Steve Bruce Quotations

There was absolutely no chance of it going ahead and the ref was right to call it off.

Six months is a long time to keep everybody bubbling along, making sure they do not lose their confidence. The big turning point was the humiliation we felt against Liverpool.

I thought he responded like a man. There were no frills about it, but he played his part and I was pleased for him and with his performance.

We were just chasing the game and trying to do something about it. Liverpool picked us off at will...They were a far, far superior team on the night.

Emile's knee has been aggravating him the past few days so we've sent him for a check. Hopefully it's nothing too serious.

In the end it was men against boys.

We've had two opportunities and to give yourself any chance here you have to take one of them and unfortunately for us we didn't.

We've had a good week. We've had a cracking result against Chelsea and Bolton at home and we needed to come away from home and get something.

He's two-footed and you wouldn't know which foot was stronger. We've seen him before score a couple like that, but that was his most important that's for sure.

He's a powerful midfielder player who's very strong in the air. It's his versatility that really appeals.