Lee Johnson has spoke ahead of this weekend's crucial trip to Plymouth, the Head Coach remains positive despite the recent poor run of form and insists he's confident for the rest of the season.
STAYING POSITIVE
"My short-term concern is high, and my long-term concern is zero to be honest, I'm very confident that if we secure the play-offs and have the time to rest and work, we will come out the traps like a greyhound. I'm very, very confident in that. It gives us the chance to get round pegs in round holes with the injured players that we've got coming back. Then the challenge is to try to those guys at the top end of their peak performance having had a few weeks out."
RETURNS FROM INJURY
"Having options like Conor McLaughlin, Tom Flanagan and Jake Vokins will then create those options in midfield that we haven't currently got. I'm very positive about the play-offs, but there's no doubt that there's a concern over our current form and I'd be lying if I said otherwise."
O’NIEN
"It's been difficult, I think the boys have been fantastic, Luke O'Nien has been asked to move into that position and he's been almost seamless. There are of course some areas of his defensive play that we can improve but that's only natural for someone moving into a new position."
BAILEY WRIGHT
"You look at Bailey Wright, who has played something like six games in eighteen days despite nine weeks out. So of course there have been times during the games where he has been hanging in a bit and that's coupled with a captain and central midfielder who has been at right back and done a great job, but who is a central midfielder. That consideration between putting an extra body there versus the opposition and the strengths and weaknesses of the full backs has always been a bit of a dilemma, because we've got good attacking options. You can press from the front and say we're actually going to go with our forward players and defend from the front, or you can try and play total football almost, dominate the ball and therefore get as many competent ballplayers on the pitch as you can. I think not having round pegs in round holes has probably caught us out on one or two occasions."
PLYMOUTH
"I really like them, they're a good side, I thought we played well against them earlier in the season and deserved to win, but it showed the quality they've got, individuals who can cause you problems. They've got an energetic, mobile midfield as well. At the moment they're not on form but neither are we, so it's one where both teams will be looking at it and thinking they can win it."
