Bruce Buck Quotations

We are almost certainly going to appeal. We believe that attending the meeting (with Cole in January) did not go over the line... we think that the sanctions are totally disproportionate to the alleged sin.

You have seen the transfer spend go down just in one year and you will see it keep going down,

We're not deliberately making it worse. I've read they move the ball mostly on the ground; we move it in the air. I'm not sure that's an accurate portrayal of a Chelsea system.

It was important to Roman when he bought the club that it was in the Champions League because he wanted to accomplish something immediately,

Montel has great hands, great speed, good height, excellent jumping ability -- all the qualities you look for. He does a great job of going to the ball.

We are not overly happy but respect the decision made by the panel. We are not likely to appeal but would like to reserve the right to while waiting to hear the official reasoning from UEFA.

The overall loss increase is, in the main, down to some exceptional items that were necessary in order to help us achieve our strategic business aim of break even by 2009-10. In simple terms, we have taken some pain now for long-term gain. He appreciates that this is a long-term strategy and he supports where we are and where we are going.

The past three weeks, teams haven't thrown the ball his way.

For the next five days, lawyers worked day and night; they gave us a lot of financial information, so we understood there was an urgency.

What Montel allows us to do is to control the secondary so you can do more up front,