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Published 17:00 22 Jul 2022 BST
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"I was surprised they lasted four months to be honest. I have been in football a long time, and so have a few boys in the squad, and that time was as bad as it can get.
"If you're going out on the training pitch and just doing five-a-side games day after day, it is literally nothing football. It's kid's football. As a pro, you don't learn anything from it."
"They signed Tufan from a Turkish club. He was here on loan: is he going to really care if the club goes down? He knew that whatever happened, he could go back to wherever he came from.
"He'd never played English football at all, never played here, never played in the Premier League. He wasn't bothered and he wasn't that fit either.
"It was a real disgrace, easily the worst dressing room I've ever been a part of. So now that we're clearing the decks and trying to build something new is refreshing."
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