Dan Neil has spoken about our 2021/22 promotion season, and making that step up into a tougher league this time round. He's also explained the impact of Tony Mowbray, and expectations for this campaign.
PROMOTION
“We got that goal at the end of the season that everybody wanted and that was to get promoted."
GAME TIME
“Obviously I didn’t play as big of a part towards the end of it as what I wanted to. I just had to look towards the off season to work hard and make sure I was firing on all cylinders coming into pre-season. I had a good pre-season and managed to get in the team."
STEP UP IN QUALITY
“It’s a tough league in the Championship and a lot of lads are still adapting but I think as a whole and as a team we’ve started really well."
PROVE A POINT
“It felt like towards the end of last season I’d lost a bit of that burst that I had at the start of the season. It was a lot to do with that and the tactical stuff, building up my strength and things like that. I just came in and tried to prove a point to the old gaffer.”
MOWBRAY
“I had a good chat with him. He was just saying what he likes about me as a player, what I can improve on as a player and he’s always onto me in training. Him and his assistant Veno [Mark Venus] are constantly getting me in for clips to watch stuff back to see what I can improve and have been top class.”
EXPECTATIONS
“I think they are similar to any fan to be fair. At the start of the season we didn’t know how it was going to go. After the first few games we maybe got that bit of confidence and glimmer of hope. We are going to have a good season and we just need to see where we’re going to be when we get our full squad back because it’s hard to judge at the minute.”
