Nigel Worthington Quotes (29 Quotes)

Craig's back in today for training and it'll be a case of seeing how he feels after that.

We're always committed to trying to keep our best players at the club, but the size of today's bid coupled with Dean's desire to make the move happen meant that ... we've decided to accept this offer. My thanks to Dean for his contribution and his professionalism during his time at Norwich and wish him all the very best in his future career.

The boy's health comes first and foremost. If he gets the all-clear today, then he'll play tomorrow. If the specialists say he should have a rest, then so be it.

I had a good chat with him and the biggest thing which disappoints me is that he's gone away and the training has been average and low key. That's no help to him in terms of losing fitness. That was noticeable on Sunday.

It's frustrating but Darren had the courage to take it,

Bringing him on a month's loan will help to buy us time while we continue to pursue a long-term striking option.

He is a quality Premier League player and gives us a wealth of experience. Hopefully he can be a part of keeping us in the Premier League.

The Football Club in this situation has been first class. The deal between us and Crystal Palace had nothing in it. It was a family factor, and maybe going back to his home territory had something to do with it.

As it is, there's nothing we can do. It's down to the TV people, the police and whoever else. All you can hope is that the people at the top end of the game start to show more consideration for the supporters.

Johansson is a player that we have monitored for some time but with all transfers it is a case of waiting for something to happen and it being right for the club and player.

It's like your children, you have got to keep entertaining them

The referee was spot on and I've got no complaints. You can't react the way Darren reacted towards the referee. If it's for foul and abusive language, then I support the referee's decision 100 per cent. There's an internal disciplinary situation that will be put in place.

It came off the wrong corner of his head.

I had to rebuild his confidence when he came to us but he's always had belief in his ability. I expect him to carry on scoring as long as he's with us. That's his seventh goal in 12 games since I signed him - and that's a good return at any level.

Jason's got a chance. And it's now up to him - he's got to go out and grasp it with both hands. As I've always said, as one door closes so another one opens.

You'll have to ask the referee about it. He gave the decisions he saw fit to give.

I don't want to sell Dean, he's a big player for us. The board don't want to sell and the supporters don't want to sell either but there's a lot of factors. We've been looking at players anyway and that's with Dean staying at the club. There's a good feel about more than doubling our money but it's all about the game of football and we want points.

There are one or two bits going on, but not a great deal at this moment in time. It's very quiet all round, to be honest, and that's no big surprise. You never get much happening for four weeks or so after the end of the season.

Johansson is a player we've admired for some time. He's experienced, he's got good pace and he's always capable of scoring goals.

We've kept the faith and this was a deserved victory,

I have spoken to Paul and he is now talking to his family and seeing where his future lies, whether it be here or back in Scotland,' said Worthington. Obviously I'm delighted with the way he played today and also the way he performed at Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday when he only knew he would be playing 15 minutes before the game.

Come this stage of the season the result is everything, the performance will come second and it was exactly that today. But the job's to be completed.

He won't play this season. He's just got to look to be ready for the start of pre-season training in the summer - to make sure he's 100 per cent right for that.

That's not a problem. We can all be managers and coaches. I make decisions as I and my coaching staff see it - it's as simple as that.

I can understand that. Some players are freezing out there and we have to turn it around quickly because our aim is still to get promoted.

We've got one or two that are of concern - we'll just have to see how they settle down over the next 36 hours.

We have made decisions on who will come in. There will be a couple of new faces in the starting line-up as we look to experiment. We will be looking to give people an opportunity.

It was a very, very good result, especially after going a goal down. In the end I think we were worthy winners and deserved a bit of luck with the third goal. We had a good result last week and this makes it two good results on the spin so we've got to keep that going.

The simple fact is that he is a Norwich City player. He signed a long-term contract in the summer.