Stoke City defender Michael Rose has said that the players know where they stand with head coach Narcís Pèlach.
The international break has given the Catalan coach valuable time on the training ground as he continues to stamp his own style of play on the team.
The 29-year-old has started the last two Championship matches having sat out the first five through injury, he said the message from Pèlach is clear.
“He’s been really drilling in his methods of how he wants us to play. It’s been a good week for us without a game to really focus on how he wants us to go about things.
“For me it’s been really good because when I came back I was kind of chucked in and getting used to the way he wants to play, but I feel like I now understand.”
The Potters are unbeaten in their last two matches and om Saturday face Pèlach’s former club Norwich City. Rose said everyone has got confidence for those results.
“They [performances] have been good, it’s showing the boss we can play the way he wants to play and I think he’s got a lot of confidence from it as well. He’s seeing us do what he wants us to do.
“We’ve got a really tough game this weekend and he’ll know what Norwich are all about,” said Rose. “I think it we stick to the principles of what he wants us to do then hopefully over the period of the season it’s successful.
“He’s [Pèlach] one of those that if you don’t do it you are not going to play, he’s very black and white and as a footballer that’s good because you know where you stand.”