26 Quotes by Phil Anderton

The bottom line is the team is selected by the manager and that is the way it should be.

Ali Russell is a highly talented marketeer, and given the growth potential here at Hearts he has decided to join my team at Tynecastle,

Football moves quickly and Sir Bobby Robson was definitely one who was right at the top of the list.

The new stand, which will be built in the mid-term, could be named, like the BT Stand at Hampden, as part of an integrated sponsorship deal.

In an ideal world, you would have all your players funded and tied down. It can work the other way. You could bring in a player on big wages and a long contract and find he quickly falls out of form. I'm sure there are numerous examples of that in the past and possibly at Hearts. This way we can look at, for example, Ibrahim Tall (on loan till January) and if he does well, great, we can exercise our option and, if not, say thanks very much and off he goes.

In the last couple of days we've had around 20 applications from people who would be suitable for the job. George Burley is a quality manager and we're looking for another quality manager. We're looking for someone to maintain the momentum and keep us at the top of the league.

George and his chief scout Simon Hunt have contacts throughout the world and Vladmir Romanov also has a lot of contacts through his involvement with clubs. We are still looking for players and the search goes on.

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