Scott Parker has updated the fans on the fitness of Esteve, Benson, Roberts and Cullen ahead of the weekends fixture against Leeds United.
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00:00Jordan has had a real tough time, obviously injured, came back and has really struggled with this knee.
00:08It looks like we've got to the point of what he needed doing and we've found that.
00:14The downside is obviously he's going to have some time on the sidelines now, some time, some considerable time.
00:20But at least we're moving in the right direction in that sense and yeah, he's going to need to dig deep now.
00:26Like I said, these are challenging times for any professional sportsman.
00:30But what I suggest is, or what I have seen, is Jordan has been through a lot certainly in this short space of time
00:36and I've no doubt that he'll come out on the other side of the list, a better player and a better person for it really.
00:41The two that came off against Blackburn, Maxime and Manuel Benson, how are they getting on since those knocks?
00:46Maxime's OK. Benny's got a bit of a big injury, so yeah, he won't be around for a number of weeks, maybe months.
00:58So yeah, a big disappointment from the game regarding Benny in that sense, obviously coming on for how he came on.
01:06But hopefully he can recover as quick as we can, but we won't be seeing Benny for a little while.
01:11It's a shame isn't it? What exactly did he do? Because he couldn't actually tell at the time exactly what happened.
01:15Yeah, it's his calf. He's felt a calf slash achilles and we've obviously scanned him and there's a bit of a problem there regarding it.
01:25So he's going to need time now to recover and get that right and reboot him up and get him ready for when he's fit.
01:33Conor Roberts, how is he after coming off for Wales in midweek?
01:37Conor, it's just reported in today, we've assessed, doesn't seem as bad as we initially thought.
01:45He had an awareness and came out of the game pretty quick before obviously anything went on.
01:52We're trying to work out whether it was just a general over-fatigue and a tiredness.
01:57Again, we'll reassess tomorrow, giving us every opportunity for him to try and make Saturday.
02:02So we'll see over the next 24 hours exactly how he comes out of that.
02:05There's longer-term ones you've touched on with Dan. Are any of those come back over the international break?
02:09I know you said before, Hannah Delcour and I think it was Enoch who was the closest. Is that still the case?
02:13Enoch's back on the grass. Enoch's training with us. So yeah, that's been pleasing.
02:16He's been training with us now for about the last three or four days.
02:19So fit and well at this present moment in time. Still needs building up obviously for being out for some time.
02:26Delcour, the same, not training with us but on the grass.
02:30And the other boys as well in the treatment room, the longer-term injuries, Nathan, are on the grass and obviously pushing forward but still a little way away.
02:40Is Josh ready for Saturday as well? Obviously he missed the international break with Ireland.
02:44Yeah, Josh is ready. Again, we need to work out whether this weekend comes a bit too quick.
02:51He's trained with us now for two or three days. Again, we'll make a call probably tomorrow exactly where we see that.