Steve McClaren Quotes on Time (8 Quotes)

You need a performance from your defenders and from your goalkeeper, and that's the performance we got. In defining moments, Mark made vital saves at the right time, and that's what we needed.

The goalkeeper pulled off two great saves at the right time, and you don't win football matches unless you keep clean sheets.

A week is a long time in politics and even longer in football at times. We have had an eventful couple of months. But credit the players for this win. Through all the criticism, all the performances and the results, we have always stuck together. There has always been a great spirit and it rewarded us today.

With Roma scoring before half-time, it opened up the game and we knew the next goal was going to be very important. With half an hour to go, that's a long time, and it was the longest 30 minutes I've had for a long, long time.

But he does that sort of thing in training all the time. He is a special player.

Losing Franck is another blow. It's typical of our luck at the present time, and all the more ironic that he did with the last tackle of the game against Man City.

Management is easy when you are winning. It is a bit tougher when you are not. The mark of a good manager is how you get through the bad times. He has done a fantastic job here over the last season or so but now is the time to hold his nerve and not panic.

So after those, that is the time to judge and time to put your opinion forward, but in a little bit more of an educated manner.