YONNERS' TAKE

Last updated : 11 September 2002 By Editor
Sam Allardyce:

"The video of last year is in my library at home. I have not had time to pull it out and look at it from a nostalgic point of view. But we will make a 15-minute video and show it to the players on the coach on the way to the game, to see how well they all did last year.

"I'll say, 'This is what you achieved last time, can you do it again'? To a Bolton fan, if we can beat United - particularly at Old Trafford - they will be happy for the rest of the year.

"It was 22 years before our last win there and probably another 22 before that. So to try and beat them two years on the trot is a very difficult task. But we'll give it our best shot."

Youri Djorkaeff:

"If we go to Old Trafford and think we have a chance of scoring then, possibly, we will. But if we go there and think, 'This is nice, get some autographs and a photo after the game,' we will lose.

"Sometimes, if you go there thinking you can win, you can. United have more quality and big names than Bolton. But you can still do something. I know we are ready. I have a good feeling.

"It will be difficult because United have the best players. But if we lose at Old Trafford everyone will just see it as normal, so what pressure are we under? There is nothing, other than to go and play a good game.

"I think Arsenal are the stronger of the two teams in the Premiership but, in the Champions League, it is Manchester. United could get to the final, while Arsenal don't quite have that experience yet."