Bob Murray
Bob Murray
appointed ball few full hope incredibly kevin last manager season supporters supportive thank tolerant until
We have appointed Kevin Ball caretaker manager until the end of the season and hope that supporters will give him their full backing. Sunderland supporters have been incredibly tolerant and supportive in the last few months, which have been very difficult. I would also like to thank them for that.
case declaring doors happens hopes hurt open takes terribly throw ugly whatever
I think they're doing whatever it takes for them to make a case for declaring impasse in hopes that they'll throw open the doors and see what happens from there. It's going to be an ugly, ugly process, and I think the game's going to get hurt terribly in the process.
ball fans full hope kevin
We hope fans will give Kevin Ball their full backing.
approach bring camp common continuing extra guess guy hopefully properly quick suspension work
I guess the more common approach has been, if they feel a guy has come in and isn't properly conditioned, they would bring him into camp and have him do extra work. We have disagreed with the suspension and are continuing to work at resolving it. Hopefully we can find a quick and amicable resolution.
fighting flight retain scenario stage start status top
At the start of the season, our worst-case scenario was still to be fighting to retain top flight status at this stage of the season.
continuing suspension work
We have disagreed with the suspension and are continuing to work at resolving it.
add badly club field manager obviously points struggles
Obviously a club that struggles as badly as this one on the field for points there is going to be speculation about the manager and its way forward. I do not want to add to that speculation.
last program separated
Last year, we started a JV program and separated the JV from the varsity. I was able to concentrate on the varsity and that helped. That made the program.
last program separated
Last year, we started a JV program and separated the JV from the varsity, ... I was able to concentrate on the varsity and that helped. That made the program.
attract players pool quality small talent tough winning work
We're a small school, under 500. My talent pool to attract players is small. If you don't have a winning program, it's tough to attract quality athletes. It's a work in progress.
believe game girls heels later won
That first game got the girls to believe in themselves, ... Later on, we were just tipping it over to them. We got them on their heels and won the game with the tip.
ahead club looking season successor taking time
Looking ahead we will be taking our time to appoint a successor for what will be another very important season for the club in 2006.
half indication
I think the first half is an indication of what we could be,
add discuss future
I don't want to add to the speculation surrounding the manager's future and I don't want to discuss that.