I've never fancied myself as a pole dancer. |
If training goes well this week he will be mightily close to being able to start a game. But he has to be a main driver in the decision. |
If you go back to my first game in charge, if we had lost at home to Portsmouth the gap to them would have been just a few points. |
In terms of reaching peak match fitness in time I think we've run out of games. |
It couldn't have been more perfect. For the team to win 2-0, for Shay Given to keep a clean sheet and then to throw Alan's record-breaking goal into the mix -- it was just what we needed. |
It was encouraging to see Kieron come back. We had decided it would make sense to put him on the bench and afterwards he said he's fine. |
It will be touch and go. Apparently, he's certainly not behind (his recovery) time, if anything he might be a little bit ahead of time. |
It's a huge disappointment because he's had a terrific season in his first year here. |
It's a huge, huge job to sort this out. It wouldn't be just as easy as clearing [the players] out. It's a job that would not be achievable overnight. |
It's great to score early. You can never score too early and I think we needed that away from home because we haven't scored too many. |
It's onwards and upwards for Michael. I'm confident he'll play for Newcastle before the end of the season. |
Knowing Alan Shearer like I do, he will be happy to share that (the record) with the fans and send them away really happy. |
Michael as I understand having listened to Derek Wright, put his boots on this morning and did some running with his football boots on. He did a very little bit of ball work as well, and after the session he was very happy. |
Michael has trained absolutely brilliantly this week. |
Michael saw his specialist on Monday and had a good look at his latest X-rays. He is happy at what he has seen and heard and now it's full steam ahead for him. Things are going well for Michael and he is perhaps a week ahead of where we always thought he would be after his injury. |