Vincent Kompany prefers to keep his players playing

Burnley Express

Burnley boss Vincent Kompany would rather watch his players on the pitch than on the training pitch as his side face just three Premier League games in January.

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00:00 Probably you start the season with

00:02 wanting more training sessions than games and that's because of

00:06 the cohesion stuff, especially if you have a group of players that haven't played together and

00:12 then as the season goes I think now I'm at a point where I prefer more games and

00:18 than then too many training sessions. That's where

00:22 ultimately you see them make the most progress now is when they play games they go to Villa, they go to

00:28 every game we've played recently. That's when you see the group improving. So that's what I prefer at the moment.

00:34 I think now it's experience. It's building up the

00:38 just building up the finer details of this league, you know

00:45 being aware of key moments and all these things you can discuss in a video. You can show them footage, you can

00:55 practice in training, but the best way to learn is well getting hurt by it first and then

01:00 feeling the reward when you

01:03 when you wisen up to it. We've done so many things really well

01:09 but unless you have the points you're always left wanting for, you know, there's always a void and

01:18 that's our priority.

01:21 I don't make a big distinction between the fact that it's an FA Cup game or a Premier League game.

01:26 We have the opportunity to play against one of the best teams in England in the best league in the world.

01:32 So that means a lot and

01:34 treating that game as being an important game for us to continue, you know,

01:40 measuring ourselves with these teams. That's something for me that is important.

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