Paul Heckingbottom pre-Stoke City

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00:00What impact has their new manager had? Because he's just the next one trying to take a stoke on it.

00:04He's been a tough job, hasn't he? But has he had a positive?

00:06Yeah, so I think we've seen now how he wants to play.

00:10That's the youthfulness of the team.

00:13I know that they did sign a lot of young players,

00:17but you've seen that youthfulness, I think, reflected in their style now.

00:23At times, there might be naivety, but there's certainly a lot of energy and

00:27willingness to run forwards and try and create chances.

00:32So, yeah,

00:34he'd probably say he wants everyone back fit and he wants a full squad to pick from,

00:38but I don't think he'd go too far away from what he's picking at the minute.

00:42Results would probably suggest that as well.

00:44Is Tom Cannon one of those?

00:45Obviously, Preston's known well.

00:46You can't really give him too many chances because he's very clinical in the box, isn't he?

00:49Yeah, he's sort of,

00:52yeah, certainly in the last few games,

00:55being a threat, I think his strengths are he's clever and runs behind.

01:00And as you say, in and around the box, he's looking to shoot off both feet.

01:03So, yeah, he's someone who

01:06I think is turning his time at Preston, turned him to

01:11a sought-after centre-forward, but

01:13the reason being an effective centre-forward at this level.