 Ma'n gwych, yma yn gwybod, maen nhw'n rhan o'r tyfnod y gyfnod y mae'r newid ymlaen i gweithio'r hwn i'r ymddangos a'r mhwy o'r ysgol? Rwy'n rhan, rwy'n rhan o'r cyfrifio'r cyfrifio. Mae'n gweithio'r cyfrifio, i ni'n cyfrifio'r cyfrifio'r gyfrifio, oherwydd mae'n sefydlu i'r cyfrifio'r cyfrifio'r cyfrifio'r cyfrifio'r gyfrifio? ond Cian is he'd like to be involved in the 18 tomorrow now he's back? Well that's the intention, yeah I would imagine so, we need to get him going obviously the three game. Suspension stopped him in his tracks after having a decent pre-season as well so yeah we need to get him on a couple of others going as well. How has Cian been behind the scenes, not being off of match days but training? He's been fine, he's been like Cian is so yeah no problem to that. He's got a great personality, he's been working hard, understands he made a mistake. He's been making sure that when he is available he's going to be ready to go so he's only been out of it really for a week. Obviously three games but it's coincided with a midweek game as well so it's affected his work on a day-to-day basis. We spoke to him about the team gelling and especially getting that first league when it's probably a positive that there's a game just around the corner. How have the players reacted to Saturday? Yeah but as I said after the game, second afternoon there was certain things that we did that on reflection weren't where we needed to be. So we're going to do that, that's the process we'll go through after every game. Doesn't matter if we win, lose or draw, it's a process that we'll go through. I've a learning environment where every game is an opportunity to take something away from and that doesn't matter if it's a game that we've won comfortably or a game that we've now really been beating it. There's positives and negatives in every game that we play so it's about taking the information out with those games that we can use to make ourselves better. And I guess in a way it's just about taking stock as well as we speak now 43 games to go it is still going to be a working progress isn't it? Oh yeah I think we've done okay up to this point. I mean like I said it's a totally new team given the personnel changes we've had. I think at the weekend only two or three guys who were playing regularly last year were in the first eleven so it is a big change at times we won't be as fluid as we know we can be but I think given the group it's only just come together I think we're doing okay. One of those who was here last season, Alex Gillies, playing a little bit more deeper in a slightly different position how have you found Alex's response to that and his performances so far? I like Alex in that situation. I think he's game to understand the role as well and he's enjoying it and he's certainly impacting the game for us so that's important. I just like his energy, technically he's always been a good player he's played in higher positions further up the field so technically he can look after the ball in those key areas but he's arguably one of our fittest players as well so having that energy and that technical ability in the middle of the pack just makes sense to me it was always going to be about Gillies reaction to it and how he embraced it and since he's been in there I think he's really thrived and enjoyed it so we'll probably continue with that. And when he's got someone like a Ritchie Small at alongside him actually on the pitch that must be great for you as the manager and he's got that experience had right next to him? Yeah and don't underestimate the experience Gillies got of this level as well so yeah I think at the moment it's working well Ryan East as well has got a real part to play and I think every time we've introduced him from a bench Ryan's had an impact so I've got good options on the field and off it so that part of the team I'm reasonably happy with. You've spoke about selection headaches before haven't we but I guess as you said then when players do come off the bench and really apply themselves that must be the best thing for you as a manager knowing that they're still in it together and have those points to prove that you've come off the bench? Well yeah I mean it just shows me that they're fully engaged in the game that's the point but some will have to be more patient than others but as long as they're fully engaged in what's happening on the pitch when they are on the bench and if they are called upon to finish the game for us then they've got to be engaged and understand at one point in what context they're entering the field to play but if they've got that and they've been attentive to what's going on ahead of them then they can come on and have the impact that I want on the team one so I'll be pleased because that seems to be happening in every game almost to a man every time we make a change seems to have a positive impact and that needs to continue because we've got good strengths on the bench it's not about starters and subset starters and finishes I don't know who came out with that thinking but I actually quite like it so I might claim it as my own but it's probably somebody else's come up with it but yeah it's about making sure that we view everybody as a big part of this group and everyone's got a part of play so we've got to make sure that that continues because they aren't being born for us on to tomorrow night the same fixture last season it was a very tough afternoon wasn't it for your side do you almost feel that it could be an early mark to assess where you are going back down to Colchester with the memories of last season maybe so like I said it's a new group so not too many of the ones that were involved that day are around but I'm still here I remember it so it's a case of making sure that we put that right it wasn't a great day I have to say the poorest performance that we produced when I first came in so we need to address that it's not going to be easy they'll make it difficult for us and we just got to keep doing the things that we know affect opposition teams and when we do that and do them well and do them correctly then it always affects your position so it's about banging the drum about what we need to do well and they're still looking for their first league win of the season does that make it almost a little bit harder mark going to their ground knowing that their fans have their expectation on them to find that first win it depends it could be it could be bonus for us because obviously they might be a little bit more