 Hiya. Hiya. You said you had four days to work with your team before the win against Arsenal for a week now. How have you found the squad this week? What more have you learnt from them? Good. They've been very open, I think, you know, which is important. The honesty through their work on the training pitch has been great and sort of just getting used to us as a staff, as people, not just the training planner now we go about our business, but also just as people, so obviously I think a performance at a win helps and sort of maybe fast-track some of that, but they've been very good. And staff as well, not just the players by the way. And you mentioned, yeah, the mood must be good amongst the players. Could it be a better time to play Liverpool given their results recently? Well, you can't guarantee that. You know, Derby game, big game obviously, no experience for me, but I think we're in, well, certainly on that performance, you know, it's like I said, you know, everyone's on sort of top of the field a bit at the minute, you know, everyone's on what we're doing, the detail, the appreciation of each other is good. As is the staff, the players and the connection. It's a Derby game, so, you know, we know that it's the form somewhat goes out the window, I think we all, you know, it's the old adage, but, you know, the feel of the game can sometimes affect the game. We're really looking for a performance again. You know, against Arsenal, I said last weekend it was fantastic to get a win, but I was really looking for a reaction, you know, a reaction and a performance. And I think we're still laying that down, you know, can we give another performance on the back of a good one last week? We're going to take you back to January 2021. A bit of a coming together with Jurgen Klopp, you've had a couple in the past. Are you ready to renew that rivalry? How are you feeling ahead of Senior Jurgen Klopp? I remember renewing it. It's just, you know, two managers planning against each other's teams, you know, and there was nothing in that. He felt that, you know, my coat wasn't good like John McGill did and he mentioned that as well. I said you weren't the first to get there. So that one cleared that up. But no, we were just... Look, fans, I think fans don't mind that. I think they want to see two managers for their teams, for their clubs, standing up, and then after the game it's gone. For me, it's done. That's it. End of. And that used to be a more regular occurrence in football, maybe not so much now, but it used to be nothing. You know, it meant nothing. And it makes a story. Nothing other than both of us standing up for our relevant situations at that time. You mentioned coats. I know you've been asked about this before as well. Are you really going to ask me a coat question? I'm going to ask you a snood question. Oh, wow. Okay. No, I don't let them wear snoods. Is that the answer you're looking for? And hats as well. No, they're not. Can you explain a little bit more about... Yeah, I can. The rules of the game state you can't wear either. In a, sorry, in a game. In an actual match. Just logic. Okay. Donate Calvert Lewin. Could you give us the latest on him, you know, he went off against Arsenal? How's he doing at the moment? Yeah, we're still monitoring him. He'd be touching goal at best, I think, for the Liverpool game, so we'll just have to monitor him and hope that it settles down sooner rather later. You know, he's had a couple of niggly injuries, which you'd know, getting on top of them, getting his body to adapt, and all them things, you know, for the longer term, obviously. And he put a real shift in, you know. Stats are very good in the last game. And unfortunately, he's just got a niggly hamstring. We've got to get on top of it as quick as we can. Do you think he'll be back inside the Monday? We'll see. I mean, like I say, he's touching goal at best, I would say. You talked about not wanting to bring any of the players into the squad you've got. It's already good enough. Looking for the free transfer from Isco, and you've been asked about him before as well. Any sign of him potentially coming to the club as well? Well, I actually spoke about the idea of looking at the squad, not deciding whether it's good enough or not, just looking at it and working with the squad that we've got as a reminder, if you like. So we're asking very good players here. Players outside of that would monitor their situations as we do, and then we'll make a decision in due course. But at the moment, we're working with the squad that we've got. And finally, big news off the field this week's been about Manchester City. You know, as a manager who's managing, you know, Burnley doing so well during the period where City were winning titles and doing so well. If the allegations that the Premier League have got to them come out to be true, how would you feel about that? There is people in a way more powerful position to deal with this thing than me. It's nothing to do with me. I'm just focusing on having a football club and having a football team. Thank you very much. We'll go to Fraser of Premier League first. Sean, good to see you. You mentioned when you first arrived about wanting to make sure that the players played with pride and passion in the shirt and in the badge. This is the ultimate test of that, I guess, is it? Well, it certainly is a test of it. The ultimate in theory, we're hoping to get to a point when every game's a feel that is right for the performance. But obviously, I know about the history of the game. I haven't witnessed it myself, so I'll be doing shortly, looking forward to that. But yeah, I mean, the city comes together for a massive game, all of that. But at the end of the day, like I said, my key