 Graeme, good to see you again. A free week, if that makes sense, no game in the week. Has that been welcome for you as a team? Well, the weekend and the games after that will give us the answer for that, but I think it's always valuable to get training time with the players, I think just to give you a bit of breathing space to assess the previous games properly, try and plan ahead with the game that we have in the weekend and try and get a few lads a little bit more up to speed physically because it's been a bit of a broken time for a few players, so I think on a physical side, a preparation side, a free week is always valuable, but it's about making it pay for us really. We talk a lot about the relentless fixture schedule at this time of the year and partly with what you've said there, do you feel like as a squad you maybe just needed that chance to maybe reflect and look back? A little bit, yeah, because it's certainly coming out of January, we know now that the squad is the squad that we have, everyone can settle down and focus, so we look at the games coming up and what we have to do to win them, and then try and introduce to the new players, well, Cav really and Jake, more than Tyree, because he's still with the medical team, the sort of tactical stuff that we require from them in that possession, so for them boys it's been probably more valuable. But yeah, I think as long as you can get out and train, which we've been able to do this week, then I think it probably did come at a good time, just have to look more about being out of the window and settling everyone down rather than any other aspect to be honest. And do you feel the squad is settling down? People are settling down, no, this is it now, this is how we're going to be until the end of the season? I would hope so, I think, yeah, well, there's no choice really, so that's it, the group that we have now is the group that will take us through to the end of the season, so I always believe, and without a doubt, January brings its distractions, not for every single individual, but if you've got a north, I think it's a topic that people will discuss and focus on, even if it's not directly including them, just to be aware of things going on. So I think February onwards sort of puts that to bed, I think it brings clarity for everybody, including myself, and we get down to work to try and make a good go the rest of the season, because that's what our target is. You mentioned Tyreek Wright, just what is the full prognosis with him at the moment? Yeah, he's not been out, he's been on the grass with the medical team, he's actually been training with us, so he won't be part of the squad at the weekend, and it's pretty much due to the timeline we thought at the start, so we knew it wasn't a significant injury of any long-term risk, but more than enough just to keep him out of the next couple of weeks from when he did it, so he's on schedule to return when we expected him to return, and just fingers crossed that that continues, because we brought him here to obviously improve our firepower and ammunition, and we've only had him for 60 minutes unfortunately. And how is Jake Young? I know you said that half-time he'd reported maybe a tight hamstring. Yeah, it's not that really, it's just before he came off, he obviously was involved in a challenge and hurt his ankle, so he's actually missed training this week so far with that ankle, nothing to do with his hamstring, which is good news, but he took a knock on it and it swallowed up, so we're just trying to get that swelling down and hopefully include him in training later in the week. So yeah, that's less of a risk I think than a hamstring because he's an explosive player, but also there's a good level of discomfort after the game on Saturday, so unfortunately he's not been part of the training week so far either. Other than the longer term absentees that we know about in Jamie Walker and Alex Patterson, how are you elsewhere in the squad going into Saturday? Yeah, I think we have everyone else available, apart from the ones that haven't. So Jake Tariq and Alex Patterson, Jamie Walker, we know about those and they're all in a certain part of the pitch where we need as much quality as we can, so it's probably hitting us hard a little bit at the moment, but I still believe that the players we have available have more than enough to score goals in league too, so we'll focus on the guys that are out there training, preparing for the game, and get them in the best physical mental shape as we can, but every team, if you look at those four players in particular, I think any team at this level would miss those four without a shadow of a doubt, but like I say, I still believe in the rest of the group. And you leave me on to my next question really. Obviously you spoke about the fact that you put Andy on the bench after the game with us, and his top scorer this season still, I think sometimes people forget that, he has got over 10 goals this campaign, so how do you get Andy Cook to the best Andy Cook like he was that we saw last season? Well, I think obviously I wasn't all close and personal with Cook last year, so I couldn't tell you about various aspects of him personally at that stage, but I do know like his ex-G is the same this season, so he's had the same opportunities, the same chances, the same amount of chances that he had at this stage last season. I know he came, I wouldn't say he came good, he was almost red hot after January, he had a little break from the team, and came back with maybe a point of proof, maybe a little bit refreshed physically, and sort of ripped up the division really with his goals. But that wasn't part of my thinking really, I go off what I see and what I feel, and I just felt he wasn't at the same level as he was pre-Christmas, and I just wanted to get him back to that really, and if it means him missing one or two or three games to get back to that level, I'd rather have him at the highest level for less games than sort of plateauing out in average fashion for a lot more games, I'd rather have the best quality Andy Cook. But I am still learning about a lot of the players in the team, out the team, when we go through a spell of a lot of games, a