Lee Johnson seems super excited at the prospect of having 10,000 Sunderland fans in the Stadium of Light for the play off semis…
HUGE
"That could be absolutely huge and to be honest it's the thing that probably excites me most about the play offs, having that buzz again. I think I'd literally cry if someone said that we can't have fans in for the play-offs. The fanbase here something that was a big part of my decision to come to the football club. When I came here as Bristol City manager I probably didn't see it. Cold, windy, we won 2-1. One of the big things I wanted really was to come to Sunderland and experience that atmosphere I'd heard about. I think that will be a consideration as well as to where we place fans. I'm just talking off-hand here, obviously, but I wouldn't want people spread all over the gaff in their normal seats.”
PASSION
"You'd want to try and condense it so you can feel that passion and that power as close to the pitch as possible. Any ideas that can help us I'm open to. That almost becomes part of the tactical thinking depending on what is allowed and of course we want to make sure that the fans who do come in, they're super vocal and I'm sure they've had enough time off to warm up those vocal chords to really get us going. Even going to the away game where we potentially won't have any our fans, that feeling of the gladiator's arena, us against the world, let's go and do the business. You've got to embrace that. We've all got one goal and that's to go and drive the club forward."
MCLAUGHLIN & FLANNO UPDATE
"Those two are the ones I'm probably studying more than anyone else. The way they hinge in their movement, their sharpness, their footwork, lung capacity. It's definitely something that I'm looking at and watching day by day.”
