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Dean Smith's pre-Wolves press conference will begin at 9am. Updates to follow...
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DS: “Gilmour is back, Normann is back.”

DS: “Rupp and Omobamidele are both back in training but I probably won’t consider them for Wolves. They’ll be ready for Palace.”

DS: "It's nice to get a break, to get the lads a few days off, and just helped everybody recharge the batteries a little bit."

DS: "It's a big competition, I've said to the players you only play 5 or 6 games to get to the final, so what an opportunity you've got and one we're looking forward to."

DS: "We were all hoping Todd could recapture his previous PL form, he started my first game, we've been working very hard with him but he had issues with injuries and illness".

DS: "Jacob Sorensen is better than first feared, he has medial ligament injury but is back running on the grass already so won't be out for too much longer".

DS: “Tim is still out. I still think it will be five or six weeks from when the injury occurred. An operation wasn’t required. Lungi is back doing linear running on the grass, so is healing a lot quicker than expected."

DS: “Supporters love a good run in the cup. We will be trying to win it and I’m a believer of that momentum.”

DS: "First and foremost we want to win and get through in the FA Cup. Against a PL team like Wolves you have to play players that are in form but we need to balance a three-game week and players that need mins. We will have a strong team"

DS: "I believe that you can go and do both and the fact it's the end of our winter break means we absolutely can handle a three-game week."

DS: “We’ve given them problems to solve during training in the last two weeks and they’ve come up trumps, so it’s been a fruitful period.”

DS: (On PL MOTM nom) "I said during December how tough that was with players unavailable. We had players back and some really good performances. West Ham was a tough game v a form team. Great for players and all staff to have back-to-back wins."

DS: "I knew the remit before I came that we wouldn't be doing anything in Jan, thought we had a big squad. We're in a period now where I've got four top-class players coming back and feel like new signings."

DS: (On PL survival) "I don't believe it will be three from four, I believe there will be more in it."

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That's all from the boss this morning.

Posted By: DrDublin, Feb 4, 09:36:02