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00:00Hello I'm Nathan Duda, I'm here with Wolves Reporter, it's Mr Liam Keane, different background

00:13today, no heat, no rain, no storms, we're back at Molineux, we're back at Compton actually.

00:18Gary Neil done his first press conference, head of the game against Arsenal, everybody's

00:22ready to go.

00:23Yes they are.

00:24Feels like we've been going five or six weeks, which is what we have, but we are back, good

00:27to see Gary again, let's go straight on with the team news of course, and I guess the headline

00:31news, I say headline news, maybe from a potentially starting point of view, everybody was worried

00:37about Mateus Kunja, but it looks like he's fully fit and ready to be selected.

00:41Yes it does, back from his injuries, hamstring adductor sustained, against West Ham wasn't

00:47it, in America, been training this week, back on the grass, Gary says it's been a good week

00:53for him and he's trained well, if I had to hedge my bets I'd say maybe he'd be bench

00:59rather than start, but it seemed positive, so I don't think you can rule out that he

01:03starts the game.

01:04So yes, absolutely positive news, because we saw how good he was against West Ham, alongside

01:09Larson in those first 30 minutes, and obviously scored in that game as well, so he's one of

01:14Wolves' best players, so to have him back available, whether it's from the start or

01:16from the bench, is always going to be good news for Wolves.

01:20And then talking of Larson, yes there was a small update on him and Lamina as well,

01:23because Larson had a bit of a tight groin ahead of the Valercano game, Gary didn't want

01:27to play him, he insisted he was going to play, and he did play, and then Lamina came off

01:30with some cramp in his hamstring, Gary's insisting they're both fine, both good to go, so the

01:35only omission that we're expecting is Nelson Smaylor with his suspension.

01:39And then the ongoing story I guess in pre-season, we went to Marbella, we saw Daniel Padence

01:44from nowhere, and no Gonzalo Guedes, he gets sent off, then he's got a calf injury, we

01:49go to America, and Gonzalo Guedes is there, he goes, Daniel Padence stays back, where

01:54are those two in relation to tomorrow and going forward?

01:57Yes, it's been a funny summer hasn't it, two players that probably weren't expected to

02:01get an opportunity, all of a sudden have had an opportunity, back here in England they've

02:07both been training again, back on the grass, Daniel Padence after his calf injury as you

02:10say, and Gary reveals in the press conference that they will both be in the matchday squad

02:15tomorrow.

02:16Bit of a surprise for both.

02:17Yes, I think it's a surprise for both, I would have said Guedes would have been and Padence

02:20maybe not, but for them both to be in, absolutely a surprise, but are they both quality players

02:26that hopefully if they're happy you can get the best out of, yes, and there's going to

02:30be good news for Wolves.

02:31So I would hedge my bets to say that means Chiquinho probably travels and doesn't make

02:36the squad if Padence is going to be in there, but maybe Gary will line up a whole bench

02:40full of wingers, I don't know.

02:42So yes, a big development really, and it gives them obviously, Gary said there, they've given

02:47themselves an opportunity with the way they've trained and the way they've been around the

02:49place, regardless of the past, the opportunity's there, so far they've taken it, they're going

02:53to be in the squad, and it's going to be an interesting but uncertain couple of weeks

02:57because their futures are definitely not guaranteed and we'll have to see how the next couple

03:01of weeks go.

03:02Yes, it's going to be interesting isn't it.

03:05In terms of Premier League experience, especially Daniel Padence has got plenty of that, so

03:10I understand Gary Neill's going to be taking a big squad to Arsenal and there'll be quite

03:14a few people who will travel and not make that bench, do you think that Daniel Padence

03:19and Gonzalo Guedes will be two of those who might make the bench, or do you think maybe

03:23one and one in terms of missing out on that bench?

03:27He said they're both from the matchday squad, so they're both on the bench, they're both

03:29in, done.

03:30I'm surprised you've asked me about that, I've just said it, I've just told you.

03:33Well I know matchday squad, but you could say matchday squad could be the people travelling

03:36and...

03:37I don't think he'd phrase it as matchday squad if it means that one of them's travelling

03:40and not getting in, I think it means they're both on the bench.

03:44Or starting, but I think that's unlikely.

03:47But yeah, you are right, it's going to be a big squad, Bibicac, Rory, for example, is

03:50going to travel, don't expect him to be there, he's only had a few days really of training,

03:55expect him to be there but not in the squad.

03:57A player like Luke Cundall who didn't make the squad, or didn't make the bench or the

04:00squad for the Ray Valercano game, I expect him to travel, but again be a question mark

04:04whether he gets in or not.

04:06So yeah, there'll be quite a few players travelling but not making it into the team, because at

04:10the moment Wolves are stocked full of players.

