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On Sargent... "He has had the surgery now. It will be probably eight weeks from the surgery, which was Monday or Tuesday. "Now it's just about rehab and nice and easy getting back in."
On Forsyth... "No surgery required. It will be five or six weeks, he extended something in his knee a little bit."
On Hills... "He is back again training today for the first time, too early for Saturday though."
On Fassnacht..."He picked up a knock to his knee in the game, so he was not in the session today. Hopefully he will be tomorrow."
On McLean... "We have heard back from the FA and it will be one more game ban for him. It’s one more game (he will miss West Brom). He apparently gets suspended for having a booking.”
Gunn and Núñez... "We hope they will both be back for West Brom, but we will have to see."
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: “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. I don't think we played well against Sheffield but I will not be hard on them, it's not the time for that. "It's time for us to stick even more together and support each other. 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. 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 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 I understand why people would be frustrated.”
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.We need to find out what is his best position, is it better for him to sometimes come on as a sub, when the defence is a little bit more tired? "At the moment we don't swim in strikers or attackers so we have to make it work."
JHT on Aboh: “Not an option (to recall him).”
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.”
On Saturday... "It's going to be a difficult one on Saturday, we have the same team, no new names coming back from injury. "We are trying to build a little bit of positivity around the group, stick together and support each other. JHT 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.”
On Forsyth... "No surgery required. It will be five or six weeks, he extended something in his knee a little bit."
On Hills... "He is back again training today for the first time, too early for Saturday though."
On Fassnacht..."He picked up a knock to his knee in the game, so he was not in the session today. Hopefully he will be tomorrow."
On McLean... "We have heard back from the FA and it will be one more game ban for him. It’s one more game (he will miss West Brom). He apparently gets suspended for having a booking.”
Gunn and Núñez... "We hope they will both be back for West Brom, but we will have to see."
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: “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. I don't think we played well against Sheffield but I will not be hard on them, it's not the time for that. "It's time for us to stick even more together and support each other. 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. 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 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 I understand why people would be frustrated.”
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.We need to find out what is his best position, is it better for him to sometimes come on as a sub, when the defence is a little bit more tired? "At the moment we don't swim in strikers or attackers so we have to make it work."
JHT on Aboh: “Not an option (to recall him).”
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.”
On Saturday... "It's going to be a difficult one on Saturday, we have the same team, no new names coming back from injury. "We are trying to build a little bit of positivity around the group, stick together and support each other. JHT 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.”
