'You Don't Know What You're Doin' But Not Sam This Time!

"Before the season started, with that amount of money spent, you knew it was going to be the most volatile season and it has proven to be that already. We are just half way through it and seven managers have gone already.

"It is a hugely competitive league and bigger than ever before. More people have entered into the transfer market than ever before, spent more money - £530million this summer - it means that clubs like Sunderland, who got promoted, are into the £30-odd millions, which has never been seen before.

"Other clubs who staved off relegation going into the £20millions. We are all competing with everybody's funding of new players and trying to stay in and be successful in the Premier League.

"It is the only league to play in. Rome can't be built overnight. That has always been the expectation here so our focus is to make sure that pressure does not come on us by continuing to get results and that's what we have got to do.

"We can then grow slowly but surely to hopefully sustain more and more success as the years go by.

"You have got to take the positives out of a good performance even though you have not got a result. We need to reproduce that sort of form on a consistent basis.

"But we got dealt a massive blow with the offside decision that was blatantly offside. You have to stay focused and make sure you continue to get your team to perform and not let it affect the confidence.

"That can be the down side. We have got to work very hard at making sure the players put it behind them and have no comebacks in terms of going into the game against Manchester City."