Paul Heckingbottom on Sheffield Wednesday

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00:00No, Barry Bannon, what impact will that have, do you think?

00:02Is a lot of that play tailored around him or not?

00:04I know it used to be a few seasons ago.

00:06Yes, it is, it turns on the ball a foot.

00:08But I think, Barry, when you watch him play, he's fully invested in the game.

00:13So I think we miss him as a captain probably as much as if not more than as a player.

00:17But there'll be players who play in his position and jump in it a bit,

00:21waiting to get this opportunity.

00:23So, one thing you do get when someone like that's missing,

00:27you get someone coming in who's really, really hungry,

00:29because it's not normally them.

00:32Them chances don't come about when you've got your captain

00:34who's one of your best players playing in the team.

00:36So, whoever comes in will be wanting to show what they can do.

00:39Danny Rowe team, what are the traits in one of those?

00:42He's obviously come in for quite a lot of praise, hasn't he, over the last year or so?

00:44I think it's a Wednesday team, very athletic.

00:48They'll look to play a lot of forward passers early,

00:50crosses in the box and runs in the box, particularly early on and at home.

00:54Definitely.

00:56If we get on top or we're controlling parts of the game,

00:59they're not scared to change how they look to build or how they look to press

01:03in terms of their shape, formation, to disrupt or get a better foothold in the game.

01:09So, again, flip it back to us.

01:14It's about us being prepared and knowing what our role is in and out of possession,

01:18regardless of what they're adapting to on the side, the changes they make.

01:22And if we can show, as we have done in 90% of the games,

01:26that when we do that, we've been the best team on our pitch,

01:30then it gives us a better chance of winning the game.

01:32What will it be like going back to Hillsborough for you?

01:34I'm sure you'll say it's not about you, but have you had a taste of your reception?

01:38Oh, yeah, I've been back a couple of times, yeah.

01:41I took the Barnsley team there and things.

01:42So, yeah, it may be different now, being at United and left there.

01:47But, yeah, listen, I've still got friends there who were there anyway.

01:51And where I'm from, there's still a lot of Wednesday fans knocking about.

01:55Next door neighbour's one of them.

01:57So, yeah.