00:00Don Thielen Pennant, I mean, he was amazing when he came on, wasn't he, and with the goal as well.
00:04Yeah, and sometimes, you know, everyone wants to play.
00:05I've been there myself, where you want to play and that, and then you look at the subs and that,
00:07and then when you come on, you have to make an impact, and he's definitely done that.
00:11And to be totally honest, because obviously we had one training session,
00:14and the day before the game, really, it's just like a little bit of tactical.
00:17You can't really do much on the grass, but what I've seen in that short space of time,
00:21yeah, he's someone that excites me.
00:22Did he show you much in that first training session to kind of make you think on the bench
00:25and bring him on when we need to tackle you around?
00:27Yeah, but I'm looking at everyone sometimes.
00:28When you become a manager or a coach, and you're sort of trying to look at everyone,
00:35but training, you can't replicate the game.
00:37The game's completely different.
00:38It's a fantastic finish, wasn't it?
00:40Do you know what I mean?
00:41So I'm happy for him, and hopefully going forward, he can gain confidence from this,
00:46and he can help the team from nothing in the season.
00:48I know his uncle, Jermaine Pennant, will definitely be on talk for explaining it.
00:51Yeah, of course. I mean, I played with Jermaine Pennant.
00:53Did he remind you slightly a little bit of him?
00:55Yeah, I played like him.
00:55Is that actually better?
00:56Yeah, sure. Pennant was, yeah, he was a special killer.
00:59He played for what's counted when he was 15.
01:00Yeah, and then Arsenal had actually been against, was it Southampton?
01:03It was.
01:03Yeah, and if you speak to Pennant, he'd probably say to you,
01:06yeah, I could have done a lot more and played for Liverpool, big clubs, Arsenal.
01:10So, yeah, I mean, if it's obviously in the family, in the blood,
01:13but if it can become, well, Pennant did, it's probably up there, happy days.
01:17And just one more on the game.
01:18It felt like you had absolutely everything in your first game.
01:21You were 1-0 up, then it was 3-1 down, and then it was 3-3,
01:25and then at the end, the Cody's got a chance.
01:26Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:27We just had everything, didn't we?
01:27Yeah, and we could have nicked it towards the end.
01:29A little bit more time, probably would have done.
01:30But that's what happens sometimes,
01:33but you can't leave the game too early.
01:35You know, you can't leave it.
01:37You've got to sort of stay in the game and try and get that second goal.
01:39You don't want to sit back and that, you know,
01:40can you get the second one, can you get the third?
01:42We want to have that sort of mentality.
01:44Of course, focus on ourselves.
01:46That was a game.
01:47Game, obviously, for the neutral and that, but, yeah,
01:50time's stressful here, but listen, it's a point.
01:52We ain't lost, and on to the next one.
01:54What was it with the thought?
01:57Was it excitement, nerves?
01:58Yeah, a bit of both.
01:59I think it was different,
02:00because I think when I was a player,
02:03a little bit anxious.
02:04Obviously, experience helps.
02:05A little bit anxious and that, but, yeah,
02:07you can sort of like control it, you know.
02:09You think about what can I do?
02:11Can I bring my best to help the team?
02:13But obviously, as a manager,
02:15you're sort of like controlling everything.
02:17I think there's a level of focus.
02:18I think you have to be focused
02:19because I don't want to miss anything.
02:20So I'm watching the game,
02:22trying to see the things that we've done well,
02:24things that we can improve on.
02:27But listen, it's the first one,
02:28and hopefully, you know,
02:29I'm going to have a long career in management.
02:32You know, my staff have been fantastic today.
02:34They helped me,
02:34because I'm going to need help as well.
02:37And I enjoyed it.
02:38It would have been better, of course,
02:39if we would have won.
02:40But with some of the things I've seen today,
02:44going forward,
02:44I'm sure we win a lot of games.
02:45But then you've already got that,
02:47you can walk away with that slightly smug satisfaction
02:50because your substitute came on and scored.
02:52Came on and scored.
02:53Which is what managers love.
02:54Yeah, and I don't want to take full credit,
02:56to be honest.
02:57I don't take full credit,
02:58because the staff as well,
02:59like I said,
03:00like Craig, Jake,
03:02Paul Bracewell,
03:02who's well-respected in the game,
03:04you know,
03:04seen everything.
03:05And it's a discussion.
03:06It's a team discussion,
03:07you know,
03:07and you have to,
03:08in-game management's so important.
03:10You know,
03:10I learned that on the course of the in-game management
03:12because the best managers do it,
03:14don't they,
03:14in terms of like,
03:15okay,
03:15where do we need to change
03:16or who do we believe that can come on
03:17and make a difference.
03:18And then when the subs come on
03:20and make an impact
03:20and score,
03:22and like I said,
03:22we could have won it towards the end.
03:24It's really pleasing.
03:26What about in terms of non-league Jermaine so far?
03:29What do you think of the level?
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