What did he say today then?
Club wanted to use his experience from championship and premiership to reshape the cub and push it forwards. Target was top 10, as close as possible to playoffs.
"The club was gone when [he] came" and that it could not do anything to keep players from previous season. The best players had gone and more were on their way.
Every player that came in to the club was agreed on by every member of the club (sharing the responsibility for any poor choices). Maybe he could have done with a good hard-working professional who he could really trust.
It's not easy to attract good players like Payne, who gave us a really good 6 months, and player-of-the-season Riccy.
He felt let-down by injuries that he could do nothing about - mentioned Ribeiro who was essentially out the whole of the previous season.
His response to mention of Pekalski's injury, Tiendalli's fitness and Mehmeti only scoring 1 goal, etc. was that the club had the whole of January to get more players in if they wanted.
He was surprised by the sacking but it opened him the door for Birmingham, so he's happy.
He wasn't given an explanation for his sacking by the board, but doesn't need it as he's "been in the business for longer than the entire board put together".
He felt there was a lot of negativity with all his signings, and his shushing finger was to do with stick Henry had been receiving, not a gesture to the directors.
As for his future in management and whether he'll ever go back to being a number 1, or just remain as a number 2, he claims his working relationship with Gary Monk is "Not a standard normal assistant" (essentially implying he is more than just a regular assistant, so this isn't exactly a step down for him). If he finds another project that motivates him more than working with Monk then he may do that, but for now he is excited about working as "more than a standard normal assistant".
Oxford is one of nicest places in the UK - he and his family carried on living there 'til May.
He mentioned "fokkuss" twice.