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Do you still have those pre-election, pre-counting hours after all this time, or is that gone by now?
Although I actually think the decision to have the count during the day was the right decision.
I got what could possibly pass as a decent sleep last night, so I think that's been a really good decision.
it was poor and then soon as he came in and he was given with three years and aye okay there was a lot of money thrown at it but I just think there's sections of sport that's a toxicity that didn't exist back then and I just think it's unsettling for
Well, it's disappointing to lose, isn't it?
But I remember in pre-season, if you can relate it to that, sometimes you're quite pleased if you lost your last game before the big kick-off.
But it's not so much about the result, Laura, as about the performance and, more importantly, the fitness, the sharpness of your players, because we're not far away now, are we, from that kick-off.
So he'll be looking at the fitness.
I see he made a lot of changes at half-time, so he wants to give everybody a good run-out.
Yeah, of course you want to win, but...
He's looking ahead to next week and formulating that he wants to start psychologically as well as physically.
So I think that's the main concern for Mikel Arteta, more than the fact that they lost to a championship team.
I mean, if you hadn't had a break, Gary, you'd have been more sure, wouldn't you, of your starting XI, probably from one game to the next.
But given we have had this long pause, does that complicate things in terms of picking who you think's ready?
Yeah, it's looking at those players, Gaz, isn't it?
You touched on it just a moment ago.
All games, almost, it's a level playing field.
I mean, Derby coming to the new den.
Normally, yes, the mid-table, but they're a big club that's been challenging for promotion.