One of the most noticeable aspects of Unai Emery's reign so far has been the progress taken by a number of our players.
But what is the secret to getting the best out of the squad - and each individual?
"I try to encourage the players to be more demanding," Emery explained. "One of the first things we looked at with the players was the idea of training for training’s sake, training to compete and training to win. Those are three different steps and very often players do them subconsciously.
"We needed to suppress the idea of training for training’s sake, boost the focus on training to compete and – most of all – train to win.