 A good place to start, Rob, if we may, is an update on the squad, on the injury front and how the players are this week. OK, we had a lot of international players, 17-18, back today in training. Most of them really good, some with some little knocks out of the games what they played. Still the same players out of available for the weekend. Like Coleman, of course, he's doing well. Funus Mori, Barkley, Lennon is not fit. Of course Borlasi is a long-term injury. McCarthy is doing full of training, but it's too short to bring him. He will do some more training sessions. He will get game time next Tuesday in the under-23s, and then I think he's really back for the first team. Roy Keane was the latest, wasn't he, to have his say on James McCarthy, and I know he went away with the Island Squad. How is his fitness, and did you have conversations with the Island Squad before he went away about how he might or may not be involved? First of all, I don't know what Keane said about the situation. I'm not interested in his comments. The player had a long time, several problems physically, and we tried to resolve that problem. He's now back the first time they did a good thing, not to use the player in the state of fitness, what the player is. We like to bring him back. He's an important player for us, but we don't take risks. That's good for him, that's good for us, and let's hope that he will be totally fit and available for next weekend. How about the other players that returned? I'm thinking perhaps the likes of Guilfe Sigurdsson, who had very good international breaks. Do they bring back with them a sense of confidence which has been lacking? Sometimes it's a fresh up for players, maybe not for everybody, but it's all depending on the first team. But sometimes an international break is for everybody good. And of course, players like Guilfe are qualifying for the world champions. That gives always a good boost to the player, and that's important that they come back with a lot of positives. But we have also players with some negatives not qualifying for the world champions, and that's a different situation. On that note, I'll ask you if I can about Holland. What is your take on the state of Dutch football? I'll be lost quality. We lost quality in the competition in Holland. We lost quality. We don't have really the top European top players anymore. Robin was maybe the last and he's topping now for the national team. But yes, we have some really good talent players, but the whole competition in Holland, young players, they go too fast abroad. And we need to change. We had a great time with a lot of big, good players, and we dropped quality. We dropped quality and countries like Belgium and of course Germany, they changed it around it and we need to react. But we will come back because we bring always good football players. Perhaps unsurprisingly, your name has been linked with the job. Is it a job you fancy? No, but I'm not surprised that they put my name in because they did the same some years ago and I'm not surprised. But I'm Everton manager and that's the most important and nothing else. One day perhaps though in the future? No, but in the future it's not realistic now because we have other business to do as Everton. And we need to win and we need to change our situation on the table and that starts this Sunday and that's the priority for me for the long term. How was the international break for you? You had some players here around and obviously as you say 17 or 18 came back today. Was it a good thing for you to have a break from the rigors of the Premier League and Europe? No, first of all you like to have everybody available but I think one reason is why we struggle is that we don't have really training sessions. And that starts already in the pre-season. We did not have a normal pre-season. We had to play really fast, really competition to qualify for Europe. And the schedule is so tough that you don't have really time to train and to improve and we don't have one new player. We have eight or nine new players and that takes time. That takes time and for that I'm happy that we play on Sunday that at least today we had a normal training session and with a lot of attention and focus for the game of Sunday. Is there extra pressure on Sunday's match, the trip to Brighton, given the disappointing start to the season? Not for me. I think the pressure is always there in football because you like to win and you put yourself under pressure to win the game and everything what is mentioned by press or what is outside is outside of my hands. What I can't stop and I can't do about that. And the games are redenteless aren't they? I saw Guilfe Sigurdsson had described that next three as being potentially pivotal to your season with Lyon in the Europa League, Arsenal, Chelsea. They come thick and fast don't they? How challenging is that run going to be? It's not about what is coming after Sunday. The most important and the focus is on Sunday and after that we know we need to play Lyon at home. Every Premier League game is a tough one. It's not the name of the opponent. How concerned are you about the defence? My maths suggest you've leaked 18 goals in Premier League and Europa League. How big a concern? Not more than it was because I know the games that we played then you can concede that number of goals. I think it's more a question to answer this question half way the season because we played against four title contenders and then you can concede goals. How do you lift the mood because I imagine the mood can't be that good after the start and the home defeat by Burnley. Have you got a difficult management job at the moment? No of course it's difficult because everybody expects different results, different positions on the table. We did not have time and I did not see my players from Burnley after the game until some came in Wednesday but others came in today. That's all about in a short period to get everybody on one line and focus for the game of Sunday and of course in terms of confidence we find it difficult. In the Burnley game we start really well and one shot on target it's 1-0 down and it's a different feeling in the stadium and by the players and that makes it even more difficult. But we know that and we can turn around it because the players are working so hard they deserved different results. Do you just have the confidence that even if it's a goal that goes in of somebody's backside you just need something to kick start? Yeah of course you need a little bit luck. You need to score the goal out the first chances that will create. If you play against 10 in the Cyprus team you get a corner kick or you get a free kick against it's not the numbers of players they can score out of that and that is what we need to change. And the fastest way to change that situation is do your job every day and be a professional and work hard and a feeling of belief together. Can I just finally ask what you expect from Brighton newly promoted. I'm sure they'll be up for this game. They are really tough. I think they are doing really well. We analyse them. They have two wins out of the last two home games. Against Newcastle and against West Brom and it's a tough place to come and what I mentioned before it's not about the name of the opponent because everybody is a strong and can play good football. Ronald after the Burnley game Fahad Mishiri came out and said that the Burnley defeat was the only unexpected loss so far this season. Given what you said about how tough the schedule has been would you agree with that? First of all Burnley won away against Chelsea. Burnley had a draw away against Tottenham and Burnley had a draw against Liverpool away. That's I think more clear than every answer.