Nottingham Forest boss reflects on Premier League draw with Burnley at the City Ground.
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00:00 I think that the initial first phase of the game, I thought we were good,
00:12 thought we played some good stuff.
00:14 I think the bit that we didn't get right at the level was making the most of the good opportunities that we give ourselves to create chances.
00:22 When we got in and around the box, we got into some real positions to make final passes and to create and score assists.
00:29 I felt like we were getting into positions to make a difference, but it wasn't quite making a difference.
00:38 I'm disappointed with the defending on the goal, obviously, that we've conceded and the one that got disallowed.
00:44 That's moments that can't happen.
00:47 The flip of the boys started the second half well, felt like a good chance was coming.
00:55 We were waves of attack and getting in down the sides and getting into good positions.
01:02 A moment of brilliance from Callum, of course, but it came from a bit of territory and trying to get back in the game.
01:09 To be fair, the game opened up.
01:11 It was a bit of a stop-start with the VAR and some injuries, etc.
01:19 Two teams, I thought, then tried to win the game and they became a threat off set-pieces with Conor Roberts' long throws and some corners.
01:28 Likewise, we were pushing to get chances as well.
01:31 It's just one of them where we want to be winning games here, of course, but it's a Premier League game.
01:38 It's not as easy as that.
01:39 Every team has players that can make a difference and phases of play that can make a difference.
01:46 You have to accept that at times.
01:51 It's a game where maybe if you don't win, then you don't lose.
01:55 I think that was quite important as the game went on.
01:58 But a change of formation, lots of new players in the team, the squad.
02:03 It doesn't just happen like that.
02:04 It's going to take time to get some rhythm in the game, or in our game, and we'll look at the positives.
02:11 You mentioned that moment of brilliance by Callum. How much will that mean to him on his debut?
02:16 I think any new player will want to hit the ground running and show what they can do.
02:20 We felt like we needed wide players and wingers in the game.
02:24 We felt like that's where the space was, and it showed.
02:26 We got Anthony and Callum in really good positions a lot of the time.
02:30 As I'm saying, we could have maybe done a bit more with them as a team in their moments.
02:35 But yes, I know he has quality.
02:37 I know he can have moments of brilliance.
02:40 You need that at times in the Premier League, and I'm glad that we got one tonight.
02:45 So it'll be great for him, great for us obviously.
02:50 He hasn't played much football.
02:54 He's trained really well, but he hasn't played much football.
02:56 We managed to get him 60-odd minutes in a 21s game at Harrogate.
03:01 But I backed him to do well tonight, and I thought he did some really good things.
03:05 We ran out of legs, as we knew we would.
03:08 I didn't think he'd give us that much, to be fair.
03:10 Maybe the goal gave him a bit more momentum.
03:13 We've got to push him to do more of that.
03:17 Thanks, Dan.
03:19 You won't be complaining about the referee on his phone, Steve?
03:24 The handball for us?
03:27 The penalty?
03:29 Well, we'll just trust the VAR process.
03:31 Like I'm saying, Morgan got into a...
03:34 I was talking about the handball for them as well.
03:38 Oh, there's Sunderburg when he's hit it.
03:40 Yes, I haven't seen it back too much.
03:42 I'm just more interested in the one where Morgan shot.
03:45 They got blocked with the guy.
03:46 But yes, VAR, isn't it?
03:49 We're interested in things every week.
03:53 Steve, it's a very attacking line-up. Is that how you want to set the team up?
03:57 I think with the options that we have,
04:01 I think it gives a chance to...
04:02 There's some things that we'll want to do similar in every single game,
04:05 and there's other things that we might want to vary from game to game.
04:09 Like today, I thought the game needed wide players and wide threat.
04:16 You could see that that's where we had good moments of attack,
04:19 and we wanted to make more of that.
04:21 So, I think we've got options now,
04:24 not only with competition for places,
04:27 but also tweaks in tactics,
04:30 whether it's playing, like I said, with the four and higher players up the pitch,
04:35 or we were three in the game before, and things like that.
04:37 We've got those options.
04:38 There's principles of play that we will adhere to or intend to get out of every single game.
04:42 But tactics-wise, we can change now.
04:45 We can even change in-game as well, which is what we've done before.
04:48 So, we've got variety now to try and put what we hope is the right plan for every game.