7 Quotes by Jackie McNamara

We heard about the Norway goal as we were eating on Saturday, so that was hard to take,

Kenny is a proven goalscorer and he has looked really sharp in pre-season. I'm just relieved the competitive stuff is back, because you don't really feel as if you have started with a club until you have played in a proper match.

People have their own perceptions of Glenn and I know some people were surprised when I agreed to sign for him,

It's not that I don't want to play for the national team. That's always been great. But I just think it would be fairer to allow younger players a chance for the longer term. There are a few doing well and coming through, although it would be unfair for me to name them and perhaps put pressure on them. That's for the manager to say.

The average gates at Molineux are around 25,000,

It's bitterly disappointing but I've been told there's no chance of me making the Scotland games. I was really looking forward to them after our great results against Italy and Norway.

No matter where you go after leaving Celtic, it would be almost impossible to join a bigger club but there is no doubt Wolves are a big club. I believe they should be in the Premiership and the aim is to get there in my first season. I believe we have got the squad to do it, although I realise the Championship is a notoriously difficult league to get out of.