In the third and final part of our exclusive series on the Premier League leap facing Albion, Andy Naylor quizzes Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe (below).

The Argus: He steered the Seagulls' south coast rivals to survival in their first season after promotion by five points and two places, and has just secured safety again.

Can you put into words how big the jump is from the Championship to the Premier League?

"Oh God! It's a huge jump. When we got promotion, what seems like a lifetime ago now, there is the euphoria of actually doing it.

"Then, when you are in my position, you start worrying about the next year, because all that euphoria gets lost very quickly.

"You can do it. Nothing changes from the Championship. You need a good team, you need a good spirit.

"You need to accept you will not win as many games, then your recovery from those setbacks is really important.

"Most importantly I would say, from any club's perspective, you need the fans to understand the team's position."

You will have prepared as well as you could but was there anything in particular that surprised you once you got there?

"I don't think anything surprised me, because we were expecting difficult moments and difficult times - and they certainly came.

"I can't think of anything that really shook us. I think it's the media coverage and how everything changes in that respect which is probably the biggest change from the Championship.

"The exposure the club gets, the pressure on the players. They are the biggest swings."

What about for you as the manager? Tactically, what you are coming up against, better teams?

"It's a very gradual process to evolve and change but if we looked at ourselves now and what we do compared to when we were in the Championship, I think it's vastly different.

"Our work with the players, how we set up, is vastly different. If you'd asked me back then I'd have felt that we didn't need to change too much.

"That's the process you go through to try to improve and try to compete with the teams of the calibre you are playing against, so there has been a big change."

At Brighton - even within the management team and certainly supporters - they will probably be looking at certain players and thinking 'I'm not sure he will be good enough for the Premier League'. Can players surprise you, can they adapt better than you might expect them to?

"Yes, absolutely. I'm a firm believer that a lot of players just need that opportunity to show that they can.

"I think if you just look at the numbers of our players who played in the Championship and who have now played in the Premier League and are doing well in the Premier League, there's a big percentage of our squad that have remained with us."

Are there any aspects that are easier? You might get a bit more time on the ball than you do in the Championship.

"I could never say it's easier. I would say the challenges are different. To say it's easier would be wrong for my players, who have done so well for me.

"Certain aspects may potentially be easier but overall it's a much more difficult challenge."

Is it mentally much harder?

"Mentally I think it has a huge impact, for the manager, the players, for the supporters.

"Everything is magnified to a greater degree, so mentally you need strong players and strong personalities."

Chris (Hughton) has said the players are going to have to get used to losing after two seasons at the top, winning lots of games. What about that kind of mindset, that you have got to accept you are going to lose games and box that away and come back from it?

"I think it's very difficult, because you don't ever want to condition people to accept losing. I can never accept losing as the leader of the team.

"The only thing you need to do is that, when you do lose, make sure you don't have knee-jerk reactions to those defeats.

The Argus: "You need to be very level-headed and understand the situation, prepare to come back stronger the next week."

You've survived again in you second season. That phrase 'second season syndrome', has it been harder than the first?

"It's very easy to forget your troubles historically, very easy to say the second season is more difficult, because you don't quite remember how difficult it was in the first year but I would say, overall, it has been more difficult.

"Teams know you better, they prepare for you better, the supporters' expectations have totally changed.

"The first year it was all a novelty and they were just happy to be there. The second year it's we must win games and stay there.

"Those challenges make it more difficult."

Three south coast clubs are going to be in the Premier League. Is that a good thing or do more derbies make it a bit more awkward?

"I personally think it's a great thing for us, for the League.

"I'm delighted to see Brighton do so well. They are going to be great games.

"We've always had great games in the Championship, so it will be great experiences to go through."

How would you rate Brighton's chances of emulating yourselves?

"I think they will do really well, because I think they've got a really good team, they've got a really good spirit and I think, most importantly, they've got a great manager.

"He deserves all the credit, with the players of course, for the rise that they've had.

"His experience as well - he has been in football a long time - I think will stand them in good stead."