Nottingham Forest boss Vitor Pereira has been speaking to the media before Monday's Premier League game against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge (kick-off 15:00).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
Pereira said he was in the dark on a lot of team news on the likes of Callum Hudson-Odoi, Dan Ndoye, Jair Cunha and Murillo, with updates expected from his staff over the weekend.
As he has said previously, Pereira thinks his players "recover fast" from victories in the Europa League because of a positive energy.
He explained a change in energy is what has helped him have a positive mid-season impact at Forest and Wolves. Pereira explained: "When you start in the middle of a season, it is because something is missing. Maybe it's not about the previous coaches because they are top coaches, top managers. Sometimes it's about, or most of the time, in my opinion, it's about the energy. We need to recharge the energy of the team. Tactically, I try my ideas. We have our ideas and we try to, if they buy the idea, if they feel that we are trying to make them comfortable in the roles, try to give them confidence to play, to express themselves and in the end to connect everybody. This is the most important for me, to connect everybody in the club. With the supporters, the team, between the players, between the staff and the players and trying to create something that we are fighting together."
On moving on from a Europa League win he said: "I will try to think just about the Chelsea game because it's our Champions League. It's very important for us. And we will try to go there to compete with the players. I prefer a fit player without injury problems, than someone that goes inside the pitch with problems, because with problems, we cannot give 100% and in this moment we need to run and fight."
On being nominated for Manager of the Month: "It is maybe a coincidence, but last season, April was my month. Maybe April is my lucky month. I don't know if I deserve, believe me, I don't know, but it's not about me, it's not about me. It's about this team, this group of players that have been fighting a lot, facing a lot of problems this season. And we are in a condition that we can finish the league in a way that they deserve and the supporters deserve. They deserve that we work a lot."
Asked if he will watch the likes of Tottenham and West Ham playing earlier in the weekend, Pereira offered: "They play lunchtime or dinner time? Because if they play lunchtime, if I watch the game, maybe I won't have a good lunch. It's better to not watch … indigestion maybe. It's better to not to see. And the dinner is the same."
He added: "We can just control what we can do, what we put every day is on the pitch when we play in our games. And to control our life, we need to put everything there and believe that we can, we'll get the points. I don't know how many points, believe me, because I think this season, it will be a special season in terms of points to avoid relegation. It is better to get points every game. It is better to try to win every game, not to wait for the other results."
The manager revealed he has been using academy players to help in training so that he doesn't have to demand overly intense sessions from his squad. He explained: "Sometimes I ask the academy to come, to run. Like they come to, to run, they go in front, running, running, running, and we try to follow them. They are helping us a lot because we ask them to come in our training to help us to prepare the games. For them, it's good because they can and they are with the first team and I can see them and analyse their qualities. And I have two teams to prepare the game. I put one team, two minutes, out, the other team, two minutes, out, the other team, two minutes, out. It means that I prepare everyone, with the help of our academy players. This is what we are doing in this moment."
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