Terry Butcher Quotations

We can take a lot of confidence from last week as we played well against one of the top teams in the country. We had good possession in good areas, we tested their keeper on a number of occasions. We need to be more ruthless in front of goal but we can take a lot of confidence into this week's game against Celtic.

They were angry at the way things had gone. There was a bit of ranting and raving and people having a go at each other. We had to calm them all down. They knew that a lot of the Celtic players were here in May. At 3-1 they now had the perfect opportunity to get four, five and six goals. To rub our noses in it.

Steve has a good grounding in the game and this is a big opportunity for him.

The search committee worked diligently in reviewing almost 70 applications for the position. After the field was narrowed, and face-to-face interviews were conducted, the committee selected three very strong candidates.

I had my speech all prepared. I've said it so many times about not getting our just desserts, not getting what we should out of the game, blah blah. So when Stephen scored it was wonderful.

They were going on about how they had been stung by criticism from all quarters and told us they were going to take the game by the scruff of the neck. England did not show that. The longer it went on, the more belief Northern Ireland got. They had a great attitude, great pace and great fighting qualities.

In my opinion, his best position is midfield, the holding position in front of the defenders, but he will have to wait for that one, I think.

The lads were in tears because we had come so close again. It is hard to take after putting so much into the game.

I have always been a big fan of Kris. Signing him is a major piece of Rangers jigsaw completed now. He always seems to score against us when he was at Kilmarnock. I have no doubts he is going to be one of the top players in this country. He is going to keep improving with the good players around him at Rangers and will get into the Scotland squad. The world's his oyster.

It looked harsh. I will watch it on the video and if it warrants an appeal, then we will do so.