George Burley
George Burley
George Elder Burleyis a Scottish football manager and former player...
coming easy feet hard peter taken time worked
Peter worked hard. He's taken his time to find his feet in this division. Coming from abroad, it's never easy but he worked hard for his goal.
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.
nearer pleased team time
They will be in the squad. We will look at things nearer the time but the team has done very well and I've been very pleased with them.
hopefully time trained week yesterday
He trained yesterday for the first time this week so hopefully he'll be okay.
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.
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.
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,
difficult point points totally
Every point is important. It's very difficult to say but I think you've got to look at 50 points to be totally safe.