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Dean Smith's pre-Manchester City press conference will begin at 9.30am. Updates to follow...
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DS: Josh Sargent is available for the weekend, however Ozan Kabak and Andrew Omobamidele are both unavailable.

DS: Omobamidele is going to see the consultant again over his back issue. We are hoping it's nothing serious.

DS: Mathias (Normann) has been out for a while. He's getting back to the fitness that's required, this game may be too soon for a start. Lukas (Rupp) trained all week, but felt something prior to Palace. We didn't want to risk him.

DS: They (Man City) are a very good team, I won't anger Pep (Guardiola) by saying they're the best team in the world! But they're a very, very good team.

DS: There has to be a belief that you can compete and get something. 11v11 human beings. Humans make mistakes. We have to find weaknesses to put problems on them.

DS: They (Man City) are a very good team, I won't anger Pep (Guardiola) by saying they're the best team in the world! But they're a very, very good team.

DS: We need to put in hard work, be effective on the ball and the vast majority playing at 8/9 out of 10. We need improvement in out possession stats and use of the ball.

DS: Without the ball in the last couple of games, we've looked really good. We restricted Wolves and Palace to few chances. But we know we need to improve what we do in possession.

DS: A mentality of being beaten before a ball is kicked won't be in the dressing room before this game. My players have earned the right to compete in this fixture.

DS: (on Teemu) There is nobody I would rather want the chances to fall to.

DS: (regarding the Everton match) Has said Everton's goal was offside and he received an apology from the officials on the day in their post-match report.

DS: We might have to suffer, but we can control the areas that they have the ball. We're looking forward to the game. It is a challenge but we have no fear.

DS: We have to work the other side hard. We're focused on the weekend, not any further than that. We're looking forward to the game, it's going to be a challenge.

DS: People speak about this game as a free hit. It isn't a free hit. We can compete against them.

DS: This is a group that was used to getting told about patterns of play and being spoken to rather than with.
It wasn't the most vocal group when I arrived but we're getting to a place where I'm being asked questions.

DS: I'll be even happier with Idah if he brings in some cakes for his 21st birthday today.

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That's all from the boss, lovely old jarb.

Posted By: DrDublin on February 11th 2022 at 10:12:24

Message Thread

Press news in... (NCFC) - DrDublin, Feb 11, 10:12:24
- Good to hear cake being mentioned again in pressers (NCFC) - Kev, Feb 11, 19:29:30
- So morally we won that 1-0 in fact (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Man, Feb 11, 11:46:48
- Mmnn cakes (n/m) (NCFC) - LowestoftBoy, Feb 11, 11:12:08
- A little insight there into Daniel's methods ... (n/m) (NCFC) - paulg, Feb 11, 11:08:47
- Many thanks Dr D (n/m) (NCFC) - helvegtheowl, Feb 11, 11:04:22
- Cheers dubs be good to me (n/m) (NCFC) - Chris Peacock, Feb 11, 10:58:55
- lovely Dubbers (n/m) (NCFC) - munter, Feb 11, 10:52:11
- Chairs Dr D! (n/m) (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Feb 11, 10:49:20
- Re apology, What was the VAR official doing then? (NCFC) - Farkeball, Feb 11, 10:47:58
  - Placing a bet on an Everton draw. (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Feb 11, 11:46:25
  - The issue was more (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 11, 10:54:49
    - Forgot the link (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 11, 10:55:19
      - Oh what Joy (n/m) (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 11, 11:23:22
        
        Will be ready for us when we get promoted next season (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 11, 11:37:16
        
        double joy (n/m) (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Feb 11, 13:03:24
- thanks dubs no messing about with smith is there - bring those cakes in (NCFC) - pinkney, Feb 11, 10:40:02
- How refreshing to hear we haven’t written the game off before a ball is kicked (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 11, 10:38:00
  - We can definitely get something (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 11, 10:45:58
    - they should throw the game (NCFC) - CWC, Feb 11, 12:20:01
- Ta Dubs. He’s not a poet but Smith talks a lot of sense (n/m) (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Feb 11, 10:33:49
- that penultimate para is interesting (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Feb 11, 10:24:58
- Assuming we go 4-3-3 tomorrow (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 11, 10:14:37
  - What makes you think we go 4-3-3 after all the 4-4-2 lately? (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Feb 11, 10:23:01
    - Would be mad to go with the 4-4-2 in this one in my view (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 11, 10:36:25
      - There's no way we will (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 11, 10:37:22
    - 4-5-1 surely? (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 11, 10:23:31
      - And 4-5-1 is basically a defensive 4-3-3 (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 11, 10:40:52
        
        Ywp (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 11, 10:46:21
      - 9-1 surely (NCFC) - Old Git, Feb 11, 10:36:19
        
        Like this? (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 11, 10:41:50
        
        No Krul? (n/m) (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Feb 11, 15:24:29
        
        I like that (NCFC) - Old Git, Feb 11, 10:51:15
        
        or this? (NCFC) - pinkney, Feb 11, 10:49:24
        
        Might struggle with only nine players (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 11, 10:58:41
        
        My kind of prediction. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Feb 11, 10:36:33
        
        ha! (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Feb 11, 10:36:58
  - i'd go for Pukki over Idah I think (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 11, 10:17:01
    - A shame pukki not as sharp as he was (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 11, 10:27:42
      - How any times have fans said, if only he was mis hit it , the ball would have gone either (NCFC) - Farkeball, Feb 11, 10:49:12
        
        Yeah good job he did that time (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 11, 10:56:51
      - He's at his best as a one touch finisher I think (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 11, 10:30:10
        
        I remember his first season highlight reel vividly... (NCFC) - Dog, Feb 11, 11:02:13
        
        Yeah - I think he was taken by surprise (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 11, 11:06:10
        
        Looked even worse on TV than live (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 11, 11:05:18

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