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Scott Twine press conference | Charlton Athletic vs Bristol City · Bristol City

• 0:00
  SPEAKER_00: Well, Scott, uh we're all sort of getting used to to this ridiculously long international break.
• 0:05
  SPEAKER_00: How have you found it in terms of of just keeping yourself fit and ready?
• 0:10
  SPEAKER_01: Um yeah, it's been a bit different.
• 0:12
  SPEAKER_01: It's been a bit different, but I think the game last week helped, uh the Palace game, because not only the game, but the build-up to the game as well.
• 0:19
  SPEAKER_01: We had a normal training week going into it.
• 0:22
  SPEAKER_01: Um so we all treated it like it was a league game, cup game, whatever whatever you want to call it.
• 0:27
  SPEAKER_01: So um yeah, that helped, and um we've had a full training week this week, so yeah, feel ready to go into the game.
• 0:33
  SPEAKER_00: And that's got to have felt pretty good on Saturday, because you know, while it wasn't maybe Palace's absolute strongest team, most of those players are playing regularly in the Premier League.
• 0:41
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, definitely, definitely.
• 0:42
  SPEAKER_01: Obviously, um they're a really good team, they had a strong side out, but um thought on the day we were we were really good and we deserved to win, and it's uh encouraging because yes, it shows the strength of the full squad because we didn't have all our players out as well.
• 0:56
  SPEAKER_01: So um, yeah, it was good to see, and um there's definitely a lot of competition.
• 1:00
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and and for you, it always nice to get a goal and first free kick for a little bit.
• 1:05
  SPEAKER_00: We know you're so good at them.
• 1:06
  SPEAKER_00: It does it almost get disappointing when it's such a long time in between you scoring from them.
• 1:11
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I know I missed a few the back end of last year which I was frustrated with, um, and I haven't had one this season, so it was nice to uh to score that one.
• 1:19
  SPEAKER_01: Just uh wish it was wish it was an elite game, but hopefully, hopefully you get another one soon.
• 1:23
  SPEAKER_00: Well, I'm sure it will be good.
• 1:24
  SPEAKER_00: And actually, just for that, that there's there's a lot of people I'm sure are jostling for position in terms of wanting to take any free kick around the area, so it doesn't hurt to remind them what you're capable of, does it?
• 1:34
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, definitely.
• 1:34
  SPEAKER_01: We've got a squad that can uh a few other lads fancy themselves on free kicks, it's definitely good uh good competition.
• 1:41
  SPEAKER_00: So looking at the start of the season in in in total, a couple of frustrations in there, but you're in a pretty good place.
• 1:49
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I think um we've had a lot of turnaround, um, we've had a lot of new players, obviously new staff, so I think we're only going to keep improving.
• 1:58
  SPEAKER_01: So I think where we are now is um we're okay with that, and we think if we carry on getting better, keep keep improving each week, I think we can have a really good season.
• 2:07
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, and just for you in your position, how much different is it from what you've been asked to do before?
• 2:12
  SPEAKER_00: And and with that, do you feel like you're you're kind of on the page where the the manager's happy with with what your output is there in terms of not necessarily goals and things, but just all the other stuff that comes with it?
• 2:23
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I think every manager's um different, but they're all slightly similar as well.
• 2:28
  SPEAKER_01: So there's obviously um things that this gaffer wants, which I've had before, and uh I think that's that helps me as I'm a bit more older now.
• 2:39
  SPEAKER_01: Um I think I've seen most things in football, and um yeah, just trying to go out there, improve every week, improve every day in training, and um yeah, keep play on a Saturday.
• 2:50
  SPEAKER_00: Because I think that the sort of the feeling from outside was that you look at the number of changes and you've got a new manager, and all the the sort of the disruption that goes with that, it might take a little bit of time for for City to produce their best stuff.
• 3:04
  SPEAKER_00: And the fact that you're you know eighth after you know some ups and downs, but still a good chunk of the other the season, that's it's probably better than some were expecting.
• 3:12
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I think that's fair to say.
• 3:14
  SPEAKER_01: I think yeah, after a lot of changes in the club, it doesn't always gel straight away.
• 3:18
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and we're not saying it's been perfect, there's some games in there we felt like we should have played better or um things like that, but there's also some really good performances that we're happy with and we want to build on and we want to yeah, try and strive to get better.
• 3:32
  SPEAKER_00: So, Charlton always gonna be a tough sort of game, and I guess having had that good start, what you need to do is is back it up and and kick on again and have a good start to this next little block.
• 3:44
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, definitely.
• 3:45
  SPEAKER_01: I think um yes, it's back into it now.
