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Fulham face Everton tomorrow having won only two matches all season, but Harrison Reed tells Tony Banks he enjoys the pressure
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TB: SO NO PRESSURE AT ALL THEN?
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HR: “The pressure is certainly not getting to me. I’m enjoying it. We know people talk on the outside. Of course you hear it, but it only spurs us on and motivates us. We are fully aware of the challenge ahead – but we are right in it and up for it.”
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TB: THE TABLE DOES NOT LOOK TOO HEALTHY THOUGHOR RECENT RESULTS?
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“Of course we do look at the table - but the message around the training ground is, we need to take care of our results. There is a long way to go. No one has won the league – no one has been relegated yet. There are still 16 games to go.”
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TB: HELPFUL THAT YOUR BOSS SCOTT PARKER HAS BEEN VERY CONSISTENT WITH HIS MESSAGE ALL SEASON?
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HR: “Yes–- he set it out at the start of the season. He made it clear it was going to be tough, times we would go through periods when we don’t win, lose two or three games on the bounce. if we can deal with that and understand where we are, then we can move forward. And we have bought into that.”
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TB: YOU JOINED FULHAM PERMANENTLY IN THE SUMMER FROM SAINTS IN A £6 TB: CAN THIS YOUNG TEAM MILLION DEAL AFTER PLAYING A KEY ROLE IN GROW IF YOU STAY UP AND IT CAN BE THEIR PROMOTION SEASON ON LOAN. STILL KEPT TOGETHER? GLAD YOU DID THAT?
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HR: “Definitely. We have got a very good HR: “After the season I had with Fulham young squad here. Young, hungry and the feeling I got from the club, and players who want to improve and learn. especially the manager, it was a straighforward When – not if – we survive it is certainly a decision once they said they wanted squad that we can build on. The potential is me to sign permanently. It was the right there.” time to move on. I’m sure I made the right decision.”
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TB: AT SAINTS WHO NICKNAMED YOU “RAY DONOVAN”, AFTER THE FIXER WHO TIDIES UP AFTER HIS CELEBRITY CLIENTS IN THE TV SHOW?
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HR: “There was a game, funnily enough, against Everton. Afterwards Shane Long started calling me Ray Donovan – the guy who clears up the mess and makes everyone look good.
I can handle that.”
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