Aaron Paul
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And as you speak... Darren, just on that game, mate.
Sorry, big fella.
Just cut in there.
Just on that game, mate, what would you say was the biggest tactical element of that game that you put into the lads, other than belief?
I think tactically what we did... I worked on the back four.
We just went man for man.
Dominic, Iofa, Icky, Liam Palmer and Rhys James.
And the key was...
The boy Taylor in the first leg just destroyed us with his physicality.
And so I switched Liam Palmer from the right back into midfield to deal with him physically.
But we're man for man at the back.
So it was really crucial that all the working training I'd done at the back four, because we knew that we were going to play forward and playing to the front six real early and put Callum Patterson wide right.
So I just thought he would be physically dominant over the boy Butler at the time.
And he worked a treat and then played into Lee Gregory and Michael Smith at every occasion.
And then tactically, we worked on delivering at least 25 crosses in the first half in the box and 25 second half just to put pressure on them.
So those are the tactical bits, really.
So really, when Peterborough came out, we started really quick.
And then, as you know, Daryl, really, we got them on the back foot and we got the two goals and the momentum was with us.
Mate, Daz, I keep saying to everybody, I walked down the tunnel and the noise at Hillsborough, when I walked up at half-time, the noise.
I didn't have to stoke the boys anymore.