Our Head Coach spoke to the press ahead of Saturday's Sky Bet League One match-up with MK Dons.
ON INJURIES
"I've not seen him (Luca Connell) yet, but he'll be in. He did a run yesterday at home, so the fact he felt well enough to do that, we're hoping he'll be well enough for the weekend. It was just a sickness bug, he felt weak and tired. We're hoping he'll be back in the group.
"We've got a couple of bumps. Nothing bad, nothing serious. We'll assess and pick a team that we'll think win the game."
ON TEAM SELECTION IN COMING GAMES
"That's the balance we need to get. We need to be fair to the league. We make five subs pretty much every game, if I thought I was devaluing the team I wouldn't make the subs. I think we've got a very good squad, that's a decision we'll have to make. The team that is picked is based on winning the game. It's not a case of we'll rest ten, eleven places going into next week. The mentality has been really good."
ON JON RUSSELL
"It's been hard for Jon because Luca has been so good. He's had a lack of minutes. He's not the only one, the people that we brought in who are good enough, we wouldn't have brought them in if we didn't think we were good players. The team has been on such a good run it's hard to change.
"He's learning a new way of playing, he's used to playing as a screen. I thought he did alright the other night. He had a sloppy first five minutes, two or three passes went astray. But after that, he grew into the game."
ON MK DONS
"It's a bit like the Oxford game. They've got really good players, in the play-offs last year. They lost a few players, but again, they lost a lot of players in the summer and they've really struggled. They've had a tough job on their hands.
"They'll be fighting for their lives. This is their last home game I think. They need to win. The two games that we've got left are good. Although we're cemented in pretty much fourth it looks like, the two teams that we're playing are fighting - which I think is good for us. We have to match that intensity."
