 First of all, Premier League is now back in June, what are you feeling about that? Excited to be back, I think we're very keen to get going and play again, we've missed football. So from our side, very positive, we're hopeful to have a good end to the season. How does it affect your job and your planning now, you have a set date to work against? It's a really good thing for us to have a date to recommence the season. I think we can now plan the three weeks we have left, make sure our training is good, make sure the players have the correct fitness work that they need to compete. The real challenge we have is we have such a big amount of games in a very short period of time, so we're going to have to make sure our players are physically prepared for what lies ahead of them. What would you say will be the biggest challenge? Is it to get the players up to speed physically, mentally, tactically? Probably a combination of all of those things, I think physically is a big challenge because one, they have to be fit enough to play the games, but two, we need to make sure we don't pick up any injuries, and that balance is very difficult. So we're going to have to do a lot of work on that side of the game. Tactically, I think we're pretty good, I think we know what's expected of us. Mentally, yes, there are going to be challenges there, I think the players are going to need to make sure that they're in the right frame of mind and ready to play. A few days you've been with the players now, how do you notice that their attitude has changed when now they can full contact training, they have a set day to work against and finally get to compete again? I've seen the group come back really, really well from the lockdown situation that were in the attitude of the training has been very, very good. Players look fit, they look motivated, very focused. So from our side, no problems. I'm really pleased with how the training has gone so far. I suppose you've been looking at some of the Bundesliga games, that's been playing out. What have you learned from watching those games? Well, yes, some interesting things to come out. The home and away advantage, although it's only a small sample of games, that's been an interesting trend, the away team getting some very strong results. The fact that there's no crowd having impact on the game, that's been interesting to see the games have been slightly slower I think in terms of tempo and maybe leaning towards a more possession based game because of maybe a more relaxed feeling at the stadium. So there's been a lot to take from those games and certainly I think things that we can take notice of. Have you talked to the players about that? How do you prepare to all of a sudden start playing games in closed doors? It's a difficult one to talk too much about this to the players. I think they will naturally know what's coming. I think they've all played in empty stadiums before in their rise to the Premier League. So certainly from our side, it's something that we need to get adjusted to quite quickly because with only nine games left, they're going to go very, very quickly and we need to maximise every single one. Have you started thinking about the way you communicate because all of a sudden basically everything you say is going to be able to hear? I haven't thought about it too much as yet but I'm sure in the mirror it gets the kickoff. Yes, I think making sure we communicate in a clear way maybe with minus some swear words but naturally creeping through the language of football, I think we're going to need to make sure we're good with that side of things. It's nine tough games coming up. You're starting with Crystal Palace. Do you think the way you play, I mean the way you've been playing all those years when you had them, are going to be beneficial for you since there's no crowd? I mean some teams maybe feed off the energy from the crowd and winning some duels. Do you think that will be at your advantage now? It'd be difficult to predict too much. I think we hope our style will help us because we've been very consistent with what we've delivered to the players over a long period of time. We hope they know what's expected of them. Quite how the games will change in England is difficult to predict and to guess but I think there will be an impact in terms of, as I said, the feeling inside the stadium. We just need to make sure that it suits us. Definitely possession-based teams I think will hopefully be helped in this situation, so hopefully that will benefit us. We all know that your goalkeeper and Ramsdale tested positive for COVID-19. How has that affected him, you and the rest of the squad? I think initially definitely there was a feeling of anxiousness within the squad. I think they were concerned first of all for Aaron and his family and to make sure that he was okay and I think once we found out that everything was okay with him and he had no symptoms and he was fine. I think then the thoughts then go to as he passed it on to anyone else within the squad. There was a feeling of anxiety but I think a few days later that begins to pass and hopefully now through the next series of testing we're all clear and we can support Aaron back to full fitness and try and try and make sure there's no positive tests in the future. What's the protocol for him now? Seven days self-isolation. I think once that seven days is done I think and he has a negative test I think he's okay to come back into the group. Okay. There's been a lot of negativity around this, how it's going to pan out. During this time has there been something positive that you learn that you have time to study or learn a different thing about yourself? I think from my side definitely there's been a lot of learning taking place in terms of reviewing our training, reviewing games. I like to think that I use my time wisely to try and come back a better coach, a better person. Certainly spending a lot of time in my family has been hugely beneficial for me mentally. During a long season we have limited time with them but that's been really nice to really get to know my sons in a different way. Spend some time with them it's been really nice. Is it kind of starting over again because normally if you would play crystal palace and you would take a certain amount of form with you players may be injured is that all off the table now do you think? I think yeah the form that we ended the season with at that last moment I think has gone. I think we all start afresh. We have nine games. We're very keen to maximise every single one of those games. I don't think you can look back too far because a lot of players will have players that maybe were injured and returned to their squad so I think it's a different league now. You've been on the journey, the Bournemouth is doing where you took them from League 2 to Premier League and there's been a lot of focus now on the Premier League and financial situation. If you look at the football pyramid in England which is huge and some of the clubs are having a harsh reality prior to Covid-19. Are you worried about the football pyramid in England? What kind of effect it can have? Certainly it's not an idea at the moment. A lot of clubs will be struggling from this lockdown period that we've had with no supporters in stadiums for a long long time. It's going to have a severe financial knock-on effect from many many clubs. Certainly for our club there will be a financial pain that we will have to go through. I've got no doubt about that and of course with the uncertainty of what league we're going to be in. It's a very difficult period for everybody from top to bottom I believe so certainly our football pyramid is something we have to protect at all costs because it's what's made English football totally the unique thing it is now. So certainly I hope to see clubs help if they're in financial trouble. What do you think was scenario? I mean have you thought about it? Is there some championship clubs who you really don't know what's going to happen? League 2, League 1, the effects of it? Have you dared to think about that? Well yeah not really I think from my side I just it's a hoping and praying that there are no club suffers that terrible situation that Berry did where they went out of business very recently. So I'm sure that there will be people with the government or other institutions that are ready to help these clubs. So we need to keep the football pyramid alive it's what's made as I said English football for me the best structured leagues in world football.