THERE'S NOTHING LIKE POSITIVE THINKING

Last updated : 04 May 2003 By Editor

From The Daily Telegraph

"We have led the whole season and have now given it away with three games remaining.

"One of our major problems this season is that we have not been able to replicate our ability to grind out victories away from home by a single goal for crucial results.

"We want to play the football we enjoy, but sometimes when other sides don't want you to play that way against you, you have to roll up your sleeves and just dig in.

"We are not going to roll over and die and we will push our hardest until the end. I would be telling a lie if I did not say that it has been a huge blow to have been in control almost all season and then we drop two points at a time when United have three games to go.

"Our last four games (including the FA Cup final) are all cup finals, they must all be won convincingly if we are to have any chance of retaining our League title and the FA Cup.

"At the same time, I am realistic and what we are hoping for is going to be difficult to achieve."