John Brain Quotes (14 Quotes)

We have named our team based on our pre-season friendlies and feel that it is a strong line up to take on Gloucester,

We didn't play very well. It was an ugly win but we'll take the points.

We need to improve as an all-round team, which we're working hard to do,

Our lack of discipline let us down and it does annoy me.

It is a huge, huge game for Leeds because following this game they have to go away to Leicester and Wasps. They are a tremendously committed team and we are under no illusions as to how much they will want to win this game.

We probably took 30 minutes to believe we could actually beat Gloucester.. You can't waste half an hour against them and find yourself 6-0 down.

We would expect to win that game and by a good margin, too. We have done that, but there is room for improvement in our performance - we'll have to be better in Montpellier and Bristol.

We are keen to establish a settled unit.

We have a group of guys who believe they can match anyone in this league but all the margins are very tight.

Saracens are widely tipped for a top-four spot this season, and we always welcome the opportunity to benchmark ourselves against quality opposition -especially at Sixways.

His call up was made all the more surprising because he was not in the EPS,

No one has spoken to Andy and that begs a question about communication. I found it strange that you reduce the squad from 60 to 30 and do not phone people who are not in it and tell them why. If we did something like that to people we would be accused of mismanagement.

I am disappointed for him. Maybe the writing was on the wall when Peter Richards was getting in ahead of him in the Churchill Cup this summer.

We have experienced some injuries during pre-season, but the 22 named are an experienced side and we are looking forward to the match.