Jamie Redknapp

Let's hope he stays injury-free.

And in terms of getting him into the team, is that a dilemma?

Because obviously if you go with Joe Linton and Andy Carroll up front with two, that maybe leaves you a little bit short in midfield.

Well, I thought today we went up and after them far, far too quickly.

We left ourselves a bit wide open.

To be fair to them, we knew that they were going to come and have good possession.

The base at all in the last third in particular, and in the first half in particular, we found it very, very difficult.

We were too open.

and it wasn't until half-time that we got a few things sorted to obviously play a little bit better.

I've got to ask you, Steve, if you were to keep this team up this year, would that probably be your biggest achievement in your management career?

Listen, with all the negativity and all the rest of it, the one thing, the players have been terrific.

And we mustn't forget, you know, we were in the Championship a couple of years ago.

And they're a nucleus and they're still here.

And they've been terrific for the club.

So, you know, there's big expectations always at a great club like this.

But, you know...

Best achievement, I'm not so sure, Jamie, but I'm enjoying it immensely.

It's going to be, I knew it was going to be a tough, tough start.

We've got Leicester, then we've got Chelsea, and then we've got Man U. We've got the top six and the first nine, but we've got to keep plugging away with it, and I'm convinced that we'll be in the Premier League next year.

I mean, listen, you know, we've had a couple of draws and we're disappointed with it, but we've ticked along and we need to find, which most teams in the bottom half of the division is, how do you create and score a goal and maybe keep yourself defensively sound?