Alan Shearer Quotes (27 Quotes)

A manager should be judged on results and he has guided us to the World Cup finals as he said he would do.

I wanted to go the full distance, yes, but if I have to finish, then it's not a bad way to finish, coming to your local enemies and scoring a goal that's helped us get a 4-1 win.

I am fearing the worst, unfortunately - I have been injured before plenty of times so I know the scenario and I haven't got a great hope.

After being knocked out of the Champions League, which was a huge disappointment, the players sat down, had a meeting and said that the only way to get over that defeat was to win the UEFA Cup. That situation hasn't changed.

I shook her hand and I was just looking at her ts.

I'm not selling the club to him any more. I don't think I have to - the tough part was getting him here. We all said that, if we were to get him here, he would take to the football club, the area and the people. I think he's done that. The people have certainly taken to him - not only on the football pitch, but off it as well. They've made him feel very welcome and he's grateful for that. He likes the area, which I think is a big plus.

There's been a lot of changes, you have to ask others why. Ideally, you'd want a manager for years and years. But whoever comes in inherits a great club, which has always had financial backing from the board and fantastic supporters. That's never been a problem.

I work with him every day and I don't see any desire missing. I hope that's the start of a run for Alan.

It's a huge game for us. Defeat is not worth thinking about.

We're in a relegation battle. Anyone who doesn't see it like that isn't seeing it correctly. I've known people deny these situations before.

Football's not just about scoring goals - it's about winning.

We battled away at times, but we are not creating chances and that is very disappointing,

Glenn is the one who gets us up. He is the one who is preparing the team, who is coaching us and who is talking to us before and after games. He deserves all the credit and we now have something to go for for the rest of the season. I can only hope we can repay him and all the supporters.

It would be absolutely huge, as it would be for 95 percent of the Premiership clubs. I've spoken to him and tried to convince him. We're in there fighting for him.

That's the way he manages. He was like that when he was appointed and he won't change so people shouldn't complain,

One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best.

At times they don't like you to kick them and they feel you're not allowed to kick them.

It was a blatant dive. There was absolutely no contact and I thought that at the time.

When you give quality teams a two goals start like we have done, against Manchester United and Liverpool, then more often or not you are not going to get back.

We have to kick on now and go on a run of games unbeaten,

It's been far too long that this club has been without silverware, but we've got a great chance to change that,

We go there with confidence, but we know there is a very fine line between success and failure in this game.

It is hard because it looks as if it (their goal) is handball. But that is the way things are going for us at the moment but we have got to stick together and work hard.

It's a very good win, there was a lot of pressure on us for obvious reasons. We proved tonight we mean business. We want to go all the way and win it.

I've always said I'd like to give management a crack one day, but I'm not ready for this big club yet. It's a massive club with a great following and whoever gets it right will have great job on their hands because it is a big, big football club.

There's no doubt he can finish as top scorer, and I sincerely hope he does. I would be more than happy is Michael were to take that away from me.

I'm sure the public will be behind us. We all realize it's going to be a tough fight. We've got to roll our sleeves up and get three points tomorrow. We've got 26 points, we've got to have 29 by the time Saturday night comes along. Once we get on the pitch it's up to us.