• 3:49
  SPEAKER_01: But once Saturday starts, it's back into uh game after game.
• 3:52
  SPEAKER_01: So yeah, we need to try and get three points on Saturday, they're a really good team, um especially at home, they're hard to beat.
• 3:58
  SPEAKER_01: So hopefully we can um we can play well and get the three points.
• 4:02
  SPEAKER_02: Thank you very much.
• 4:03
  unknown: Thank you.
• 4:04
  SPEAKER_02: Hi Scott, that you mentioned that change this summer.
• 4:06
  SPEAKER_02: What's that like as a player when you're kind of I know you're involved as the management change, but as a player that's been at the club for a while, when that's happening around you?
• 4:13
  SPEAKER_02: Can you just talk to us a little bit about what that's like?
• 4:15
  SPEAKER_01: Um it's nothing out of the ordinary to be fair.
• 4:19
  SPEAKER_01: Um yeah, as I said, I've played and played for a lot of years now, and and that happens quite a lot, more like yeah, probably four or five times in my career so far, or I've gone into pre-season with a new manager.
• 4:34
  SPEAKER_01: So, yeah, it's nothing nothing too different.
• 4:39
  SPEAKER_01: You just gotta focus on yourself, try and make sure you come back fit, ready to go.
• 4:43
  SPEAKER_01: Obviously, I didn't know um didn't know who the manager was going to be, and then got announced, so it wasn't long after we were in for pre-season.
• 4:50
  SPEAKER_01: So um yeah, you just try and keep yourself in shape and ready for whatever's whatever's needed.
• 4:55
  SPEAKER_02: How much did you know about Michael?
• 4:57
  SPEAKER_02: Obviously, I think his Lincoln team, plenty of headlines last year, but how much did you know about him and the way his team's played?
• 5:01
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I don't don't think I'd um came across him playing against him before, but I obviously heard of the the team and obviously did really well last year, he's really successful there.
• 5:10
  SPEAKER_01: So yeah, I thought it's um it's a good match here, and I think it it's gone well so far.
• 5:14
  SPEAKER_02: What's he like on the training ground in particular?
• 5:16
  SPEAKER_02: What's he like with working with you and your teammates?
• 5:18
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, he's been really helpful, really helpful for us.
• 5:21
  SPEAKER_01: He um constantly demanding, wanting more for us, which is good, I think, especially with the group we've got.
• 5:26
  SPEAKER_01: Um training, we work hard.
• 5:28
  SPEAKER_01: I think we've always been quite a good training group, and I think that's um that's something we really want to keep because it's it's important for us, it's competitive training and um and it's enjoyable as well.
• 5:38
  SPEAKER_02: You mentioned you're that little bit older, I think this three years this winter, would it be that since you came on alone first time?
• 5:44
  SPEAKER_02: Does it feel like you've been here that long?
• 5:46
  SPEAKER_02: It does feel like so much has happened in that time.
• 5:48
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah, so it also feels like yesterday when I signed, but um, yeah, it's it's it's been a long time now.
• 5:56
  SPEAKER_01: It's um yeah, it's nice to be settled here and happy here, and um, yeah, I'm really enjoying it.
• 6:03
  SPEAKER_01: I've loved my whole time here, and um long may it continue.
• 6:06
  SPEAKER_02: You mentioned being that little bit older as well.
• 6:08
  SPEAKER_02: Has your role changed at all in that time, especially with a lot of players making that step up to the championship this summer?
• 6:14
  SPEAKER_01: Um I think I wouldn't say my role's changed.
• 6:18
  SPEAKER_01: I think I'm someone that I'm always going to encourage the lads.
• 6:23
  SPEAKER_01: Also, I think I can try and help people, I try and help them.
• 6:26
  SPEAKER_01: But um yeah, we've got a good team for for I wouldn't say leaders, but everyone wants each other to do really well, so any opportunity anyone can help someone, we'll all do that.
• 6:38
  SPEAKER_01: Um it's a really good dressing room for that, and I think we're all mates as well, so we can also in training if something's not good enough, or in a game something's not good enough, we can tell each other, and it's and it's not a big thing.
• 6:49
  SPEAKER_01: So I think it's yeah, it's really good for that.
• 6:51
  SPEAKER_02: You've made that step up, the divisions yourself looking back at when you did it.
• 6:55
  SPEAKER_02: What are the things that kind of stand out to you as the challenges you faced when jumping up into championship in higher as well?
• 7:01
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I just think the championship is just crazy league in terms of you never know who's gonna win, you can you can never guess the results before the game because they just it's everyone beats everyone, and it's um it's demanding league as well.
