Old MacDonald doing the presser with Nige today. Angus up first... "For me, coming here was an opportunity that I couldn't afford to turn down. There was no hesitation in my decision. With the size of the Club, it was a no-brainer. I had a brief chat with the Manager and what he expects of me - and that left me feeling very positive." "I’m a no-nonsense defender and that’s what we need here I think. First and foremost, I like to defend. It was a disappointing start to life here last week, but we have to put that behind us and go again." "It's a shock to see us where we are. I've come in and seen the quality we have in the squad here. The lads have been great with me and I've been made to feel very welcome since coming in." "We can’t get too down. We can’t feel defeated because no-one wants to be relegated. We have 16 games left and they are 16 cup finals, so we take each game as they come. We all need to pull together and hopefully the results will come to see us move up the table." Adkins up next... "Michael Dawson isn't available for tomorrow, but he's been back out on the training ground today. Michael is our captain - I've made that perfectly clear. Going forward, it's in his best interests that he plays and it's in the Club's best interests that he plays." "Kamil Grosicki also remains unavailable with his foot injury - he still can't get his boot on. We will have the same sort of squad as last weekend." "We didn’t put the ball in the back of the net last week, which is the important thing. But, we’ve had a good week on the training ground. There is a togetherness about the squad and everyone is working hard." "We’ve got a third of the league season to go and the Fifth Round of the FA Cup to come - everyone is on board. Maybe we’ll change the team depending on the varying levels of fitness, but everyone is fighting for the team and for this Club." "We’re in a relegation scrap and everyone has to be on board. We have ability in the squad here and it was great to have Kingsley back training with us this week. Abel will join up with us next week and Moses in a couple of weeks after that." "Kingsley did his first training session with the group this week and he could be a big player for us. I must say when you look in the condition he's back in, full credit must go to the Sports Science team." "I’m happy with our belief and our attitude. We’re working hard on putting the ball in the net, which is something that we have to improve in order to win games. We look strong though and we look as though we have structure and organisation about ourselves." "We all want the best for the Club and that means we need the team to be scoring goals, winning games and entertaining the supporters. This Club is a big part of everyone's lives and the fans need to see players wearing the shirt with pride." "I've got to make sure the players are giving everything - and they are! Everyone has to come together for the good of the Club - there has to be a way to bring everyone together. We've all got to fight like mad to make sure we stay in this division." "I've got total belief in what we do and the players. I know what we're doing is good - but we've got to go out and win games of football - we're all striving to improve." "It's about time we got a victory - and an away victory. The players have worked hard all week and we know it will be tough at Forest, but we’ll be going there looking for the three points." The end.
Nigel we haven't put the ball in the back of the net all the time you've been here never mind last week. Any new warm up news....?
Tempted to go tomorrow. Only managed one away game this season and that was at Sunderland. It really whetted my appetite and left my hungry for more...
I had plans so couldn't go , but those plans have been cancelled and I'm just hoping my mate doesn't find out in case he wants to go
