Ryan Taylor: “There’s no one in the dressing room on the scale of Kevin and Joey, they were quite vocal, but I think as a team for some reason it just seems to work better.
“The manager has taken over from the likes of Kevin and Joey and that’s how it should be. He’s your manager and if things aren’t going well he’s the man you want to pull you aside, and it’s always nice when he is giving you compliments. However, you have to take some criticism as well.
“Colo and Jonás have been massive for this club.
“Colo deserves the captain’s armband he’s got now.
“I think when he first came he found it tough.
“But to come from where he has, the two of them have settled in now and hopefully the two of them will stay at the club for a long time.
“Colo has come along way, but he deserves that captain’s armband.
“You have got to be patient when players come in from abroad, I think it was the same with Jose when he first came too and look at him now. You’ve got to give people time.
“He played totally different football to what the Premier League is. I’m sure his (Cisse’s) quality will come through.
“I’m sure the gaffer will have drilled into Cissé what this team’s been about this season and what he wants from him.
“He’s going to be a massive player from now until the end of the season and hopefully him and Demba (Ba) can fire on all cylinders – especially in the next few weeks.
“If we had a game this weekend then I might have been touch and go, but this way I can concentrate on next week now and I know I can be right.
“So it’s nice for me, whereas for some players that might not be the case.
“I don’t feel like I have to rush back.”