Despite a plethora of attackers at their disposal including Billy Sharp, Oli McBurnie and David McGoldrick, Saturday’s standoff with Swansea City means they will enter Wednesday’s game against Web Bromwich Albion after scoring just one more time. of four and a half hours of football. .
Speaking after the draw at Liberty Stadium, Jokanovic admitted that a severely disrupted pre-season campaign, which has seen United cancel at least three warm-up games due to the Covid-19 pandemic, means that ‘there is still a lot of technical work to be done on the training ground.
But after being relegated from the Premier League last season, the Serbian has also indicated that he believes a change in psychological approach is also needed for his side to realize their potential.
“In my life I take a lot of risks and sometimes I have paid a high price,” said Jokanovic. “But I find that doing that brings more benefits.
“We have to win the games and we need enough for three points. I didn’t feel like they (Swansea) could damage us, but we didn’t do enough to them and put enough stress or pressure on them in key areas of the pitch.
Describing United’s performances in South Wales as ‘decent’, Jokanovic is hoping to welcome Ben Davies and Ronaldo Vieira to Bramall Lane this week after the pair agreed to loan transfers from Liverpool and Sampdoria respectively.
“We have people here who have experience playing in League One and also in the league,” added Jokanovic, who took charge of United last month. “We also have people here who have experience playing in the Premier League.
“But the Premier League, even though we know what we want to do, it’s behind us now. It’s history. It’s in the past. Now it’s “Welcome to the Championship”. We need that mentality and I believe in my players, I believe they have it. “
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Source: www.thestar.co.uk
This notice was published: 2021-08-16 04:00:00
