| At presser 13:01 - Feb 7 with 2961 views | PhilTWTD |
Just waiting for Kieran. |  | | |  |
| At presser on 13:05 - Feb 7 with 2914 views | PhilTWTD |
Wes surgery went well, as positive as it can be. Sam Szmodics in squad, Conor not in squad yet. | | | |
| At presser on 13:05 - Feb 7 with 2907 views | PhilTWTD |
| At presser on 13:05 - Feb 7 by PhilTWTD |
Wes surgery went well, as positive as it can be. Sam Szmodics in squad, Conor not in squad yet. |
Good to have Sammie back, more senior player in that role. | | | |
| At presser on 13:07 - Feb 7 with 2856 views | PhilTWTD |
| At presser on 13:05 - Feb 7 by PhilTWTD |
Good to have Sammie back, more senior player in that role. |
New keeper, pleased to bring him in, known about him for a while, good experienced keeper in Championship. Had been on radar for a while, was the right time and right stage to bring in keeper. Fitted in well, knows Conor and Dara, who he was in the youth team with.
Eight weeks out for Walton, have to monitor as you go along as can be a bit longer or shorter.
Will make decision on keeper tomorrow for what's right for the team. With Christian out, important to add to department. Strengthens the unit. | | | |
| At presser on 13:09 - Feb 7 with 2807 views | PhilTWTD |
| At presser on 13:07 - Feb 7 by PhilTWTD |
New keeper, pleased to bring him in, known about him for a while, good experienced keeper in Championship. Had been on radar for a while, was the right time and right stage to bring in keeper. Fitted in well, knows Conor and Dara, who he was in the youth team with.
Eight weeks out for Walton, have to monitor as you go along as can be a bit longer or shorter.
Will make decision on keeper tomorrow for what's right for the team. With Christian out, important to add to department. Strengthens the unit. |
Worked really hard with window, difficult, more difficult every year. Wasn't going to be January same as previous two seasons as tougher and not as many players out there who can improve team. Squad is in a stronger position than at the start of the month. Pretty good depth across the positions and motivated group for the cause. Group's in a good place. | | | |
| At presser on 13:10 - Feb 7 with 2727 views | PhilTWTD |
| At presser on 13:09 - Feb 7 by PhilTWTD |
Worked really hard with window, difficult, more difficult every year. Wasn't going to be January same as previous two seasons as tougher and not as many players out there who can improve team. Squad is in a stronger position than at the start of the month. Pretty good depth across the positions and motivated group for the cause. Group's in a good place. |
Coventry, strong squad, know them well. Invested well over last few years. Know how strong they are. Didn't start season well, but that can happen. Every year Cov have had seasons where they've started poorly but had runs, same trajectory this year. Strong Champ outfit, tough game. Enjoyed last round, do our best to go through.
Stadium with fond memories. A different competition, different season, maybe I'll go back in 30 years and reminisce on great day for the club. | | | |
| At presser on 13:12 - Feb 7 with 2641 views | PhilTWTD |
| At presser on 13:10 - Feb 7 by PhilTWTD |
Coventry, strong squad, know them well. Invested well over last few years. Know how strong they are. Didn't start season well, but that can happen. Every year Cov have had seasons where they've started poorly but had runs, same trajectory this year. Strong Champ outfit, tough game. Enjoyed last round, do our best to go through.