lot of minutes, the conditions that we train under with the weather and everything, all these things can affect a player's sort of condition and his output. So we're just trying to get a freshness in everybody, so it's not just Cookie that we're looking to do that with, I think there's a few players that we're trying to do that with, but he's record at this level, and his importance for us as a team is not diminished. I wouldn't do that, I still know he's a very valuable player for us. So the discussions we had last Friday and then how he's come in training this week, I know he looks refreshed in his own mindset, almost like when you left out of the team, sometimes that's the weight off your shoulder, you might be looking over your shoulder a bit and then when it actually happens, it's just not right, it's a crack on, it's a fresh start and I'm hoping that's the effect it has with Cookie, but he's still got massive parts to play for us now without Adam. And I suppose, Graeme, that perspective is furthered somewhat by the fact that in the window, Jake Young's been recalled, Tyrate Wright's come in, Calum Cavanaugh's come in, that forward line has been bolstered and therefore healthy competition at play. That's what we want to do. I think if you look over maybe last season and a half, I think there's been a strong reliance on Andy Cook to score the goals for the team. I don't think that's a healthy situation for any team, whether it's a midfielder or a striker or whatever. I think it's a team sport, team game and I want us to become a team that has many threats, has different problems for the opposition to solve and not just one very strong problem in Andy Cook. So we've tried to assess the squad in the period we had going up to January. We looked at the things that we're doing really well. We looked at where we need to improve and our output of goals is the one outstanding thing we have to improve. So we have to try and improve the players we already have to try and improve the squad with recruitment, the two main factors. So we brought in three new players, and I do count Jake as a new player for me. Three new players to bolster that but also the responsibility on us to try and improve the guys we already have. So if we do that and get them all to the best level they can be physically and mentally, then I think we've got a really strong forward line but they're all at different stages of those aspects and it might take a little bit of time to get them all speed. Calf has only just come in, he's had a week, he's not played any senior first team football this season. Jake's been off with an injury for three stroke four weeks leading up to this stage. Tyree we've had for, he's played six games in a year and then he's been injured so it'd be great when all these guys are fully fit and functioning and flying. I think we have to do our best to win games when we haven't got them. Just looking at the remainder of the season more generally, and we've spoken about this recently as well, how your ambition is to really just focus on the next game in front of you and not trying to get tied up and what is remaining this season. How easy or difficult is that when we start getting into the final stages of the season? Maybe more from a squab perspective because players will look at the table, players will look at games remaining and stuff. So how do you control that the focus is on Wrexham away on Saturday? I think that's relatively easy from inside, from our messaging, our communication but they're obviously open and exposed to a lot more information than just what they receive inside our building. That's a reality of Monday football. When I was a player it was maybe the odd newspaper report how the fans would respond at the end of the game, that was pretty much it. Then most of the information or communication you got was from your coaching staff and your teammates where it's a lot more open now. It's trying to balance out what we know they'll be exposed to outside of us but us folks, one that come in here and the building, they focus on what's important and you can't win 10, 11, 12 games on the bounce in one go. You can only win one at a time so while you focus on anything else apart from the next game I think it's a reasonably common sense formula and you can't win the game after this one until you get to it so let's just fully focus on the one in front of us and give it our best shot. Plan right, prepare right and then fully commit to what we want to do and believe in ourselves and I still look at the players and I still hear the players and I still feel the players and I still think as a believer that we can do something positive this season but I don't want to put the pressure on the group of players about what the end looks like. Come on, let's focus on this game in particular. Can we bring out a game? Can we get to the levels that we expect of ourselves that we produce and train in and so forth and then maintain it over 95 minutes to win a game in football? If players do that and they have the mind control of the discipline within themselves to do that, they'll be in a lot better position to go and win games. If you get distracted about bigger pitches, what's going on elsewhere, what's going on in the summer, can we do this over 16-17 games this at the other? You're just doing yourself a disservice and not focusing on what you need to do so we're quite clear with the players about that and to be fair I do believe we have a good group to work with on that side of it. Yeah and just finally to, as opposed to further that point as well we spoke with Kevin Macdonald before yourself and obviously we dusted about transitioning back from caretaker manager into player and whatnot and also the season that still lies ahead and he spoke about the fact that there is still a very clear attitude and ambition within the squad that this season can be successful outside of the EFL trophy. How encouraging is that to have such an experienced player who at one point was the leader of this group making that message quite clear? Yeah that's the importance of respected players, senior players that have been around the game still having that belief, still seeing that belief from the staff understanding