George Burley Quotes (40 Quotes)

This was too good an opportunity to turn down once I found out he was available as he has played at the highest levels and has an immaculate CV.

The Polish guy was a lad I really wanted to bring to the club because he has smashing ability but unfortunately we've been unable to prise him away. He is a top-class player. One of the best in Poland.

Saul did well in the first couple of matches of the season but he knows there is competition for places now,

Sir Clive has been a world class coach in a different sport...but at the end of the day I think with any football club it's a team.

Roman took a kick on his foot and won't make tomorrow night and we will have to wait and see how the others are later in the week,

He should be able to start training next week all going well which is good news as initially we thought it could have been a cracked rib because he was passing blood and was in a lot of pain. That's why the hospital kept him in overnight, but all going well he will now come into contention for the Celtic match.

When the fourth official put two minutes up I just thought blow your whistle because you could feel that as soon as we conceded the first goal we were jittery and worried.

There have been a lot of changes and there were a lot of players I felt it was time to move on. There was a lot of discontent in the squad when I arrived and we had to start afresh. We need to work hard and stick together. When I came here I felt there wa

Peter worked hard. He's taken his time to find his feet in this division. Coming from abroad, it's never easy but he worked hard for his goal.

The fact he is one of the top keepers in Britain at the age of 22 speaks volumes for him as keepers don't normally reach their prime until they are about 26 or 27 years old.

This milestone will be a tremendous achievement for the lad,

It's possibly my fault as United maybe took it for granted we were going to let him go. But the decision has to come from the board and I have no qualms in them wanting to keep hold of Neil and I'm happy to have him here.

He'll undergo keyhole surgery and after that it is a question of him recovering and getting himself back into training. It looks like it will be four to six weeks out for the boy, but to be honest we are only guessing. We'll take it as it comes.

I feel for the boy but the club has to come first,

I'm looking forward to seeing the boy play. The contacts I have in Brazil rate the player very highly, ... He's a young player with a lot of potential who's very good on the ball. It could be very exciting but we're not getting carried away.

I get on very well with Mr Romanov and we have a workable relationship. We're both coming from the same place - and that's to make Hearts successful. The only difference compared to what I'm used to is in transfer dealings. I can live with that. My everyday routine running this club is absolutely fine. I'm really enjoying it as far as training matters, picking the team and changing things on and off the field. I've been given a free role and feel we've come a long way over the past couple of months on and off the field.

Alexander is a current Swedish international who is looking to go to the World Cup finals.

I was very keen for Dennis to stay but he came in on Saturday morning and said he didn't think it was right to stay on and I wished him all the best. Dennis was disappointed, which is understandable, but he can still do a good job on the football field. At the end of the day he has got to be mentally right and he told me he wasn't and you have to respect his decision. He's been a great professional.

Walcott looked lively. He did well on a number of occasions and made a great run for the penalty.

He is a young player so there is a lot of scope for improvement. He is not the finished article, so we had to look carefully at him. He will be a good asset to the squad, and he has good credentials.

We have a very good relationship. But I pick the team and that will never change, no matter what players come to the club.

I left the club in as good a position as it ever has been in,

Julien was released from hospital yesterday and the good news is that all the tests came back clear,

The situation is a major concern for us. We face a very difficult game without one of our main players and we don't have a lot of options in that area. Roman's operation was successful but the hard work starts for him now.

If you look at the Old Firm squads now, there's no comparison, ... I don't feel we're anything like as strong as them. We're still short of feeling we can compete with them but that remains our target. In saying that, if we can bring in a few more players, who knows

We are trying to strengthen the squad as much as possible. There are a number we are still looking at for January and we will have to wait and see how things develop but I am hoping to improve things as we still have a wee bit to go.

They will be in the squad. We will look at things nearer the time but the team has done very well and I've been very pleased with them.

We have plenty of back-up on the left-hand side so we have let Joe speak to Leicester.

I thought in the first half we were excellent. We got one goal and could have got a number more. Hibs were on top for a spell at the start of the second half, but after our second goal there was only going to be one winner.

ongoing issue which has proved impossible to resolve.

I hope to be here for a long time. I've got a contract for two and a half years. We are building something.

I don't know what will happen tomorrow. I might not be here myself, who knows I won't guarantee anything, but as far as I'm aware nothing has changed. We're planning ahead with Theo at the club. He's done very well for us and we want to keep him for as long as possible. He's a fantastic talent. When you've got a talent like that there is always going to be speculation but the kid handles it well - he's experienced it for the past six months.

It's a smashing club and the response I've got from people has been very positive. Clive is a world class coach in a different sport. He's looked at different sports but any football club is a team working together, not an individual. Being able to work with Clive can only help me and Southampton.

We will be working right up until midnight to try and sign the players we want, no doubt about that.

It's always good to get a win in a derby. I said we were short of fitness but we knew there were goals in the team.

Joe knows Craig Levein well and, if the talks work out, it will be a good opportunity for the lad.

He trained yesterday for the first time this week so hopefully he'll be okay.

I am certainly not disappointed to still be at Tynecastle. I love it here and never said I wanted to leave. I'm not the kind of person who will sulk about this. I've had the best times of my career at Hearts and hopefully there are more to come.

One of the new boys, Skacel, must be bearing down on some kind of record at this point. He scored his fifth goal in five consecutive league matches yesterday and is just one behind Henrik Larsson's record in the SPL. Our strikers will get better, fitter and stronger, ... but it's important that other players chip in with goals.

The midfielders scoring goals certainly helps but it's not about one person here it's about the team as a unit and how we work together.