Stadium with fond memories. A different competition, different season, maybe I'll go back in 30 years and reminisce on great day for the club. |
Supporters have been great, right with us and will need them there all season. Know challenge, go from top team in Champ, no one expected, better than we were last year, but when you're competing at bottom of PL it's difficult to get the results to verify that. Last week, disappointing end, went through it together. But know the connections we've built over the years and believe everyone is fight in the right direction and supporters will be with us. | | | |
| At presser on 13:14 - Feb 7 with 2550 views | PhilTWTD |
| At presser on 13:12 - Feb 7 by PhilTWTD |
Supporters have been great, right with us and will need them there all season. Know challenge, go from top team in Champ, no one expected, better than we were last year, but when you're competing at bottom of PL it's difficult to get the results to verify that. Last week, disappointing end, went through it together. But know the connections we've built over the years and believe everyone is fight in the right direction and supporters will be with us. |
Saints, a lot more positives when you analyse the game, our best performance against them over the last two years. Missed chances, made mistakes which led to their goals. Not easy to brush off but you can stick together and try and find response in games ahead. That's what we've been through. They've had a good week, in the same direction. A lot of the performance showed we've improved in a lot of areas compared to another big club. Nice break for FA Cup, going to rotate. | | | |
| At presser on 13:17 - Feb 7 with 2434 views | PhilTWTD |
| At presser on 13:14 - Feb 7 by PhilTWTD |
Saints, a lot more positives when you analyse the game, our best performance against them over the last two years. Missed chances, made mistakes which led to their goals. Not easy to brush off but you can stick together and try and find response in games ahead. That's what we've been through. They've had a good week, in the same direction. A lot of the performance showed we've improved in a lot of areas compared to another big club. Nice break for FA Cup, going to rotate. |
How far can go? Can work either way, can be a boost, but Coventry's run last season probably didn't help them. Great competition, we'd like to go further and have good run. Once you get a couple of wins, the latter stages not too far off, but early days. Will be changes, always try to carry a deep squad with everyone feeling they're competing for minutes. That's been a big part of it. Had lots of good performances in the cup, but not always as fluent with changes. Step up from the previous round and chance to deliver good performance and result. | | | |
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| At presser on 13:20 - Feb 7 with 2345 views | PhilTWTD |
| At presser on 13:17 - Feb 7 by PhilTWTD |
How far can go? Can work either way, can be a boost, but Coventry's run last season probably didn't help them. Great competition, we'd like to go further and have good run. Once you get a couple of wins, the latter stages not too far off, but early days. Will be changes, always try to carry a deep squad with everyone feeling they're competing for minutes. That's been a big part of it. Had lots of good performances in the cup, but not always as fluent with changes. Step up from the previous round and chance to deliver good performance and result. |
No new striker, lost Wes and Cheio, got players who can step in? We feel we have. Replacing Wes at the stage he got injured is tough to do at that point, deals are usually done. Have to replace with different qualities, Ben, Omari and Jaden can all fill the position with different qualities.
Centre-forward, said we wanted three senior strikers, but the market for that type was really small for someone who could improve us. Even to bring in a striker, we'd want someone ahead of George Hirst in that position. George is now feeling really good and an important member of squad. Didn't want to bring in a body for the sake of a body. Leaves us with two strong, young strikers with really good qualities and players who can fill that position in different ways. | | | |
| At presser on 13:24 - Feb 7 with 2158 views | PhilTWTD |
| At presser on 13:20 - Feb 7 by PhilTWTD |
No new striker, lost Wes and Cheio, got players who can step in? We feel we have. Replacing Wes at the stage he got injured is tough to do at that point, deals are usually done. Have to replace with different qualities, Ben, Omari and Jaden can all fill the position with different qualities.
Centre-forward, said we wanted three senior strikers, but the market for that type was really small for someone who could improve us. Even to bring in a striker, we'd want someone ahead of George Hirst in that position. George is now feeling really good and an important member of squad. Didn't want to bring in a body for the sake of a body. Leaves us with two strong, young strikers with really good qualities and players who can fill that position in different ways. |
Asked about Aro, goalkeepers all understood why another keeper was brought in.
Knows Frank Lampard very well and his assistant Joe Edwards better from coming through a similar route.
One or two doubts, v unlikely Cheio will be back this season. | | | |
| At presser on 13:27 - Feb 7 with 2052 views | PhilTWTD |
| At presser on 13:24 - Feb 7 by PhilTWTD |
Asked about Aro, goalkeepers all understood why another keeper was brought in.
Knows Frank Lampard very well and his assistant Joe Edwards better from coming through a similar route.
One or two doubts, v unlikely Cheio will be back this season. |
Different keepers have different specialisms. Alex will look to do that.
Cup still a competition Town can aspire to win? Look at last number of years and there have been a few clubs who have been able to rotate due to their depth in early rounds and then field stronger team in later stages. But if you can get past earlier rounds, clubs will believe they have a chance. Too early for us to talk about winning the competition. If you win a couple of games, you can start to look ahead and fans can start to dream. | | | |
| At presser on 13:29 - Feb 7 with 1979 views | PhilTWTD |
| At presser on 13:27 - Feb 7 by PhilTWTD |
Different keepers have different specialisms. Alex will look to do that.
Cup still a competition Town can aspire to win? Look at last number of years and there have been a few clubs who have been able to rotate due to their depth in early rounds and then field stronger team in later stages. But if you can get past earlier rounds, clubs will believe they have a chance. Too early for us to talk about winning the competition. If you win a couple of games, you can start to look ahead and fans can start to dream. |
Pleased Woolfy has signed deal. Important member of team and squad and representation of the journey the club's been on. With HC and CH, the one who has been through the academy and the tougher times and knows the challenges the club have had. Deserves new deal, still improving, centre-halves take longer to develop. | | | |
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