Paul Heckingbottom post-Sheffield United

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00:00I saw you applauding Paul towards the end, was that responding to noise or asking?

00:04I couldn't tell the timing.

00:05Yeah, a bit more, one to more. I felt like I said, the fans have been great for us,

00:09helped us the last ten minutes, but I felt the fans responded to the players today.

00:12You know what I mean? It went a bit quiet 2-0 and the players kept the nerve, brave,

00:17like I said, we want to show that spirit and I felt the players got the fans back engaged

00:22and back into it and yeah, that's what we want here, we need each other.

00:27Did you know if you could have got it to 2-1 that you were right back on?

00:31Yeah, like I said, it was easy. Yeah, it was one of those.

00:35Sometimes things can be really frustrating on the side, you know what I mean?

00:40In terms of the impact you want to have and you could talk forever,

00:43but you know it's not going to have a big impact because everyone will listen to different things.

00:47But it was really obvious today, I felt like I said, we started great and we gave them two goals,

00:53but then it was almost like, oh we're not doing, we were doing great.

00:57We gave them the two goals and then almost started, just went off the cuff,

01:01trying to get the three goals in the next five minutes,

01:03but we played straight into their hands. So yeah, it was pretty obvious today,

01:07we just had to get back to that.

01:09A word for Lindsay, just left in at a difficult moment, not my job.

01:13Yeah, wave your hands on him, can you?

01:21It couldn't get any better for me this could it,

01:23a comeback thing to it and the lights go off in the press conference.

01:26Oh, I thought I could walk out then.

01:29Yeah, Lins.

01:31Sneaky cow.

01:33Yeah, listen, he's been involved in a lot of the games, hasn't he?

01:37And Gibbo's been doing great, you know what I mean?

01:39We've used Lins in the middle, Gibbo on the left,

01:41when the news has not been available.

01:43Matt's had a chat,

01:45Pete's had a chat with him this week,

01:47does he need any more, what does he need?

01:49And that is what it's like when,

01:51you know, him mad Steffi,

01:53it can be really frustrating when they're the ones who's not had as much football.

01:56Adele wasn't playing much, you know, we're using him a bit.

01:59But one thing I say to the players all the time,

02:04we work really hard and I'm massive on it,

02:07treating all the players the same,

02:08they get the same information, the same prep for every game.

02:11Because what I want is when they can go on the pitch,

02:13they know exactly what the job is.

02:15It can't just be an excuse that they've been discarded for a few days and then.

02:18So it puts the pressure back on them to perform

02:21because they've had the same, it's up to them.

02:23And then we can say, you just need to be ready at any point,

02:26you never know, you never know.

02:27And Linz has been, he's got experience,

02:29he's a good professional and yeah,

02:32he knows his role.

02:34How have those lads been

02:35that have maybe not been playing as much as they'd want?

02:37Because they're not 20, 21-year-olds, are they?

02:39No, listen, it's,

02:42they've been fine, training hard,

02:44I get it, I chat with them, it's frustrating,

02:46I've been in that position and it's not nice.

02:48So I think you have to be honest with them,

02:51you know, there's no point fobbing anyone off with it,

02:53you've got to be honest with them.

02:55But there's evidence there, as you can see in the team,

02:58that just be ready, just be ready, just be ready.

03:01If there's a problem with any player, tell them,

03:02if there's not, then they know they're doing fine.

03:05Thierry and Nozmaic carrying anything or,

03:07I think they're two people might have expected to come back in tonight

03:10or did you think people just deserve to get the place?

03:12Yeah, Andy's been doing great, yeah.

03:13Yeah, been doing great.

03:14Millie needs to get, we need him back on the training pitch,

03:16he's been, what is it, five, six weeks now,

03:19he's been all overshot with his injury and then,

03:21away with Montenegro getting flogged again,

03:24then coming back in this training Wednesday.

03:27And I said to him, we just need him back on the training pitch now,

03:31every day and getting back to it.

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