Andoni Iraola Press Conference - Ipswich vs Liverpool Preview

0:00This podcast is part of the Sports Social Podcast Network. Under the first little bloody balka, how exciting is signing, how important is signing and how ready to go straight into the game as well? Yes, we are very happy with Bradley, it was our priority, let's say, to sign a very, very good player in the positions and I think he has come also with the right mentality. I've liked from him that he wanted Liverpool a lot, he just wanted to come here and I think that's a good first sign and being the player that he is and the things that he has won recently, I think he has come also with the willingness to help us and I'm very happy with him and he trained well with us, if everything goes well today is training and also he will definitely be available

1:00for tomorrow, obviously. And Cody Gapot stays, so what's his mindset and how happy are you, not only that he stays but also that any doubts about his future, kind of goes away for the time being at least. It goes this a very smart player, I think also my relationship with him has been very honest in the beginning, he has performed with us, I would say very well, in all the precision games, in all the games he scored, Thursday, and the next one he was always aware of the situations in the market, we were constantly talking with each other, he trained very well and I hope we keep him in the same level, I'm sure it's going to be like this, I think he's now in a good place, physically, mentally and I'm very happy to keep Cody because for me it's a very valuable play areas. I know in the past as well you've challenged players to not just stay in one position to

2:01to play in other positions and be versatile like that but at the same time you've obviously not brought in a wide attacking player naturally suited to the right hand side and we've not seen other options coming in other areas at the pitch as well, so how balanced do you feel the squad is and how happy are you with the balance that you've got? I think we've preferred at the end to have the best players probably than a player that maybe is specifically for that position, no I think I'm very used, you know from my previous teams to demand for all the wingers to play both sides, I know they have a normally the preferred position but we've been playing with Victor with Cody with Rio in precision in competition now on the right side I think probably all of them have played more on the left but I would say I've seen them in a good place on the right,

3:01probably Rio is more specific from the left side but I think he has also showed the willingness to improve and play on the right even Bradley I think he's very open and I think he can play right and left he has started actually more on the right side when he has started with Olympi Leon and I think we obviously will depend on the matchups and what we consider from every game but I'm happy with the four wingers we have and I'm sure we are going to be able to cover those two positions yes one you now have potentially the barcola that's under his act or very inverse Cody Gapco was tapped around for about 80 million pounds as well can you understand why others may have a certain expectation that I'm the only as them as individuals but for you to compete at a really high level yes but I think we cannot put the price on the players so we put

4:05prices on the players to perform because they cost because we've seen the market we've seen what the players have cost in this summer no in other positions in for other teams so is about we trust the players we have now we have to help them to perform not just because they cost one for me is the same as I will put the player that I think will help us to win the game I will not be looking at if they earn more money less money they cost us more they cost us less I need to win games so once it's our player for me it's our player I don't really know what they earn I don't ask to a club how much that's it I don't know I don't know for me I roll four players and I have to choose the best one it's week to try to win we mentioned choosing best ones each week to try and win you feel the frustration of not getting that first Premier League win but how good with that then how much you looking forward to find yes definitely I said yes

5:05yes but you don't win you are frustrated this part of the job no I think it's still two games but I want to win I need to win and we will go with this this aim tomorrow I think this two game weeks for me are probably the most difficult ones in terms of the market open difficult situation everything is like virtual and now I honestly I am much more comfortable once the market is closed we know who we are I think we have a lot of talent in in this group of players and now we have to to perform we have to do our job and we have to start from tomorrow yes you have to perform you have stuff from tomorrow what kind of a game do you expect tomorrow I think Ipswich is a it's a team that I think they've started well in terms of they won the first game at home even the other day even you look at the result you can think okay they were far from

6:06you night but I think the first half probably they were the better team and until United discorded to one and the game went more open and they had to risk a little bit more I think they were playing really well so we have to be very ready and give our best to win our first game you can't wait to win I had only um don't mix of us that of course moved to right back the weekend where you filled in a lot last year what conversation have you had with them about continuing to play in that role and having option do you see that being the season would ultimately move some out of midfield yes I think since I started here I talked to a lot of players about the position where they prefer to play but I haven't found any situations where any player has told me now I don't want to play here I think everyone has shown the right attitude I more or less know the preferred position of everyone sometimes it's the same I think from then sometimes I say okay I see you maybe more here and we have discussions but everyone is ready to help and if we have to play him

