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🔰 A Thursday lunchtime at Colney. The boss will be with us shortly.
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JHT on keeper: "George Long will start tomorrow nights game. He is still a little bit ahead of Vinny (Reyes). It’s good to have the competition there.”

JHT on team news: “Yes - George Long is available and so is Nacho (Marcelino Nunez).”

JHT on Gabe Forsyth: "Gabe Forsyth is out for the season. It will take a little while. It will depend on how he feels when he starts training again.”

JHT on team news: “Yes - George Long is available and so is Nacho (Marcelino Nunez).”

JHT: “It’s the same team available (plus Nunez and Long). We have to consider rotations as there’s a physical demand for fresh legs. It’s just 72 hours after our last game.”

JHT on Sheffield Wednesday: “Take your time on the day of the game and do what you need. The day after the game we are critical about what happened in the game. After that we have to focus on the next game.”

JHT: “We accept where we are as a group. But it wouldn’t be right to neglect the brilliant 45 minutes against Sheffield Wednesday or the good moments against Blackburn and Oxford. It’s about getting something out of those performances.”

JHT: “I have to see the bigger picture. I won’t be critical of our third choice goalkeeper, who we had to recall from a loan in January. But I would be critical of Angus Gunn.”

JHT on attacking set-pieces: “When you look at the offensive stats we are up there with some of the best in the league. But we aren’t up there in terms of the output (goals). Is it about putting a different player in a different position? It takes time to develop.”

JHT on Borja Sainz: “He was annoyed the other day like most of the others. It would have made a difference if he scored in a win. But with the result, I don’t think it matters too much. He should have scored against Oxford, it was coming”

JHT on Jacob Sorensen: “I always like it when the fans and media appreciate the players we have. It’s my job as a coach to appreciate them. I think he’s been part of some of our best performances recently, he’s good at controlling the midfield.”

JHT on Bristol City: “They have the belief they can make it (top six). I think they were more dominant (in possession) in the start of the season. I think they’ve been more direct recently and have some good runners upfront.”

JHT on the top six: “Everything we do is about us and how we perform and improve. It’s better to set up some clear targets when you’ve played your system for a while. It’s not the best to put pressure on someone like Vinny (Reyes) recently.”

JHT on the rest of the season: “We have an obligation to put our strongest team out there. That will always be a consideration for us.”

JHT on Angus Gunn: “I don’t know how the communication has been. That’s between his agency and Ben (Knapper). It’s about the right time for us to sit down and discuss it. I expect there has been communication between him, his agents and Ben recently.”

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That’s all from the boss this lunchtime 🤝

Posted By: DrDublin, Mar 13, 13:44:40