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6 days ago
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Grant proud of squad after cup heroics
After seeing his side twice come from behind before knocking Leicester out of the EFL Cup in the first round on penalties, Terriers boss Lee Grant spoke of his pride in his made nine changes from the XI which beat Reading on Saturday but the hosts made a bright start against a side who played Premier League football last season and are tipped for an instant return this told BBC Radio Leeds: ""We set our stall out this season to try and have some special nights in the cup, the group have identified it as something they really want to go for this year, so that's what we did."I love the fact we can make nine changes, which is more than Leicester made, and there's no drop-off."It was just fantastic and I am really proud of the group and the work they are putting in."
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6 days ago
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Wrexham's Palmer digs deep on 'emotional night'
Ollie Palmer has reflected on a "special" and "emotional" night that will rank highly in a Wrexham career that many believed was beat Hull City in an EFL Cup first-round thriller after substitute Palmer's two stoppage-time headers sent the tie into a penalty shootout, which the Dragons won 33, is in the final year of his contract at Wrexham and his substitute's appearance against Hull was his first competitive fixture since early February."Tonight was a special night for sure," Palmer told BBC Sport Wales."Bar the National League promotion and maybe one or two other big moments, I think this is probably top two, top three. "It was just an emotional night after missing games through February, March and April."Doing so much for the first two thirds of the season and then missing out in the last 16 games was obviously tough, but that's football."You've got to dig deep and you've got to do what you can to help the football club in any way."Wrexham had to dig deep after it seemed they were heading out of the competition – 3-1 down with the game into stoppage time when Palmer struck twice."It's something that we've always done at this football club," added Palmer, referencing games against Dover Athletic and Barnet at the Stok Cae Ras when Wrexham scored late goals."We've always had that never-die spirit and that comes from the community, that comes from the fan base and comes from everything that's inherited with this football club."We've got to expect the subs to make impacts, whether it's in the National League, League Two, League One or the Championship or cup competitions and it was that that happened tonight."It was unfortunate to go 3-1 down, but obviously then fight and dig deep and come back into the game like we've always done at the Racecourse, to draw the game and we were clinical for the penalties." Palmer converted one of Wrexham's five penalties in the shootout which secured their place in the second round of the has a year remaining on his current Wrexham deal, although he has fallen down the pecking order of attacking options in recent Palmer himself still believes he has a lot to offer in the Championship, especially with summer recruit Kieffer Moore currently out with an ankle injury."My game doesn't really change in terms of physicality and how we use big lads in our team," Palmer said."We've got many strings to the bow, but I think having a big lad and someone on the end of crosses, you know, is important."And I think in this league, there are centre halves that are there to be bullied."Kieffer Moore's great at doing that. He's definitely an experienced Championship player and he gets a lot of joy with his size and strength."It's the physicality which is my strength and I feel like I can impose that on centre-halves at any level."It's just a privilege to be a part of this football club."
BBC News
6 days ago
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Lots of positives for Heckingbottom after cup win
Preston North End manager Paul Heckingbottom was full of praise for his side as they put their name in the hat for the second round draw following a 1-0 EFL Cup win over League Two was Preston's first win of the season after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Queens Park Rangers in their opening Championship sees them host newly-relegated Leicester City (15:00 BST) who scored a late winner to beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 in their opening fixture."We spoke a lot about last season, there were a lot of good performances that didn't end up in win, the only way to put the game to bed is taking those chances," Heckingbottsom told BBC Radio Lancashire."When we had the bodies last season, our bench was really effective, we know how important that is going to be."Listen to the full interview and more on BBC Sounds.
BBC News
7 days ago
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Cup win 'very important' in Cardiff's journey
Brian Barry-Murphy says Cardiff City's win over Swindon Town in the EFL Cup was "very important" as his side continue to impress in the early stages of the manager's from Welsh duo Cian Ashford and Rubin Colwill earned the Bluebirds a 2-1 victory over Ian Holloway's side in the Welsh capital as Cardiff progressed into the second round of the competition."I'm really pleased. It means a lot to me to get through to the next round and see who we could possibly take on," Barry-Murphy said."To win tonight was very important and we treated the game very seriously. I thought that reflected in our performance, so I was happy."Barry-Murphy kept faith with six players from the side that started the drab 0-0 draw with Port Vale five days the Irishman says his unbeaten side can continue to improve as his players have more time to adapt to his methods."We're in the very early stages of working together. We've only trained for 25 days so that's a very small period of time in terms of trying to build something together," added Barry-Murphy."The players who came in came in based on how well they've trained and how they've been to starting the other games."We felt it was as competitive as the team at Port Vale, and luckily for us the performance, luckily for us, was better than Port Vale."I'm aware of so much more that we need to do as we move forward, but if we have that patience and understanding of where the players are at, I think we'll be fine."
