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00:00Is that the best it's felt for a while, in terms of a live event?
00:04The stadium?
00:06Yeah, probably, yeah.
00:08It's a bit quiet, hasn't it?
00:09Yeah, it has.
00:11And like I said, I challenge the fans and put an emphasis on them to bring their voice, bring their noise,
00:16because it helps, it helps.
00:18Believe me, when you're a player, it helps.
00:20And we know what we want to see, but we all want the same thing,
00:23so we've all got a responsibility to try and deliver that.
00:26How do you think Josh Bowler did on the hole?
00:28Yeah, pleased with him.
00:30I think we spoke before when we felt like we had him going the right way then,
00:35not the last international break, the one before.
00:37A couple of illnesses and missed a lot, and we felt his fitness drop right off,
00:41and then you can't get him in the team because he's not to the level,
00:44and then there's frustrations, obviously.
00:46But, yeah, he's knuckled down, and if he hadn't done the work,
00:49he wouldn't have lasted the 60 minutes, and look the threat he was.
00:52Yeah, people will expect him to be creating, scoring goals.
00:57He was doing that, but he was doing his work without the ball as well.
01:00I didn't expect him to last the game, but when we made that change,
01:05a lot of it was tactical as well, when they shifted to a five to try and stop us,
01:09but it meant that Fellows was left wing back,
01:11so it just was common sense then to put Potsdam against us.
01:14Half-time change, you just want an extra striker on the pitch?
01:16An extra body behind there, yeah, behind there, midfield line, yeah.
01:21It was totally the right thing to do, it showed,
01:25and I just think the goal is probably the perfect example of that.
01:29Like I said, Sam was in those spaces a lot in the first half,
01:33but it was just Sam to deal with Emile against the centre-back,
01:36whereas once Keno was the other side as well, Keno occupied one, we got Sam free.
01:41So, yeah, it was a really good goal, really pleased with it.
01:44Did you like how McCann and Todarsen looked as a pair?
01:47They looked good. It was a similar message,
01:51whichever two would have been on there would have been the same.
01:54We were looking to get on the ball in the first half of the midfield three,
01:57but less generally in front of their midfield,
02:00which especially when you're 1-0 up is fine for them.
02:03As the game wore on, we did get more bodies behind,
02:06and then it was about the decision-making.
02:08We had a lot of bodies in the box when Josh blazed over,
02:10we had a lot of bodies in the box when Kane blazed over.
02:13The best moment and the best play was we were really patient
02:16with Sam on the ball coming delivered and Josh nearly scoring at the back post.
02:21But we felt we could force and make more of those opportunities by making the change.
02:27I think from 12th down you've lost the fewest in the league,
02:30so are you really confident that the platform to win matches is there more often than not?
02:34Yeah, it's 100 per cent about results, right?
02:38100 per cent.
02:40But you can't guarantee it, what you can guarantee is performances,
02:43and we are performing well above the majority.
02:48But I want those moments, those players who can make those moments and create three points.
02:54Like I say, I want to make sure that games like that,
02:57when I feel we're the best team, we win.
02:59I also want to get to the point where we're not the best team
03:02in terms of how the flow of the game is going,
03:04but we've got moments and we've got players who can deliver and win a game 1-0.
03:07That's what we're aiming for, that's what we want to get to.
03:10Is that turning players you've got here into that?
03:13All these players can do is show it, so we've shown it.
03:16This game is a perfect example of the block of games we've been in.
03:21The clearance off the line from them in the first half,
03:24and then I think it was Jack who had to hit a meal on the line in the second half.
03:28Was it Jack?
03:29Yeah, so those little things at the minute aren't going our way.
03:34Like I said, that changed the results we were talking about, not winning so long.
03:40I can't worry about that, I can't worry about that.
03:43Just the performance and make sure we are creating those moments.
03:46I am coming off pleased with the performance,
03:49and then in time that will change.