Glenn Roeder is looking forward to getting West Ham's first win
of the season on Sunday insisting: I'm not under pressure.
Far from 'cutting short' a training session, as one media source mischievously reported, Glenn says training has been positive all week.
"We have enjoyed training," he says, "and the mood has been good.
"We have also been doing a lot of talking - it is good to talk, but it would be very unfair of me to make comments about what has been said by the players within those four walls.
"It is good to talk, and it is sometimes you have to ask the opinions of the quieter players like Nigel Winterburn who have been there and done it."
He insists he has no qualms about Paolo Di Canio's comments concerning the club's current plight and adds:
""Paolo speaks his mind; he does not say nice things to your face and nasty things behind your back.
"Talk is cheap and action is much more difficult, but it is action that we want.
"We are listening to what he is saying but that doesn't mean we have to agree.
"Most of the players have been here as long as him and we are used to him having his moments in the media."
Of the game itself, he adds:
"There are no small games in the Premiership, but the important thing is for us to get a win."
Remembering the 8-1 victory for the Hammers in 1986 in which he scored an own goal in a Newcastle shirt, he says:
"There were three different goalkeepers and as I remember Peter Beardsley was the best - which means you are in trouble."
As for the wing threat of Laurent Robert - who Harry Redknapp claims he could have signed for £6m - and Solano, he says:
"It is up to us to nullify them as much as possible - and hopefully we will be down the other end attacking them."
He is not interested in the fact that Newcastle have not won in London for over 25 games spanning three years, and says:
"I don't think it will have a bearing on Sunday," he says.
He admits he does not understand why former Barcelona midfielder Pep Guardiola, who interested both Glenn Roeder and Bobby Robson in the summer, has not been signed up and says:
"For me, that is the mystery of all time."
And he has reiterated that he is not selling Trevor Sinclair, who was linked with Newcastle before Sunderland put in a bid.
"We are not even pricing him because that suggests you are considering selling - and he is not for sale," says Glenn.
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Far from 'cutting short' a training session, as one media source mischievously reported, Glenn says training has been positive all week.
"We have enjoyed training," he says, "and the mood has been good.
"We have also been doing a lot of talking - it is good to talk, but it would be very unfair of me to make comments about what has been said by the players within those four walls.
"It is good to talk, and it is sometimes you have to ask the opinions of the quieter players like Nigel Winterburn who have been there and done it."
He insists he has no qualms about Paolo Di Canio's comments concerning the club's current plight and adds:
""Paolo speaks his mind; he does not say nice things to your face and nasty things behind your back.
"Talk is cheap and action is much more difficult, but it is action that we want.
"We are listening to what he is saying but that doesn't mean we have to agree.
"Most of the players have been here as long as him and we are used to him having his moments in the media."
Of the game itself, he adds:
"There are no small games in the Premiership, but the important thing is for us to get a win."
Remembering the 8-1 victory for the Hammers in 1986 in which he scored an own goal in a Newcastle shirt, he says:
"There were three different goalkeepers and as I remember Peter Beardsley was the best - which means you are in trouble."
As for the wing threat of Laurent Robert - who Harry Redknapp claims he could have signed for £6m - and Solano, he says:
"It is up to us to nullify them as much as possible - and hopefully we will be down the other end attacking them."
He is not interested in the fact that Newcastle have not won in London for over 25 games spanning three years, and says:
"I don't think it will have a bearing on Sunday," he says.
He admits he does not understand why former Barcelona midfielder Pep Guardiola, who interested both Glenn Roeder and Bobby Robson in the summer, has not been signed up and says:
"For me, that is the mystery of all time."
And he has reiterated that he is not selling Trevor Sinclair, who was linked with Newcastle before Sunderland put in a bid.
"We are not even pricing him because that suggests you are considering selling - and he is not for sale," says Glenn.
* More, as ever, on RealAudio.