00:09Tony, first of all, I just wanted to know where you stand on the debate about Dominic's goal,
00:14volley or not? Tony, where are we? That apparently is a big thing, this thing. I think we need
00:22a different word, honestly, because I don't think it's a volley and I don't think it's a hard volley.
00:27I don't think it's a volley because the ball bounces and I don't think it's a hard volley
00:32because the hard volley is when the trajectory of the ball goes upwards for me and you hit
00:36it and you score. It's a hard volley but this one was like bounce, then goes upwards, downwards
00:41again and you hit it. So we need to find a third word, I think.
00:45It seems like you've come up with the exact reasoning that any normal scouts would as well,
00:50actually. I don't know, I don't know. It's a difficult one. It's true that they were discussing
00:56here apparently it's a big thing.
00:59Rio in the England squad and also someone that you've worked with before, Alex Scott in England
01:03squad. Just tell us about their progress but also how well you feel they can do in the future
01:10on the international stage.
01:11Very happy for both. I think they both absolutely deserve it. I think they also went to help the
01:19national team before the tournament and I'm sure they both did a good job and I can only
01:27speak so well about both and I'm very deserved. They are very ready and I hope they both enjoy
01:35it, yes.
01:35So now how do you feel going back to Bournemouth and this week do you have an advantage in
01:40terms of the freshness of your players?
01:42Yes. I think we have it. I think we have an advantage. Most of the times it has been opposite.
01:48We are the team that has played the last but this time we played two days before they played,
01:54even us also playing midweek. So I think there should be an advantage there but also I know
02:00where we are going and I know the stats they have there, not only in their stadium overall.
02:09I think you see all the games they've lost in a long while you realise how difficult it is
02:16to beat Bournemouth but I suppose I have also the advantage that I know them very well and they also
02:23have the advantage
02:24that they know me very well. So you never know who is with more advantage in that sense.
02:31How do you feel about it? What's it going to be like for you on that touchline in the away
02:35dugout?
02:36No, it's going to be, I think, on the personal side I'm really looking forward to meet them, to hug
02:42them.
02:43It's players that I love, the staff that I've been working with that I appreciate so much and I was
02:49pushing for them yesterday
02:51when they were playing their first European game and I wish them all the best but there is another part
02:58that is the most important one right now, that we need to go there and win and beat them
03:04and be as ruthless as possible and leave all the talks for after the game, yes.
03:12How does this Bournemouth compare to the one that you left behind? In your analysis of them so far this
03:19season
03:19they've taken the lead first in all but one of their Premier League games so far yet failed to win.
03:24Is that something you looked at?
03:25I don't think they've changed too much, not definitely in terms of names. They are using mostly the same starting
03:34XI, very few changes but basically they lost Marco Senesi and they've signed Silva, that is a very similar kind
03:43of player.
03:43So also the main ideas, the philosophy and I was lucky also to talk to Marco Rose before leaving and
03:56haven't changed too much.
03:59and they continue to be very dangerous and very good teams.
04:03I just wanted to talk to you about Florian Virts. There's been a few critics over his time at Liverpool
04:09in terms of his numbers.
04:10Jurgen Klopp this week has insisted we have to move away from expecting to see special moments from him when
04:16talking about his inclusion in the journey squad.
04:18Therefore what do you expect from him and how should he be judged?
04:24He should be judged like everyone else. He plays well, he doesn't play well.
04:30Mostly I always say, how does the team play when you are on the pitch?
04:36I'm very happy with Florian. I rate him very highly. He understands what we need from him.
04:43He is trying to help in every aspect of the game. Obviously he will also want to add assists or
04:50goals but he is helping us in a lot of different areas.
04:58And also we could give him some rest the other day that I think he needed because he is doing
05:05a good effort in the games.
05:15No, everyone is ready to go. We are in the same place we were, the three long-term injuries plus
05:23Federico and the others.
05:28We still need to train tomorrow and travel but everyone is fine.
05:36Bradley Barkle has been getting more minutes in his legs with each passing game that he is involved with.
05:41How do you assess him at the moment? Is he fully up to speed or still trying to get here?
05:46With Bradley, the more time he plays, the better he will become. He is coming straight away without precise minutes
05:54but in a good shape.
05:57And I think, like all the signings coming from other leagues, he will need some time to adjust to the
06:04leagues, to the rhythm of the Premier League.
06:06But he is very used to play high-level games and I see him in a good place, yes.
06:12You have a lot of options in those wide areas. I mean, Rio obviously is in the England squad.
