I train hard every day in the gym and on the pitch to show what I can do on a match day.
There's no noise like the Anfield noise - and I love it!
It's a very strange league, the Championship, because on any given match day, any team can beat any other team.
In England, I think we get about 30,000 for maybe an FA Cup final, and there are lots of kids on the seats, which is nice - don't get me wrong - but it's a calm atmosphere.
I'll definitely play cricket again, but only socially. I've still got a lot of friends at my local team, Green Mount, and I do miss playing, but I don't regret anything.
The first thing I remember was going up to Celtic Park to watch Celtic, feeling the full effect of the stadium. When you see the players on the park for the first time, you get sucked in and it's like a dream.
I have friends who are Gent fans, and I always drive past their stadium when I go to see my grandmother.
Part of my preparation is I go and ask the kit man what colour we're wearing - if it's red top, white shorts, white socks or black socks. Then I lie in bed the night before the game and visualise myself scoring goals or doing well.
It is always disappointing when you miss a match.
Fitness for us on match day is paramount.
The train's always full of football fans going up to see matches. Oh, they make sure I hear their points of view all right. They all want to have their say about their team, and make their opinions known.
I always eat a huge breakfast on match days even though my stomach hates it.
When I played for Arsenal, like once per month, you always had this feeling you had to perform.
In the one-dayers, it boils down to who performs better on the day of the match.
The billions watching and following the Premier League don't tune in to see you in training. They want to know what you can do in a match.
I've always enjoyed playing there. As you drive into Newcastle you see the stadium and you get a buzz. It's a good feeling.
Even before the season starts, the fans look at the dates for the Madrid derbies. They all want to be there; they're big games.
We do about 600 saves in a training week, just for that one save on a match day. That's why you've got to be in the game at all times.
I feel that I can be a regular at Watford.
You'd get ready, wash your jersey, and go out and support your darling team.
My early memories are full of football talk around the house, of Dad standing on the terraces at Ayresome Park, of the occasional precious new pair of boots.
You can't die from going to the stadium to see a soccer match.