that we're, you know, Kev's probably got a little bit of history because I played with Kev 10-12 years ago so he's got probably a bit of an insight into my character and my personality I think me with him as well, I think I understand where he is in his career because I've been there myself but you know you don't want to just let things drift away you want to fight for everything that you have an opportunity to win so that's, it's great that Kev, you know, we knew with Kev when we came in that he wasn't in a condition to play because of the role he took up for the month or so and then he suffered a little niggle when he did get up to training and by that time with him tried to build up his exposure to fitness stuff in training because we hadn't been able to play bounce games, friendly games, beyond the scenes so that I think he's an honest guy Kev, I don't think he's going to say things for the same sake I think he's going to say it really is and that's the feeling I get from the players I don't listen, there's a high level of disappointment if we don't win a game for war, we don't play well enough to do that and I'd be disturbed if that wasn't the case but certainly when we get back to work on the following Monday or the following Thursday or whenever it is there's a determination about the group to then go and put it right and go and make sure the next game is the next opportunity and I think it's important that Kev, Richie, people like those guys, Gilly all these lads that have got good experience just keep nudging the others along lads it might be a little bit doubtful, a little bit naive a little bit dramatic in their thinking about all these losses at the other or we've made it now, that swing of emotion I think it's important to have good character in the changing we'll keep that balance between getting too low, getting too high and just make sure we focus on what we've got right in front of us so it's good to hear that Kev believes that I know I said finally but actually this is my final question now because you mentioned a player there that I meant to ask you about last week and notice that in the absence of Richie for the EFL trophy game Alex Gilly had won the captain's armband how easy your decision was that you mentioned him there as one of the leaders of this group what influence does he have? Well, when I spoke to him the day before the game I pulled him in the office just to chat about a few things and then I just asked him if he wanted to be captain and being a smile came on his face excitement about it, well that's my answer so Gilly, Peter Meyers is f-ing I want in a professional footballer and a team I think he's a really talented guy super motivated, great professional at it every single day he hits the level of consistency that we need our team to and that's what I wanted to give him the armband because I felt people need to look at your captain and go yeah that's what our team needs to look like I think Richie does a fantastic job on that side of it as well so I'm not looking to change anything or anything like that but Richie obviously wasn't available because Richie does the same thing in training and every day he's out there competing at a really hard level but I thought Gilly was the natural replacement for him in that game and I thought he went out there and just played his normal game and set the standard I thought so yeah he's a guy that I've got a lot of respect for that was my final question, thanks Graeme cheers can I hear you mate? Simon's on it there we go I knew I'd do it soon yeah I was going to say obviously the game is looking at this weekend you know we sort of touched on it the other day you know Wrexham and this crazy home record I mean we talk about Bradford City the need to get that home record right and how important it can be I mean was it one defeat in the 50 odd games I mean when you go into that sort of game mentality, have you got to have that belief that we can be the team that topples that this time? the belief has to come from us and what we need to produce in the game but it takes time to instill it in a team and in a group of players I think sometimes depending on the environment you go into whether they're used to winning or whether they're not used to winning this out here but for me we have to believe whoever we play we have an opportunity to win and my reference point is my career I never went into a game thinking there wasn't a chance of winning never in 24 years it's impossible to believe a thing like that it's impossible, we know the difficulty of all the tasks that we face and then if you look at the record then what's the point in turn up I mean if you don't believe that you can do something it's not about taking the previous record it's taking what they have to show in that particular game and what we have to show in that particular game and it's always a LEMVI, well it starts off a LEMVI 11 every game and I just want to start the confidence in ourselves listen we know what we do well we know what we have to improve it's really clear for everyone there's no point hiding away from that fact but when we get those things right then we're a really good team and we've shown that in a great spell we showed it even after that even though we didn't get the wins but in our performances we're really strong and we can be that team again but rex and a fantastic team and they've had an unbelievable two years two and a half years of winning consistently certainly at their home ground but it takes time to build that up and yeah that's ultimately our aim here is to build up that sort of environment at home that culture of where it's hard for a team to come and take anything from we're not there we know that we're not going to try and attempt to pull over anyone's eyes but the work has to start somewhere and this is where it's starting for us but I've got full confidence in my team if we get to a level that we know we can do not hope to do but know we can do then we give ourselves a chance of beating anybody at this level and that's not taking anything away from rex it would be ridiculous to take anything away because he's having fun because he's pretty phenomenal and obviously you're the only man who's actually toppled