 Mark, Chaisa Fforest Green, Low and Chaisa Park, will yn ennig y port bael gan ymddangos, how's the move being around with camp this week? It's been fine, we're disappointed, we haven't got our home form going as yet, but another opportunity of the weekend to address that. That's why we finished the game really strongly and had chances to really get back on level terms, which on reflection, over the course of the whole match, I think our performance probably just about deserved that to take something out of the game. Maybe not doing enough maybe to win it, but certainly I thought our last period was encouraging again, so it's about just getting a complete home performance. We've played well up to a point in good periods in all the games we've played, but it's about just getting that complete performance that enables us to win. Is it a few focusing on those positives that we've seen in the chunks of the hammer games and really having that hand to the players? No, I think the players themselves, they know that these times when we haven't quite done what was needed in any given situation, so that happens is about decision making, football's all about making the right decision at the right time, sometimes if you don't get those decisions individually and collectively correct, then the opposition can hurt you, so we've had examples of that, but no, the confidence is still high. We're enjoying the work that we're going through and every week it's a process of going through what we need to highlight from the game, just gone and work on the repetition of the thoughts and the ideas that we have in terms of what we want to do, so that's an ongoing process, that's what we do day in, day out to repeat good messages that they can use and translate into good performances. You talked about after finding different ways to play and adapt, did you mean by that on a game-like game basis or is that something you can work on during the week and how receptive have the players? The point I was making was sometimes opposition will make it difficult for us, ideally when we're playing really well, as we've shown in certainly in our way performances, then teams will look at those games and think, well, goodness me, they're a good team if you allow them to play, so teams will come and try and stop us playing, so the point I was making is that when that happens we've got to be able to have another string to our bow and be able to adapt and change and ask different questions of the opposition so that they are unable to answer those and so the momentum of the game swings back your way if it's gone the other way, so it's just about having an acknowledgement during a 90 minutes of football that times you can't dominate throughout the 90 minutes and there's only a certain few at the top end that can do that, so we have to accept that times momentum will go against us and we've just got to be aware when that happens and be able to bring it back to ourselves and you can do that with certain things that we've worked on this week. And just coming into the Newport game, do you have any fresh injury concerns or team news going into Newport? No, no, I think from last week we're okay, we're likely to get Elliot and Alex Ciliad back the other injuries that we have are still absent, but no, we're strong enough, we have 20-22 players out there today so that's okay, we've still got a few injury concerns longer term once I come back into the group but apart from that we've got good numbers so we've got good options. Alex Ciliad pre-port bail there a bit so it can go weren't there, is there a case this weekend we can expect them to start or is it more they'll just be involved? We won't see, we won't see, they haven't missed a great deal for Paul, they've back trained with the group so we're hopeful they're not going to get any reaction leading into the game but I would have no crabs on them straight back in if I felt that was the right selection but there's no concern in terms of those maybe a little bit different for Alex Ciliad Charles Vernon who obviously had a longer term injury and he had a great introduction when he came on last week, had an instant impact so he's in my thoughts but we're mindful of that, he hasn't had a great deal of football and that 30 minutes or so that he had was probably more than we expected him to have to play in his first game back so we're still a little bit cautious with Charles. I was going to say about Charles obviously coming on and scoring probably chomping it a bit to be in that 11 is it a case for a bit of man management when it comes to managing how quickly they come back? Well yeah, we've got good support staff here and I'm getting good information in terms of loads and how much work the guys should be exposed to so I take that on board sometimes as a manager sometimes if circumstances dictate sometimes you have to ignore all that because you're going to school where you've got feeling and circumstances and sometimes I try and avoid that because sometimes I can compromise a player but we're not in that situation I've got good numbers and if we have to give the guys a little bit extra time to make sure they sound then that's what we'll do. I want to ask you about your goalkeepers because you've got Alex Bass who's on loan but you've also got Richard who's out of contract at the end of the season now that's what we see in one position but Richard might be thinking why don't I want to try and prove myself and fight for my place? Yeah, it's difficult for any number of players that haven't got that knowledge of where they're going to be next year and we're not at that process where we're going to start offering deals to players at this moment we're not far away if I'm honest so yeah, Richard's one of a number of players that have a little bit of anxiety in terms of their position but I would just say that to any number of players a lot of decisions haven't