Postecoglou on Kulusevski, Gray and Johnson

Postecoglou started off with a squad fitness update: "I think everything is all right from [the Europa League draw against Roma on Thursday]. [Cristian] Romero's return is probably the closest, but still unlikely. I'm not ruling him out. He has got to get through some things today and a session tomorrow."

He also confirmed that Dominic Solanke is "a bit sore" but still available for Sunday's match.

On their opponents: "I've got a lot of time for Marco Silva. He's stabilised them, the level of performance is good on a weekly basis and they have some good players in there. It should be a good game."

He was asked about Dejan Kulusevski's impressive running stats: "It's not a fluke - it's a lot of hard work. He has a real capacity to run at a certain level consistently and his recovery levels are elite. There's also a lot of mental strength to it. It's a big strength of his."

On the state of his squad: "We had four schoolboys on the bench [against Roma] - two of them actually went to school this morning. We're working pretty hard with some limiting factors."

However, he did show his enthusiasm for the potential of teenage summer arrival Archie Gray: "I'm so excited by Archie. I'm asking him to do some different jobs which isn't easy, but he's playing football and playing at a really high level. That is going to set us up well for the footballer he is going to become."

Finally, he was asked why Brennan Johnson has scored a lot more goals this season than in previous years: "The biggest thing is around the discipline in the positions he takes up. He's always in the right areas and he's making sure that he's always disciplined about being there. I still think there's more [to come]."