 Mark yn oedd y cwic turn around. How's the squad looking? Any fresh concerns heading into the weekend? Yeah, we've got a couple of players that we have a slight doubt on it. Alex Gilead and Henry Chapman. I just got knocks during the week, so we'll check on them. And then the rest are okay. Is it a case with the two you mentioned just proper last-minute checks really before you make a decision? Yeah, we'll give them as long as we can, but in my mind I need to make decisions. So yeah, it's more contact injuries. It's not so much issues with the physicality of the games. It's just contacts and you're going to get those types of injuries. And does with another game on Tuesday, does extra precaution come in mind when it comes to those kind of knocks? Well yeah, we've got enough cover in the squad that if I feel it's better that guys miss out one game so they don't miss out four by going one more time more than they should then we'll try and protect players because it's in the club's interest to do that. And my interest is the manager of the club so yeah, if we can manage injuries and manage as I said contact injuries which you will get then they can resolve themselves quite quickly but if you compound the problem by playing them too readily after those injuries then it can become an issue. A few days on from the black game, we touched about when we spoke to you on Tuesday but I guess the players have probably taken confidence from the performance despite the result. Yeah, we think so yeah, they came in for training in good hearts so yeah, confidence hasn't been dented by the loss. We played well the weekend before, gave a good account ourselves against higher league opposition so now we're really looking forward to league two football again and carry on where we left off at a higher level because we played at a higher level there. Harry Lewis mentioned about going out in the cup, he feels there's no excuses in the league, you can really focus on that albeit the AFL trophy as well, is that something you share? Yeah, I mean our focus will always be on the league but as I said before the cup competition in midweek is that we'll always try and have a goal because we want to progress like I said. The two games that we had against higher opposition have helped us in terms of improving and understanding what we need to do to be better when you would go up against better opposition. They will ask more questions of you and you've got to learn quickly or find the answers on the pitch if you can ideally. So those two experiences for the group as a whole are invaluable and will reap the benefits in league two games that we've got coming up. So the cup games will come around and we'll pay them the respect that they deserve because it's a good learning opportunity. Cain, Harry has looked lively when he's come off the bench in the league and he put a good account in for himself on Tuesday night, how close is he to a start in the league? Yeah, I was pleased with what he did. We changed things around slightly but it was fine so he could have scored a goal as well so he's always a constant. Menace at the top end of the pitch has got good high energy levels and a good amount of skill as we've seen already. He's going to get more games, starts and finishes so he's going to be a big part of the season as well. You mentioned looking a little bit different when Cain's on the pitch and we noticed that it almost looks a little bit more of a 4-4-2 kind of thing. Is Cain one of those players that you do have to adapt when he's on the pitch? Yeah, I think the shape that we play helps us. I think it just gives us a little bit of fluidity and we've got used to that shape. Obviously if we played two up front we have to tweak that to a certain extent. We can go different ways, we can go 4-4-2, we can go with the diamond which we've done through pre-season as well and we've experimented with that. So there's different options and we can always play just Cain off the front as well because he's got the ability to do that and he's an intelligent footballer that we'll be able to adapt if he needs to just go from deeper positions. So there's not too much of a tweak to it but obviously it just changes us slightly if we do play two up top. And playing with someone like Andy Cooke who's in form and he's got Verdane as well who's so experienced at this level and in the leagues above it must be a great learning curve for Cain. Yeah, I think he's enjoying the experience. He's jumping at the pity once the player of the game as all young strikers want to but it just needs to be a little bit patient. He missed obviously that week of three games when he got suspended which is just set him back a little bit which is unfortunate for him but he's very much part of what we're going to be doing moving forward. How much as a former striker yourself are you involved with the attacking players or do you hand that over to your coaches and have to take a step back mark or do you really get involved with them? Well no, it's not a case of me saying do it like I used to do it because I can't demonstrate that because I'm 58 so no problem with me trying to do that. No, I've got an understanding of the role and I'm much regret if you're out in those forward positions so clearly I will coach that and talk to the guys about that how they can maybe lose markers and just give them a little bit of space at the end of the pitch where it's vital to create that sometimes through the movement of others or sometimes you have to create things on your own. So yeah, there's always things that you can empower to players and make them have a few more strings to them all. Back at home on Saturday it feels a while since the Newport league game. Just how important is it just to keep that unbeaten league run going at home? Yeah it's something we talk about. We look stronger at home I have to say and the support weekend is fantastic so as soon as we turn up to the ground we're just itching to get out there and play and maybe that's not been the case in recent parts really and so we're in a much better place. We really enjoy playing at home. It's a real