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the squad and first of

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all the ones that have

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come back from the internationals. Yeah,

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all very well We've had I think

1:46

eight or nine away Unusual really

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because normally we have Seven or eight

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playing all the games for their all

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the minutes for their countries and and

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that's wasn't the case this time so

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physically not as demanding for the guy

1:59

who are aware of a lot

2:01

of long travels but all come

2:03

back well in good spirits so

2:05

that's that's me I can uncross

2:07

my fingers now. Some of them

2:10

have travelled a long way they're

2:12

home they are South America and

2:14

South Africa, yes I'm not Africa.

2:16

Will they be okay with those

2:18

flights and feeling okay? Yeah it

2:20

plays a part in team selection

2:22

for sure because I feel like

2:24

a couple of the return games

2:26

after international breaks playing too many

2:28

of those guys we've been quite

2:30

flat so we'll learn from that

2:32

and and and we've got the

2:34

squad to adjust we've got some

2:36

players returning from injury and we're

2:38

looking stronger and stronger now.

2:41

So those ones that have been

2:43

out recently who is back quadrobar?

2:45

Rodroba Dan Backman Pierre Duma

2:47

and shortly behind them we'll have

2:49

Kevin Kevin. Mamadou Dunbar and Amin

2:51

Abizada so we're looking good on

2:54

the injury front and the significant.

2:56

The significance of quadrubing back when

2:58

we're going through a little period

3:00

of struggling to turn control into

3:03

goals is a real key one.

3:05

Especially, it's a balance of how

3:07

much do you play them and

3:10

whether you start them because some

3:12

of them have been out for

3:14

a while on it. Yeah, and

3:16

it's the type of injury, you know,

3:18

it's a muscular injury for an explosive

3:21

player. He'll need to aerobically get to

3:23

the level, so you've got to be

3:25

careful thrusting them in from the start,

3:27

but... Yeah, him and Pierre, quite significant

3:29

muscular injuries, so we've got to be

3:32

careful, but for sure KB can have

3:34

an impact on the game on Saturday.

3:36

It's a testament to bar. that you

3:38

know he has probably been the really

3:41

really big loss because he sometimes can

3:43

be the difference of making a chance

3:45

or or getting a goal-scoring opportunity with

3:47

us first of pace. Especially for the

3:49

type of team we are you know

3:52

we've got a lot of midfielders and

3:54

attacking midfielders with with not too many

3:56

genuine forwards or people who can dominate

3:58

one v one situation. So yeah, for

4:00

sure we've missed him what I would say

4:03

is how professionally he's dealt with his rehab

4:05

You know I've seen a guy come to

4:07

this club as a very immature and maybe

4:09

didn't know what it took to be a

4:12

professional and he's turned his self around over

4:14

the last 12 months and and it's been

4:16

a pleasure to watch and I hope I

4:18

hope to see him develop more and Dwamo

4:21

is okay as well to be involved this

4:23

weekend this weekend Yep, yeah, so a

4:25

bit another one who brings brings us

4:27

more strength in depth and Yeah, the

4:30

squad won't be looking as young as

4:32

it has been in previous weeks. And

4:34

with Batman Back, that's a nice problem

4:36

to have, isn't it? Because Selvik has

4:38

already done anything wrong since coming to

4:41

the team. Yeah, Selvik's been fantastic since

4:43

coming to the club, you know, he's really,

4:45

he's gone hand in hand with our

4:47

defensive record improving a lot as well

4:49

as James of Bankra and the change

4:52

to a back four. So yeah, I'm

4:54

really pleased with what Selvik's done and

4:56

the other two, Batman and Bond, will

4:58

have to be patient. How

5:00

is your defence going to look?

5:03

Obviously a bank was suspended. Sierra

5:05

Out has travelled a long way

5:07

as me, which leaves you then

5:10

just a little bit like... Yeah,

5:12

just a little bit, you know,

5:14

his Angelo Bono has... had a

5:17

non-footballing issue. a medical issue not

5:19

serious one and we wish Angela well

5:21

Kevin Kevin has been a story of

5:23

his season just when he looks to

5:25

get going he's had a setback so

5:28

yeah leaves us short but France done

5:30

that trip to Chile many many times

5:32

and has experienced at this level and

5:34

he knows what it takes so I've

5:36

got no no issues with that. And

5:39

he was actually really good at Oxford

5:41

wasn't he? See how out there? Yeah

5:43

he's solid you know what you're going

5:45

to get? He played behind being in

5:47

the promotion season so I know all

5:49

the strengths that Fran brings and against

5:51

the team who plays with three centre halves

5:54

and can carry an aerial aerial threat. Fran's

5:56

presence in that area the pitcher the pitcher

5:58

the pitcher at war. be important.

6:01

What about up front you've used Cairm

6:03

Bayers at nine recently? Will you

6:05

consider that again or might you

6:07

just go back to your recognised

6:09

driver? I've been really pleased with

6:11

Bio's reaction to that. Obviously he

6:13

had the birth of his newborn

6:15

baby and I saw him going

6:17

through a little bit of a

6:19

dip but he's come back from

6:21

international duty motivated and he looks

6:23

back to his old self so

6:25

he's got every chance this weekend.

6:27

Dunbier, any chance of him being

6:29

back before the end of the season?

6:32

Yeah, yeah, hopefully the the triple game

6:34

week, maybe not Bristol City, but whole

6:36

city's got a chance. Eight games left,

6:38

probably six I think you said

6:40

that you might need to get into the

6:43

playoffs, is that the target? Yeah, well

6:45

the target's eight. The realistic number will

6:47

be lower than previous years I think.

