Iain Dowie
Iain Dowie
Iain Dowieis an English-born Northern Irish football manager, former professional footballer and sports television pundit...
bring few hopefully
We are working on a few fronts and will hopefully bring in one or two.
box enjoy hope soft
It's a St Valentine's Day box of chocolates, one that I am going to enjoy and I hope that when I unwrap it it has got a soft centre.
run special
It will have to be a special run but I have always been the optimist.
bit concerned
We were a little bit concerned that we hadn't got more of a lead.
brought built few good including marc reputation
They've brought in a few players, including Marc Nygaard, who built up a good reputation in Italy,
display fireworks plenty
There were plenty of fireworks on the pitch, but the only flares on display were those on Nigel's suit.
andrew concerned crystal deserves far heard johnson palace positive stage tells
As far as I am concerned Andrew Johnson is and will be a Crystal Palace player. We want to get him back in the Premiership where he deserves to play. If at any stage Andrew comes to me and tells me something different, then that is different. But I have only heard positive things from Andrew.
certainly game treated
I was disappointed. You'd always think the FA Cup's a big game - that's certainly how I treated it.
both difficult league likes point respect sure view
It is a very difficult league and it will be very strong. Southampton and Norwich will both be very strong. Then there are the likes of Leeds, Leicester and Wolves. From that point of view we must make sure we have every respect for every team.
ball difficult half minutes passed second surface
I thought we were excellent, particularly in the first half and then for 25 minutes of the second half. On a difficult surface I thought we passed the ball very well.
environment running week
I think that in a week to 10 days, he could be back in the running environment.
ball gives hardly hopefully kicked missed option problem towards
Hopefully we are getting towards the end of the problem because we've missed Danny. He gives us a different option and it's very frustrating because he's hardly kicked a ball for us this year.
five four goals outside rate terrific top
Outside of the top four strikers in the Premiership, I rate him up there as one of the best. He's got five goals for us now and he is doing a terrific job.
time
He did brilliantly for us in the time he was here,