00:01Paul, a narrow 1-0 defeat against Tottenham on the opening day.
00:04Spectacular strike from distance. Proving decisive there, but competitive game that. Thoughts on it?
00:11Yeah, it's 1-11. That goal wins any game of football. Will he do it again? Most of it not.
00:18It's a great strike. Just a little bit frustrated. Not the start that we wanted.
00:24I think the draw may be a good interference up in the end.
00:27Yeah, on the balance of play, it was very competitive and it felt like a draw would have been fair.
00:32But obviously, that's ifs and buts really, isn't it?
00:34Yeah, it's all ifs and buts. I thought we played quite well.
00:37I thought we were the better side out of the two.
00:40But they also had good moments with some free chances in the box, which we've got to live on quite
00:47quickly.
00:48Obviously, you always want points, but first game at the level, you've shown you're more than up to it.
00:52And you've created some good chances today.
00:54You know, Rax had a couple through early on, didn't he? Plenty of chances, plenty to build on.
00:58Yeah, we're more than good enough to compete at this level, yeah.
01:01You know, we had to come out of the belongs really well.
01:04Rax scores his chance, then, you know, maybe it's a different game and we're a bit more free-flowing.
01:09But, yeah, the pitch is a bit sticky.
01:11It's sort of caught under our feet when we broke the pace.
01:14And, yeah, like I say, going back to being a little bit frustrated today.
01:18That's just going to be sort of a key takeaway, really, isn't it?
01:20Because there's plenty to build on performance-wise.
01:22But, obviously, always frustration when, let's say, that strike proves decisive.
01:27Yeah, there's loads to build on, loads to get better and loads to work on.
01:31But, at the same time, also a lot of positive stuff in there.
01:34And one that, you know, we look forward to the next one now.
01:37Half-time, what was the message going into the second half?
01:40Yeah, it was just, I thought, all the way we got on the ball from deep.
01:44I thought the gaps were too long.
01:46You know, we tried to move Hutch up a little bit and start it off through Ryan
01:49and get Hutch on the ball 20 yards up the pitch and start it off.
01:53And, yeah, I thought we looked a bit more compact and looked a lot better on the ball.
01:58And, obviously, the grass, you know, it's a time of the year, obviously.
02:00But you still had some good, quick, fast, transitional breaks there, you know, linking up well.
02:05Despite that, despite the conditions, didn't you?
02:07Yeah, yeah, we broke well.
02:08It's just that final bit when you've got to concentrate on your finish
02:12and just trying to get it out of your feet.
02:13And it's just stuck under your foot.
02:15And it's one touch too many in the end.
02:17And it happened quite numerous times.
02:19But, you know, same for them as well.
02:22Obviously, I'm sure you would have wanted it to lead to points.
02:24But Mike, he's got, again, his penalty saving record is quite something, isn't it?
02:28Yeah, he's a good save.
02:30He's never a penalty.
02:31Bad decision.
02:33One, you know, which we got away with.
02:35It was a big save from Mike.
02:38As you say, plenty to build on.
02:40And, obviously, you know, just, obviously, you want points,
02:43but a historic day for the club, really, isn't it?
02:45This rapid rise back to back to back.
02:46First ever game at Step 2, you know, another moment for the club, really, isn't it?
02:50Yeah, yeah.
02:51Yeah, very much so.
02:52You know, a great day.
02:53You know, great turnout for everyone.
02:55Hopefully, there's many more of them to come.
02:57And, you know, we start turning the screw and getting better and better
03:01and putting some points on the board.
03:02And, obviously, plenty of sort of recruitment over the last couple of days.
03:05I mean, I know Jack got on late on off the bench,
03:07but you've sort of added him there, sort of proven quality there.
03:10Yeah, you see, he had to come on 15, 20 minutes,
03:12but his touch is on the ball and getting on the ball.
03:14You can see what a good player he's going to be.
03:16And, yeah, we look to get him fit and get him going.
03:20And then, sort of, for a first away game of the season, Dagnum,
03:22I mean, that's a real sort of plum, mouth-warting one to have, really, isn't it?
03:26Yeah, it is, yeah.
03:26So, it's a great one to have, to go and test yourself, really,
03:29and really get, you know, go there and really enjoy the occasion
03:33and give a good account of ourselves and see what we can do.
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