Archive for March, 2010

“If we win our game in hand on most of the clubs around us, I think we jump to 17th,” said the Tranmere Rovers boss Les Parry. “Looking back at the Brighton game the overall performance was not as bad as the result would suggest.”

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“We’re just desperate to get promotion, we need to get back in the Championship as soon as possible and to beat the team in second place was a great result for us. With a big Easter coming up, we’ve given ourselves a great chance of doing it.”

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“Gary Doherty was first class,” said a delighted Paul Lambert. “I thought him and Adam Drury were great. It was a big call to bring Adam back because Michael Rose has been doing well but he was great and Gary was immense.”

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“People tend to forget he’s only 21 and I’ve got to protect him – but as a natural finisher he’s terrific. I thought he was looking a bit tired and I had a chat with him in the week. He was great about it and I thought he was excellent when he came on.”

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“We’ve just got to keep doing the job that we have been doing over the last 30-odd games or whatever since the manager’s come in,” said 28-goal hitman Grant Holt, speaking ahead of tomorrow’s eagerly anticipated Leeds clash. “And if we do that, then we’ll get the points.”

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“The pressure on it is huge and Lenny’s in [Lennon] and I hope he goes on and does great,” said the City boss, one of the early favourites for the vacant Bhoys job. “But regarding myself I’m really happy here – as I’ve said from day one.”

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“It’s a case of getting back to basics and making sure we’re hard to beat, but when we’ve got the ball we have to play with flair and imagination,” said Simon Grayson. “We’re a footballing team and we showed that for the first half of the season.”

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For me, there are three stand-out contenders and a host of others who could also be in the running. And the fact that there are so many worthy candidates shows how well the Canaries have performed in 2009/10.

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“They are a handful and we couldn’t cope,” said a a clearly angry United boss Simon Grayson ahead of that League One humdinger on Saturday. “None of our players won individual battles. We did pass it better in the second half, but it wasn’t good enough.”

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“When they got in front it was tough to come back. But we did,” said County Ground boss Danny Wilson. “There was a lot of good football and endeavour in midfield, and it was a very good match which we’re happy with a point from. We were disappointed to lose the goal at that time, because we’d looked pretty threatening, but to their credit they worked that situation well.”

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