Lee Carsley INSISTS Grealish & Rice Handled 'HOSTILE RECEPTION' Very Well In 2-0 England WIN! 👏🔥

us about Gish today you brought him back into the side he's playing it l like he's playing 10er just talk us through um well we knew that we were going to potentially get some spaces in wide areas um so the the the conventional or or what you may think is a is a normal number 10 um Jack's different to that I think he's he's capable of going into wide areas and receiving the ball but he's also just as as comfortable coming deeper um so yeah I think um I try not to look too much um like on on positions and and positional but it's more the attributes to the players um so you know you you see at the end of the game there angel coming on Angel's a 10 who can play as a six or an eight so I try not to get too bogged down with you know just because they've got a number 10 on means they have to play behind the striker okay Samy I um ask you how you felt today a big day for you in your career but been overshadowed slightly by by um the the story about the anthem how did that how first of all how have you found the reaction to that yeah and how has that affected your day at all your preparations no no it's definitely not affected my day or my preparations I I I found out about it this morning um you I fully respect people's opinions um it's it's something that I've I've never done um but I fully respect the the the both national anthem um today would be probably one of the proudest days of my career um to lead an England team out in Dublin um you know he definitely couldn't it um but you know I don't um I don't feel hard done by or AG grieved um I respect everyone's opinion you know I've played in teams out there where where players are buting their the amp them out next to me um but also you know I've played in teams where where people you know players don't sing or or coaches you know I don't think it makes me or or anyone that does any less committed you know um like I say we were um I was looking forward so much to today um yeah and and it's it's the proudest day of my my football career it's um you know you couldn't have R it really you know I I S the draw a while back and I thought to myself that's going to be that's going to be a really good game and then if you fast forward and then you know two weeks ago you know when when it it it it sinks in that okay yeah I'm going to take over the team first game's in Dublin you know you're like you know I knew it was going to be um you know a good experience but bit a bit of a test also Jack pit Brook it looked on the TV half time you stay to do analysis work rather than going back into the dressing room can you clarify what your process was at half time when when did you mean coming out early you mean or uh just it just look from theage that we saw as if you were looking IP yeah so the the the iPad that I've got is just is just in instead of taking a a pen and pen and paper so um I make a lot of notes before the game um on on shapes that that the opposition might do so obviously with with this with this job we have a lot of thinking time so um I'm constantly looking at if if they change to a four this is how we can build if they change to a three this is how we can build so um it was just jogging my memory to be honest also that you know when when we when I go into half time I try not to give them players too much information but try and give them two or three bullet points that are really going to affect the second half so um it's that was probably just a bit of cating what what's going to be important to to say to the players and did you then go speak players yeah oh yeah yeah yeah congratulations just on the controversy yeah and on the prospect of you potentially becom permanent manager do you look at you know reflect on these headlines and find yourself at the center of this and wonder is it worth all the yeah like like I said earlier I fully respect people's opinions um you know it doesn't you know I would never I would never judge anyone for doing you know s singing or not um you know I had um a great experience when I played for the Republic of Ireland um and I'm I'm having a really good experience now in terms of the um the the responsibility that I've got of of of being head coach ining for the for the senior team so I think I think you've probably got to accept that you know with that does come a bit of bit of judgment um like I said I think I think it's um it's something that I don't I don't feel hardly done by um I respect everyone's opinion um and we move forward what you seen today does that make you think this is where be going forward yeah yeah well I think yeah that's that's one one of the points that we try and make with all of the players is getting the best out of them um putting them into in familiar positions that they play at their clubs so if you've if you seen Trent play this season you know it was very similar to the way we asked him to play today in terms of when we built he often went Central with uh with kobby and deck went a little bit higher or wider um you know I think one of the what what what we've noticed especially within the the pathway of players that we've got the the fullbacks now are almost like Midfield players they've got all the attributes of of midfielders and Trent definitely falls into the into that bracket I thought he was I thought he was very good today I thought he got a little bit tired at the end so I thought he was positive performance J that was obviously a lot of focus as well on kickoff how pleased with you the way they that yeah um I'm I'm pleased with it but not surprised um I think they they're both they both been in football long enough now to to understand that and and respectfully that that it was going to be a little bit um hostile at times but in the right way I thought I thought the fans were really respectful with it um I thought that they both handled the the the atmosphere as as did the whole team and we tried to speak about you know it's going to you know it's going to be it's going to be um a high tempo for everyone not just not just uh deck and and Jack and but I thought you obviously it's great for them too that they've scored the goals um but more importantly that the team's won and they've kept clean sheet set surise to you um we prepared that they were going to play five at the back or three at the back however you want to um look at it um we knew that they were going to be Compact and difficult to to play against um in terms of not leaving much space I think um you know they've got some really talented players within the team especially the the the subs that came on as well I think they really helped um obviously um you know they've got they've got their work CAU out with a with a new manager that's going to need time to bet in his own ideas in but I think it's good that he's got a couple of coaches with him that understand the the players and and have worked with him in the past so it's um you know it's it's it's h it's probably a tough a tough um first first game for for the manager but um it's giv him chance now to have a look at the players and and make his own mind up James yeah yeah I think I think John was Vice Captain um so I think just just out of respect um John coming on and taking over the arm man so I'm not I would't say he refused it I think he just s that that John was joh John was next in line so that was the case no no no no I don't I don't think I don't think it would be fair for me to do that to be honest I think that's for a that's for a permanent head coach to do I think um you know for me to come in in my first camp and change leadership team around and um I I'm not sure that's my role thank you first we 83% posession yeah build Jack that cars it's definitely not it's definitely not that um I think you you know I it's definitely not my style it's the players it's the players um that are capable of of of receiving the ball in tight areas and playing um and playing through you know I'm just lucky that that at the minute I'm I'm coaching them but it's you know I definitely don't see this as as my style it's it's they should take all of the credit for for the way that they've I we've been here for four sessions so um but you could see that they were trying to do the right things and um you I think you know we can be we can be really pleased with the we made Paul fin a couple of very quick questions did you accidentally go into the Irish te I I did I did go down the tunnel and turn right I did go down the tunnel and turn right um as you know I spent a lot of time on the bench so um I I know I know exactly where that is um but yeah yeah I thought yeah I don't wasn't no no it was uh no I just yeah and then I realized that no one was on there and that the other coaches were on the other bench so it was quickly resolved so and um were you surprised how easy it was for England particularly in the first half my colle said more 8% possession yeah exp it to be that easy well I think with the I think sometimes the you know the possession one can be quite misleading you know even though we had if it is 80% I've not seen the stats yet even we had a lot of the ball I didn't feel like we we're peppering the goal I didn't think that their goal was under under massive threat a lot of it was in front of them and you know from a game plan point of view you know remember playing in myself and and sometimes against um sometimes better teams we would you would have to sit in be well organized and play on a Counterattack and I thought I thought at times that that Ireland did that well so um but now I wouldn't it didn't feel easy from the side um it did it definitely didn't feel easy okay the Irish coach is waiting to come in so have to finish it one at the back said he set up withan that allow you to set up allow extra players well I think when when when um you know when I thought I thought that they may do that because of what John done in the past as well in terms of when he was when he was caretaker and and the you know understanding the role of you've only got two or three days preparation maximum um because of the physical element that you have to worry about as well I I just assume that they may play a five and then when when you do play a five there's going to be space somewhere because obviously you got an extra player backwards so it was trying to just work out quite quickly we had two or three ways that depend on what what what they did where we could try and exploit but um yeah I didn't um I still I still thought it was you know quite um difficult to break break break Island down with the way that they set up on am on da via the talk sport app and on your smart speaker talk sport