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

[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.

We have disappointment in our camp. United didn’t create too many clear cut chances and their goalkeeper made a world class save to keep Cole out.

In an ideal world, we will still qualify for Europe.

I would prefer the money to go to the next manager. The club got me for nothing so I think I should be allowed to leave for nothing.

England is not a distraction for me, I don’t take a great deal of interest in it. The only time England gets mentioned is when I walk into a press conference and get asked the...

We looked like the team who were up for a derby, the ones who had turned up for a scrap. The players fought for everything and they deserved everything they got. We didn’t go into...

I have made it totally clear to the players that my door will always be open.

United won’t have as few chances on goal all season. We had as many efforts as them.

We wish him well for the future and thank him for his efforts.

We are planning for next season as to what we want – and who is available – we are doing our best to get players lined up.

It would be nice to have it resolved, probably at least a month before the tournament, so that everyone is aware who the new man is and when he’ll take over. Otherwise the speculation could...

If we inundate the courts with these charges, I’m hoping sooner or later that somebody’s going to strike down that fact, that we’re not born poachers.

He’s keen to show what he can do, he’s done enough to suggest it will be well worth having a look at him,

I wouldn’t suspect he will get any England call and I don’t think Andy suspects it either,

It looks as though we will do well to get him back before the end of the season.

You look at Shaun Wright-Phillips and you might think ‘lightweight’,

There are people who have been in this job for 20 years who will tell you that something new crops up every day.

I’ve seen a level of maturity in Joey that wasn’t there a month ago,

He [Fowler] is like anyone else at our club in that if someone made a serious offer for him we would sit down and think about it.

It’s only a technicality that I have not signed it yet, but I will sign it one day in the next week, and then that will be that.

Everything is agreed. It is just a case of waiting for Andy to sign it. His agent has the paperwork but we expect it to be done fairly quickly.

We can get better as a team. If I’m being ultra-critical, we’ve not played any of the big four or five yet. They will be a test of how good we are.

There is a set of rules and a code of conduct that I believe that you should adhere to in life.

But we stuck it out and got our rewards and I’ll take Manchester United away in the next round if you offer it me now.

Liverpool are his dream club. If I’d refused him this opportunity of fulfilling his ambition, it would not have been good for him or City.

With that he booked him again, so maybe in the future Sylvain will know not to ask.

With the length of contract we are offering it’s no gamble for this club.

From what I gather from the chairman there are not a great deal of funds available. He has always said that, so we have to come to some sort of compromise and either be cute...

It has always been that way with David, people pick up on any mistake he makes,

He has to prove his fitness and show he is good enough to break into the first team. Robbie knows he has to work hard in training. He has to play in reserve games when...

I have always been pretty positive about the situation with Joey. The chairman and chief executive spoke to him this week and hopefully we can move it along and get a resolution to it.

In spells it was some of the best passing we’ve played. We created a lot of chances. If we’d got a third we could have gone on to get four or five.