But to be fair, Arsenal are a quality side. They're not where they are by chance - they are not top of the league and unbeaten because they are a bad team.

There's so many kids out there and it's such a cut-throat world. I've seen a lot of my mates, you know, who are better players than me at a certain age, and they're not in football now.

I come from a football family which has really helped.

I think as far as kids go, you just have to work hard. Work on your skills, keep focused.

There is such a belief in the squad that we could really do something.

I think every player enjoys praise and I have to work extremely hard on the training ground to bring my game together.

I have a lot of good football talk with cabbies, but when you want to get somewhere in a hurry, it can be distracting. I always know they're going to want to talk football if 'Talksport' is on the radio.