"I guarantee" - Leeds United haters response and key man backing: Farke pre-Villa press conference every word

Leeds United will resume their Premier League survival bid with Sunday’s huge Elland Road showdown against Aston Villa at Elland Road - ahead of which boss Daniel Farke made a strong Whites call at his pre-match press conference.

Calling for courage and bravery from his players with a response to Leeds United ‘haters’, here is every word that Farke had to say including Willy Gnonto and Dan James warnings and Dominic Calvert-Lewin backing.

Firstly, how's everybody returned from it? Are you happy that everybody's in good nick and fit?

“Good. Obviously, the Welsh players in a really good mood. Yeah, also one or two bit more disappointing results for some other lads. But the most important thing is no one came back injured. Everyone in a good mood. So I have all the players available. So not one player injured yet. So really, really good news. We had a proper training week, obviously also in the last week with the lads who were there. We had today the first time that we had the whole group back on the training pitch and 48 more hours to prepare. And for that, everyone is in a good mood. The sun is shining today. It's still cold, but the sun is shining, so I can't complain too much.”

Dan James was somebody that was talked about at the back end before the international break. He's played, he's scored. Is he somewhere near where you need him to be now in terms of starting?

“Yeah, I talked about him before and is of course a topic, but I think also we don't have to speak about him and also not in a negative way at all. Everyone in this room knows Dan. There is no one in this room who loves and supports Daniel James more than I do. It's more or less the first day I walked into the door here at Leeds United. My first decision was straight away. Someone had the glorious idea to send Daniel James out on loan and he would be good enough to be one of our five wingers for the Premier League. By the way, for sure, who was then sadly hopelessly relegated, my first decision here was, no, no, he will be a key player for us, for our team, also for our future. I was criticised a lot also, like in the last years, that why is, whatever, Jaidon Anthony not playing more, or Largie Ramazani, or in the beginning, even Manor Solomon or whatever. because Daniel James always played and I always supported him and he was more or less the first one on the team sheet because I know what he's capable of and capable to do. But it's also important that we must not forget where he's coming from. So we are right now playing in the Premier League and the best league of the world and there you have to be in your best shape and your best rhythm and you have to judge also what really happens on the training pitch and not just if he's just available. So he has missed more or less four months without a competitive game. He has missed the whole April and May of last season. June and July, there was not one competitive game. He was even injured during pre-season. And I still started him in the beginning of August, because I rate and I love him so much. First two or three games he started was perhaps not perfect, also understandable. And then there's another injury. So he was more or less out for five months and of course it's more or less like then you can't expect that his performance is like he would be there in his full rhythm and fully fit and full of confidence so I spoke even before the international break I see him growing on the training pitch and this is quite important for me but of course he also needs a bit of rhythm and we can't just use the Premier League games to give him the rhythm but on the other hand he desperately needs minutes so for that on the training pitch, and by short-term appearances, he has to find the confidence that has risen back. He's trying to do this. This is how it works. I was quite pleased that he had also right now two times 65 minutes on the pitch for Wales, of course, against Liechtenstein. We play perhaps with all respect, but a different level, also on Premier League level, but he was in there also with end products, and it's always good for the confidence, and these two games will be very beneficial. will be very, very beneficial for him. And he's growing right now. And that's quite important. And for that, each and every minute, each and every training session helps. And of course, the longer he is in team training, the closer he comes to his best shape. So, you know, there is this old saw or this old rule in football. As long as you are out injured, as long you need to be back in your best shape. I hope that it won't last that long with Daniel because he was more or less missing four or five months and I don't want and don't expect it. It will last four or five months till he's back in his best shape. So he's also an experienced player and you see him growing right now, but we still can't expect miracles. I watch him closely each every training session. I know what he's doing. He's building some confidence and some rhythm and the last two weeks also, the two times 65 minutes were definitely also beneficial for him and will we do me also many favours.”

Is it the same message with Willy Gnonto then?

