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🎙 Calum McFarlane's full Pre-Sunderland press conference:

🔹Calum McFarlane on Joao Pedro and Levi Colwill: "They both trained today. Both promising and we're hopeful they'll be fit for Sunday. No other updates."

🔹Calum McFarlane on Spurs performance: "We knew it would be a challenge physically and mentally. We pushed as hard as we could. We were good value for the 1-0 lead. We got the second goal and didn't have much more push. That's not how we want the game to look but two or three days after the final, you could see the affects from that game."

🔹Calum McFarlane on Stamford Bridge atmosphere: "Stamford Bridge was brilliant - it's probably the best atmosphere I've seen since being in the first team. It comes from us when we start games right. We didn't do that in the Forest game. It helps so much for us."

🔹Calum McFarlane on his experience as interim: "Great learning and experience. It's a massive challenge. Really thankful to the club for the opportunity and really thankful for the players."

🔹Calum McFarlane on Sunderland trip: "It's going to be a great game - both teams need to win. We need one more push, three points and hopefully get ourselves up the table."

🔹Calum McFarlane on Reece James: "Reece has trained today. We'll play it day by day with Reece. He's fit and in good condition but we know we need to manage him carefully. He played a lot of minutes in the final - and that will take it out of you."

🔹Calum McFarlane on Cole Palmer not in England squad: "I don't want to comment on that - it's not got anything to do with me. The England manager has made a decision so it's best to speak to him. We have full belief in Cole and we will be relying on him on Sunday."

🔹Calum McFarlane on Palmer's England setback: "I think in life and in football, you need to take every setback as a positive. There's going to be lots of them - moments like this. And if you have the right mindset, you can turn it into a positive."

🔹Calum McFarlane on players not being called up to World Cup squads: "In terms of Cole and the England announcement, that was made at 10am - we haven't had time to speak or get a feel for the group. Training was really good. I'm sure we'll have those conversations in the coming days and see how they are."

🔹Calum McFarlane on Hato's development: "It's always challenging; someone so young, coming from a different league. The Premier League is a unique league - it takes time to get used to. Since Christmas, Jorrel has been one of our best performers. The block against Maddison at the end the other day, it's massive for our season. Jorrel is in a really good place."

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