Wolves v RB Leipzig: Liam Keen and Nathan Judah match preview

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00:00Hello, I'm Nathan Judah. This is Wolverhampton Wonders Reporter. It is Mr. Lee and King with

00:13the shades on. I know, I know. It's too hot for me. We've been letting. We've got the

00:17special VIP access to into Miami's beautiful Chase Stadium. We've heard from Mr. Gary O'Neill

00:23and Mario Lamina, new club captain, head of the big game against RB Leipzig tomorrow night.

00:29Things are starting to ramp up now, aren't they? Yeah, it's interesting to talk to Gary

00:32about it because you've got, you know, the Palace and West Ham games, there's an opportunity

00:37to get players' minutes. And he sort of hinted that this game is as well, but you've also

00:40got four players returning. So you've got an opportunity as each game goes by just to

00:44get closer and closer to a starting 11, ramping up more minutes for certain individuals, heading

00:49into this game, heading into obviously the Ray of Anaconda game back at Molyneux and

00:54then the main event, as we say, Arsenal at the Emirates. Absolutely. That is the main

00:58event. But look, four new players, I'll say four new players, four players we know very,

01:02very well. But we're going to see hopefully some minutes from all four. Jose Sarr, Jael

01:06Gomez, Pedro Neto and Nelson Samedov. Yeah, Gary pretty much confirmed that all of them

01:10will play. It just depends for each individual how many minutes they play. And that makes

01:14sense because, look, they've been away, playing international football, got to have an extended

01:19holiday, which they needed, obviously, after a long Premier League season. And then you

01:23come back in and they've got limited time, really. I mean, Gary put it quite, quite acutely

01:27really to say they've got two games and two weeks, basically, to get ready, to get ready

01:31for Arsenal. So, yeah, I think I'd be surprised if they start. I really would. I think all

01:37of them, all of them. I think, yeah, I think Jose Sarr is probably the one that would start

01:40if he was because obviously goalkeeping is slightly less taxing on the body. But I wouldn't

01:44go that far. But so I would be surprised if any of them start, but maybe 30 minutes, maybe

01:49a half, depending on each individual. But I think individual is the right way to phrase

01:53it. They're going to plan and base it on how each of them are feeling physically going

01:57into the RB Leipzig game.

02:00So if they don't start, I was going to ask you the question, are we starting to see the

02:05starting line-up for Arsenal? Is that going to be more next week or is it more about the

02:08formation now? Because you've looked at that back four. Are we going to see that back four

02:12against Arsenal?

02:13I think we'll see that back four definitely tomorrow and definitely against Rio Vallecano.

02:16Whether we see it against Arsenal or not, I'm not too sure. So, yeah, I think to some

02:22extent, yes, you start to go towards the 11 tomorrow. But based off what Gary's saying,

02:26I think very much the Vallecano game is where they're going to be focusing on results as

02:30well as performance and obviously the national, of course, results. So I think we'll see a

02:34slight mix tomorrow. But you've got to bear in mind that the team that started at West

02:37Ham, the majority of those players didn't start against Crystal Palace. And then those

02:44same players didn't play a full half or full 30, the majority. So I think we will see the

02:50nucleus, if you will, of a starting 11 with probably a couple of additions added in there.

02:56And then obviously the four returning players to come back and get some minutes as well.

03:00One of those players who has impressed you signing Jürgen Strand last. I think everyone's

03:03looking forward to seeing him tomorrow. We expect him to start, two very good assists,

03:08but it'd be great if he could grab a goal.

03:10Yeah, I think Gary's spoken about this already on the podcast and a couple of other times.

03:13I think they're desperate for him just to get that goal because it's almost just taking

03:17a little bit of pressure off. And from the player's point of view, he's been brought

03:20in to score goals. Now he's done a lot of other stuff, holding the ball opening in behind,

03:24offering a focal point. He's occupying defenders. He's been, he's been good in pre-season. Don't

03:28get me wrong, but we just need to, and he's got two assists as well, but we just need

03:31to see what hits back of the net, just a little bit of ruthlessness. I don't care if he comes

03:35off his backside and goes in. As long as he gets a goal, I think that just lifts a little

03:39bit of the relief off. But regardless, I mean, look, it's a great stadium. It's a great opportunity

03:44to play against RB Leipzig, Champions League side, a good game tomorrow, but if he goes

03:48and scores against Rayo Vallecano at Molyneux, that for me is the perfect game. It's the

03:52last game of pre-season. I mean, if he scores in Vardy, that's brilliant, obviously, but

03:56if he scores in that game in front of the Wolves fans, that's almost the perfect tonic

04:00there. And you've got an opportunity going into Arsenal and beyond to start adding some

04:04lovers.

04:05It's Wolves against RB Leipzig at the beautiful Chase Stadium. For all the build-up on this

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