Toti says with a little over two weeks until the season, it was important the whole Wolves group was at the same level fitness wise.
Gary O’Neil has handed out starts to 19 different players while out in the United States, following Wednesday’s clash with Crystal Palace in Maryland. This weekend the trip concludes with a RB Leipzig meeting, and Toti, who started against West Ham United and came on against the Eagles, says in both performances he saw positives, coming from the hard work in training.
On more minutes in the legs
“It was important to rotate everyone and get some minutes. It’s important for everyone to show something on the pitch. Of course, we were not expecting this result after what we’ve been working on, but even though we were losing, we were still trying to do what the gaffer asked us to do.
“Unfortunately, the result didn’t favour us, but we still have one more game here, so we’re going to keep working hard for the next one. We are less than a month from the Premier League, so it’s important for everyone to have some minutes in the legs, so it’s good from the gaffer to give minutes to everybody.”
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On positives in the performances
“You can see what we’ve been working on and what the team’s been doing well, if it’s not the starters, the ones who come on will do exactly the same. We’ve been working hard – the result wasn’t what we were expecting, we wanted more from the game, but we’ll keep working.
“They are played that we faced last season, so we already knew them, but they’ll always try to introduce something new on the pitch.”
On visiting Maryland
“It’s been really good. We’ve been enjoying it, working hard, and when we have time to do activities together, it’s good. This is important for the group, to be always together, and we’ve been enjoying it.
“It’s almost finished, this tour. It’s good to go to different places, but we’ll keep working hard during the last days. When we have time to send together, we’ll enjoy it and do activities together, we’re going to do it.
“It will be a nice game against good opposition at the Inter Miami stadium, so it will be an interesting game. We’re going to work hard for the game. They are not an easy team, they are a very tough team, but we know ourselves and the quality we have, and if we show what we’ve been working on, like the last game, and we’ll try to do the same Saturday.”
