00:00Who wants to get us started, please? Keith Downey.
00:03Matthias, how do you see the cup competitions?
00:05Because Newcastle obviously had a lot of success a couple of years ago,
00:09winning the Caravan Cup.
00:10You've got a new sword, young player.
00:12Do you plan to imitate it a little bit or do you plan to go as strong as possible?
00:18Yeah, first of all, it's a big competition due to the history of the club.
00:23We are aware of that and I'm looking forward already to play that round.
00:29Important now is first after an hour from the final whistle that we get the things sorted,
00:37we analyse the game, we see the availability of the players.
00:41There were now many players who were exhausted, some of them with minor injuries,
00:47so we need to see who's available and then we meet together tomorrow
00:51and make that decision towards Wednesday.
00:58We've had some success in Cups in Saudi Arabia and Germany,
01:03so hopefully in Austria, sorry.
01:06Hopefully you can transfer this to Newcastle United now,
01:10this magic touch in the Cups.
01:12Would be nice.
01:15Charlie.
01:15Matthias, when Newcastle United finally got the trophy over the line a couple of years ago,
01:21there were massive scenes in the city, 300,000 fans in the streets partying.
01:26I'm just wondering if anyone from the media team showed you the footage from that as motivation.
01:30They tried to convince me with that footage.
01:35It was not needed.
01:39Scott.
01:40A couple of the younger lads who we've seen quite a lot in pre-season.
01:46Leo was on the bench today, Sean Neve who obviously played a bit in pre-season.
01:51Are we likely to see them in the week and do you envisage them being part of your first team
01:56spot this season?
02:00Yeah, as much as possible I want to see the young lads, the young talents,
02:05because then you get the good feeling how they develop,
02:08if they're getting closer towards the first team and towards the first minutes then also in the Premier League.
02:15But it's also according to what happens now in the transfer market,
02:19definitely it's always a bit of a balance that they train with us,
02:24but on the other hand they also need to get game time to develop.
02:27So we need to be smart with the decision-making then,
02:30all in the end of the transfer window.
02:35After such a game like that, clearly the players will be exhausted,
02:39not just physically but mentally as well.
02:41From a management point of view, how do you get them up for another game in such succession,
02:45which obviously isn't perhaps the magnitude of this Liverpool game?
02:50Yeah, really pragmatic. Tomorrow we meet early in, they get good breakfast,
02:57we have an analyse, they get good lunch, then they can go home, rest, get massaged there.
03:02We have a top facility, you know, some of you were there, right?
03:07Just two days ago or yesterday, when was it?
03:09So you saw that, top facility where they can regenerate mentally and physically.
03:16This is the most important thing if you play in such a short amount of time then again,
03:21and then we make a good decision prior to the match who's ready mentally and physically.
03:29OK, thank you very much.
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