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Adel Taarabt and Jamie Mackie, who've been making and taking the goals, are getting the attention but it is not just the eye-catching players who have been important, it is also the likes of Shaun Derry and Clint Hill. I've really enjoyed seeing all the different personalities knit together.
When a team is doing well the whole atmosphere of the club is up. It's not just the playing staff, but you certainly notice it with them. Everyone wants to come to training, and they want to stay there all day. I'm having to curb their enthusiasm to prevent them overdoing it.
There was one incident the press got excited about. When I brought Taarabt off he kicked a water bottle. I could see they had been dying to ask me if he had aimed it at me. I told them, "If he had, he'd have hit, because he's been spot on in his shooting this season."
I think they realised it was not a big issue with me. I don't want players to be happy to be substituted. I doubt if Mackie was pleased at coming off, as Curly [coach Keith Curle] said, "He's after a hat-trick, gaffer". I said, "Would you rather he plays at Leicester, or he gets a hat-trick and gets injured?" We've a small squad and I don't need any more injuries.
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