Crawley Town face Shrewsbury Town in League One on Saturday. We spoke to Harry Forster about the game, coming back from injury and how he has handled the changes at the club
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00:00Harry, thank you for joining us. Obviously a game against Shrewsbury coming up this weekend.
00:05How's the mood in the camp heading into that one?
00:07Yeah, the mood's really good. All the lads had high spirits today in training. It was
00:14obviously disappointing to lose the other night, but the fact that we got the monkey
00:17off our back and scored a load of goals on Tuesday, we've got so much confidence going
00:20into Saturday now.
00:21Yeah, and for yourself, obviously coming back from injury, how have you found the first
00:25couple of games back?
00:26No, I've been delighted personally. It was a frustrating start to the season for me,
00:31kept picking up little knocks, but now Touchwood got to the bottom of things on that front
00:36and I'm just delighted to be back in the fold again.
00:39Yeah, what was the feeling like at the start of the season for yourself? Because obviously
00:42you did a lot of pre-season, was it just multiple injuries that kept you out?
00:45Yeah, it was just multiple little niggles. It was never massive complications in the
00:52body, but it was just these little things that just kept holding me back and halting
00:55my progress. But now, like I said, Touchwood got to the bottom of them.
00:58Yeah, and obviously a lot of change over the course of the time of your injury. Obviously
01:02Scott left us and we're in with Rob now. How's the first couple of weeks been with him?
01:06No, they've been really good. We've had a lot of meetings and him and his team have
01:10been so detailed with us. There's not a single member of the squad that doesn't know their
01:13roles in and out of possession, so really detailed and really good, yeah.
01:18Yeah, and there's not a great deal of change, I suppose, in the aspects of what style we
01:22were playing before. So is it sort of a nice change over as a player when you feel like
01:26it's a relief almost that you don't have to learn a whole new system?
01:29100%, yeah. The transition has been so smooth where both the managers' philosophies have
01:35been so similar. It's just a few tweaks here and there to hopefully put us in good stead
01:41for the rest of the season.
01:42Yeah, obviously we spoke about the mood heading into the weekend. What's the mood been like
01:45as a whole? Because obviously you would have seen two aspects of it from the sidelines.
01:49It must be frustrating where we've dominated so many games, but we haven't won a game since
01:55Cambridge in the league. Is it a feeling of frustration or is there a sense of calm on
02:00the basis that we know the performance is there and the results are just around the corner?
02:03Exactly that. You know what, it's a bit of both. Obviously we're all hugely frustrated
02:07for it not to be going our way at the minute, but we've just got to trust the process. It's
02:10not like in these games we've been battered off the park. We've had so many good performances
02:16where it could have gone either way. I just think we've just got to get more shots off
02:20and then the results will come. Because we are controlling so many of the games, it's
02:24just only a matter of time really before it all starts clicking.
02:28Harry, obviously you've seen a lot of change in the summer with the squad and everything.
02:32How impressed have you been with how quickly they've sort of gelled?
02:36No, 100%. It was very similar last year when I first came in as well. A massive overhaul
02:42last year and look what happened at the end of that. We got promoted at the end of the
02:45season. So it's something that the owners obviously do and we've got to trust them
02:49and they've got to trust us to produce on the pitch.
02:53I spoke to Roland Darcy after the game on Saturday and he said it's so close to being
02:56an unbelievable team. Do you agree with that?
02:59That's it. Like I said a minute ago, it's just these tiny little margins and that's
03:04football. But once those little margins do start clicking for us, then the sky's the
03:10limit for this team because the performance has been so good. It's just that tiny little
03:13bit where we're lacking maybe in front of goal. Maybe the most important thing in football
03:19is how good you are in the two boxes. But once, again like I say, that all starts clicking
03:25then we'll be flying.
03:27Yes, and obviously when you've had your injuries and that out for quite a while, how
03:30important is the supporting of your team-mates and that around you?
03:33Exactly. The lads have been unbelievable. They've been brilliant with me. So has the
03:37manager. Just giving me a little bit of time and just to get up to full speed. I'm feeling
03:45really good now. I'm really fit and credit to the manager and the lads for helping me
03:48with that.
03:49And you're pleased with how you've performed so far? There's still more to come from you?
03:52Oh no, there's a lot more to come. But I'm just happy to be back on the pitch and the
03:56performances will be building for sure, trust me.
03:59Brilliant. Thanks, Harry.
04:00Cheers.