There are always challenges in football and at this moment in time our team has a challenge on its hands to finish second in the league. |
There are no hard feelings that he turned Manchester United down. Football is football. I'm sorry he didn't join us but there you are. |
There has been an improvement. He came into training and did a little bit, which was nice to see, but we're not going to rush him. We're OK for him to miss the rest of the season as long as he's back next season and we'll be delighted if he is. |
There's a big chance because Wes Brown hasn't really had any football and Gary Neville is out. It does leave me with a problem. |
This is a reward for the perseverance and determination Ole has shown to come back from his injuries. He has not missed a training session since he returned and that must be really encouraging for him. |
This is the game I look forward to the most. It reflects to me the very reason for being here. I knew what my job was when I came here and that was to overcome the challenge of Liverpool and we did it. |
This time round it's even worse because he's more mature and is a more rounded player who has improved dramatically over the last two years. So it's a real, real blow. |
Wayne could play central midfield and it is an option in an emergency. I've thought about it, but not for long. I would be reluctant to do that. I don't know about Rio, either. He's a natural centre-half. |
Wayne will be in plaster for the next few weeks and he'll be having regular scans to see how it's healing. |
We are certainly talking about two significant personalities but they were not there in 1990. |
We are delighted, it represents our vision of making sure all the young players are here for a long time. |
We are working with a squad of about 19 to 20 players. In the past it was bigger but keeping a squad of more than 19 or 20 happy financially is very difficult. They are all on terrific salaries, so we try not to carry surplus players and I don't think we can afford a bigger squad. |
We certainly believe that by winning our games, it gives us an outstanding chance. |
We could make some changes. We have a game on Tuesday and the following Sunday against Arsenal so we have got some decisions to make. But the great thing is I've got a pool of players, which I can do that with. |
We dominated the second-half, no question, but we should have done better in the first. |