00:00I think we've been talking about this for a long time, this busy period of games in December, seven matches to play.
00:05I just wonder whether this is a benefit for you, really, because no international breaks, no cup competitions.
00:10Time for you to work and focus and train more with the team.
00:14Is that good?
00:15Well, I think certainly with the international breaks, yeah, you know, people often say about us working with the team, but a lot of them are not here.
00:21So, yeah, we do get that period.
00:22But obviously with the amount of games on the other hand, you only get so many days to work in between the games.
00:27And some of that period has to be rest phases, you know, especially when we've got people coming back from injury and the like.
00:32So we've been stretched this year.
00:33So this period will probably stretch us in terms of the player usage and the energy of the players.
00:38But that's the same for everyone.
00:40Talking of players coming back from injury, how are you now in terms of a fully fit squad?
00:44Are you nearly there?
00:45Well, we're getting there.
00:46AB will get some minutes again today, as will Yousef on his journey back to full fitness.
00:52There's a game here today, sorry.
00:54So, yeah, they'll get some time in that, which is good.
00:56AB's in front of Yousef.
00:58Yousef is only just his start point, really.
01:01But AB's looking really fit, so that's good.
01:03Seamus, at least, is getting back on the grass with us.
01:05So probably won't be enough for this weekend.
01:08But he's showing signs of getting truly fit, if you like, after an up and down time with niggly injuries.
01:15So, yeah, and other players are just getting back to full fitness, if you like, full Premier League fitness.
01:19So it's coming.
01:20So we don't want to say too much, because every time I do, we lose players again.
01:23But hopefully they'll stay fit and keep getting fitter.
01:26So when you say Armando Brogia, is he anywhere near the squad for the weekend?
01:31Yeah, well, we'll see how he goes today.
01:33We're certainly going to monitor his minutes today.
01:35But he's done a real lot of background work and feeling good.
01:39I've spoke to him about possibly being involved.
01:41So we'll see.
01:42James Garner, Tim Irugwenu?
01:43Yeah, they're a little bit behind.
01:45Jimmy, particularly, he's not there yet, as in on the grass.
01:48Tim's just about in the early phases of coming back.
01:52But it's going to be a while.
01:53It's a strange sort of injury, so we've got to be a bit careful with it.
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