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27th March 2017
02:55pm BST

"A big thing for Koeman is he's got to change the mentality of the club, the players and even the supporters, in terms of derby games... I think Everton go into the derby game expecting to lose - I think the players do. There's that feeling: 'Oh we can't beat Liverpool because the referee will give them something...', there's that negative mentality. "Just a little thing. When you shake hands before the game, I'd be like a lunatic, steam coming out of my ears, wanting to [international sign for get stuck in], and the [Everton] players would be saying hello and 'Hiya Carra!' I'd be thinking, the game's kicking off in a minute, why are you even saying my name? Why are you even speaking to me? "I wasn't saying 'Alright Ossie' or 'Alright Hibbo' or 'Alright Leighton', I was like... I already thought we had the advantage. It's like a boxer coming out and wanting to shake hands with the other boxer, and it's like 'No! I wanna punch ya!" "I never felt that they were as aggressive or as nasty as us - in the nicest possible way - about winning those games. I always felt we had the advantage mentally and physically... I always felt that was strange."As the shocked GOT interviewer quite rightly responds, that has got to change. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-BMvx5tBnM
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