06:17Victor, I think, has started all but one of the games in the league. Bradley is in there now.
06:23So, does that give you a headache in a way or will players have to be patient?
06:27No, I think it is the spot that we want to be in, in every position. In this case, four
06:35specific players playing wide, fighting for those two positions.
06:39And most of the games, if not all, two will start and two will come from the bench.
06:46If it does not happen, it is because probably we are winning a game and we see something different.
06:51But most of the games, the four of them are playing and it is a good fight.
06:56And it is good for me that it is not easy to choose and we will need because we are
07:00in all the competitions.
07:02We will need them all and for me it is a luxury to have this kind of options, yes.
07:31I am very happy for him because the first time I talked to him, we knew each other because we
07:38played against each other.
07:39But not personally. And sometimes you talk to a player and you can feel straight away that everything was positive.
07:51I think he needed this kind of change and has come with humility.
07:58It is coming from also a big club, experienced player.
08:02We need you right back, right back. We need you centre-back, centre-back. If we need him in the
08:06other position, I think he is ready to do it.
08:09Physically also, he has played probably more minutes than we expected, being so early in the season.
08:15And he is showing robust. It is still early, but he is finishing the games in a good place physically.
08:24He is not cramping, especially when you are centre-back and you have to play wide as a right-back.
08:30The demands physically are different. Probably it is more demanding and he is assuming this effort as well.
08:39And I like his spirit. Now I am pushing him to learn a little bit of the language because it
08:45is a good way for us to use his experience
08:47if he could communicate better with teammates and use all the experience that he has. But I suppose it will
08:57take some time.
09:00There is a video that has come out in the aftermath of Cody Gatko's goal where it appears to show
09:06him asking Rio if he wanted to switch rings at that moment.
09:10I just wanted to ask, is that something you would ask him? And if not, how happy are you for
09:14your senior players to take on that responsibility?
09:17Yes. Yes, I think in the case of our wingers, we will have these moments during games where they will
09:25change sides.
09:27If we see something is not working or we can damage one of the opponents on the other side.
09:35I think Cody also, we were talking, it was the moment after where they changed the left-back.
09:40From Dougie they go to Robertson and the demands at the end are different.
09:45So you have to adjust, some full-backs are more offensive, the others are better building up from further.
09:54And I think it is good that they start even to communicate with each other.
09:59Sometimes I don't mind if they come to me during the game, maybe we should change or maybe sometimes we
10:07will do it, sometimes we will not.
10:08Because there are other reasons, but I think it is good that all the wingers are doing the effort of
10:14playing both sides and I think more or less they are doing a good job.
10:18Yes.
10:19Is that a real sign that they are starting to grasp your ideas?
10:22Because obviously this game is quite a strange one because the opponents probably have a better grasp of your tactics
10:27than your current team.
10:31Yes, it is going to be a tricky one because they know obviously very well what we try to do
10:38on the ball and without the ball.
10:42But I also have this advantage and I know their strengths, their weaknesses and it happened even in a slower
10:54amount the other day.
10:56Because I had SNESI, Dom Solanke players that I have already coached and probably like we all do.
11:02They talked to the Servi, now it is going to be with Marco Rose about the things that we look
11:08into.
11:08But in this case it is going to be strange for me.
11:12I don't know if it is a big advantage or disadvantage, but it is going to be different, yes.
11:17Just on Rio, obviously he is playing both sides this season.
11:21I know he is still early in the season, but just how do you feel he is developing into sort
11:26of learning those roles?
11:27Yes, I think the other day for example against the Spurs, he didn't have probably his best start of the
11:37game.
11:38But I like how he came back from there.
11:41You know, he lost a couple of duels at the beginning.
11:44Udoch is a strong player, it is not easy.
11:47But after, he did his job.
11:50In the first two goals he appears.
11:52Everything comes from situations where he goes one-by-one, he takes good decisions.
11:59The play finishes on the other side, but he is part of that build-up from the goal.
12:05And it is what we are trying to put into him.
12:10He has to still adapt to the rhythm of the league, because he is still very young.
12:14He has just been 18.
12:17But he has the quality to be involved in those kinds of plays.
12:22And I am liking especially his attitude.
12:25Because it is not like, I prefer to play here or just again.
12:28No, he is like, what do we need and ready to do it.
12:33And I am very happy also because they have called him for the national team.
12:37That is, especially in England, it is very expensive to go to the national team.
12:41So I am happy for him.
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