Michael Carrick talked about the growing bond between the players and the supporters at the moment as we look ahead to home games this week with tonight's match v Stoke City.
I popped a couple of quick questions to the Boro boss at the close of his pre match press conference yesterday at the Rockcliffe Park training ground.
Q: Reaching the last couple of months and last 10 games do you take a longer strategy now as well as game to game?
MC: Nah it is pretty much game to game at the moment. I think it is not overcrowded by any stretch. Yes, this week we have got a midweek game but ever since the World Cup break it hasn't been overcrowded at all. Games have been spaced out and we have a lot of training time between. It is game at a time, that is all that matters. That is all that matters and what we can control and the rest will take care of itself.
Q: At the end of the game at Swansea City the fans were all chanting, “Sheffield United, we are coming for you.” We are excited. Are the players also excited at being part of a chase?
MC: For me it is exciting seeing the boys playing well and scoring goals and winning games when we can. We are in football to achieve. We want to be as good as we can. The club wants to be as high as it can. The supporters want a team that they can get behind and support and enjoy and come and really buy into what they are doing and hopefully at the moment that is something that we are all feeling. That is regardless of where you are but there is a great energy around the place. The boys are in a good place. There is a great bond with the supporters. And I think all of us appreciate the situation that we are in at the moment and are trying to make the best of it.
I popped a couple of quick questions to the Boro boss at the close of his pre match press conference yesterday at the Rockcliffe Park training ground.
Q: Reaching the last couple of months and last 10 games do you take a longer strategy now as well as game to game?
MC: Nah it is pretty much game to game at the moment. I think it is not overcrowded by any stretch. Yes, this week we have got a midweek game but ever since the World Cup break it hasn't been overcrowded at all. Games have been spaced out and we have a lot of training time between. It is game at a time, that is all that matters. That is all that matters and what we can control and the rest will take care of itself.
Q: At the end of the game at Swansea City the fans were all chanting, “Sheffield United, we are coming for you.” We are excited. Are the players also excited at being part of a chase?
MC: For me it is exciting seeing the boys playing well and scoring goals and winning games when we can. We are in football to achieve. We want to be as good as we can. The club wants to be as high as it can. The supporters want a team that they can get behind and support and enjoy and come and really buy into what they are doing and hopefully at the moment that is something that we are all feeling. That is regardless of where you are but there is a great energy around the place. The boys are in a good place. There is a great bond with the supporters. And I think all of us appreciate the situation that we are in at the moment and are trying to make the best of it.
