! enjoy it when we play good football, but that means running quickly, jumping high and, of course, putting your foot in. I do not like players who do not get involved in the fight, I concede that, but I never tell anybody to kick an opponent. Never. |
[But will the Vieira cash actually be spent on players? Affirmative.] The money we get from football will stay in football, ... I wanted to buy Baptista because he would have been a real addition to the team. But what I do not want to do is buy a player for the sake of it. |
[Referring to the supporters' chants of] one more year, ... If there is a referendum there would be no doubt but I have to make the decision and stand up for it. Dennis is 36. He has again shown his class tonight but you cannot base a season on his contribution. We will sit down and talk. |
a hero for the football club. |
After a good start we worked hard and showed good teamwork. |
Another side was born and is growing slowly. We have chosen the type of player who can play this way. Once you choose the player for the football you want to play, you stick with it. |
Any activity in the build-up to the game which increases the intensity and hostility of the supporters is not responsible and should be stopped. If there is intense rivalry between the two sets of fans, which there is, then anything which increases that is unhelpful. |
Ashley Cole is doing quite well. In the last week he has developed. He should go out next week and start running. From there it will be two weeks. |
Ashley did well and physically he looks sharp. He's getting better and better and he's ready for 90 minutes. He's had two games in the reserves so it shouldn't be a problem. |
Ashley has had a very good reception, but fans are very forgiving if there is a happy end to the story and if the player is top quality, |
Ashley played last night and came through well. He had no problem today and will be available for Monday. |
At first they told me it was a three-week job, so I thought it would be near impossible for him to play on Sunday. |
At the end of the day fans want to see good players, because they want to win the game. Their pride comes from the fact that their team is doing well. For him to have left would have felt a little bit as a disaster by them. |
At the moment I am not interested, |
At the moment it does not look likely that we can catch Chelsea. Lets get our injured players back first, but right now Chelsea are not even a worry for me, |