Scott Parker wants his side to stay focussed, committed and confident in the final five games of the season as the race for Premier League promotion heats up.
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00:00First and foremost, the commitment levels of what we've brought this season
00:04needs to be a given, and I don't question that one bit.
00:07We've proven it over the course of this, and with five games left,
00:11I suspect that'll be exactly the same.
00:13I often speak about the emotional rollercoaster of what end of seasons bring,
00:18and I bring the experiences in as me as a player in that.
00:20Teams that I've been in that have won leagues, teams that I've been in
00:23that have been relegated, and at the final stages of any season,
00:26the emotional rollercoaster is the key.
00:28And I'm very conscious of that, really.
00:31So we're in an unbelievable place, and we've done that through a real consistency
00:35in behaviours and a real consistency in mindset.
00:39You often ask me about what other teams are doing, or you can go X amount of points,
00:44or they can go X amount of points away from you.
00:47I've been very consistent with the team, and I've been very consistent with you.
00:50It's absolutely irrelevant, and we need to stay focused on what we're doing
00:55each game as it comes, with the same commitment, the same confidence,
00:58the same energy and enthusiasm.
01:01We're in a blessed position.
01:03We started out this season wanting to be contending to get automatic promotion,
01:09and the bigger picture was wanting to get promoted.
01:11And we're in a blessed position, like I said, because that's where we're competing now.
01:16It could always be very, very different, and you can see,
01:19and I could reference many, many teams that all wanted that same goal this year
01:23or throughout the seasons of being in the championship.
01:25So we need to take this with huge energy and huge excitement.
01:29We've put ourselves in an incredible position,
01:30and we need to keep driving that, really.