No manager in the world gets good results all the time and you know there's people always ready to have a snipe. In fact I'm my own biggest critic, I really am. Because my own standards are so high, I criticise myself behind the scenes more than perhaps I should, according to people who know me well.

I didn't say them things that I said.

When a player gets to 30, so does his body

The old adage that you shouldn't change a winning team doesn't apply in modern international football because managers have to study the opposition and pick players who exploit their weaknesses.

International football is one clog further up the football ladder

There's not much who would have hit him [Fabio Capello] in the eye and made him put his hat on.

Everton are now hitting the ropes running.