Paul Heckingbottom post-Portsmouth

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00:00with a team force in it.

00:01Good moment for Porty, it seems to really enjoy it.

00:04Yeah, I didn't know he scored for Celebrate, honestly didn't know until Maka told me after,

00:08but yeah, listen, when he came in in January, I said one of the things I said yesterday,

00:13he'll nick a goal or two, he does, he always has done, whether that's been all our time

00:17knowing him in training, he's aggressive in the box, he's got good timing and technique

00:21to score, so yeah, I'm probably surprised it's taken him this long.

00:25Are they the type of goals you like more of, not pretty?

00:28Yeah, because we always talk, rightly so, you guys were always on about forwards and

00:31scoring their records, but our centre-backs have not scored enough goals this season.

00:36Pleased with our attacking intent from set-plays today, the corners of free-kicks were much,

00:40much better, and that always gives the centre-backs in particular a better chance.

00:46Do you think Wightman got his foot on the ball and just kept it because the first half

00:49it was just too improved?

00:51Well, yeah, because they went man, put Colby Bishop on Steffan, it's more or less a man

00:55for man game.

00:58Like I said, we had moments where Keno dropped off a centre-back, became the spare man and

01:04got playing turned out, but there were moments, and like I said, they were really comfortable

01:10and good against the ball, and then once again when they win it back then, I just felt like,

01:15yeah, they had more impact on the first half than we did in terms of their style, so we

01:23needed to change it, and it suits Ben being a six with Steffy, so they both came down

01:27then, Colby Bishop can't do both of them, and when they jump another midfielder, we

01:30had Sam behind them, so that was the idea, and it did work, it did help us, but they

01:35showed what they were all about.

01:36Again, once we scored they came back and take more risks, go for it, so that's why I'm pleased

01:42to come away with a win.

01:43Is the pitch a factor, not to harp on about it?

01:45Yeah, but I've just said to the players, the staff, don't hear anything about it, everyone

01:49has to play on it, everyone has to play on it.

01:50If you go on the pitch thinking it's a problem, you've got to play garbage, haven't you?

01:53Everyone has to play on it, so that's it, and if we lose because we get a bobble, we

01:58lose because we get a bobble, simple.

02:00So, yeah, everyone's got to play on it, it's fair because both teams have it, deal with it.

02:05You'll play it on worse, won't you?

02:06100 per cent, yeah, 100 per cent.

02:07I remember Feetum's had a relayed quarter of it, and it was about that much higher than

02:11the rest of the stadium.

02:12Was that an important one to win today?

02:14I mean, you've not been looking over your shoulder at all, it was important for you

02:16to get ahead of you, and you did well.

02:18Yeah, so we don't want that, 100 per cent, but it's just about the wins, like, back to

02:22the message about between now and the end of the season, wins.

02:25I think that's what's said after the game, I can't remember who was pleased with the

02:28performance, but I've been pleased with so many who have not won enough, and that's what's

02:35important.

02:36Messages from today, how we want to force the issue in games, and if the game ends up

02:44going to and fro, we end up going toe-to-toe with teams, against Ports, by the way, one

02:48of the best teams at that, and still back us when it goes like that, and I enjoy watching

02:51us when it goes like that, so they're the important things to take from the game.

02:57For the break, you have a few days off for a week, how many are you back to?

03:01Everyone's different, so obviously we lose boys who have gone away, so fingers crossed

03:05they come back fit.

03:06We've got boys who will be in, doing their own bit, so a bit more back from injury,

03:12Ben's, Jordan's, people like that, so that's going to be important, and we've got boys

03:18who have played a hell of a lot of minutes, so we need looking after, so everyone's programme

03:22until the weekend looks totally different.

03:25Come Saturday, Sunday, everyone looks the same, apart from the ones who are away.

03:29What are games coming back to, after the break?

03:31Yeah, good, good.

03:33We're all excited about it, just been chatting to some fans in there, all talking about it,

03:38and rightly so, and it's a break from the league, so we will be looking forward to it

03:46definitely, but now it's to put ourselves in the best place for that game, and then

03:50the running, it's about doing the right things this next week before we start the preparation.

03:55Is Storling going to be match ready, do you think, because you're going to miss

03:57Israel, Pots and Porties for Villa?

03:59Yeah, and now Sam.

04:01So it's a lot of different competition now?

04:02No, no, so we'll have, yeah, so we'll have, yeah, Bod is missing, we know that, but we'll

04:10see how he does, listen, he was on the bench today, I would have been confident last ten

04:14minutes if we'd have needed it, do you know what I mean, but no, he's trained great, he's

04:20only had two days, Jordan's all in when he trains, competitive, and he's got good confidence

04:27in his ankle, which is great, so it's a case of us getting him to a point so he can be

04:32involved in the next game, and I'll be confident giving him more than ten minutes.

04:37Cheers.

04:38Cheers.

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