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00:00Did all Lundell and Roberts surprise you, or did it impact the way you prepared?
00:04No, because they prepare the same way. Obviously looking at then front players, if you like, it's who's going to play left.
00:10Isidor's done that when he was out in Russia, because I know I've seen him play.
00:14And he did it at QPR when they were down to 10, you know, 4-4-1 and so on.
00:19Yeah, and they want to keep the same way, 4-3-3 sort of in possession, 4-4-2 out and so on.
00:25Yeah, no, but what it does, it gives them that good firepower from the bench when they bring them on.
00:29I thought they were a bit more dangerous.
00:33Yeah, so no, not surprised, that's what the squads are for.
00:38And yeah, seeing them on the bench, you always know they're going to come up.
00:41Was there an added onus on starting fast tonight, or is it just the same message as always?
00:44It seemed like you were really going after it early doors.
00:46Same message, yeah, always.
00:50Don't take a backward step, try and play a bit aggressive.
00:54Listen, we passed the ball well tonight against a team who generally do keep clean sheets.
00:59I think, you know, even though the top of the league, the metrics haven't really been showing that,
01:04other than the clean sheets one, so we know they're doing something right.
01:07And you can see that, even though I thought, like I said, especially first half,
01:12the two headers, the one where we have the shot and Kane's there,
01:15I think he just doesn't expect the ball to be missed to him so close to goal.
01:18So, yeah, yeah.
01:21Frustrating, pleased with lots of things, but so frustrated with the outcome.
01:28Do you think first half was the time to score?
01:30Because it seemed like, did fatigue creep in a little bit second half, or did they improve?
01:34You were the better team first half, weren't you?
01:36Yeah, I thought we were the better team overall.
01:39Yeah, it's difficult.
01:40So you're looking at that, so they've got their style of play, their formation,
01:43and they're bringing on wingers for wingers.
01:46We were playing that shape, and we've not got the like-for-like replacements.
01:49There's no disrespect to the boys on the bench.
01:51The shape was working, we were on top.
01:55Yeah, but we didn't have the front three, if you like, to come on and replace,
02:00which hopefully we will have soon enough.
02:02Do you think it was a penalty on Reece?
02:05Yeah, but listen, our boys are too honest.
02:08It's scary.
02:10I see Ben and Brownie go for a ball first half, and Ben clears it,
02:13Brownie studs it up, Ben gets caught, we get thrown,
02:17Ben goes down, that's a booking, 100%.
02:19Five minutes later, Ben goes to clear one, doesn't keep Brownie,
02:22he goes down, and Ben gets booked.
02:24I think that's exactly the same.
02:26100% of their players would have been manipulating the contact and getting a penalty,
02:31and I think Emil could have done that.
02:33When you talk about evolving the team, is it little things like that
02:35that make a team better, just those little smart moments in games?
02:39Yeah, I think so, because we've got the experience to do it.
02:41Listen, I've suffered from it before, because we want to be an honest team
02:46in terms of our work ethic and how we play, 100%,
02:50but the referees just can't tell the difference.
02:53I'm a million miles away from it,
02:56and I've been in meetings with them where we've been told,
03:00well, you need to go down, so that's where we're letting the game go.
03:05You can't beat them, you've got to join them.