“Yes, of course, exactly the same. So I loved Willy Gnonto in the end of last season. Top shape, scored many important goals. Yeah, but it's more or less the same with him. Sometimes we also forget, because he's so long with us, how young this young lad actually is. Yes, and it's more like we have to be a bit careful, and this is also my job, to protect that we don't create an atmosphere and a culture here that... is more or less like when we lose a game that the players who didn't play are the winners anyhow because it leads to an attitude that more or less like when you're not playing then you hope more or less that the team is losing because then you are the winner and are in the spotlight. And we have to be careful with this. We don't want to educate the players in this way and I remember so we started the season with Willy and DJ in the first games okay there were perhaps not too many end products and everyone was on their back and then the other wingers were more or less the wingers and right now yes we had one or two poorer games anyhow And then it's more like the players who didn't play are the winners. And, you know, we have to be careful with it because otherwise we create a culture that the teammates who are on the bench or not in the squad are more or less happy once we are not successful because then they are more or less the winners. And, you know, this is what I won't allow. I will be careful with this. And it was really... It's exactly the same. He played the first two or three game days, everyone on his back more or less like because he didn't score, didn't assist. Then he was out six weeks injured. Six weeks and then also like two weeks back in training. More or less eight weeks without a competitive game and then we lose more or less a game away. Not everyone is just saying, oh, Willy Gnonto, with him we would win each and every game. So it's important that we don't put too much weight also on the shoulder. So what you have to do after being out injured, it's more or less like, come on, gain the confidence back on the training pitch. Show that you're ready to go. Perform there. Then when you get the short-term appearance, then to use this to build some momentum and some confidence. So I can't allow myself to be driven too much by... Yeah, it's more like after, after a loss, all the players who didn't play were the winners. I have to watch carefully after them and look after them that they don't run into the next injury. Willy had calf problems, was out with them for three weeks and two hernia surgeries. I'm glad that he's back. I'm glad that he had a little mini preseason right now and he's back available. But let's not expect that right now players who haven't featured because of injuries in the last weeks, they will win the game for us all alone. So we are a side. who will just be successful on this level. If we stay united, like our name says, if we stay together, if we think more about the side and not about individual players, we need players who are ready, who are fit, who work their socks off and give everything. And I watch carefully in training once a player is ready to do this after a long-term injury. And we can't rush them into a team just because they are available. I can't allow myself to be driven too much by players My wishes or my thoughts, I never know so much. I love Daniel James or Willy Gnonto, but this is the case. I have to be careful, especially on this level.”

Daniel, you returned to Elland Road, where you've been pretty successful so far this season in the main. You're on track with your points total, but what would you say to the criticism that just lately the side has looked like one that's almost waiting to lose rather than taking the game to the opposition?

“Um, nothing really, because I am not out and I can't waste 1% energy to do some whatever self-marketing or self-PR anyhow. So if you have followed our way, how we work since two and a half years, you know exactly what we are doing, what we try to do, how we approach a game and how we try to be successful. And this won't change at all. And yes, if someone wants them to be negative after one or two games, it's not like with a speech or a fiery speech. I will turn their heads. The only thing is more like results and good hard work. Overall, I would say it's normal when you have 38 game days. You always have ups and downs and good performances and perhaps a bit worse performances. I would admit that I think it was perhaps our poor spirit of the season in the last two away games. And I think it's a fair criticism also to mention this, but it's also my job is to be there to protect my players. Because I work for a club where everyone cares so much about the club and who's so passionate. And we are a club who polarizes. Either you love this club with all your heart, Leeds United, or... You have to be a bit careful. It's exactly the other way around. And if we have perhaps a poorer game or poorer period or like back-to-back away losses, I know that everyone who is the other way around from the outside world will try to provoke us and will try to tear us apart and divide us and make sure that Leeds United don't go further on United. So everyone from the outside world tries to provoke this club. And I have too much passion, I have too much love for this club. So in this moment, I make sure that no one is in the back of my players, no one criticizes my players too much. I know sometimes I can make my job also easier and speak about, okay, after a loss, for example, or a poor result, I also sometimes got the feeling I also want to criticize a bit more, want to speak about what we could have done could have done better a bit more but I have to calm myself also a bit down because the outside world is doing this anyway and I want to be then there for my players as a shield because you know what is never in doubt and you can never question the passion and the desire that this lads are defending this club and and trying everything in order in order to be successful yes and it's quite normal that sometimes even this lads over the course of 38 game days have a bit poorer period or a bit poorer length of results and could be also sometimes back to back losses in away games. But for me, it's also important to back them and to be there for them and then to be there like a shield and to make sure that we go with positivity into the next game and that we're not scared. It's more like that we are brave and go out and press higher than we did in the last two games and play with a bit more courage than we did in the last two games. Of course, I was not happy with this, but They have delivered so many good performances so far. So for that, I'm struggling a bit to criticize this even a bit more. For me, it's always like after a bit poorer results or poor performances, it's more like, yeah, you need to show reaction in these terms, but also to stay positive and to go with this with courage and bravery and not like being scared anyhow. So this is what I want to make sure. And for that, it will always be our DNA to bring the game into the opponent's half, to try to be proactive. It's fair to say the last two away games, we were not at our best in these terms. But we're playing the best league in the world. And if you have a day where your key players are not performing on the top level, sorry, then we don't have the individual quality to be the better side. So we always have to perform on our top level. And if there is a poorer day, then we have no chance to win points. And this is what we want to make sure we stick together. We return back to our best behaviour. And then we have also a chance also in the upcoming difficult games against top sides. So if we are at our best level, then we definitely have a chance.”

