For now at least, it would appear a more sensible approach for as much as possible will be using them in drips and drabs, rather than overly relying on them, as Carrick noted ahead of the game the need to gel and form connections.

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"When they told us, we waited in the hotel lobby and the players came down in dribs and drabs and signed his shirt and got photos with him.

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