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.

The way I was brought up by my parents and guided through my football life by the influences of various managers means that in some ways I am black and white.

You’ve got to be a manager in top-flight football for ten years before you even get whispered in those circles,

I only saw it once in real time and didn’t have a good view. But if it was a poor tackle I will have a chat with the player and tell him it is unacceptable.

We have made Nicky Weaver an offer because he has done exceptionally well for both us and while on loan.

We are speaking with Andy and his agent on Thursday and we should sort everything out then. He wants to be here and we want him here. It is as simple as that.

Sylvain is our captain, he’s a very good player and we’ve got him here at the moment, so I wouldn’t want him to leave. And I don’t think he wants to leave us either.

I have a big job on my hands now, there is no mistaking that, but I feel as though I have a calmness within myself.

It would be easy for me to look at the decisions which went against us and which probably cost us in the end but I am not in the business of blaming anyone other than...

If I refused him this opportunity of fulfilling his ambition it would not be good for him or Manchester City Football Club.

It’s a ‘suck it and see’ situation with Georgios. But I think this weekend will be too soon for him. We will wait and see but he is hell bent on getting back as quick...

As long as the playing field is level and we are results-orientated and there are no personal grudges at all, then it’s brilliant.

Joey is out of Saturday’s game. He is back on the training field but he is still experiencing some discomfort.

But all I am concerned about is what he does for us on Saturday and he has not let me down yet.

The first one was a great finish,

Andy is having an operation today and we think he will be out for between four and five weeks.

Sylvain is not going anywhere. He is staying at Manchester City.

If we go out there and do our level best in every game, then I will take my chances that the results will be more good than bad.

I have always been the sort of person who liked responsibility,

I haven’t got that luxury. The 16 or 18 players involved in the first team are basically the only players I’ve got.

We think it was a wise investment. He’s still got an awful lot to learn but he was a real handful for them.

I wish they could have a camera in the dressing room to know exactly how much it meant to the players. If they saw that, they would be very proud of the players.

Joey’s got to be a bit cuter and cleverer in the way he tackles.

I have lived my life that way and I expect the people who work for me to be the same way.

We are delighted Richard has signed. From my own point of view it’s great that I am the man in charge when he turns around and says he wants to stay at this football club,

It is a fantastic move for Robbie and it has worked well for us because it has freed some cash to invest in players.

We would embarrass ourselves playing like that in Europe.

The scouting system and the coaching staff will stay the same for the time being.

They are expected to sign, as far as I am concerned their contracts have been verbally agreed.

Trevor has had a steady influence over the three games so far,