• 7:18
  SPEAKER_01: It's uh I know obviously we've had um we've had some three game weeks uh in the season so far, and we've got one coming up, and it's it's just demanding, but you've got to be ready for it, and um yeah, when you when you're asked to play, you've got to try your best and um hope you win.
• 7:35
  SPEAKER_02: Can I ask you a little bit about that competition for plays?
• 7:37
  SPEAKER_02: It does feel like in your position, in particular with the people that come in this summer, there's a lot of people voting for similar sort of roles.
• 7:43
  SPEAKER_02: Like can you just talk us through that sort of experience a little bit?
• 7:46
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it's it's really good.
• 7:47
  SPEAKER_01: We've signed as I as you say, a lot of uh exciting players, a lot of good players.
• 7:51
  SPEAKER_01: So um the squads, I think, by far the best it's been since I've been here.
• 7:55
  SPEAKER_01: Um you can tell that in training, you can tell it with the um with the match day squads as well.
• 8:01
  SPEAKER_01: So it's um it's good to be around, it definitely pushes people on, and um I think you need that to be a successful team.
• 8:07
  SPEAKER_02: Are you someone thinking back to those first games when you maybe weren't involved as much as you'd have liked at the start of the season, are you someone does that spur you on?
• 8:14
  SPEAKER_02: Does that kind of give you that extra motivation?
• 8:16
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I think you need that sometimes.
• 8:17
  SPEAKER_01: I think um yeah, you need to you need to fight for your place, you need to um as you say, only 11 players can play, so it is tough, but yeah, you gotta when you do get your chance, you've got to play well, you've got to give it your all-in training every day, and I think that's what I try and do.
• 8:33
  SPEAKER_02: In terms of aspirations for this season, you've obviously been a part of a team that's got up into the playoffs.
• 8:37
  SPEAKER_02: Is that a bit bigger this year?
• 8:38
  SPEAKER_02: Is that is that where the target's set for this season?
• 8:40
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I don't see why not.
• 8:41
  SPEAKER_01: I think we're as I said, the t uh the strength of the squad's really good.
• 8:46
  SPEAKER_01: Um, we're an ambitious squad as well, we all want to do well, we're hungry, so yeah, I think that's a realistic objective.
• 8:53
  SPEAKER_02: I wanted to ask you about um Joe Williams as well, because I know he's someone you're quite close to.
• 8:57
  SPEAKER_02: How much have you enjoyed seeing him back to his best this season and back playing as regularly as he has as he has been?
• 9:01
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I think he's been brilliant, to be fair.
• 9:03
  SPEAKER_01: I think um you could arguably say he's been our best player this season.
• 9:07
  SPEAKER_01: I think he's he's been really good, he's really important to us.
• 9:11
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and yeah, we just we just love him out there.
• 9:14
  SPEAKER_02: Similar with Luke McNally, I imagine as well.
• 9:15
  SPEAKER_02: I think the smile on his face at Crystal Palace kind of told the story.
• 9:18
  SPEAKER_02: Everyone must have been delighted for him.
• 9:20
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah, everyone everyone loves Luke, he gets on with everyone, and uh he's deserved that so much.
• 9:25
  SPEAKER_01: Obviously, we see the the hard work he's done in the gym and it's been a it's been a tough journey.
• 9:30
  SPEAKER_01: But for that moment on uh on Saturday was brilliant.
• 9:33
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 9:33
  SPEAKER_02: How much are you just looking forward to getting back to it after Saturday, after that break?
• 9:36
  SPEAKER_02: Does it give you I imagine you head into that break a bit tired after a quick run of games can't be waiting?
• 9:41
  SPEAKER_02: Imagine you must be really looking forward to getting back to it.
• 9:44
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, definitely.
• 9:45
  SPEAKER_01: It's what um it's what we all play football for.
• 9:47
  SPEAKER_01: It's it's the the best thing about football, in my opinion, is the is the games.
• 9:51
  SPEAKER_01: So to get back into them is is brilliant news.
• 9:54
  SPEAKER_02: And to have a big crowd going with you.
• 9:56
  SPEAKER_02: I think there was quite a big crowd when you went there last year, and you scored that game, yeah?
• 10:00
  SPEAKER_02: Yes, I did, yeah.
• 10:01
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah.
• 10:02
  SPEAKER_01: So obviously the the fans always always travel well here, and we really appreciate that.
• 10:07
  SPEAKER_01: And um, we're hoping it's gonna be a big crowd there, and we're hoping we can um send them home with three points.
• 10:12
  SPEAKER_01: Best of that Saturday.
• 10:13
  SPEAKER_01: Thank you.