He actually suffered the injury in training before the Ireland game and the fact he was able to play 90 minutes on Wednesday gives us a bit of encouragement,

We think that he will be out for four to five weeks.

I do appreciate that the most important thing as a manager is to get good results.

At this club, all I see is great backing all the way down for me and I will be judged on results like the next man.

I know how I like things done,

This must be the only industry in the world where you can have a total novice, who has not even been in management for one year, being touted for the top job in English football....

Andy had another operation after they found some floating material in his knee.

I wouldn’t have done what Joey did after the club stood by him in the summer. I am disappointed, but more for the fans and chairman.

I suppose you could say I went through the whole spectrum of FA Cup experiences.

I think management is about just that – managing people via man-to-man skills.

He has performed exceptionally well this year and is one of our top three, there is no doubt about that.

What has happened is disappointing but I still feel as though something will be sorted out in terms of agreeing a contract with Joey.

Myself and the players were an absolute disgrace this afternoon. We were an embarrassment to this football club… We were so spineless at times it was frightening.

Matt will be training with us today. We will have a look at him and see what the situation is. At this stage it is impossible to say what will happen.

Supporters just want to see if a player is putting a shift in for their team. If a player does that they will support him, if a player doesn’t produce that and the fans are...

Trevor is growing in confidence with every game and hopefully he will have a big season for us,

When you try something that is different from the norm in football, you will be accused of arrogance. But you could also say that it was a clever training-ground ploy [that was not successful].

Trevor will be in tomorrow to have his cheekbone straightened but it won’t be an operation. We’re hopeful that he will be able to play in a mask.

At 17 and having just scored his first goal in big-time football, I will forgive him. I will have a quiet word and tell him the next time he scores to tone down his language.

I enjoy making the decisions.

To be honest with you it doesn’t work, … You have to be yourself because when you get in your car to go home after a game and it hasn’t worked out, you kick yourself...

The day after Shaun left, I looked round the training ground and didn’t see any sign of a hangover from the players,

I only have 13 senior players available for Saturday, so I will have to juggle things about and bring a few youngsters in.

We looked like the team that was up for a derby match, up for a scrap and we took our chances when they came.

Andy had another operation on his knee yesterday (Wednesday) after they found some floating material in there, and as a result he will be out for the rest of the season.

I am doing the job with the mentality that I am going to be here a long time and I hope that I am.

We have already had to play all the players we have available this season – and we are only eight games in. But I think we are reasonably healthy in the defensive positions although we...

I am disappointed, but more for the fans and chairman. We hope to secure him on a long-term contract. I will talk to him today and I think we can get something sorted out.

We’ve Claudio back in training and we’ll judge how he comes along.

The manager deserves a lot of credit, … He’s built a lot of resilience into the team, and he’s got everyone playing for each other. He has confidence in young players he’s put into the...

I am ready to work, I am ready for this job and I am ready for this challenge.

I told him to bring us 14 or 15 goals this season and he is well on the way to providing that.

I certainly don’t think we deserved to lose. There’s a great confidence in the dressing-room at the moment and a growing will not to get beaten.

With what has happened to Coley, he is certainly not going at the moment. That might be a decision we make in March or April.

I think it’s more respectful to a player to have a word on a one-to-one basis. And obviously it gives them less of a forum to answer back. In the main, I’ve rarely had to...

Make no mistake, I am not about to walk through the door in three or four days’ time and announce that I know everything about football management.

The award reflects totally on how the team have done,

He would love to roll up at Old Trafford and get booed because he scored against them,

It was a minor operation, but with the season running down we think it will be very doubtful that will get him back on the pitch this season.

We had a chat with Joey at boardroom level on Tuesday just to say well done,

We looked like a team who were up for a derby match and up for a scrap.

Make no mistake, you would prefer to work for someone who is going to put your arm around you at times and lift you.

Whether you are in the team or not, I have told all my players they will get a fair chance,

He’ll be in and fighting for a place. He’s got to join the squad running and force me to pick him.

Stephen Ireland’s injury is worse than we first thought, so he will probably miss the rest of the season.

I spoke with Joey on Wednesday and we are hoping to move things along within the next week or so.

I am nothing without the players.

Andy has made a decent start for us over the first four games but I need him to have a whole season at it, get into double figures and work hard for the team,

It was the right decision. There’s no point me sitting here and smoke-screening it because I make the decisions at this football club but taking the day off did not contribute to what we did...

It only takes a couple of back-to-back victories and all of a sudden clubs in mid-table can catapult themselves into contention for a European spot.