Graeme Souness
Graeme Souness
Graeme James Sounessis a retired Scottish professional football player and manager...
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We've got the international break coming up, though, so hopefully all but Luque will be ready after that. I'll look forward to that because as a manager you want to have tough decisions to make. The team has been picking itself this season but with a fully fit squad then I'll be confident we can push up the table and get to an area in the table where we want to be.
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We'll see what happens over the next six months, but I certainly wouldn't close any doors. It would have to come from him, but if he's still playing like he has in recent weeks, he has an enormous part to play. I said last year that I do not see a player on the training ground who is ready to pack in and there's nothing that's happened since which suggests that has changed. It's like everything - if you're enjoying it, why stop?
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It looks like Kieron Dyer will be ready for Saturday, though the others aren't ready yet,
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This is a mighty football club with a tremendous tradition and the most important thing is that we come out of this stronger and better and we are more ready for the challenge than we ever have been in my time at the club.
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We have shown an interest in him; we have made an inquiry. He has the most incredible scoring record in Dutch football. Many people have described him as a young Alan Shearer, but whether that's true or not I don't know.
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When you have got a name like that, it's a massive burden to carry around with you, but I am told he is a good player, so we'll have to wait and see.
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To say I am suicidal about the current state of affairs is not far off the mark,
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This was the first game since last November where I've had decisions to make about who to leave out. The team has picked itself up until this day,
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Towards the end of last season, Titus was outstanding for us and I have been very happy with Jean-Alain as well.
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We're hoping we can get him through to November. We have the international break coming up, and that is two weeks, so there is a window there which would be a possibility. Given his track record, and given the way he plays football, I would imagine he would be out for about three weeks.
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We know all about Michael's situation - he is a target. But we also have other targets,
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We tried to get Wayne in on loan before the transfer window closed because it's an area we felt we needed to strengthen,
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We are still pursuing, we are still active in certain areas. These people we are after are people who were on the list I gave to the chairman a long time ago.
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We are still pursuing, we are still active in certain areas,