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Thursday afternoon date at Colney 🔰
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JHT on Josh Sargent: “Yes. Probably 8 weeks from that (surgery) and that was on Monday.”

JHT on Gabe Forsyth: “Surgery would have been five or six months, so the conservative approach is five weeks I would say.”

*Brad Hills returned to training today*

JHT on Onel Hernandez: “He was in grass today, but he’s coming back from an eight week injury. It will take one full week of training for him to get up to speed. If we don’t select him for the game on Saturday, then it’s unlikely he’ll go away with Cuba.”

Christian Fassnacht has a swollen knee after Tuesday night and wasn’t in the session today.

JHT ‘hopeful’ he’ll be in the session tomorrow

JHT on Kenny McLean: “It’s one more game (he will miss West Brom). He apparently gets suspended for having a booking.”

JHT: “The muscular problems we need to look at. We knew Anis came with an issue, which is why all the games he has been on he’s only played 60 minutes. It’s just Marcelino and Liam Gibbs we need to look at.”

JHT: “You cannot do what we try to do here overnight. We managed to find that balance (between youth and experience) before the last national break. I cannot expect more from the group at the moment. I will not go at them after the game in Sheffield, it’s not the time.”

JHT: “I painted the picture for the players today. I’m not a master in drawing but I did today. I said we cannot be too affected by the emotions. Because we won 4-0 (against Hull), I wasn’t celebrating for 24 hours, I focused on the next game after 10-minutes. This is the same after a loss.”

JHT on Sheffield Wednesday: “We could see several of the players were at the limit. I see players who try and invest everything, we spoke about Lungi, who wants to play more even if there’s a risk of injury. This makes me positive.”

JHT on second goal conceded: “There was a couple of players involved in the situation that could have done better. But leading to that is four or five mistakes and this is the approach we take. You will never hear me blame one player, as it’s part of football.”

JHT on Crnac: “I think what saw again for three or four games leading up to the last break was experience and youth in all areas. At the moment we need that, which is the reason why Ante and others are struggling at the moment.”

JHT on Aboh: “Not an option (to recall him).”

HT on #BristolCity: “I’m a little bit split. We don’t have the relations on the pitch, where we can open up a defensive side. What I see from them is they are a good technical side that want to dominate the ball, they can play some good football when they are on top.”

JHT on George Long: “It’s obvious and George raised his arm this morning and said it’s my mistake. That’s the environment we build here. There’s also loads from a coaching perspective we can do better here. I fully understand why people would be frustrated.”

JHT on Borja Sainz POTM: “Obviously, fantastic (month for him). He is trying his best still. Even in Sheffield he showed he can try to turn the game around, but maybe too much. He is showing he can become a leader on the pitch. That’s where he has taken the biggest step.”

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That’s all from Johannes at Colney for today 👊

Posted By: DrDublin on November 7th 2024 at 14:05:33

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