He will have complete control of team selection, tactics and coaching issues. I will concentrate on strategic issues that affect the club in less obvious but equally important ways. |
I have received no official approach, I have a contract with Southampton and I'm enjoying myself in football. |
I have to be careful what I say because it has gone to the lawyers. That was the first time I have felt real negativity and it shocked me. |
Of course, I've still got ambitions along those lines, but that still some way off yet, at least two or three years. |
Something must have gone badly wrong behind the scenes for him to have stepped down. I can see him being the sort of person who wouldn't mess around if something wasn't to his liking - or things were going on - because the job obviously becomes untenable if things are not right behind the scenes. |
We are going to need big characters out there who can dig deep and show real fight and courage. Gareth is just such a character. |