Graham Potter
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From day one in pre-season, he's trained with the group, so every day we've seen his quality.
Of course, it's that next step to go into the Premier League, but he's trained with us, hasn't looked out of place.
Him and Aaron Connolly have both impressed, and I think he's good for the club, good for the academy that we work with, that there's some players that can maybe influence the game in the Premier League.
Yeah, exactly.
And like I said, there's a good foundation of people.
They're defended really well.
Good spirit, good organisation, good understanding.
And like you say, you need a bit of a mix, you need a balance, you need to be able to run in behind, you need to be able to play, you need to be able to defend the box, you need to be able to...
attacking the wide areas, that's what all the top teams do, they test you in all the areas, and we're trying to do that, of course.
Some bits we did well, and some bits we can improve as well, of course.
Yeah, you're trying to work with the environment here, aren't you?
If you can quieten the crowd and not get them involved in the game so much, it's, I think, a benefit for us.
So we tried to do that.
But at the same time, you need to be progressive with your possession.
You can't just pass it around at the back and not go anywhere.
But I thought we did.
I thought we got into the opposition final third, into the box quite a few times.
Some good opportunities.
We just lacked that last little bit.
But I think if we maintain the level and keep improving, we can get there.