Sheffield United: Press conference updates from John Egan and Slavisa Jokanovic ahead of Stoke City clash

his section of the press conference - here’s some highlights of what he said...

It’ll be tough, they’re a really good side. They’ve shown that this season. Hopefully we can prepare right and give everything to get three points.

It’s the next game, whether it’s against Stoke or anyone else. The main thing is the three points and that’s what we’re fighting for. I don’t really look at the table this early, the last time we went up I didn’t start until Jan/Feb/March time. There’s no point looking too soon. The whole focus is on the next game.

He’s a really experienced goalkeeper, No.1 for his country and was fantastic in the last break. We’re lucky to have him.

We’re on the pitch to try and keep clean sheets and our aim is to try and keep more. That’s the plan going forward. We’ve shown anyone can play whatever formation is required. We’ve got good players and a quality manager so there’s no reason we can’t look to win every game we’re involved in.

We’re not where we wanted to be, but it’s always going to be hard. We had different issues to face, we have a long season ahead of us. We know what our end goal is and we’re getting better as a team, I feel. We’re improving all the time and can hopefully keep picking up results. You can’t look too far ahead, we just want to try and win the next game. It’s all you can do. There’s a lot of football to be played.

We didn’t get the results we wanted so we’re looking to put that right on Saturday and get back on a winning run. We haven’t had chance as a team to go through them because everyone went their separate ways over the break but we have to look forward. It’ll be a tough game.

Definitely, when you go away and get a couple of performances under your belt it gives you confidence, you come back with a spring in your step. We’re trying to bring that form into United.

Hugely proud, it’s special to play for your country and to be the captain is something I’ll cherish forever.

It was brilliant, two positive performances and two really good results. Its great for the camp and for confidence, so it was a great break for us. We’ve been getting better and better all year and we didn’t get the results we felt we deserved last time, so to get two good results from two good performances is great. Hopefully we can bring that into the next break.