“I haven’t spoken to him, but some of the messages I’ve got from people have been great. I’m very lucky that I can lean on a lot of experience.

“Blackburn started the season well and are a good team, but it’s a derby game, so we need to make sure all the boys are ready. These are the games as a player you should be excited to play in.

“We’ll approach it on its merits. We’ll assess the squad, because you put so much physical energy into a game and on a week like this it can be mentally draining so you’ve got to take that into consideration as well.