"Coventry are a good team and Gordon Strachan is a great manager. I am sure they will be up there in the middle of the table." - New signing Robbie Keane eschews all that "I've come here to win trophies nonsense and reveals his real ambition for his new club.

"The whole team did very, very well. There's nothing to worry about." - Ruud Gullit in equally frank form about the current situation at st James' Park.