Alan Curbishley
Alan Curbishley
Llewellyn Charles "Alan" Curbishleyis an English former football player and manager. He played, as a midfielder for West Ham United, Birmingham City, Aston Villa, Charlton Athletic and Brighton & Hove Albion and has worked in the Premier League in management roles at Charlton Athletic and West Ham United. In December 2013 he was appointed technical director at Fulham only to be removed from the role in February 2014. He again joined Fulham's coaching staff in March 2015...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth8 November 1957
shoulder straight
Spector popped his shoulder out - he went straight to hospital.
disruptive good hopefully injuries kevin month nice recent time
Kevin has had a disruptive time with injuries in recent times, and it will do him a world of good to get a month of first-team football. Hopefully he will come back to us nice and sharp.
club decided pleased
He's decided to concentrate on his club football. I'm pleased with the decision.
claus clear contract deal felt needed remaining renew wish year
Claus had one year remaining on his contract and made it clear that he didn't wish to renew his deal as he felt that he needed a new challenge.
chelsea cope
It is something which Chelsea have to cope with,
himself sent stage time
I have got no time for him getting himself sent off, especially at that stage of the game.
bonus gave goals half hold second
Then we got the bonus of the goals, which gave us something to hold on to and in the second half we were not under that much pressure.
defends forward gets luke
Luke defends well and he gets forward too,
champions chelsea cope league teams
It is something which Chelsea have to cope with - they have to cope with it in the Premiership, and they will have to cope with it in the Champions League because teams are going to give them that respect,
narrow
Once they have got preliminary discussions out of the way they will narrow it down because they want to do it before the World Cup.
arsenal claim competition difficult few found money paid
Arsenal paid a lot of money for him a few years ago but he found it difficult to claim a first-team place because of the competition at Arsenal.
air along breath fresh
He's come in and, along with some other young players, has been a breath of fresh air at this club.
confidence goal half hard looked needed run
I think we needed it. In the first half we looked very nervous, very edgy. But we got the goal on the break. Confidence is a big thing in football. This run we've had has been hard to take.
future happens offered timing wait
Timing is everything, and we will have to wait and see what happens in the future. You look at it, but you have got to be offered it.