and he left by mutual consent with them bottom of the table that November. It was a sad way to depart and showed he still had much to learn, but Southamptons former executive chairman Nicola Cortese had seen enough to controversially sack Nigel Adkins and appoint the young coach at St Marys just a couple of months later.The decision provoked widespread outcry, but the doubts didnt linger for long. Southampton successfully avoided relegation in 2012/13, and Pochettino was able to put his stamp on the team as they secured an eighth-placed finish in 2013/14 - just two years on from their promotion from the Championship. All the players bought into his philosophy and he got respect from every player at the football club. Matt Le Tissier I think his biggest asset was probably the team spirit that he goot going at Southampton, Saints legend Matt Le Tissier told Sky Sports. Nikola Mirotic Jersey. All the players bought into his philosophy and he got respect from every player at the football club.Tales of Pochettinos gruelling training techniques began circulating in the summer of 2013. The Argentine subjected his players to three sessions per day during pre-season, and he even made them walk barefoot across hot coals. At times you want to kill him, simply because he makes you suffer like a dog, said Pablo Osvaldo, who worked with Pochettino at Espanyol and Southampton. But, in the end, you get the right results. Pochettinos demands were a culture shock, but Southamptons players were smitten by the 43-year-old and the club reaped the rewards. Hes world-class, not just as a manager, but as a person, said Adam Lallana. The way he man-manages his players. He makes you feel good about yourself.That year, Pochettinos men were the fittest and fastest side in the division, forcing opponents into mistakes with feverish pressing all over the pitch. Premier league tracking data showed Southampton ranked first for distance covered and high-intensity sprints, and it is no coincidence that Spurs have overtaken Saints in both departments since his move to White Hart Lane. Pochettinos Premier League running stats Season Club Distance covered rank Sprints rank 2013/14 Southampton 1st 1st 2014/15 Tottenham 2nd 3rd 2015/16 Tottenham 2nd 2nd Pochettino works on his players confidence as well as their fitness. He planted it into our heads that even if we were up against bigger teams and bigger players, we could compete at the same level as them, said Nathaniel Clyne. Personally, it took my game to another level.Clyne is not the only one to have felt the benefits. We do have to work hard in training and I do suffer but its an enjoyable kind of suffering because Im benefitting so much, said Danny Rose a few months after Pochettino arrived at Spurs. Im far more tactically aware and more consistent.Pochettino has a ruthless side, too. At Espanyol he stripped his former team-mate Raul Tamudo of the captaincy despite the strikers legendary status at the club, and he has shown a willingness to wield the axe at Spurs. Emmanuel Adebayor was completely frozen out after refusing to fall in line, and Andros Townsends days were numbered from the moment he publically rowed with fitness coach Nathan Gardiner in November. Andros Townsend was banished to Tottenhams U21s by Pochettino after a show of ill-discipline After Espanyol and Southampton, Pochettinos youth policy has been even more successful at Spurs. The philosophy is embodied by teenager Dele Alli, who has been a revelation this season, and Spurs dynamic and hungry squad does not contain a single outfield player over the age of 30. Pochettino is quite happy to give young players a chance ahead of big-name players, as long as theyre good enough, says former striker Terry Gibson, who came through the youth ranks at Spurs in the late 1970s and early 1980s. I think he enjoys working with the young players because they take on board his ideas and theyre fit enough to carry them out.His treatment of Roberto Soldado and Harry Kane was the perfect example, adds Gibson. The club paid a hell of a lot of money for Soldado but he was quite happy to let them fight it out and for Kane to be the first choice. It has worked perfectly. Now theyre thriving and they look a really good side. Harry Kane has proven to be an important part of Mauricio Pochettinos squad Spurs have always had a reputation as a cup team but hes changing it now and we Spurs fans are really enjoying it. Were still pessimistic about winning the league or winning anything, but thats the nature of being a Spurs fan when we havent won the league for so long. I think there is a genuine belief now that Tottenham can go close.If Pochettino feels his players need any extra motivation when they travel to the Etihad Stadium, he could do a lot worse than remind them just how far they have come since Fergusons famous team talk. Watch Manchester City v Tottenham live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 3.30pm on Sunday Also See: Spurs have winning mentality Pochettino coy on title talk Premier League weekend grades Who has the best keeper?Jerseys From ChinaCheap Jerseys WholesaleJerseys NFL ChinaCheap Jerseys 2019NFL Jerseys ChinaWholesale Jerseys 2019Cheap Jerseys Wholesale ' ' '
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