00:00Massive shift from Smith to go for nine minutes of all that, 70, but he's kept going.
00:05Yeah, listen, if you saw him manage himself, if you saw him, he's, we're in the gym earlier,
00:10staff like about quarter past seven and he always comes in five to eight on the morning,
00:14he's got his own routine, his own, he's, he's, I said to him before, and this is not a,
00:20I've known him for a long time, he just came to Barnsley on loan when I was a coach at Barnsley,
00:24I've known him for a long time, but it's certainly developed into, we're speaking about him a top pro now,
00:29looking after himself so he can perform like that, he knows the game, but he's also developed into a top player
00:38because he knows how to use what he's got and his attributes are great, so he's a, he's a good,
00:43good addition to the squad, I said that before, and that type of performance, that type of centre forward
00:48is invaluable throughout the season.
00:50Is he just a great example to the younger lad in his squad?
00:54100%, yeah, yeah, what he does is he's got his own programme, it's from start to finish, he knows it,
00:59what he needs during the week, he's made himself very strong, very fit, but also added things to him
01:07which help, help him perform on the pitch as well.
01:10If he's getting a chance to do this, do you think he's going to be a matter of time?
01:13Oh, he'll get, yeah, he'll see that, he'll get, he'll get goals without a doubt, but it's more his shift for the team,
01:18I think, when you're on about, yeah, he's, we would have loved energy to bring on,
01:22especially when you go 2-1 up and you know you're going to get chances on the count,
01:25he'd have loved energy to bring on at the top end of the pitch, but I'm also looking at Smudgy
01:29thinking how well he defends a set place for us, if you saw him come back and rob their deep midfielder
01:33of the ball, you know, with 25 yards from our goal, that's just his know-how
01:37and his knowledge of the game, but then a desire to win.
01:40So, in a way, I don't know if it would have been a good move bringing him off, you know,
01:43if I would have had the bodies on the bench.
01:46Yeah, and that's, that's what we want from him, I've said to you many a time,
01:54I think he scores goals, he scores goals, he scores goals, and to do that, you need to be getting chances
01:59and good strikers aren't bothered about ones they miss, they just want the next one.
02:03Yeah, I think, so, we, we had some real good performances, Kane got our play of the year last year,
02:14you know, playing wing-back, but a totally different player to, to Paul and Kane's attributes
02:19we used in a different way, Paul's got a good understanding of why we identified him,
02:25to go on the outside and deliver crosses, so you look at the number of crosses he got in from wide,
02:29it's a big, big thing having him one side, Santieri the other,
02:33and it's something we didn't really have last year, whoever played wing-back, we didn't really have it,
02:37and going, willing to go on the outside, wins you more set plays, wins you more corners,
02:40and it's just a totally different dynamic, if we want it the other way,
02:45we can play a different one at left wing-back, and we can play Thierry on the right,
02:49or we can play Potsy, who links a little bit more, so, it's just a different dynamic to the 11th.
02:55Did man work so hard for you in the first half?
02:57Yeah.
02:57Did you really like that side?
02:59Yeah, that's what I saw of him last season, when he was on loan in Belgium,
03:05with Cholverson, he's like, right, yeah, because I know what a good footballer he is.
03:08Listen, the biggest thing is quality, you can see that with a goal,
03:11how he looks after the ball and passes the ball, that adds a lot to our group, a lot,
03:16like, I love that, but you can't have that at the expense of work rate,
03:22and you can't have that at the expense of a tactical understanding,
03:25because the best team won today, does that make sense?
03:28We can't bring individuals into our group who are going to make the team weaker.
03:32I never pick the best 11 individuals, I pick what I think is the best team,
03:36so, yes, he's got good quality, you can see his work rate for the team,
03:40great kid, but his tactical understanding means he helps the team as well.
03:44So, just shattered when he came off, you think he needed a bit of freshers?
03:47Yeah, plus looking after him, he's not had a pre-season,
03:49he'd played 45 minutes, less than 45, then 45,
03:55then he came on against QPI, then we got him, what, 60, 55, 60 the other night,
03:59so, like, he's trying to help us win points while he's doing his pre-season, basically.
04:04You said, Murray, it's not the be-all and end-all, I'm sure,
04:06that's going to build an inter-eats, which fans are going to be right for him.
04:10Yeah, we need him.
04:11Listen, I get the questions about, I say it all the time,
04:15God, would I love more 100%, give it, if we could just let, 100%.
04:19But if I'm moaning about it, that's a reason to fail, isn't it?
04:23So, it's not about that.
04:26Yes, we'll push and push and push and we'll try and do as well as we possibly can
04:29in these next 16 days, and we will do,
04:33and what we've done so far is very, very good.
04:35But I want more, we need more,
04:38and, like I said, these last 16 days will have a big bearing on how well we do this season.
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