been made yet there's a certain stance obviously with the goalkeeping situation that is obviously a key position and will be resolved but we're probably not at that point yet. Is it something that you would like to get a rough idea of who's going to go? Oh yeah, I would like to think by the time we come back for pre-season all those issues are in place and we know exactly what we're going with the reality will probably be something completely different because we won't have everybody we want through the door when we want them but I think it's a process everybody's got to go through a league too there's a lot of churn in terms of players moving around and coming to the end of their contracts and looking for deals so there's a lot of work to go through and a lot of information that's regarding players that you might be interested in that works on going that's something we're going through now. Okay, the playoffs albeit not mathematically but probably out of reach we can't really see Bradford City getting involved in a relegation fight but there's still so much contracts to play for if you let the players know your expectations and what you want to see from that. I'd like to think they understand where I'm coming from now in terms of standards and how we train and how we behave and the levels that we have to hit we can't just switch that on and off, it's got to be a constant and that runs right through the club from Monday to the weekend so there's a lot to play for touch on obviously guys playing for future contracts that's always there others obviously I will look at some maybe at this point in time having made a decision in my own mind so there's a lot of things a lot of factors and players are the opportunity and the ability to influence that by their performances so it's in everybody's interest that everybody plays really hard from now to the end of the season. And just some of the younger like some thinking Key and Scales restored and is this a time of season where we can maybe expect to see them give them a little run out? I'd never guarantee anybody a game definitely because circumstances change very very quickly on a daily hourly basis it seems sometimes in football so if an opportunity presents itself and a player is trained exceptionally well and I'm of the view that he merits an appearance and he will get that but that would have to obviously be my decision and we'll have to see if I'm not too sentimental in that regard just giving games for game's sake I think guys have to really earn the right to play in in brother city suits so that shouldn't change. Looking ahead still looking obviously for your first home win in Valley of the Raid another big crowd on Saturday wouldn't it be great to send those fans home happy when the people are managing? We're all waiting for that it's we've been close in all the games in my view we just need that performance that gets us over the line and I feel we're very very close we've got good options we've got guys that don't make the first 11 who can come on and make an impact we know that as well so if things aren't quite going our way then we can make changes that will affect the game so I think it's very close that first home win everybody feels that the atmosphere in the stadium illustrates that there's huge support for what we're trying to do and they can see that we're trying to do the right things at the right time and as long as we continue in that vein then we'll get that support because I'd like to think the way we want to play will encourage everybody. I'm sure we'll go forward into next season we talk a lot about this league awaiting its upcoming to Valley of the Raid and almost here it's like a cup final it's the place they want to go and get three points you would be wanting to make that into a fortress next season well yeah yeah I think I mentioned a couple of weeks back we shouldn't have any anxiety playing at home it should be it should be a joy whenever I was playing at home I'd look across the tone to the opposition and think well they can win today because we never get beat here so we've got to get to a point where we feel the same at Valley of the Raid and if we're playing well and we've got a huge crowd in the stadium and they're right behind us then it's going to be very very difficult for away teams to come and enjoy the experience we're not that level yet but that's our intention Just on you Paul another site that you've shown in recent weeks for a screen that you can more than compete with The teams that we're playing almost each and every one even from now to the end of the year the teams that are going for some playoff positions trying to go up automatically and that's why they've been difficult games so I haven't had an easy game yet so I don't anticipate we'll have too many from now to the end of the season it's a good challenge and it's a good test and it helps me obviously see how guys deal with a good opposition going up against us and it gives me a real insight into the league itself on what's required to be successful I'm really enjoying this period at the moment I think it's a great learning experience for me in terms of the level that we're at and the level that we want to go to Just lastly away from Bradford City to be playing for Wales tonight a game away from that play a fine I'm sure you'll have one eye on that if not two Thankfully I've got this role now but if I was in here I would actually be there with all the other Welsh men and women It's a huge opportunity for Wales it's just the first step obviously if they overcome this one they go into the final I got close a couple of times where I was never able to play in a World Cup finals and that's probably the one glaring omission from my CV was that I was never able to play in a major championship for my country so I was a big regret but these guys some of them have already done that in the Euros so it would