Ruben Selles reacts to Sheffield United defeat at Swansea City

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Ruben Selles reacts to Sheffield United’s defeat at Swansea, speaking to BBC Radio Sheffield.

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00:00Were you disappointed with some of the body language of your players in the second half?

00:03Because at times they look really frustrated and maybe defeated and not necessarily maybe the attitude that you wanted.

00:10Well, I think it's difficult. I think it's difficult to keep that positiveness every single time,

00:16especially now that we are not finding our truly self or what we can do in the season.

00:21So I think we need to fight against that and we need to fight against the negativity in and around

00:25and we need to fight against those moments in the game that they are not going for us.

00:28So I think it's a fight and it's going to be a fight and we need to try to work on it

00:34and to be better in those moments where you feel disappointed.

00:37You clearly talked in the week about getting those reinforcements in.

00:42Does this make it even more important now to try and get something in before the Millwall game?

00:46Well, I think we already spoke about it. I think we talked about the situation and the reinforcement,

00:52but today we didn't lose a point because of that. I'm going to be clear.

00:55Today I think it was an even game and then there were moments that we were not good enough,

00:59especially in the beginning of the second half and then we didn't get the result that we want.

01:02We will continue competing and not making excuses.

01:05Have you been told that you might be able to get something in this week?

01:09Are you confident as a club that you might get something done ahead of next weekend?

01:12Yeah, I think we will get things done during the next coming days and I hope and we are working hard for that.

01:18In terms of yourself, Ruben, it's not been the start that you wanted to this season.

01:23Is it a case of you just backing yourself and things taking a bit of time?

01:29Well, I think, listen, football is football and we are here to win football matches.

01:33That is the nature of the game.

01:35When things are not going in the way that you want it,

01:37the first thing that you need to analyse is yourself.

01:39I'm trying my best and then try to rethink about how we are doing things

01:43and how can we do things better to make this team win football matches.

01:47But I also understand the nature of the game and sometimes, as I say,

01:50there is periods in the season that you don't win those matches.

01:54For us, it's now in the beginning.

01:56With the experience in mind of all the seasons, being in similar situations,

02:01you just need to persist until you get that first victory,

02:03you have that feeling of liberation and then you start to play the game that you want to play.

02:07Your thoughts on your team's performance today?

02:09Well, it's clear not the result that we wanted.

02:11I think the first half was an even first half with the situation on both sides.

02:16It was a game on mistakes.

02:18Then the second half, they started better than us,

02:20break our pressure a couple of times.

02:22And then from our own throwing, we conceded that goal.

02:26And then it was difficult to come back into the game and create those situations.

02:30We were in and around.

02:31But we need to try to be more determined into the final third.

02:35In terms of the goal, it seemed like they wanted it a bit more at the time.

02:39You know, they were piling forward in numbers.

02:40People from midfield were struggling to get back.

02:43Is that disappointing to see?

02:45No, I think the game went in another direction when we lost our structure a little bit,

02:49especially after 10 minutes in the second half.

02:52And they just took their chance, took their moment just to score that goal.

02:57I think sometimes it's difficult, especially because it's not the start of the season that

03:01we wanted.

03:03And it feels like nothing is going in our direction.

03:06But that's why we are here in those moments like that.

03:09We need to just, we know that we need to become better.

03:11We need to do the things even better to try to get results.

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