Lee Johnson spoke about Carl Winchester's versatility, as well as being impressed by the Northern Irishman's attitude. He also spoke about his plans for Benji Kimpioka...
RIGHT BACK
"I think he could. He's shown a great attitude towards it, he's a great lad. So low maintenance for me, he's excellent every day in training and a really fantastic guy."
VERSATILITY
"He's got quality and that versatility, like Lynden and Luke, can enable you to have one less player in your squad."
PERSONALITY
"That's what you want, sometimes the bigger the squad the more personalities can be disrupted by selection. Carl just loves it here, the size of it, and he's so hungry to take it to another level. I think you see that in the way he plays."
WHY NOT?
"He's played there before both for me and my dad, and when you're as good an athlete and footballer as he is, why not? It does happen a lot with midfielders."
The Head Coach also spoke about the Swedish youngster...
LOAN SPELL
"I think another loan would be good for Benji. I think he is caught in that catch-22 situation a little bit. He's played an awful lot of U23 football, and he's a Sweden U21 international and he's got that prestige which comes with that."
INJURY
"Bless him, he missed a big chunk of last season with injury, nigh on nine months I think, and you can never underestimate the impact of that lost time. It takes time to build that development back up again."
UNIQUE
"He's quite unique in the way he plays, it's very difficult for defenders to pin him down to a particular position or a particular movement, which makes him dangerous."
LEARNING
"I think he's got mega bucks to learn and the only way we can really do that with these guys is to get them those 25-games somehow. So if they're further ahead than the U23s but not quite first team, that's why you have the loan programme in place. We probably have two or three in that mould."
