 brought to you by DIS keeping companies connected with cloud-based solutions come on city do you have any fresh injury concerns and ahead of tomorrow off the back of the ball in game and no fresh ones no and again we come through the game okay so there's no there's no worries we mentioned on Thursday that Gareth Evans was close to making the bench but he wasn't again on Saturday is he any is he any nearer making the squad yeah now a gazes is available for selection fully and it was kind of a last-minute decision and on the last game but yes or gazes gazes ready to go yeah and what about Jordan Stevens he's been looking likely coming off the bench is he close to a start at all what she thought process behind that yeah obviously Jordan's a good player who's who's made an impact especially in the last game and spoke a little bit previously about him needing to you know show show more in games and he's aware of that and I think he sort of give a good account for himself in the last game where you know I can remember you know a couple deliveries that he put him were really effective and and John's got to keep working hard for for these moments and that consistency and he's still finding out the way that we play and again he's got he's got loads of potential I was gonna mention you've got a bit of a selection headache between Andy cook and Danny row haven't you the both they both keep doing really well in games I guess it's a good thing to have selection headaches all over the pitch isn't it yeah of course and you know spoke about Jordan there and you know he's had to work hard for his opportunities within the game time so you know we've asked a little bit more of him but you know it's quite hard for him to to perform not getting there's as many minutes as he may like and he's got to keep on keep on pushing and and players like cookie and row here again not doing the self-centred harm the the scoring goals are making an impact you know cookie well Andy cookie he sort of was a battering ram for for most of the game and obviously brought brought a rowy on who come on and won the game for us and so again it's a it's a nice thing to have when you've got two people and two attacking players who are who can score goals and you know they've both got different shrimp so yeah is it is a headache trying to pick the right one how do you coach the mental side of that to keep them happy and say look you know we're gonna we're gonna use so-and-so this game because we think the strengths play better against the opposition how do you go about the field players just generally conversations with with them both and before before the team would go out and just be reasons for why they've maybe missed out on that game but how it's been happening in the minute and in the last few games with Andy was obviously couldn't play against his parent club and things like that but they've kind of been in one in one out scenario which has kept them really fresh and they're still playing a game a week and we're still getting the best out of them but again you know that that communication side of it and making sure that they know you know when they're playing and maybe why they've missed out is so important because I think they're both still developing and learning from each other's games as well and you know when potentially Rowey sees Andy pressing and making it really hard and you know we've seen a difference in in Danny Rowey in the way that he tries to win the ball back and works for the team so it's a it's a really good competition and I guess it helps with the positive results doesn't it that they just want to be a part of something positive and they can see the teammates under the scoring goals or saying the goalkeeping case keeping clean sheets rather than having someone sat on the bench and things not going quite right and thinking oh I do a better job. Yeah and the beauty of it maybe is they're both getting opportunities to play and you know it would potentially take one off for another after 60-65 minutes even when the other player is starting so there's enough enough minutes for them to make an impact in the games that have been and we're just looking forward to them you know possibly playing together as well one day if we maybe change formation but again you know that they're really developing and starting to know what we want from them from them in and out of position. And go back to Saturday last night equalised I'm sure you heard Andy like the rest of us plus the felt like a win with that what's the mood been like the last few days and quick turnaround going into tomorrow? You can't really enjoy the draws and the run and the winner anything like that you've just got to crack on maybe that feeling lasts for 10 minutes after full time but then you're back to work you're focusing on the next game and you know we were working you know Saturday night and Sunday to prepare for Newport and then today we've obviously got to put the work into the plays and you know and help and support them into into the next game so again yeah it's just really fast at the minute and it was an unbelievable feeling but when we got the got the equaliser but you know it's quickly you've got to move on quick. On the clip side of that quick turnaround going into you know we talk all about Saturday Tuesday Saturday Tuesday when you're in such a good run that that almost is a positive isn't it? Yeah it's nice when you're on a run because the games just come one after the other and there's kind of now sort of a routine of how we operate and the players know the structure of what it looks like when you've got Saturday and Tuesday games and and they sort of become that routine maybe become quite normal for them at the minute it just limits the time that you can you know possibly you know have them on the field for longer periods but again we've got to try and be be cute with how we deliver things and make sure we get our messages across. I was going to just touch on that how do you deal with the recovery in such a small space of time what would you do differently in terms of you know if it's Saturday to Saturday is it cramming a load of things in and preparation in that such small space of time? Well you've obviously got a lot more sessions where you can put more through the players in terms of the loads and obviously the contact time that you do have them at the minute it's kind of a shortened short window where you can actually put a lot through the players and it's more walkthroughs and tactical stuff to make sure that when they go into the game they know what their role is but like you say it's a quick turnaround and we're not getting as much time on the grass but in a normal week it's a lot more relaxed because you get more more time with the players and you get to to work for longer periods of time. And it's an away game tomorrow we