People keep asking me ‘can we really do it?’ Why not? We won’t be easy pickings for United, that’s for sure. We are no one’s pushover and everyone in the land who does not have...

The whole system and pattern of play under Sven is flawed. We seem to have lost the plot,

Paul and myself are not talking about Europe just yet. The ambition was to stay in the Premier League and we look like we’re going to fulfill that ambition. We never thought we would get...

I know it is easy to criticise and I accept it is a difficult job managing England but the man in charge must be passionate and realise he owes it to the nation to win...

Let’s see someone in charge with feeling for the game and let’s make sure England are coached by an Englishman.

Sven-Goran Eriksson would have been sacked by now if it was up to me.

Soccer should take note.

Paul Jewell can stay as long as he wishes with me. I have told him ‘name the length of your contract’.

But I needed the right club to come back to. People could have looked at me and thought Bradford was a fluke. The next job needed to be a success.

I would like 20 players registered with a salary cap, a figure that each team agrees on,

I’m not against England having a foreign manager. But I do want somebody with some passion for the English team and for English pride.

Personally I would have got rid of him four or five weeks ago (after England lost to Northern Ireland in a World Cup qualifier). But they have made the decision, so we have to stand...

We were very close to signing Michael Owen,

It goes down in history as something special. A club like Wigan that’s only in the Football League 25 years and were in the old fourth division qualifies for the Premiership. It says to every...

We would have released him at Christmas or at the end of the season if someone had come in for him.

Michael rang to say thanks for trying to sign him,

Twenty eight years ago we were playing non-league football and now we are in a cup final.

Ringing up was a wonderful gesture. He made time to speak to me once he made it clear he was going to Tyneside. Our move was not a publicity stunt. I was even prepared to...