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Do players try harder on TV? Merse thinks so!

Paul Merson went on a brilliant rant about why he reckons Swansea are in with a chance against Leicester on Super Sunday.

The Swans were swept aside by relegation-threatened Newcastle last time so you might have thought Merse would be tipping a routine win for the Premier League leaders.

No, the Soccer Saturday man expects Claudio Ranieri's players to get a stern work-out - just for reasons you might not expect..

"This is not a 3pm Saturday kick-off, this is live on Sky Sports on Super Sunday," Merse said.

"There's no way they're going to be live on TV across the country and the world and lie down. 

"Are you telling me it doesn't make a difference when you're on TV? They'll all have their hair done! It'll all be gelled! It's live!

"We can all say Swansea got slaughtered at Newcastle but they had a great chance to make it 1-1 and if they'd have scored that, I think they would have won. There's not a lot in it, I'm telling you."

Hit the video link to hear Merse rant about style-conscious footballers - to the delight of Jeff and the boys..

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