Shearer could be at 100 per cent fitness, but not peak fitness.
You go to Holland, France, Germany, every community, the tiniest village, they have magnificent, pristine sports facilities.
It's the only way we can lose, irrespective of the result.
To be really happy, we must throw our hearts over the bar and hope that our bodies will follow.
In football, time and space are the same thing.
I have to choose my words carefully because I don't want to sound like one of those who goes on about how things were better in my day.
Football needs its roots, it needs its connection with the supporters. But those in charge seem to think they can do without them.