that in all this time looking back on that game how do you go about beating them because obviously they do score goals for fun I think they average three goals a game at home so you know you're going to have to face quite an avalanche at times yeah that's it it was my team the beating wasn't me on the day it was my team the 11 players that went out there and the three or four that came on us the subs and stuff like that but we went there with a belief that we could get a result with it was our first game of the season from talking about that result in particular we hadn't won any of our pre-season games there was nothing expected of us we went there and we attacked them as I'd set up my teams to do on all occasions you know I think is the team I have in my charge capable of a performance like that now 100% but we have to do a lot of things right so that was it I didn't look at Wreckson's record from the season before when I went into that game on the first day of this season they were unbeaten at home last season weren't they so in the league anyway so it didn't make any difference to me how I planned my team how I spoke to my team about taking the game to them and it won't make any difference this time either and that's not me being flippant or anything like that it's how I approach football it's to go and try and win to go and show what we're capable of show what we are as individuals and as a group together and sometimes it gets you result sometimes it doesn't but as long as you show that unity that commitment to a game then that's the minimum requirement of a successful team over a period of time over a course of a season you can't go from performance levels up and down and win, lose, draw, win, lose, draw and expect to be successful at the end of the season but the first thing about consistency is your mindset, your approach to the game the commitment the levels of quality and performance can sometimes change or end product and your preparation and how you approach the game have to be the same and that's what we'll be trying to do this week and in terms of obviously if you do go there, put in the performance and do get the result it could be a real springboard performance a springboard sort of occasion couldn't it because it will really build that belief up within the group again yeah but you know what we were talking about before the belief isn't that dented isn't that, listen we're frustrated more than anything we're not lacking in belief we're not lacking in determination we're just we're just frustrated because we know we have players capable of scoring goals we know the opportunities we've created in lots of the games not necessarily the last game but in certain previous games over the new year in the start of January we're games that we should have won quite comfortably and we know that so there's a frustration there more than anything but the only way we can get this frustration out of our system is by going and putting on performance and winning the game the springboard effect is not what I'm really looking for now I'm just looking for an improvement from our players in our final product our end touch, our end bit of quality without losing anything with the other stuff that we've been doing so well what's that what's the goal scoring as you say it's been the issue, I mean is that something sounds a bit flippant to say you just keep practicing it a training or is it a case of just having the confidence of the players to perhaps not go overboard and keep saying we need to score we need to score and just sort of let them get it right themselves sort of thing yeah well there's a balance you know because I want to be honest in my appraisal after games or with you guys with the supporters, with my players so we give them what we've been doing well the players aren't talking about the squad and then we just say look we just need to improve this because it just focuses the mind on that and I don't want it to become a big issue but I have to if I'm asked a question by you guys or by supporters I want to be honest so I'm honest but sometimes I'm highlighting a fact that will be scrutinised and even more highlighted even more but if you want to play professional football if you want to play for Bradford City then pressure is something you're going to have to handle that's normal so I think if you can sort of respond to that pressure sort of engage with it and sort of see it as a positive that you're in a position that the pressure is on you that's because people expect you you know I think it's a better place to be rather than well we don't really think they'll score what's the point if they expect you that means they must look at you and think you're a decent player or a decent team so I think if you it's how you sort of control those thoughts those messages the information the feeling it's how you control it and push it into a positive that's loads of things come across you in life and football that attests in you and if you think we're a negative mind then you will have a negative outcome if you think there's an issue and you can then go right let's find the solution for this issue let's put in the practice to get the solution let's train and train and practice and practice and practice and persevere and persevere and persevere then it will come good it will come good but if you if you do this forget about it forget about it best of luck weekend okay I agree I agree I've just got a few I was just wondering this time of year is that when you really find out about what you've got in the building I mean a little bit of a little bit of an indifferent role and some players start to think about their own future and sometimes training is disrupted and there's a lot of excuses isn't this is probably the time when you you really find out what you've got characters as well as players I think you're always learning from a lot of times or periods during the season it's great to have a team at the end of one season giving them the off-season program CU sticks to it, CU comes back in then you learn about who's got the discipline to do the right things away then the pre-season when you challenge them who's got the discipline or the mentality to get up to the levels and push