Thanks for joining me for tonight.
Ben Fisher was at the City Ground tonight. Here is his report.
Steve Cooper: “It is definitely a step in the right direction. It is not the main ambition to be drawing games at home and not having much of the ball.
“I know that are lots of things we need to improve on but we need to focus on the positives.
“We were deeper, we were more compact. Was it my way of playing the game? No, but it has worked.
“For all the possession Villa had they have not created a load of chances. We could have done better on the counter.
”This is completely different sport to the Championship. If I did not change a little bit, I feel it would be naive from a coaching point of view. I haven’t seen a group of players not showing willing, an attitude to take ideas on board. I am seeing a group of guys who really want to do well. Our work is to build an identity and team capable of earning points.
“I told the players we have to start giving something back to the supporters.
“This is a difficult coaching challenge, and for the players. I am finding out about the players, their characters. The motivation for me is to get through this period and make this season as successful as we can.”
