38 Quotes by Joe Royle

Adam will be with us for two weeks and we are aware of the problem with the registration. This even applies to a reserve game and as yet we have still not received the necessary clearance from the FA for him to play against Crystal Palace on Wednesday. Suffice to say we are addressing this problem.

Any team is only as good or bad as its front players and at the moment we're bereft. It's simple mathematics.

They're very impressive. They remind me of my Oldham team: no household names but a team in every sense of the word. They look like a team that's been together for a while and fairly unchanged.

It's a blow losing Ricardo but we have to deal with it.

They were very good and we were very poor.

In Supple and Lewis Price, we have two of the best young goalkeepers in the league. These lads have exceptional talent and Shane is great at crosses and has terrific quick feet.

Gavin has had a scan and it looks like he will be out for three to four weeks. We will be missing Jimmy Juan for two to three weeks as well. He had to stop training on Friday with a sore groin.

I believe it came off his chest or his hand, but I don't care. We were terrific today - even the most ardent Norwich fan would admit we deserved to win - and I was worried we wouldn't get the result we deserved.

If Dean goes off and kick-starts what we all know is an outstanding talent we will all benefit.