Hello again.

It's nice to be back as the club physiotherapist after my stand-in stint at the back end of last season. It's nice to be able to report, too, that the squad almost has a clean bill of health with the new season only days away .... GIULIANO GRAZIOLI is ruled out with the knee problem that arose when he was running in the close season in a bid to be fit for the day the players reported back for training.

There's good news on the Graz front though. He saw the consultant on Monday and has been given the go-ahead to resume training next week.

Club captain LEE HARRISON, as expected, was back in training this week after tweaking a hamstring in training last month - his only action so far has been 45 minutes in the first half against Arsenal.

The only other "casualty" this week has been JOE DEVERA, who has had some treatment for a groin problem, but he will be OK for the weekend start away to League 2 newcomers Morecambe.

Enoy the weekend.

MARK STEIN was talking to Dennis Signy