Boro Quotes

You can`t let players do what they wish and be professional. That`s a fact. As for the team, Boro had two internationals when I got there in 1995. Now they have more than 15. And they didn`t cost the fortune some suggest.

I had to make a change. It was no slight on my staff either. We`d all been at Boro for seven years. But certain players had got too familiar with the set-up. I had to turn it round. Terry was the one man I could think of to do it. So I went for him.

I`ve left Boro in the Premiership, which was always what I wanted to do. Actually that`s not quite true. I took them to three cup finals, where they`d never been before. But I had set my eyes on being the first manager in their history to deliver a major trophy.