Johannes Hoff Thorup press conference ahead of Crystal Palace | The Pink Un

B you a you Crystal Palace I know it's very difficult now sitting here Saturday evening to talk about a game on Tuesday but possibly would we see Coba maybe from the start is that an opportunity for you yeah it is it is we have to bring him into the group and that was actually also the plan today uh so the reason why we only did two subs was actually because we we thought towards the end we had a very good momentum we had a very good flow in the game and we were a little bit aware of not killing that's that momentum in the game um and that was the reason why we we didn't do any more changes so it was in our plans to actually give him some minutes today but now Tuesday looks like a good opportunity for him uh and then obviously you know again when we spoke to you yesterday it wasn't quite done but your Club have confirmed Oscar schwart yeah forgive my pronunciation in the building could we see him Tuesday night would he be involved yeah I think I think we can we can expect that as well uh again uh young lad but uh with a lot of experience two years senior football um uh has the physicality for this league what it takes to be in in this league so so he's already with a lot of experience in in in that part of the game and now of course he needs to get used to to the city to the club to the league to everything just around it but I think it's fair to to expect that he'll get some minutes for you not aware of it I mean what type what we talking is he a 10 is he more an eight can he is he first at all midfielder what' you see he's an offensive midfielder 108 position can also come from the outside uh I think it's it's important for him in his game that that you know the ball is in front of him that he can attack attack spaces in front of him so not with his back turn to the goal uh he's very good at reading situations to get in the box at the right time uh has a very good vision and ie for for where second balls will drop and get in uh to score goals um which is of course uh what every football team needs so that's what we can expect from from day one with him and and then still be aware that he's a he's a young lad but but I think definitely he can perform right now is it is is it an easy link to make that obviously yourself and Glenn you would have known him very well from back in Denmark I mean that was that a player you went to Ben and said we've identified him could we do something it was actually the opposite because he's been scouted a lot uh in this club also in the past um and then Ben went to me and said do you think we have a actually a possibility here uh because he didn't extend in his former club and and you know there were rumors about him leaving so we did what we could and we tried everything thing and and we went to uh to the guy supporting him and and asked whether it was an option and then at the end we we got him here which um I think if you asked me five six weeks ago I would have said that it's it's not going to happen because I would have expected that he could go to with all the respect for this club and even bigger Club but and maybe also be a starting player in in his former Club so I'm pleased I'm satisfied because he's a he's a a big Talent obviously bringing it round to that cup game on Tuesday night um again without you know at this stage you're not going to be able to sort of maybe settle on your 11 but are are you mind because there's a lot of momentum coming out of that game that you don't want to change it too much or do you now feel you need to give minutes to some of the Fringe players yeah we have to give minutes also because I think what we saw today was a strong 11 but but we also have players on the bench where they can add some some value to the team and they can add some some strong performance to the team so so we will we will change but like I also told the lads in the racing room here after the game I was pleased with second half and we have to make sure that we go to Palace on Tuesday and build this performance and make sure that we use all the game minutes that we got at the moment uh to keep on building and keep on improving so we have to make sure of course I have to look at Palace tomorrow and make sure that we have a good plan um but we we will bring in a competitive side for that one and as you say we don't know how Palace is going to approach that game but whoever they put on the Park it's a Premier League club a premier league Squad they're established in the Premier League as well so it's a step up in levels clearly Tuesday night it is and I think where we are now it's a it's a good test for us it's good for us to see what we can do in the way that we want to do it uh against that even stronger and even stronger side so um it will be a good test for us and hopefully we can get to Palace Tuesday night and make sure that we can we can do the things that we want to do with all respect for them and there will be moments in the game where we have to defend but that's also good learning and that's also good development for for the team here so uh we will uh we will take everything out of that game that we can and and make sure that we we go down there wrong thanks budy thank you thanks everybody thank you thank you