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00:00You mentioned Rhian there, he's obviously been bright of late as a necessity, came back from injury.
00:04There's been a few questions from the supporters about his future, he's obviously got a contract in the summer.
00:08What's the situation?
00:09Yes, we're in discussions with Rhian and his representatives.
00:14I'd love him to stay.
00:15I'm a big, big fan.
00:18I don't go along with what people say that, you know,
00:22he's this, that and the other, the boy didn't want to get injured.
00:25I've told that story too many times,
00:28but he is now, because he's having a run of games and being involved in Fit and Healthy.
00:35He's part of a front group, which I'm delighted to have.
00:41You know, if you look now, the options that we've got,
00:44you know, we've got Ty, we've got Tom, we've got Kiefer coming back in.
00:49We've got Guttu who can play out of ten, but has played off the left so far this season.
00:53He hasn't played as a left winger though, just to clarify that situation.
00:57He doesn't come off the line and score all those goals if he's playing as a left winger.
01:03So he's playing as a pocket, can play as a ten.
01:05Callum can play along the front,
01:07Jez, Brooksy, Ben Beren-Diaz, you know, can play off the right,
01:13can play off the left, can play down the middle.
01:14We've got some really good options now.
01:17So whether we need to change up or whatever we do to start the game,
01:21that's up to me to try and get that right.
01:23Maybe the combination with the two centre-forwards at times on Saturday
01:27wasn't the most easiest on the eye.
01:31But what I will say to them, the service that they had was pretty poor.
01:34And like I said to you, in terms of the way we started the game,
01:39I don't think anybody can judge the centre-forwards when we're playing backwards and square.
01:47What's the deal?
01:48They're never going to get a touch.
01:50They're never going to get into the game.
01:52So that's something that, like I said, we've reflected and reviewed on.
01:56And if we want to be this team that just plays in our defensive third,
02:00that doesn't suit how I want us to play.
02:02It doesn't suit the ethos and the culture of the football club.
02:06I don't think supporters really want us to play that way.
02:08Not that that is the be-all and end-all, how they want us to play,
02:12because you'd have possibly 30,000 different opinions as well.
02:16So we've got to get that right.
02:19But what we have is certainly options.
02:22And Rhian starting and Rhian coming off the bench is a fabulous one.
02:26And I'd love him to get that deal sorted out.
02:33Agents talking to the football club,
02:35and hopefully we can come to some sort of an agreement, an arrangement.
02:41Sheffield United have not seen the best of Rhian for situations that have not been his doing
02:47for the majority of the time.
02:49I think Rhian understands his pressure on him.
02:50It comes with a big price tag.
02:53It wasn't as big as everybody once said it was at 23.
02:57It wasn't nowhere near that.
02:59But he came with big expectations and he's still got to carry that out
03:04and prove what a player he was then, that he can still do it now.
03:09And he's desperately trying to do that.
03:10He's an incredibly popular, positive member of the group.
03:13Love working with him.
03:15And I think everybody would be, internally, would be absolutely delighted
03:19if he continues on the path where he's going and keep raising his game
03:23and being a massive asset for us.
03:26He seems to have really made a home here, hasn't he?
03:28Because I think everyone forgets how young he still is.
03:3124, 25 I think he is now.
03:32Came here as a 20-year-old, I think he's sort of grown up here, hasn't he, almost?
03:36Yeah, I mean, he's a London boy as well.
03:37So he had that jump straight away into Liverpool.
03:41So from London to Liverpool is different.
03:43And then, obviously, from Liverpool over to Sheffield United is...
03:47And it's been a tough one for him as well.
03:50But we're believers and we're backers of him and we're fans.
03:54So, you know, hopefully he can still have a big career ahead of him
04:00and some big targets that he personally wants to hit.
04:04So that's your family about size, actually.