Lee Johnson looked ahead to the next round of the Carabao Cup, gave injury updates and spoke about the upcoming Rotherham game.
NARRATIVE
“It would be another big part of the story (if they drew one of the big boys) and the narrative that we’re trying to create. If we can get a big club in the next round, it’ll be another learning experience for the boys, and when you know you’re competitive in it, you bank all that experience and then you can step on, and your bar becomes higher and higher.”
BURGE
I thought we were well worth the draw and maybe the win, and once it gets to penalties, you always fancy Burgey. How many times since I’ve been in has he made penalty stops? He’s got that presence, we do the research, and we’ve got good takers as well."
PENALTIES
“I think we’ve been good in penalty shoot-outs. It is something we really consider – it’s not just on the back of a fag packet. It’s not like we’ve got Pritchard, McGeady and Benson and Hedges taking the pens. We were composed, we were calm, and you always fancy Burgey when it comes to penalties.”
INJURIES
With Denver it’s a contact injury that’s rocked his ankle. I hope it’s not bad news. We have come out of it physically damaged a little bit. Four or five players have come out with knocks, so the next 48 or 72 hours are really big for us."
ROTHERHAM
"We’ve got another really big game on Saturday. If you look at the statistics in depth in the way that we do, they are right up there as one of the top sides in the division. It's a really tough game and we're going to have to rejuvenate the group.
SCHEDULE
"I don't want to be negative, because it's really not a night for that, but it is a difficult schedule. Things will come to the fore later on, there's going to be times when teams will get an extra day or two rest. That makes it difficult to keep churning it out and play with that zip if you can't make changes."
CONSISTENCY
"I could smell that Charlton game [coming]. Hopefully we'll be able to rotate but you always want some consistency as well. But all I'll say is at least the lads have clarity, and we'll always have quality. Hopefully we'll be able to keep churning out results."