04:12There were three letters that we spoke about a lot last year, hopefully not too much this

04:16year, but Gary Neill basically said, as you've got to say, slate, wipe, clean, and he expects

04:21the system, the system to be better.

04:24Do you agree with the expression, the sentiment, the belief?

04:29I like the optimism, I really do.

04:32An interesting point he said that I don't expect Wolves to be treated any differently

04:35and it's to be 100% fair, obviously Wolves were the ones that tried to get rid of Ayr,

04:41and I would expect that to be the case, I don't think there would be necessarily any

04:44bias towards Wolves, but we do know that up until this point, VR has not worked very well

04:49at all.

04:50So with these small changes they've made, hopefully it makes it more clearer, there's

04:54less intervention, it might improve the game, but we can't really judge it until we see

04:58it and until we see the inevitable clangour at Arsenal when something's given against

05:02Wolves.

05:03So yeah, it'll be interesting, it'll be interesting.

05:04You've got a spider crawling up your collar, can I flick it?

05:07Get it, go on, get it, don't flick it into me, flick it away.

05:09Oh, it's gone, it's gone.

05:10I mean, he wanted to flick your earlobe there, but I didn't.

05:12That scared me, that scared me.

05:13Don't need that.

05:14Yeah, I did see you looking down there, I thought, what's wrong with my shirt?

05:17Yeah, so, look, we've had what, five years of it now, of it not exactly working, so my

05:25optimism isn't quite as high as Gary and Ayr, but I will give them the benefit of the doubt

05:29and see how the season begins.

05:30Finally, obviously a couple of weeks before transfer deadline day, we're all looking forward

05:33to it.

05:34Gary and Neil want to get a couple of signings at least across the line, don't they?

05:38Yeah, we've been saying for a while now they want a winger, they want a centre-back, they're

05:43obviously looking at this young centre-back as well over in France, but equally they want

05:46a more experienced senior centre-back, and they're working on these deals to get them

05:50done.

05:51Gary was very clear to say that, you know, we've got our plan, me and Matt Hobbs have

05:55been working on it, we've got our targets, we're now just trying to get them over the

05:59line, but he also said that nothing's imminent, nothing's close, and that's not our massive

06:04surprise really, the way things tend to drag in the window, and Wolves obviously did some

06:08very early business as well.

06:10So they're without Kilman, they're without Neto, they did bring those three players in

06:13early on, but it looks like they'll be without a signing or two for at least Arsenal, with

06:18it being tomorrow, and we'll see how the next couple of weeks play out.

06:21So we had a bumper preview on the podcast yesterday, we've listened to Gary and Neil

06:24today, give me your starting line-up, or Gary and Neil's starting line-up, for the game

06:29at the Emirates, 3pm, tomorrow baby!

06:32I think we're aligned on this.

06:34Sarring goal?

06:35Correct.

06:36Correct, thank you, we've seen the team sheer, haven't we?

06:38Yeah, I've spoken to Gary before.

06:39Yeah, yeah, yeah.

06:40Dock at right back, I've seen Samedo suspended, I think it's going to be a four with Totti

06:44and Yersin at centre-back, 8-0 left-back, Lamina, Gao Gomez, I've gone Pablo Sarabia

06:52but I could see a world where Belaguard plays only because of having a bit more energy to

06:57more legs, especially tracking back, Wolves have been without the ball for quite a lot

07:00of it.

07:01But I'm going to go with Sarabia, but I can see, I'm giving myself a little bit of wiggle

07:04room there, as you can tell.

07:06Journalistic license.

07:07Exactly.

07:08Hwang in behind Larson with Rodrigo Gomez on the left, yeah, I think that'll be the

07:13team.

07:14And I'd be surprised to see, well, not surprised because centre-back's a talking point, but

07:19I'd be surprised to see a lot of changes anywhere else, I think that'll be near enough for the

07:22team.

07:23Yeah.

07:24I don't know if I'm going to change or not.

07:25Oh, you're going to change again!

07:26You flip-flopped again, that's three times now.

07:28Oh, you can't change again.

07:30I think Cunha might start.

07:31Ooh, okay, I can forgive that, I can forgive you changing for that, there's definitely

07:35a chance of that, yeah.

07:36I think Cunha might start.

07:38And I think...

07:39I think we might see Stran and Larson on the bench.

07:46No!

07:47Where's this come from?

07:49Just with that, I don't know, it's got a bit of a feeling, it was chatty, maybe I'm, maybe

07:54I'm...

07:55No, no, no, I was completely right there.

07:56I'm 100% not, I've had some support on socials.

07:58Mate, not as much as I've had, not as much as I've had, listen to the podcast of course

08:02and also get your tickets for the live event next, a week on Thursday.

08:06A week on Thursday, yeah.

08:07Toronto Deadline Day Live, baby, at Molineux, Wolves Pody Live, and we'll see you at the

08:10Emirates tomorrow.

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