spoke on Thursday didn't we about the good form at home how do you approach away games is it any different or does it just literally come down as simple as who the opposition is? It's just common for teams when they're playing away to when you go into a ground you've potentially not played in the past and things like that you know these are sometimes things that go in the home teams favour we just treat it as a normal game you know we'll travel down to the hotel and you know we'll go through go through our preparations again and make sure that when we go out there we're ready to go and you know irrelevant if we're at home or away. And playing at the Cardiff City Stadium tomorrow instead of at Newport a little bit different maybe some of the places you've experienced in in League 2 has that come into your mind at all or or is it something that you just kind of treat and it's just another game? Just another game the pitch is obviously going to be in really good condition and that's you know but it suits us probably with the impossession stuff allowing us to you know to keep the ball better and you know the surface to allow us to not have to you know check all the time when you're in possession and what I mean by that is when the pitch is a bad it's it's hard to get your scans in things like that because the ball is bouncing all over the place so what you find is a nice pitch allows players to to drift into different positions and and do the little bit do the work a little bit more to get on the ball and and scan and check like I say so and I'm hoping it'll help us in terms of the impossession work and allow us to play our game and control the game because I don't think we did that against Bolton well enough so that's something that may be working our favour yeah. And at the lads do they echo that or can you sense a bit of excitement around the squad as well about playing playing in cards tomorrow? No I've not heard anything from from the players at all I think they just treat it as a as another game to go and go and hopefully winning and putting a good performance for everybody. And speaking of Newport the four points ahead of you in the table a little bit inconsistent recently what have you made of them? Obviously a very good side you know they've got a way of playing they've got you know they can play out from their bath they can mix it up they've got two good strikers they've got players who are on the bench who can come in and make an impact you know we've watched them and we've been impressed and so I think yeah maybe that they've dipped in form but I think we can't we can't go away from from where where they were before they sort of found the self in this dipper form but you know they're a really good side and you were expecting a tough game again. And your side of the play got some good results against sides who were near the top I'm thinking of like Cheltenham and Tramir. Are the players more up for these kind of games or does it add something when you know you play the team above you in the league what what does that do mentally going into a game? It's hard to say you know it's how you can't really put your finger on anything that's changed from a player's point of view because you're not in their mind at that time and I don't see a difference in terms of the the warm-ups and the preparations that you know the players are less focused than they would be against maybe somebody who was at the bottom of the table and I think so I think I've mentioned it before with professional athletes and footballers the mindset is so crucial and you know they've got to treat every game the same. Thanks for your time and patience with the internet connection there Connor and good luck for tomorrow. Thanks very much cheers for that. Cheers. Hello. Obviously as we said it's at the Cardiff City Stadium which technically I suppose being both teams are away from home can you use that to your advantage too? Yeah kind of I think I mentioned it early when you've got that familiarity with with your venue and you play there all the time you can start to understand the ins and outs of it you know if it's a narrow pitch or a wide pitch or maybe a long or short or the wind in certain halves you know and maybe there's sunlight in some parts as well I think these if you know your pitch and you know how you can use those even better so for them to go into a new stadium is like us you know like say it's going to be a way game for both teams just we're traveling a lot further. On the travelling we make a lot of the distance apart from particularly travelled recently and staying in hotels the players aren't in their own beds and the current climate as well what physical differences does it does this put on the players in terms of all the travelling? Yeah it's a good question and it's something that happens in football clubs where you have to you have to know about it you have to monitor it and if players travel over a certain distance and you've got to understand that the guys will be getting back really later on after the game in the morning and we've got to take that into consideration in the future in the future training sessions so it does have an impact but as a club and as staff we've got to try and manage that as best as possible. So far it doesn't seem to have any effect in terms of results? Not so far no again we've got a way of working a way of you know travelling and how it works and people know the ins and outs and it's important to get that routine and so far it's done as well and so we're not going to change it. Have you reached a routine there? That's something particularly tired professionals that often say that that's the thing they miss. It's key for a team as a players to have that routine. Yeah I think for the wrong mind it's like anything when it becomes more natural to you and you're doing it all the time it's you'll do it sort of automatically and you don't have to think too much about where I've got to be in times and stuff like that it's quite a simple procedure where they know where to be at certain times and they know what it's going to be so there's no surprises if you like. Okay thanks very much, good luck tomorrow. Thanks a lot. Colin you were talking about you know perhaps getting more control in the game I mean you saw that a bit on Saturday what was that do you think that was a little bit of fatigue creeping in you know the past is going astray and perhaps sort of good opportunities you know not making the most of opportunities particularly when you know there's a chance to attack and counter will happen. Yeah you can put it down to that physical mental and when players start getting tired they start making poor decisions and and you see that and potentially looking back at the game we were we had some really good moments where we could have been overloaded on their back line