Martin Jol Quotations

The referee is already wearing an earpiece so why can't we just stop the game and get the decision right,

We did it. We pressed them all the time, we created chances. The only thing we could be disappointed about is that we didn't score more than one goal.

We need a result and we are confident of pulling it off. If we can keep a clean sheet, that will be a big bonus. Then you have got a draw and maybe you score because we are always capable of scoring a goal and that would be an ideal scenario.

Lee said in the dressing room that it was the worst tackle ever and I wouldn't argue with that. It was horrific. He has a badly bruised knee and could be out for a few weeks.

Missing out on Europe would be a big disappointment but I still think we are in with a big chance. After today it will be difficult but we have to be positive.

Maybe it's better to keep his feet on the ground, rather than praising him all the time, but he always plays a big part.

I was shocked this morning to read that he had broken his ankle. I thought maybe he had been in a car accident or something.

But we gave two cheap goals away. That was a big disappointment for me because we only conceded three goals in seven matches before that.

I feel we can still improve further. I don't think we've played to our potential, but you can't expect that yet. We have a lot of new faces and we are jelling together.

I did not even see it, I was watching Edgar Davids. The lad was going down then standing up and for me there's no problem.

I can't remember him picking up a ball.

If Arsenal win all their games then maybe we could have a problem but we don't focus on other teams, we will see what we do between now and the end of the season.

If we are a bit cleverer we can win these sorts of games. Last year we could not do it and I think we have improved in certain areas and it showed.

I always like to play with a settled team. If you see my teams I always play with the same if they are fit,

He would not have played as many games for Liverpool, Chelsea or Manchester United.

He will take three or four weeks to recover so of course he will be fit for the World Cup.

He has been involved in three of the four goals we have scored so far (this season), so that is very pleasing,

He has played at PSV for three years and was in the South Korea side which reached the semi-finals of the World Cup,

He is a big player and the one we wanted. He's one of the most successful players of the last decade.

We've got to play Manchester United on Monday and if we still have a gap next Saturday, fine.

He is one of the most versatile midfielders, a playmaker, a ball-winner with great stamina and huge charisma,

There are so many aspects at a football club which support the playing side and it is important to have someone to focus on these at the club. He is highly rated in his field and I am delighted that he has chosen to come to us. I am looking forward to working with him and have told him that it is a great time to be joining this club.

It is a cliche in England, but that is what we were shouting about before the game - getting back to winning ways. This is exactly what we need - a win.

I thought for a long time on Friday night about whether I should play them all but in some cases I did not have other options,

I thought Carrick was outstanding -- he mastered the midfield. But everyone knows what I think of him so I don't need to keep praising him,

I think we punished ourselves. I can't remember a game in which we played so well and we're still 2-0 down. The first goal was lack of experience and then they had a break. It is a big disappointment because we had five chances before that. You cannot give away goals against top sides.

I still have a bad taste about the first goal. In Europe there won't be a lot of linesmen giving this as a goal. You can't tell your defenders to keep a high line if they are given goals like this.

I think if England play at the top of their game they are a better side (than Holland). But they didn't do that and we did.

We played ever so well. We had the best 20 minutes of our season and had five or six big chances. They had a break, their second goal was a mistake by us, but we should still have scored two or three goals.

We had to take a gamble and make a decision to use three forwards. We believed in it and it's a very important away win for us. But we gave two cheap goals away. That was a big disappointment for me because we only conceded three goals in seven matches before that.

We had to take a gamble and make a decision to use three forwards,

We know that so many other clubs would love to lure him from us so we are really pleased he has agreed a new deal.

We aren't scoring goals, and we don't look like scoring goals, which is even worse and is not good enough,

We have a terrific young squad but we lack a winning mentality which you can only get through experience. He has the mentality to help us make a big step. Everybody tells me we have the players, but we have to prove it. Away from home we have to do better. Edgar can help us.

The pressure is on Manchester United to win the Premiership, but we felt we could win. While I still expect Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool to finish in the top four, maybe we are not far away.

We are above them in the league now and hopefully we can stay in that position,

We played well in the first half but needed a second goal because we did not kill them off, and Robbie Keane got it.

We still have nine games -- four home, five away - and against rivals as well so it will be exciting stuff until the end.

We want to keep our best players and Robbie is certainly an influential player. All the speculation can stop now. Robbie is important to us, a real team player and my second captain. He is a leader.

Without playing really well, we were solid. We now have to live up to expectations,

When we played United away we were satisfied with a draw. Arsenal at home we played very well in the first half and had a draw. It was OK but we still didn't get the result.

The red card killed the game, it changed everything. I woke up this morning and thought we could really beat Chelsea and I thought we played fantastically for the first 25 minutes,

The red card killed the game. And I don't think the decision was correct. I think he was only trying to protect himself.

We had the chances, I can't complain about that. It is all about scoring goals.

It was the start of a little stress fracture but it wasn't yet. If we'd played him (at Arsenal last week) it would have been. Probably he can play in the last match.

