 Well, it's good to see you again! Could you go to tomorrow? Any fresh injury concerns or team news to worry about? It's a slight concern with Levi but he's missed some game time, he's trained OK this week. Might be a little bit too soon for him this weekend, but he might be an option for Monday. No gyda hynny'n hollgor yn fwrdd, ond mae'n ddŵr y gallwn hynny gyda'r grwybr ar y drafod am tyd ac yn gwneud o'r ddŷl grwm. Ond wedyn fryd yn bryd yn ddŷl grwybr a'u dda i'r dŷl grwm. Beth chi'n cael ei'r prysg ac yn yma gwybwch i'r ddweud eich ddŷl pei'r broses? Gallwn i'n mynd i ddweud yma nawr ymlaen. Os wedi bod yn llawer, rydyn ni'n gobeithio yma i ni'r ein lle'r gweithio'r gyda'r gweithio ymlaen gwybeth eich cyfrifatig a'u gwneud am y gallu cyfnod y byddai'r ysgrifennu. Felly mae'n siŵr o'n gwirionedd yr ymlaen i gael ei wneud. Mae'n sefydlu ei wneud yn fawr i'r gwirionedd. Mae'n gwirionedd yn fawr i'r gwirionedd. Mae ymateb o i'r rôl sy'n mynd i'r unig yn gwneud gyda'r cynyddiad ac efallai, falch ar gall, efallai efallai efallai efallai efallai efallai efallai efallai efallai i'r mynd i'r cyllidau efallai efallai efallai efallai efallai efallai i'r bwysig. Y fawr yn ei'r gweithio, mae'n ffordd positifu. Cymredu y cyfriffei gweithio ar y cyfriffeir pwysig, efallai efallai efallai ei ymddangos mewn cyfrifur hwyo fath cyfrifir eich bod mor defnyddio. We are not to many games that's obvious to everybody but I would imagine the next couple of weeks I'll be speaking to the guys that I need to speak to I think it's important for them that they know that they're in my thinking for next year obviously they some of those guys might want to keep their options open which fully respect but I'd I would like to think what we can offer here and certainly what we want to do next year in terms of having a good season and I would like to think whoever we ask to re-contract or whoever we bring to the club will want to be part of what we hope to do next year so I am hoping those conversations that I am going to have are going to be positive, keep our fingers crossed, might not be but we will do our best to convince people. But that openness from your part, from Glenn's part, obviously it's the best thing for all parties that is reciprocated from the players as well. Have you seen those inclinations? Yeah, listen they're represented by other guys and sometimes the message you send again from the players is sometimes different from the message you get from agents because they're agents and they like to keep their options open for their clients so I understand that being in the game a long term so you have to accept that. I appreciate that they've got a role to play but I think we're a club that can offer a lot of things and I think guys have obviously worked with me from the time I came in until the end of the year. They can see that and I'd like to think they'd tell representatives if they are offered something by ourselves then they should really try and take it because I think they'll enjoy what's going to happen here. How was Lee Angle after his coming out last week? Another good week. I'm pleased to see him back on the pitch. I think everybody was really glad that he was able to come on and I felt made an impact and I think that's what clearly you want your subs to do when they come on. Late in game Charles Burnham was the same he came on to good effects so both of those have had another week's good work under their belts so probably Charles isn't here to start in games and clearly Lee but it's a hope of us all I think and Lee included that from out to the end of the season he's going to get some good game time. It stirred a bit of excitement to us when Lee Angle came on like it did with the fans like he touched on there. What kind of fit Lee Angle offered aside in this division? Well it's quite clear. I mean he hasn't been with the training group that long but in the short time obviously I've had him to work with and see at close quarters. He's clearly a very technically sound football player and I've been really impressed by his overall ability and I think that the whole group respects the ability that he's got. Unfortunately his career has been blighted by injuries and there could be reasons behind that so I don't know if it's because maybe he hasn't been quite managed or the injuries haven't been managed as well or he's been too enthusiastic himself to realise that maybe he's come back too soon. There's probably a combination of a lot of things that he hasn't been able to have a clear run of quite significant injuries so we hope we can get to the end of the season and he can have a good run at it and I'm really sure what he can do. I think everybody suspects that he's a really sound excellent player and the key is to try and keep him fit for long periods. When we have spoken to him he seems like the kind of chap who's quite open on this. Is he the same with you if you have those conversations? Yeah, I spoke to him and he seems content in terms of where he is now. It's been a little bit of a struggle this season obviously not being able to play as much football as he clearly wants and when you're a good player and you feel that you can affect the team in a positive way if you're available then that's a really frustrating time for anybody but he's ready to go now and obviously we're not going to push too hard too soon because that would be silly but certainly we've got opportunities to give him more game time I think yet up to 30 minutes I think last time and last time out so if there's an opportunity to give him more time at the weekend we'll try. We've got two games obviously so we'll have to manage the group anyway so there's possibilities this weekend he's going to play. We spoke previously didn't we? A few weeks ago the Under 19s had their triumph last weekend. Have any of those entered your mind in the final few games of the season? Or is your position still the same in terms of not wanting to give out games for the sake of it? Yeah I mean you've got to earn the right to play in the first team of any club and we're no different in that regard. I've got a lot of players that are available at the moment so perhaps from the players that started at the beginning of the year probably there's only Tom Elliott who's obviously gone under the surgeons now and this season is over, about from him everybody has got a tick by their names so it's a case of numbers. We're working with 24 or 25 when it would be a lot