Sam Allardyce Leeds United press conference highlights: Whites boss on Elland Road job and next four games

I hope that we can find six points in four, because I think that that would be really good achievement

Showing them, be brave enough to put it in front of them and say, this is what you’ve done. This is how we put it right so we’re going to talk about that visually and then we could do it on the training ground.

I’m only interested in what’s happening here. And only we’ll be interested in what’s here because it does consume your time 24/7. I have so much to go through: previous games, what’s happened in previous games. What the stats look like, how did they do the free-kicks, how many goals conceded? Why have they conceded those goals? Where can we improve in those areas? So there’s a lot to do particularly in analysis to go through to try and drum up as many as many alternatives to try and get better in each department. So I always say to players it’s not a great deal of improvement that you need. So if everybody improved by 2%, that’d be 22% improvement in the team which is massive. So 1 or 2% better than they’ve already been will make a big difference.

The judge has left Sammy unemployed because he’s on jury service and won’t let him off and I find that to be very, very poor judgement indeed. So, you know, it’s a real shame because the wee man loves being with me, and I love him

I’ve always known the history of the club and the fact I used to play here, you know, against Allan Clarke and people like that, you know, and it was always been a pleasure to play at Elland Road like I mean so. When you get the opportunity to manage it, then for me, you jump at the chance even though it’s only four games. Rather it was a bit longer but it wasn’t to be, but here I am and it’s an hard challenge - like you said somebody had to do it.

Never say never, depends what happens at the end of the four matches. And what the conversation is all about, how I feel and more importantly how the wife feels because I can’t keep making her feel so nervous again, as I’ve done

We have a full psychologist here actually. So psychology is obviously a massive part of my life. 8:25Of course, which I’ve used a great deal personally. So I’m a big supporter of it.

Generally as a new manager, you expect that little bit more from the players. Go along with the territory that you get a new manager and they seem to lift the performance because it’s a new manager not that the manager has done anything really brilliant.

I’ve seen quite a positive attitude, I would have expected [them to be] a little bit more miserable than what they were. First impressions are that they are desperate to do better.

Manchester City are where they are ‘cos they’ve got the best defence and the best attack in the league. But you know, we’ve got to try and do, do whatever we possibly can. And it has been done Brentford did it, they won. So, shocks happen whether it happens on Saturday, who knows