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Guiseley 0-7 Huddersfield, Mark Bower
So Matt, good work out against Nunsfield Town, obviously a difficult game to come into for the first game of the pre-season, how did you make it? Yeah, disappointing score line, you don't want to lose any game by that match, you know, we've played a team full of championships, we won players two weeks into their pre-season, we've had three sessions where we've give lads a really tough couple of sessions and the balls only really came out Thursday, so until we were very rusty in some areas and obviously we've got a new team, put together a new team, so building up those relationships, but for lads, you know, good spells, especially first-off, I thought we, you know, we competed really well, and we've got the final third on numerous occasions and linked the ball out of the pitch as well, we, you know, a lot of aspects we've put in that game, but, say, at times our quality shone through and yeah, the very ruthless certainly in that first-off with a few chances that they had to get themselves well in front, but no good work out for the lads, you know, five, five minutes in everyone's legs after a really good week's work this week, so we'll tell the positives out of it and, you know, carry on. Yeah, and obviously, I mean, you've been in the job for a while now because obviously the appointment was quite early on, but are you happy with what you've seen in these early days? Yeah, really, really pleased with the fitness levels, you know, the lads have come back and we've gone straight into, you know, some really tough work, shorter and sharper than, you know, probably you would have done 10-15 years ago, lads have come back in really, really good condition and that's allowed us to, you know, that pushes ahead and allows to kick on with more work on the field and with the ball, so really pleased with that, you know, really good place with the squad, I think he saw some new patches today, the quality that we've got and that will get better as we, you know, build the team together moving forward, so yeah, been really, really pleased with the summer and obviously this first week. Yeah, and obviously we've seen some, some trialists play today, are you looking to improve the squad further? Yeah, we've got a really strong squad, you know, I think we're strong, but we are shot on one or two-mile body, so that process is ongoing in order to bring one or two more into really get us to the point where I feel that we're going to be equipped there. You know, not just the 10th of August, but to go right through another Premier League season, so yeah, always looking regardless where you're at the top of the league, bottom of the league, wherever you are, you're always looking to improve your squad and that process will continue as you know, more players, different players from different levels become available through the preseason. Yeah, thank you, Matt.