Yeah, everybody's talking about the run ahead of you, Daniel, but you've got to play them all at some point. You said earlier this week the biggest pressure you faced was when you arrived and the task you had ahead of you. But when you're going through a difficult time like right now or a relatively difficult time, how hard is it for you to hold your nerve and keep believing in what you're doing?

“Not hard. Really not hard. Because once you sign a contract for Leeds tonight, as a manager, as a player, as a staff member, you know the pressure is on from the first day you start working. Because it's a big responsibility to represent this club and lead this club to success. And I've spoken several times about this. This is the most... passionate club, probably not just in the UK, but in whole Western Europe anyhow. And this is the biggest asset of us. This is a real strength. This is why we have such an unbelievable home record. I think just one loss in the last 14 months because we have made out of Elland Road a fortress. And our biggest asset is... Our biggest strength is this passion and how we want to be like this and don't want to be in a different way like this at this club. And of course, it comes also along with expectations and also with if you want, with pressure anyhow. But for me, it's more or less like I just have the desire and the heart to defend this club and to be there and to be successful and to establish this club on the top level anyhow. And for that, I have the same feeling. So the fire, believe me, the fire is also still burning inside. I'm more or less a Leeds United supporter. And after a loss, I don't want to go out of bed and after winning, I would like to celebrate it. But in my job, you can't afford to do this. I can't be over the moon after a win. I have to stay humble. And after loss, I also can't be too down and I have to make sure that we are not too affected anyhow by the negativity that also the outside world wants to bring into us. So I'm just fully focused and concentrated on leading this club with confidence with stability. And if there is a bit pressure or someone wants to be negative, for me, it's not a problem. I don't feel pressure myself because I know no one means it personally. It's more like when there is a bit negativity just because even if it's from our side, from our inside, it's more like it's just because everyone cares so much about this club and not out of a negative ambition. So I never would take it personally and I feel more or less the same, but in my job I can't a\ord to be the same. So I have to stay levelled, I have to stay humble and have to make sure that this doesn't affect the players too much. Because overall, when I look at the longer picture, I know... what they're doing. I know the workload they put in in each and every game. They have so far outperformed the opponent physically. We are top fit and we give everything. We are not always at our best level. That's fair to say. And if you're not at our best level, then we don't have just the unbelievable quality to beat opponents and we lose games on this level. But I'm 100% convinced of this group, of the mentality of the group. And that if we return back to our best behaviour and make, again, out of our home stadium, Elland Road, again further on a fortress, we have more chances to win enough points to stay in this league. I see why there is criticism after the last two games. We were pretty self-critical as well. But it's also like I have to say, after 11 games, we were not one time in a relegation zone. And if we keep going also with this attitude, we have a great chance also to finish above the line and to stay in this league. And this is what we want to make sure.”

“Because in terms of individual quality, I guarantee you we won't win one game on this level”

Daniel, when you talk about drowning out the noise and the players having a chance to get away, play on international duty, have the international break and potentially pressing the reset button, you've just said there you do have the players as a team that can compete in this league. You've never been in the relegation zone so far this season. So 11 games in, I know there's disappointment with the last two performances. What's your assessment of where this group is and where it can go?

