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Barry Bannan reflects on mood change, how he felt at Millwall and return to Sheffield Wednesday

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Barry Bannan reflects on mood change, how he felt at Millwall and return to Sheffield Wednesday

Speaking to Football Heaven, Bannan said: “My moods changed a lot since I’ve been back. leaving was tough. I probably weren’t the same person that I maybe should have been at Millwall.

“But no, coming back here, think everyone that knows me really well would have seen the change in my character as a person.

“When I was here, the support was a big thing, but I think even more so when I left, some of the games I’ve seen were unbelievable.

“I’ve had some good times here in front of big crowds and loud crowds, but I think given the circumstances and how well they got behind the team and supported them home and away was unbelievable really because it would have been easy to save your money.

“The club was relegated and probably stay at home and watch it from home.

“But I think that shows how passionate the fans are at this football club.

“Even in that time when it would be so easy not to go to games they were still turning up.

“You could see it was going around the English Football League, everybody was speaking about this club’s fans.

“It didn’t surprise me because obviously I’ve seen it, but it was special to watch it from afar.

Interviewer: “They’re the line of club reborn and lot of the stuff they’re advertising with. Does it feel like the club’s been reborn?”

Bannan: “Yeah, there’s been a massive difference since I’ve come back from, if we look back at pre-season last season compared to now.

“Things that are going on at the training ground, just little things that have perked the boys up.

“Obviously the stadium is getting done, m the new kit, new sponsor, just little things like that.

“But mainly the most important thing is on the pitch and I think from last pre-season to this pre-season.

“There’s a massive lift in standard and quality in the changing room.

“I think even through the season last year, think the quality’s gone up from there as well.

“So, yeah, you can definitely see a massive difference for the positive side of things as well.

“We’ve still kept a lot of good lads here who know the club inside out, who are going to be important on and off the pitch because the club needed an identity for a while now and I think these people will be important in having that identity and style of play and knowing what the club’s about and what the fans expect.

“So you need them people to drive that to the new ones.

“So it’s an amazing place to be at the minute and I think for most of it all the lads would say the same.”

Interviewer: “What do you make of the new lads? There’s a blend, know, experienced players, young players. What do you make of them all?”

Bannan: “Yeah, I think the recruitment’s been really good. Obviously I’ve been around for three weeks now.

“There’s quality, there’s young ones, there’s experienced players who know League One, like the back of the hand. So it’s been really impressive to say the least of on the recruitment side.

“We’ve seen previous in my time here when we haven’t got it right and felt the price of it really. So I think at the minute it’s a club that’s looking to do well now but build for the future as well and as a football club you need to do that even if it’s two or three young ones that go and certainly won a league next season.

“We never, in my time here, never sold players. Since the ten years I was here and we probably don’t want to become a selling club but you do have to have younger ones who have value for the club.

“It’s the only way football clubs can run. But like you said, experience as well in Santos and people like that is going to be valuable to help guide these younger ones the right way. So now I’ve been very impressed with the recruitment. No doubt we probably need a bit more and I the club’s working on that so it’s good.”







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