INTERVIEW | Phil Parkinson after Salford City

Phil a 2-1 victory in the Bristol Street Motors trophy against sford City tonight are you pleased with the victory yeah of course I think winning is a good habit to get into you know when we picked the team obviously we we decided to give all the senior players some game time so there was obviously a disjointed look to to the to the starting 11 certainly in the Midfield area and and of course you're going to lack a certain amount of cohesion but the night was all about getting a good physical workout for the lads and who needed it you look at J 40 you played for ages and and obviously with MES as well first game start for a long time so that was really key for us and I feel we've got the benefit of that work out tonight and and obviously we're able to to win the game as well which is which is a huge bonus for us you clearly want to win every game that you go into but can this competition provide some importance in getting minutes into those players and getting them prepared for what lies ahead yeah of course I think this um um you know we've got a big Squad and and we need to utilize that to it to its maximum and you know this competition is about that and also you know giving one or two of our young players an opportunity it was Harry Ash tonight and uh you know in that 20 minute Cameo whatever it was he he certainly took it so that was great for us and great for our supporters as well to sit see one of the young players and so important for the Academy as well there's a lot of work going on behind the scenes from Andy low and and his team with young players and you know it's a great indication for all those players in the system that even though we've got a you know strong Squad of senior players you know we want to give the youngsters a chance if they're good enough and and Ashley has done great in preseason and deserve that moment tonight and for Harry Ashfield how has he developed because he's a player that obviously went on the Rex Coast tour with yourselves how have you seen his progression over the last couple of months uh well first of all he did great on the tour um when he got his chance he he he played well but he also trained well so um yes physically he's getting stronger he's he's he's a tall lad but he he's grown into his body he's getting stronger all the time and the more he trains with the first team the better he become but really pleased for him tonight it was it was a great lift to to get him on the pitch and I thought all the subs did brilliant for us just what we needed because inevitably when players haven't played for a long time you know there's going to be tired legs out there and we always had in our mind what Subs we wanted to make uh on 60 65 minutes and we did them and it I felt it was just at the right time when we needed it moving on to another POS did Paul Mullen a goal to really wrap up his comeback in some sense is back and firing a reom shirt you must be delighted with that no so pleased but you know it's first of all was a typical Paul goal it was it was a great finish Seb did brilliant broke through the Midfield and and and slid m in with still a lot to do but I think more importantly for for for Paul he felt in good shape and he worked hard and and you know we needed to do that tonight to obviously get the the benefit of um the match practice but of course the goal is is a bonus but you know we know he scores but it was important you know can we take him a step closer um to getting really ready for to start a league game we speak about it so often but that character was there on show tonight will Bo popping up with the late goal to get the win just how pleasing is it on multiple occasions to see that character in the matter of competition I think you know Boy again is has popped up and you know SE fantastic delivery and you know just special mention to Seb because you know asked him to play midfield tonight and you know played in quite a few different positions last year at rotheram on the right left wing back and Center back but never in in Midfield um but you know I thought he he took took the information on board really well and then when we switched him to Wing back was excellent but as you rightly say boy you know just has got that Knack of arriving in the box and set plays and getting half a yard and and scoring and you need goals from set plays but I think all in all it's um a credit to all the lads who' you know had to wait patiently so far this season and trained so well were able to put in a performance which wasn't always like to say the smoothest but in terms of were're able to to stand up to the physical aspect of the game just finally next week a trip to Birmingham I'm sure that's a game that everyone involved with RX and I'm looking forward to yeah it's the next League game coming up we've got an extra couple of days to prepare for it which you know I think is good for us because we've got one or two uh KN Doo had a dead leg which he needed to be rested tonight Elliot's got a slight problem so there what three or four things going on with those extra two days we'll get a huge benefit from that and of course yeah I don't think the game needs any building up thanks pH