Steve Bruce Quotes (47 Quotes)

You guys in the media use this word 'pressure'. You lose two games and you are under pressure. It's absolute nonsense. Laughable. But that's the territory we're in.

The kick in the teeth was the hideous mistake we made in conceding that first goal.

We had to restore the attitude of being hard to beat. Over the past 18 months we've tried to change that philosophy because you try to improve by getting in better players and trying to play more open, attractive football. We had to go back to basics and to do that I had to rely on players who have been with me a long time. I always know what I'm going to get off them and they gave everything they could.

It's damaged us, let's hope not beyond repair.

Ultimately it will be Kenny's decision. We'll review the situation at Christmas. He has been a fantastic servant for us and Ireland and he is good enough to carry on after this season.

He was sensational and we all know what a talent he is. For the last few weeks he has started to play well again, which is very, very good for us and let's hope he can carry on doing that.

You could understand Emile's frustration. That's why he reacted the way he did.

It's so frustrating. I'm convinced we would stay up if players like those two were available but we have got to be realistic now. In my head I'm just dismissing them.

We have done everything we can to support him. But we cannot live his life for him.

We've been battered all week, and at least (the players) have responded. We showed courage to take them on.

He had it at half time but we're hoping we've caught it in time and it's not too serious.

Kenny Cunningham is in a similar position to Roy. He's good enough to carry on playing a few seasons. He doesn't drink or smoke and he's the first in to training every morning.

Clemence will not play again this season. He has torn his hamstring and you are looking at 28 days out of action with such an injury which basically takes you up to the end of the season.

He has scored goals all of his life and in his career at the top level, and we expect him to do exactly the same.

We were just chasing the game and trying to do something about it. Liverpool picked us off at will...They were a far, far superior team on the night.

I would like to strengthen defensively. We are very light there but I am not going to hold my breath. We've had a bit of money to spend, there is a bit left but I don't think we are really close at the moment.

We've seen Jiri score a couple of goals like that before but that was his most important, that's for sure. It was huge result.

I don't know if I could have played the game today.

Too often we are reading about him on the wrong side of the newspaper-he should be on the back pages, not the front.

We've got four games left and we aren't going to give up the ghost. We have given ourselves a fighting chance with the way we performed in the previous three games and the lads gave everything today as well.

I thought he responded like a man. There were no frills about it, but he played his part and I was pleased for him and with his performance.

I'm disappointed by the owner's criticism. I don't think that should be aired in public. But he is the owner of the club and you have to respect what he says. He is entitled to his opinion.

They have just gone out of Europe so I am convinced they will want to try and win this competition, that's for sure. Whatever team they put out, when Man United come to town, it is going to be a tough, tough game but one that we will relish and we will look forward to the challenge.

It's been a long, long, time since he scored and I'm delighted for him too. This time last year, he went on his best run of form and I hope he does it again.

It was never a classic, but when you're the away team coming to a place like Fulham then you're pleased to come away with something.

With my mother being Irish it was a close call. I nearly went, but I decided against it as we were going to be hindered as a club at Manchester United with the five foreigners rule.

I'm delighted for the young lads. It was a horrible night and the ball was swerving all over the place in atrocious conditions. It takes a little bit of time to settle. A few of them haven't played at this level. I thought the reaction was terrific after Reading equalized.

Six months is a long time to keep everybody bubbling along, making sure they do not lose their confidence. The big turning point was the humiliation we felt against Liverpool.

The good thing is we are more hopeful about Nicky Butt. His hamstring injury is not as severe. You are normally out for 10-14 days with a small strain and he possibly could be available for the Villa game.

Unfortunately, we gave away some terrible goals.

I do not want to give Robbie Savage any more publicity. I am fed up to the back teeth with him.

I would like to thank the fans personally for the backing they've given us this season. They're a wonderful bunch and even in times of huge disappointment, they stuck right with it.

He's been a massive, massive loss.

There was absolutely no chance of it going ahead and the ref was right to call it off.

We were in it up until the second half when we gave the penalty away. At this level you cannot make elementary mistakes like that.

It's going to be a tough winter, but I'm confident we can pull through.

There is no magic formula, we have just got our bigger and better players available again.

He's given his best all-round performance since he's come to the club and led from the front.

Meanwhile, the global commodities market, always at the mercy of rainfall, appears to be adjusting to the stormy weather. A lot of people have already banked on some El Nino problems, ... And they're already long. So they're already in bed expecting some problems. Might not happen.

We're seeing a lot of speculative money coming in. Anyone who's bought in this market on the belief of El Nino devastation has lost money.

The problem we have is that we are too honest in the Premiership. The rules are applied to the extreme. We all know the referee was right under the laws to show the red card, but I'm convinced he would rather have shown just yellow. It killed the game as a spectacle because in the first half hour I thought we were fractionally the better side.

I went to watch Preston against Sheffield United and people are putting two and two together although, of course, it was an ideal opportunity to see the lad (Nugent).

We were near pandemonium conditions in the spring and summer when we realized that, yes, we were running out of corn at the time. (But) now, we're seeing a 180-degree turn from that.

We fear a rupture of his Achilles. That could leave him out for a long time although we don't want to speculate at this juncture. He has gone to hospital for a scan but we do fear the worst for him.

In his eyes, he's done nothing wrong. He had been to a concert, went for something to eat, went to a VIP party afterwards. Yet therein lies the problem. You can't put yourself in these situations.

Sometimes football kicks you in the teeth. You just have to try and take it on the chin, realize you have been humiliated in front of the nation and your own supporters, and go again tomorrow morning.

In the first 45 minutes we looked a threat every time we went forward and to be fair we could have been four or five goals up and it could have been game over at half-time,