When I look at your game, I see so much of Ian Wright, even with your celebrations, you know,

like, where you strike the ball sometimes, like, I see so much of Ian Wright in your game. Like, how much of an influence was he? He was massive because I was lucky, obviously. When I signed for West Ham, he was still there just before, I think he went to Night in the Forest after that. Obviously, at that stage, I knew that it's the back end of his career, it's not going to be there long.

So I'm just going to Night in the Forest after that. But obviously, at that stage, I knew that it was the back end of his career, it's not going to be there long.

So I was just going to try and take as much from him as possible. Obviously, as well as, like, obviously, Lamps was there, real, all that lot. But, like, the canio was there was brilliant with the young players. But Wright, it was just, like, spoke about finishing movement. it was sort of like whole me doing training and time my movement in the box

so loads of stuff that I took from writers

when I was 16 years spoke about finishing movement. It was sort of like holding me during training, so I'm time on movement in the box.

So loads of stuff that I took from writers at 16 years old.

What specifically did he do, Jermaine?

What kind of, like, give us an insight on,

when you say, what would he do, hold you back in the book?

What like specifically do you remember?

So we do crossing and finishing.

He always says to me, said, you're getting into the box too early.

Your movement's got, your timing's got to be better. Obviously, you're so eager to score goals. You're getting into the box and sometimes the ball's coming behind you or like, so it's all about timing. So it used to sort of like, just hold onto my training kit. Especially back then, the training kit is so baggy. so baggy.

And you'd be wanting to move.

Right?

So he'd be holding on to my training kit and then it'll push me across in their pose and then I'll get my finish and stuff like that. But just timing. And I think when you do all these things as young kids, it stays with you. Do I mean? So like... It's mad. Like, for me hearing the idea of Ian Wright holding the back of your best, right,

and you're wanting to move and it feels unnatural. And then you release. It's so weird, because that was the exact thing. I think it's so common in young forwards that you want to get into the box early. But if you delay it, you've got more chance to score. And if you've gone past the near post, there's absolutely zero chance. If you look at it percentage-wise, if you're arriving in the middle of the goal, sort of as the ball's delivered, you know, 50, 60, 70%, it just increases your percentages of scorers. You've got no chance if you're past the near post by the time the ball comes in. And it's just over-eag it? I remember coaches and managers holding me back.

You keep doing it.

You practice it in training and stuff like that.

And then, you know, more games you play, the more comfortable are.

And then you look at Harlan, you see him like in a box, his timing's perfect.

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