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Posted: Saturday, March 6th 2021
Friday, August 31st 2018
Niki has been thrown straight into first-team football, having featured in every minute of Championship action this season, so Well Red sits down to catch up with the club’s Finnish shot-stopper.
"We have only one point from our first two games at home so we have to change that. We need to make Ashton Gate a hard place for other people to come to.
"Our mindset has to be on taking the three points against Blackburn Rovers but it will be a tough game, they are all difficult games in the Championship.
"It’s a good league with good teams and we know we have to be at our best to compete with everyone else."
"Of course, people are always learning every day.
"There’s nothing different about being a goalkeeper even at 33 I am learning from different coaches’ methods and picking up new things to always improve. Learning doesn’t stop for anybody.
"When I was young I looked up to Peter Schmeichel but I really like the modern style of goalkeepers too, like Iker Casillas.
"He had an amazing career at Real Madrid and I enjoyed watching him play. I was pleased to meet him a couple of times and exchange shirts too so that was good.
"Well it has been some time since I moved away but it has improved, it’s heading in the right direction but I don’t follow it that much.
"I know it’s still not the biggest sport in Finland, it’s behind ice hockey which gets a bigger following, more media attention and we have had more success in ice hockey so maybe that’s why football is second or third choice.
"There is still a lot of work to do but it is getting there slowly."
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