Wolves v Leeds United: Jesse Marsch press conference every word on team news, fans, Archie Gray

“We had a good conversation and he said that actually it’s not that dissimilar from what they do with the national team. He plays a lot in there with Declan Rice and they share a lot of responsibilities as a double six against the ball. They try and so some similar things with pressing and they talk about counter pressing. Obviously, it’s not exactly the same but there are similarities and Kalvin is an intelligent guy so I think he will be able to adjust relatively quickly. He had a really really strong training session yesterday, really strong, as did Liam, played with intensity, played with the ideas that we are trying to implement with and without the ball so I am excited, I am just really excited to get him on the pitch and so we are obviously getting closer and closer with both.”

“It will be the same as how we handle Patrick, we will make a plan and we will stick to the plan. The worst thing we can do in the moment is have any kind of setbacks. I am very disciplined when it comes to how we manage the players physically, that is something that I know is of the utmost importance and it’s probably the biggest contributing factor to success or failure is having a fully fit and fresh and healthy team.”

“There’s the quality of tactics on the pitch and the quality of the player on the pitch and when you add the two up, even scouting matches when I am watching Wolves or Leicester or Villa or whoever play, I am amazed at how good the teams are and then trying to develop match plans effectively to try to neutralise some thing and then try to be the aggressor and with the ball have solutions. It tests you, it tests you every day and can only make you better as a manager. It’s fun, I know I have to get results but I am enjoying the process and especially with this group of young men and this club.”

“Even when I first came, I knew that getting the three main guys back to full health was going to really dictate our success. We have a good group but you need your best players on the pitch so my focus has been working very closely with Rob Price and the medical team and the athletic trainers to do everything that we can to take rapid steps forward in an intelligent way and I think we have managed that quite successfully. We still have a lot more work to do but we always had a goal of can we get those three guys really top fit and sharp after the FIFA break. With Pat, we were a little bit ahead of schedule, with Liam and Kalvin we are about on schedule but still we have a lot more work to do and if we can continue to manage that right, that will only help us.”

“I haven’t spent any time with anyone talking about long term future, only about living in the moment and what’s important for every day. Those conversations I think can be had down the road once we can establish a few more things but for me it’s been in the moment just focusing on prioritising what’s important so those conversations I think are more for the club but I can always help and of course I would love to keep guys like Kalvin and Patrick and Raphinha. I would love to keep those guys here as long as possible so we will see, those conversations will ne had in the future.”

“I think he is a leader by his presence in the group and I think he can be a bigger voice in he group, that’s all. He is clearly so well respected and liked in the team. He is Leeds through and through.”

“Someone said to me that one of the videos that they put out of the celebration had almost seven million views or something like that so that’s incredible to me, to think about that. Certainly, I think, even being around the city and the fans and the way that they appreciated and enjoyed the moment. The other moment in my coaching career was in 2010 when I was in the World Cup as an assistant and we scored a last second goal, Landon Donovan against Algeria to win. Maybe it’s not right to bring up here but we won the group phase and a country called England finished second!”

“Rodrigo I think will train today and we are hopeful that everything is going to be ready to go. When we did the scan it seems like he has a little bit of an old injury and it’s just about managing some of the symptoms so we are hopeful that he will be ready also for tomorrow.”

“I mentioned that in the video session that the two guys that came off a little bit earlier nursing a little bit of an injury seemed to reach their top speed on the sideline!”