Dominic Kinnear Quotations

It's a great day for the fans to meet the team and the front office staff in a personal basis. It's a good step to build a strong bond and relationship with our fans. Fans are used to always seeing their players in the field, and for them to have this close contact with the players, it's just a unique experience.

I don't think we played our best game tonight. The effort was there but obviously guys can't play brilliant every week. However, we're always playing for three points. The guys push each other for that - they're a proud group.

It's good that we get to start off at home. We're going to try and make home a very hard place to play (for other teams).

From the forwards to the defenders to the goalie, everybody is committed to making life difficult for the opposing players.

When you have consistent health, you have consistent results.

That'll give us time to talk things over (with the players). Everyone will play. The guys who will start the game were guys who started a lot of games last year.

I think Alexi and Frank and I all value the same things in players. We want guys who fit into a system, who are willing to play their role. I think they like each other, and you see it out on the pitch.

More than likely we're looking to balance it out again.

As far as I know, the players haven't been talking about it; maybe with their families at home, but not around here (the stadium, practice facility, etc.). The only people who have brought it up are the media.

They hit the crossbar there and that was a scary moment, but you've got to give them credit.