Matthias Jaissle has given his pre-Leeds United press conference ahead of Newcastle United visiting on Monday night.
An 8pm kick-off as United hope to continue their unbeaten start to the season.
Matthias Jaissle and his Newcastle United team are now unbeaten in their opening five matches and also hoping to make it three away wins in a row.
Five Premier League points from 2-2 draws against Liverpool and Bournemouth, with a win at Tottenham sandwiched in between.
Also victories over West Brom and Millwall in the Carabao Cup as United are now into the last 16.
Matthias Jaissle speaking at his pre-Leeds United press conference:
Matthias Jaissle asked about Amar Dedic who was subbed off at half-time at Millwall and after the game the manager said it was a hamstring issue and he’d taken him off as a precaution:
“We don’t think it looks too serious.”
Matthias Jaissle on how things are going so far for NUFC:
“Really good signs already. We want to continue this journey and be ambitious. We can be more dominant in the final third.”
Matthias Jaissle on Leeds United:
“Leeds United will be a tough away match. They are a top team; their manager is doing an excellent job. The atmosphere will be good, we need to match that, the players will need to match that. If we can do that, we can get a good result.”
Matthias Jaissle on his team’s mentality:
“We didn’t have so much training time together, a lot of games. I am impressed how fast the players have adapted to us, how open-minded they are and how committed they are. Huge advantage if you have these fundamentals in place already.”
Matthias Jaissle on Lewis Hall:
“I am in love with what I have seen so far, he is an amazing player. He fits in so good to how we want to play football.”
Matthias Jaissle on Lukáš Horníček:
“He has been amazing so far, a young lad, not easy coming into the Premier League, dealing with the pressure and performing on a high level. We hope he can continue to progress. I am really pleased with him.”
Matthias Jaissle on Matias Fernandez-Pardo:
“He is getting closer to starting, we need to be smart with his load management. He has had a full training week this week. We will need to make a decision on him Sunday or even Monday.”
Matthias Jaissle asked about the lack of time on the pitch so far for Aladji Bamba (15 minutes against Liverpool) and Bazoumana Toure (first half against West Brom and on as a sub in 93rd minute at Spurs):
“It is really clear with Baz, he is a young lad and you see the steps in training. He is really committed but Harvey Barnes has been performing at a high level and so sometimes you get less playing time. It is the same with AB…will give them the time [they need to be ready for the Premier League] and we are not [overly] pushing them into getting more minutes, [instead] we are supporting them.”
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