easier in terms of numbers for training if it was 18 to 20 but you'd rather have it that way than obviously struggling for numbers. I've got a lot of choices, a lot of guys still trying to make an impression so it might be less easy to give the younger element of the group an opportunity but I'll certainly consider it if there's an opportunity to do it and the guys have been training well and making me and my coaches sit up and take notice of them then they've got a chance. On the team news house I've always been a little bit touching over the last few weeks everyone's got a tick by Tom next to an ankle. Yeah I've fully integrated into the group now but obviously he's been out for 8-9 months or so with a significant injury again and we're not going to push in too quickly too soon. He needs a little bit more game time, he's probably up to about 80% of where he needs to be. To get him involved he probably needs to be upwards of 90-95% of his full potential so he's not quite there yet but he's training with the group regularly. I like what I see of him, clearly another skillful technical player with a little bit of pace as well. There's not so much of a concern with how well obviously he's still with us next year as well so we can take our time and make sure he's sound. On the recruitment obviously there's budgets and assurances in place but it's not just necessarily having a competitive budget, it's what you do with that budget and someone like yourself utilising the contacts that you'll have throughout the game. Yeah recruitment at this level is key everybody understands that, there's a huge churn and turnover of players at every club. We've got nine contracted for next year, obviously we'll try and re-contract some of the guys that are out of contract this year and hope that they stay. Others will obviously move on to pastures in you. So that churn continues every single season, it's up to us to make sure our recruitment is correct and we get the right players for the areas of the squad that I feel we need to strengthen. So we're in that process now, we're still working hard, we'll be working right through the summer to that end to get the right quality players for the first game of the season. And some of your contacts, so those are the things you're looking to exploit. I've seen Matty Longstaff come down to Mansfield for example, Elliott Anderson at Bristol Railways, would you say? Yeah, yeah, and obviously I've got contacts at all the clubs of Premier League level, we know who we need to speak to. So if we become aware of a player that could help us, obviously younger players coming into the league too, sometimes you're a little bit concerned if they haven't been out alone before. But certainly there's other good young players who have been out once or twice already and they understand they've been exposed to the league. So maybe that's a furrow we plough more than just plucking guys that haven't been exposed to it. But there's certainly good talent that we can tap into and hopefully utilise for next year. I just want to touch on the defensive side, four clean sheets in your last six, there was only five the whole season before you arrived. Was that something you had aimed to improve and if so were you surprised how quickly that improvement's come? Well I think when you go into a new club and you're there because maybe the club hadn't been playing as well. That's why as well as they could and that's why the change has been made. Then clearly you want to make sure that you have a defensive base that allows you to be able to be better in other areas. You want that reassurance of not conceding goals too readily. Probably, as I've said before, we've probably concentrated more on the defensive and midfield areas of the pitch. Maybe forsaken just because the amount of time we've had, we've forsaken a little bit of the attacking work that I know that we need to put into the guys. But you can only do so much for the time you're given. So we're touching on those areas now as we speak so the focus from now to the end of the season will be on more on our attacking play. Defensively I think we've got good fundamentals now, set players work is good. Apart from Bristol Rovers we haven't conceded from set play. So we do a lot of good things defensively and improving every game I feel. So I'm pleased with that but there's always areas that you can improve on in all areas. We continue to highlight things that maybe we need to do better in the future. Just looking at it tomorrow obviously, the monkey on our backs about this elusive home. When you've said in the past you know at times the performances have been there, the complete performance maybe not. But trying to be tracing those play-offs, the pressures on them is now the perfect opportunity to put in that call. Well yeah, you know the teams coming here are going to have a go at you because it's significant the fixture for them as well. And we played almost without fail teams above us in the league. So it hasn't been easy coming in and pitching up against these teams that are flying at the moment. But we're really looking forward to the game tomorrow. I thought we trained really well today and there was good energy in our work. So we want to transfer that from obviously training at the stadium to playing at the stadium tomorrow. And I think against good opposition I think that's what we need to really test ourselves. And I understand where we are in comparison. That gives me good information leading into next season. Yeah I was going to say what has it taught you about this group and this job coming up against all these promotion candidates? Well I think it's given me an insight in terms of which way you can go. There's all different playing styles, different approaches and stopping teams from being at the top end and competing. And that's interesting from my point of view because there's no one way to skin a cat. There's a lot of different ways of playing in this league that are proving to be successful. The key from our point hopefully next year is that we marry the best elements of all the teams at the top end together in one playing strategy that will help us progress. Thanks for your time. No problem. Obviously as you said there's two danger quick succession. Do you have in mind who you'd like to be playing on one of the given injuries and everything? Or is that something you leave to have to try and escape? Yeah in an ideal word you'd like to be able to