I don't drop players. I make changes.

I have not been short of invitations to other clubs and have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool.

At a football club, there's a holy trinity - the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don't come into it. They are only there to sign the checks.

Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple.

I have always had the deepest respect for Bill Nicholson as a person and as a manager. The Spurs boss is an honest Yorkshireman and you will go a long way before finding a straighter character than that. Bill has never wavered in his determination to give White Hart Lane fans the best.

We are a team. We share the ball, we share the game, we share the worries.

Its great grass at Anfield, professional grass.