advantage to us we feel and I think we'll get even stronger as the season progresses. But the weekend is an important one for us. We want that continuity in terms of performance and results and it's a good opportunity at the weekend to continue in the same vein. And on crew they obviously came down last season. Troubled some season last season but they've started life in league 2 very well. Simon gone. What shall we get him back? Difficult season for crew last season but they've started well in league 2. What have you made of them so far? Yeah I mean you're right in saying that. They've got good points on the board which they'll be happy about obviously coming down from after relegation is difficult for teams and we've already faced one team in Doncaster and a similar fate. We'll see how they approach the game against us and hopefully we'll be like Doncaster did. No dark hearts hopefully. Is it one of those oppositions where if you do get a good result it almost feels like a little bit of a statement? I don't think so much. I think from our point of view we're just trying to make statements every time we play in terms of how we play and the results that we're able to get. We know there's a big focus on what we're doing here and people are looking to see how and where we're doing so we have to make a statement every time we play so we haven't got a problem with that. We're not faced by that or upset about it. It's a recognition of where we are as a club and what we're trying to do I feel so expectations are always a good thing. Thanks for your time. You mentioned players like Cian Harrop willing to play every game and you do have a cover in most positions. How do you keep all those players happy when they clearly can't play all the time? It can be difficult. Everybody's valued here. Everybody is going to play a role. Some will play a more significant role than others but we'd like to think and I'd like to think that everybody's included and feels a sense of belonging in terms of what we're trying to do moving forward so I think if you go everybody on the same page obviously players will be disappointed when they don't start games. But I think there's a recognition that I will change things around. I will try and keep freshness in the squad if I feel people are losing form then they'll have to go out of the team and guys that have been waiting patiently will come in. I think there's an understanding that there is that belief that will happen and if you're out of the team you've got to be ready to go because circumstances as we know football changed very quickly so it only takes, we've had enough injuries already but those injuries have given other people opportunities to stand more regularly. Guys outside of the team at the moment have still got a huge role and you see the guys that are coming on at the end of the games to finish off performances, they're making an impact because they feel part of what we're doing. So it's a big long old season everybody's an old cliché but we're going to need everybody so we've just got to keep that feeling that everybody's included and everybody's part of what we're trying to do and we do that then I don't think we'll have any problems. Presumably when you play it as well as you are at the moment that helps because everyone can see that it's working the way it is. Yeah and I think everybody wants to be part of it so we continue to try and play good football, progressive football, I think players enjoy playing the way that we're trying to play. They like the training, every day is a different day in terms of what we present them. We're still working on the same things but because of the quality of the coaching then it doesn't seem that way so there's always a variety. We probably work on the same things predominantly but because it's presented in a different way it doesn't get stale and guys are always stimulated every single day they come in. I think that helps to keep the group really strong and motivated. Can I quickly mum? Obviously it's just under a week left for the transfer window. Obviously Oscar went out to Ollum yesterday. What's the state of play now? Are you pretty much there on ins and outs or how do you see the next few days? Well there's always, I keep on saying this, if something gets thrown up, sometimes you get situations that you've enquired about before and agents or clubs will say no we're looking at more money or different level and they go away for six, seven weeks. And all of a sudden the last week of the winter they realise that maybe that's not going to happen for their client or their player and they start trying to start conversations with us again. So there could be a few occasions of that I think in the next few days and it might be that some of the ones that we dismissed because we felt that they were looking in a different direction they might become viable again. So we'll wait and see if anything like that happens or somebody from left field presents himself and we think it makes sense and we're able to do it financially. I mean I don't know if it might be the end of the window but is he still someone in the ballpark or has that sort of moved on that one now? Information really is that they're looking to place him in league one or higher and he's been in around their first team obviously in some of the games of late so that's probably where they see Dion's career progressing from this time on. But you never know, it may change but I think that's where we are at the moment because of where Luton is seeing him playing next year, this year rather. And in terms of the squad numbers, is there anybody else mighty to go out to think in terms of numbers or are you sort of, how many have you got on the squad now? Do you feel that that's a big enough squad you have? Like I said Simon, if something makes sense and we can do something we'll look at it and then we'll think about the numbers after probably. We will always want to be stronger before we move people out so that's why we did so many early in the window and maybe towards the back end we've been concentrating more on seeing if we can place other players.