Steve Bruce has discussed his defensive selection calls for Blackpool's FA Cup second round tie against Birmingham City.
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00:00How's Hayden Coulson, went up against Bolton, missed midweek, how's he doing?
00:02He's not going to make it, he's not going to make the weekend, it's a muscle injury so I think it's
00:07another 10 days I would have thought, two weeks before we see him back on the grass.
00:12Is it his quad month that he's done?
00:13Yeah.
00:14How frustrating is it for him, he's been a bit stop start this season, both obviously for his
00:18wrestling.
00:18It's a difficult one for him because even last year I believe that he couldn't really get up
00:23and going just as he was doing well, he got injured, he keeps picking up these niggling
00:27injuries which is frustrating for everybody concerned and yeah it's a major concern for us
00:34because unfortunately he's got a history of it since he's been with us so let's hope we can
00:40improve it.
00:41I suppose that is one area where you are well stocked, you've got lots of left backs.
00:44We've got lots of left backs so yeah and it was good to see Dom get a chance the other day too
00:49which I'm delighted how he grasped it, he trains every day as if it was his last and I was pleased
00:55that he's got some sort of look in from the other day and you're right in that position,
00:59we are well stocked.
01:01On the other side, John and Gabriel jumped out the other day,
01:03Odella Fire started it right back, how pleased were you with him?
01:06Yeah he did very, very well.
01:09Gabe's had a little girl I'm led to believe in the last 48 hours so that's why he missed
01:15so we'll offer congratulations to him and his partner but he'll be available for Sunday.
01:23Obviously a fire, the way he gets forward,
01:26gives you a good element.
01:28He's a big powerful strong lad and he gives something in a wide area when he gets up and
01:34running, yeah he's very difficult to stop.
01:38Obviously Jordan's available again but how much of a headache is that between those two now?
01:42Well it's a nice headache, it's rather than have problems where you can't fill a team,
01:48it's a nice headache to have so yeah, let's hope I pick the right one.
01:53Matthew Pennelly came back as well, he's not had probably too much action in the league
01:57or main cup competitions but how good is it to have him back?
01:59Yeah it was good and he's steadied us down with his experience which was good for him.
02:05So look, you know somebody misses out and somebody takes that chance and
02:11Pennell will certainly play on Sunday because he deserves to, he played very,
02:14very well and I wouldn't be doing my job properly if I had given him a kick in the
02:19teeth and left him out on Sunday, he deserves to stay in the team.
02:23You mentioned last week Albie Morgan was going to return to training, is he back?
02:26Yes he's training, we still have to monitor him and we've still got to go a little bit
02:29easy with him but he's in our thoughts for Saturday, don't think he'll start but
02:34with nine subs then you know we'll have a conversation tomorrow.
02:38He's been in and around us now for a week, ten days and it's not as if he's injured,
02:42we just have to come to terms with his new lifestyle and see how he is.
02:47Have you been prepped by doctors and other things about how to handle him?
02:51All sorts of specialists come into it and not just for us to educate us but also the boy,
02:57what's changed in his life is huge over the last two, three weeks so
03:01blood sugar levels and all the rest of it are huge for him so we have a monitor for him in training
03:06and he has something fixed on his arm which diabetics will find out about so it's more
03:15about education us to help him as much as anything else.
03:18How much does he enjoy being back around the lads, a bit of normality?
03:22A bit of normality, that's what he does,
03:24he's a footballer isn't he, he wants to be back on the grass and it's good to see him.