Derrick Jones recaps the draw vs New York Red Bulls and looks ahead to the away match against Toronto FC.
All right Willie P you see your Beautiful face so why don't you kick us Off what's going on DJ how are you pal What's up man how you doing So Christians deployed two different Midfield Styles this season he's had the Double pivot and they've had uh he was a Deep six also which of these styles do You prefer or what might think how can You showcase your style of play with Each of them Well honestly I don't mind both to be honest Um As long as I'm somewhere in the middle It's just fine with me whatever Taxes we put on the field Works for me as long as I'm in the Middle In terms of your own game how much have You worked on being more vocal I know It's something we've noticed uh from up In the booth uh how much have you worked On that part of your game Well you know With me I don't really talk a lot I'm Like um Like the laid-back kind of guy so That's something I've really been Working on and the encouragement type You know talking to me about it just be Vocal and Talk to the guys small in the field
Since everything is in front of me I can See everything he wants me to talk a lot So I've been working on it And lastly for me in terms of the Physicality of the the Red Bulls game One of the things that Christian said Was you know we're not going to be Bullied how much of that comes upon your Shoulders making sure that you know that That you can step up to a team like New York that that plays a physical nature And and it's going to be kind of the Order of a lot of teams you guys play Over the course of this long season yeah You know especially with New York that's Just their game you know like Get on top of you fight and You know we've been doing this so far And especially playing at home we're not Going to let anybody come in here and Just walk all over us you know get Bullied or nothing no we're gonna bully Them back even more and that's what we Showed This past weekend All right thanks will Um just a reminder for anyone that's new In here uh Nate and Kendra welcome in uh If you just use the raise your hand Feature if you guys want to jump in with Any questions you're welcome to uh we'll Go to Caleb next Hey Derek how you doing oh man how you Doing I'm doing good good to see you
Um we know that you and Harrison uh Awful got a good relationship uh he Captained the side this past weekend Just wanted you to give some insight Into who Harry is Well first of all I think Even from you guys to see from far her Is a great guy even up the field and Very good leader on the field he's Helped me a lot since I came here so You know I don't even have to say much I'm sure everybody sees it you know that Kind of person he is he's a tough guy Hey just one more uh heading into Toronto this is a team that you guys Lost uh twice both times last season is There any kind of sort of Um I don't know I don't know how to say it but basically How are you guys preparing for this and Is it any different Well no it's just like every other game You know we You didn't be playing home or away we Just fight you know fight for each other And hopefully get the results that we Want Great appreciate it man good luck this Weekend thank you excellent let's go to Mike Good afternoon Derek how are you doing Hey Mike I'm good how are you I'm doing Well thank you I own three start gonna
Win get a draw last week if you guys Maybe hit on something that uh you're Starting to see some positive results in Terms of the table Yeah you know What we're doing here we knew it would Take time and For sure I know we're on the right track You know obviously we didn't stop well But I think these past couple of games Has been you know Good has been going a good direction so I think it's it's going to keep getting Good Can you can you quantify it or like you Say it's it was going to take time does It feel like those things are you know The the gears are starting to mesh Together and and everything yeah I think Everything is coming together you know In places you know it starts it's Starting a training You know what we're doing and we know What we want so we're just gonna play Our game Thank you very much yeah all right Thanks Mike I think really P's got Another one so we'll go back to him Uh just kind of going back to uh playing On the road Derek obviously uh the road Was not kind to Charlotte last year with Just three wins but uh your last Road Effort against Orlando it seemed like You played some of your most forceful
Footballers aside uh this season uh Krishnan said that sometimes maybe There's a little bit too much pressure Put on playing at home how much of you Guys worked to try and and fixed that That road woe from last year and and do You feel less pressure on the road Well we came into this season You know we know what we want going on The road trying to get as much as points That we can get because um We know when we come back home with the Fans behind our back You know it's small you're comfortable You know I think Warrior more focused on based on Traveling and stuff is just got as much Response on the road as possible Thank you yeah All right Uh oh good Nate well we'll come to you Now Nate uh go ahead and ask a few Hey Derek how you doing I'm good how are You good hey I know you've um you know You've been around the league a little Bit before coming to Charlotte and for Those of us that haven't been there I'm Curious what if you could describe what The atmosphere is like and we see the Pictures of the big Stadium big crowds All of that can you describe for those Of us that haven't been there what the Atmosphere is like in Charlotte these Days
Oh man this is crazy you know Probably the best memories I've seen You know defense show up every game the Moderate results you know always behind Our back and I think that's the best I've seen so far That's saying something too right I mean There's we're seeing more and more of This around the league was it a surprise To you when you got there or uh Um yeah yeah it was a surprise to me Like I think last year my first my first Game was at home And I came out the locker room and I was Like oh man This is crazy like The fans we need the fans you know and Like I said no matter the results They're always there you know we Appreciate them so much And and you're going to a place Obviously that's that's known for having A great atmosphere in Toronto as well Um as a visiting player do you prefer That you know even if it's a hostile Environment to go to a place that's That's packed and loud like Toronto as Opposed to going to a place that might Be empty yeah I mean you know like I Said we're used to it you know We get the same fans or even more here So going to Toronto is Is basically the same thing just that We're playing away from home but with
The atmosphere and defense I think the Guys are used to it we are used to it My last question for you Derek to go Back to what will was asking about a Little bit the physicality of that game Against the Red Bulls last time I Remember watching you in Houston in Particular Um I was on a game where you used some Of that physicality to set up a big goal Against Sporting Kansas City a couple Years ago is that Is that one of the most important parts Of your game how would you describe that Component of the way you play Yeah I think that's one of the most Important part of my game and I try to Use it a lot like a lot because it Helped me sometimes you know get out of Tacos and win balls so I know with that side I can bring a lot To the team so that's something that You know I really like Hey thanks a lot Derek yeah All right uh thanks Nate Um Yeah Kendra go ahead Hey sorry about that I've not seen the Raise hand thing on mine either so Derek Uh I just wanted to ask a quick question Yeah uh Christian talked a lot in his Post game press conference and his Availability after the Red Bull game About you guys showing the fight and
Having maybe not shown as much of it in The first couple games but then at Toronto I mean excuse me um at Orlando And then your last match at home against The Red Bulls but he said that starts at On the training ground you know this is A mindset a mentality for you guys not Just about the physicality and the Bullying but just the mindset of this Cohesiveness and the body language Having each other's backs do you see That Um continuing to develop and how do you Establish that yes yes I see that Continue because it's like you said it Started training even that training you Know we all fight so The stuff that we do in training I think When we bring it to the field it'd be More easier especially playing against Different team not ourselves you know if We can do it to ourselves If you can do it to anybody that we play Against so I think that's something We're going to keep on doing What do you see as the biggest challenge In this Toronto side I know it's early In the week we're only Tuesday here but When you look ahead to Toronto what do You see is the biggest challenge Especially for you and your position Against this Toronto team Well Toronto got a good team first of All they have good players good
Midfielders I think the only challenge For us is obviously playing away from Home You know they have their own crowd and You know they play on the whole entire So we're just gonna go there and pause Our game and just fight You know fight like we've been doing Awesome thank you so much appreciate it Derek you're welcome all right all right Thanks Kendra so we will end it there I Appreciate everyone's time TJ appreciate Your time as well Um and we will have head coach Chris Lattanzio on on Thursday and we'll Update on that time thanks everyone yeah Thank you guys
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