be great if we finally get there we got close too many times in the past and got obviously upset at the final hurdle so I wish them all that Best of luck for South Wales tonight When you look at Newport they've been there when they were about last few years and always failed Is there a case that you can maybe play all that against them and in clattitude will we fail again? Well yeah they've been a solid team for a number of seasons and done really well and I actually went to the playoff when they came up into the football league I'm right in saying they played Wrexham because I was there as a Wrexham supporter so unfortunately they beat us so they're doing well it's a side obviously that problems in this history but they've resurrected themselves and come again and credit to them so yeah they'll be challenging I'm not sure how much the fact that they're close and they've missed out how much that will affect the group as a whole we have to obviously hope that's the case because then we can benefit from that but I think you can look on the reversal that obviously they've had experience of getting this close maybe in the past perhaps they have the means to go that one step further so we'll have to wait and see but it's our intention to upset them Presumably looking for a better start last week against Port Mail in terms of the way they're playing Well you have to factor in what the opposition will try and do to you so teams as I've already mentioned they won't come and allow us to play how we want to play where we've no question of not asking questions of us so we've got to be ready for that so I think we've certainly talked about this week about making sure that we're more dynamic than maybe we were in the opening period I think we allowed ourselves to just get a little bit sucked into how Port Mail wanted to play that type of game was to be strong enough to play the way we want to play and allow ourselves to dictate the opposition not the other way around so that's what we've talked about that's what we'll aim to do the weekend I'm saying Mark about the home record the support is staying with you as well as they have done the fact that I think we're working out there's been 100 in the last five months so I couldn't have they've not had much the other way so if you get it right the potential we don't take for granted the support that we have it's always a case of trying to give our supporters everything that that we can and you touch on the fact they're staying with us I think that's because they can see progress and they can see that there's a real demand from me and that there's a real drive from the players themselves to make things better and the fans see what they see they see that for themselves where we're not trying to kid people it's what we do on the pitch where we get judged by and at the weekend it's another opportunity to put the record straight to a certain extent we felt that we have deserved more in the game certainly I've been involved in at home so that's okay saying that but you've got to go out and actually that's the aim at the weekend when you say that it's all habit for me if you can get this elusive win hopefully it's sort of a habit players will probably say it's not effective at all and it probably isn't but in the back of your mind there'll still be that thing of possibly you only get rid of that by playing well in winning games as you've said and that's our intention I think the players themselves in a group are frustrated because they've seen opportunities to certainly get positive results in these games and we haven't quite been able to get it over the line but we all feel we're very close and good times that would be the weekend and it's torn to the young song of the start of the week obviously he's played this season half of the central midfield and half to centre half and he's sort of, I'll say which role we prefer he's sort of about six or one half doesn't the other, how do you sort of see where do you see him as more I think he's doing really well I think in the first week he pulled me over one side and reminded me that he was a midfield player but I think he's doing fine I think he's doing very well in the role I'm asking him to do I appreciate at times he's still come to terms with the position but I think he's had influence on the way we've played he's been prepared to maybe in his own mind sacrifice a little bit it's a natural game to really help the team out and everybody appreciates him for that I think he's a player that's got a better understanding of how to play the position now just by virtue of obviously the time we've spent with not only Jan but the whole back floor in terms of what we want and what I expect from him so I'd like to think he's enjoying learning that part of it but yeah I mean it's always better to have a number of strings to your bow and Jan's got that so I know I could call on him if I felt I needed his type of player or his potential to play midfield I can call on that because I know he can play that and also he's got very good experience particularly at this level he's had success at this level so he knows he's not yeah no absolutely we tap into that on a daily basis so we really understand the level and can impact games wherever he plays it might be and he's also probably not one you want to upset because he's quite a big guy anytime soon he's okay Jan he's not problem but he accepts criticism and I think he's a good professional he recognises if there's been a mistake and he's he's good enough professional to hold his hand up if it's if it's down to him there haven't been too many occasions that has been down to him since I've been here so that's great too I might be obviously a reference you put up there just thinking about your career you had a time when you played for a club that happened on the league for 20 years you had the wales experience and nothing since 1958 just