“I'd say the biggest difference is that the training under Stuart is more intense, ... If you do fast, high-tempo training every day then it will be reflected on match day. Under Kevin [Keegan], the training was more relaxed, not so intense, and that showed sometimes. Since Stuart has taken over we have moved on.”
“[Pearce] was intimidating as a player, but he's different as a manager. It's always encouragement that he shouts, which is a nice change from some of the old-school managers I have known. All you hear with them is, 'don't do this' and 'don't do that' but Stuart is totally different. He's more likely to say 'unlucky' than have a go at you.”
“We've been disappointing against the Swiss, who will be on a high because they've had good results against us recently. I'm sure they will be looking to knock us out again, but the feeling is we definitely do owe them.”
“We view Manasquan downtown as highly retail, ... Fortunately, it's continued to be successful competing with the strip malls, and we'd like to keep it that way. This is more of a proactive step to retain that character as opposed to having it turn into office space.”
