“Gaining more experience on asphalt is one of Chris's development objectives this year. The challenging stages in Ireland will be great practice for him. He needs all the asphalt experience he can get but, in particular, coming from sunny Australia, he hasn't had many chances to drive in the wet - that shouldn't be a problem in Ireland!”
David Lapworth
“He said he loved his son, that he'd just had a one-year birthday, so we started working that angle, and that seemed to be working. ... The only thing he wanted was to see his child. He told Kelly he wanted to say goodbye. Obviously we were not going to do that.”
Tony Gomez
“There are some black sheep countries in Europe, and one of them was Ireland and it now appears that a second one may be France.”
Martin Selmayr
“Having emotional respect for yourself, stops others from using logical or technical reasons to manipulate how you are treated.”
Ionia Ireland
“It's a big year for me. We could get promoted, and I could play for Ireland in the World Cup in Germany. I wouldn't have come back to Palace if I didn't feel sure we could get promoted. Palace are better than Championship standard, and now it's up to us to prove that.”
Clinton Morrison
“One of the main reasons we decided to move into Ireland and the UK is that the size of the market there is so big.”
Russ Lemelin
“We played against a good team, we knew before the game that Ireland were one of the best teams in the world and we are very happy because we are young team, we are rebuilding.”
Bernard Laporte
