Alan Curbishley Quotations

There has not really been a lot going on for Stephan, he has not had many saves to make. I want to have a look at him. He is a young keeper and is gaining valuable experience. When Dean comes back he will be sitting on the bench, he has not done that before.

There was a chance of a real upset today and other teams have done it to us before. But we were determined and finished the game off.

It has been a deliberate decision on my part to forget completing talks for now.

If you look at the amount of games we have drawn then it's about average, but they've just all come at the same time. The clean sheets have helped us back on track. Now that we've tightened up I want us to get back to being more fruitful in front of goal and start scoring some more.

When you play the top four away, you need your goalkeeper to get 11 out of 10 and that's what Thomas did for us. He made some great saves and showed a bit of composure and gave us belief that we could pick something up here.

Then we got the bonus of the goals, which gave us something to hold on to and in the second half we were not under that much pressure.

The player wanted to come to us and we are very pleased to welcome him.

It is easy for other clubs to talk about their money. The manager has them organized and disciplined. They prepare and they work hard.

It was a great night for us and a great achievement. Who knows what will happen in the next round. It was a night for the fans, but I would swap it for a home win in the league.

Timing is everything, and we will have to wait and see what happens in the future. You look at it, but you have got to be offered it.