00:00Let's start with the team, so they said Rhys James, Pedro Neto, Small Knocks, the Arsenal game, are they available for Saturday?
00:06Don't know yet. I had training today, which was a recovery day for the lads who played in a really tough physical game on Tuesday.
00:14We'll check them tomorrow and then we'll make a decision then.
00:17Jamie Gittens?
00:18Jamie is looking a little bit more long term. It's a real shame for him. He's got a tear in his hamstring, which is a real shame for him.
00:27Obviously, I've not worked with him for too long. Obviously, I've known about his career and what an outstanding player he is.
00:33Yeah, so that's going to be a big miss for us.
00:35How long do you...?
00:36I can't ever say. It's too early to say.
00:39Just a couple of updates on Colt Palmer, Esteban. Are they fit to play maybe a full 90 minutes this weekend?
00:45Yes.
00:46How long do you think it'll be until Colt can play, say, back-to-back games or back-to-back 90 minutes?
00:51I think that's another really hypothetical question.
00:53What we're doing with not just Colt, all of the players. We have the very best medical team. We have the very best sports science team.
01:01We do many tests. We want to make sure that these players can play at the level that they need to play at to help us win.
01:09So, in terms of Colt, there isn't a time frame where he's going to be perfect in a month or two months or three months. It's just game to game.
01:18And that's the way that we've been working with him. And I think that is the way we will have to continue working with him and a few of our players.
01:24And he understands that because...?
01:25He's brought in. He's been magnificent. He's been magnificent. He wants to be playing every minute of every game.
01:32We know the player that he is, the character that he is, but he's also maturing as a human being.
01:37And he understands the bigger picture, which is his career.
01:40Bearing in mind, I'm very conscious of this, the lads played in a club World Cup and then they went through the summer with no break.
01:48And they've got to play so many games that our schedule has been crazy.
01:52Then they have World Cups to go to and international games to play.
01:56I want to make sure that the well-being is correct for these players, for their careers as well.
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