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00:00How do you think Gibson's doing in that left-centre-back role, do you think he's more at home in the middle?
00:05Yeah, his performance has definitely been better in the middle, but you saw towards the end a bit when he stepped right in from left-centre-back and drove through the middle of the pitch, that's what we want.
00:15And he needs to adjust, show his qualities in that role, we're not asking him to play that role like anybody else, we're asking him to show his qualities in that role.
00:29I think when he first came in he was quickly in as that middle-centre-back, but you saw in that moment there what he can do, how comfortable he's on the ball and that's what we like.
00:40He's not playing safe, just opening out and giving the ball to Robbie, he saw a gap, he drove, played into the front man and all of a sudden we're 30 yards from their goal.
00:48How's Mike Dummries for the first time up front, just want to have a look at that?
00:52Yeah, one's been out and one's been in, we've never had them both together and then when we did, we were playing well with a different system shape.
01:02We've not had a chance to work on it, them two, but felt it was right today and I still think it was right, they just needed to be better.
01:10When you're playing with the front two, you want to use them and play in terms, you've got to be able to hold the ball.
01:15We had 2v2 moments against their centre-backs all the first half and one or two times we turned the pass down, other times just working on that.
01:24We want them to pin and be big targets and playing to them, so that's an area we could have been better first half and wanted to be better in the start of the second half, but it wasn't to be.
01:35In terms of set-pieces, have you seen any improvement? Do you think you're going in the right way?
01:39We're not getting enough, I think I said the other day, we're midway through the table for goals scored, set-plays, expected goals and I'd love to be at the top, but we're bottom of the table for the amount of corners that we get.
01:52So actually, performing alright for the number we get, but when you're on top and you've got that much momentum, like Stoke have, I don't know how many corners they had compared to us,
02:02but in a game like today we don't have that much momentum and we don't create enough chances in front corners because we don't get enough numbers.
02:10Is that game further up the pitch?
02:13Further up the pitch, yeah. I said it the other night, 1v1 plays in those areas when you're on top and you've got players who like to get to the by-line and take them and that's how you do it.
02:22You know, centre-folds, you'll link play, hold the ball up and you're getting runners off them and you're continually playing in their third of the pitch.
02:29But when you're not, you're not that styled, that's not your style, our style of team, you're not going to get as many numbers as it is.
02:37Minor positive, are you pleased with Kane? He's finally got a goal of his own now.
02:41Yeah, about time, like I said. I've not seen his first touch back but we were right behind it and he's been practising that position, touch right foot, trying to hit the bottom corner.
02:51But yeah, I don't know if it's just instinct or he felt, I couldn't see quite where the left back was, if he felt that the left back was covering that space but he dragged it inside and then managed to get the goal.
03:02So yeah, pleased for him and hopefully he can get a couple more before the end of the season.
03:06He's had that celebration in his pocket for a while I think.
03:09Yeah, he can't be come off limping when he's doing that.