Pepe Mel: “We need to start picking up points”
Las Palmas manager recognised that his side "needs to start picking up league points if we want to stay in touch with the teams at the top of the league" and explained that given the number of players missing "we haven’t been able to put out a settled si
Pepe Mel said that every trainer always wants "to play the best team they can. Following the end of the transfer window I now have to get 100% out of each of my players". Mel is aware that, due to circumstances surrounding the team "the best solution is to play down the channels as our wingers are all out injured".
"You can’t give anything away to Cádiz because they will punish you for it. They are fortunate enough to have a trainer and players who have known each other for a long time and are doing really well", he stated in relation to tomorrow’s opponents. The trainer also pointed out that "Narváez will be starting the match. He is improving day by day and we rely on what he brings to the team".
Mel does not feel his side are any way inferior to the rest of the teams in the league, but "in order to pick up points in matches we need to give our all", while underlining that he cannot ask anything from his players other than 'to demand the utmost of them because as a group they are very strong".
