Interview with Hull Seahawks head coach Matty Davies ahead of first leg of the NIHL National Cup Final against Milton Keynes Lightning
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00:00 What do you think of the team's performance this season?
00:06 They're a good team, no doubt. What they've been able to do at home this year is obviously a testament to that.
00:14 They've got a lot of really talented offensive players and it's going to be difficult.
00:20 But we've turned up in them big games and I think the way we play helps us in them games.
00:30 We want to be aggressive and on the front foot against everyone.
00:36 Sometimes it has bitten us a little bit against the middle to lower end teams this year.
00:43 The way the games have gone, we might not have brought the same intensity in them games,
00:48 which then doesn't match up well with the way that we are structured in that sense.
00:53 It's a final and everyone's going to be up for it, including them.
00:58 I've said it and I'll say it again, I think it just matters a bit more to us.
01:04 I know I've seen an interview where Klopp said that a few weeks ago and he got batted for it.
01:09 I just think it's true. We've got a lot of lads that are from this area and from Hull.
01:15 They've been through a lot with the club in the past and now.
01:19 I just think it's going to mean a lot to both teams, of course.
01:24 It'll be a great game and a great two games and a good test for us both.
01:30 We go into it feeling good and I think we're confident that we can win.
01:38 Two legs, concentrating on the first leg.
01:42 What is essential for you coming out of this first 60 minutes in this tie?
01:48 Going into it, the way I see it, it's six periods and 120 minutes game.
01:55 It's not the first game. Either way, you can't stop playing.
02:03 I said this before, in the Leeds legs we played really well and we could have gone up a little bit more in that game.
02:11 I know Finn had a chance here at the post and then they went down and scored.
02:16 I wasn't too upset with that because I knew that the night after we had to go and win a game.
02:24 Even though it was 4-3, it could have been 5-2.
02:27 I just see it as a new game and we have to keep playing.
02:32 Six periods, you've got to keep putting the pressure on them.
02:37 You can't let up towards the end of the game.
02:39 If you're up, you let them back in.
02:41 It has bearing but you have to still go and win the next night.
02:46 For us, it's six periods that we have to play and be solid over them six periods.
02:52 Make sure that we're intense and intentional with what we're doing every shift.
02:57 We've talked about that for a couple of weeks now.
03:00 That game, we will bring the intensity and we have to bring it on a constant basis against a team like that.
03:09 Wednesday, we'll see what happens in that game.
03:12 Again, we'll judge it off that but we'll probably rest players next weekend.
03:18 Looking where the league is now, I don't think we can finish anywhere over them fourth.
03:23 That's pretty much cemented us so it allows us to rest guys next weekend which is big for us.
03:30 Like I say, a really good team.
03:33 It's going to be a tough game.
03:35 We'll play a certain way and I think it will be tough for them.
03:39 We're going into it confident.
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