Craig Burley

So it's not easy, particularly places like Elche, but...

Doesn't look like a terrible run, and they've been able to compensate when De Jong or Pedri have been out this season at times.

Eric Garcia's done a good job, for example, so I would imagine they're going to be OK, but a bit of a shame for Pedri.

Bit of fun now, Stevie, on the old bars.

We know he needs that kind of...

People fluffing him.

You saw it with the Ballon d'Or, didn't you?

Right.

You know, it's like, it's just the way it is.

It's just, it's all a bit silly, but Alex is right.

If he hits the kind of form that we know he can, if he put... And I think...

just as important as that, if the supporters see him grafting more than he has, I think that'll go a long way to maybe appeasing him as well as performance.

If they actually see him going out there and closing the ball down and showing that desire, that'll go a long way as well.

But I don't think he needs... As a player, I don't think you need other players coming out and saying he needs a bit of love and he...

As a player, you know yourself what your situation is and you just have to get on with it, deal with it and sort it out.

As I said before, he's got his way.

He's got what he wanted.

He wanted Alonso out because that relationship was beyond repair.

And now it's up to him to go and show the crowd that he is the man.

And maybe Alonso was holding him back.