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26/01/2025
Craven Cottage, London, Uk
26/01/2025
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00:00Hi Reuben. I believe you've just, everyone is aware it's your big day tomorrow. I don't
00:23know if you're looking forward to it or dreading it getting over. But I believe you've told
00:28the TV already you feel like you're turning 50 after two months of managing Manchester
00:34United. I wonder if you could go into some depth about that please. Why do you feel like
00:38you're ageing quicker?
00:41First of all I say thanks to you guys then I regret right away because you are talking
00:47about that. It's just a funny thing because I win, we win and it's a good day for us.
00:55Of course it was not a great performance and we can see it but we fight for the win. We
01:03gave some time to the team to understand the game, not playing so well but gave us time
01:09to have that bit of luck that we need sometimes to win a football match. A clean sheet also
01:15so let's get this feeling to the next game.
01:21Do you feel that sort of fortunate really because maybe it was a deflected goal, you
01:27probably weren't at your best in the first half. I guess that's what my friend means
01:31about ageing. He was assessed today wasn't he?
01:35No, you need sometimes a little bit of luck and we had some games that we lost in the
01:40end. Nobody cared because the results, that counts. I remember some chances that we missed
01:47for example against Nottingham, Burnmount, some goals in the first minutes of the game
01:54that changed the game. So today I can see that we have a lot to improve. We didn't play
02:01so well with the ball but we gave time to the team and when you have time and talented
02:06players that can show in one play and they can change the game and today was that situation.
02:13Do you feel or do you have a bit of luck that it was about time and some came your way and
02:19if so does that help tactical coherence or the team to understand?
02:24It's like, again, we give time to the, we control the ball, we understand the momentum,
02:33when to go a little bit slow to the throw in, when to take a little bit of time, when
02:38to return to play against with the centre defenders. These kind of details are really
02:43important to give us time to have these kind of moments from Bruno, from Garner, from Ahmad.
02:48They will find the chance so we need to give time to our team to win the game. So it's
02:53a little bit luck because the kick changed direction but we had some situations in the
03:01last games that was the opposite so it was a good day today.
03:06Martial and Escoria go in a similar way to the Anfield game forward. Is that what we're
03:10going to see from your centre-back? Is that when you talk about back three, back five,
03:14having defenders that are being aggressive and scoring goals?
03:17Yeah, they are nowadays and sometimes they are the midfielders because you don't have
03:22a lot of space between the lines and you have to find this space and they are the players,
03:27they have the game in front and they have to be the midfielders so it's really important.
03:32I think when the centre defenders play well with the ball, we play well. It's something
03:38that Lichardt does really well and can take the ball. He has to continue and the other
03:44guys have to improve also in that area.
03:47Just on Rasmus, he had a bit of a difficult game. What's your view of his form at the
03:52moment in terms of hold of play and being next to the team?
03:56He wants really, really hard and then you can see that sometimes without training there
04:02is a disconnection. We can explain but without training sometimes he goes away when he should
04:08be near, sometimes go near when he should make a run so we don't have time to create that
04:14connection. We don't train these kind of things, we just talk about these things and of course
04:21he has a lot to improve like the teammates. Sometimes you have a good game and the other
04:27day you cannot have a good performance. The important thing is that I see every day that
04:33he wants really bad, he talks about that, he wants to train a little bit more in the
04:38end of training. That is the best thing to improve but as a footballer you have this
04:44young guy, he has to understand that sometimes you have a bad game but you have to continue
04:49to go to the next.
04:51Do you like how Martinez plays right on the edge or are you sometimes worried that he
04:55might go over the edge?
04:58In terms of with the ball?
04:59In terms of tackles. I mean just to say there's a lot of talk about his tackle, punch-by-array
05:05in the...
05:06I didn't see it. I cannot spend two months saying that we need to be more aggressive
05:15and fight more and then I say to Lisandro not to fight too much. It's a balance. The
05:24important thing is that Lichardt doesn't want to harm another footballer. That is the most
05:30important thing. He wants to win and he shows in every play.
05:37Can't actually start the last two games. Will he move in and is he staying in this one right now?
05:42That nobody knows. Anything can happen but I count with Garnaciu. He's improving in every
05:53department of the game. The way they recovered, the understanding of the game when they defend.
06:00I'm trying to find the best position for him. Today he played a little bit more open, not
06:06so much inside. So we need guys with one against one but like I say I don't know what
06:13is going to happen until the end of the window.
06:19You've mentioned Haaland obviously struggling with goals. Is there any way back for Marcus
06:27Weissman who's obviously got a pretty knack for it? He's got eight goals in his first
06:30game.
06:32It's always the same reason.
06:38What is that reason?
06:40The reason is the training. The way I see what a footballer should do in training, in
06:48life. It's every day, every detail. If things don't change, I will not change.
06:57So if he's still there after the window closes, it's the same situation?
07:00It's the same situation for every player. If you do the maximum, if you do the right
07:04things, we can use every player. You can see it today on the bench. We miss a little bit
07:12pace to go, to change the game, to move some pieces but I prefer like that. I will put
07:18Vital before I put a player that doesn't give the maximum every day. I will not change
07:26in that department.