00:00It's too early to know, but I don't have any doubt that Thomas would do an incredible job
00:09in a big big club like I have done in Brentford. No doubts. He's a top-class manager in different
00:16scenarios and different alternatives, how they can play. I saw it, we saw it when he
00:25was in Brentford.
00:26I think the main thing is that we need to go there and be brave. We need to have enough
00:31spells on the ball where we can control phase one and two. I think it would be a big, big
00:37area. Except from last year, I think four or five years before that, they were probably
00:43the best team in the world. And there's no doubt that they want to bounce back. They've
00:48definitely been active in the transfer window. If I know Pev well enough, he'll do everything
00:52he can to have demands, but also to push the players and want to bounce back and they'll
00:59come flying out.
01:00I don't think they need anything to add for them being intense if they play at St. James'
01:07Park. So apart from the intensity, it's a very good team. They have also a team that can make
01:16it a fight, if you want to call it like this. They have players for this, but they also have
01:19players that are so comfortable in the ball. So one of the best teams in the league and one
01:23of the most difficult away games that you can have in a season, especially, as you say
01:29it here, under the lights.
01:30I'm very impressed and watching them what they've done in preseason, what they did on
01:34Monday, what they did last year for sure as well in the manner that they did it as well.
01:39Big compliments to the way they play, to the coach. And yeah, I'm sure they're going to
01:45put a really difficult match against us tomorrow. We are showing the ambition that we want to
01:50do, that we are here to win major trophies, to keep evolving and improving every single
01:55year and that's going to come with demands and those demands are clear. It's our competitors
02:00what we're doing, where the league is going and we're going to be in front, not just chasing
02:05or acting or behind. We just want to be in front of it and every decision that we make
02:09in every area of the club is to try to achieve that.
02:12It's always hard to play against Fulham. They have a clear identity. Marco Silva is really
02:18experienced, he's really smart, he can change several things, cover several spaces and you
02:24can see game by game he tried to do that. They are really comfortable because they have the
02:30experience, they understand the league is long, so they will feel confident and relaxed for
02:37the game. So it's going to be a tough match. But if you look at the schedule, I look at the schedule
02:43and every game is really hard to play, so it's going to be a tough match.
02:49It's a very progressive football club who have continued to improve year on year. They buy
02:56and sell extremely well. Their model is very good for what their club needs and more importantly,
03:06they've got a really good football team and they have at the moment. So it will be a tough
03:09game, good football inside. I don't think MD gets an easy game against Brighton and we don't expect that
03:15this week. Tough game again. All the Premier League games, they are tough, they are difficult.
03:23If you remember the game at home last year was a difficult game for us. They defended very well.
03:30Tomorrow I expect exactly the same. And again, the Premier League just started, so you can see that
03:36they are trying to find some solutions in the same way we are doing.
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