Here are the main talking points and key questions from Jesse Marsch’s full post-match reaction after the 1-1 draw with Everton.
“Jesse, that was quite entertaining?”
“Well, I thought it was less entertaining than it could have been because Everton played the game to slow things down, which is, can be an intelligent tactic right, coming here to Elland road and trying to keep things a little bit quieter but thought the referee could have handled it better it was clear from the first minute they were kicking balls away and they were trying to delay so but I’m pleased with our team you know, it was not easy when we went down a goal and that against Everton can be, make your life a lot, lot worse, but I saw a team that was smart and pushed and inserted themselves more and more in the match in the right way and, and in the end did really well to get the equaliser and then, you know, I mean, could we get the second goal? Could we suffer the second goal? It could have gone both ways at that point, but, but in general, I think it was a step forward for our team”
“You gave Luis Sinisterra his first Premier League start tonight and he repaid you?”
“Yeah, I mean, it’s not about repaying me. It’s about his ability, he will show more and more his ability, right. He’s a special player and he has a special combination of athleticism and power with football and cleverness, and then finishing ability so I think it’s just, obviously I’m really happy for him to get on the scoring sheet and I think he’s only going to get better.”
“Any news on Rodrigo’s injury?”
“Yeah, it’s a dislocated shoulder and I’ve never had that, but obviously, you know, you can see that it’s very painful. They popped it back in, and he seems to be feeling okay, he’ll get a scan and then we’ll figure out exactly what the damages is.”
“Does that show how fragile the front line is?”
“A little bit, a little bit but Joffy came in and did really well, really well was really happy with him, and then it wasn’t easy to make the decision to take him off the pitch and put Patrick on but I just felt like that was what we needed at the moment. Maybe I should have left Joffy on and give him a couple more sniffs at the goal but you know I was really happy with how Joffy played and I thought Pat came on and played well as well.”
“Does it show you need new additions?”
“Everybody’s trying the best that they can. I can only say thank you to Andrea and Victor and Angus and everybody with trying to find ways to continue to improve our squad, but we also have done a great job and you can see we have a good team, right? I’m really, really happy with the progress we’re making. We have so much more to do, but, man I like our team a lot, I really like our team.”
“It was good to see Patrick (Bamford) back out there?”
“Yeah, no, I thought he was good. I thought he had a couple moments where he could have maybe been able to nick a goal but in general he looks sharp and I thought he held up some balls well and and yeah, it was dangerous.”
“You said last week whether you would bring in a new striker would depend on how things play out, does the Rodrigo injury change things?”
“Not so much, but obviously that’s been a goal of ours from from the start of the summer, right? So, again, we’ve been active and we’re trying everything we can and we’ll see how it plays out here over the next 24 hours or so.”
“Will you be disappointed if you can’t get one in?”
“I like our team, you know, obviously, I’ve said this a few times already in press conference, good players make good coaches, and the more good players that you can find then you can really enjoy the team but I think we’ve done a really good job already, and I really like I really like our group. What I hate more than anything is when people say my transfers, like Marsch’s transfers, these are not my, they are our transfers and everybody’s working diligently together to try to put the club in a position to succeed like we already have, so that’s the goal here, is to just find a way to see if there’s maybe one more opportunity out there.”
There’s speculation on the future of Dan James, is there any chance at all that he could leave before Thursday’s deadline?
“I like Dan. I think he’s been a big part of what we’ve done here, before I came and since I’ve been here. I don’t anticipate big movements in the group, but let’s you know we have to just see what happens in the next 24 hours”
“When do you think Patrick Bamford will be ready to start a game?”
“Yeah, hopefully, hopefully, Saturday, but I think he’s, I think he’s in good shape. He feels good, so I think him starting on Saturday is a serious possibility and then I think Joffy played well as well so we can consider that as well.”
“What about Hwang?”
“I know Hee-Chan very well, I like Hee-Chan, he knows our football. So, there has been, he’s been on our list I can tell you that, he’s been on our list from the beginning.”
“It was quite a feisty night wasn’t it?”
“I mean, I feel like, trying to stay calm, the games are so emotional and good and the margin of error is so thin that obviously everybody’s fully invested from both, both clubs from both fan bases from every perspective, it’s what makes the league so great”
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