Ruben Selles in his final interview as Sheffield United manager

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Ruben Selles in his final interview as Sheffield United manager, speaking to BBC Radio Sheffield after a 5-0 defeat at Ipswich Town

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00:00Do you think that you will get time in these circumstances if results don't improve?

00:05Well, I think it's not for me to speculate on that.

00:08For me, it's just to take the responsibility for what it is

00:10and then continue working hard until my time will end here, whatever it is that time.

00:16Upon your appointment, did the board say this was a long-term project,

00:19so with that, potentially some room for teething problems,

00:23or do you perhaps accept that it's still that zero-sum results-based industry?

00:28I know the business, I know how it works, and long-term can mean a lot of things,

00:35so I think it is what it is, and for me to answer that question,

00:39I'm here, I've never abandoned the players or the player that I am,

00:42and I work hard until my very last second here.

00:46Do you sort some kind of discussion with the board now to just say,

00:50look, what are your thoughts going forward?

00:54Again, I don't know anything about it,

00:56so as much as I can tell you that I give you the explanations today for this game,

01:01and then whatever is after the game or tomorrow,

01:03I don't have anything planned more than continue training the team.

01:08You made big calls today,

01:11Harmer and Campbell out of the team,

01:13the Player of the Year in the Championship last year

01:14and last season's leading scorer.

01:16What were you thinking behind that?

01:17Well, the way that I was thinking is exactly the team that you saw in the first half,

01:23a team that can defend, that can be aggressive,

01:24and then in the second part of the game we can make the changes

01:26to introduce that more quality or more final third threat.

01:31Unfortunately, we didn't make it happen at the end,

01:34but I think, as I say, the team in the first half

01:36was most likely the team that we want to see.

01:38Given the way this season has started,

01:42do you think that, well,

01:45I'm slightly going over all ground here,

01:46but the expectations at this football club are exceptionally high, aren't they?

01:50That after a winless start to the season as it is,

01:52the idea of getting into the playoffs and above,

01:56it's fanciful at the minute.

01:58Well, I think right now everything is speculation

01:59and everything will be magnified.

02:02I think we need to be focused on what is in front of us.

02:04As I say from the very beginning,

02:05to be Sheffield United manager to play for Sheffield United is a big responsibility

02:08and everyone will aim for the very best

02:11and getting the top of things.

02:13Right now we need to think about only what's next,

02:15what's the next training, what's the next action,

02:17how do we can go, get better,

02:21get our performances better,

02:23get more robust for 90 minutes and try to win the game.

02:25That's it right now.

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