I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel.’

In a utopia you want to win matches by several goals and by playing a wonderful brand of football. But that’s utopia.

If my results are not good I will lose my job.

We have to look after our over-30s as best we can and this break gives me a chance to tell one or two of them to put their feet up.

We have to be interested in any good player that comes along and he’ll train with us.

Everything is agreed with Lee Croft financially. I have spoken to him and his agent about football matters. He is quite keen to stay here and hopefully he will be signing within the next day...

I sensed they were nervous that they hadn’t made the breakthrough but, when you’re chasing the game against Liverpool, you’re going to be vulnerable.

I will pick the formation and the personnel that I believe will win the next game. I have got no rigid formations in my mind.

I looked at him, … All I could say was, ‘you bastard’.

It was going to take a wonder goal to do it for us because it was nip and tuck out there. We played better here against Bolton and lost but that’s how it is in...

The injuries have tended to come in cycles this season.

We started extremely well, we had our tails up and put them under pressure. If I’m honest, maybe the lack of firepower has cost us with losing Georgios at the weekend, but I won’t make...

He puts the ball exactly where he wants it, and that’s a lesson for young players. That’s partly why he’s here as well, so the young players can look at him and Darius and the...

Football’s in my blood – and eventually I want to be the one making decisions.

Andy has surprised me,

If someone shows you loyalty, you repay it.

He has done well for us. Maybe his goal can spur us on to a late run to get us three more wins.

We are in a results business, so Stuart Pearce being a jolly old boy won’t keep me in a job.

I don’t want to portray myself as a hard man in management or anything like that.

I would like to bring two or three new players in before the deadline but if we don’t, we will look at the next deadline and then the one after that,

My team picked up one point out of 12 over Christmas and were a bit low on confidence – maybe but we deserved it.

We had a few good runs with Forest. It was a burning ambition of mine to be the captain who said to Brian Clough ‘here is the FA Cup’. Unfortunately, we didn’t quite manage it.

I hope we get a decision shortly – I will be dead soon

I want my City team to play up-tempo, quick-passing football.

I told the chairman it would be less than 20 minutes, in fact it was 23.

I think Trevor has stretched ligaments in his knee but we will not know for sure until all the tests are done, … I have got my fingers crossed.

If I was a supporter, I would be disgusted with that performance. I know that I am, as a manager. We showed no moral courage whatsoever.

[And Ferguson was wrong in at least one point: it is not like last season because City are now under the leadership of Stuart Pearce and they have developed an obduracy that was an elusive...

He was probably a little bit quicker or sharper during his days at United but I cannot believe he was any more clinical,

I have no idea how realistic it is to stay in our present position,

I am disappointed for him.

Credit to Kasper, because he has done exactly what we wanted from him, as well as what Bury wanted, so it has worked very well for both of us.

[Stuart Pearce is hopeful that Andy Cole will return for City’s match with Everton on Sunday. Cole has missed the last two League games with a back injury and City have failed to score in...

But to me the bottom line is the more education you can give yourself, and the more preparation you can do, the less chance of failing.

Now we are at the top of the league, we have got to play like a team that deserves to be there at this moment in time.

You have to play with controlled aggression, it’s the only way. I was sent off five times in 1,000 games, that is controlled aggression. I deserved those red cards, and if I didn’t I wouldn’t...

We gave Liverpool too much respect. They haven’t been a free-scoring side lately, but once they get their noses in front they are difficult to break down.

I enquired about getting Shaun back on loan but they said no. I don’t think they want him to go anywhere.

I am one of those people who quite enjoys responsibility.

The effort of the team is very good at the moment and we’re gaining in confidence as a team,

If we are talking about who are the best three goalkeepers in England, David James is one of them,

I do not include the goalkeeper in this, but the rest of the team I have told to go home, have a look at their kids and ask them how daddy did today. None of...

I met with Joey and his agent last week. But it could be the summer before anything is sorted out. I want Joey to stay and I don’t see any real problem.

The response from the board members, the staff, and the players and, from what I can gather, the supporters has been fantastic.

This is what we were aiming for.

Forest got rid of Teddy after only a year with him scoring 20-odd goals,

I am disappointed for him. He is a smashing young lad, with a great future ahead of him. But he is of an age where he will get over it and come back stronger.

When I look back now I wouldn’t say that I cringe, but I start to realise how naive I was then. I feel much better suited to the job now.

No, we won’t increase it. The club has made Joey a fantastic offer, but his agent has said it wasn’t about money, so I need to talk to him and found out what the situation...

I just get the impression that everyone is willing me to succeed.