7:13as a right winner as a right back as a left back as a thing he's ready to do it I think he wants to help with him first no and I think it's good also to have players who can cover different different positions especially now probably that we have some injuries and and probably we need this versatility of the players having players like like the dom for me is very very valuable because even in game they allow me to to change now their positions and the side of equalize four times already the season in the two games so far of course you'll want to be going from to the right and later but how pleased have you been with the reaction from the team in both those games to suffering setbacks that's the positive side no the reaction I want to focus on the straight to escorfest because I've been looking better everything looks easier when we've been basically losing 90% of the mini season because we've considered very early goals and when you are

8:15losing everything that is not us core is doesn't look good everything even the same place and patterns same you are losing doesn't look good you are winning 1-0 and the same patterns looks wow it's nice and they are controlling and so it's focused on starting stronger than games let's don't wait until you're a say the first goal to be more aggressive to be more no I think we have to to start definitely stronger because after every single gets a lot easier when when you are controlling the the result yes is a good question yes a good question there is him in a good place he has trained with us in three trainings is true that jihad sent out minutes in precision bat jihad's been training normal with the group and then is a decision that we we have to make I think he's in a good place but we

9:19also have to consider that jihad sent out the the minutes in the precision games yeah I'm very happy with all the signings we've made I think three four signings with Jeremy I'm very happy with all the the signings I know the next question you wanted you know more signings in other positions you know at the end the club has has decided that those signings that we've done are the ones that improve the awarding in pro-fiber position and their were other options that we've decided not to take for different reasons sometimes it's important reasons because they don't improve what you have sometimes it's because economic reasons they didn't make sense in terms of the market to do those movements but I'm happy now that I know what we have I have a lot of

10:20quality in the in the in the team and now is the the moment for us for the players for me to to develop what we have yes I think as you said the closest one is Joe and Joe will probably start training with us next week and has gone normal recovery and muscle injury more or less respecting the the time and days and I hope we can have him for before the the break let's say I think the next one probably should be Giovanni Leone I think the plan is also to start training during the break with the with the group I think even further should be around those those those dates and probably corner and especially Hugo go later yes

11:28I am I once asked about Rio and Camo firstly he's now eligible for professional contract I want to know if there's been any movement on that and secondly you mentioned the fact that he's placed in time on the right hand so it probably wasn't as comfortable for him as a useful bit I wonder particularly the young player does that come up one of where it makes more sense to keep him in that position always he got to kind of like fight through the trophies I think a little bit of both no I think we know Rio probably because he has played there until now no probably he's prefer position is on the left but also he needs also to develop on the right so we can have more options to play because if you have both options you know you can challenge for here and challenge for here so I think he's ready to do it and he's so young that because he hasn't been incredible in the first game we put him on the right we cannot say we can't play on the right

12:29anymore it's maybe we're gonna take more time but sometimes until you don't put the player there in a competitive game you don't know also how they gonna answer no big to roll so has played more games kind of in the left winger during his career but maybe he has even been better on the right with us you know and sometimes it's a matter of the connections they make with the players around them and I we trust all the windows we have I think they are all gonna give us a couple minutes we will need them all and Rio is incredible because he's been his birthday I think yesterday or today's a good you know we were saying happy 18th birthday and looks already like a set of football players in the Premier League and this is because he's he's very good yes no news from my say no news change in a lot talk about right back and sentiment feel after the first two games of the season

13:33but when you look at the squad do you believe you do have enough in both of those areas for all the challenges ahead yeah the challenge now in our squad is that we have now for example you ask me for the right back so we don't have color rather than now we don't have your gold right now definitely we look thin yes but if you take two players from every position in your do we look thin always no and now we we are in that situation that's why I value domes of us right that can't play right back Juliana Raúl Raúl Raúl that can play also right back you know this versatility in the players helps us to go through these moments in the season where we will have injuries and now is the right back but maybe in two months we are talking about other positions and then for me it's very valuable to have players who can cover us during this this moment where we are thin in certain positions like can be the right back now yes I think in midfield we have we have good numbers we have we have good numbers now is a matter of

14:40getting the right calls for my side I learn every every game I coach these players I learn a lot and finding now the the best combinations now we are going to go in a period of these next two weeks where we are going to play a lot of games and we will have the chance also to see all the options we have the combinations who plays well with the other who and and I think it's a matter of now it's a matter of coaching and taking the decisions but we have the we have the numbers there is