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Good afternoon, everybody, from Coolknee. The sun is shining, and Philippe Clement is set to join us from 1pm.
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Ben Chrisene is ' a bit better than expected', an assessment will be made tomorrow on him. PC confirms not a long-term injury.

Ruairi McConville will be assessed tomorrow for his availability

Daniel Grimshaw remains out. Not available to train yet, but will be a matter of days.

PC on Mo Toure and Oscar Schwartau - "We speak a lot about injuries, so do you want to tell the opponents our squad, let's talk about something else now"

PC on Preston - "This was one of the games where the ball was least time in the game, you want to avoid that as a fan of football. The referee needs to see it as a football game and not a free-kick competition."

PC felt his side struggled to deal with set-pieces on Saturday, references a lot of new players in the building, who are still learning. Nick (Stanley) told him Norwich have conceded the least goals from set-pieces over the season, so it's game-by-game.

PC on Southampton - "It was the first team we came up against who were that good on the ball, they have lots of technical qualities. We managed to keep them away from our goal, it was one of the first steps of believing in the team against a quality side."

PC says Southampton have changed their way of playing, formation and personnel from reverse game, so not many similarities to game in December.

PC - "These games can be decided by small margins. Small mistakes can make the difference, but we shouldn't fear mistakes. We won't adapt our style of play when playing against Southampton."

PC on away support - "I don't believe in being a home team. I love to be at Carrow Road with our home fans, it gives something extra. But you need to win away and I want a culture where we just want to win. If the will, desire and work attitude is right, we will play a good game."

PC on late play-off push - "It's important to dream in life. I dream of winning every game, that's my dream. I am not always focused on the ranking. If other teams win or lose points, I'm not worried about that. Our dream is to take the three points all the time. At the end of the season is when it matters where you are in the rankings."

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That's all from Philippe for today at Colney. Another exciting game on the south coast awaits tomorrow.

Posted By: DrDublin on March 17th 2026 at 13:20:47

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