"But it just seems that when we get into those kind of situations, there seems to be somebody who says, 'Hang on, you don't want to get too happy too soon', and bang."

"At the moment, I know where we are. We're bottom of the table."

"Our remaining home games hold no fears. We really got that monkey off our back today"

"In the relegation zone it's three from four because, in my mind, we're already out of it."

"It's like pushing custard up a hill with your finger"

"I'm not some lunatic going against history. There's a precedent which plays an important part. The 1982 Sunderland team was in the same position as us and there have been teams in the last 10 years both in the Football League and Premiership in a similar position. It's happened so why shouldn't we join that happy band?"

"The dual carriageway that Liverpool were travelling on has now become a single carriageway."

"A lucky goal or the run of the ball can be triggers but they can only be triggers if you have gunpowder"

"Kevin Phillips has gone from Golden Boot to Rubber Welly"

"When I arrived, he (Tore Andre Flo) looked like a baby giraffe who had just popped out on to the veldt."