Jamie Redknapp
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And that's going to be the key to it, you know, and hopefully the arrival of Andy and St Maximum in particular, it'll give us that little bit of spark, which obviously you need at this level.
Andy did make a difference to your team and obviously when he came on he did look sharp Steve yeah yeah yeah I mean we're just delighted to see him back on the pitch I mean he's had a he's had an awful time with it he's worked extremely hard the fella and we're delighted that he's you know been able to to come and give us something he will lift the crowd along with this fella too St Maximum but make no mistake even in defensive headers he's
He's a handful, and if he stays fit, he'll be OK.
How do you manage that, because obviously that's a difficult one, he was at West Ham, he had trouble with injuries, do you have to have a different training regime for him?
I think we're going to have to obviously manage him in the right way.
I think the big thing is, Jimmy, is his ankle stays up.
He's had two operations on the ankle, and let's hope now that he's injury-free.
The reaction to play in 15 minutes will be interesting, obviously, tomorrow.
And of course, we're going to have to manage the situation along the way.
We even noticed it in training.
He's been training with us for the week 10 days.
He's got that little bit of presence and respect because of what he's achieved.
We all hope that he stays fit and he will give us another option.
The big thing is then, of course, how do we play to his strengths?
If you've got a big Andy Carroll in there, you've got to play to his strengths and put it in the box.
That's something which we'll work on over time.
Well, it's always going to be difficult.
And yes, I've been here six, seven weeks and they're used to playing in a certain way.
And it takes time.
We haven't tried to change anything yet, radically.