Ahead of our upcoming away trip to Bristol City on Saturday, the boss has reflected on what we did well last time out against Coventry. He even admitted he was tempted to give Ellis Simms a run out too.
MOMENTS
"Throughout any 90 minutes at this level, it's very rare that you're going to dominate from the first minute to the 90th. You're playing against too many good players, too many good coaches, and they will have moments in the game.”
MIDFIELD BATTLE
"I was tempted towards the end to put Ellis Simms up top with Ross Stewart to turn the ball a bit more, but I was just worried about that central area because we were starting to lose hold of that part of the pitch. Hence why I put Luke O'Nien in there, to try and have a bit of physicality and energy. At that point, we were winning the game and I didn't feel there was a need to take any more risks."
REALIST
"People on the outside will say we should be up there but we've been a League One team for four seasons. The lads understand that, when you speak to them, they want us to strengthen the squad, they want us to be nice and compact and hard to break down. Equally, we have got quality in the team.”
PLAYED WELL
"Some of our passing movements in the first half were excellent but you've also got to give Coventry credit, they're a good side with good players. I felt that if we left space in behind us, the likes of Gyokeres, O'Hare obviously didn't play in the end, Allen... They've got a lot of mobile players who can hurt you. We wanted to keep the game in front of us which we did very well, and sometimes that means you have to concede more possession than you might like.”
NOT ENOUGH RISK
"We probably didn't risk the ball enough in the second half, when you're put in a bit you need to be really brave to play through them, we had our moments but not enough."
