At 2-1 we gave ourselves a little hope, ... The hope was that the crowd would get a little edgy, which they were starting to do, and that Rangers would tire after midweek. But the third goal was crucial. It was a bridge too far. |
At 2-1 we gave ourselves a little hope. The hope was that the crowd would get a little edgy, which they were starting to do, and that Rangers would tire after midweek. But the third goal was crucial. It was a bridge too far. |
At the end of the day, I'll know when the time is right for me to leave, but it's not something I've thought about. |
He got a pain-killing injection this morning, did the warm-up, then just one movement, a twist, and he got the pain. He came to see me to say that he wasn't going to make it. It's sad because he's been a huge part of our team this year. |
He insisted the board members are 100% behind me, |
He's more one for the future than anything else. |
I have never been through this in my life before. |
I want them to give it their best and not to come back on Monday and say I could have done better yesterday. Make no mistake, to have any chance on Sunday, we have got to give that bit extra. |
I'm chuffed for him. It wasn't a world-class goal but it went over the line and felt like a world-class goal to me. |
I'm up for it but I have to get the same feeling from the players, |
I've never experienced anything like this in my career. It hurts. But we can't change anything now. |
If you don't score goals you don't win games, ... I thought we played reasonably well, kept up our spirit and got some good crosses in. Scoring the penalty would have given us a chance. |
It looks like everything is agreed and we wanted him in early so he can settle in. |
We can now make sure we cherish every minute of this week. I think if we still had that pressure of relegation then it makes a difference and straight after the final we would be saying 'oh, crumbs, here we go again'. |
We know it wasn't maybe the prettiest. |