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00:00So John, a really good run out against Reading today and a 4-0 win.

00:04What do you make of that?

00:05Yeah, I thought that, just said to the lads in there, a really good run out.

00:08And there's, I speak about this every time we speak after pre-season games,

00:12number one, from the fitness aspect, making sure we get through without injury.

00:15Shocks just went down with cramp, and I think that's the consequence of,

00:19and first of all, I think that's the longest Shocks has played in quite a while.

00:22He did play at the back end of the season, but maybe for the whole game he played about 60 minutes,

00:26but matching that off the back in a really heavy week for everyone,

00:31we've really pushed the boys this week, so nothing to worry about there.

00:33I think we've got through injury-free, we've got minutes in the tank for the boys,

00:38which is really good.

00:39The performance was there in large parts, which is the next part of, I think,

00:42what makes a good pre-season game.

00:44And yeah, we've managed to get the result, which is pleasing as well,

00:46just to get in those habits, getting the right habits of trying to score goals

00:49at the right times when we're on top and keeping a clean sheet.

00:53Slightly for shooters, probably because we've got the block in the second half,

00:55but overall, I think, you know, a pretty fair scoreline.

00:59You controlled the game largely as well, didn't you?

01:01Yeah, it was a good game. I mean, Reading pressed us high.

01:03We had to figure out how we were going to get out of that at certain times.

01:07It was certainly, you know, different to some presses and similar to what we expected,

01:13but, you know, definitely something that I thought posed us a lot of issues

01:16and posed us a lot of problems, and it did last week for a good Spurs side

01:20that came here as well.

01:21So, yeah, very, very good game for us, I think, at this stage of the season.

01:25We have tried to sort of, if not in opposition, sort of upgrade the pre-season friendlies this year,

01:30so I think this time last year we played a really good Wickham side and lost,

01:33but it was at the training ground, so coming to the stadium,

01:36first of all, I think for the fans to be able to come here

01:38and just get that different feel, that different atmosphere,

01:41I think it becomes a lot more competitive, and that was really pleasing for us.

01:44I suppose, in the heft of all, that Cameron Lang should score today.

01:47There's been plenty said and written about him this week.

01:49Yeah, you know, one of those that always brings a smile to my face,

01:53but you can see, you know, today that's a player that was, you know,

01:56playing for the sake of it, he's playing because he's been such a good player

02:01in his short time for Portsmouth so far, and, yeah, he definitely played today

02:05as a player that you can tell he's committed to Portsmouth and wants to be here,

02:08and I thought he was excellent in a different position today.

02:10So, really pleasing to see Callum back out on the pitch,

02:13and, yeah, hopefully that puts a bit of an end to all the speculation.

02:16It's obvious you've got to be careful with him regarding his hamstring as well

02:18in the comeback, isn't it?

02:19That's why we brought him off after 45.

02:21It's honestly why he didn't play last week.

02:23I know sometimes the coincidence of everything that pops up online

02:27and then I'm not seeing him in the starting line-up.

02:29I know we'd spoken about the fact he wasn't going to be in the starting line-up.

02:32Colby, we decided to play because he had a knock,

02:35so Callum's been great all week.

02:38He's been at it, and, yeah, really good to play him,

02:41and it was always a planned substitution after 45 minutes from him.

02:43What have you made of the rumours and reports about his future?

02:46I think there's always going to be links, I suppose,

02:49when a player goes and scores 10 goals, and that's a compliment to Callum.

02:54As far as we're concerned, as far as I'm concerned as a head coach,

02:59we know that Callum's going to be here this season.

03:01We know he's not for sale, which is a good part of,

03:03a really positive part of this football club.

03:06There's absolutely no pressure to sell any players,

03:08even if we do receive bids.

03:10I want to say that it's never going to happen in the future with any player,

03:13but, yeah, certainly we're not in a position where we need to even think about

03:16selling a player like Callum.

03:17Was there a bid for him?

03:19I have no idea.

03:19That's honestly nothing that comes to my door.

03:23I just got told I got a call on Saturday morning,

03:25said, ignore all the rumours online.

03:26Absolutely nothing in here.

03:27Callum's your player.

03:28You're not going to have to deal with any of that,

03:29and that is with the beauty of being a head coach,

03:31because I'm just going to concentrate on the call again.

03:33Of course, you brought two players in yesterday as well.

03:36Yeah, really, really positive.

03:37The two players that we're excited to bring in,

03:41two players bringing them in from the continent,

03:43so that's taken a little bit longer than we expected.

03:47Luke's been on the radar for a long time,

03:49and we just wanted to get that position right.

03:51We wanted to make sure we bring in the right six.

03:53We've always wanted to strengthen there.

03:55Mark's been a player that's been put on our radar this summer,

03:57and we think with the both of those,

04:00we've bolstered options in the midfield.

04:01Luke is a six.

04:02Mark is much more of an eight.

04:03We've got them in the building.

04:04They didn't train with us yesterday.

04:06We didn't get all the paperwork through in time,

04:08but they both trained in a smaller group this morning,

04:10and they'll be with their first team on Monday morning.

04:13When would we like to see them in action?

04:15Probably not until Saturday.

04:18So, yeah, it's a difficult one.

04:23Mark's in a good spot.

04:24He's been training with MTK pre-season,

04:28so he's in a good spot physically.

04:30Luke's in a different slot because Varnamo's season's still been going on,

04:33but over the last couple of weeks,

04:35because of the transfer speculation,

04:36he's not been playing,

04:37and he's sort of been training on his own at home,

04:40so that's slightly different.

04:41Mark hasn't.

04:42Mark's just been training and prepping as normal.

04:45So we have to be careful with them,

04:47particularly as when you do bring these players over,

04:50it's not straightforward.

04:51They don't sort of drive down the motorway

04:54and they're going really okay quickly.

04:56They're coming over from Europe.

04:58It's a three-, four-day process, the signing itself.

05:01I think the pair of them have been in England since Wednesday,

05:04haven't trained properly,

05:05so it's going to be Monday before they train properly.

05:06So I think just a bit of patience on both of them.

John Mousinho: post-match Reading reaction, Callum Lang rumours and signings

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