Mads Frokjaer interview

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00:00Do you think the team's at the best when they get it down and play?

00:02I think at Sunderland you play some great stuff, whereas opposition managers, when they're asked about Preston,

00:07always say physical, aggressive, think that's a bit of a lazy analysis.

00:11No, I think you could be good on the ball and aggressive as well.

00:14I think we've showed in all the games we've been best at, we've been really aggressive in our pressure,

00:21going high, almost playing man for man all over the pitch, telling the defenders to really get in

00:28and follow the 10s and the strikers. So we have been an aggressive team and we have some big defenders

00:35and I think when we are the best is when we play football. I think two days ago we showed it again

00:43when the pitch is somewhat decent again, that we can actually play really good football.

00:50And I think the biggest thing we have to take away is just need to do it for 90 minutes.

00:55We don't, like there's no need when we're on top of teams playing well, no need to for 10 minutes in each half

01:01to give them like some sense of they're going to be able to go attack us and putting pressure into our box.

01:08Because we're good enough to make people suffer and we just keep believing from the defenders,

01:14goalkeepers all the way up to us offensive players to just keep believing,

01:19stay on top of the ball and keep playing.

01:21Which underlying stats of yours are you pleased with? Because you're right, people won't look at that stuff.

01:27I think I've created a few chances like passes to shots and again, physical-wise,

01:33I'm on top in most stats, at least at Preston, when it comes to all the high intensity and stuff and all that.

01:40So, yeah, all that seems to be good.

01:44When it comes to goalscoring, do you think you just need to shoot more?

01:46You don't seem to, I can't think of any chances you've missed.

01:50Nah, that's the thing I'm telling myself when people say shoot more.

01:53I'm like, I can't remember which situation I should be shooting more in.

01:57So I think scoring goals and getting assists is not random, but it's about being in the right

02:07place at the right time and I think I've gotten myself into more good opportunities this season,

02:12where the ball not always has arrived and when the ball has arrived I've not been able to get there.

02:19But again, you only score if you shoot, so I need to shoot more as well.

02:23Is quality into the box big for you? Because your goal at Middlesbrough, there's no reason

02:27why I can't have more of you.

02:28Yeah, I know. So, yeah, it's just, I think the gap I've been speaking a lot to me about,

02:34just keep getting in the box all the time. I think I'm getting there more and more,

02:38and then it's just, at some point hopefully, boy, the ball will arrive again, so I can have a shot or go.

02:46How important is it that people are ahead of you, because you said you like playing through balls and stuff?

02:51Nah, I think it shows every game. Like, the best games I have, I have willing runners in front of me.

02:57I think two of the chances I created the last game was through Millie, running forward.

03:02So, yeah, I like a through ball, especially on the ground, so I need willing runs, and when they

03:10don't run, I need to be more calm.

03:13Have you missed Liam Miller a bit? You said you loved your partnership with him last season.

03:17Have you found that with someone this season, or not really?

03:21It's been different. Liam was more of a dribbler, so it wasn't really because he was

03:25willing running behind us, more into feed. But I think when Robbie plays on the left and I'm on the left,

03:31I think we have a good understanding of each other, like, to bounce it around and play a few one-twos.

03:37And I think it shows, in them games, we create a lot of things going down the left.

03:43So, but I think, as I said, this season we've been much better on the ball, so we've just been enjoying

03:48playing and actually having the ball for a bit more than compared to last season, at least.

03:55Do you think some dribblers would make a difference? The managers have been quite open

03:58that this summer we'd like to get some 1v1 players.

04:01Yeah, again, like, we haven't been good enough in front of goal and on the last third, so we need

04:08more offensive players. Probably a few 1v1 players, but also, again, people who can hold, like, the

04:16hold-up play, yeah, all the defenders play a 1v2 for us tens of midfielders to play a 1v2 and get off

04:24a shot around the edge of the box. So, yeah, just, I think it'll be good with a few more different

04:32kind of players. It's always good when you have a mix of, yeah, many, many players, so it's not always the same.

04:39Next season, would you love to be just right pushing at the top of the division? Your third season in

04:44England, you'll have come off really, really ambitious.

04:46Yeah, I think it's stupid to say anything else. Like, I think nobody's content by just being mediocre for

04:54it. So, I hope, like, the whole dressing room and the club want to try and at least give it a go.

05:01There's no need to do something else.

05:03You're a good mate with Stefan out here. He's had a really strong couple of months individually.

05:07Yeah, we speak well. Live close by each other as well. He's been good. Yeah, lately, last year

05:16game, he's been able to get a bit more in the box as well, which seems to suit him. So, yeah, he's a good player.

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