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ean Smith's pre-Burnley press conference begins at 10am. Updates to follow...
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DS: "Adam's knee is still swelling up. He has had to have some exploratory surgery, which will put him out for a number of weeks."

DS: "In terms of left-backs, Dimi is out of his boot, Lungi and Sam aren't quite. Sam is still walking on crutches.
Dimi is likely to come back the quickest."

DS: "Núñez is in a very good place, rarely coming off the pitch as a sub. There's improvement in there - he has been loose on the ball at times and I've spoken to him about that.tr bHe's settled in really well and he's very infectious around the group."

DS: "Burnley have had to make a lot of changes in their squad. It will be the biggest test of the season so far.
The Premier League is a different beast altogether. This season they've played a lot more expansive football and been rewarded for it."

DS: "I feel with Sarge at the moment we can play him a lot higher up the pitch, closer to Teemu. We have a really wide variety of choices at the minute which is healthy."

DS: "The team is growing in confidence in every game. We saw that in the first half against Coventry. They're enjoying their football, but there's still elements of improvement that we need to work on and they're open to do that."

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That's all from the boss.

Posted By: DrDublin, Sep 8, 12:00:32