Ahead of Saturday’s return to Sky Bet League One action, Chris Willock spoke to the press at CCS.
Following the international break, Chris shared his thoughts on this weekend’s upcoming fixture against the Royals, as well as the season so far under Brian Barry-Murphy.
“I’m looking forward to the game, it should be a good one,” he began. “Hopefully we can get the win.
“I’ve enjoyed my time under Brian so far, I think he sees the game how I want to play, so it’s easy to play under him. He demands a lot and that’s good from any manager in order to get the best out of the players.
“I would say that no league is easy. It’s a hard league with quality in it, and any game is difficult. It’s been tough, but we’ve dealt with it well and I think that there’s more to come from us.
“We’ve had set-backs along the way and some really good performances, but I’m looking forward to carrying on with the next fixtures and hopefully we can keep going and winning.
“Brian wants to see a fluid, aggressive team. We’ve been working on that and showing it in patches, but I think that we need to show it more, and hopefully on Saturday you’ll see it more.
“There’s good morale around the Club, the stadium is buzzing and it’s good to get that winning feeling again and I’ve really enjoyed the season so far. The fans have been amazing, the support has been unreal.”
With a renewed focus on youth within the City squad this season, Chris discussed his burgeoning role within the dressing room as he takes up responsibility as a mentor for some of his younger teammates.
“For me it’s about showing the fans what I can do and giving my all. I know what I’m capable of, so hopefully that keeps going and I can keep going.
“It’s been good. It’s a young dressing room, and you can see that sometimes, especially in the games when you have young players still learning, but it’s good to have responsibility around the place and to encourage them.
"There are different ways of leading; sometimes people are more vocal and other times it’s pulling a young player to the side and encouraging them, which is needed sometimes.”
He concluded: “I speak to Tan [Nyakuhwa] a lot, I think he’s a really good player. He’s played a couple of games now and I’m looking forward to seeing more, he’s one of the ones who is going to really push on at this Club. When a player plays your position it’s a lot easier, and he’s a boy who wants to learn a lot and I’m sure we’ll see a lot more from him.”