Tudor & Pereira predictions, Newcastle UCL Preview & O’Neill to Blackburn
Football Daily
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4.3 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Kelly Cates is joined by Andros Townsend, Matt Upson and James Horncastle as Vitor Pereira has spoken for the first time since being appointed new Nottingham Forest head coach. The panel discuss his appointment, plus Igor Tudor's too as Tottenham's new interim manager. How does Tudor set his teams up, and is this a shrewd appointment for Spurs?
Then, we look ahead to Newcastle’s Champions League playoff against Qarabag on Wednesday, before being joined by former Liverpool fitness coach, Jordan Fairclough, to do a deep dive on Premier League injuries. Finally, Northern Ireland head coach Michael O’Neill joins the pod to discuss also becoming the new Blackburn Rovers boss.
Timecodes: 00'51 – Vitor Pereira speaks for first time as Forest boss 02'08 – Can Pereira be the missing piece for Forest? 11'14 – How might Spurs fare under Igor Tudor? 25'09 – Eddie Howe speaks ahead of Qarabag in the Champions League 27'07 – A tricky trip to Azerbaijan for Newcastle? 31'52 – Former Liverpool fitness coach Jordan Fairclough joins the pod 42'15 – New Blackburn boss Michael O’Neill joins the pod
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| 0:47.6 | This is the Football Daily podcast with Kelly Cates. Hello and welcome to the Football Daily podcast. Coming up, we're going to discuss Igor Tudor taking over at Tottenham, Vito Pereira too, |
| 0:53.2 | as he's spoken for the first time as Nottingham Forest Manager. And we'll be looking ahead to Newcastle's Champions League playoff against Carabag. We'll also be joined by a former Liverpool fitness coach to look at why there are so many injuries in the Premier League. And finally, we'll be joined by Blackburn and Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill. |
| 1:15.5 | But joining us throughout this one, Andrew Townsend, Matthew Upsen and James Horncastle. |
| 1:20.0 | And we're going to start with the new Nottingham Forest head coach, Vito Pereira. |
| 1:24.3 | He replaces Sean Deich, who was sacked after the draw against Pereira's former club, |
| 1:25.6 | Wolves, last week. |
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