themselves through things the game time who can take their training to games when there's games that come fast it's all the way through the season you learn about characters, personalities, individuals you never stop learning so every challenge in time with it even when you're winning five or six games on the bounce we're looking at individuals CU's just coming off, CU's getting complacent CU thinks we've done something and then on the other side if you're not winning CU's going under, CU's still putting himself out there to be picked there's always testing times in that we're always on the lookout for that we're always on the lookout for who we need to help who we need to support who we need to spike who we think crack on great that's what we've given the armband consistency, consistency, consistency in everything he does and that's what we want so you always after a period of time look back and go right I've got a clear picture of him and that's how you try to manage the long term and then focus on the individuals you need to try and help yeah, I think it was Michael Duffy something he said last season that sort of stuck with me I thought he might apply to lower divisions he sort of said the six games in every league season where you're brilliant the six games in every season where you're really poor it's about coming out on the right side of the other ones that's the trick really is that something you sort of agree with yourself yeah I think so something similar at the start of this season in previous club that to win a promotion to be at the top end you're not going to play well 46 games so you're going to play well and know half of those games you need to take the majority of points but you need to learn how to win when you don't play so well and then the games where it's reasonably level have you got the quality to find those game defining moments but certainly you have to be able to win those periods when you're on top and even when you're struggling how can you stay in a game go get some ropes, take the hits come out with a knockout punch but without having that consistency of how you approach a game, how you approach a training you're going to be up and down up and down, up and down so that's why off seasons pre-seasons are so important in the preparation going into a season where you put those things in place when you haven't got the games that can drag you from one side to another that's the things that you can improve as you go through a season and there'll be games this season that the team has won when we haven't been the top team I wouldn't actually say that it's been our case since then I think we've not took advantage of the games when we've been on top all the data and information tells us that you know what the game's about yeah and I was going to ask you to find without going to specifics with your itinerary but you look at it, I think you've got 7 out of 9 at home you haven't got the waitix all over the place there's a chance to build momentum isn't there that's probably fair to say if you get things right yeah well if we get things right that's the golden sort of issue so I don't look at home away because at the end of the day if I look back at Bradford's home record over 5 seasons I think the team or the club has won probably more away games than home games in those over that whole time so there's a thing that we have to try and fix because we want to be successful so you have to be successful at home if you want to do that but we don't say we have to do this at home and do that away we see every game as an opportunity to win and play in the way we want to play so we don't go and sit in front of our own goal away from my own trying to nick a counterattack goal and win 1-0 and then open up our own, we try to have a consistent way of playing so for me home away is still an opportunity to win a game in football so I don't try to emphasise the difference but without a shadow we have to win more home games as a club and it's that's bit I would say another issue this season and certainly even in my time without a shadow so I think we've drawn the majority then and that's something we have to come to terms with at Valley Parade that regardless of where we are in the division every team sees a point at Valley Parade as a good point even when we are in the league at the moment 18th Wimbledon went away thinking that was a good point and they're a team that's got in the verge of the playoffs and that's something we have to be even better to overcome thanks again thanks for your time thank you hi Graham I just wanted to talk about what has been a breath of fresh air for you I know the league is bread and butter but the football league trophy has given you the sense of a bit of confidence so far taking down teams from higher divisions like Derby County who are going well and stuff like that has that been a sense of freedom for the players that started competition in terms of the stress maybe of the league in terms of that that the players have maybe relaxed and maybe the pressure has been off so they've played a bit more like themselves well in my time a little bit I would say that if we kept the same team in the cup games but we haven't we've made a lot of changes in all the cup games so I think maybe the players that have come into the team there's an opportunity to go can I play well enough to stay in the team for next week and this out the other and there's been maybe an outpour of enthusiasm to finally be on the pitch I don't know certainly has a different feel I think when you go into play Derby County at their stadium that's not an everyday lead to stadium so I think you're always going to get a boost in enthusiasm going into that game but then we've won our home games as well in that competition but we have made six, seven, eight changes in all those cup games and we've seen a real spark in obviously the results without a shadow doubt but I couldn't tell you whether the players feel less pressure now because we plan and prepare exactly the same for those games we don't highlight one competition and just Moseon we prepare for every single game in the same way but the personnel has certainly been different in those games so maybe there's a little bit