Tony Mowbray was pleased that Abdoullah Ba scored a goal against QPR to cap off a handful of impressive performances out on the wing.
BETTER OUT WIDE
"We're absolutely delighted for him. We've been experimenting a bit with Abdoullah, he wants to play inside as a ten but in our opinion he's better in the wide areas where there's more space for him, he can eliminate players, do his stepovers, cut back inside... Let's wait and see."
BALANCE
"Patrick can play inside as well and yet we know how devastating he can be driving in towards the box. My job is to find a way to get them both into the team if that's what we're going to do, and yet football is always the balance between how many defensive-minded players you've got in the team as well as those attackers."
KEEPING ROBERTS OUT OF THE TEAM
"Maybe Patrick just has to be patient at the moment because Abdoullah has contributed really well the last couple of games, that's a great one-touch finish he has scored today. At the moment, he deserves to keep going I think."
BURSTOW/AOUCHICHE DEBUTS
"Mason did fine. We didn't want to confuse him but the way this team has developed, he has to link up. It'll take time and training for him to bed in with how we play, and we'll get there. They're different players but I think he can come into those pockets as Amad did, and score those goals. His finishing has been really good in training. He'll be pleased to get up and running, it was tough for him physically but he'll get used to that. Adil is a very good footballer, he's shown us that in training and in a bounce game against Hartlepool where he did very well. He can keep the ball moving for us. He can play as a ten so if we don't have that nine down the middle, he will just keep it moving for us round the opposition box. A good footballer, yeah."
