'I'm your new Team of the Week host and this is how I'll select my side'

It's a caller season, and I've sewage a caller occupation - it's a large 1 too!

I'm delighted to show you that I americium taking complete from nan fable that is Garth Crooks to prime BBC Sport's Premier League Team of nan Week each weekend, and it is simply a awesome honour to get to capable his shoes.

I've ever had monolithic respect for Garth for his astonishing profession successful nan media aft his playing days ended and, arsenic personification who is pursuing successful his footsteps now, I've ever looked up to him.

I besides really respect his attack because, erstwhile he has an opinion, he is not acrophobic to opportunity it and he is ever capable to backmost it up - yet he ne'er comes crossed arsenic personification who is trying to beryllium arguable conscionable to get likes aliases views connected societal media aliases anyplace else.

Garth genuinely believes successful what he says, and nan aforesaid applies to me, aliases astatine slightest I'd for illustration to deliberation so!

I was fortunate capable to make Garth's Team of nan Week connected a mates of occasions during my Watford days, though it has to beryllium said I was not ever put successful nan position wherever I had played connected nan pitch.

When I helped Watford hit Arsenal successful nan FA Cup quarter-finals successful 2016, he picked me but utilized maine arsenic a holding midfielder alternatively of a striker. That was a caller 1 connected me, to beryllium honest!

I cognize Garth was celebrated for sometimes choosing different formations for illustration that, but I americium going to do things a spot differently. In my team, I committedness players will beryllium successful their correct positions for starters!

Being superior though, it's a existent privilege to proceed nan unthinkable activity Garth has already done pinch this piece. I can't hold to get started and I person already fixed plentifulness of thought to my ain action criteria earlier nan caller Premier League play originates connected Friday.

The first point I'd opportunity I americium going to beryllium looking retired for successful a subordinate is their bravery aliases fearlessness connected nan ball, but I americium besides going to effort to recognise immoderate of nan unsung heroes each week - so, immoderate players who mightiness not beryllium successful nan spotlight aliases person done thing spectacular for their side, but who I deliberation person played a cardinal portion successful a large performance.

At nan aforesaid time, I won't disregard nan evident candidates. If Liverpool spell to Ipswich connected nan opening play and Mohamed Salah scores a hat-trick, past he is decidedly going to beryllium successful my team, don't interest astir that!

What I really want to do though, is judge players who are going for nan aforesaid spots by nan aforesaid standards.

For example, we now benignant of expect Erling Haaland to people each week for Manchester City but conscionable because that has go nan norm for him doesn't mean he will person to do much than immoderate different striker for maine to prime him.

Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins besides group a precocious barroom past play erstwhile he scored 19 Premier League goals, and it was nan aforesaid pinch Brentford's Ivan Toney successful nan run earlier that.

Should they get successful up of Haaland if they people but still do little than him connected a peculiar weekend? No, decidedly not.

Watkins and Toney are 2 of nan players I americium expecting large things from this season, though we don't cognize yet who Toney will beryllium playing for erstwhile nan summertime transportation model closes connected 30 August.

The subordinate I americium looking guardant to seeing most, however, is Chelsea's Cole Palmer. Last play he showed truthful overmuch of that fearlessness connected nan shot that I emotion to see.

Palmer was a spot of a astonishment package aft his move from Manchester City, and I don't deliberation teams were ever group up specifically to extremity him.

It will beryllium different this time, and overmuch harder now everyone knows really bully he is, but he is truthful talented, I still deliberation he will shine.

Palmer had a awesome Euro 2024 and was 1 of nan England players who came retired of nan tourney really well, but I deliberation nan measurement he was utilized successful Germany is an illustration of really I will person to beryllium observant erstwhile I americium picking players who don't commencement games.

All 5 of Palmer’s appearances astatine nan Euros came arsenic a second-half substitute and nan earliest he sewage connected nan transportation was successful nan 66th minute, against Slovakia.

It is not his responsibility he was connected nan chair and anyone who comes connected precocious and has an effect deserves praise, but it is 1 point to make a quality successful a crippled that is drifting and different to predominate it from nan start.

Besides, location is different measurement substitutes mightiness get a mention from maine because, arsenic good arsenic picking players for my squad of nan week, I americium going to beryllium selecting a standout head each clip arsenic well.

Bravery matters present excessively by nan measurement - I americium going to beryllium rewarding bold strategies aliases decisions that make a difference, arsenic good arsenic nan large results.

Troy Deeney was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.