00:00I'm at Shrewsbury's Sundawn training base where Gareth Ainsworth has been sat in this spot.
00:06He just left moments ago after conducting his pre-festive press conference.
00:12Shrewsbury take on Lincoln on Boxing Day as they are back in League One action looking to build on Saturday's draw against Wigan Athletic.
00:20Shrewsbury stopped the rot at the weekend which was very important after they'd lost three consecutive League One games
00:25and they will be heading into that game against Lincoln looking to build on that.
00:30Some of the things from the press conference, notable things to mention,
00:34that Saturday it felt like a bit of a win for Shrewsbury whereas for Wigan,
00:38Gareth says that having spoken to some of their staff that it felt like a loss for them.
00:43No injuries that were picked up from Shrewsbury which means that they've still got a pretty clean bit of health.
00:50It's been very rare over the last couple of years that town have actually managed to have so few injuries
00:56but there were several players left out of the matchday 18 for the trip to the Brick Community Stadium
01:02because of the fact that they've got so many players who are fit at the moment.
01:10I mentioned last night in the story that I put on the Shropshire Star website
01:13that Gareth has asked his players or will give his players Christmas Day off.
01:17He said that he's always done that in his managerial career.
01:20He believes that it's a big important time for family and that actually getting them in on Christmas Day
01:26when they probably don't want to be there is not particularly the most beneficial thing
01:30for trying to get the best out of your players
01:32but he still expects them to put all the effort that they usually would in on Boxing Day
01:39and says that players in this day and age are incredibly professional.
01:42Something on Kyle Winchester, he's very close now to being back involved.
01:46Obviously he missed out in the squad.
01:48He has had a knee injury over the last couple of weeks which has kept him out for two or three weeks.
01:53The impression that Gareth Ainsworth gave last week was that he might be close to featuring at Wigan
01:58but he did not make the squad for that game
02:00but I would say there is a fair chance that he will be involved at against Lincoln on Boxing Day.
02:07Some other interesting thing, just a final thing from me,
02:11is that I asked Gareth Ainsworth about the fact that Shrewsbury have conceded quite a lot of goals
02:15early on in halves at the start of games and at the start of the second half
02:18and some really interesting stuff from the boss to come.
02:21So keep your eyes peeled.
02:22The Shropshire Star website over the next few days as we build up to Christmas.
02:27This will be the last video update before Christmas
02:29so I hope you Shrewsbury fans have a very Merry Christmas
02:32and we will see you all at against Lincoln at the Meadow on Boxing Day.
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