6:49

6970, something like that, but we're one

6:51

at a time and that's three points

6:54

against Plymouth. Plymouth fighting for their lives.

6:56

So many teams are either trying to

6:58

get into the playoffs or trying to

7:00

get away from the relegation zones can

7:03

be cracking into the season. Yeah, it

7:05

really is for the neutral or for

7:07

the supporters. It's every team seems like

7:09

it's got something to play for. So

7:12

it's good for you guys and the

7:14

broadcasters because it looks like a really exciting last

7:16

five weeks of the regular season. and I'm excited to

7:18

be a part of that. Plymouth, oh then one and

7:20

I thought it happened down there with that light, light,

7:22

goal, it got them a draw. Yes, it's one that,

7:24

there's two or three that stand out, that really sting.

7:26

And two or three that we've nicked, Bristol city at

7:28

home, I'm sure we probably stole a bit of a

7:31

result, but it all evens itself out, but the Plymouth

7:33

away one, yeah, for sure, hurts a little bit more

7:35

than the others, because it was, because it was a

7:37

game, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we,

7:39

we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we,

7:41

we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we,

7:43

we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we,

7:45

we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we, we,

7:48

we, we, we, we, I'm not sure he scored,

7:50

scored in San Andrago out. He checked to go

7:52

in there. Yeah, he's one of those, he's really

7:54

typical moments. Nice on that. Yes. With a player

7:57

like Bar who the fans allowed John

7:59

to, when he... comes back is there

8:01

a risk that they expect too much

8:03

too soon? Yeah there's a little bit

8:05

yeah because he has to aerobically improve

8:07

he's he's a type of player that

8:10

you have to be careful because he's

8:12

so explosive that and he's coming back

8:14

from muscular injury and he's still young

8:16

people forget that he's been a real

8:19

go-to guy for us this year but

8:21

he's still young so we'll work hard

8:23

with him to make sure that he

8:25

he returns where he returns where he

8:28

returns. and yeah I wouldn't be surprised

8:30

if he needs a little bit time

8:32

but I also wouldn't be surprised if

8:34

he comes back with the ban. When

8:36

you've got wires away and there maybe

8:38

not playing it on games that are

8:40

going to be on mainstream TV or

8:42

how are you finding out what they're

8:44

doing and how they're getting on are

8:46

you sort of looking at your phone

8:48

and seeing if they're getting on the

8:51

you know off the bench or you

8:53

take them off again? Yeah so we

8:55

have a platform that we can watch

8:57

all our players clips and I try

8:59

to do that. and also our team

9:01

secretary does a great job in keeping

9:03

me updated with he's played this many

9:05

minutes, he's on this flight

9:07

back and yeah I receive

9:10

probably six seven emails per

9:12

day with updates of where

9:15

our players are at, minutes

9:17

physically and logistically. When they

9:20

go away would you rather

9:22

than play or not? Yeah, I won

9:24

Watford to be represented on an

9:26

international stage. That for me is

9:28

development of the football club. So

9:30

every international break, we've had eight

9:32

or nine seniors go away and

9:34

we've had one or two youth

9:36

internationals go away. So for me,

9:38

that makes me really proud. It

9:40

shows development of the football club

9:42

and I'd want us to be

9:44

represented on an international stage. There

9:46

is a silver lining when they

9:48

don't play that there's less risk

9:50

of injury. I'm happy to see

9:52

as well represented on an international

9:54

stage. You've had youngsters on the

9:57

bench pretty much your season and I remember you

9:59

saying a year... you don't give away,

10:01

debuts or appearances for the sake

10:03

of it, but with eight games left,

10:05

when do those younger players start

10:07

to come into the reckoning for

10:10

more games on? Not thought of

10:12

that, to be honest. The season

10:14

is very much alive for me

10:16

and if a young player deserves

10:18

his chance and gives the team

10:20

a better chance of winning, which someone

10:22

like us have could do this

10:24

weekend, then he will be given the

10:26

opportunity that there'll be no. talking

10:28

gesture minutes and that's not coming to

10:31

my my thought process and it

10:33

didn't really until the last game

10:35

the season last season when Mealsboro where

10:37

there were a few debuts but

10:39

we're fully focused on on beating Plymouth

10:41

and and if a young player can give

10:43

us the better chance of doing that then

10:46

he will he will enter the pitch. I

10:48

was more looking at that way actually not

10:50

that it was a new play and when

10:53

the season's over more that you've got some

10:55

unknown quantities who we know can do stuff.

10:57

but opponents maybe don't. Yeah so

10:59

I mean I mean I

11:02

mean was really close until

11:04

his slight injury we were

11:06

all very trustworthy of I

11:08

mean I mean and and

11:10

we felt like he could

11:12

give something to the team

11:14

now Zav's entered that that

11:16

ballpark and and when we've

11:18

got short of attacking options

11:20

with Mama do injured and

11:22

then Zavi certainly got the

11:24

energy and the... sort of intensity

11:26

to affect the game coming off the

11:28

bench. Leo we all trust but he's

11:30

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11:32

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11:34

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11:36

how well they've done in the Youth

11:38

Cup that we have a good good

11:40

batch this year and and we're all

11:42

excited to see what what that holds

11:44

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11:46

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11:49

when Krimmouth go through and beat

11:51

Dimpool near wake up... How do they

11:53

reconcile their lead performances with the run

11:55

they had? Yeah, for me that's

11:57

completely false, you know, and Liverpool made...

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12:02

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12:04

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12:08

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12:10

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12:12

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12:15

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