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Great interview covered by the Yorkshire post today, sorry I don't know how to link it. I must say Collins always interviews well and will probably make a good manager one day.
OK it's not rocket science what he's saying but simple common sense.
He is asked whether clean sheets are just as important as goals and he says they are important but not that important. He says promotion teams always have their fair share of goalscorers and that is a necessity. He doesn't actually say we don't have enough but that is the implication.
The article points out he is the only remaining back 4 player from last season and that obvious challenge is teased out, but he answers it without saying any more than acknowledging his partnership with Maguire, and without truly endorsing his belief in McGahey; that was my interpretation anyway. He hopes the back 4 is settled before long.
The big point to me was that he regards this stage of the season as very much a pre-cursor for what comes at the sharp end. He says that many teams look a lot different in March compared to the super charged versions we see in August and September. This has a lot to do with optimism as compared to reality and the depth of squads in particular. The message from the vice captain is that experience tells you to stay calm and grow into the season. In other words wait to some degree for the early pacesetters to come back to you. Not that we would not wish to have done better, but don't lose sight of the number of new recruits we needed/ didn't choose to add in the summer. Also don't lose sight of the depth of our squad.
I read the article over a coffee in a rushed break this morning. If there is some poetic licence in there please forgive me, but I do respect Neil Collins for what he is: an intelligent, honest person and player, who does his best for the club and us fans 100% of the time.
I think he feels another medal coming along if we get a new striker or two, and perhaps a new defender?!
Neil is spelled Neill, for some reason, sorry.
OK it's not rocket science what he's saying but simple common sense.
He is asked whether clean sheets are just as important as goals and he says they are important but not that important. He says promotion teams always have their fair share of goalscorers and that is a necessity. He doesn't actually say we don't have enough but that is the implication.
The article points out he is the only remaining back 4 player from last season and that obvious challenge is teased out, but he answers it without saying any more than acknowledging his partnership with Maguire, and without truly endorsing his belief in McGahey; that was my interpretation anyway. He hopes the back 4 is settled before long.
The big point to me was that he regards this stage of the season as very much a pre-cursor for what comes at the sharp end. He says that many teams look a lot different in March compared to the super charged versions we see in August and September. This has a lot to do with optimism as compared to reality and the depth of squads in particular. The message from the vice captain is that experience tells you to stay calm and grow into the season. In other words wait to some degree for the early pacesetters to come back to you. Not that we would not wish to have done better, but don't lose sight of the number of new recruits we needed/ didn't choose to add in the summer. Also don't lose sight of the depth of our squad.
I read the article over a coffee in a rushed break this morning. If there is some poetic licence in there please forgive me, but I do respect Neil Collins for what he is: an intelligent, honest person and player, who does his best for the club and us fans 100% of the time.
I think he feels another medal coming along if we get a new striker or two, and perhaps a new defender?!
Neil is spelled Neill, for some reason, sorry.