“Enough of you (media) have done enough research on me to know this is not the first time I’ve been questioned about set-pieces in my coaching career. There is an underlying reason for that which I’m very, very comfortable with.
“Eventually I will create a team that has success and it won’t be because of working on set-pieces.”
“To quote Billy Joel, you may be right, I may be crazy, but it’s maybe a lunatic you’re looking for. I’m just not interested in it. I never have been.
“If I thought fixing defensive set-pieces was the answer to us bridging the gap then I’d put all of my time and effort into that. But that’s not where we’re at.
A fucking premier league manager.