“I'm more or less asked after each and every game how I assess the season so far. I just can't repeat myself. You summed it up in a perfect way overall. 11 points after 11 games, not too bad overall. Yeah, never to be in the relegation zone. It's not too bad. I criticise after some really good performances that we should have been more clinical to take more points because I was fully aware that there is also a period when we are perhaps not at our best level and then automatically we will lose games. This is what happened away at Brighton and also away at Nottingham. So for that, if we would have... get all the points that we normally would have deserved of all performances we would cruise largely along on whatever 15 16 points everything would be a bit easier yes right now the gap is a bit closer yes but if you would have asked me before the season do we have a season after being just promoted, after also the challenge set, we had the summer transfer window where we cruise nicely along, never in danger, always a gap of five, six, seven points to the relegation zone. We are just in mid-table, can't even think about the top half. I would have said probably that's not realistic. Of course, I would prefer to have it anyhow and it would have been possible if you would have won the games against Bournemouth and Fulham and Tottenham. Newcastle should have had more points anyhow. But I wouldn't have expected it would be like this. For that, I'm also not surprised that right now we have perhaps a bit poorer spell or the gap is a bit closer. And also for me, it's just important that we are not right now just like a flag in the wind and let the outside world make decisions. us to be divided with finger pointing and this player and this staff member and this manager and this coaching staff member anyhow does something wrong. So we will just be successful with this group of players if we are more united than all the other teams, if we are more together than all the other teams, if we have more desire than all the other teams. Because in terms of individual quality, I guarantee you we won't win one game on this level. So we have to outwork them try to be also like always spot on in our tactical approach, what we're doing. We don't have the individual players who just decide the game all alone, like with all respect, perhaps Liverpool, Arsenal, Man City and all the others, and also Aston Villa has a few. So we have to make sure that we as a group are more united. This is more or less like what is crucial for me. We've shown this during the first game days. And by doing this, we've won many points. We were united also in the last two game days, but not at our best level. Yes, this is what we have to make sure to return back. And then we have also a chance, if we then look back, hopefully after the season, to speak about, yeah, we had a really good first season back in the top flight.”

Let's talk about this weekend's opponents, then Aston Villa, because you have been competitive at home, more than competitive when playing at Elland Road. They're a team that have shown natural progression over the last several seasons, but their form at times this season has also been indifferent. So what do you expect from them on Sunday and how will you set your team out to approach this challenge?

“Yes, there's no doubt that Aston Villa is one of the top sides in this league. They play in Europe, they have a fantastic manager, a fantastic group of players, many, many options sitting in the top six on the table. I think in the form table they're even higher up. So with many, many good results, we know, again, we have to be at our very best level to give ourselves a chance. And then in a home game together with our supporters, we always have a chance. We know about our home record, but for that, we have to make out of this a tight game in the moments when we can create a chance and can score that we are then clinical and effective then we have a chance and we have to return back, and this is the most important topic, to our really rock-solid defensive behaviour that we've shown in the weeks before, not the last two game days, but in the week before, and this will be crucial. I'd also like to return back in our defensive behaviour also to the best level. And also against the ball, try to be a bit braver and more aggressive again. This will be crucial in order to give ourselves a chance.”

Hi Daniel, when you look at the goals conceded to players who were free in the box, have you identified a theme? Are they all just individual mistakes? Is it tactical or structural?

“Cutback defending, normally a topic we're pretty, pretty good in, was a problem in Brighton and this time around was a bit like... not enough pressure on the ball in the in the build-up so normally something that we've shown in the games before so this is more or less as we were always compact we were never really open but the bravery also to go into the duels to lead the duels that was the first problem and then obviously also how we defend it then more or less across and we have clear principles how we want to defend in the box don't want to name it to do much name dropping or finger pointing everyone can analyse all the scenes but I think it was also quite obvious obviously we were then not spot on and this is also important to without name dropping or finger pointing in public also like to speak about this internally a lot and also the best solutions always work on the training pitch to work on this topics on the training pitch because This is what we've shown, especially in the first seven, eight game days. And then it's more or less, yes, it's a fact. I wouldn't say we have allowed too many chances for Nottingham, but somehow it's a fact they have scored three goals. And to concede three goals is too much to win anything in this league. So definitely we're pretty, pretty self-critical in this terms. We have worked on it and let's hope that let's bring it in a better way on the pitch than they did in the last two away games.”

You said you need to play with a bit more courage. What does that look like when you're in possession of the ball?

