In the first North East football roundup, Daniel Wales discusses Newcastle United and Middlesbrough going through in the League Cup, and asks Michael Carrick about his hopes in the competition, before chatting to Rob Elliot of Gateshead on their FA Cup First Round tie.
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00:00 Newcastle United defeated Manchester United 3-0 at Old Trafford to progress to the quarterfinals of the League Cup
00:07 and Sunderland manager Tony Mowbray hopes his side can impose themselves on Swansea at the weekend.
00:12 And here at Middlesbrough I asked Michael Carrick about progressing in the League Cup
00:17 and how impressed he has been as his side have climbed the table after a tough start to the season.
00:24 At this stage we know the draw, we obviously make plans for that as the draw but our mind doesn't go too far ahead of that.
00:33 It's a long way away and I understand you're asking me about it because the draw is just freshly made.
00:39 But really for us that's further down the line.
00:43 It's an opportunity just because we're still in the competition regardless of who we're playing.
00:47 It's an opportunity. On Tuesday it'll be an opportunity, when it comes around late December.
00:52 But it's equally an opportunity for them. They're in the competition because they deserve it.
00:57 It's not about taking them lightly or expecting anything different.
01:01 I've been impressed with what we expected.
01:05 We have got a good squad and I think the number of injuries and illnesses at times we've suffered and that we're still suffering from
01:13 but we've tested the squad and it has tested us but the boys have come through so far very well.
01:22 Everyone's played their part and everyone's been ready when we've needed them and that's the beauty of having a good squad.
01:27 Moving away from League action, Gateshead of the National League face Yeovil Town away from home in the FA Cup.
01:34 The Titansiders recently saw Mike Williamson depart for pastures new with former Newcastle United goalkeeper Rob Elliott
01:42 taking interim charge of the club. I asked him about his new role and the importance of the Cup.
01:49 It's been good. Obviously very different to what I was doing previously.
01:54 I was still doing a bit of coaching with the lads but obviously a massive step up in terms of the responsibility but it's been good.
02:00 A bit of a funny start with the Chesterfield game being called off, the reaction from the Rochdale game and obviously a disappointing result.
02:09 Overall the performance was good and in terms of dominating the game, 72% possession, we've got to be more clinical in the final third
02:22 and also got to be a bit more resilient in the back in terms of making sure we don't allow teams them opportunities.
02:27 You say all the cliches but it's true the magic of the FA Cup etc.
02:31 We played Chorlton a couple of years ago under the lights and on TV and it's a good platform for the lads and the club to make a statement
02:39 but let's not take anything away from Yeovil. They're a massive club, I think they've won 10 games in a row.
02:45 They're on a fantastic run, top of the conference south. Going into a big atmosphere, I think they had 6-7,000 fans at the last game.
02:55 It's going to be a huge test for us and I think it's probably the perfect test after Saturday.
02:59 A busy weekend of football to come in the north east which we'll review next week.