Crawley Town v Rotherham United preview with Ronan Darcy

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Crawley Town host Rotherham United at the Broadfield Stadium on Saturday in League One. Midfielder Ronan Darcy looks ahead to the fixture

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00:00Thank you for joining us in the snow, very brave of you to come out here with us.

00:03Rotherham at the weekend, can I get your thoughts ahead of that one?

00:05Yeah, it'll be a challenge, but one that we're excited for.

00:09I think we're on a good run of games,

00:12and I think it's a perfect opportunity for us to get three points.

00:17Yeah, we played very well, didn't we, against Bristol Rovers?

00:19I think, as Rush and the manager said after the game,

00:21we did pretty much everything but score that game.

00:24Was there an element of frustration afterwards in the group that we didn't pick up three points,

00:27or was there sort of the message of there was lots of positives to take from that?

00:31No, there was obviously a lot of frustration after the game,

00:33because we should have walked away with three points,

00:36but we're going to have games like that where it's going to be a 45-minute first half,

00:40where it's a bit of a battle, and in the second half we can play our football.

00:44It was a perfect example of it, but again,

00:47that clinical finish in the final third, I think is all we need,

00:51and it's all we're missing at the minute, but performances are coming,

00:54and hopefully this weekend we can get the three points.

00:58Yeah, I suppose that's the nature of League One, isn't it?

01:00We're going to be coming up against some very big teams,

01:02and a lot of times we are going to have to sort of hold out until half-time,

01:05and then, you know, I think we tie teams out, don't we, with the football we play,

01:08and, you know, we really build into games.

01:10So a lot of it is, you know, getting through that first sort of period,

01:13and, you know, eventually we'll start to play some good stuff, won't we?

01:15Exactly, you got it right.

01:17The way we play, it kills teams,

01:19and if we can get that game understanding where teams are going to tyre on us,

01:23and we have that little bit more bite in the last half an hour of a game,

01:27I think, you know, we're going to be perfectly fine.

01:29Yeah, and there's plenty of sort of attacking options that come in.

01:31One back from injury, and obviously we've got Tyrese added as well.

01:34So in the last 20 minutes of that game, we looked really threatening.

01:37So it's a sign of probably good things to come, isn't it?

01:39Yeah, Ty's going to be a really good player for us.

01:41So it's an exciting, exciting period we're coming into.

01:45Yeah, and obviously some tough away matches that we've had recently.

01:48It would be nice to sort of get back at home for two weeks in a row.

01:51Obviously, we've got this game and then the cup game.

01:52It's always a special atmosphere at the Broadfield Stadium, isn't it?

01:54So it would be good to get back in front of the home fans.

01:57Yeah, definitely.

01:58One thing I can say is bring the noise because the lads want it,

02:01and they don't understand how much it helps us.

02:03So bring the noise.

02:05Yeah, and I suppose finally, is it been nice to sort of have a week

02:08without a Tuesday game?

02:09You know, it's been sort of non-stop for us for a few weeks,

02:11and it's going to get even worse over Christmas.

02:13And, you know, in the Christmas week, we've got a game Monday, Thursday, Sunday.

02:16So it's been nice to sort of get a little bit of recovery back into the legs.

02:19Yeah, definitely.

02:20Saturday, Tuesday, Saturday, Tuesday is always going to be difficult on the legs,

02:23but having that little extra day to focus on the pitch

02:28and rest your legs a little bit is always needed.

02:31So the lads will be ready.

02:33Perfect. Thank you very much.

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