“In possession of the ball, it was also not that we were played out of the park. We had away at Brighton and away at Nottingham more possession than the opponent. And I would say it's normally not normal for a promoted side who goes to teams like Brighton and also Nottingham. They've qualified for Europe and I think in the summer they've spent, if I'm not completely wrong, 240 million euros. And you also... But I wouldn't say we've dominated these games because we had possession more or less like in areas where it doesn't count that much. We have played too much around the cake, if I can use this picture, and not like really like in areas and zones where we can create chances and make it happen. We have scored, of course, a fantastic team goal. This is more or less like exactly what we needed. The pass also like into the centre in the offense. Noah Okafor first kept the ball, then Brenden Aaronson was close to the striker, kept the ball, fantastic assist to Lukas, and Lukas, outstanding finish. But the gap between the striker and these positions was in the other games or not in all the periods in the last two games. A bit too big, so we didn't bring our midfielders like Anton or Ao before. And shown more in this position where they can play the finishing pass and can be dangerous. And the same also with our wingers. We have to come a bit closer to the striker in order to create more. This was a bit the problem. We had really lots of possession, but not the possession that really counted. And this is something we've also addressed. We have to be better in the areas where it really counts and also to keep the ball better in more difficult situations. And yeah, this was also something that we have not just addressed, but also worked on the training pitch in the last game days. And hopefully we can bring it back on the pitch as well.”

Hi Daniel. You've mentioned several times about Elland Road being an emotional fan base and the outside noise. I'm just wondering, do you ever speak to your players, whether collectively or one-to-one, about how to deal with the outside noise? And I'm particularly here thinking of the newer players and maybe the younger players as well. Do you ever chat to them about it?

“Yes, but I also don't want to judge it in the wrong way. It's not like it's a bad thing if you are emotional or passionate. Not at all. I've said in each and every of my interviews, the reason why I worked in a scientific contract is because I work for the most... passionate club in the world, probably, or one of the most passionate clubs in the world. Because we have this unbelievable support and you want to work for a club where it really matters. And I don't want to change one thing. I want our supporters to be over the moon, if you will, and dream about Europe because this is what football is all about. And I want our supporters and everyone who is connected after a loss and that we don't want to go out of bed and when the world goes down and we fear the worst. I don't want to change one thing. I just mentioned to the players We have a job to do. We can't allow ourselves to be just passionate and just driven by our passions because otherwise a day after a game I wouldn't show up, I would stay in bed, if I'm honest. Or after a win I also wouldn't show up because I would party the whole night. So no chance to do this. We have to make sure that we're not driven too much by our emotions. And this is what I mean. So it's not like if there is a bit of criticism, after poor performance or losses. Doesn't let this in your head and in your heart. Play with bravery and courage and not like, okay, I want to avoid mistakes. Come on, be brave. Be ready. Do mistakes, but play with courage. Play with bravery. And also the other way around. This is quite important. What to do is more or less like create together with our supporters and also with our group more or less this attitude. It's us against the world. This is what you have to do if you work for such an emotional club. We have signed the contract here for Leeds United. And it's more like we are playing, not like, okay, always like a friendly, no one cares. And we have to represent this club. And you just can do this with being together, with bravery, and not like, okay, hopefully I don't play, that I don't make any mistakes anyhow. This is not how I want us to play football. I also don't want us to play football like... players on the bench or not on the squad, they're happy if we're not successful because then they are the winners. I want a different culture. I want that everyone in my group is on it and desperate that we are successful. From the bench to support. From the players who are not on the game day squad to support. I want us to be one unit who is successful. This is, like I mentioned, it's our name, Leeds United. Just if we create this attitude, we are capable... to be successful. This is what I also speak about with my players. We have to create an attitude. It's us against the world, Leeds United against the world, because all the other... from the outside world who don't care about this club. After a loss or after a poor spell, they will try to provoke, they will try to divide us, they will try to bring negativity in. This is what we can't allow ourselves. We will just be successful. And this club had the most successful spells in the history whenever it was united. This is what we have to make sure.”

Dominic Calvert-Lewin, you mentioned before how he brings so much to the game and his other aspects. He's really contributed to the team. He hasn't scored in a little while. How important is it for him personally? I know he doesn't lack in self-confidence, but just to keep them scoring instincts, as you said before, flowing. How important is it that he does find the net?

