Sven Eriksson
Sven Eriksson
best pick
I'm very open-minded. What is important is that I pick the 23 best players.
chance good pick plan team
It's a big blow, but we still have a very good team and a chance to do OK. When you pick, you pick a squad, and you have to have a plan B.
pick stage
I f we think that at some stage he could take part in the World Cup, then I will pick him.
carry david feels pick worries
If David feels that he doesn't want to do it any more, then we will pick someone else. But if he feels that he is still the best, then he will carry on. I don't have any worries about him.
otherwise pick start
The first thing is that he must start to play ... otherwise I can't pick him. You can't gamble.
brilliant chances created good half second
I know that we can play much better. They went out and did a job. We were brilliant sometimes and created good chances in the first half. They were brilliant in the second half defending. Austria had no good chances to score.
achieving committed full players stress success support
I know that I have the full support of the players and the FA and it is important to stress ... how committed I am to achieving success this summer.
achieving care committed full players stress success support
I know that I have the full support of the players and the FA, and it is important to stress to everyone just how committed I am to achieving success this summer. I care passionately about this job, and I want everyone to know that.
knew yesterday
I knew yesterday that he had more than one fracture. That's what I heard. I don't know what that means, but I'm not that pessimistic.
asked australia avoid easy
It's not an easy group, but it could have been worse, much worse. I asked to avoid the Netherlands and we did that and I asked to avoid Australia and we did that as well.
excellent football game needed serious stuff tonight
That is the serious stuff but tonight was an excellent football game and that is what we needed at this moment.
exactly knew tomorrow until wait
That it was more than one (bone) I knew yesterday. I have to wait until tomorrow to know exactly what is going on.
knew
That it was more than one (bone) I knew yesterday.
against ahead allow critical delighted games ourselves pleased quickly styles teams test
I'm delighted that we have been able to finalize these fixtures quickly and am very pleased with our opponents. These games will allow us to test ourselves against teams with very different styles of play, which is critical ahead of a World Cup.