in that I suppose Graham as squads as we know every club has their injury crisis and injury problems and squads are stretched this time year even though clubs might have had the resources invested in January some might have some might not have but in terms of keeping that battle room in the midfield and keeping that fresh with two warriors in there with a mind age of 68 years old in terms of Richard and Kevin in terms of that battle ground and trying to keep that sort of fresh and energy and keep those guys at the high level is that sort of to try and pair them together when you can and maybe then not having constantly in that battle ground in terms of how do you keep two good buys with a combined age of 68 fresh for a long period and I think I was one of those old fogies you discussed when I was playing back in the day and I think if you got to love a football and then if you use as a football then it doesn't matter and I think if you train right, prepare right, do the right things professionally then it doesn't matter about your age. I've seen overweight, lazy 22-year-olds and you know what I mean and 37-38-year-olds absolutely scrapping for every day and loving football and stuff like this and vice versa age doesn't make a difference to me. I think it's about the character, the personality, the professionalism of a player and these are guys that are vastly experienced. They know how to play the game I think when I came in we were looking at the squad and we had probably six central midfield players if we counted Manny Hossa-Daby, Alex Patterson, Jamie Walker and the three we have right now obviously we let Manny go in January but we lost those two guys in quick succession well in the same game unfortunately and Jamie still hadn't returned even though we thought he would have by this stage so we're a little bit maybe light in numbers there but certainly not light in quality and performance level so I think the sort of competition the sort of level of performance that Gilead, Smallwood and McDonald bring is very important for the team so we can play with two midfielders, we can play with three midfield players but these are guys that know how to prepare themselves for training and for games so got no concerns that their age is anything but a number and second last question for me I've just got a touch on two Irish guys Kieran Kelly and Lewis Richards has obviously played represented Ireland and underage level and where do those guys need to probably develop their own games maybe to enhance themselves and maybe take themselves to the next level where are those areas for personal improvement in their game? I think to get to the next level you have to produce a consistency and a high consistency at the level you're at currently which they are both doing Lewis unfortunately both lads weren't in the team when we got here they hadn't played a lot of football but we saw their qualities their attributes and we wanted them in the team we got them in the team they were very good Lewis unfortunately picked up an injury which meant he missed a month so I would say Lewis's condition as in match exposure needs to improve to give him that ability to play it they're both explosive athletes but with that you have to have a real good base level of fitness to then produce that explosive power game in game out they're both really really strong athletes but to do that for 50 games no one even been exposed to that in English football yet so we can only expose them to it although they maintain it but certainly with their attributes in the game I've spoke to both of them at length they have everything to play at a higher level without a shadow of doubt but there's a lot that you have to put in place to get those opportunities to go higher and then actually stay there there's loads of lads who will gamble on and give an opportunity to but staying there for 10-15 years is another level so we're trying to help them in place now that will help them get there hopefully with Bradford City first if not through getting moods and then stay there once again so it's a final question for me Graham I know every manager says that we don't look at the table and we take it one game at a time in terms of that but I suppose we're 30 games into the season now and I suppose there's still maybe there's still half of that 30 still to play for but when you say get on to where you are in a position now you can either start to push on you can make a run to try and get into playoffs or you can just maybe start to position yourself away from that relegation or obviously the dread that gets dragged into it but when you come to start to 38 games in like seven more games is there a fair sort of indication that right if we're not in the top 12 after 38 games it's consistency it's middle of the table we have to just start intending or when does that sort of season sort of begin to realise where we're going to be at is there a certain point to the season around the 38 mark is it it's not about the games it's not about the position it's about the points tally so we are I think from correct seven points from the playoffs so if we were 10th and seven points off the playoffs we've got a right chance but we are seven points if I go back to when I took over at Scunthorpe we had nine games left and they were 13th in the table we won seven of those games and we missed out on the playoffs by goal difference no one gave us a hope of doing that and we just turned it on so if it's mathematically possible I will sweat blood and so will my team to make things happen without shadow though so it only becomes a potential change of focus when mathematically it is impossible and while it's possible it's not in my nature I don't want it to be in my team's nature to give anything up and that's not us looking at and saying promising people we can do something and there's lots of things in life that if you talk about way in advance people think you're crazy crazy things happen sometimes and we've got to believe in that that we have the attributes to do that we've shown it in spells but we have to maintain it over a longer period to be able to do anything successful in the league this season so maybe ask that question when we've played 38 games