“Yeah, for offensive players, always good for the confidence, for the mood and for everything. Also to deliver end products and to score goals. That's, of course, quite important. But again, I also don't want to create an individual battle there and to criticise too much for me. It's just important how many goals do we score as a team and also like I don't just have one striker who should score goals. For me, it's always important that the amount of striker goals, Lukas, Dominic, Joel, also some of our youngsters is on a proper level or the whole amount of offensive players on a proper level. So we need then Brenden Aaronson to chip in. So good assist last game, good goal in the last home game. Noah Okafor also on two goals and a few assists. So this is what we need. We need the whole group. As a promoted side, you will never have a striker who wins a golden boot. And this is also not important. And, you know, of course, I would take 20 goals from one of our strikers because then this one striker all alone has already the amount of goals that we need. But if we share it anyhow, if my offensive players here, they score three or four, Lukas sometimes decides a game like against Everton, Dominic decides a game like against Wolves. Anyhow, this is what we need. Of course, I always beg my strikers also to score goals and I hope that they score. But for me, the most important thing is just that we are successful and that we stay in the league and I'm not out for personal tally of goals for a striker.”

Hi Daniel, how do you decide when you want Lukas or the centre-backs to go direct to Dominic or to Lukas Nmecha and attack? Is there a certain rationale you have for when you want them to do that or is it important for you to play through the thirds and play on the turf as we've seen against Brighton and Forest?

“Yes, we have our triggers, we have our principles, how to do so. And I don't want to speak too much in public about it there because I don't want to give too many information or too much information away to the opponents. But this was also a bit the problem, if I'm honest, in the last game days because Brighton, you normally expect them as a high-intense pressing side, especially in the away game at Brighton. And of course we made our plans in which moment we want to invite them and to bypass them high more or less like to be a bit more direct and then to use that they play perhaps man against man in the last row. The problem is if you're 2-0 down after a few minutes, they change their whole progress and then they don't open that much, they sit a bit more deeper. And if you can't invite them anymore and you have to do more for the game, You can't go more direct than we would perhaps normally do. The same against Nottingham. I was thinking, we go 1-0 in lead. If you have, for example, 2-0 up, like after 15 minutes against West Ham, and they have to go a bit more for it, then we can go more for direct and can be quicker in our attacks. So in football, all topics are connected and together we have our triggers, our principles, but it always depends also on how the game is going and on the scoreline.”

You mentioned that there's obviously been a bit of external pessimism generally about performances and results and around Thorpe Arch. I think even after the Forest game, you said, you know, we're not panicking inside and we don't feel the same way many of you feel. So when you are around Thorpe Arch, do you sort of actively intervene in kind of trying to get the players and trying to block out that pessimism or do you trust them to block it out themselves?

“Yes, if I have the feeling I have to act a little bit, I do this. And we must not forget that we still work together with relatively young human beings. It's not like we just have teenagers around, but it's more like if you're in the age like Willy Gnonto or Noah Okafor in your early 20s, mid-20s, it's still not like... OK, you can block everything out. And especially for our new signings, if they experience the first time how big this club is and how much outside noise there is. And also, again, it's a club who polarizes and everyone tries to provoke them a little bit who doesn't like this club and tries to provoke something. And yeah, there was not much to criticize in the last days. 12 months last season, also at the beginning of our season right now, it's more like when the haters come out and want to provoke a little bit the outside world. It's the first time that they also feel then a bit negativity. And it's important then to protect them and to make sure that they don't lose their bravery and their courage. This is something that we need. And our Leeds United side has always to play with courage and has always to be brave. We can have also days when we don't have our best performance and we can also lose games if we promote to the Premier League sorry we have to be ready that we probably will lose more games than we win games it's difficult I know this but it can't a\ect too much the way we approach a game and I got the feeling a bit like in Nottingham the Brighton loss has taken a bit courage away and a bit bravery away. And this is why I was a bit annoyed with that. We didn't play with, okay, come on, we take the game on. It's more like we were scared to do mistakes. We didn't show under di\icult situation. We didn't press it much like we normally do. And this is where you have to then to make sure to give them also a bit more encouragement and confidence. And also to speak about it, but also to have training exercises and sessions in order to force us back again. This is what we've done in the last two game days, last two weeks. Sadly, it's not a guarantee that we transport us to the next game day, but this is definitely the plan. So I want to play football with more courage and weight and that's for sure.”