Gary Rowett

Morning, everyone.

All good, thank you.

You all OK?

Morning, Gary.

We're still fairly prepared.

I think everyone's going to be an element of being unsure about how their players are going to cope with the games coming so quickly.

But I think for the last four or five weeks, you know, if you've read most of the recent stories, you had a good idea that it was going to kick off around this time.

Of course, when the Premier League announced that they were going to kick off

on the 17th of June, you always felt as though the following weekend would probably be a good starting point.

So, yeah, certainly here at Millwall, we're ready and raring to go.

I think the players have had long enough training on their own and training in small groups.

And I think they're just looking forward to getting back to some form of action, albeit it's going to be a little bit strange.

Yeah, I have to say our players have come back in very, very good shape.

I think like most people, you know, when you can maybe exercise for an hour a day, you know, they've certainly taken advantage of that and felt as though it's just an opportunity to get out and feel normal.

So I don't think getting them to train has been too hard when they've been away from the club.

And the sessions we've had have been very, very good.

The intensity has been excellent.

And I think really it's not necessarily about the fitness.

It's about how much they can cope with being back to real opposed football.

Obviously, you're going to pick a few niggles up and that's the main challenge.