Scott Parker outlines what he wants to see from his team in the final five games of the season

Burnley Express

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.

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