Alan Curbishley
Alan Curbishley
Llewellyn Charles "Alan" Curbishleyis an English former football player and manager. He played, as a midfielder for West Ham United, Birmingham City, Aston Villa, Charlton Athletic and Brighton & Hove Albion and has worked in the Premier League in management roles at Charlton Athletic and West Ham United. In December 2013 he was appointed technical director at Fulham only to be removed from the role in February 2014. He again joined Fulham's coaching staff in March 2015...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth8 November 1957
beat everybody game ourselves situation
The situation we find ourselves in, this is a game we can't get beat in and have to win, and if we can do that, then it will give everybody a lift.
chance determined finished game teams today upset
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.
against change game hand pick result saturday
If we get a result on Saturday and pick something up from our game in hand against Newcastle, it can still change our season.
bad believe came clubs couple danger games last run top year
Last year when he came to us, he wanted someone who would believe in him and give him a run in the side. When you play for the top clubs if you have a couple of bad games you are in danger for your place.
ahead cup forward game season
Now we have the cup game ahead to look forward to and keep our season going.
games learning
Darren made one and scored one but it is a learning curve. He has got to think about how to get into games when things are not going so well.
ball confident game passing players
There is a long way to go but the players are confident and are passing the ball around and that was a big game for us today.
concerned contribute enhance far games improve mean perform score scoring week
As far as I'm concerned Darren has just got to keep in Eriksson's face. I don't mean by scoring every week or getting to 20 goals, he just has to perform well and try to improve his game. There are going to be games when he isn't going to score so he has to contribute more in other ways. If he can do that it is only going to enhance his position.
bit difficult far games local perhaps
He is a local ref and perhaps it is something we have to look at. He is not far from us and perhaps when they come into games refereeing their local teams, it is a bit difficult for them.
again chasing defenders ended finish four game goal goals great past players point run second
Once again we ended up chasing the game - but their first goal infuriated me. Their second goal was a great run and finish - but from our point of view, you can't let players go past four defenders like that. The two goals we conceded were avoidable.
amount clean drawn front fruitful games goal helped scoring sheets start
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.
change difficult everybody game head mistake quality
(Chelsea) is powerful, disciplined, well-organized and they have got so many match-winners. If you don't make a mistake like we did for the first goal, they have so much quality that can change a game on its head which is difficult for everybody else.
although confident linked moved publicly sign straight
We moved in straight away, and although he was publicly linked with other clubs, we were always confident we would sign Danny.
follow needs others transfer
Sometimes it just needs one transfer and then others follow on like dominoes.