open so we've found at times difficult to break down teams so if they do feel that they need to get on the front foot and ask questions of us would you expect a whole team to do anyway that might be an opportunity for us to explore spaces going the other way so we'll have to see what their approaches sometimes teams can surprise us we've already found out this year Thanks for your time Obviously you're setting off day four as we speak today How do you view these sort of journeys? Are you a manager that likes to take a break on the way down and get the players to stretch their legs or just get the journey out? For the most part we try and get the journey out of the way that's why you go the night before we've got all of tomorrow to get the guys fully prepared in the past week sometimes if we feel this necessary just get a room you don't need a pitch sometimes just to do a preparation session just get people stretching off and making sure that you can get a bit of the travel out but it's always preferable than actually travelling on the day in my view but sometimes it makes sense to go on the day if it's close but ideally you want a little bit more time just to make sure your time's right leading into the game Of course the weather forecast there's a possibility of very heavy rain which could so a lot plans out the window I suppose it could really level things up Well yeah we live here don't we we know exactly what the weather's like so there's not a lot we can do about it we'll just try and deal with the controllables we will affect the weather in regards to that we've just got to deal with whatever's thrown at us and that includes opposition on weather so hopefully it won't be something that will impact on the game in terms of postponement so if there's a lightning storm above us then that would be a worry but we've got to be unlucky to be involved in that so we'll approach the game as we would normally and make sure that we're ready if the weather throws a bit of rain I think we'll be all grateful for that Have you had to train your training routine at all with the heat and the hardness of the ground? No no really we anticipated that at the end of last season and made sure that our pitches are front pitches aren't quite ready yet but our back pitch has been really great it's been tended well we've got a new machine there obviously hydrates it and makes sure it's watered to the right level which has enabled us to have a good service and up play on parched ground that's rock hard I think that's been the case in the past and that undoubtedly affects the work that you can do and the quality of the work that you can do so it was a real key thing for me given what the current staff have told me that the pitches weren't great on occasions that's the winter and the summer basically they weren't great full-stops so we needed to address that and that might be with the quality of pitches we have at the moment Back-key and Harrod, he strikes me as a sort of character he'll be bouncing off the walls a little bit if he's not involved as it means a difficult term although it's been a quick turnaround in terms of time but in fact you couldn't be involved in these games For him it's been difficult it's obviously we can't worry too much Obviously about guys that aren't available you've got to focus on the guys that are available so we're in the background obviously he's working hard and it's had a good week he's had to do extra work because obviously he's missing game time but he's done that really well and he looks really sharp I have to say in his work he's one week a week and a half by the time the game comes further down the road in terms of his overall fitness and his training days so he's ready to go maybe strange way maybe sending it off will be a good thing because he'll be determined to make an impact so that's the case Obviously you said it at the time he apologised for what he did have you had to have a whirl with him since? Don't get drawn into those situations because obviously he's got a bit of an age to be with time We talked about it obviously immediately after what had happened and as I said he came in and I apologised almost immediately and it's been a harsh lesson and he'll learn from it he's a guy that wants to do the best he can do in terms of not only playing and doing well for us but as a player and as an individual and sometimes these lessons are harsh but the key is that you learn from them and I sense some key in will and he just wants to play football he's like someone who just plays in the street he just wants to have a gig about and be the best version of himself so we're going to reap the benefits of that attitude Obviously you mentioned the culture to go in last season I think that's how he's given you that Andy Cook possibly a couple others are still involved but you say it sticks with you when you get a result like that is it a case of when you go back there and you think I want to get this out of the system and then I can remember tonight winning tonight and then we can forget that one I think managers do probably keep the scars a little bit longer than players sometimes players can get bad memories out of their system quite readily by playing the game sometimes managers dwell on past results a little bit longer than they should I like to think I don't dwell on them too often but it's just about learning from from those situations and make sure you're better in similar circumstances next time around so that's what we're endeavoured to do we'll be a better side than actually I played last time around so that's some of the language problems In terms of culture they haven't had a lot of change over the summer whereas a lot of clubs, as you say make a lot of changes, particularly year on year at lower labels culture only brought four or five in and they've probably lost four or five which by league two standards is pretty much stable That's quite surprising really but they might benefit from that obviously because they'll have a lot of plays there know each other and know what they're about and what they're trying to achieve in games so that can be maybe early in the season can be an advantage for them but we know what we're facing as well so there's a reverse of that kind as well so we'll see what they put out in front of us and we'll try to figure out what we're facing and we'll try to figure out what we're facing and we'll try to figure out what we're facing in front of us and we'll try and deal with whatever team and whatever boosts we've got