George Burley
George Burley
George Elder Burleyis a Scottish football manager and former player...
concern difficult face game hard main major operation options players situation starts successful work
The situation is a major concern for us. We face a very difficult game without one of our main players and we don't have a lot of options in that area. Roman's operation was successful but the hard work starts for him now.
hopefully light saturday start training week
Michal will hopefully start some light training this week but Saturday will probably be too early.
goal half number second spell start top
I thought in the first half we were excellent. We got one goal and could have got a number more. Hibs were on top for a spell at the start of the second half, but after our second goal there was only going to be one winner.
home hopefully start tests training weekend
Julien is still having some tests done but he's going home for the weekend and will hopefully start training with us on Tuesday.
arrived came changes discontent dozen felt games hard maybe move players playing size squad start stick time unhealthy work
There have been a lot of changes and there were a lot of players I felt it was time to move on. There was a lot of discontent in the squad when I arrived and we had to start afresh. We need to work hard and stick together. When I came here I felt there was an unhealthy size of squad, if you get maybe a dozen players not playing games it's too many.
blood celtic contention cracked good hospital initially kept news next passing start training week
He should be able to start training next week all going well which is good news as initially we thought it could have been a cracked rib because he was passing blood and was in a lot of pain. That's why the hospital kept him in overnight, but all going well he will now come into contention for the Celtic match.
certain last missed players transfer
We missed out on certain players during the last transfer window, which was disappointing,
certainly left match options rangers risks taking
We do not have too many options left and we certainly won't be taking any risks with the Rangers match so close.
damage
We don't think there is any ligament damage but there it's a setback for the lad.
bit develop hoping improve january looking number squad strengthen trying wait wee
We are trying to strengthen the squad as much as possible. There are a number we are still looking at for January and we will have to wait and see how things develop but I am hoping to improve things as we still have a wee bit to go.
chairman spoken
I've spoken to the chairman (Rupert Lowe) about it and Theo is going nowhere.
public response
The response from the public has been fantastic.
foot kick later night others roman tomorrow took wait
Roman took a kick on his foot and won't make tomorrow night and we will have to wait and see how the others are later in the week,
competition couple knows matches places season
Saul did well in the first couple of matches of the season but he knows there is competition for places now,