Managers quotes on City 1 WBA 1

Last updated : 26 November 2003 By Michael Morris
Lennie Lawrence
"I think it's a point gained and perhaps we just deserved to win it.

"It was a real top-of-the-table game and I was very pleased with the way we passed the ball around and we improved ourselves around the box in the second half and that's how we got the goal.

"I thought the goal we conceded was a bit unlucky because even though it was a bit sloppy it would not have gone in if it had not been for the deflection.

"It's a big point for us because it pushes us into the top six and they are a very difficult side to beat.

"They are favourites to win the league and rightly so, so from our point of view this gives us great heart.

"We could have even won it if we'd had that little bit of luck at the end."


Gary Megson
"It was a good contest and I thought we caused them a lot of problems but then again Robert Earnshaw caused us plenty.

"We were under a lot of pressure in the last 30 minutes when Peter Thorne came on and changed the way they played because he held the ball up very well.

"I see Cardiff as a top-six side and they have a lot of players experienced at a high level and have an ambitious owner."

"Before the game I would have said I would have been happy with a point because it's a hard place to come but having gone one up I'm disappointed we have not won it from that position.

"But I thought Jason Koumas and Andy Johnson lifted themselves well after the Welsh defeat last week. Koumas is at the club at the top of Division One so I'm not surprised he's attracting interest from other clubs but there's more to come of him yet."