Steve Nicol Good Quotations

It is great that we are able to play Pepe, even though we lose Danny. They play the game slightly differently. Pepe gives us good possession and he will calm things down.

I think we deserve it. We have had some good results at home and away from home. Tonight we should have won, even though we were two down but we felt we could get something. We said at halftime that 30 of the 45 minutes we played some decent stuff and felt we were in charge. There was just a period of eight to 10 minutes where we lost it and they got both their goals. It took a couple minutes after giving up the second one before we got back in it.

I think it's been a steady focus. So far this year we've done it, and we need to continue to do it. It's good to hear the guys think that way; that's where they want to go.

We need to work on keeping the ball more. Physically we are in good shape, and three more weeks will only improve that further.

The worst thing that can happen is for us to be out of the tie by the end of the first game. We need to get the result we are out to achieve and so we need to start by giving nothing away and then working our way into the game and getting forward. We want to keep as good a shape as we can at all times so we have to be talking and passing people on. We don't want players running all over the place, we want to stay with men. If we do that we'll be all right.

(The national team players) are exactly where we thought they would be. They've had good training time behind them, and have given everyone else a boost.