Alex Scott: How to make it as a pundit

Jo Currie: A lot of people want to get into this job, because it’s an awful lot of fun.

Alex Scott: Be your authentic self. Don’t try and change because you think a certain person sitting on TV does it that way. It’s all about your own individual personality and that’s who you are, and who you represent, so stay true to that.

*Jo Currie: It’s fab. It’s an awful lot of fun. I would just say, work hard, work out your best route into how to get into sports journalism and don’t give up, because it’s not always easy, but when you get here, when you get to come and do things like this, it is so worth the hard work.

Gemma Fay: It’s really down to your kind of knowledge and your prep work that you do around the teams that are involved, around the players, knowledge of the tactics and the systems.

Alex Scott: Competitiveness, I would say. Making sure that when I’m in an environment, I know I have to be the best that I can be. Not that I’m trying to compete against anyone that I’m with, but I would never turn up to a World Cup not prepared or not knowing about my opponents. I wouldn’t turn up to a World Cup not being at my peak in fitness. So it’s the same! I sit in a studio and I made sure that I know everyone that’s playing, who I am analysing and even their back story. So just make sure that you’re well prepared.

Gemma Fay: Discipline. How to… a skill which I think that’s really important is how to have a conversation, listen, analyse information, give feedback, be able to take that feedback and then apply that in real life situations.

Sue Smith: I think being diligent, you know with your preparation, so making sure you’ve done everything you possibly can to do the best possible job you can.

I think, the first thing is, you know, is have fun. You know, I think that’s so important, to do things with a smile on your face. Do things that you enjoy and I think that the thing for me is always take yourself out of your comfort zone.

Gemma Fay: Enjoy it and surround yourself by people who will be honest with you and help you on that journey.

Alex Scott: I think that advice I would give, would be to find a balance a lot earlier on, to remember that when you do win and when you do pick up trophies, remember to live in that moment and enjoy it more.

Jo Currie: I guess the main thing would be is, don’t give up, because along the way, it hasn’t always been easy to get into this industry. As I say, there is so many people that want to come and do it. And why wouldn’t you? But, um. Yeah, keep, keep focused. It’s all about getting people to like you along the way. The number of cups of tea I’ve made to get to this point, well worth it in the end, but it’s a great industry, so if you want to get into it, go for it.