“We have now to see. We have now to see. I do know all the pieces that you simply did [say], I mentioned earlier than you. On this second, I’m not going to be right here defending myself. It’s not my model, I can’t do it. It’s actually laborious for me. I’ve nothing to indicate to the followers and say. [I can’t say] ‘I’m going to enhance due to this, I’ve these issues’. I cannot do nothing, so on this second it’s a little bit bit of religion, so let’s see. Like I mentioned earlier than coming right here, within the flash [interview positions], I’m at all times open. If the board and the followers really feel I’m not the correct man, I’ll go within the subsequent day with none dialog about compensation, however I cannot fairly. Once more, I’m actually assured about my job and, as you’ll be able to see, I cannot change nothing in the way in which I do issues.”
Ruben, you talked about you discovered it troublesome to enhance the gamers, having solely simply come into the membership mid-season. What areas are you able to level to for enchancment, as a result of I feel there’s a real argument that the staff has gone backwards within the second half of the season, not forwards?
“In some moments, I don’t agree with that. I feel we had some dangerous outcomes. I feel we improved in sure areas. We have been aggressive in additional video games however we didn’t rating and typically within the small particulars we misplaced some video games. I keep in mind lots of video games – I cannot attempt to [list them all, but] Nottingham, Wolverhampton. We created extra probabilities towards Metropolis at our dwelling. We didn’t rating and we misplaced some video games. It’s a special means of taking part in. I attempt to put the gamers the very best I can, attempt to assist them. I used to be actually laborious on the gamers. I’m a younger man, however I additionally perceive that with the possibilities we had within the second half, if we managed to attain one the sport ought to be totally different and our press convention ought to be a lot totally different. So I’ve to take care of that and I perceive. I’ve nothing to indicate to our followers, I’m actually trustworthy with that. However once more, I’ll proceed to do issues the way in which I do know.”