Graeme Souness Quotes (70 Quotes)

God has given him an attitude that he can deal with anything football throws at him, and although it is going to be a very special day tomorrow, he will deal with it.

I am not in on the conversations with the agents and clubs that we are trying to buy players from, but we need a couple of goal-getters to take the burden off Alan.

These games are just Mickey Mouse matches and an absolute nightmare for managers like myself,

I've said that we need to improve our play in the final third and if Luque comes in then he'll help us to do that.

I'm a big boy and I've been around the block a few times,

I think we can only benefit. The world of football does not feel he was a failure in Madrid, but I know the animal we're dealing with and he still feels he's got a point to prove.

I don't think we'll be the only club who are monitoring Michael's situation at Real Madrid.

It's no secret who his first and second choice are,

God forbid if anything was to happen to Alan Shearer. If it did we'd be in terrible trouble. I don't think anybody needs me to tell them how disastrous that would be.

We've got the international break coming up, though, so hopefully all but Luque will be ready after that. I'll look forward to that because as a manager you want to have tough decisions to make. The team has been picking itself this season but with a fully fit squad then I'll be confident we can push up the table and get to an area in the table where we want to be.

So what happens when they come back with recommendations, do you think we're going to listen to them I'm not going to say any more on the matter.

We had a lot of the ball but did nothing with it. I think we got everything the players could give tonight.

It certainly wasn't confrontational, we went for a cup of coffee and discussed general things about the playing side.

We are still pursuing, we are still active in certain areas. These people we are after are people who were on the list I gave to the chairman a long time ago.

He'll get goals here, ... I am absolutely delighted. He was our first choice. And we've got him. We've bought an upfront, honest guy who is also a top class player. The dressing room at Newcastle United will be even stronger. We have really done the business today.

The dressing-room has to be filled with good characters. This is his football club.

This is a mighty blow. It is an absolute disaster for Michael Owen and an absolute disaster for the club.

I don't think I've done anything wrong. I know that I've brought some very good players to this football club and I know that we've been desperately unlucky in terms of injuries, but I'm sticking at it.

I am sorry he didn't see his long term future with us,

We want more of the same from our back four tomorrow. We know that if we can keep Portsmouth out we have the players who can score goals at the other end,

It was evident, even before I came to the club, that one day very soon they were going to have to come up with a lot of money and a very special player that was going to replace Alan,

This was the first game since last November where I've had decisions to make about who to leave out. The team has picked itself up until this day,

It's been a nice, normal quiet week it's been life at Newcastle United. But we've got to put it behind us. The important thing is to try and get a result.

There were a couple of fine goals from Michael Owen and Alan Shearer gets one as well - but there are no surprises there,

I'm sure Michael is really looking forward to going back and showing his old public what they are missing. He's exactly what we thought we were getting he can sniff goals out of nothing, and that's what makes him such a very, very special player.

Craig's not in the squad tomorrow and I'd like to talk about the game we've got tomorrow,

I understand that on Monday, our final offer was rejected, so I think that one is finished, unfortunately. We have made a fantastic offer for the player and really, there is a limit on how much you can spend on one player.

No one benefits other than a few quid in the coffers of the respective FA. It's just so outrageous that in the modern game this can happen. You'd be far better just having a get-together for a bit of bonding.

The next game cannot come quickly enough for us, ... It is a big game. It is time to roll our sleeves up. We need to have a real go and make sure in the next game we come out throwing punches.

Given the history of hamstrings here we're not going to take a risk if we felt it was going to damage it further.

One of my best friends in football, who is deeply involved with Spanish football, believed to be television pundit Michael Robinson said he would put his hand in the fire as far as his personality goes,

When you raise both feet off the ground in a tackle these days, you are facing trouble. I think, especially away from home, when you lift your feet and launch yourself at someone you are risking everything. That's the game today.

I am not going to talk about the referee. If you speak your mind, you end up in trouble, so I'm not going to speak about him and the same goes for my players.

I firmly believe we have a cracking dressing room now where nothing is off-limits in terms of what we discuss and what we can say to each other, and it is taken the correct way.

We have had a week where we have tried to sign a couple of quality players and it has not happened but we have still a bit of time left in the transfer window,

He's Alan Shearer the mother hen. He's got to look after them all out on there on the pitch.

It's a mighty blow. It's an absolute disaster for him and an absolute disaster for the club. It's a dark day for us.

Our supporters have to understand that there is a player in there waiting to come out and he came out today,

It would be nice if Alan was to get the record. I hope he scores the winner.

Kieron says he feels better now than at any time and that's encouraging. He has been extremely determined and shown strength of character, considering all the stories about him. It must have been, and is, a worrying time for him until he gets games under his belt. He deserves credit.

He is contracted to Real Madrid and it won't be him that makes that decision. No player can make that decision,

My intention is to have a word with the chairman and extend Lee's contract until the end of this season,

We are badly lacking pace in the team at present. Kieron will give us that.

Let me make something perfectly clear, there is no chance of me resigning.

I hope you've all enjoyed your breakfast. My relationship with the chairman is fine for my part you'd have to speak to him about how he sees it but, for me, it's not changed since I first walked through the door. He most definitely had a point yesterday but while I think you should always remain positive and focused in this business it would be wrong of me to ignore the dangers we face. I can count to 20.

Scott went to see a specialist in London and it was felt he may have a damaged cartilage so it was best to have the operation done sooner rather than later. It's another blow for the club and the player, but these are the cards we have been dealt, and we have to stick together and get on with things. It's a shame for Scott because he has been our best player this season and to lose him is a blow for everyone concerned.

In everybody's eyes, although he was not a failure at Madrid, I think deep down, given his personality, he will feel as though he failed in Madrid,

I have to say there's a great deal of criticism flying about,

He will have his operation tomorrow and he will be out for three months.

Michael is an honest man and they Liverpool were his first choice. But it wasn't to be. I would like to think that he will want to go back there and show them what they are missing.