marker has always been performance level. So I'll be really focusing on the planning for that. And kind of parking the noise around it, because you have to, you know, that's our job is to focus on the performance and not kind of get any of the noise effect. I build up and affect our planning. I want to keep the players' minds on the game and our performance. I think that will be key to it because what do you make of what's going on at Liverpool at the moment? A bit of a crisis of confidence going on there? Well, I mean, they've pretty much been on the up for a long time, you know, and it's very difficult to constantly remodel, rethink, re-energize, you know, bring all the details of performances over many, many years, and they've done that very well, obviously. You know, the law, not the law, but the way football works is, you know, it's very difficult to constantly just keep achieving all the time. Maybe they've just done more than spells, you know, and it changes. I don't know yet to be seen. I've been up close and personal with them, but they've still got some very good players. So I certainly won't be overthinking their form because I know what good players they've got. They've, you know, quite, well, a very experienced group in many ways, and the manager certainly is. So, like I say, you know, that has to get parked, really. Having a tough little spell, you know, up and down time, I would say that, you know, that is rare that teams don't have that at some point, you know, over a long tenure like Jürgen Klopp's been there. And in terms of having got that first win against Arsenal last week, given the position that the club had been in beforehand, surely it means that if you've got some belief there that you can go out and beat the top team in the league, then there is that belief there that you'll be able to repeat that without the relegation quite easy. Well, there's plenty of belief in what we do. There's plenty of belief in the players and what they want to do as individuals. You know, I shared last week, we spoke to them about it, some of their feedback, some of the introduction of new ideas. But it's actually taking action, you know, that's the big thing for me. You know, we can all talk and we've all got ideas and you in the media, me as a manager, we can all get it right when we're talking about it. It's taking action, you know, the whistle blows, you've got to take action, you've got to perform. So I've been saying that for years. It's something I've believed in as a player. I didn't, you know, as an individual player, I didn't think that playing well, you know, this week was guaranteed in the next performance. So I think there's a lot of detail going on this week, a lot of planning going on in this week. The players have been very receptive, but they're aware. You know, we've got to go again, and that's going to be constant mentality through the rest of the season. Thanks, Fraser. We'll go to Shamuna, the BBC. Hi, Sean. Hey. In your short time here, have you learnt anything new about the city? We all know about the passion that they have. Is there something you've learnt that you weren't aware of before? To be honest, I haven't had a chance. I've more or less been here constantly, you know, because what you've got to remember, we're trying to cram in a lot of work, and I did reference it last week, so forgive me, but you're trying to cram in, you know, in an ideal world, if you're going during pre-season or whatever, you get five, six weeks, start leaking your ideas in, etc. We're cramming a lot in. So myself and the staff that I've bought, and some of the staff that I've been working tirelessly here with us and staying here late while we're prowling and planning, sorry, and getting the analytics how we'd like it, and the sports science and aligning things, and all that. It takes a long time. So I haven't actually had much time to do anything other than get that done and pop back and see family, and then come back up and get on with it. As the mind of Evan, and what are your feelings on the course struggles that he's sort of pleased that they're doing and they're not doing so well? My feelings are my focus on Everton Football Club. I've been bothered to do focus on Everton Football Club. Make sure that we're right without worrying about anyone else. That is absolutely my focus. Do you have sympathy for Klopp and what he's going through? There's no sympathy in football, it's empathy. As a manager, you have an understanding of others. He certainly doesn't want or need my sympathy. Trust me, someone has experienced him and what he's done in the game. He doesn't need sympathy from anyone. But I think as a manager, you empathize, we understand each other's roles. No matter what level you're at in football, I always say respect for all managers, because it's a very difficult job. No matter what level of football you're at, it's very difficult. So, certainly there's an understanding and a shared feeling. I've been through it myself when things are not always as you wish them to be. But no, he certainly I'm pretty sure he doesn't need my sympathy. And he's a long-serving manager. Do you still expect him to be there next season if their struggles continue? If sorry? If their struggles continue. That's nothing to do with me. Nothing to do with Liverpool Football Club. Nothing to do with me. Thank you very much. Welcome to the games at Radio Merseyside. Hi, Sean. Just on Dominic Calvert-Lewing, you've said about you need to bear in mind the long term. So how do you handle him with that in mind and how confident are you that we can see that the Dominic Calvert-Lewing that was playing so well a year or so ago? Well, I think he's had a fair few ups and downs with injuries. I've spoke to