The scan showed nothing conclusive and Emile is 50-50 for Portsmouth. He is still a bit sore and we have to be careful with him. |
There has been a lot said and written about the players not having the spirit and desire. They have answered that with one hell of a performance, and we deserved to get something out of the game. |
There is dialogue between the two clubs, and we will have to see what develops. |
There is no magic formula, we have just got our bigger and better players available again. |
There was absolutely no chance of it going ahead and the ref was right to call it off. |
They have just gone out of Europe so I am convinced they will want to try and win this competition, that's for sure. Whatever team they put out, when Man United come to town, it is going to be a tough, tough game but one that we will relish and we will look forward to the challenge. |
Too often we are reading about him on the wrong side of the newspaper-he should be on the back pages, not the front. |
Ultimately it will be Kenny's decision. We'll review the situation at Christmas. He has been a fantastic servant for us and Ireland and he is good enough to carry on after this season. |
Unfortunately, we gave away some terrible goals. |
We are more hopeful about Nicky as we don't think his is as severe - 10 to 14 days with a small strain. He could possibly be available for Villa. |
We are upset Emile has got another ban. He has an impeccable record and we hoped it would have been taken into account. |
We fear a rupture of his Achilles. That could leave him out for a long time although we don't want to speculate at this juncture. He has gone to hospital for a scan but we do fear the worst for him. |
We had eased Matthew back carefully after his other injuries and had hoped he would be available for the finale to the season. |
We had to restore the attitude of being hard to beat. Over the past 18 months we've tried to change that philosophy because you try to improve by getting in better players and trying to play more open, attractive football. We had to go back to basics and to do that I had to rely on players who have been with me a long time. I always know what I'm going to get off them and they gave everything they could. |
We have a couple of irons in the fire. We are close to tying up a couple of things. |