Paul Heckingbottom admits injured Brad Potts has been missed

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00:00Have you missed him? I think he's been a terrific servant really for North End, obviously.

00:03Definitely missed him. Now look at how well Kane's done generally over the season,

00:09but again, we've been managing him in an Eagles that ultimately comes with 40-50 game seasons,

00:15which Kane will have had, a 50-odd game season. So we would have definitely been looking after Kane more,

00:21we'd have had the option of Kane on the other side, we'd have had the option of Potts instead of Kane,

00:26Kane's form dips, Pottsy goals right at the back post, so yeah, every time you miss a player,

00:31and it has been one of the downsides of those cup runs that's not games back in the FA Cup,

00:36we wouldn't change it, but ultimately in my mind as it's going, I always know at some point,

00:41and we just couldn't quite get to that international break, Pottsy got injured at Sunderland, didn't he?

00:46Then we had the game and the weekend, and if we could have got to that international break,

00:51we'd have probably saved a couple of bodies, I would have thought. But we couldn't, didn't manage it,

00:56and yeah, we suffered because of that, and he's certainly been one that's missed.

01:01Do you see his role remaining the same next season predominantly, playing that wide,

01:04or would you like to get him in the middle more often?

01:06Er, it would depend. Like, we were putting him in the middle a bit again,

01:10and if he was fit now, he'd probably be playing in there, you know.

01:14So, yeah, I'd like to see he's got a goal threat from midfield when he breaks in transition,

01:20which you see from wing-back. He's keen to play there, I know that, but he'd play wherever he's put,

01:27wherever he's asked. And as I said, when he's played wing-back, if you look at his productivity,

01:33he generally would get chances, would create chances, would get goals, and he does that wherever he plays.

01:38So, when I'm saying that's something that, regardless, let's say, consistency has been,

01:45we've been okay through the season in terms of level of performance, but the consistent thing that's

01:48come, that is a lack of creativity when we've been in such good positions. So, probably that's the wrong

01:56word, because we're created to get in the position, but the final ball, the final detail, or being clinical

02:01and taking those chances, and he does that. He could play with, like I said, that wing-back,

02:06and he does that. And we want to add that to our game next season.