manage the group to a certain extent. But I think if I'm honest I'm probably just looking at the game immediately in front of us. Which is obviously Tram here tomorrow. We'll see how that goes. Clearly you hope that there's no injuries. Given there's a quick turnaround then we've got to be mindful of the load that players will be undertaking. So if I feel we need to be more energetic in certain areas just because maybe some of the guys have had a really hard game tomorrow then we'll try and manage the work in 11 or working 15 or so or however many are involved. And we'll see where that is. But I think first and foremost we'll just see where we are or we'll see how we are after the game against Tram here and then we'll plan accordingly after that. And you said you will use the loan market over summer next season. What do you actually feel about the loan market? Is it something that's fundamental to this level of football? Is it something that's just useful to use? No, I think you've got to tap into it. I think there's some good talent, clearly a talent that may be in the future, maybe 18 months time player that you bring from a top club may well be playing Premier League. Football in 18 months, 12 months time, whatever it is, if they progress. Yeah, you're there probably thinking behind top clubs allowing you to have a loan of their better younger players is that they want them to progress. And if you look at what we've got here after, we've got a great stadium, we've got a great fan base, we can recreate a little bit of the pressure that if they're going to be Premier League players, then that's what they'll be exposed to. So the sooner they get exposed to it, the better. And that's why I think for certainly Premier League clubs, Champions League clubs, we look a good option for that place. If they get looking to place their better talent at a club, that will hopefully progress them. So, yeah, you don't get the benefit maybe in two or three years time with the work you've bought into, but you have the benefit in the short term and that's helpful. And it's something that's really changed from, say, your early days at United. There weren't so many Premier League players going out on loan or Premier League players. Well, no, I mean, it's a numbers game. I mean, there's under 18s, 19s, 21s, 23s, B teams. There's huge amounts of players within clubs these days. When I was United and first went there after school, I was one of six apprentices. I was a six apprentices in a reserve team. So it was a little bit different. So maybe that pathway was a little bit easier. I don't know, maybe harder because the numbers were smaller. But yeah, the loan market is something that we have to tap into. We have to be clever and we have to be astute. We have to make sure we pick the right ones, the ones that I'll be able to deal with, League 2. And the right players that will be able to help us. That's the skill, I suppose. Thanks very much. I mean, looking the other way, non-league players, is that an area that you potentially look at? It's not something that we will dismiss out of hand because there's examples right through the League of good players coming through at a non-league level. And you look at the top end of the National League, there's some good players there. There's players clearly because getting paid a little bit more, playing their trade at a lower level than maybe their talent. And ordinarily would be playing that. So there is talent in the lower leagues. Obviously you have to have an insight and you have to have guys on boots on the ground to know what the talent is. Have you got that? Yeah, we've got guys out there. Some of them are comprehensive as maybe some of the clubs. But certainly we have an insight and there's only so many that will make their leap. So we're quite comfortable that we're covering in terms of who has the potential to play higher. So I think we understand that. So that's the main thing. But there's always talent there. Maybe because there's circumstances, maybe because they have more money as a part-time player plus doing a job that's sometimes a way of talent that doesn't make their leap because they can't commit to being full-time professional because the finance isn't there for them to do it. But it doesn't mean there are any lesser players. So you should always keep your eyes and ears open. In terms of that market, you're also going to be wearing a Kanwai club that's surrounding something. This club is a big platform that demands on players. We've talked about this before about being able to play in front of big crowds and dealing with expectations. For me, Saturdays and playing in front of crowds was always the best time of the week. So I scratched my head a little bit when players say they find it a little bit difficult. But I can understand it. It was never something that affected me. I always feel, come Saturday, that's why we do this thing, because you get the benefit of playing in front of crowds and hopefully inspiring yourself and people are watching you. We're still meeting people. We've had a couple of decent meetings. There'll be more this week actually. So we'll see how we get. Ideally we'd like to make an appointment. Next week, if not the week after. Because yes, we could do the work ourselves. But just collating all the information of the players out there, then that needs somebody to put them in the right piles. I haven't got time to do that myself. So we need somebody to come in and do it. In terms of the short list now, is it one or two? We've got close a couple of times and it hasn't panned out for whatever reason. But we've got a lot of interest in it. Always you would expect that the next week or ten days that the appointment will be made. Presumably then you can also step up in terms of the planning ahead in it. Because as you say, you're planning ahead now, but you can only get it with a certain degree because of the time constraints. A lot of the information we already know. As I say, we've got a lot of knowledge of this level. Obviously Glen is important in that regard because he's played or managed a league. One and two, like clearly, at the top level of contacts that we'll be able to tap into. So for the most part we're trying to cover every base, but obviously you just need somebody just to mind the information and make sure that the right target's categorised and we understand what are viable targets and which ones are out of our price range.