Steven Gerrard met the media on Tuesday afternoon as he looked ahead to Aston Villa's Premier League fixture against Leeds United.
The head coach was quizzed on plenty of topics as he took questions at Bodymoor Heath.
Here's what he had to say...
On team news...
“We’ve now got Leon Bailey back in full training, but he won’t be in the squad for tomorrow. Bertrand Traore’s in transit and on his way back from the Africa Cup of Nations.
“To get them back in the squad for the coming fixtures will be a big help and they’ll feel like two new signings because we haven’t seen much of them at all. That’s been a frustration for them and for us.
“Besides that, there’s only Marvelous Nakamba who’ll be missing as he’s got a long-term one. We’re fully fit, fresh and ready to go.
“The atmosphere and feel around the place is really positive.”
On Leeds United…
“My opinion on Leeds is, as a team and as a squad, they’ve got really talented players, really dangerous players. They haven’t had the best of luck in terms of injuries, so it’s not fair to judge them too strongly.
“I’ve only focussed on Leeds over the last few weeks as I was in Scotland up until November, but from the outside I’ve always enjoyed watching Leeds. I think they’re a very exciting team.
“They take it to every opponent and they’ve got a world class manager who’s done a phenomenal job from where he took over to where he’s got them to now.
“They’re getting players returning from injury and I’m sure once they get Kalvin Phillips, Patrick Bamford back it wouldn’t surprise me if they find a higher level of consistency.”
On Marcelo Bielsa…
Asked whether he’s a fan of the Leeds boss, he replied: “How can you not be? I’d love to get inside his mind and know a lot more.
“The Leeds players are living the dream to have the opportunity to play and compete in his style. Maybe that won’t be appreciated until he’s gone, but he’s certainly someone that all the coaches here have got immense respect for.
“To go and compete against him tomorrow is certainly something I’m very much looking forward to.”
On targets for the rest of the season…
“We’ve got internal targets and we’ve spoken about where we think we should be finishing. We’ve set targets for teams we want to try and reel in, catch and overtake.
“If you start telling the media those internal targets then it brings headlines, it brings noise and then the pressure comes on my players, and that’s one thing I won’t do.
“Internally, we’ve got a lot of ambition, we’ve got a lot of top players that aren’t satisfied being in the middle of the table and we want to aim high.”
On Emiliano Buendía…
“We believe he’s had a fantastic month [in January]. All the players needed time to adapt to us and the way we want to play.
“The good thing for Emi is we believe this style, shape and what we’re trying to do is tailormade for him and his own style. We feel it’s a really good match.
“He’s seen that early on and we’ve had real buy-in from him. He’s a tenacious little character and player, he’s got amazing talent and he’s got stronger and stronger with each training session.
“He deserved to be Player of the Month from a club point of view, and we expect him to get better and better.”