him about it and how we want to correct that or play our part in correcting it because obviously it's not the human body. It reacts to many different things. And trying to align him with the right things that we think are given overall strength, not just the injured areas that he's had, but obviously his whole fitness if you like and his whole fitness and well-being. So I've spoke to him about that. We are hoping this is just a blip at the start point of that journey to get him to where he was, what seems like long ago, what time ago. And I think he's got a nice desire to get back there and he was showing that in the Arsenal performance. He looked sharp, he was being effective and had a couple of chances and showed what a good player he is. So it's just about trying to work in a way that is going to suit him to get almost like... It's a silly sound, but almost like overfit when your body is just so fit, so strong you can go out there and just play with freedom. And I don't think he's quite been there. He's been sort of in desperate to play, come out again, desperate to play, come out again. So we've got to try and find the right lines whilst working with him. It's mid-season, it's not pre-season. So now we're going to work with him as he's progressing and getting stronger but also kind of protecting the best we can. With a lot of players, but mainly him because of the obvious recent history with his injuries. And apart from Dominic, is anyone else likely to be back from the injured contingent? We're okay at the minute. You know, a few knocks and bruises but nothing too major. So we're okay. I think he's the most prominent figure who, like I say, is probably touching go at best, I would say. Michael Keane, too far away. Yeah, he's just been... I spoke to him last week about his getting his true fitness. We had a behind-close doors game in the week which was really valuable for us as a staff and for the players to lock in some minutes. And I think he just needs that in the training. He knows how we've changed obviously from when he was last with us to roughly how we work and the expectation we've got of the players physically. And he's looking to adapt towards that. But he certainly looks sharp the other day and sharper and he knows there's a depth to his fitness that still needs to improve. But he's working hard. Just generally on the Merthyside Derby I appreciate you've not experienced one first-hand before but what have been your impressions on the game from the outside? Well, like a bigger version of all derbies. Derbies across the country. Small clubs, big clubs. I've played in a few myself at smaller clubs, obviously. Burnley vs. Blackburn is a big one. Not as big a volume of fans but a really meaningful game. So I've experienced it. But obviously I'm looking for disc because of the size of it. The city mentality, the two clubs, etc. I grew up through the 70s, 80s, knowing about the game. Knowing about the historical games. 84s, 85s or 86s around that time Liverpool, Everton and all that sort of stuff. And also, I mean, I don't think well, I don't imagine it happens now but finals when the two funds were combined. I was telling my lad about that the other day. I've stayed in full of a combination of supporters sitting next to each other and that kind of feel, even though it meant a lot. They're still shared kind of, I don't know, respect or whatever. Probably changed a bit now I would imagine the way life is. I certainly know and have an awareness of the games between the two but I'm certainly looking forward on behalf of myself, the team and the football club to take on the next challenge which is against them, obviously. Thanks, James, for those Carl. Hi, Sean. Just wondering if Cabello in his absent or when he's absent, how much does the game plan change for you? We adapt to the players that we work with. I think the obvious to Simsie and Neil, you know, their chance of playing if Cowan's not right. We can't be risking too much at this stage with him equally. Got to find that right balance to get him totally fit as I was just suggesting. So, yeah, different ways that the team can operate. It's nirvana for most managers. I'm a manager. I don't look at one player to try and win games. It's got to be a team collective to win games. You defend as a team, you score as a team. That's what I believe. So it's not about one player. He's a good player but it's not about one player. So it's more about the adaptation of the players and a great opportunity. Whoever plays next, don't forget. It's a great opportunity for them. What a game to be stepping into the game. If he's not right, you know, what a game. So, therefore, you go right. Get ready. You know, be ready to take it up. Liverpool look as vulnerable as they have done for a long time. You know, conceding early goals, not being able to come back, conceding set pieces. That's obviously something you'll look to try and exploit. You want to exploit everything in a game of football at any chance that you get. Everything's important in a game of football, no matter who you're playing against. I've certainly been doing a lot of work with players, the players here, sorry, on all that feel. You know, a big saying for me was no disappointments. Whatever happens in the game, it's the reaction. You know, we have to take it on, be proactive in what we do. So, like I say, it's not about one thing that a team might be not getting right. It's about all of it. You know, can we be better than them? Can we play better than them? Can we perform better than them once the whistle blows? I'm big on that, so I spoke to the players not just about the Liverpool game, I mean about the way that we work to try and build that kind of automatic behaviour all the time.