David Moyes
A good return for you to Celtic Park in the sunshine.
Yeah, it was, to be fair it was. We got a lot of goals which was good from that point of view but look we needed the workout. I thought we were pretty good for periods of the first half, it was a tough game in the first half. At the start of the second half, Celtic were better for 10-15 minutes and then we got our fourth goal after they made it back to 3-2 after that the game sort of ended a little bit then but overall it was a good workout for us, it was another tough game for us.
Pleasing to see a response? You went behind early in both halves but came back with three goals each time.
Yeah we did, look we had a couple of really big chances before we scored, Jarrod [Bowen] had a one v one and so did Micky Antonio so we had opportunities but I am pleased because we started to get a wee bit of rhythm in some of our play. We are a bit behind the Scottish teams at the moment in our preparations and obviously, we are waiting on quite a few players coming back as well so we are trying to give ourselves a chance at the moment. This was a really tough game for us, Celtic played very well.
That must be an exciting prospect to get your full squad back and then look forward to the season, big European nights at the stadium.
Yeah, well this club [Celtic] is used to big European nights. I was telling the players before the game today about coming and playing here if ever there was a European experience they should come to it would be this one for me. So we wanted to use it as a little bit of a practice for what we have got [coming up] Europe will be new for a lot of the players but we did a lot of good things today and scored the goals which was really pleasing.
How do you manage the players’ schedule over the next week before the next game?
Well, actually the players are due some time off because we have been training and the players came back a little early as we wanted to get them in condition and it was something which I hoped I would be able to do. I quite often in the middle of preseason like to give them a little time off because I wanted them to be charged again and we can try and take them up to the next level of sharpness and quickness over the next two to three weeks.
