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00:00 I'm joined with Charlie Haffenden of Birmingham World to do our catch-up, which we discuss
00:05 our four clubs in the West Midlands. Charlie, let's start with Wolves. Up to eighth now
00:11 in the league, it's an incredible job that Gary O'Neill's doing. But Wang He Chan is
00:15 a player who before he went away to the Asian Cup was absolutely firing on all cylinders
00:20 for Wolves. What's the latest you can tell us about him? He obviously took a knock in
00:24 that warm-up before the Sheffield United game. And also some of the ongoings after the game
00:31 with his fans coming to get their shirts signed. It was really nice after the game. I'll start
00:37 with that. A very wholesome moment for Wang He Chan and all his supporters. I was walking
00:41 out with Molineux about 90 minutes after the game had finished, because of the press conference
00:45 and writing things up afterwards. You don't expect to see any players at that point, but
00:49 Wang was still there. God knows how long he'd been there for. I stood there for about 10
00:53 minutes and watched on. And the queue hardly went down in that time. So he must have been
00:57 there for about an hour, I reckon. And he didn't just rush it with fans. He spoke to
01:01 them for maybe 15, 20 seconds each as well and signed shirts, signed programs, took pictures,
01:08 did the whole lot. It wasn't just young fans either. It wasn't just Asian fans. Other Wolves
01:13 fans being there as well. Really good to see. In terms of his performance, though, it wasn't
01:17 quite what we normally see from Wang. He didn't make too many sprints. He did press quite
01:22 well and he made some good runs in the channels. But whenever he got forward, he just seemed
01:25 to be jogging and not running at full pace. Gary O'Neill says he was actually fine during
01:30 the game, Wang, and it was just tiredness. But I'm not sure if I believe that too much.
01:34 Wang, in the warm-up, stepped on the ball and rocked his knee a little bit and felt
01:38 some pain. I reckon he was taking it a bit carefully during the game because of that,
01:42 rather than fatigue. We'll see what happens then the next few games. Obviously, Brighton
01:47 on Wednesday. I'm expecting him to be up to speed again for that one.