Anthony is probably out for a couple of months. Hopefully it will be six or seven weeks but the doctor thinks it is quite a bad one. It's a bit sad because Anthony was doing so well and had played in all the games so far.

This is definitely my worst moment since coming here,

This is one of the biggest clubs in Europe and I want to be a part of its history.

They said he had a minor tear in his cartilage but I had one of them and couldn't walk. Sometimes you have to exercise your other muscles and he has done that so well that there is no problem now. He couldn't have an operation at the end of the season anyway because he wants to go to Germany.

This must be one of the biggest upsets in the Carling Cup but that's what you can expect losing to a team like that.

At first I thought it was an elbow and then he did the same - leading with his arm in a challenge on Michael Dawson,

Aaron's only just turned 18 but I've selected him in all our important games and he will be a big player in the future. I'm delighted with how we played but I really think the top four clubs in England will finish in the top four places: Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool. That's what I believe but, if we keep going like this, you never know.

It's a big disappointment. Even if we had got a point it would have felt like a nice, warm, sunny afternoon. Instead we're all disappointed. We thought this could be a really big day for us.

It's a big disappointment because I think the second-half we scored an early goal, so maybe a draw would be a deserved one. But would couldn't do that.

It's a big blow to us. But we have to go to Arsenal now and get a result.

It was frustrating that we had a man sent off because it killed the game. I don't think the referee made the right decision.

It was frustrating that we had a man sent off,

It was Edgar's first game for months and he was a hero,

It was signed earlier this week when the chairman came back from America,

It's a bit sad because Anthony was doing so well. He has looked fitter than ever and played all the games so far.

It must be a long time since Arsenal were happy to end a game with a draw.

It's a huge blow to the 25-year-old after he'd started every game so far this season,

It's more about Wayne Bridge than us. He wants to play and we never guarantee players they'll play.

It looks as if it could be a bad one, but we'll have to wait and see. It's a great shame for Anthony because he has done well this season.

It should all be sorted out before the end of the season. He wants to stay and although we have not sorted out the financial side, that should happen in the next couple of weeks.

Damien has excellent scouting networks in Europe and around the world.

Even when you play at home you have to get the confidence of the crowd back and I think we did that.

Everyone below us would like to swap places with us. All the games are finals for us now but if we have the same effort as today then we are in with a big chance.

Everybody is fighting for a European spot, and every game is a big fight. Today, I think we were a bit fortunate.

Everybody is entitled to get a good deal and he is trying to do that. He will tell you that he has got another two and a half years on his contract. That is a long time, but it works both ways. If he signs he will be better off and if he is not signing he will be in the same situation. He will still be here for at least next season.

Everybody wants us to be in the Champions League because that would be unbelievable. This is in our hands. But we are there and that is the main thing.

The board and (chairman) Daniel Levy are meeting and I will wait and see what Frank says,

It was a great result. We made it difficult for ourselves but if it was not for James we would have scored three, four or five goals.

I still believe if we win four or five games out of the last nine we'll be fine. Now we're in fourth position we're going for it.

They are very strong at home. It will be very difficult and ideally we would have had a bigger gap.

They'll want to bounce back after the disappointment. And it was a big disappointment because they had to play with 10 men in the home game.

They'll want to bounce back after the disappointment.

It was a frustrating afternoon for us but I'm so proud of the lads because you can easily lose a game like this four or five nil, but they kept on fighting and digging in and really tried to play.

I'm focussed on this club. This is my first club as a manager and I love this club. My plan is to stay here.

If the referee didn't see it, other people make decisions on it and that is OK with me because he caught him.

If you have two small strikers against two big centre-backs, then you need to move to cause them problems,

In the last home game Defoe and Keane played well.

In the second half we dropped off and they played well. We needed that second goal because they had two clear cut chances and in the end it could have been a draw.

Before the game we would have taken this result because we had a few key players injured and this was our fourth match in nine days,

Hopefully he will only be out for another two weeks but it could be three weeks.

He took a kick to his shin in training and he won't recover in time. It's too sore.

If he can play with the pain it will be okay - but it is a problem.

If he is cuddling him then I would be a bit frustrated, that's for sure.

I am not a liar! Irrespective of all the rights and wrongs of the situation, I don't think a manager should behave like that.

I'm the same as maybe six or seven people in every ten - I can't take f***ing criticism.

Robbie Keane's not the second choice, he's my first choice. But Jermain Defoe is as well.

You know our philosophy, we want young players at this club and if they are already internationals like Jermaine it is always a very good thing for us.

You can't put pressure on our young players, saying we have to qualify for the Champions League. If they do, it's all right with me. But the main thing for me is to play good football. Then the results will come anyway.

The Egyptian manager is arriving and we will talk with him about the situation. Normally, you have to let him go on January 5 but we want to let him go on the 14th.

The coach must fit our profile -- a coach who understands the Dutch league and offensive and distinctive football. We need to find a solution soon, so someone is in place for next season.

The first 20 minutes was the best we have played since I have been manager. We punished ourselves. I may exaggerate a bit but I can't remember a game where we have played so well yet found ourselves two-nil down.

And Chelsea are the only team who have beaten us at home in eight months.