Roy Hodgson isn't too excited with Crystal Palace's FA Cup draw against Brighton and Hove Albion just yet.

Just a week after facing the Seagulls, Palace were drawn against their arch rivals for a date which will take place on Monday, January 8, live on BT Sport.

For the fans, it was exciting. For Hodgson, it's not at the moment, with his full focus on the Premier League and moving up the table.

"It's such a long time ahead, I have to say that," he said.

"How many press conferences will I do before we play Brighton? I think I'll wait until one of the press conferences closer to the time.

"FA Cup draws, they throw games up. It's just us, Liverpool and Everton play each other. These things happen.

"But we take all that philosophically, that's what FA Cup draws are about and we'll start concerning ourselve about it a lot closer to the date.

"I think there around six Premier League matches before we play that one, and there is such importance attached to those six matches that I don't even allow Brighton to come into my thoughts, to be honest."