Hello and welcome to latest episode of the Two Robbins Podcast, your destination for

in-depth discussion analysis of every Premier League match week at the Champions League

and the Europa League. I'm Robbie Mustau, he's Robbie Earl. I mean, recently had the chance

to sit down with two big names from two different clubs who have been two of the biggest

success stories of this season. That's right, Mr. Mustau. We're the chance to sit with

former teammate of yours at Sheffield Wednesday, now manager Aston Villa and Dean Smith.

And the two of us got the chance to interview West Ham midfield player Declan Leis. Let's listen

into that interview now. Declan, thanks so much for joining us. We're so excited to have

a little chat. We're a couple of former central midfield players from back in the 90s. It's been

so great. Yeah, you probably don't remember us. I'm not sure you were born when we were playing

in the league. Anyway, it's so great to see how you've played this season Declan. How the

team is doing? How would you assess the season so far for the club? It's been a massive step-up

compared to last season where we was fighting relegation at this time. We was coming into training,

worrying about our results, worrying about our results, how we played on the weekend.

And a year on, it's a complete turnaround. There's now confidence that we can push into

Europe, whether that's Champions League or Europa League. We've got full belief as a squad,

you know, as a manager that we've got the quality now with 10 games to go that we can go on and

achieve something special for this club. You finished just above the relegation

place last year, Declan, when you talked about this year, was that something as a dressing

new me talked about with the lads? Was it something you said? You know, we've got to be at least

mid-table. Was there any kind of any targets? Yeah, definitely. I think, you know, as players,

we knew last year, I think, you know, as a player that, when you're on the pitch and you're not

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