[Earlier, he had spoken excitedly about the injection of cash he is expecting for next season and of his] genuine belief that there will be money available to get what I would call really decent players into the football club. ... Martin O'Neill has given his clearest hint yet...

We're still moving into the injection season with more gas than we've ever had.

We see a $US2 billion cash injection as meaningful, even in light of GM's robust corporate liquidity. This sale was largely unanticipated by the market.

We see a $2 billion cash injection as meaningful, even in light of GM's robust corporate liquidity. This sale was largely unanticipated by the market.

We weren't expecting anything like $2.55, ... It's going to come out of cash reserves of whatever fund is connected (to each department.)

You go into a season expecting to contend for the Cup every year. We have a lot of positives on our team. We can't have any big letdowns in the season. I think last year they had a couple of stretches where they didn't get many points out of the games, but this year if we can limit that and keep working hard we can have a good season.