with free v2s for v3s but we didn't quite have that that concentration and that and that final pass to make it happen and or even we didn't even have that extra pass to make it a simpler one the next one so you know we saw that and I think everybody on the day saw that we looked deadly on the counter but I just think that it just didn't happen on the day with with the quality and and you know we've got to ask questions of why that happened and and rightly so you've asked about fatigue and mental fatigue and I think that that definitely played a part because that because what you've seen over the past few weeks is those players providing those passes at the right time at the right speed so I think you know it's a good point. Is that you know is that as we've talked about before the game stacking up as they are you know it's inevitable people are going to get you know a little bit jaded at times don't they? Yeah a hundred percent and you know other clubs will be in the same same boat but I think as well again we've got a really good squad and if we need to change things up I feel we I feel we can but again the players have been outstanding the ones that have started and the ones that have come off the bench so and we've just got to keep that momentum going in that form and keep everybody grounded and hard working. As you say about the players coming off the bench I mean if you are going to utilise the squad and perhaps freshen things up and this game or the next game or whenever you need them players coming on and making an impact because they're staking a claim there. Yeah you know it's like anything when players find themselves on the bench you know what do you say to them when you go on you've got to perform and you've got to go on your shirt you've got to go make a difference you know you've got to be brilliant around the changing room you've got to be good in training you know these things add up and when they go out there they've got to try and be the best player when they come off the bench and I think what the players have done they've found themselves in you know when we've been leading in the games and by the way they've put in a terrific team performance in by them individuals doing a job on certain players and maybe having that time to speak to them on the sidelines for them to know you know how we're going to change the game and how they're going to impact it. And now presumably as I say with more substitutes this season it's become a real part of the game and you know when to put the you know a couple on it until I'm when to do it in terms of you know personnel and rather than perhaps just bringing someone on for 10 minutes just to give someone else a breather it's a real sort of tactical move now isn't it? Yeah well you know you've got a lot of options you can bring on different positions you've got obviously a few windows that you can use you can't just keep bringing on one at a time you've got to strategically plan who's coming on at what minute and but you've also got to be be clear sorry be clear in in what you see and if you see players out there who are maybe looking fatigue like you've mentioned or mentally fatigued you've got to be you know mindful to maybe make changes which come away from how you've planned so so yeah. I mean when you go into the game you tend to sort of have an idea of looking ideally to bring so-and-so and so-and-so on after 58 minutes 61 minutes someone else after 72 have you sort of got it you know sort of jotting down you know if everything goes to plan is what we'll do? Yeah we've mentioned it in in the past around capping minutes and things like that and and this is this is no different but again as you know if it's nil nil if it's you're losing one nil these things can you know can potentially change but as long as you you're prepared as well as you've got it as well as you can and you know the risk involved in playing certain plays over certain minutes then you know it makes it easy for us to try and to try and change it but again we won't put anybody safety you know in in jeopardy where they've been told they can only do 45 they're doing a full game but you've got to be adaptable to the to the game circumstances in the situation where you might have to make different changes for different reasons and you get injuries and things like that so but yeah you do you do try and plan ahead is it something as a coach you're pleased to see more substitutes now or would you ideally like it as it was before with perhaps the maximum of three? I quite I quite like it because I think you can you can change the game a little bit more gives you a little bit more options in terms of you can make doubles you've got plays on the bench in in different positions and but again using the five you can do a lot more things with it than the three because you're limiting yourself into formations you can change to and and personnel you can bring in so I think and it's been a good addition but we'll see what happens with it and then she's like you said earlier about obviously Danny Rowan Andy Cook and about potentially playing them together I want to see I think they're all about ten minutes together on Saturday I mean obviously you've got the capacity with Danny to play him in that ten role as well haven't you? I think I think Danny could you know against certain teams play that play that role and but again I think we are mindful and we are clearing in what teams we can play against then what Danny could play as a ten because you don't want to take you don't want him tracking back taking away all his strengths and keeping him away from the box in high areas you know so he's got to be the right game at the right time for for Danny if he's going to play in that position I think. And the last one obviously about about the pitch and you were saying about you know great surface it's going to be the play on and the players looking for would be looking forward to that. Has it sort of changed your preparation in terms of you know when you were thinking oh we've got new pull away coming up you know we know what's going to be a real battle down there because there's going to be a slog on that pitch has it sort of changed your thinking a little bit towards a game? Yeah because you can't play the football that you'd like to on new ports pitch because it's it's there's too much risk you're relying on you know plays to pass and receive at high quality and when you you have a maybe a pitch in that condition at this moment in time things can quickly go wrong and mistakes start to happen so playing on a better pitch allows you to to be a little bit safer when you are passing and receiving and playing and things like that so I think it definitely does come into into consideration yeah. Brought to you by DIS keeping companies connected with cloud-based solutions. Come on City!