• 6 months ago
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00:08 Our fans have been great in terms of travelling across the country to watch as many games as possible.
00:13 And obviously we as a team are comfortable playing here.
00:16 But then we know that's probably how, when we beat Cardiff up there last year, they're going to be hurting after that.
00:22 And they're definitely going to come down and want to do that job on us.
00:24 I think, to see what happens on the day really.
00:28 Obviously you're going to have a lot of people here and the fans here are class.
00:32 But I think just whatever happens on the day, hopefully they can cheer us on and get the win if we get to the final.
00:37 It felt as if it meant a lot to us last year.
00:41 We'd never done anything like that before.
00:42 Yes, the emotions were really high.
00:45 The fans were right behind us.
00:47 And from minute one really, we sort of really turned up that day.
00:51 The older you get, you've got a lot of experience.
00:54 It's about how you help bring on youngsters.
00:58 And obviously in terms of Marks now, he's at that level, he's ready for it.
01:03 So it's a tough competition, but also it makes us better as a team.
01:07 It's about having a good balance within the squad.
01:10 I think some of the teams who have probably found it difficult in this league have been the ones who have had to rely on youngsters only.
01:16 Maybe lost some of their top end, semi-professional boys or boys that would have maybe dropped back.
01:22 Left-back club, for example.
01:24 And they found it difficult.
01:26 And I think us, Newport and a few other teams like that have got that balance of good quality, experienced players with youngsters coming through.
01:35 Marks has obviously got X-factor in terms of his speed and his ability to break tap as with footwork.
01:42 And his skill set just keeps getting better each week.
01:46 I don't know where to put him in terms of that.
01:49 But I think with his X-factor, if he fine-tunes his game, then it's pretty hopeful for him.
01:56 It's a great standard to play with people like Adam and Rodney Jones in the centre.
02:01 That's all I can really ask for, is just learning from people like that.
02:05 I think this standard is great for people coming up.
02:08 Hopefully I can keep playing this and hopefully break into Scarlett's team.
02:13 I think this league has been good for young people, young people who are trying to go further.
02:20 Anything can happen, really. We'd obviously hoped that we'd go in as favourites.
02:23 But we'll see how we turn up on the day and hopefully we win.
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