00:03Good evening, everyone. Hope you're well. We'll take a share of answer questions, please.
00:06We'll also set an embargo for 1.30pm tomorrow afternoon to preview Sunday's game against Sunderland in the Premier League.
00:13We'll start with Sean. Thank you.
00:15You promoted Floyd Samba into the first team this season. How satisfying was that debut from him and the two
00:22goals that he scored?
00:23Yes, satisfying. Not just for the two goals. I think for the entire performance, he was good.
00:33He didn't play many games as a nine. We tried in the last two or three days.
00:38And as I said yesterday, it's very good also finishing the action. So I think it was a good game
00:44for him.
00:44A lot of changes but still a comfortable scoreline. Shows you can trust the players that come in when you
00:52make a lot of changes.
00:53Yeah, absolutely. I said since day one that I'm quite happy in the way we are working.
01:00It was not an easy game because we said many times that one game is the most complicated one.
01:08But the players, they were serious, they were professional. So I'm happy with the performance.
01:15Hi Enzo. What did you think about Alain's performance?
01:20I think it was a good performance. It was not easy for him. First time in 90 minutes. First minutes
01:27here at home.
01:28So it's always complicated. But I think it was important for him to play 90 minutes.
01:33Also to see a little bit the English competition that is a bit different from South America.
01:43So overall it was good. He scored a goal, one assist. So I think he's happy.
01:50What kind of role do you think he'll have in the team this season?
01:53How much do you think he's going to play in all the competitions?
01:56Listen, we have different competitions. We have many games.
02:01We are just at the beginning of the season, for sure during the season.
02:05The ones that they played tonight, for sure during the season,
02:08they are going to play Premier League game or Champions League game
02:10because the season is so long.
02:12And we have him, Jeremy Dooku is close to be back.
02:17Antoine, Eli, Ryan Makedo.
02:20We have different kind of wingers and hopefully we can use all of them.
02:30I know it's still very early, but when you look at this first block of games
02:33before the international break, you've won six in a row,
02:36team scoring goals, you've had four clean sheets in a row.
02:39It's pretty much the perfect start for you as a manager of a new team, a new club.
02:44Absolutely, very happy with these five, six games in a row.
02:49But again, the main focus now is just on the next one.
02:54I'm not thinking that we won six in a row because they already finished.
02:59I'm happy, yes, for sure, I prefer to win the games than not.
03:03But it's just on that now, focusing on the next one,
03:06and then finally we have the international break.
03:15On that start though, Enzo, did you imagine,
03:19did you manifest it would be such a good start to your career here?
03:23No, and the reason why is because I said many times
03:26that I'm not thinking more than one week ahead
03:30because I know that our job in one week, many things can change.
03:34So, when we started the season, I was not thinking where we can be,
03:40you know, after six, seven games.
03:42I was just thinking, since day one, I was thinking about Arsenal,
03:45and then after Arsenal, Bournemouth, game after game.
03:49Now, tonight we are happy for many reasons.
03:52Now we can think and focus on Sunday game.
03:56Can I ask another one about Floyd Samba?
03:59Obviously, he's very young, you said he's not played a lot of minutes at number nine,
04:04but he showed a real maturity, he always wanted the ball,
04:07he was strong in possession.
04:08I mean, there was a lot to like about his performance up front.
04:11I asked him in the last three, four days,
04:14when I decided to play him as a nine,
04:17I asked him if he played as a nine in the past,
04:19he said that he never played.
04:20But I think he can, he's not a nine for sure,
04:25but he was good.
04:27I said yesterday, it's young, it's full energy,
04:31it's strong, he can finish, he can set first half,
04:35so he made some good decisions in terms of assists that he made.
04:40So, happy, but again, they are young,
04:42and we need to go slowly, slowly with them.
04:44Yeah, because we've all been speculating about what might happen
04:47if you have to arrest Erling or he comes out of the team for some reason.
04:50Is Floyd now an option?
04:53Yeah, I said that we have Antoine there,
04:56it depends a little bit on the game plan,
04:57we can use Phil or Ryan Scherke as a fake nine,
05:00it depends a little bit, but for sure he played tonight,
05:02he was good and hopefully we can give him more chances.
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