Big Interview with Jason Pope
Liam Drury spoke with summer signing Jason Pope to discuss his return to the club.
Hi Jason. How happy are you to be back at the club?
I'm buzzing. Got a good feeling about the club. Like I've said before, it's a great club, great people, great gaffer. I know a lot of the boys from when I was last here and the lads like Symo, Keiran Thomas who I played with when I went to Hereford for a bit. I think we've got a good group of players and I think we can do something this year.
You left the club for Hereford a couple of seasons ago. What was it like playing in front of a crowd as big as that there?
It was a bit different. It's a big club, the fans can be a bit fickle to be fair but it was obviously a good experience playing in front of 2,500 and 3,000 fans at the start of the season but it was a strange time because we had about four managers throughout the whole season, chopping and changing so it was a bit different.
You then went to Bath last season. How did you find that?
Different again. Covid disrupted a lot of it, I was doing a lot of travelling as well. I started working down in Exeter, we was training up in Bristol so I was getting home on Tuesday and Thursday nights at Midnight, probably later than that. I was getting into bed at 1, getting up again at 6am so it wasn't great for me physically or mentally to be honest. It's a good fit for me being here, bit closer to home, I can enjoy my football again.
Do you think you're better off for those experiences?
You obviously get experience throughout your career year-on-year. Meeting different managers, different styles, different leagues. It all helps to give you that experience to make you a better player and if I can bring that experience to the side this season, that'll be great.
What are your targets for the season?
If you look at our squad on paper, it's silly really. We should be getting promoted, I don't think anybody in the dressing room thinks any different. That's our first target. Personally, same as every year, I just want to play as often as possible, play consistently well and bring a bit more experience to the side, play the good football that Weston want to play. 
You going to try and score a few this season?
You never know. I don't think I scored in the league last time I was here. It was all the cup games when I used to score. I used to always be back from corners because I'm one of the quickest players so I always get left furthest back. I might have to have a word with Scott (Bartlett) to put me up for the corners to give me a chance!