1st Div England
What The Managers Said
Nationwide One
By J Bateman
January 12 2003
A round up of all the managers interviews about there respective team performances over the weekend.
Burnley 1 Ipswich 1
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Burnley's Assistant Manager Sam Ellis standing
in For Stan Ternant "We were disappointed with the goal we conceded and upset to be 1-0 down at half time.
"But we tried our best, we had some chances and they did well. "We believe that Ipswich are one of the better sides in the division and we've matched them twice and had two good games of football with them this season." Ellis on Diallo "It was a game to remember for him and he will want to play again on Tuesday now, so he's given the Gaffer something to think about. "He didn't have a problem with the pace of the game and he even hooked one off the line, so we were happy with him." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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No managers comments at this time. |
Coventry 0 Brighton 0
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No managers comments at this time. |
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No managers comments at this time. |
Derby 1 Gillingham 1
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"We should have gone ahead but then we could have lost it but overall I’m disappointed because it was a game that was there to be won for us." "They showed a lot of character to battle back after conceding a comical goal - It was a rousing game." "We stepped up but Chris was sat in the penalty box holding his face and playing everyone onside." "I thought the three officials were pretty appalling from start to finish but they got the penalty right." "Malcolm was designated penalty taker but he was off the pitch and Luci beat everyone to it and put it away very effectively." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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"We are absolutely gutted in the dressing
room,"
"In the last 10-15 minutes we created about six good chances and really should have won the game." "I would have taken a draw before the game, but on that performance I feel we should have won it." "But it’s one of those things, at least we’re creating chances. In the first half I thought we could have done a little bit better with the football." "We battled, worked hard and defended very well, but I thought our final pass let us down at times." |
Leicester 0 Stoke 0
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Alan Cork assistant manager"We are
disappointed with the way that we played . We didn't create much all over the
pitch and I think some performances were very poor but it's another point on
the way and one game less to play."
"We've now played 27 games and got 55 points - we are doing ok." "If you don't score you don't win games and we didn't think either side were going to score." "After the two sending offs the game opened up a bit and there were a few chances but I was disappointed with both sendings off." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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"The players worked really hard. IN the
first-half we played some terrific stuff and really opened them up at
times."
"They were always going to come at us a bit more in the second-half because they are a powerful side. But when they did come at us we stood up to it well." "We enjoyed one or two little breaks of fortune but no-one could say we did not earn them." "I think our fans who watched this match will be proud of their team. They can see we are working hard to improve tings and we have to keep on improving if we are to stay in the First Division." |
Millwall 4 Watford 0
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No managers comments at this time. |
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No managers comments at this time. |
Norwich 1 Rotherham 1
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No managers comments at this time. |
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"I think a draw was probably the right
result although we were the better side in the first half when we played some
good football."
"But then we got a bit sloppy and gave the ball away to allow Norwich to put us under some pressure in the second half." "It was a well earned draw and I thought we played well in the first half and what we need to do now is take that form into our home games." "I can't remember Norwich having a real chance in that time although in the second half they changed things and hit a lot of balls into our box." |
Sheff Wed 3 Reading 2
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"We felt the team wasn't working hard enough. The tempo
was too low, we were sitting back, not getting our tackles in and allowing
Reading to play. We didn't show any fire."
"I don't think harsh words, shouting and screaming would have done any good today," he explained. "It would have made them panic about going out for the second half. I had to try to instill some confidence into a side that was playing so poorly. We told them what we thought of the performance, but they knew it and the crowd had already told them." "The players showed a lot of resolve. Hopefully now they go away with the belief that even when we're 2-0 down against a team that's in the top six, we can still do it." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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"We played as well as we have all season in the first
half, and we should have had more than two. But two should be enough to get a
result, but we didn't start the second half well. I said to the players before
the game that you don’t get many chances to come to a famous ground like
this and win, and we had that chance today."
"At the start of the second half, our centre-halves didn’t win their headers, we lost a few bits in midfield and the strikers were getting themselves offside, and suddenly their passion became a factor." "Their first goal came too early for us, and from that moment everyone knew we’d got a completely different game. I can’t remember that happening before in my managerial career, and now we’ve got to come back from this." |
Walsall 0 Wolves 1
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"You cannot legislate for that; it was a
freak goal, but we can't afford to dwell on it, we have to keeping looking
forward."
"Out tactics caught them by surprise and we stopped their wingers playing which I feel you have to do against Wolves because that is their main strength." "I think that the pitch today was in a better state than it has been for a few weeks." "I can't be too critical of the players today. I asked them to play a certain way and they did it, so there cannot be too many complaints from me." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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"I’m happy with the way the lads applied
themselves to this afternoon’s game and I feel that we deserved all three
points,"
"You can’t play on a pitch like that. The ref made the decision and we stand by that but it wasn’t the best of surfaces to play on." "The lads were saying after that when they were running they felt they were going from hard to soft, hard to soft, the soft being where they’ve filled in with sand." "Denis Irwin said to me after the game that he thought that today was the least amount of running he’s ever done in a game because he just couldn’t get up speed. I definitely wouldn’t like to watch a game like that every week." |
Wimbledon 3 Grimsby 3
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No managers comments at this time. |
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"We've been able to get a point and we've kept our little
run going - that is important and we've got three goals away from home,"
"The win was tinged with a bit of disappointment. We were two goals in front and really they were at the stage of thinking they wasn't going to get anything out of the game, and then we gave them the opportunity to get back in it - they've took it to be fair to them." "It was a little bit strange. That's where the professionalism has to come in. Not much of an atmosphere and at the end of the day it's a first division game and we get paid to play football. There was three points at stake and it was vitally important that we came here and was thoroughly professional," |
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