I'm sick for the players and sick for the supporters. You could see from the way they [United] celebrated that they knew they had got out of jail. We were outstanding, but the best teams are always the luckiest. They've had one shot on target all night and won 2-1, so work that one out. |
If I was managing Chelsea, people wouldn't be saying Paul Jewell was a nice guy, they would be saying I had too much money to spend. On balance, I would quite like it at the end of the season if people don't like us. |
If we can stay up in this league, then anything is a bonus, ... That's not negative, that's realistic. But we've made a really good start. |
It could have been worse, it could have gone to extra-time, |
It doesn't happen by luck or accident, ... There's an awful lot of planning. I want us to play with a freedom that is organized - but we're not basking in what has happened so far. We won't be resting on our laurels, and if any player thinks differently, I will act on it. |
It was our worst performance of the season. From the first tackle to the last they were better than us. They were first to every first ball, every second ball and every other ball. We've got no excuses. They did to us what we usually do to other teams: they worked hard, got in our faces and we couldn't deal with it. It was a horrible way to finish 2005. |
It's a good derby, so it'll be a good atmosphere, and as well as competing we've got to make sure we play as well. We have to stop them but we've got to be able to express ourselves. I thought we did that against Everton in the second half, but we did not do that particularly well in the first half, but we grew in confidence in the second half. |
It's unfortunate for Steve and I'm disappointed for him. He came back for a couple of games after the operation and something has gone again. We are not quite sure what the problem is, and we are hoping it's not too serious. |
It's wonderful really. We wanted to reach 40 points after 38 games, to get it after 27 is a tremendous achievement but we won't be resting on our laurels. |
Jimmy is talking to them and I'll be disappointed to lose him. But we had to have the clause as he'd have otherwise been out of contract. |
Jimmy's down talking to Fulham at the moment. |
Jimmy's down talking to Fulham at the moment. He had a clause in his contract. I'm really disappointed to lose him, but he's been a fantastic player for us. |
Last week we were smashing, today we were not so good. We need to get something in between. |
Our only objective at the start of the season was to stay in this league and we should do that. If we don't it'll be the Devon Loch of all Devon Lochs. |
Overall, I thought we were more than worth a point, we showed great determination and desire not to lose the game. |