00:00What will it do for them getting over the line in that environment, because it can be a bit of a bad bit displaced, aren't it?
00:05Yeah, I don't know if like, I spoke last thing about an acceptance in certain situations at Preston,
00:12you know, about time of season, expectations, and looking back at the games through the summer
00:20and thinking about approaching things and yeah, it's almost like, well I felt, and the challenge is totally different now,
00:27ticking, we can't afford to tick games off, you know, because there might be an expectation that you don't get beat,
00:32that you get beat, or it's a tough game, or, so it's another thing I want to change,
00:36and I'm really pleased with the approach of everyone this week, today, and I've said many times, why can't we?
00:44We went away to Burnham last year and with a better team, went away to Sunderland and a better team,
00:48so it's almost that approach of, yeah, we'll probably rip off in those games, but you go with the ferociousness,
00:53you know, you're competing, you take that tenacity and quality into no disrespect,
00:58but teams who aren't top two, it's just a different mentality approach, and if you want to achieve,
01:04we've got to, we've got to approach every game like that, and as tough as it sounds,
01:09when you've won two games a week, and it is emotionally and mentally draining, but that's what the squad's for,
01:15and then it's up to me to try and keep people on edge, if you like, and keep that drive.
01:19You know, you said pre-match, I think we'll learn a lot after this game.
01:24Yeah, well that, that's why I was, without, I would have said I could talk all day about it,
01:28I didn't want to say too much about what I was thinking, and what I was judging, and what I was
01:34trying to change, so yeah, I've learned a lot, and the boys should, like I said, it's, it's heart mental,
01:43you know what I mean, it's just, but we cannot let a game pass us by, like, we just can't,
01:48you can't, what's the point, you can't let a game pass us by, and that's the message.
01:51That added a cutting edge with Devine and Dobbin, compared to the trip here last year,
01:55it was like choking cheese, did you think?
01:57Yeah, we were suffering last year, weren't we, we were suffering,
02:01with availability last year, but we've added them for that reason,
02:05and look at the two goals, Lewis has scored already, fantastic, look at the two half,
02:09they've scored fantastic, and we lost Emile, who was consistently a double-digit goal scorer in this league,
02:16and we've added a great experience, different quality, on the wings, that's 1v1 moments,
02:24getting crosses, and we've just tried to change the dynamics slightly all over the pitch, but
02:30certainly game changes in those central areas are tough to find, and yeah, like I said, we had to be
02:37really patient, we had to work hard in a window, and I go back to, they were just desperate to come here,
02:41they wanted to come here, and that's why they're putting a shift in like that as well.
02:44Is it about as pleasing a start, you could have asked for it, beating Leicester Richards at home,
02:48you've come here and won?
02:48Yeah, no it is, it is, it is, you always want more, but I'm looking at performances,
02:54and the approach of people, and how people are settling, and what are they giving, and yeah,
03:00I'm enjoying it, but yeah, we'll see, we'll see.
03:03Your subs did, I think Andy mentioned them, but they all played their part, didn't they?
03:07Yeah, good, important, like I said, I know Harrison's chomping at the bit, I brought him in,
03:12because I do think he improves the group, and he was hungry to get on here today, you know,
03:17he'll be disappointed we weren't starting, but he's got real good energy, and maturity about him,
03:21which is beyond his years. Lindsay, we all know, you just saw his first header as soon as he went on,
03:26and how he cleared the box, and when you're playing against that sort of dynamic, which Derby put on,
03:32that was a big help, the athleticism of Andy, we were going to use, he was cramping, he stayed on,
03:38because Gibbo had that neck problem, so yeah, we, it was good, top end of the pitch, we knew Millie
03:44had not been training, first sub was Jebo, just simply for legs, when Alfie was still there, and
03:49those situations, you think you put Smudge on all day long, but we needed someone to keep being that
03:57threat in behind, catching them 1v1, and then, yeah, when you bring Smudge on, it's a safe pair of hands,
04:02really both defending and attacking.
04:04Yeah, who's Armstrong's biggest competition to get in the team, do you think?
04:07All the midfielders, yeah, he could play anywhere, if we played two in there, he could play as a two,
04:12could play any of the outside ones, if we played three, he played six, he obviously played very deep
04:17here, for Derby last year, I think there's more to him than that, he wants to be more than that,
04:23and you can see how much distance he covers, he's very, he's got Premier League athleticism,
04:26so we'll try and use that.
04:28Yeah, you've won the games, it doesn't really matter, but you were stunned that they won the second yellow card,
04:32weren't you?
04:32Oh god, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, right in front, yeah, listen, they're the frustrations, it's like, it's not,
04:42it's not affected the game, thankfully, do you know what I mean, you don't want anyone sent off,
04:45you just don't, but, like, how can the, it's just baffling when you just don't get the consistency,
04:52something as blatant as that, all right?
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