thinking in terms of the hand form how significant is it when you just break that career and get that belief again yes and it's an important cycle to break you don't want obviously to to have a home record mentioned every week because when that happens it's clearly something not quite right with where we are at that time so the sooner we just get rid of that I mean the results that we've had are away from home back to back wins I think that was first time since August I was reminded just before so you can get rid of all these comments or areas of discussion just by winning if we do that on the weekend then another trend may develop and I'll have to discuss that but ideally we want to get back to winning ways at home and why shouldn't we be good enough to win at home because I mean when the margins are so small and you're playing one away as well do you feel it really just doesn't need much just no it doesn't need much it's as much as maybe and we have been able to do this scoring the first goal it's so violent at this level and at all levels if I'm honest that first goal is key and I think we've been guilty when we have conceded goals even if we've gone ahead in games we conceded at bad times in the round obviously the half time break and obviously at the end of games we conceded penalties that have hurt us so it's just recognising those times in the games when you've got to be really focused and manage those periods of the game so that you get the result that you want because obviously in the flip side you've then played in successful teams and as you say you're in the tunnel looking just thinking we're going to win it does feel like with the crowd you get here and the stature of the club that if you can just get that one it will get you through tight games it's our intention in the future at some point sooner rather later that we don't hope to win we expect to win but obviously we need to have and that's where we need to get to where we're not there now at this moment in time clearly but we can get there where there was shadow around so it's about utilising all the strengths that we have and I include the playing staff, the support staff the stadium and clearly the fans that come and watch us because without them we're nothing we can't achieve what we want to achieve so the key is to to have an environment here that enables us to expect to win not to hope to win Respect to what he calls earlier he seemed very happy with life to just enjoy this football when you follow a manager who's been sacked on top of all the technical work how important is it to just get them enjoying the football again? Yeah that's a huge thing unfortunately when managers and I know myself having left many jobs unfortunately there is a time where players are a little bit in limbo they're not quite sure where they stand with a new manager and it's change is good for some guys others don't like change and it affects them adversely but I just think if you come in and you're positive and give them good direction and give them an understanding of the way you expect them to perform and how they'd expect to perform then very quickly they recover from any issues they had with the change in management And again you're saying enjoying the style of play as well I guess the fact that you try and play a positive style of play that just naturally feeds into it Yeah we're trying to play a little bit more a little bit more passing but it's always with the view just to get it up to the front end of the team and at the top end of the pitch to enable us to score goals and win games and so we're not messing around on the back in my view it's always with the intention to get up the pitch And I would imagine all three of your managerial career you probably work with players who couldn't hold the ball like you could, couldn't volley it like you could but I guess it's more pronounced like you're working at this level Does it take a bit of a sort of mental jump to just appreciate that these players can't do what you could do and what reconciled to that actually over the years Well the reality is I'm 50 years now and I can't do it anymore so they can, so they're better than me now so it doesn't come into my thinking at all I've been a manager for a long time and it's always been about making the individual better so that the team becomes better and if someone is struggling with one area of their play that I know where I can improve them by just giving them a little bit of insight and a little bit of experience of my knowledge then that's what I'll do and on a personal level and a professional level that's really satisfying because you can see when people take on board the information you give them and actually try and work with what you feel will help them and when it comes off of them you're really pleased so it's really satisfying the role that I have hopefully they feel that the knowledge I've got and the experience I've got will enable them to become better players and I've seen that for myself already so that's encouraged me for me certainly as their manager I mean I've heard you say in a couple of interviews already you've been very impressed by the standard that you've made two football on board so now you're a few weeks in has the transition been easier maybe than you? the only difference, the level of players it's all about decision making in my view it's the better players, the world class players are the ones that make the best decisions on a more regular basis and that's why they play where they are at times we'll make poor decisions and not make the right decision for the right situation and that's at times why we play at the level that we do but everybody can pass the ball everybody can head it and follow it and trap it at this level it's just using the skill at the right time that's what skill is technique, they can all do the techniques it's just using the right one at the right time